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19
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
afford
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
affording
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
aggregations
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
ago
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
any
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
appeared
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
appreciated
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
approaching
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
authors
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
boot
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
breech-loaders
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
cabresto
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
called
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
century
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
certainty
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
closely
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
Colonel
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
conditions
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
copper-caps
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
danger
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
day
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
deadly
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
detonators
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
devised
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
elementary
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
epoch
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
extreme
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
failed
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
feature
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
fix
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
fowler
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
fowlers
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
Half-a-million
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
half-a-score
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
Hawker
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
Hawker's
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
henceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
interesting
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
ITSdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
killed
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
MARISMA
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
market
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
massed
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
means
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
merely
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
modern
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
mutandis
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
mutatis
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
necessarily
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
numbers
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
opportunity
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
own
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
PRACTICE
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
PRINCIPLES
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
probably
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
prologue
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
scene
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
secured
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
situations
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
sort
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
Spanish
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
stalking-horse
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
stand
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
stands
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
swarming
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
system
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
terse
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
to-day
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
trenchant
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
unconscious
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
uninitiated
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
unique
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
Vast
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
venture
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From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
view
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From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Half-a-million may be in view day by day, but in situations or under conditions where scarce half-a-score can be killed.
whereby
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As a market venture, their system of a stalking-horse (called a _cabresto_) was deadly in the extreme and interesting to boot, affording unique opportunity of closely approaching massed wildfowl while still unconscious of danger.
wholesale
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From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
wildfowl
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
WILDFOWL-SHOOTING
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From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Long before the authors had appeared on the scene with breech-loaders--even before the epoch of Hawker with his copper-caps and detonators--the Spanish fowlers of the marisma had already devised means of their own whereby the swarming wildfowl could be secured by wholesale.
wrote
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From this reading This elementary feature is never appreciated by the uninitiated, nor probably ever will be since Hawker's terse and trenchant prologue failed to fix it.[19] What "the Colonel" wrote a century ago stands equally good to-day; and _mutatis mutandis_ will probably stand good a century hence.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading WILDFOWL-SHOOTING IN THE MARISMA ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Vast as their aggregations may be, yet wildfowl do not necessarily--merely by virtue of numbers--afford any sort of certainty to the modern fowler.
