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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 sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
all
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
Almost
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
army
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
atmosphere
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
Blechow
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
blood-red
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
broad
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
brow
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
came
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
castle
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
clouds
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
colour
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
complete
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
concentrated
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
covered
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
dark
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
Deep
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From this reading Deep stillness prevailed.
down
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
extremely
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
garden
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
gazed
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
gloomy
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
Goettingen
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
great
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
grey
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
hall
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
heat
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
heavy
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
high
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
horizon
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
join
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
left
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
looked
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
march
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
men
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
most
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
news
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
old
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
oppressive
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
out
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
overtake
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
paced
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
plain
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
president
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
prevailed
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From this reading Deep stillness prevailed.
quiet
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
rays
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
set
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
sky
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
soon
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
still
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
stillness
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From this reading Deep stillness prevailed.
sultry
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
summer
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
sun
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
surrounding
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
SUSPENSE
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From this reading SUSPENSE.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
there
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
time
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
troops
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
up
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
village
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From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sultry heat of summer was extremely oppressive in the plain surrounding the quiet village of Blechow; the sky looked dark and heavy, not that it was covered with clouds, but it was grey from the heavy atmosphere, and although the sun was still high above the horizon, his rays were of a dark blood-red colour.
wrinkles
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From this reading But the stillness was the most complete in the old castle, where the president, with gloomy wrinkles on his brow, paced up and down the great hall, and gazed from time to time across the garden at the broad plain beyond.
young
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From this reading Almost all the young men had left the village; as soon as the news came that the troops were concentrated at Goettingen they had set out to join the army there, or to overtake it on its march.
