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Unexplored Spain

Chapter VI

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ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.
In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.
In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.
Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.
Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.
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Unexplored Spain

Chapter VI

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.
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In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.
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In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.
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Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.
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Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

Learner Dictionary

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

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.”

Least noun US /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.”

Wherever conjunction US /weˈrevər/

in or to any place at all

From this reading “In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.”

Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.”

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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 Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

Africa

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

American

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

ANDALUCIA

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

arma

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

arts

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

ascribed

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

attack

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

available

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

bear

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

best

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

BIG

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

blanca

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

boar

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

Castilian

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

character

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

chivalry

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

cold

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

consonant

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

dash

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

DEER

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

describing

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

dignified

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

driving

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

earlier

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

East

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

equals

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

example

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

experience

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

field

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

GAME

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

generations

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

HerenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

ideals

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

Indian

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

ITSdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

labour

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

leastnounUS /least/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

leisurely

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

less

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

line

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

matters

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

maximum

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

minimum

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

more

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

national

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

only

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

other

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

past

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

phrase

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

popularly

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

practices

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

practised

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

pride

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

purpose

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

Rastreando

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

RED

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

represents

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

resistance

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

results

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

savages

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

single-handed

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

skill

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

Somalis

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

Spain

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

sport

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

steel

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

STILL-HUNTING

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.

supersedes

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

surpassed

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

survive

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

system

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

technical

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

there

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From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

twentieth-century

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From this reading ANDALUCIA AND ITS BIG GAME STILL-HUNTING (RED DEER) The line of least resistance represents twentieth-century ideals--maximum results for the minimum of labour or technical skill.

universal

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

venery

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From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

Wandorobo

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From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/

in or to any place at all

From this reading In the field of sport, wherever available, universal "driving" supersedes the arts of earlier venery--the pride of past generations.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading In Spain, more leisurely while no less dignified, there survive in sport, as in other matters, practices more consonant with the dash and chivalry popularly ascribed to her national character.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Here we purpose describing the system of "Still-hunting" (_Rastreando_) as practised in Andalucia with a skill that equals the best of the American "Red Indian," and is only surpassed, within our experience, by Somalis and Wandorobo savages in East Africa.

á

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From this reading Such, for example, is the attack, single-handed, on bear or boar with cold steel--_á arma blanca_, in Castilian phrase.