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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 BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
activity
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
BARON
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
Berlin
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
boisterous
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From this reading They were chiefly women, and a boisterous, vociferating lot they were.
bustling
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
came
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
capital
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
certainly
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
chiefly
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From this reading They were chiefly women, and a boisterous, vociferating lot they were.
chroniclenounUS /ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl/
A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
crowd
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
curious
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
demonstrative
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
eighteen
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
food
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
genuine
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
glorious
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
going
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
GRATZEN
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
impressions
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
known
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
laboured
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
lot
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From this reading They were chiefly women, and a boisterous, vociferating lot they were.
matters
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
months
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
more
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
much
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
perhaps
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
personally
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
pretty
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
reached
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
respect
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From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
result
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
shouting
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
soldiers
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
struggle
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
surprise
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
There
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
touched
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
universal
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
unwontedly
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From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The one genuine surprise I had was when I came upon an unwontedly demonstrative crowd shouting that they were short of food.
usual
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
very
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
victory
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From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
vociferating
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From this reading They were chiefly women, and a boisterous, vociferating lot they were.
VON
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
war
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The struggle had been going on for about eighteen months when I reached the capital, and, except in one respect, matters were pretty much as I had known them.
women
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From this reading They were chiefly women, and a boisterous, vociferating lot they were.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There were more soldiers about, perhaps; there seemed to be as much bustling activity as usual, and certainly there was universal confidence that the result would be a glorious victory.
writing
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From this reading BARON VON GRATZEN I was very curious to have a look at Berlin in war time; but as I am not writing a chronicle of the struggle, my impressions need not be laboured, except as they touched me personally.
