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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 A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
air
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
all
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
attorney
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
await
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
awesome
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
belated
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
better
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
bidden
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
bracken
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
Brassington
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
bridle
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
Challoner
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
clerk
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
clumps
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
crossing
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
dared
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
dark
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
day
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
declivities
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
delay
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
desolation
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
disobey
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
down
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
Duffy
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
emerge
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
evening
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
fairy
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
footpads
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
forge
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
gorse
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
HEATHnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
hollows
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
human
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
Humphrey
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
inn
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From this reading He had bidden the attorney to await him at the inn, and Master Mittachip had not dared to disobey.
lair
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
lean
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
lent
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
lonely
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
low
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
marauders
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
Master
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
meant
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
midnight
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
Mittachip
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
Moor
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
Moorhen
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
nag
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
path
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
pillion
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
pits
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
pixies
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
RENCONTRE
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
resting-places
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
safe
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
shadows
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
Sir
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
steep
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
sun
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
terror
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
There
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
traveller
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
undoing
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
unfortunate
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
very
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
visit
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
way
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From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
well
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From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
west
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had not returned to the Moorhen after his visit to the forge until the sun was very low down in the west.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A RENCONTRE ON THE HEATH Master Mittachip, on his lean nag, with his clerk, Master Duffy, on the pillion behind him, was on his way to Brassington.
wont
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From this reading There were the footpads, and the pixies, the human and fairy midnight marauders, who all found the steep declivities, the clumps of gorse and bracken, the hollows and the pits, safe resting-places by day, but who were wont to emerge from their lair after dark for the terror and better undoing of the unfortunate, belated traveller.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the delay meant the crossing of the Heath along the bridle path to Brassington, well after the shadows of evening had lent the lonely Moor an air of awesome desolation.
