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Abbey
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
Abbey's
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
air
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
all
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
almost
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
Black
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
companion
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
days
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
early
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
eleventh
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
England
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
filled
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
go
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
gone
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
gratitude
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
heart
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
heights
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
house
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
Jane
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
kneeling
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
land
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
lifting
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
like
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
London
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
meant
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
MorningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
much
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
NAMEnounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
nation's
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
new
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
November
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
now
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
Paul's
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
people
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
phrasing
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
place
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
places
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
pray
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
prayer
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
presently
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
pressing
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
rose
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
Sabbath
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
sea
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
serving
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
sombre
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
somehow
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
song
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
St
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
stately
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
Stoughton
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
streets
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
there
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
thronged
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
very
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From this reading So presently Jane found herself kneeling beside her companion, in this place of places which stood for the very heart of England.
victory
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
voiced
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
walls
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From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
want
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From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
war
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
war-time
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
week
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From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
Westminster
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From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Jane had been quite sure that Black meant to take her there; somehow there seemed no place where they could so much want to go.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And now, early as they had left the little house almost under the Abbey’s shadow, they found the streets filled with those who like themselves were pressing toward the place where since the eleventh of November the nation’s gratitude for victory was being voiced in each prayer and song which rose from those sombre walls.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Miss Stoughton had told her that all through the war the great Abbey, like St. Paul’s, had been thronged with the people who had gone, on week days as on the Sabbath, to pray, as the new war-time phrasing had it, “for those serving upon land and sea and in the air.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN HIS NAME Morning, and the London streets, with Westminster lifting its stately heights above them.
