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In Search of a Siberian Klondike
In Search of a Siberian Klondike

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of In Search of a Siberian Klondike is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Washington Baker Vanderlip • Curated US English Learning Edition
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SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.
Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.
The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.
Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.
Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

In Search of a Siberian Klondike

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of In Search of a Siberian Klondike is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.
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Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.
Line 3
The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.
/ðə ʃɔːr laɪn ʃoʊd ˈroʊlɪŋ hɪl ənd ˈmaʊntən ˈkʌntri wɪˈθaʊt mʌtʃ ˈtɪmbər/
Line 4
Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.
Line 5
Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.
/ˈoʊɪŋ tuː ðə ˈʃæloʊnəs ʌv ðə ˈwɔːtər wiː wɜːr əˈblaɪdʒd tuː ˈæŋkər eɪˈtiːn maɪlz ɔːf ʃɔːr/

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Arcadian noun US /ˌɑːrˈkeɪdiən/

an inhabitant of Arcadia

From this reading “SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
northward adverb US /ˈnɔːrθwərd/

in a northern direction

From this reading “Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
salmon noun US /ˈsæmən/

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

From this reading “SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shallowness noun US /ˈʃæloʊnəs/

lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling

From this reading “Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
steamed adjective US /stiːmd/

cooked in steam

From this reading “Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
steaming adjective US /ˈstiːmɪŋ/

filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

From this reading “Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
varieties noun US /vərˈaɪətiz/

plural of “variety” — a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading “SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Wholesale adverb US /ˈhoʊlseɪl/

at a wholesale price

From this reading “SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

extreme limits adjective + noun counted as “extreme limit”

In this reading “Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.”

276 times in 426,211 chapters
Three days noun + noun

In this reading “Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.”

29,464 times in 426,211 chapters
eighteen miles adjective + noun counted as “eighteen mile”

In this reading “Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.”

667 times in 426,211 chapters
rolling hill adjective + noun

In this reading “The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.”

313 times in 426,211 chapters
upper arm adjective + noun

In this reading “Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.”

179 times in 426,211 chapters
without much preposition + adverb

In this reading “The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.”

5,167 times in 426,211 chapters
at the mouth preposition + article + noun counted as “at … mouth”

In this reading “Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.”

5,079 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 73

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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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 SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
anchornounUS /ˈæŋkər/

a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ArcadiannounUS /ˌɑːrˈkeɪdiən/

an inhabitant of Arcadia

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
armnounUS /ɑːrm/

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
birdsnounUS /bɜːrdz/

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daysnounUS /deɪz/

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
delicacynounUS /ˈdeləkəsi/

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eighteenadjectiveUS /eɪˈtiːn/

being one more than seventeen

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
extremeadjectiveUS /ekˈstriːm/

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FARadverbUS /fɑːr/

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
feetnounUS /fiːt/

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fishnounUS /fɪʃ/

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Fish-eyes

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From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Pending verification
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Ghijiga

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From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

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hillnounUS /hɪl/

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

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How

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From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
landnounUS /lænd/

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LeavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/

the act of departing

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
limitsnounUS /ˈlɪməts/

plural of “limit” — the greatest possible degree of something

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
linenounUS /laɪn/

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
milesnounUS /maɪlz/

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mountainnounUS /ˈmaʊntən/

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mouthnounUS /maʊθ/

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nativesnounUS /ˈneɪtɪvz/

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
NORTHnounUS /nɔːrθ/

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
northwardadverbUS /ˈnɔːrθwərd/

in a northern direction

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
obligedadjectiveUS /əˈblaɪdʒd/

under a moral obligation to do something

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Okhotsk

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From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

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OwingadjectiveUS /ˈoʊɪŋ/

owed as a debt

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
risesnounUS /ˈraɪzəz/

plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
RivernounUS /ˈrɪvər/

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rollingadjectiveUS /ˈroʊlɪŋ/

uttered with a trill

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
salmonnounUS /ˈsæmən/

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SALMON-FISHING

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From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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SeanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sea-gulls

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From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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shallownessnounUS /ˈʃæloʊnəs/

lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shorenounUS /ʃɔːr/

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
showedverbUS /ʃoʊd/

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

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sledge-dogs

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From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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steadyverbUS /ˈstedi/

make steady

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
steamedadjectiveUS /stiːmd/

cooked in steam

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
steamingadjectiveUS /ˈstiːmɪŋ/

filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
storenounUS /stɔːr/

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
suicidenounUS /ˈsuːəsaɪd/

the act of killing yourself

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
TidenounUS /taɪd/

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Tigil

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From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

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timbernounUS /ˈtɪmbər/

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
twenty-fiveadjectiveUS /ˈtwentifaɪv/

being five more than twenty

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
upperadjectiveUS /ˈʌpər/

the topmost one of two

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Three days of steady steaming brought us to the extreme limits of the Okhotsk Sea, at the mouth of the Ghijiga River.

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varietiesnounUS /vərˈaɪətiz/

plural of “variety” — a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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waternounUS /ˈwɔːtər/

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

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wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Leaving the mouth of the Tigil River, we steamed northward into the upper arm of the Okhotsk Sea.

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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Owing to the shallowness of the water, we were obliged to anchor eighteen miles off shore.

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WholesaleadverbUS /ˈhoʊlseɪl/

at a wholesale price

From this reading SALMON-FISHING IN THE FAR NORTH Tide that rises twenty-five feet--Wholesale suicide of salmon--Fish-eyes as a delicacy for sea-gulls--How the natives store fish for the sledge-dogs--The three varieties of salmon--An Arcadian land for the birds.

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withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The shore line showed rolling hill and mountain country without much timber.

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Chapter 4 of In Search of a Siberian Klondike by Washington Baker Vanderlip holds 106 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Outfit
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