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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 And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
all
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
badly
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From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
cessation
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
complacent
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
corpses
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
danger
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
death
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
eh
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
fields
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
Flanders
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
fooled
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From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
fresh
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
High
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
home
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
keen
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
labour
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
learnt
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
like
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
murmur
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
officers
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
outbreaks
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
patriotism
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
Places
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pretty
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From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
reach
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
reward
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
said
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
sat
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
seem
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From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
sense
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
shan't
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
shocked
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
statement
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
strew
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From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
swear-words
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
That's
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next time we shan’t be so keen to strew the fields of death with our fresh little corpses.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
violence
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
Well
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From this reading Well, we seem to have been fooled, pretty badly.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
wonderfully
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From this reading They were wonderfully complacent, except when outbreaks of violence, or the cessation of labour, shocked them with a sense of danger.
words
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From this reading These words, all this murmur from below, did not reach those who sat in High Places.
young
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From this reading And the young officers, after a statement like that, went home with swear-words learnt in Flanders, and said, “That’s the reward of patriotism, eh?
