Chapter XIII
ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!" "Hurrah for the West!" "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!" "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!" "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
Dave Porter in the Gold Fields
Chapter XIII
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ON
THE
WAY
WEST
"Off
at
last!"
"Hurrah
for
the
West!"
"And
the
Landslide
Mine,
Roger,
don't
forget
that!"
"What
a
splendid
day
for
beginning
the
trip!"
"Say,
we
make
quite
a
crowd,
don't
we?"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ON
THE
WAY
WEST
"Off
at
last!"
Line 2
"Hurrah
for
the
West!"
Line 3
"And
the
Landslide
Mine,
Roger,
don't
forget
that!"
Line 4
"What
a
splendid
day
for
beginning
the
trip!"
Line 5
"Say,
we
make
quite
a
crowd,
don't
we?"
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Beginning
noun
US /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"”
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"”
Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"”
Quite
noun
US /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"”
All words in this reading · 27
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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 "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"
crowd
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From this reading "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
day
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From this reading "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"
don't
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From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Hurrah for the West!"
forget
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From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
Hurrah
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From this reading "Hurrah for the West!"
Landslide
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From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
MinepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
Off
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From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
Roger
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From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
Say
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From this reading "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
splendid
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From this reading "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And the Landslide Mine, Roger, don't forget that!"
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
trip
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From this reading "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"
WAY
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From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Say, we make quite a crowd, don't we?"
WEST
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From this reading ON THE WAY WEST "Off at last!"
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a splendid day for beginning the trip!"