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Chapter VI
We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented. The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings. But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire. You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning? I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
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From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
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From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
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From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We got lost, trying to find the river road, going home, and had great fun, straying into meadows, and onto ploughed ground, which poor Apollo resented.
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From this reading But the villages of Wiltshire I don't find as poetical as those in Surrey and Sussex or Hampshire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The way was beautiful, past some lovely old houses and exquisite cottages; and the Avon was idyllic in its pretty windings.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You would never guess what I'm going to do to-morrow morning?
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From this reading I'm not sure you'd let me, if you knew.
