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Opening the iron trail
Opening the iron trail

Chapter XV

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THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!
Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.
We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”
That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.
Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Opening the iron trail

Chapter XV

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!
Line 2
Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.
Line 3
We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”
Line 4
That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.
Line 5
Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.”

Everybody pronoun US /ˈevribɑːdi/

every person

From this reading “Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.”

MAKE noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!”

Point noun US /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading “That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.”

Sure noun US /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.””

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.””

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.”

Track noun US /træk/

a route or signs showing the way someone went

From this reading “Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.”

All words in this reading · 53

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1868

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From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

back

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

base

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

Bryan

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

bursting

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

Central

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

Cooking

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

division

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

doorway

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

end

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From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

evening

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From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/

every person

From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

far

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

Friday

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From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

gangs

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

going

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

Home

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

HURRAH

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From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

late

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From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

MAKEnounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

new

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

o

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From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

out

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From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

RECORD

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From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

restaurant

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

scare

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

September

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From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

surenounUS /sure/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

TARRIERS

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From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

Terry

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE “TARRIERS” MAKE A RECORD “HURRAH!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

throw

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

TimenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Time: Friday evening, late in September, 1868.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

tomorrow

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From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

tracknounUS /træk/

a route or signs showing the way someone went

From this reading Everybody come out to end o’ track tomorrow.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

We're

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From this reading We’re going to throw a scare for sure into those Central gangs.”

western

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.

Wyoming

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From this reading That was Terry, bursting in through the back doorway of the Home Cooking restaurant, in this last new base and division point, of Bryan, far western Wyoming.