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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 rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
abandonment
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
arched
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
averted
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
barking
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
castellated
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From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
castle
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
chapel
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
court
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
cracked
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
da
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
dark
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
discoloured
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
dog's
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
even
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
Ezzelino
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
façade
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
flagging
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
formed
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
formidable
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
gate
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
gaunt
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
great
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
habitation
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From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
half
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
indeed
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From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
little
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
look
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
machicolated
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
made
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
much
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From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
neglect
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
nobility
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
o
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
old
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
Otherwise
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From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
outlining
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
perfect
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
period
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
picture
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
pile
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
place
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From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
proportion
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
right
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
Romano
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
ruinous
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
rusty
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
scarcely
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
scoured
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
severe
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
shafts
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
sign
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From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
spite
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From this reading But severe and even formidable as the castle was, in spite of its neglect, it had the nobility of perfect proportion.
stone
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
stopped
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
there
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From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
tower
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
uncanny
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
valleys
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
villa
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From this reading It was not so much a castle, indeed, as a castellated villa.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Otherwise there was no sign of habitation about the place.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
weed-checkered
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
windows
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From this reading The great arched windows of the façade were scarcely of a period when Ezzelino da Romano scoured these valleys o’ nights.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
wrought-iron
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From this reading The rusty wrought-iron gate through which we stopped to look, the weed-checkered flagging within, the ruinous little chapel half averted from us at the right, the cracked and discoloured shafts outlining the court, the gaunt old pile of dark stone with its machicolated tower, formed a picture of abandonment which the dog’s barking made a trifle uncanny.
