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From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
1899
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From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
absentadjectiveUS /ˈæbsənt/
not being in a specified place
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
in the past
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
react verbally
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
AnvilnounUS /ˈænvəl/
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
batchnounUS /bætʃ/
all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
beaversnounUS /ˈbiːvərz/
plural of “beaver” — the soft brown fur of the beaver
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
BusternounUS /ˈbʌstər/
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading Buster Creek, Cape Nome, Sept.
CapenounUS /keɪp/
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Buster Creek, Cape Nome, Sept.
Casey
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From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
containingverbUS /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Buster Creek, Cape Nome, Sept.
faithfullyadverbUS /ˈfeɪθfəli/
in a faithful manner
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
includingverbUS /ˌɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/
-ing form of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
the literary culture
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
mailnounUS /meɪl/
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
NomenounUS /noʊm/
a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
From this reading Buster Creek, Cape Nome, Sept.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
SeptnounUS /sept/
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Buster Creek, Cape Nome, Sept.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
in or at that place or location
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
thirteennounUS /ˈθɜːrˈtiːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
wanderer's
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From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading 16, 1899.--A week ago Casey went to Anvil City, across country twelve miles, and brought a batch of mail, containing our first letters from home since our arrival here in answer to our own.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I received six, which I have committed to memory, sitting alone in the cook tent.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading Here we are, working like beavers, thirteen of us, including me, the cook.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
produce a literary work
From this reading If people at home, the wide world over, would write faithfully to absent ones, there would be joy in many a wanderer's heart.
