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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 The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
afternoon
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
bad
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading TRYING TO BE GOOD.
beech
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
branches
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
breakfasted
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
breath
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
bright
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
cousin
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
crisis
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
day
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Doctor's
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
drinking
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
dull
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
early
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
eating
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
elm
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
face
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
fanned
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
gone
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
GOOD
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From this reading TRYING TO BE GOOD.
grass
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Hurstonleigh
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
immediately
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
Isabel's
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
lanes
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Lansdell's
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
life
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
long
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
made
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
man's
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
March
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
master
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
meadows
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
months
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
Mordred
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Nearly
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
out
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
parted
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
poor
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
pretence
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
Priory
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Roland
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
set
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From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
spreading
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
strolled
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
summer
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
Sunday
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had breakfasted early, and had set out immediately after that poor pretence of eating and drinking.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TRYING TO BE GOOD.
TRYING
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From this reading TRYING TO BE GOOD.
two
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
visit
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
walked
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
warm
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
Wife
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From this reading Nearly two months had gone by since he and the Doctor's Wife bad parted on the dull March afternoon which made a crisis in Isabel's life.
wild-flowers
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
woodland
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From this reading The Sunday after Roland Lansdell's visit to his cousin was a warm May day, and the woodland lanes and meadows through which the master of Mordred Priory walked to Hurstonleigh were bright with wild-flowers.
young
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From this reading The warm breath of the early summer fanned the young man's face as he strolled through the long grass under the spreading branches of elm and beech.
