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Chapter XL
The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula. On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most. Beyond them stood the forests. Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things. Thorpe welcomed the smell of the northland.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Beyond them stood the forests.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Beyond them stood the forests.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond them stood the forests.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
one or the other of two
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading Beyond them stood the forests.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
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From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
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From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
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From this reading Thorpe welcomed the smell of the northland.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading Thorpe welcomed the smell of the northland.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beyond them stood the forests.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
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From this reading On either side of the right-of-way lay mystery in the shape of thickets so dense and overgrown that the eye could penetrate them but a few feet at most.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thorpe welcomed the smell of the northland.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thus Nature screened her intimacies from the impertinent eye of a new order of things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The train of the South Shore Railroad shot its way across the broad reaches of the northern peninsula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thorpe welcomed the smell of the northland.
