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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 Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
affected
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
all
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
astonishment
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
atmosphere
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
August
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
awake
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What would there be?
beautiful
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
BELFORT
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bells
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
bright
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
brilliancy
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
broad
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
buzzing
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
call
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
camp
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
churches
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
clouds
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
disaster
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
dissipated
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
eight
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
fertile
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
festive
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
Fraught
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
full
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
Gaude
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
gay
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
heavy
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
hot
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
limpid
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
Loubet
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
Mulhausen
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
nestling
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
now
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
o'clock
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
out
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
PANIC
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
parish
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
pealnounUS /piːl/
a loud ringing burst of sound
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
plain
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
rations
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
RHEIMS
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
ringing
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
shone
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
sky
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From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
sounded
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From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
sun
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
Sunday
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From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
there
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From this reading What would there be?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fraught though it was with a terrible disaster, this beautiful Sunday was a gay one, and the sky had a festive brilliancy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE PANIC--FROM BELFORT TO RHEIMS Towards eight o'clock the heavy clouds were dissipated by the sun, and the bright, hot August Sunday shone upon Mulhausen, nestling amid the broad fertile plain.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would there be?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Gaude suddenly sounded the call to rations, Loubet affected great astonishment.
wide
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From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From the camp, now wide awake and buzzing with life, one could hear the bells of all the parish churches ringing out in full peal through the limpid atmosphere.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would there be?
