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Chapter XL
RESCUED. The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement. The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out. "Come, Tim, don't wait! We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
later than; following
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Come, Tim, don't wait!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
during the time that
From this reading “The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
later than; following
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
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From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
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From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
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From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
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From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
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From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
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From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Come, Tim, don't wait!
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From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
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From this reading "Come, Tim, don't wait!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
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From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
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From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
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From this reading RESCUED.
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From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
a person, without saying who
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, Tim, don't wait!
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From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys were amused spectators of the scene, and Elwood now called out.
during the time that
From this reading The miner having made his reply, turned on his heel, still smoking his pipe, and coolly walked away, while Tim O'Rooney gazed after him in amazement.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We shall meet somebody else before long; and as you have just had a good smoking spell, you can certainly wait a while."
