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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
abandoned
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
ambitions
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
angling
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
assassin
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
Asturian
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
ASTURIAS
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
attempt
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From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
attempting
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
attracted
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
bear
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
birch
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
brown
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
capercaillie
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
cast
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From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
chamois
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
chance
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
concern
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
coursing
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
cruives
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
date
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From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
destruction
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
distinct
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
down
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
dynamite
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
earliest
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
efforts
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
engines
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
enrich
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
epitome
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
fly-rod
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
forested
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
form
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
given
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
gun
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
herds
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
HIGHLANDS
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
home
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
hundreds
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
line
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From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
lovely
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
maze
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
mist-wreathed
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
more
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
mountain-torrents
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
mountains
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
nets
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
other
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
owners
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
peaks
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
pen
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
pine
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
planet
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
pleasanternounUS /ˈpleasanter/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
purpose
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
quicklime
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
recorded
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
region
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
rent
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
rivers
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
roam
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
rock-ramparts
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
rod
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
Rushing
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From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
Some
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
sort
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
SPAIN
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
Spanish
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
sporting
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
streams
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Rushing rivers and mountain-torrents coursing down each rent in those rock-ramparts attracted our earliest angling ambitions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
too
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
towering
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
TROUT
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From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
trouting-water
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
very
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
villainous
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
waters
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From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
wholesale
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
Wild
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From this reading Some of those efforts--with rod and gun--are recorded in _Wild Spain_, and we purpose attempting no more--whether with pen or fly-rod.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Never since the date of _Wild Spain_ have we cast line on Spanish waters, nor ever again will we attempt it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HIGHLANDS OF ASTURIAS (1) THE TROUT IN SPAIN The Asturian Highlands--a maze of mist-wreathed mountains forested with birch and pine, the home of brown bear and capercaillie, and on whose towering peaks roam herds of chamois by hundreds--form a region distinct from the rest of Spain.
world
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From this reading For the Spanish trout is given no sort of sporting chance, and lovely streams--a very epitome of trouting-water--that might make the world a pleasanter planet (and enrich their owners too) are abandoned to the assassin with dynamite and quicklime, or to villainous nets, cruives, and other engines of wholesale destruction with which we have no concern.
