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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 WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
air
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
all
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
armor
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
away
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
bare
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
battered
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
blowing
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
bow
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
clean
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
cool
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
demesne
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From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
dish
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
doorway
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
face
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
find
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
flowers
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
fragrance
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
furnishing
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
gathered
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
genially
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
hand
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
hospitable
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
house
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
Jeremy
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
King's
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
laden
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
large
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
madam
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From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
Master
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minion
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
minister
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From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
newly
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
only
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
others
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From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
out
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
pine
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
posy
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
pot
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
quoth
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From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
rooms
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roses
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From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
said
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
see
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
slipped
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
smile
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
smiles
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
Spaniard
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
Sparrow
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
sweet
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
table
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
there
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
three
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
treat
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From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
turned
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From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
WAITING
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
wardens
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “When the Spaniard turned out to be only the King's minion, I slipped away to see that all was in order,” he said genially.
window
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From this reading She took them from him with a smile, and we went into the house to find three fair large rooms, something bare of furnishing, but clean and sweet, with here and there a bow pot of newly gathered flowers, a dish of wardens on the table, and a cool air laden with the fragrance of the pine blowing through the open window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
wreathed
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From this reading WAITING for us in the doorway we found Master Jeremy Sparrow, relieved of his battered armor, his face wreathed with hospitable smiles, and a posy in his hand.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here are roses, madam, that you are not to treat as you did those others.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “This is your demesne,” quoth the minister.
