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Cape Cod

Chapter I

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Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.
The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage
under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A
herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on
the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Cape Cod

Chapter I

Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.
Line 2
The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage
Line 3
under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A
Line 4
herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on
Line 5
the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

Learner Dictionary

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

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage”

Rest noun US /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on”

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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 Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

AndeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Atlantic

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

Author

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Bay

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

beach

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

bit

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

breakers

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

camp-meeting

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Cape

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

catch

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

characteristic

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

citizen

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Clam-Digger

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Cod

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Cohasset

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Concord

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

cove

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

cows

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

cranberry

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

day

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

day's

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

dory

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Dragging

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

drifting

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

dunes

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

etc

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Excursions

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

fishing-vessel

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

footpath

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

gable

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

grounds

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Grove

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

harbor

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

herd

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Herring

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Higgins

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Highland

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

hill

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

home

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Hunting

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

lane

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

leak

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Light

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Maine

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

many

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

meadow

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

meeting-house

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Millennium

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Nauset

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

old

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Orleans

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

oysterman

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Photogravure

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Pond

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

promontory

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

Provincetown

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

restnounUS /rest/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

River

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

sand

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

sand-bluff

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Sandwich

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

scarecrow

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

shore

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

side

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

Starting

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

street

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

tavern

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Towing

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

trees

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Truro

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Unloading

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

up

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Village

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

voyage

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Walden

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Week

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Wellfleet

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

wharf

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From this reading the Atlantic side In Provincetown harbor Provincetown—A bit of the village from the wharf The day of rest A Provincetown fishing-vessel

white

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on

Whitehead

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

windmill

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

windows

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From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading under the sand-bluff Herring River at Wellfleet A characteristic gable with many windows A Wellfleet oysterman Wellfleet Hunting for a leak Truro—Starting on a voyage Unloading the day’s catch A Truro footpath Truro meeting-house on the hill A

Woods

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From this reading Author of “A Week on the Concord,” “Walden,” “Excursions,” “The Maine Woods,” etc.

Wreckage

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From this reading The Clam-Digger (Photogravure) Cohasset—The little cove at Whitehead promontory An old windmill A street in Sandwich The old Higgins tavern at Orleans A Nauset lane Nauset Bay A scarecrow Millennium Grove camp-meeting grounds A Cape Cod citizen Wreckage

wrecker

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From this reading herd of cows Pond Village Dragging a dory up on the beach An old wrecker at home The Highland Light Towing along shore A cranberry meadow The sand dunes drifting in upon the trees The white breakers on