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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 When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
air
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
amateur
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEASTS ODD AND WILD.
animals
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
away
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
back
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
BEASTS
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From this reading BEASTS ODD AND WILD.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
birds
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
brown
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
bushes
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
butterflies
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
cabin
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
climbed
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
comparatively
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
compared
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
continually
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
countless
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
country
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
cries
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
Darwin
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
Desire
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
deterred
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
diary
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
discouraging
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
even
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
famous
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
fauna
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
felt
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
fill
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
flora
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
forests
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
forms
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
full
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
gazing
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
grass
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
happened
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
here
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
hills
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
human
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
humming-birds
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
insects
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
instance
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
jump
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
keep
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
life
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
limited
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
little
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
low
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
made
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
mentioning
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
mesa
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
more
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
naturalist
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
needed
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
ODD
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From this reading BEASTS ODD AND WILD.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
parts
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
Patagonia
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
porphyry
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
Port
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
rarely
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
resound
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
right
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
seen
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
ship
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
some
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
speaking
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
sportsman
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
still
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
then
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
there
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
think
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
thorny
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
thousands
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
time
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From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
tropics
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From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
tufts
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
visiting
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
went
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
WILD
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From this reading BEASTS ODD AND WILD.
wiry
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If Patagonia be compared with some parts of the tropics where the forests resound continually with the cries of birds and animals, where butterflies and humming-birds fill the air, and the insects are seen or felt in countless thousands, then, comparatively speaking, the fauna is limited.
words
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From this reading Let no sportsman or amateur naturalist be deterred from visiting Patagonia by the discouraging words of Darwin.
worth
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
wrote
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet there were--and are--some forms of life in Patagonia--insects, for instance--which, if Darwin had happened along at the right time, would have made him think the country about as full of life as it needed to be to keep a human being on the jump.
zoology
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From this reading When that famous naturalist had climbed the porphyry hills back of Port Desire, and, gazing away over the brown mesa, had seen little worth mentioning even by a naturalist save "here and there tufts of brown, wiry grass," and "still more rarely some low, thorny bushes," he went back to his diary in the cabin of his ship and wrote "the zoology of Patagonia is as limited as its flora."
