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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 It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
ago
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
anniversary
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
arrival
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
Baines
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
beautiful
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
Coldriver
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
conquest
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
dollars
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
down
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
downrush
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
DUST
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
ear
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
equipment
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
eyebrows
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
fifty
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
filled
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
forests
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
going
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From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
green
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
hand
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
hardware
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
head
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
hot
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
invaded
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
KICKS
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
lock
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
meager
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
money
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
mountain
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
mountainous
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
porch
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
quickened
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
river
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
rushing
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
sat
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
saw
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From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
scalp
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
SCATTERGOOD
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
Scattergood's
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
searched
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
second
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
seeing
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
shrewdness
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
some
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From this reading His equipment for its conquest had been meager--some fifty dollars in money and a head filled from ear to ear and from eyebrows to scalp lock with shrewdness.
sort
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
sound
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
specialist
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From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
splashing
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
store
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
summer
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
sun
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
swift
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
tireless
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
two
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
undeveloped
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
untouched
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
UP
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
Valley
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From this reading SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST Scattergood Baines sat on the porch of his hardware store and looked down Coldriver Valley.
valleys
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From this reading Scattergood saw the valley as he was going to make it, for he was a specialist in valleys.
very
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
world
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From this reading It was very beautiful, even under the hot summer sun of the second anniversary of Scattergood's arrival in that part of the world, but he was not seeing it as it was--mountainous, green, with untouched forests, quickened to life and sound by the swift, rushing, splashing downrush of a tireless mountain river.
worth
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
years
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From this reading For years he had searched for an undeveloped valley--for the sort of valley it would be worth his while to take in hand, and two years ago he had found it and invaded it.
