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950,000
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
Africa
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
aggregating
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
almost
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
arm
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
auspices
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
barbarity
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
branches
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
built
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
CAIRO
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
CAPE
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
carried
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
CECIL
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
character
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
complex
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
conquest
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
continent
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
descended
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
different
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
division
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
down
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
DREAMnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
eaten
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
effort
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
ends
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
energetically
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
enterprise
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
fanaticism
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
form
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
Government
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
great
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
heart
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
history
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
II
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
interior
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
limb
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
line
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
made
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
Mahdism
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
miles
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
Nile
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
north
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
northern
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
northwards
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
out
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
placed
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
private
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
pushed
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
railway
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From this reading In the north the railway has made history rapidly, and its conquest has been of a complex character.
rapidly
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
religious
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
RHODES
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
section
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
southern
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
Southwards
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
spiritedly
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
square
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
totally
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
Town
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
two
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From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The two branches have been built under totally different auspices.
unique
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
Valley
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From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
vast
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
weapon
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
WhereasconjunctionUS /weˈræz/
in contrast with the fact that
From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading CECIL RHODES’ DREAM--FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO II.--_Southwards from Cairo._ While the southern arm of the great line has been pushed on energetically northwards from Cape Town, the northern limb has descended almost as rapidly down the Valley of the Nile to the great interior, so that the heart of the continent is being eaten into spiritedly from both ends.
work
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From this reading Whereas the southern section was carried out by private enterprise, the northern division is the work of Government effort.
wrested
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From this reading It placed a unique weapon in the hands of the Government, and it wrested a vast track of Africa, aggregating 950,000 square miles, from barbarity and religious fanaticism in the form of Mahdism.
