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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 explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
afternoon's
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all
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
animals
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
axe
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
base
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ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
carry
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coarse
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comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
comes
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
commonly
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
day
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
employments
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
ennobling
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
experience
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explorers
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
forests
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generally
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
hirelings
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
how
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From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
hunters
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
Indians
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
innocent
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
labor
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
love
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lumberers
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
many
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
men
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From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
moose
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
more
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
most
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motives
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From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
much
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
nature
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
object
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
Other
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
paid
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
pencil
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
perfectly
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
possible
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
pray
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
rifle
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
sing
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
sketch
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
slay
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
solitude
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
some
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
spend
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
suggested
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From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
sweet
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
thousand
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From this reading For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
vast
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
weeks
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
white
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From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Other white men and Indians who come here are for the most part hunters, whose object is to slay as many moose and other wild animals as possible.
wild
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From this reading The explorers and lumberers generally are all hirelings, paid so much a day for their labor, and as such they have no more love for wild nature than wood-sawyers have for forests.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading This afternoon’s experience suggested to me how base or coarse are the motives which commonly carry men into the wilderness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
wood-sawyers
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years
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From this reading But, pray, could not one spend some weeks or years in the solitude of this vast wilderness with other employments than these,--employments perfectly sweet and innocent and ennobling?
