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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 And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
abandoning
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
admirals
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
Agamemnon
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
allied
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
army
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
Balaclava
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
base
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
best-mounted
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
Bridge
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
came
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
chance
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
coast
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
crossed
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
crowding
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
cut
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
day
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
dispatches
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
distinction
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
fleet
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
forces
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
fresh
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
galloping
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
hard
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
inland
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
Jim's
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
Just
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
Lieutenant
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
Lord
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
man
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
marched
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
marching
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
Maxse
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
meet
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
move
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
necessary
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
new
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
off
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
past
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
quarters
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
Raglan
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
regiment
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
reputation
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
rider
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
round
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
Sebastopol
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
sent
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
supply
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From this reading In abandoning the coast and marching inland, the army had cut itself off from its base of supply--the fleet.
Tchernaya
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
threefold
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From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
Traktir
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From this reading Next day the allied forces crossed the Tchernaya by the Traktir Bridge and marched on Balaclava.
up
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From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
urgently
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And here Jim's threefold reputation as a hard rider, the best-mounted man in his regiment, and a man who did, brought him a chance of fresh distinction.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just as they were crowding over Traktir Bridge a rider came galloping up with dispatches for Lord Raglan--Lieutenant Maxse of the _Agamemnon_.
word
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From this reading It was urgently necessary that word should be sent to the admirals to move on round the coast past Sebastopol and meet the army in its new quarters.
