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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 the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
all
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
almost
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From this reading He had been away almost two years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
away
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From this reading He had been away almost two years.
axes
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backed
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
bag
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been away almost two years.
bold
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
bundles
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Camosun
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changes
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
coastal
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continuous
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
contours
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
deck
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
delicate
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
difference
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
dumped
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
external
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felled
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
finding
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
float
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
forest
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
gone
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
grass
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
green
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
hand
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been away almost two years.
hills
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
hold
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
incredible
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
logger
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
looking
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
man
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
mark
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
more
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
mowed
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
native
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
only
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
onslaught
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
openings
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
overnight
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
own
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
puny
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Rod
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
saw
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From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
saws
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
scythe
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
sea
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
shadings
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
sky
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
stream
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
stretch
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
suitcase
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
sundry
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
taken
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
Time's
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
tintings
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
tiny
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From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
trees
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
trunk
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
trying
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From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
two
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From this reading He had been away almost two years.
untouched
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as if the puny axes and saws of man could no more than make tiny openings in that incredible stretch of coastal forest.
well-remembered
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From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He might have been gone only overnight for all the external difference in what he saw.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the deck hands had dumped a trunk, a bag, a suitcase and sundry bundles on the float and the _Camosun_ had backed into the stream, Rod still stood looking about him, trying to mark changes and finding none.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Time's scythe had mowed no grass, felled no trees, had left untouched the bold contours of his native hills, had neither added to nor taken away from the well-remembered tintings of sky and sea, the delicate shadings of the green forest which seemed to hold its own on every hand against the continuous onslaught of the logger.
years
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From this reading He had been away almost two years.
