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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 The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
adventurous
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
almost
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
any
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
Australia
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
barrenness
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
bursts
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From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
called
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
continent
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
Dargo
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From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
differing
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
district
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
edge
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From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
extends
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
eye
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
familiar
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
Far
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
feet
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
fertile
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
formation
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
giant
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
Gippsland
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
grasses
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
heart
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
hurrying
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
King
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
landscape
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From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
lies
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
majesty
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From this reading The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
mid-winter
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
Mississippi
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
Mitta
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
mountain
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
northern
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
only
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
other
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
Ovens
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
park
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
pierces
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
plain
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
plateaunounUS /plateau/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
prairie
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
reach
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
region
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
remorseless
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
River
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
rivers
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
scenery
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From this reading The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
scorching
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
sea
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
sheet
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
snow
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
Snowy
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
sources
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
southward
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
StandingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
strange
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
suns
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
swell
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
thousand
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
Three
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
traced
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
truth
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
verdurous
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From this reading Far as eye can reach, a verdurous plain extends--a mountain park, in truth, it may be called, differing from almost any other such formation in Australia.
view
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From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
waters
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
watershed
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
waving
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From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
wayfarers
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
weird
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From this reading The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Standing on the northern edge of the Dargo plateau, what a landscape bursts upon the view!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Three thousand feet above the sea, a sheet of snow in the mid-winter, it is a prairie waving with giant grasses when remorseless suns are scorching the heart of the continent into barrenness.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
wild
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From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Those adventurous wayfarers only who have traced the sources of the Snowy River, which in its southward course pierces the fertile district of Gippsland, are familiar with the strange wild region which lies between it and the northern watershed, where the Ovens, the Mitta Mitta, and the King rivers swell with their hurrying waters the Mississippi of Australia.
wondrousadjectiveUS /ˈwʌndrəs/
strange, beautiful, and impressive
From this reading The scenery is of a weird and wondrous majesty.
