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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 This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
any
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
arches
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
banks
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
brick
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
bridge
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
building
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
call
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
capital
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
cellar
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
comfortable
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
crossed
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
csarda
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
dawn
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
Debreczin
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
due
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
Early
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
employed
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
far
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
flower
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
folk
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
fringed
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
garden
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
grapes
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
high
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
Hortobagy
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
house
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
imagined
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
inn
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
jealous
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
kitchen
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
lime
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
made
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
maintain
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
masons
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
milk
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
nine
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
only
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
owl-haunted
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
painter
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
people
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
place
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
reed-thatched
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
reeds
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
respectable
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
river
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
road
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
roof
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
rooms
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
say
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
shingle
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
silently
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
slake
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
solidity
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
started
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
stone
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
strangers
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
substantial
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From this reading Not far from the inn, the high road crossed it on a substantial stone bridge of nine arches.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
together
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
town
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
tumble-down
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
used
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
way
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From this reading Early, ere the dawn, the strangers at the Hortobagy inn started on their way.
wayside
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From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
willows
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
wine
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From this reading Debreczin folk maintain that the solidity of this bridge is due to the masons having used milk to slake their lime; jealous people say that they employed wine made from Hortobagy grapes, and that this drew it together.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading This inn, though only a "csarda," or wayside house of call, was no owl-haunted, tumble-down, reed-thatched place, such as the painter had imagined, but a respectable brick building, with a shingle roof, comfortable rooms, and a capital kitchen and cellar quite worthy of any town.
wound
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From this reading Below the flower garden, the Hortobagy river wound silently along, between banks fringed with reeds and willows.
