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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 With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Abbott
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
Adrian
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
all
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
almost
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
Ape
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
assembling
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
Author
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
B
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
basalt
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
base
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
blocks
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
Bohemian
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
built
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
cliff
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
comfort
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
Company
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
dark
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
Dr
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
elemental
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Elenore
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
etc
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
filled
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
forenoon
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
foresee
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
foundation
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
front
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Frontispiece
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
furies
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
gathering
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
havoc
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
history
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
hut
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Idiot
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
J
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
knew
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
known
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
learned
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
Lippincott
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
lofty
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
London
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Malbone's
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
man
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
man's
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
memorable
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
mighty
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
most
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
mountains
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Mt
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
nest
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
oldest
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Other
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
Pacific
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Paris
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
People
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
perfectly
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
perpendicular
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
Philadelphia
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
Plaisted
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
region
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
residents
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
resistance
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
roof
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
savage
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
security
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
sense
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
shaped
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
Shasta
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
shoulder
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
signs
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
slender
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
States
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
stone
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
storms
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
strong
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
studied
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
summer
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
swept
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
tall
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
talus
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
terrors
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
To-Day
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From this reading Author of “Bohemian Paris of To-Day,” “The Ape, The Idiot, and Other People,” etc.
tumult
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
turning
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From this reading A strong sense of security and comfort filled him as, turning from the gathering tumult about him, he studied the resistance of his hut.
using
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From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
watched
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
white
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From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading He, with Dr. Malbone’s help, had built it from foundation to roof, using the almost perfectly shaped blocks from the talus of the lofty perpendicular basalt cliff at whose base he had built his nest that summer.
Wilder
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading By all the signs that he had learned he knew that mighty havoc was to be done; but he did not foresee, nor did the oldest residents of that wilderness, that this was the beginning of the most memorable winter of terrors known to the white man’s history of the region.
winter
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
work
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
young
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From this reading With a Frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company One forenoon, in the winter of the great storms that swept the Pacific States, Adrian Wilder, a tall, slender, dark young man, stood in front of his stone hut on a shoulder of Mt. Shasta and watched the assembling of the elemental furies to do their savage work in the mountains.
