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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 OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
active
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
Add
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
ammunition
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
appetites
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
attempt
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
attendance
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
baggage
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
BEAVER
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
beds
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
blankets
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
CAMP
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
canoes
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
captured
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
CARRY
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
CONCERNING
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
conquer
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
cooking
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
DAM
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
daring
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
day
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
difficulties
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
duck
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
ECHO
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
eighty-five
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
exception
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
failed
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
fear
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
five
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
folly
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
glass
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
guns
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
hardships
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
hazard
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
HIRAM
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
HORSE
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
hundred
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
idea
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
Imagine
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From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
impossibility
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
LAKE
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
LAKES
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
LEAGUE
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
life
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
make
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
man
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
MANSUNGUN
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
meals
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
men
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
MORE
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
never
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
NOVEL
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
obliged
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
occasional
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
only
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
OSGOOD
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
PACK
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
partridge
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
passage
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From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
PEDESTRIANISM
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
personal
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
plates
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
pounds
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
provisions
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
rods
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
rubber
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
seventy
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
Shiver
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
shrink
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
sight
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
sloth
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
SLUICING
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
stimulate
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
STORY
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
string
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
sufficient
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
surmounted
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From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
TELLS
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
tents
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
three
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
times
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
toil
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
Tourograph
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
tramp
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
TRICK
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From this reading OSGOOD CARRY.--THE PACK HORSE LEAGUE.--NOVEL TRICK IN PEDESTRIANISM.--CAMP ON ECHO LAKE.--HIRAM TELLS A STORY.--SLUICING A DAM.--MORE CONCERNING BEAVER.--CAMP AT THE MANSUNGUN LAKES.
trout
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
utensils
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
way
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Imagine the difficulties we surmounted in our passage across Osgood Carry to Echo Lake.
weighing
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
weight
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From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
wise
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From this reading “The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them: sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make the impossibility they fear.”
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
wood
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From this reading With the exception of an occasional beaver, duck, partridge, or string of trout captured on the way, we were obliged to carry provisions sufficient for five men, who never failed in their attendance at meals three times a day, and with appetites which only wood life can stimulate.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Add to these provisions the weight of three tents, three blankets for each man, rubber beds, personal baggage, cooking utensils, guns, ammunition, rods, a Tourograph with seventy five glass plates, and three canoes weighing from eighty-five to one hundred pounds each and you have an idea of the toil and hardships of a tramp through this wilderness.
