acresnounUS /ˈeɪkərz/
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
Bah
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From this reading Bah!
completely unclothed
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
an occurrence of something
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
drainingadjectiveUS /ˈdreɪnɪŋ/
having a debilitating effect
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
the act of consuming food
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
graftingnounUS /ˈɡræftɪŋ/
the act of grafting something onto something else
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
set down according to a plan
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "Next year!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
old-fashionedadjectiveUS /ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd/
out of fashion
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
patchnounUS /pætʃ/
a small contrasting part of something
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
pearsnounUS /perz/
plural of “pear” — sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
reedsnounUS /riːdz/
plural of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
They'll
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From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
in the company of; together with
From this reading [This was the case with the old-fashioned grafting.]
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading "Next year!
a late time of life
From this reading They'll be ten years before they come well into bearing."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So will the acres laid bare by the draining," said the squire smiling, "and I hope we shall live to see our boys eating the bread made from corn grown on that patch of water and reeds, along with the pears from your trees."
