Chapter XXX
OFF FOR HOME. “Hurry up there, sir. The colonel is anxious to get all his men in. We are going to have a blizzard.” It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
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Chapter XXX
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OFF
FOR
HOME.
“Hurry
up
there,
sir.
The
colonel
is
anxious
to
get
all
his
men
in.
We
are
going
to
have
a
blizzard.”
It
was
Colonel
Forsyth’s
bugler
who
hailed
them.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
OFF
FOR
HOME.
Line 2
“Hurry
up
there,
sir.
Line 3
The
colonel
is
anxious
to
get
all
his
men
in.
Line 4
We
are
going
to
have
a
blizzard.”
Line 5
It
was
Colonel
Forsyth’s
bugler
who
hailed
them.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Hailed
noun
US /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We are going to have a blizzard.””
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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 We are going to have a blizzard.”
all
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From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
anxious
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From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are going to have a blizzard.”
blizzard
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From this reading We are going to have a blizzard.”
bugler
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From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
colonel
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From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OFF FOR HOME.
Forsyth's
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From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
get
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From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
going
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From this reading We are going to have a blizzard.”
hailednounUS /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We are going to have a blizzard.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
HOME
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From this reading OFF FOR HOME.
Hurry
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From this reading “Hurry up there, sir.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
men
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From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
OFF
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From this reading OFF FOR HOME.
sir
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From this reading “Hurry up there, sir.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
there
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From this reading “Hurry up there, sir.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The colonel is anxious to get all his men in.
up
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From this reading “Hurry up there, sir.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are going to have a blizzard.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was Colonel Forsyth’s bugler who hailed them.