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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 A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
all
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
away
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
battery
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
bright
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
business
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
came
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
city
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
commenced
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
confidently
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
curls
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
direction
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
distance
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
distinctly
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
ears
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
eyes
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
firing
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
five
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From this reading It was in the neighborhood of five o’clock.
Floing
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
going
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
hand
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
head
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
heights
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in the neighborhood of five o’clock.
just
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
lieutenant
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
marines
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
murmured
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
neighborhood
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From this reading It was in the neighborhood of five o’clock.
north
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
o'clock
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From this reading It was in the neighborhood of five o’clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
quarter
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
reports
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
rose
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
Sedan
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
seems
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
smoke
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
spoke
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
sunshine
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
turned
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
up
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From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
very
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
visible
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From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in the neighborhood of five o’clock.
Well
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From this reading “Well, well,” he murmured, “they are all going to have a hand in the business, it seems.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Suddenly he turned his head and looked away to the north, over the city of Sedan, where the heights of Floing were visible in the distance.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The lieutenant of marines, who had turned his eyes in the same direction, spoke up confidently:
wreaths
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From this reading A battery had just commenced firing from that quarter; the smoke rose in the bright sunshine in little curls and wreaths, and the reports came to his ears very distinctly.
