Chapter XXIII · In the Heart of the Rubber Country

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a town in Louisiana on the Red River

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

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From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

confined by bonds

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

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From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

a government administrator

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

deem to be

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

cause to lose courage

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

destroyed or killed

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

of great significance or value

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

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

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

a city in southern Ghana

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

relating to the study or practice of medicine

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

used to form the superlative

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

possessive form of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a human being

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

in the near future

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

on the contrary

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

in or at or to some place

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

in a strange manner

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

a discussion intended to produce an agreement

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

plural of “territory” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

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

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

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

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

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From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

a formal word for “on”

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I should like to have gone into the Northern Territories, but the rainy season was upon us, and if that did not daunt me--and it would not have done so--I had to consider the time.

plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Kumasi was beginning to look strangely civilised to me.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

which person or people

From this reading _Bound for Sunyani--The awe-inspiring-forest--The road through the forest--The people upon that road--Ofinsu and an Ashanti house--Rather a public bedroom--Potsikrom--A night of fear--Sandflies--Attractive black babies--A great show at Bechem--A most important person--The Hausa who went in fear of his life--Coronation night at Tanosu--A teetotal party--The medical officer's views on trees--Beyond the road--Sunyani._

plural of “wild” — a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I talked to the Commissioner, and those talks with him made me want to go somewhere out into the wilds.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It was a great trading-centre, and presently it would be as well known, it seemed to me, as Alexandria or Cairo, or at the other end of the Continent, Buluwayo.