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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 It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
ax
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
back
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
beautiful
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
blue
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
burying
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
came
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
century
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
church
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
churchyard
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From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
claimed
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
cut
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
dates
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything about it spoke of quiet and gentleness.
Fairfax
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
FoundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
FURROW
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From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
gate
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
gentleness
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From this reading Everything about it spoke of quiet and gentleness.
grass
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
gray
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
ground
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
head-mark
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
hi
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
immediately
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
just
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
knew
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
known
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
loose
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
Lord
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
low
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
many
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
meetinghouse
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From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
more
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
mound
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
oaks
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
old
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From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
others
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
ownership
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
placed
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
plow
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
quiet
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From this reading Everything about it spoke of quiet and gentleness.
rested
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
roll
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
sandstone
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
separated
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
simple
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
simply
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
space
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
spoke
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From this reading Everything about it spoke of quiet and gentleness.
spot
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
stone
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
sun
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
surrounded
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FURROW I Found her at the churchyard of the old meetinghouse.
there
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
turned
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
turning
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
unpretentious
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From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
virgin
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From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
wall
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From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was a beautiful spot, here where the sun came through the great oaks that had never known an ax, resting upon blue grass that had never known a plow--a spot virgin as it was before old Lord Fairfax ever claimed it hi his loose ownership.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was just turning toward the gate in the low sandstone wall which surrounded the burying ground and separated it from the space immediately about the little stone church.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I knew what it was that she looked upon as she turned back toward that spot--it was one more low mound, simple, unpretentious, added to the many which had been placed there this last century and a half; one more little gray sandstone head-mark, cut simply with the name and dates of him who rested there, last in a long roll of our others.
