used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
Chicoutimi
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From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
EminentadjectiveUS /ˈemənənt/
standing above others in quality or position
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
EstablishmentnounUS /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/
the act of forming or establishing something
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
fortyadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrti/
being ten more than thirty
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
to a considerable degree
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
Hudson'snounUS /ˈhʌdsənz/
possessive form of “hudson” — a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
ten 10s
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
JesuitnounUS /ˈdʒeʒuːɪt/
a member of the Jesuit order
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading July.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
LawrencenounUS /ˈlɔːrəns/
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
MountaineernounUS /ˈmaʊntɪnɪr/
someone who climbs mountains
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
on the contrary
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
Saguenay
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From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
St
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From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
confined on all sides
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
Tadousac
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From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Saguenay River—Chicoutimi—Storm Picture—Hudson’s Bay Company—Eminent Merchant—The Mountaineer Indians—Tadousac—Ruin of a Jesuit Establishment.
timberedadjective
furnished with or made of wood or timbers
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
trailsnounUS /treɪlz/
plural of “trail” — a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading About one hundred and fifty miles north of the St. Lawrence, and on one of the trails leading to Hudson’s Bay, lies a beautiful Lake called St. John.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is about forty miles long, and surrounded with a heavily timbered and rather level country.
