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Through Arctic Lapland
Through Arctic Lapland

Chapter X

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A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.
It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.
But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.
One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.
And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.
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Through Arctic Lapland

Chapter X

Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.
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It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.
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But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.
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One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.
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And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Being auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.”

Pleasant noun US /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.”

Pleased noun US /ˈpleased/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.”

Whether conjunction US /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading “A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.”

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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 A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

admire

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

advantage

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

all

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

any

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

apparel

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

arrant

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

back

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

blowing

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

breeze

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

call

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From this reading One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.

child

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

close

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

companion

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

discover

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

dozen

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

easy

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

education

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

fashion

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

fjeld

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

flirt

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

followed

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

good-looking

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From this reading One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.

good-nature

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

grimy

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

guided

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

hard

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

hardly

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From this reading One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

HISTORY

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

IVALOMATI

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

Johann's

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

LAPPISH

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

London

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

Marie

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

men

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

milliners

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

more

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

NARRATIVE

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

other

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

out

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

person

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

pleasantnounUS /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

PRÉCIS

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

RAFT

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

really

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

sake

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

season's

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

sheer

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

SWAMP

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

there

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

too

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

TRANSIT

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From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

trim

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From this reading And she followed the fashion of the fjeld in being more easy than trim in her apparel.

untutored

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

way

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From this reading But for all that, if there was a breeze blowing, and one did not come too close to her, she really was in her way a pleasant little companion.

weather-beaten

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From this reading One could hardly call her good-looking; she was too weather-beaten for that.

whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading A PRÉCIS OF LAPPISH HISTORY, AND A NARRATIVE OF TRANSIT BY RAFT AND SWAMP TO IVALOMATI That grimy little person, Marie, guided us back to our other men, and whether she did it out of sheer good-nature, or for the sake of the one of us she was pleased to admire, or for Johann's sake, it was hard to discover.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

woman

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.

young

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From this reading It seemed that the untutored child of the fjeld could be as arrant a flirt as any young woman with the advantage of half a dozen milliners and a London season's education.