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A backwoods princess
A backwoods princess

Chapter I

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A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!
Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.
There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.
Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.
She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.
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A backwoods princess

Chapter I

Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!
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Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.
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There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.
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Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.
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She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.”

Princess noun US /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading “A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.”

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Affair

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Antennae

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

Arctic

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

back

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

Backwoods

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

bearskin

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

beautiful

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

best

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Bird

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

black-haired

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Blackburn

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Blackburn's

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

chair

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

chamber

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

completely

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

confined

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

covered

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

creatures

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Deaves

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

decorated

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Dogs

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

down

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

feet

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

four

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

frosted

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

full

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

girlish

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

grizzly

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

handmaidens

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

hanging

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

head

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

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

From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

hidden

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

House

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

huge

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Laurentia

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

like

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Madame

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

magnificence

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Marys

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

midst

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Millionaire

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

New

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

North

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

off

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Officer

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

Owl

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

pelt

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

pelts

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

polar

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

Post

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

rain

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Ramshackle

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Rivers

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

rude

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

sat

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

sets

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Shanty

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

Sled

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Spring

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

Storey

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

Substitute

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

superb

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

surrounded

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Taxi

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

There

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Thieves

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

tide

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

trade

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From this reading Her feet were hidden in a superb polar bearskin which had come down from the Arctic in trade; and the chair in which she sat was completely covered by the frosted pelt of a grizzly, his huge head hanging down over the back.

UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

untamed

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From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

Wild

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From this reading A Backwoods Princess Madame Storey Antennae The Shanty Sled The Under Dogs The Wild Bird Officer!

Wit

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading She was a black-haired Princess with something untamed about her like the creatures whose pelts decorated her chamber.

woman

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From this reading There sat the girlish Princess surrounded by her handmaidens in the midst of a rude magnificence which best sets off a beautiful woman.

Women's

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From this reading Ramshackle House The Deaves Affair The Owl Taxi The Substitute Millionaire Thieves’ Wit New Rivers of the North __________________________ Spring was in full tide at Blackburn’s Post, but Laurentia Blackburn and the four Marys were confined to the Women’s House by rain.