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Chapter IX
IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection. His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it. Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince. But flowers he specially loved. His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
next to; at the side of
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But flowers he specially loved.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading But flowers he specially loved.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
above and across; more than
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
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From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading Pear trees also he grew, and a medlar and a quince.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
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From this reading But flowers he specially loved.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
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From this reading His house was bowered in roses to the thatched roof, and in the garden grew lilies and lupins, a hundred roses and many bright tracts of shining, scented blossoms.
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From this reading His rambling patch of ground ran beside the river and some of his apple trees bent over it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN THE FOREMAN'S GARDEN Mr. Best was a good gardener and cultivated fruit and flowers to perfection.
