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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 LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
ascend
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
AUTUMN
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
backs
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
Beacon
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
better
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
bidden
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
blocks
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
boulder
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
brooded
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
certain
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
claimed
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
climbed
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
declared
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From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
determine
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
down
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
earth
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
examining
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
extending
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
eyes
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
Falcon
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
Farm
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
farmer
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From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
fashioned
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
fierce
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
find
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
flung
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
good-natured
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From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
granite
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
heaved
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
Joe
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
knowledge
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
late
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
Lawrence
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
LIGHT
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
loitered
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
man
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
marked
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
masses
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
master
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
mastered
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
Maynard
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
moor
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
needful
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
out
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
own
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
pageant
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
pillars
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
posts
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
presently
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
protected
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
rights
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
sat
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
Sent
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
sides
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
skilled
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From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
split
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
sticks
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
Stockman
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
stone
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
stones
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
there
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From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
thoughts
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From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
thrust
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
turbary
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
understanding
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From this reading For the farmer was skilled in granite and declared it to be a good-natured stone in understanding hands.
Venville
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From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the master of Falcon Farm was a Venville man and claimed moor rights extending over stone and turbary.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lawrence was mastered by his own thoughts presently, and with the pageant of late autumn flung under his eyes, he sat down where a boulder protected him from the fierce wind and brooded.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading LIGHT OF AUTUMN Sent to find granite and bidden to choose a boulder that would split out, so that needful stone posts might be fashioned from it, Lawrence Maynard climbed the Beacon and loitered here and there, examining the great stones that heaved their backs or sides from the earth.
yield
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From this reading Lawrence marked certain masses and thrust in sticks beside them, that presently Joe Stockman might himself ascend and determine, from his better knowledge, which blocks would yield the needful pillars.
