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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 Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
allotted
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
any
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
arduous
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
attack
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
beat
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
became
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
BLIND
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
bunk
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
came
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
camp
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From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
caught
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
dam
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
danger
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
day
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
definite
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
enemy
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
feel
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
fell
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
getting
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
hours
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
house
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
inaction
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
incurious
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From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
intolerable
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
keen-eyed
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
labor
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
laborers
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From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
Land
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
less
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From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
lurking
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
Man's
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
material
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
mere
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
more
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From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
night
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
Once
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
out
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
people
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
power
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
resentment
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
saw
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
say
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
scared
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
SEE
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
sense
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
sight
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
snake-like
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
soldiers
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
sound
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
threatened
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
torment
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
torpor
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From this reading They did their allotted hours of labor each day, passed at night to the bunk house, and fell into a snake-like torpor.
trooper
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From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
waiting
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From this reading THE BLIND SEE To those waiting for the threatened attack upon the power dam, the mere torment of continued inaction became intolerable, but as to material danger, nothing definite came.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The laborers of the camp were more or less incurious.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Once in a while one trooper would say to another that he saw no sense in people getting scared at nothing out in No Man's Land.
young
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From this reading The keen-eyed young soldiers on their beat night after night, day after day, caught no sight or sound of any lurking enemy, and began to feel resentment at the arduous hours asked of them.
