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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
all
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
always
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From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
assault
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
Belgium
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
bomb
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
built
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
capitalist
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From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
certainties
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
civilizations
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
crumbling
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
daily
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From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
DEBATES
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
drowned
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
empires
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
explosionnounUS /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
a sudden violent burst of sound or force
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
eyes
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
flood
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
frightfulness
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
front
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
Germans
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
grey
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
HIGGINS
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
Hitherto
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From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
ISSUE
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
JIMMIE
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
killed
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
Lakes
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
Leesville
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
Liege
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
lies
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From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
like
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
lives
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
massacred
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
Masurian
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
men
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
million
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
minds
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
mist
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
newspaper
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
page
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
paper
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From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
pennies
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From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
quarter
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
reeledverbUS /riːld/
moved unsteadily as if about to fall
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
refused
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From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
rolled
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From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
Russians
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
saw
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
Socialist
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From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
sunrise
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
swamps
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
thousand
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hitherto, Jimmie Higgins had always refused to take a daily paper.
Twenty-five
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From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
vanishing
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From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JIMMIE HIGGINS DEBATES THE ISSUE I The grey flood of frightfulness rolled over Belgium; and every morning, and again in the afternoon, the front page of the Leesville newspaper was like the explosion of a bomb.
weeklies
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From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twenty-five thousand Germans killed in one assault on Liege; a quarter of a million Russians massacred or drowned in the swamps of the Masurian Lakes; so it went, until the minds of men reeled.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They saw empires and civilizations crumbling before their eyes, all those certainties upon which their lives had been built vanishing as a mist at sunrise.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No capitalist lies for him; he would save his pennies for the Socialist weeklies!
