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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 It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
all
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
appalling
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
bare
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From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
blank
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
carpet
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
charming
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
chequered
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
disused
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From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
down
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From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
dreamer
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
dreams
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
efforts
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
extraordinary
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
farmyard
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From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
floor
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From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
gentility
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
heather
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
hill-farm
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From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
hillside
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
indeed
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
interesting
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
just
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
kind
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
like
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
makes
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
men's
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
miles
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
mistaking
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
moorland
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
note
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
now
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
occasional
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
occasions
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
other
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
pass
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
people
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
piano
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
place
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
refinements
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
room
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
rough
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From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
set
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
showed
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
some
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
sometimes
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
sort
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
there
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
troubled
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
truly
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From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
vividness
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From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
wall
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From this reading The room showed some poor efforts at gentility, a carpet on the floor, a piano, I think, against the wall; but, for all these refinements, there was no mistaking he was in a moorland place, among hillside people, and set in miles of heather.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed to him that he was in the first floor of a rough hill-farm.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will just note one of these occasions, ere I pass on to what makes my dreamer truly interesting.
window
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From this reading He looked down from the window upon a bare farmyard, that seemed to have been long disused.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The poor gentleman has since been troubled by nothing of the sort; indeed, his nights were for some while like other men’s, now blank, now chequered with dreams, and these sometimes charming, sometimes appalling, but except for an occasional vividness, of no extraordinary kind.
