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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 green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
Adam
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
almost
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
anxious
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
basket
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
Bede
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
brook
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
clean
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
close
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
contemplating
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
darling
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
dim
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
door
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
elderly
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
enlarging
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
evening
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
evidently
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
eyes
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
few
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
first-born
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From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
followed
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
full
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
gradually
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
green
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
Gyp
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
house
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
late
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
Lisbeth
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From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
looking
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
love
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From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
loves
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From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
low
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
making
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
minutes
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
old
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
opposite
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
out
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
overflowing
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
overhung
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
passing
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
placidly
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
plank
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
rains
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
side
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
slope
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
snowdrop
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
son
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
spare
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
speck
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
stack
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
stooping
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
sunshine
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
thatched
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
thrown
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
timber
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
twenty
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
undoubting
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
up
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
valley
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
vigorous
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From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
watching
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
way
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lisbeth Bede loves her son with the love of a woman to whom her first-born has come late in life.
willows
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From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A green valley with a brook running through it, full almost to overflowing with the late rains, overhung by low stooping willows.
woman
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From this reading The door of the house is open, and an elderly woman is looking out; but she is not placidly contemplating the evening sunshine; she has been watching with dim eyes the gradually enlarging speck which for the last few minutes she has been quite sure is her darling son Adam.
yards
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From this reading Across this brook a plank is thrown, and over this plank Adam Bede is passing with his undoubting step, followed close by Gyp with the basket; evidently making his way to the thatched house, with a stack of timber by the side of it, about twenty yards up the opposite slope.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She is an anxious, spare, yet vigorous old woman, clean as a snowdrop.
