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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 MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
afield
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
air
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
also
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
any
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
appear
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
bent
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
busied
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
cabin
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
caribou
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
chanced
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
companion
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
conscious
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
domesticity
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
doors
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
drifting
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
driving
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
engaged
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
far
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
fashioning
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
frames
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
girl
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
girl's
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
glanced
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
glances
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
go
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
hard
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
heart
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
lake
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
leap
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
made
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
meal
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
misled
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
MYSTERIOUSadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
necessary
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
now
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
out
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
preparing
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
presence
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
probably
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
raw-hide
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
snow-shoes
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
snowing
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
Stane
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
stranger
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
strove
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
tamarack
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
unconscious
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From this reading Those glances made his heart leap, though he strove hard to appear unconscious of them.
utterly
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From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
uttermost
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
venture
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From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
very
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
VISITORS
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
weaving
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
webbing
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The girl was engaged in preparing a meal, and the cabin had an air of domesticity that would probably have utterly misled any stranger who had chanced to look in.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
worked
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From this reading Stane, as he worked, was very conscious of the girl's presence, and conscious also that from time to time his companion glanced at him, whilst he bent over the tamarack frames, weaving in and out the webbing of caribou raw-hide.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To go out of doors would have been the uttermost folly, and Stane busied himself in the fashioning of snow-shoes which now would be necessary before they could venture far afield.
wreath
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From this reading MYSTERIOUS VISITORS It was snowing again, driving across the lake in the hard wind and drifting in a wonderful wreath about the cabin.
