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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 Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
air
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
almost
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
autumn
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
away
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
blurred
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
bosom
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
brilliant
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
car
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
clump
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
desolate
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
edge
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
eyes
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
farmhouse
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
feet
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
gates
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
glory
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
gorse
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
growing
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
haunting
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
heather
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
hedges
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
herbiage
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
hills
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
leaning
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
lifetime
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
lights
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
lonely
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
low
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
moor
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
moorland
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
morbid
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
new
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
out
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
passing
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
possessed
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
posts
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
pungency
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
reached
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
road
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
scantier
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
scantiness
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
sea
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
seen
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
shapes
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
smoke
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
somehow
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
spread
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
station
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
steamers
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
stone
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
stretched
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
Tallente
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
telegraph
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From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
There
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
top
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
trail
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
tree-hung
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
turned
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
twinkling
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
unaccustomed
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
uncertain
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From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
unroll
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From this reading Tallente found himself possessed of a haunting, almost a morbid feeling that a lifetime had passed since last his car had turned out of the station gates and he had seen the moorland unroll itself before his eyes.
walls
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From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a new pungency in the autumn air, an unaccustomed scantiness in the herbiage of the moor and the low hedges growing from the top of the stone walls.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The telegraph posts, leaning away from the wind, seemed somehow scantier; the road stretched between them, lonely and desolate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From a farmhouse in the bosom of the tree-hung hills lights were already twinkling, and when he reached the edge of the moor, and the sea spread itself out almost at his feet, the shapes of the passing steamers, with their long trail of smoke, were blurred and uncertain.
yellow
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From this reading The glory of the heather had passed, though here and there a clump of brilliant yellow gorse remained.
