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Chapter XXIV
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort? Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home." Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning. It was black darkness still. He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was black darkness still.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading It was black darkness still.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading It was black darkness still.
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From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was black darkness still.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
not any; not one
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was black darkness still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
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From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BARRETT'S DAUGHTER "Warmth and comfort?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was black darkness still.
at the time that
From this reading Wade did not wake when the cook's wailing hoot called the camp in the morning.
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From this reading Ay, all these Under the arch of the great spruce trees; But our cup o' content holds naught but foam!-- No woman's hand to make a home."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He slept through all the clatter of tin dishes, the jangle of bind-chains as the sleds started, the yowl of runners on the dry snow, and the creaking of departing footsteps.
