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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 And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
Andrew
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
appeared
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
big
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
black
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
Blacklock
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
blast
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
Bob
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
breed
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
broke
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
brown
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
Celtic
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
Chapman
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
chestnut
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
Clair
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
Clean-jointed
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
Cotswold
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
country
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
cross'd
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
dappled
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
dark
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
deep
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
Devil-May-Care
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
duffer
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
endless
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
Esdale
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
eye
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
far
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
few
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
FIELD
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
FLOOD
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
fox
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
front
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
game
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
George
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
gorse
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
got
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
grey
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
Griffiths
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
head
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
headed
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
heard
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
hills
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
hillside
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
horn
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
horse
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
hot
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
hound
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
how
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
Hugh
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
huntsman's
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
Jack
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
Kerr
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
lay
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
lead
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
lean
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
left
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
loves
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
lowering
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
mare
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
massive
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
merry
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
mist
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
morn
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
Oliver
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
once
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
outpace
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
pair
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
promise
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
quarters
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
rank
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
red
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
resolute
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
right
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
rills
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
road
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
rode
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
seven
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
show'd
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
sinewy
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
spare
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
speed
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
square
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
St
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
startnounUS /stɑrt/
a sudden movement of surprise in a specific situation in this story
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
steed
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
tail
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
there
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
Tom
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From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
tower
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From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
vale
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From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jack Esdale was there, and Hugh St. Clair, Bob Chapman, and Andrew Kerr, And big George Griffiths on Devil-May-Care, And--black Tom Oliver.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I remember how merry a start we got, When the red fox broke from the gorse, In a country so deep, with a scent so hot, That the hound could outpace the horse; I remember how few in the front rank show’d, How endless appeared the tail, On the brown hillside, where we cross’d the road And headed towards the vale.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
wintry
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From this reading BY FLOOD AND FIELD I remember the lowering wintry morn, And the mist on the Cotswold hills, Where I once heard the blast of the huntsman’s horn, Not far from the seven rills.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And one who rode on a dark brown steed, Clean-jointed, sinewy, spare, With the lean game head of the Blacklock breed, And the resolute eye that loves the lead, And the quarters massive and square-- A tower of strength, with a promise of speed (There was Celtic blood in the pair).
writes
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From this reading The dark brown steed on the left was there, On the right was a dappled grey, And between the pair on a chestnut mare The duffer who writes this lay.
