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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 The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another winter would finish the cut.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
booms
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
camps
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From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
capacious
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
carried
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
cut
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From this reading Another winter would finish the cut.
Daly
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
draining
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
early
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
eastern
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
eighties
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
employees
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From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
end
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
extensive
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
feet
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
fifty
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
finish
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From this reading Another winter would finish the cut.
firm
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
gathered
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
holdings
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
known
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
legion
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From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
logging
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
logs
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
many
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
Michigan
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
million
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
Morrison
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
multitude
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From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
network
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
Now
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
number
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From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
operations
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
pine
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
portion
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
reached
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From this reading Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings.
Saginaw
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
spring
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
streams
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
thirty
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From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Each spring they had gathered in their capacious booms from thirty to fifty million feet of pine logs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The number of their camps was legion, of their employees a multitude.
waters
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
winter
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From this reading Another winter would finish the cut.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Another winter would finish the cut.
years
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From this reading In the network of streams draining the eastern portion of Michigan and known as the Saginaw waters, the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years carried on extensive logging operations in the wilderness.
