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According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure. It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston. There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car. That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team. Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.”
in or to any place at all
From this reading “It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
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From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
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From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
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From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
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From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
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From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
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From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
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From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
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From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
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From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
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From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
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From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
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From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That led you to Bendale, New Hampshire, and there you hired a team.
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From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There you took a train to Hatton Junction and changed to an accomodation train of one passenger coach and one baggage car.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading According to Cunningham’s schedule there was a perfectly feasible route to romance and to high adventure.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
in or to any place at all
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Both romance and adventure were to be found somewhere around Coulters, which was eight miles from Bendale.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It began wherever you happened to be and led to Boston.
