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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 On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
accomplishes
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
all
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
arrival
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
attic
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
Author
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
big
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
Bringers
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
city
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
civilization
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
clap-boarded
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
Company
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
Company's
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
darkness
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
discussing
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
electric
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
elsewhere
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
emporium
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
energetic
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
energy
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
Enterprise
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
entire
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
etc
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
expensive
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
fence
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
fifty-five
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From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
flour
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
FOOTNER
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
Fort
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
forth
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
front
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
Fur
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
gang
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
gather
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
Gaviller
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
Gaviller's
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
glass
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
goods
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
house
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
HULBERT
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From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
human
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
inexhaustible
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
January
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
John
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
lights
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
lofty
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
mail
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
man
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
miles
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
mill
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
miracles
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
most
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
nearly
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
North
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
north-westerly
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
only
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From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
palings
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
post
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
pride
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
probable
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
rather
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
sat
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
seeming
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
set
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
sidewalk
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From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
steamboat
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
stock
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
store
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
storeys
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
stove
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From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
suggested
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By HULBERT FOOTNER Author of "The Fur Bringers" etc.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
thousand
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
ThroughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
trader
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
two
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
varnished
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From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the "gang" sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail.
Why
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From this reading Why, at Fort Enterprise they even have a sidewalk, the only one north of fifty-five!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a city emporium rather than the Company's most north-westerly post, nearly a thousand miles from civilization; but human energy accomplishes seeming miracles in the North as elsewhere, and John Gaviller the trader was above all an energetic man.
yellow
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From this reading Throughout the entire North they point with pride to Gaviller's flour mill, his big steamboat, his great yellow clap-boarded house--two storeys and attic, and a fence of palings around it!
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