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Alida: Founded on Fact
Alida: Founded on Fact

Chapter IV · Arrival at Utica .... Falls of Trenton .... Singular

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excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....
Return to Utica ....
Journey in a stage-coach ....
Salt Lake ....
Salt spring at Salina ....
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Alida: Founded on Fact

Chapter IV · Arrival at Utica .... Falls of Trenton .... Singular

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excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....
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Return to Utica ....
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Journey in a stage-coach ....
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Salt Lake ....
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Salt spring at Salina ....

Learner Dictionary

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

Journey noun US /ˈjourney/

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

From this reading “Journey in a stage-coach ....”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....”

All words in this reading · 18

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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 Journey in a stage-coach ....

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Salt spring at Salina ....

excavation

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From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

Falls

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From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Journey in a stage-coach ....

JourneynounUS /ˈjourney/

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

From this reading Journey in a stage-coach ....

Lake

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From this reading Salt Lake ....

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

Return

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From this reading Return to Utica ....

rocks

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From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

Salina

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From this reading Salt spring at Salina ....

Salt

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From this reading Salt Lake ....

spring

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From this reading Salt spring at Salina ....

stage-coach

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From this reading Journey in a stage-coach ....

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading excavation of the rocks of these Falls ....

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Return to Utica ....

Utica

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From this reading Return to Utica ....