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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 The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
abandoned
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
all
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
ARK
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
business
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
ceased
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
crying
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
distresses
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
escape
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
extras
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
fellow-men
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
fulfillment
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
hand
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
Many
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
means
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
men
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
more
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
news
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
newspapers
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
now
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The time of warnings was past.
past
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From this reading The time of warnings was past.
place
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
pressing
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
publication
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From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
reading
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
respite
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
sending
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
shown
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
signs
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
skeptical
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
STORMING
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
streets
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From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
There
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From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There was no crying of "extras" in the streets, for men had something more pressing to think of than sending and reading news about their distresses and those of their fellow-men.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many of the newspapers ceased publication; every business place was abandoned; there was no thought but of the means of escape.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time of warnings was past.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
vacillating
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
warnings
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From this reading The time of warnings was past.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STORMING THE ARK There was to be no more respite now.
world
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From this reading The "signs" had all been shown to a skeptical and vacillating world, and at last the fulfillment was at hand.
