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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 Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
barked
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
beings
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
bird
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
bog
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
called
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
coming
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
country
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
crawling
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
darkness
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
deep-hewn
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
dikes
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
dog
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
drawn
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
enemy
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
fallen
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
far-scattered
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From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
fens
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
flat
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
gradual
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
harbingers
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
homesteads
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From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
human
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
indefatigable
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
level
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
Lights
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From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
like
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
lonely
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
made
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
mate
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
mist
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
mud-oozing
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
night
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
now
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
obscurity
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
out
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From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
pastureland
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
patches
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From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
pursued
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
railway
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
region
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From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
relentless
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
seawards
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
seeking
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
shelter
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
sight
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
sky-line
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
small
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
solitary
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
some
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
sometimes
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
steadily
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
stumbling
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
swamp
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
Tavernake
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
terminus
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
there
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
traveler
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From this reading Here and there a dog barked, some lonely bird seeking shelter called to its mate, but of human beings there seemed to be no one in sight save the solitary traveler.
TwilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Twilight had fallen like a mantle around him, fallen over that great flat region of fens and pastureland and bog.
twinkled
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From this reading Lights twinkled out from the far-scattered homesteads.
wading
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
way
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From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Little patches of mist, harbingers of the coming obscurity, were being drawn now into the gradual darkness.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Towards the sky-line, across the level country, stumbling and crawling over the deep-hewn dikes, wading sometimes through the mud-oozing swamp, Tavernake, who had left the small railway terminus on foot, made his way that night steadily seawards, as one pursued by some relentless and indefatigable enemy.
