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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

north-cast wind

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00our bedroom windows all night long, had made us shiver in our 02br
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00beds, and turned the contents of the ewers to ice. 02br
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00Hi!02br
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00Above is from Jane Eyer by Charlotte Bronte.02br
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00The north-cast wind, is that a wind blowing from north or blowing toward north?02br
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0 It must be a typo for 'north-east'. 0-

  • 0 It must be a typo for 'north-east'.
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0 It must be a typo for 'north-east'. 0-
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0Oh! You are right. I looked once more, and it was "north-east wind".02br
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00I guess "north-east wind" is wind blowing from north-east....0-
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0 Correct. And the north-east wind in Yorkshire is particularly harsh and cold. 0-

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