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33 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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the front
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place in war where fighting occurs
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artillery
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large guns
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front line-
behind lines- |
-fighting
-back away from fighting |
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shrapnel
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weapons that go through air
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high explosives
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explosives that go off in the air
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bombardment
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stream of artillery fire
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shelling
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small arms in bombardment
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barrage
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heavy fire
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trenches
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place on the front where they lived and fired from
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breastwork
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wall of defense
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No Man's Land
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area in between fightin trenches
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mustard gas
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caused lungs to blacken and cough up blood
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dug out
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reinforced bunker
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offensive
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attack
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louse
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lice
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morphia
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morphine
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tommy
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name for british and french soldiers
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gendarme
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police authority
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flying division
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soldiers who were put in right where fighting occured
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trench mortar
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artillery behind lines used to ruin opposing trench
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melancholy
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sadness
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askance
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sideways glance
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deloused
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take lice out of hair
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sluices
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flood gates
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apathetic
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not interested
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quarrying
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to remove stone
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repulsed
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pushed back
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idyll
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pleasant episode
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fastidious
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careful about details
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banal
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ordinary
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munition dump
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where ammunition was stored, supplies center
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chattels
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moveable personal properties
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fortnight
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two weeks
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