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From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
340
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading "I bade my friends farewell."
BLANCHARD
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From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
BurronounUS /ˈbɜːroʊ/
small donkey used as a pack animal
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
changesnounUS /ˈtʃeɪndʒəz/
plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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COnounUS /koʊ/
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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consumedverbUS /kənˈsuːmd/
past form of “consume” — eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
ContainingverbUS /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/
-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
ContinentnounUS /ˈkɑːntənənt/
one of the large landmasses of the earth
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
correctionsnounUS /kərˈekʃənz/
the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
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the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
true confidential information
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half the width of an em
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
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an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading "I bade my friends farewell."
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "I bade my friends farewell."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
giganticadjectiveUS /dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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journey's
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plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
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belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I bade my friends farewell."
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
Ninety-Sixadjective
being six more than ninety
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
PhotographsnounUS /ˈfoʊtəɡræfs/
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
PITCHERnounUS /ˈpɪtʃər/
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
past form of “provide” — give something useful or necessary to
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PUBLISHERSnounUS /ˈpʌblɪʃərz/
plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business
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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
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TakenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
TempestuousadjectiveUS /ˌtemˈpestʃuːəs/
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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Thirty-nineadjective
being nine more than thirty
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
TRANSCRIBERnounUS /trænˈskraɪbər/
a person who translates written messages from one language to another
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travelernounUS /ˈtrævələr/
a person who changes location
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading A Tempestuous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours Containing Thirty-nine Pictures from Photographs Taken "en Voyage".
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We consumed a half hour in the gigantic task."
WOODWARDnounUS /ˈwʊdwɔːrd/
United States historian (1908-1999)
From this reading I. H. BLANCHARD CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK R. PITCHER WOODWARD (Portrait) The traveler at the journey's end.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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