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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 little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
all
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
away
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
blossoms
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
blue
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
buttercups
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
chimneys
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
day
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
delicate
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
embowered
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
English
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
expanse
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
gables
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
gnarled
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
GRANGE
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From this reading LONGFORD GRANGE.
grass
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
hawthorn
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
hedges
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
horizon
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
house
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
intersected
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
left
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
little
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
LONGFORD
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From this reading LONGFORD GRANGE.
lying
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
meadows
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
moss-grown
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
old
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
orchard
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
quiet
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
red
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From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
right
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
sky
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
starred
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
stretching
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
summer
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From this reading Over all the delicate blue sky of an English summer day.
tall
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
thick
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A little to the left the embowered gables and red chimneys of an old house.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
trees
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From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading An old orchard, its trees gnarled and moss-grown, their blossoms lying thick upon the grass beneath.
wide
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From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the right, and stretching away towards the horizon, a wide expanse of quiet meadows starred with buttercups, and intersected by tall hawthorn hedges.
