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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 ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
Agapomene
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
air
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
ANTHEA
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
back
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
bells
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
big
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
boat's
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
book
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
broad
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
came
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
cane
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
chair
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
city
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
clatter
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
clear
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
cloud
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
clustering
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
companions
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
dark
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
deck-houses
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
dimly
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
dingy
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
DISCOVERY
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
discussed
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
downward
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
drifted
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
Empress
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
evening
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
face
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
freight-car
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
Further
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
grind
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
Hastings
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
Inlet
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
just
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
knee
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
lay
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
leaned
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
light
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
liner's
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
locomotive
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
looking
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
lumber
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
MAKES
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
Merril
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
mill
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
Narrows
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
out
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
overhang
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
passenger
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
piles
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
pines
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
prospects
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
pulp-mill
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
roofs
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
room
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
sat
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
shining
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
showed
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
smear
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
smoke
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
spars
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
stacked
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
steamer
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
tall
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
There
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From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
tier
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
tolling
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
trailing
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
up
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
upper
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
vanished
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was an open book on her knee, but it lay face downward, and she leaned back in a cane chair, looking out upon the Inlet across the clustering roofs of the city.
water
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From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
wheels
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The still water lay shining under the evening light, with a broad smear of smoke trailing athwart it from the steamer which had just vanished behind the dark pines that overhang The Narrows.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
white
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From this reading It drifted across the tall spars of the _Agapomene_, and through it a big passenger boat's tier of deck-houses showed dimly white.
winches
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From this reading Further up the Inlet another dingy cloud drifted out from behind the piles of stacked lumber about the Hastings mill, while the clatter of an Empress liner's winches came up through the clear evening air with the tolling of locomotive bells and the grind of freight-car wheels.
window
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From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ANTHEA MAKES A DISCOVERY While Merril discussed the prospects of the pulp-mill with his companions, Anthea sat by the open window of an upper room.
