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The Sagebrusher: A Story of the West
The Sagebrusher: A Story of the West

Chapter XI

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THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.
Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.
In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.
The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.
But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.
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The Sagebrusher: A Story of the West

Chapter XI

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.
Line 2
Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.
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In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.
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The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.
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But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

Learner Dictionary

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

Across preposition US /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.”

Below preposition US /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.”

DOCTOR noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.”

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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 COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

andeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

Army

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

away

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

bless

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

breeds

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

burst

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

cast

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

COMPANY

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

concrete

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

day

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

divers

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

DOCTORnounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

dynamite

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

earlier

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

electric

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

employment

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

feet

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

folk

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

Forks

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

gorge

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

government

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

high

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

hundred

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

hundreds

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

immemorial

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

industrious

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

insect

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

junction

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

labor

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

labored

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

large

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

late

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

lighting

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

Man

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

man-insects

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

many

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

men

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

mighty

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

miles

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

mountain

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

much

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

narrow

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

new

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

offer

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

partnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

persevering

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

Pharaoh

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

Pharaoh's

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

pile

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

projects

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

races

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

rack-rock

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

range

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

rent

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

returning

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

revived

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

rock

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

safer

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

slaves

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

soldiers

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

some

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From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

stream

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Across this narrow gorge which it has rent for itself in time immemorial, the insect, Man, industrious and persevering, has cast a great pile of rock and concrete, a hundred feet high, for that good folk some hundreds of miles away one day may bless the Company for electric lighting.

times

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

TNT

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

toiled

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From this reading In this labor toiled many man-insects of divers breeds and races, many of them returned soldiers, much as did the slaves of Pharaoh in earlier times.

total

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From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

Two

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From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

war

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading But Pharaoh had not dynamite or rack-rock or TNT; so that in the total it were safer for an insect to have labored in Pharaoh's time.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading THE COMPANY DOCTOR The Two Forks, below their junction, make a mighty stream which has burst through a mountain range.

work

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From this reading The work was on one of the new government projects revived after the war, in large part to offer employment to the returning men of the late Army.