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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 carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
again
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
AUTHOR
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
beginning
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
believe
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
business
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
C
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
carriage
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
Castle
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
challenge
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From this reading Mr Prodger took up the challenge promptly.
coachman
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
combining
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
copy
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
country
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
early
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
engaged
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ETC
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
eye
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
flower-beds
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
FURTHEST
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
great
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
GRIER
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
grimy
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ground
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
grumbled
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
heads
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
horses
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
hour
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
IND
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
kept
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
KING
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
late
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
little
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
Llandiarmid
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
Mr
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
newspaper
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
paw
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
perusing
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
platform
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
pleasure
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
porter
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
Prodger
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
promptly
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From this reading Mr Prodger took up the challenge promptly.
quarter
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
responded
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
restlessly
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
scandal
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
sooner
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
station
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
station-master
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
SYDNEY
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
time
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
took
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From this reading Mr Prodger took up the challenge promptly.
toss
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
train
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
UNCROWNED
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From this reading By SYDNEY C. GRIER AUTHOR OF ‘AN UNCROWNED KING,’ ‘IN FURTHEST IND,’ ETC.
up
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From this reading Mr Prodger took up the challenge promptly.
waiting
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From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
wass
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
weeding
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
Welsh
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From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The carriage from Llandiarmid Castle had been waiting for a quarter of an hour at the little country station, and the horses were beginning to toss their heads and paw the ground restlessly, to the great scandal of the coachman.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
Wright
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From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I wass sooner believe you do be early nor the train late, Mr Wright,” he responded.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “This ’ere train of yours is late again, Mr Prodger,” he grumbled to the station-master, who was combining business with pleasure by perusing a grimy copy of a Welsh newspaper at the same time that he kept an eye on the porter who was engaged in weeding the platform flower-beds.
