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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 It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
accidents
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
aerodrome
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
altogether
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
attention
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
away
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
became
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
came
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
circumstances
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
collision
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
Corps
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
crawl
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
day
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
death
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
dismissed
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
dive
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
down
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
easily
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
English
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
enlisted
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
eyes
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
fatal
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
Flying
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
France
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
get
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
go
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
hateful
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
incessantly
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
killed
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
knew
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
legless
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
miles
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
minds
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
nose
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
only
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
out
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
Peter
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
pieces
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
Plain
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
press
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
prevalent
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
Salisbury
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
second
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
seen
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
set
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
smashed
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
spiral
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
struggle
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
then
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
three
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From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In one day on Salisbury Plain he had seen three accidents, and two, he knew, had been fatal and one had left a legless thing to crawl through life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
transferred
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
two
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
unnatural
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
utterly
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From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
very
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From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
war
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But even before Peter went to France two of his set had been killed under his eyes in a collision as they came down into the aerodrome, and a third he had seen two miles away get into a spiral nose dive, struggle out of it again, and then go down to be utterly smashed to pieces.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had enlisted, and even after he had been transferred to the Flying Corps, Peter had thought very little of death.
year
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From this reading The thought of death only became prevalent in English minds towards the second year of the war.
youth
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From this reading It is a hateful and unnatural thought in youth, easily dismissed altogether unless circumstances press it incessantly upon the attention.
