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1862
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
1870
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
all
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
America
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
American
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Americans
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
Australia
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
build
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
BUILDING
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
came
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
China
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Desert
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
earlier
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
Egypt
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
England
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Englishmen
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
enterprises
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
Europe
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
far
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
Great
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
idea
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From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Japan
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
made
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Melbourne
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
moment
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From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
Mountains
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
new
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From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
now
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
old
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
Orient
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
out
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
PACIFIC
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
pointed
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
RAILWAY
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
reach
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
regarded
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
resentment
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From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
Rocky
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
route
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
routes
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
ruin
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
shorter
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
soon
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
speech
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
sprung
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From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
starting
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
street-railways
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
suggested
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
ten
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
then
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
time
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
told
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
tore
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
trade
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
traversing
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From this reading I pointed out then that this route would be far shorter in time than the old route, and that Europe would soon be traversing America to reach the Orient.
UNION
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
up
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From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was no new idea, sprung at the moment in a feeling of resentment.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading BUILDING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY 1862-1870 When the Englishmen tore up my street-railways in England, I made a speech in which I told them I would build a railway across the Rocky Mountains and the Great American Desert which would ruin the old trade routes across Egypt to China and Japan.
years
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From this reading I had suggested this route across America ten years earlier, at Melbourne, Australia.
York
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From this reading New York, then as now, we Americans regarded as the starting point of all great enterprises, and to New York I came.
