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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 THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
advanced
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
ambitious
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
apart
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
Atlantic
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
bounds
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
British
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
build
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
Canada
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
CANADIAN
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civilisation
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
coast
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
colonising
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
Columbia
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
conquests
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
considered
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
contemplated
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
country
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culminating
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desire
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
developed
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
expansion
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
feeling
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From this reading This feeling was natural.
firmly
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
FIRST
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
forced
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
forces
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
Great
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
inland
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
intervening
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
Lakes
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
larger
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
leaps
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
link
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
Lower
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
Mountains
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
natural
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From this reading This feeling was natural.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
Pacific
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
plains
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
planted
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
Poles
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
Provinces
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
RAILWAY
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
rapid
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
rate
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
right
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
Rockies
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
Rocky
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
seaboard
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
settlement
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
side
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
spirits
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
spread
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From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
steadily
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
steel
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
stretching
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This feeling was natural.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading On the Pacific side, civilisation firmly planted in British Columbia spread towards the Rocky Mountains.
TRANS-CONTINENTAL
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From this reading THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY As the railway expansion of Canada developed by leaps and bounds, ambitious spirits contemplated larger and larger conquests, culminating in a desire to build a link of steel right across the country from coast to coast.
two
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
useless
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This feeling was natural.
way
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From this reading On the Atlantic seaboard, settlement advanced at a rapid rate in the Lower Provinces and forced its way steadily inland.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
wide
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
working
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From this reading These two colonising forces, working in the same country, were as wide apart as if at the Poles, for the intervening plains stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies were considered useless.
