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Chapter XI
The barrage roars and lifts. Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire. Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili." "I shall, my love." "Sweetling, wake up!
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above and across; more than
From this reading “Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"I shall, my love."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."”
during the time that
From this reading “Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."”
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The barrage roars and lifts.
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From this reading The barrage roars and lifts.
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I shall, my love."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading The barrage roars and lifts.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading "I shall, my love."
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I shall, my love."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
above and across; more than
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading The barrage roars and lifts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall, my love."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading "Sweetling, wake up!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The barrage roars and lifts.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
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From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sweetling, wake up!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sweetling, wake up!
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From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
during the time that
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then, clumsily bowed With bombs and guns and shovels and battle gear, Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lines of gray, muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists --Sassoon THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917 "Please don't, Lili."
