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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 MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
all
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From this reading What sport we had all day long!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
appeared
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
Badgeworthy
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
bend
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
bower
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
boy-of-all-work
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
breakfast
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
cheerful
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
compliments
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
consented
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
Cox
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
day
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
deep
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
description
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
Doone
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
down
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
excuses
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
far
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
father
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
father's
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
fishing
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
following
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
generally
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
gleaming
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
go
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
green
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What sport we had all day long!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
high
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
hills
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
John
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
knee
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
like
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What sport we had all day long!
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
Lorna's
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
man
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
MEETING
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
morrow
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
Mr
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
MYSTERIOUSadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
particularly
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
past
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
rather
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
read
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
remarked
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
Ridd's
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
round
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
sent
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
sometimes
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
sport
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From this reading What sport we had all day long!
stream
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
surprise
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From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
tomenounUS /toʊm/
A large, heavy, scholarly book containing ancient lore or magical writings.
From this reading "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING" On the morrow my father, not a little to my surprise, appeared to be in a particularly cheerful tome of mind.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
used
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
valley
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
waded
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
waist
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
waterslide
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From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What sport we had all day long!
well
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From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What sport we had all day long!
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
William
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
willingly
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From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Of course I consented willingly, and William, our man, or rather boy-of-all-work, was sent down to Mr. Cox, with whom I used generally to read in the morning, with my father's compliments and my excuses.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We waded knee deep, sometimes waist high, down the Badgeworthy stream, following its gleaming course past Lorna's bower, past waterslide, which I never looked upon without thinking of John Ridd's description, and round the green hills of the Doone valley as far as the bend of the stream.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At breakfast time he remarked that the day looked well for fishing, and asked me whether I would not like to go.
