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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 Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
adjourned
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
Arctic
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
attempt
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
back
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
bent
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
Bettles
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
big
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
bluff-featured
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
changed
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
Chilcoot
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
Circle
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
dancers
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
dancing
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
direction
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
disastrous
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
dogs
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
down
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
early
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
eat
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
fallen
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
far
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
former
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
Forty
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
getting
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
head-reaches
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
hour
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
ice-run
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
Indians
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
inside
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
Jack
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From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
Kearns
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From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
Koyokuk
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
made
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
man
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
Mile
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
moment
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From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
out
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
Pass
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
poker
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From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
post
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From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
posts
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
river
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
sawmill
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
sending
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
Sixty
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
sledded
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
small
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
States
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
steamer
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
suggested
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From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
summer
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
then
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it was at this moment that Jack Kearns suggested poker.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
two
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From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
ventures
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From this reading After that, Kearns had fallen back on his posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the direction of his ventures by sending out to the States for a small sawmill and a river steamer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was two in the morning when the dancers, bent on getting something to eat, adjourned the dancing for half an hour.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jack Kearns was a big, bluff-featured man, who, along with Bettles, had made the disastrous attempt to found a post on the head-reaches of the Koyokuk, far inside the Arctic Circle.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
Yukon
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From this reading The former was even then being sledded across Chilcoot Pass by Indians and dogs, and would come down the Yukon in the early summer after the ice-run.
