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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 A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
accomplished
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From this reading Kedgers had certainly accomplished much.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
all
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
appear
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
azured
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
beds
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
bells
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
Betty
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
Betty's
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
bit
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
bloom
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
blooming
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
blue
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
came
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
caused
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
certainly
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From this reading Kedgers had certainly accomplished much.
close
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
close-trimmed
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
colour
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
credit
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
dwelt
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
effect
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
enclosing
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
eyes
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
flower
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
flushed
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
garden
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
gardens
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
greenness
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
growths
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kedgers had certainly accomplished much.
heads
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
hung
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
Kedgers
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From this reading Kedgers had certainly accomplished much.
landscape
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
lawns
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
lifted
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
limitations
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
lose
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
lower
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
melted
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
minutes
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
more
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
much
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From this reading Kedgers had certainly accomplished much.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
only
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
out
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
overlooking
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
park
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
purpled
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
RETURN
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
rosy
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
snowed
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From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
some
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
spires
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
square
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
stone
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
Sweet
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
taking
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
tall
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
terrace
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
thoughtfully
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From this reading Upon the garden Betty's eyes dwelt, as she stood still for some minutes taking in their effect thoughtfully.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
Vanderpoel
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
warm
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From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A RETURN At the close of a long, warm afternoon Betty Vanderpoel came out upon the square stone terrace overlooking the gardens, and that part of the park which, enclosing them, caused them, as they melted into its greenness, to lose all limitations and appear to be only a more blooming bit of the landscape.
white
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From this reading Sweet tall spires, hung with blue or white or rosy flower bells, lifted their heads above the colour of lower growths.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His close-trimmed lawns did him credit, his flower beds were flushed and azured, purpled and snowed with bloom.
