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1913
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
ago
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
America
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
ARGENTINA
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
Bay
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
becoming
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
bent
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
bounds
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
BRAZIL
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
centuries
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
century
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
cities
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
civilized
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
closely
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
country
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
cow
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
day
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
difference
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
enjoyed
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
entered
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
essentials
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
fairly
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
fall
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
far
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
glimpse
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
going
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
grazing
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
Gulf
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
halt
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
Hudson
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
including
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
kin
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
land
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
leaps
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
longer
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
main
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
modern
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
more
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
movement
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
nineteenth
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
North
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
northward
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
oases
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
old
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
only
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
peopled
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
pioneers
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
plains
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
present
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
ranch
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
RANCHLAND
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
region
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
savages
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
settled
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
settlement
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
small
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
South
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
SOUTHERN
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From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
stagnant
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
stretches
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
sweep
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
temperate
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From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL In the fall of 1913 I enjoyed a glimpse of the ranch country of southern Brazil and of Argentina.
there
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
thickly
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
three
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
tropical
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
two
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
vast
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From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
well
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From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It is a civilized land, already fairly well settled, which by leaps and bounds is becoming thickly settled; a region which at the present day is in essentials far more closely kin to the plains country, which in temperate North America stretches from Hudson Bay to the Gulf, than either land is kin to what each was even half a century ago.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
whereasconjunctionUS /weˈræz/
in contrast with the fact that
From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I had no time to halt in the grazing country of temperate South America, which is no longer a wilderness, but a land already feeling the sweep of the modern movement.
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From this reading The main difference is that the great cow country, the plains country, of North America was peopled only by savages when the white pioneers entered it in the nineteenth century; whereas throughout temperate South America there were here and there oases of thin settlement, including even small, stagnant cities, already two or three centuries old.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading It was only a glimpse; for I was bent on going northward into the vast wilderness of tropical South America.
