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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
beauty
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
begins
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From this reading Our Spain begins where bye-ways end.
British
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
bye-ways
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
city
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
desolate
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
end
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From this reading Our Spain begins where bye-ways end.
few
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
globe-trotter
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
glorified
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
highways
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
hold
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
inaccessible
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
instance
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
INTRODUCTORY
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
Lonely
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
love
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
main
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
majestic
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
many
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
marsh
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
mountain-land
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
much
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our Spain begins where bye-ways end.
own
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
pathless
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
prairie
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
primeval
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
routes
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
scenes
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
sierras
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
solitudes
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
some
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
SPAIN
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
steppe
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
tourist
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
UNEXPLORED
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
untrodden
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
venture
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From this reading These hold main routes, the highways from city to city; few so much as venture upon the bye-ways.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
wealth
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
well-nigh
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From this reading We write of her pathless solitudes, of desolate steppe and prairie, of marsh and mountain-land--of her majestic sierras, some well-nigh inaccessible, and, in many an instance, untrodden by British foot save our own.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Our Spain begins where bye-ways end.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
wild-life
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From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
write
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From this reading UNEXPLORED SPAIN INTRODUCTORY The Spain that we love and of which we write is not the Spain of tourist or globe-trotter.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Lonely scenes these, yet glorified by primeval beauty and wealth of wild-life.
