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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 Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
again
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
already
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
answered
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
arrival
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
atmosphere
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
bayed
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
become
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
blue
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
boisterously
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
Buffalo
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
came
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
Camp
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
carry
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
chimney
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
completed
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
converging
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
curled
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
cut
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
deep
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
defiance
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
dogs
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
down
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
dozen
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
echoed
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
foot
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
furious
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
give
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
glimpses
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
great
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
half
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
high
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
Home
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
Hunter's
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
hut
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
inmates
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
instant
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
jubilant
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
junction
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
labour
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
leads
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
Lodge-poling
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
looking
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
loud
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
Love
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
lower
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
many
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
marks
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
moment
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
note
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
pack
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
pines
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
Plains
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
poplars
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
quest
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
rang
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
resting-place
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
ridge
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
ringing
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
rivers
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
Saskatchewans
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
scene
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
secluded
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
shout
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
smoke
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
solitudes
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From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
sound
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
spoken
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
start
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
then
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
tidings
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
token
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
trees
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
two
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
up
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
valley
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From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
vistas
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From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
Welcome
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the foot of the high ridge which marks the junction of the two Saskatchewans, deep in pines and poplars, through which vistas had been cut to give glimpses along the converging rivers, stood the winter hut of which I have already spoken.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
wild
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading I stood for a moment looking down on this scene--a home in the great wilderness--and then a loud shout echoed into the valley to carry tidings of our arrival to the inmates of the hut.
Winter
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From this reading Our Winter Home.--A Welcome.--I start again.--The Hunter’s Camp.--In quest of Buffalo on the Plains.--“Lodge-poling” leads to Love.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In an instant it was answered from below, and the solitudes rang with many a note of welcome, while half a dozen dogs bayed furious defiance at my pack, already become boisterously jubilant on the ridge above.
wood-cutting
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From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading From its chimney blue smoke curled up amongst the trees into the lower atmosphere, and the sound of wood-cutting came ringing from below, a token of labour not yet completed in our wild and secluded resting-place.
