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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 _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
away
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
beautifully
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I found myself a new being.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
bright
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
came
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
child
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
congregation
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
country
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
double
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
down
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
fair-haired
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
fashion
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
father
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
fell
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
fields
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
fir-trees
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
flat-armed
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
foreground
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found myself a new being.
four
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
framed
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
front
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
got
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
hill
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
hills
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found myself a new being.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
Irongray
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
kirk
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
kirkyard
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
legs
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
living
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
most
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I found myself a new being.
new
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From this reading I found myself a new being.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
off
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
place
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
range
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
rapid
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
recumbent
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
river
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
row
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
Saturday
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
Scotch
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
seen
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
side
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
small
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
steep
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
strong
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
sunlight
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
there
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
to-day
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
tombstones
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
trees
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
upright
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From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
various
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
walk
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
warmth
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From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Saturday_.—And to-day it came—warmth, sunlight, and a strong, hearty living wind among the trees.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the kirkyard there was a wonderful congregation of tombstones, upright and recumbent on four legs (after our Scotch fashion), and of flat-armed fir-trees.
wood
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
wooded
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From this reading My father and I went off a long walk, through a country most beautifully wooded and various, under a range of hills.
woods
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From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have seen one place where the wood suddenly fell away in front of us down a long, steep hill between a double row of trees, with one small fair-haired child framed in shadow in the foreground; and when we got to the foot there was the little kirk and kirkyard of Irongray, among broken fields and woods by the side of the bright, rapid river.
