Chapter XIX

later than; following

From this reading Soon after breakfast they made ready to start.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

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

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

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

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

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

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

provide as food

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

the act of departing

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

destroyed or killed

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

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

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

be suspended or hanging

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

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

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

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

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

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

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

immediately past

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Soon after breakfast they made ready to start.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

used to form the superlative

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

immediately following in time or order

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

above and across; more than

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

arrange in a container

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

-ing form of “prospect” — search for something desirable

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading Soon after breakfast they made ready to start.

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

Identical; not different.

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

express in words

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

in the near future

From this reading Soon after breakfast they made ready to start.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Soon after breakfast they made ready to start.

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

in or at that place or location

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading AMONG THE ICEFIELDS The next morning they rose late, for the previous day had been long and hard.

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

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

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

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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 “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

two times

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

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

From this reading I have an idea that we’ll find most of the snow gone and that we’ll have dry ground to camp on and some little feed near by for the horses.”

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

at the time that

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

in or at the place that

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading At breakfast Hugh said, “Now, to-day, let’s picket the pack horses and ride up on the mountains prospecting, and see whether we can camp over there where that big snow bank lay when we were here last.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “They say lightning don’t strike twice in the same place,” remarked Hugh, “but then it might, so I’m going to hang up all our stuff in one of these trees, where it will be out of the reach of the bears.