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Chapter XXV
THE FIRST WARNING. On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage. It was the most lovely spring day imaginable. The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music. It was, indeed, the very morning to go a-wooing.
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Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE FIRST WARNING.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.”
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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 The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading It was, indeed, the very morning to go a-wooing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRST WARNING.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
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From this reading It was, indeed, the very morning to go a-wooing.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
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From this reading It was, indeed, the very morning to go a-wooing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
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From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
above and across; more than
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
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From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST WARNING.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was, indeed, the very morning to go a-wooing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the following morning Dr. Duncan took the train to Farnham, and full of delightful anticipation walked over to his sister's cottage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRST WARNING.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the most lovely spring day imaginable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The young vegetation glowed beneath the bright sky, and a warm fresh breeze stirred it to happy music.
