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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 AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
AFTERprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
air
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
Andy
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
bower
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
bright
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
broke
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
called
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church
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
climbing
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
clouds
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
clustered
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
country
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
day
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
dull
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
flower
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
flowery
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
freshness
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
gap
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
garden
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gardens
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
gate
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
gave
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
Gay
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From this reading “Gay!” they would say.
Gaythorpe
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
generation
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
given
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
grey
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
grown
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
herb
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
honeysuckle
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
houses
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
improvements
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
indescribableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl/
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
jeered
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
leading
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
lovely
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
mellow
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
miles
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
modern
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
once
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
ones
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
out
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
place
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
poet
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present
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
rays
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
red-brick
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
roses
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
round
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
saw
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
say
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From this reading “Gay!” they would say.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
sense
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
slanted
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
small
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
some
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
Stamfords
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station
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
storm
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
sun
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
sweet
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
then
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
there
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Gay!” they would say.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
three
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
together
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
trees
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
village
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From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every flower and herb gave out scent, and there was a sense of indescribable sweet freshness in the air as Andy stood at the gate leading into the Stamfords’ garden, and looked at the village through a gap in the trees.
wet
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From this reading AFTER the dull day and the storm a bright sun broke through the clouds and slanted in long mellow rays across the wet country.
whitewashed
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From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
why
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From this reading Andy saw then, why some poet once upon a time had looked at it so, and called it Gaythorpe: though the present generation jeered at the name being given to a place that was over three miles from a station and had no modern improvements.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The little whitewashed houses and red-brick ones, grown lovely with time, clustered together round the grey church among the trees, in a bower of small flowery gardens and climbing roses and honeysuckle.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Gay!” they would say.
