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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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absolute
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all
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
Armour
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
bankruptcy
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
chasm
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CiphernounUS /ˈsaɪ.fər/
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code used to conceal ancient secrets.
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Civilian
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DARK
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descendants
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Domestic
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dreams
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
drifting
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edge
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effect
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Empress
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episode
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Eugenie
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European
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evidently
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
fabric
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From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
forget
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From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
French
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German
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
happen
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
impossible
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
John
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knew
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From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
longer
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
machinery
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
madly
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
Military
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From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
Miracle
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monkey-wrench
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
MorningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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mornings
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
Nightmares
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
prevent
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
preventable
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
Prisoners
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produce
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produced
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Prussians
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
REMEMBRANCE
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Reserve
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revolution
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rule
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
sanity
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
seeing
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Sir
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
starvation
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From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
strange
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From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
stuck
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
surprises
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From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
toppled
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Town
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From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
Tragedy
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uncertainty
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From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
unprecedented
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From this reading Military surprises, starvation, revolution, bankruptcy--no one knew what so unprecedented an episode would produce.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
Volunteers
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wakes
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
War
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From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
whole
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wild
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
woke
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
work
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From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
world
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From this reading As a rule one has wild dreams and wakes to sanity, but on those mornings I left sanity when I woke and found myself in a world of nightmare dreams.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I can never forget, and our descendants can never imagine, the strange effect upon the mind which was produced by seeing the whole European fabric drifting to the edge of the chasm with absolute uncertainty as to what would happen when it toppled over.
YEARS
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From this reading A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS Nightmares of the Morning--The Civilian Reserve--The Volunteers--Domestic Life in War Time--German Prisoners--Cipher to our Prisoners--Sir John French--Empress Eugenie--Miracle Town--Armour--Our Tragedy.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was all so evidently preventable, and yet it was so madly impossible to prevent it, for the Prussians had stuck their monkey-wrench into the machinery and it would no longer work.
