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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 Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
afraid
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
back
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
banks
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
BARN
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From this reading THE BARN.
bed
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
bordering
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
brown
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
clear
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
cropping
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
dwindled
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
eatables
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
Farm
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
find
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
flowed
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
Gibbie
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
Gormgarnet
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
got
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
grass-blades
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
greatly
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
guide
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
guided
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
heather
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
hill
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
hills
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
hillsides
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
hollows
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
hours
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
lie
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
like
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
listening
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
longer
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
lost
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
mere
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
molten
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
murmurs
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
other
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
overhung
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
peat-bog
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
pebbly
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
river
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
rivulet
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
roots
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
sheep
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
skirts
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
sleep
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
smoke-crystals
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
some
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
sometimes
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
stray
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
stream
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
stretching
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARN.
there
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
together
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From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
up
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
valley
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
wandered
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
well
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From this reading By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill--brown and clear, like smoke-crystals molten together, flowed into it, and when he had lost it, guided him back to his guide.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
widely
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From this reading Farm after farm he passed, here one widely bordering a valley stream, there another stretching its skirts up the hillsides till they were lost in mere heather, where the sheep wandered about, cropping what stray grass-blades and other eatables they could find.
willows
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From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it.
