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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 Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
Asiatic
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
available
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
couriers
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
Czar's
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
days
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
dispatch
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
disposal
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
distance
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
eastern
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
eighteen
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
exception
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
extended
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
feared
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From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
five
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
four
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
frontier
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
frost
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From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
get
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
hundred
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
Irkutsk
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
man
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From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
means
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
messengers
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
Michael
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
miles
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
Moscow
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
most
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
Mountains
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
occupied
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
perform
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
performed
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
placed
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
preferred
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
rapidly
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
Russia
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
season
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
service
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
severe
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
Siberia
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
sleighs
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
snow
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From this reading Michael Strogoff was a man who feared neither frost nor snow.
Strogoff
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
taking
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
telegraph
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
thousand
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
three
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
transport
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
traveled
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
traveling
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
traversed
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From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
Ural
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
usually
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE distance between Moscow and Irkutsk, about to be traversed by Michael Strogoff, was three thousand four hundred miles.
weeks
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From this reading But this was the exception, and the journey through Asiatic Russia usually occupied from four to five weeks, even though every available means of transport was placed at the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
whole
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
winter
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From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
wire
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From this reading Before the telegraph wire extended from the Ural Mountains to the eastern frontier of Siberia, the dispatch service was performed by couriers, those who traveled the most rapidly taking eighteen days to get from Moscow to Irkutsk.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would have preferred traveling during the severe winter season, in order that he might perform the whole distance by sleighs.
