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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 Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
advance
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
advent
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
aimless
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
always
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
amicably
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
back
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
car
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
cast
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
casual
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
Charlie
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
civilization
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
continent
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
country
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
crossed
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
Dear
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
Declaration
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
down
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
end
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
eye
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
faces
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
fellow-travellers
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
happiness
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From this reading "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
hitting
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
impressed
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
Independence
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
Lake
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!"
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!"
Limited
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
making
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
man
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
moment
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
noted
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
out
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
passing
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
persons
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
pictured
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
pursuit
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From this reading "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!"
reached
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
rear
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
sat
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
Shore
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
sides
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
some
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
sort
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
spare
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
studied
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
terms
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
trackless
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
train
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
uniformly
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
uninteresting
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From this reading As I looked about the car, I studied the faces and persons of my fellow-travellers, and found them uniformly uninteresting.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
vaguely
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
view
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
vividly
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
wandered
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
wandering
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
way
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From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
white
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From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading I began wandering vaguely from that back to the time when this was a trackless wilderness; and I pictured to myself the advent of the white man, and so on in an aimless sort of a way, from the beginning of our country until I reached the Declaration of Independence, the terms of which have always remained vividly impressed upon my mind.
window
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From this reading My mind wandered from them out of the window, and I noted with a casual eye the advance civilization was making on both sides of the track.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dear Charlie,--Having a spare moment as I crossed the continent last time, I sat down in the rear end of a Lake Shore Limited train, and began to cast about me with a view to hitting upon some way of passing the time amicably with myself.
