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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 About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
able
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
all
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
allotment
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
back
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
badly
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
ball
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
beech
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
Beechmark
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
Buntingford
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
century
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
country
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
crossing
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
day
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
dead-tired
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
diversion
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
doubled
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
earth
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
eighteenth
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
English
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
evenings
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
fighting
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
finest
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
get
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
grassland
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
greens
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
home
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
hours
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
inclined
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
labour
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
labourer
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
lake
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
like
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
living
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
Lord
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
made
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
many
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
mostly
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
much
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
neglected
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
night
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
o'clock
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
oak
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
old
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
once
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
outbreak
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
park
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
pasture
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
planted
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
potatoes
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
safe
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
sauntering
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
shortened
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
sluggish
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
small
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
son
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
streamlets
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
strenuous
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
studded
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
summertime
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
ten
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
Thanks
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
traversing
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
trees
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
two
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
up
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
wagesplural nounUS /ˈweɪdʒɪz/
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
war
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
way
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From this reading About ten o'clock on the night of the ball at Beechmark, a labourer was crossing the park on his way home from his allotment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
whole
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
winter
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From this reading Thanks to summertime and shortened hours of labour he had been able to get his winter greens in, and to earth up his potatoes, all in two strenuous evenings; and he was sauntering home dead-tired.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
wood
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From this reading The park he was traversing was mostly open pasture studded with trees, except where at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Lord Buntingford of the day had planted a wood of oak and beech about the small lake which he had made by the diversion of two streamlets that had once found a sluggish course through the grassland.
woodland
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
worth
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From this reading But he had doubled his wages since the outbreak of war and his fighting son had come back to him safe, so that on the whole he was inclined to think that the old country was worth living in!
years
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From this reading The trees in it were among the finest in the country, but like so much of English woodland before the war, they had been badly neglected for many years.
