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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 It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
Antoine
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
birds
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
buried
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
burns
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
Burnt-Brandy
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
consisting
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
cottages
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
curve
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From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
devours
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
ditches
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
down
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
drys
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
famous
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
fat
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
father
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
fields
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
fire
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
frost
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
furrows
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
given
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From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
grass
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
hamlet
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
hidden
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From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
houses
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From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
innkeeper
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
IX
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From this reading VOLUME IX.
just
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
keen
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
known
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
led
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
like
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
Macheble
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
made
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
miles
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
niche
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
nicknamed
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
Norman
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
ocean
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
overgrown
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
peasants
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
place
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From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
ravine
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
round
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
rushes
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
salt
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
sea
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
seek
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
sharpest
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
shelter
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
sought
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
storm
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
surrounded
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
ten
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
thirty
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
Toine
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
Toine-my-extra
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
Tournevent
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From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
trees
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
up
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
valley
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From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
VOLUME
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From this reading VOLUME IX.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was known for thirty miles round was father Toine--fat Toine, Toine-my-extra, Antoine Macheble, nicknamed Burnt-Brandy--the innkeeper of Tournevent.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The houses were hidden behind a curve which had given the place the name of Tournevent.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was he who had made famous this hamlet buried in a niche in the valley that led down to the sea, a poor little peasants' hamlet consisting of ten Norman cottages surrounded by ditches and trees.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
winter
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
withers
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From this reading It seemed to have sought shelter in this ravine overgrown with grass and rushes, from the keen, salt sea wind--the ocean wind that devours and burns like fire, that drys up and withers like the sharpest frost of winter, just as birds seek shelter in the furrows of the fields in time of storm.
