afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
Argueil
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From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
a line of approach
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
BehindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
blood-redadjective
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
boarding-schools
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From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
of short duration or distance
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
cartnounUS /kɑːrt/
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
close-barred
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From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
conventnounUS /ˈkɑːnvənt/
a religious residence especially for nuns
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
dyingadjectiveUS /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
elmsnounUS /elmz/
plural of “elm” — any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
divisible by two
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
set up or found
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
gauntadjectiveUS /ɡɔːnt/
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
hillsidenounUS /ˈhɪlsaɪd/
the side or slope of a hill
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
the act of retaining something
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
jostledverbUS /ˈdʒɑːsəld/
past form of “jostle” — make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
lumberingnounUS /ˈlʌmbərɪŋ/
the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
prison-like
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From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
red-tiled
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From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
uttered with a trill
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
shiveringnounUS /ˈʃɪvərɪŋ/
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
sleepyadjectiveUS /ˈsliːpi/
ready to fall asleep
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
springlessadjective
lacking in elasticity or vitality
From this reading As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering.
stainedadjectiveUS /steɪnd/
marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
stuntedadjectiveUS /ˈstʌntɪd/
inferior in size or quality
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Behind, on the hillside, was the convent, with its avenue of stunted elms, its close-barred windows, its terrible prison-like silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
precisely as stated
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Even after my brief visit there this return into the fresh country air, the smell of the fields, the colour and life of the rolling landscape, were blessed things.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The convent boarding-schools which I had heard of had been very different sort of places.
belonging to which person
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So I was driven back to Argueil, the red-tiled, sleepy old town, with its great gaunt church, whose windows, as the lumbering cart descended the hill, were stained blood-red by the dying sunset.
