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Ah
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From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
army
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
Boult-aux-Bois
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
commissariat
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
countermarches
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
crowded
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
daily
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
designated
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
disorganized
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
distracted
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
encamped
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
everlasting
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
extremely
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
face
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
faintest
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
famine
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
fichtre
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From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
goose
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From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
herds
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Loubet stretched himself and plaintively replied:
idea
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
Loubet
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From this reading Loubet stretched himself and plaintively replied:
marches
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
meet
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
men
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
more
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
night
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
now
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
only
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
out
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From this reading The squad was out of sorts and sulky.
plaintively
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From this reading Loubet stretched himself and plaintively replied:
points
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
potatoes
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
ration
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
reaching
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
rendezvous
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Loubet stretched himself and plaintively replied:
roads
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
roast
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From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
slender
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
sorts
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From this reading The squad was out of sorts and sulky.
squad
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From this reading The squad was out of sorts and sulky.
staring
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From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
stretched
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From this reading Loubet stretched himself and plaintively replied:
sulky
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From this reading The squad was out of sorts and sulky.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
troops
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From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As for the herds, no one had the faintest idea where they might be upon the crowded roads, and famine was staring the army in the face.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading At Boult-aux-Bois, where they were now encamped, the only ration issued to the men the night before had been an extremely slender one of potatoes; the commissariat was daily more and more distracted and disorganized by the everlasting marches and countermarches, never reaching the designated points of rendezvous in time to meet the troops.
yes
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From this reading “Ah, _fichtre_, yes!—No more roast goose for us now.”
