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106th
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Aisne
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
all
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
arms
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
army
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From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
astonishment
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
await
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
away
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
back
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
BATTLES
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
bivouac
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
blazing
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
canal
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Châlons
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From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
city
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
corps
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Courcelles
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
delighted
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
detraining
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
EMPEROR
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
encamp
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
end
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
enough
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
entire
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
evening
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
Evidently
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
falling
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
far
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
fires
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
four
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
going
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From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
greatly
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
high
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
horizon
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
hours
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
increased
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
indeed
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
join
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From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
La
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
Laon
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
later
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
league
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
learning
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Marne
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Maurice
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
Meuvillette
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
orders
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
other
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Paris
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
piled
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
plain
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
plan
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
position
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
prevailed
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
Prussians
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
received
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
regiment
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
Rheims
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
road
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
skirting
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
spot
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
St
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
taking
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
TALES
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
tents
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
then
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From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
there
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
Thierry
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From this reading And, indeed, tents were being pitched from one end of the horizon to the other, as far away as St. Thierry and La Meuvillette, and even beyond the high road to Laon; and the fires of all four army corps would be blazing there that same evening.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
TWO
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From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
up
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
vast
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
very
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From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Were they not going to join the army at Châlons then?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading TALES OF TWO BATTLES--THE EMPEROR Maurice was greatly surprised when, on detraining at Rheims, the 106th received orders to encamp there.
wisest
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From this reading Evidently enough, the plan of taking up a position under Paris, there to await the Prussians, had prevailed, and Maurice was delighted, for was not this plan the wisest?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And a couple of hours later, when his regiment had piled arms at a league from the city, over towards Courcelles, amid the vast plain skirting the canal from the Aisne to the Marne, his astonishment increased on learning that the entire army of Châlons had been falling back since the morning and would bivouac on this very spot.
