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HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech. He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass. She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree. "Lewis, Lewis!" He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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From this reading "Lewis, Lewis!"
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From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
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From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He held her to him, bent back her face, kissed her brow and eyes and mouth.
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From this reading She met him with outstretched arms, beneath the beech tree.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
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From this reading HUSBAND AND WIFE As he rode up the drive, he saw Jacqueline waiting for him, a gleam of white upon the grey doorstone, beyond the wind-tossed beech.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
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From this reading He dismounted, sent Young Isham around with the horses, and walked across the burned grass.
