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Kitty's Conquest
Kitty's Conquest

Chapter VI

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The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.
It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.
As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.
Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.
It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.
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Kitty's Conquest

Chapter VI

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.
Line 2
It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.
Line 3
As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.
Line 4
Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.
Line 5
It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.”

Camp noun US /camp/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.”

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61

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

advantage

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

air

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

Amory

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

Annapolis

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

arrived

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

associations

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

barring

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

bend

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

blistering

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

breeze

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

broad

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

Broadway

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

brush

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

came

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

Cameron

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

camp

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

capital

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

cavalry

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

cheery

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

company

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

confined

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

crisp

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

curbstones

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

dash

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

day

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

delight

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

drill

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

drove

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

earth

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

enough

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

eyes

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

feted

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

field

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

floating

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

glorious

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

Harrod

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

just

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

keen

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

man

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

manoeuvres

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

march

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

Mars

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

martial

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

mellow

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

month

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

motion

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

neared

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

new

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

notes

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

pretty

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

railway

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

rapid

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

rime

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

road

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

rounded

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

see

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

sight

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

sky

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

soldiering

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

spirit

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

spot

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

stirring

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

Summers

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From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

taking

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The next day Harrod Summers and I drove over to the cavalry camp to see Amory.

troop

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

trotting

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

trumpet

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From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

up

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

very

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From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading As we neared the spot, the mellow notes of the trumpet came floating on the breeze, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we came in sight of the troop itself trotting across a broad open field.

weather

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From this reading Mars was taking advantage of the glorious weather to brush up on company drill, and we had arrived just in time to see it.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading It was a very pretty, stirring sight to my eyes; for the dash and spirit of the manoeuvres were new to a man whose martial associations had been confined to the curbstones of Broadway, barring that blistering march from Annapolis to the railway, and the month of _feted_ soldiering at the capital and Camp Cameron in '61.

wintry

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From this reading It was a crisp, cheery morning, just enough wintry rime in earth and air and sky to make rapid motion a keen delight.