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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 They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
affairs
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
afforded
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
almost
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
arrived
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
attempt
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
authorities
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
beautiful
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
bell
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
boundarynounUS /ˈbaʊn.də.ri/
A line that marks the limits of an area.
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
city
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
civic
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
close
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
colonnade
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
Company
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
crowd
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
cut
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
deep
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
dim
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
dissipate
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
driving
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
drowsy
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
earlier
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
fact
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
faint
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
feet
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
fern
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
few
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
foot-path
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
further
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
girth
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
going
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
green
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
GROWS
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
hoot
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
hot
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
hours
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
hundred
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
improve
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
insufferably
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
JIMMY
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
loaded
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
locomotive
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
made
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
narrow
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
nature
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
occasional
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
old
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
Park
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
pines
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
primeval
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
recesses
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
RESTLESS
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
riband
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
road
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
rose
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
satisfaction
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
saunter
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
seem
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
Shasta
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
solemnity
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
somewhat
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
Stanley
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
strip
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
tall
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
There
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
tolerably
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
tolling
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
towering
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
tremendous
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
trunks
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
two
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
unusual
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
up
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
Vancouver
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
very
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
walled
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From this reading They rose about him, old and great of girth, a tremendous colonnade of towering trunks, two hundred feet above the narrow riband of driving road which was further walled in by tall green fern.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
wavy
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From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
well
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From this reading Jimmy had arrived in Vancouver a few hours earlier with the _Shasta_ loaded deep, but, although affairs had been going tolerably well with the Company, this fact afforded him no very great satisfaction.
western
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From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading JIMMY GROWS RESTLESS The city was almost insufferably hot, and Jimmy, who had time on his hands that afternoon, found it pleasant to saunter through the dim green shadow among the Stanley pines which crowd close up to its western boundary.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Here they cut a little foot-path, there a wavy driving road, but except for that they left the Stanley Park a beautiful strip of primeval wilderness.
wisdom
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From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was drowsy silence in those dim recesses, and a solemnity which the occasional faint hoot of a whistle or tolling of a locomotive bell did not seem to dissipate, for the civic authorities had, up to that time, at least, with somewhat unusual wisdom made no attempt to improve on what nature had done for them.
