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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 "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old story had become a modern one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
become
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From this reading An old story had become a modern one.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
Belgium
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
bidding
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
certain
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
chariots
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
Darte
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
disclosed
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
dragged
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
drama
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
Duchess
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
ecstasy
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
employer's
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
feet
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
few
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
friends
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
good-bye
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
group
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
home
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
house
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
household
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
killed
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
kitchen
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
maid
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
marching
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
met
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
modern
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From this reading An old story had become a modern one.
more
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
old
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From this reading An old story had become a modern one.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
out
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
painfully
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
plain
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
policeman
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
said
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
Serpentine
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From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
servant-maid
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been brought home to her employer's house by a policeman who had dragged her out of the Serpentine.
small
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
soldier
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
some
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
story
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From this reading An old story had become a modern one.
swept
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
There
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
touched
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
trampled
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
triumphant
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
walked
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
war
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
weeks
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From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A small, plain kitchen maid had "walked out" in triumphant ecstasy with a soldier who, a few weeks after bidding her good-bye, had been killed in Belgium.
woeful
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
women
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From this reading "There are more women than those in Belgium who are being swept over by the chariots of war and trampled on by marching feet," the Duchess of Darte said to a group of her women friends on a certain afternoon.
work
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From this reading The group had met to work and some one had touched on a woeful little servant-maid drama which had painfully disclosed itself in her household.
