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5
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
aggressive
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
Alleghanies
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
American
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
arose
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
back
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
broad
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
broader
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
built
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
connected
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
country
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
dangerous
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
down
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
down-stream
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
downhill
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
earliest
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
easily
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
easy
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
edge
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
fact
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
farther
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
generation
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
get
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
hard
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
highway
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
history
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
INDEPENDENCE
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
intimately
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
Kentucky
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
knew
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
led
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
lost
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
mere
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
MISSISSIPPI
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
most
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
Nashville
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
New
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
Ohio
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
only
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
Orleans
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From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
out
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
outward
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was easy to get to New Orleans, but hard to get back over the Alleghanies.
political
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
population
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
problems
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
progress
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
riflemen
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
River
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
Robertson
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
runs
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
settlement
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
settlements
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
Sevier
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
Spain
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
splendid
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
stream
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
Tennessee
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
There
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
touch
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From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
transportation
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
Union
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
up
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
water
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From this reading Therefore, out of the mere fact that water runs downhill, arose one of the earliest and most dangerous political problems this country ever knew.
well-nigh
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From this reading The riflemen of Sevier and Robertson saved Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union only that they might well-nigh be lost again to Spain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
West
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From this reading THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE[5] There was a generation of this down-stream transportation, and it built up the first splendid, aggressive population of the West—a population that continued to edge farther outward and farther down-stream.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The settlement at Nashville, the settlements of Kentucky, were at touch with the Ohio River, the broad highway that led easily down to the yet broader highway of the Mississippi, that great, mysterious stream so intimately connected with American history and American progress.
