16th
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From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
1892
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From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
19
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From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
2.20
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From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
attendantsnounUS /əˈtendənts/
plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
CANADIANadjectiveUS /kəˈneɪdiən/
of or relating to Canada or its people
From this reading ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
carsnounUS /kɑːrz/
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
GLACIERnounUS /ˈɡleɪʃər/
a slowly moving mass of ice
From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
engage in
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
PACIFICnounUS /pəˈsɪfɪk/
the largest ocean in the world
From this reading ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
politeadjectiveUS /pəˈlaɪt/
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
RAILWAYnounUS /ˈreɪlweɪ/
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading GLACIER HOUSE, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, July 19, 1892.
recentadjectiveUS /ˈriːsənt/
new
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
roadbednoun
a bed supporting a road
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
suppliedverbUS /səˈplaɪd/
inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
a special situation
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
transcontinentaladjectiveUS /ˌtrænzkɑːntɪˈnentəl/
spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
travelledadjectiveUS /ˈtrævəld/
familiar with many parts of the world
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading A good roadbed, fine and comfortable cars, polite attendants, and every thing supplied to make travelling agreeable.
VancouvernounUS /vænˈkuːvər/
English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We left Vancouver at 2.20 P.M. on the 16th, and made our acquaintance with this great transcontinental railway.
a late time of life
From this reading I think it fully as good as any of those over which I have travelled in recent years.
