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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 The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
Alps
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
anti-aircraft
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
anywhere
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From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
arrangement
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
awakened
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
back
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
bad
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
bed
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From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
bombs
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
border
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
Carnic
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
cities
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
damage
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
days
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
dropping
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
Empire
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
EXPERIENCES
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
Fire
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
FRONT
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
guns
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
Holy
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
injuring
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
Irredenta
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
Italia
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
ITALIAN
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
Italians
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
kin
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
kith
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
later
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
meet
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
night
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
one-sided
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
other
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
own
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From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
Padua
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
Polite
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
politely
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
proved
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From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
rattle
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
Roman
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
safe
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From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought I was as safe in bed as anywhere, and so it proved.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
tremendous
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From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
Trentino
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
Two
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
Udine
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
uneventful
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
Voice
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From this reading EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Polite Front--Udine--Under Fire--Carnic Alps--Italia Irredenta--Trentino--The Voice of the Holy Roman Empire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
way
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From this reading Two days later I found myself, after an uneventful journey, at Padua on my way to the Italian front.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Italian front seemed to have politely come back to meet me, for I was awakened in the night by a tremendous dropping of bombs, with the rattle of anti-aircraft guns.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Little damage was done, but Padua and the other Italian cities were having a bad time, and it was a one-sided arrangement, since the Italians can do nothing without injuring their own kith and kin across the border.
