used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
allowancenounUS /əˈlaʊəns/
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
CalifornianounUS /ˌkæləˈfɔːrnjə/
a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
carsnounUS /kɑːrz/
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
causesnounUS /ˈkɑːzəz/
plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
conductornounUS /kənˈdʌktər/
the person who leads a musical group
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
contractsnounUS /ˈkɑːntrækts/
plural of “contract” — a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
detentionnounUS /dɪˈtenʃən/
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
disciplinenounUS /ˈdɪsəplən/
a branch of knowledge
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
being one more than seventeen
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
frequentverbUS /ˈfriːkwənt/
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
ten 10s
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
and nothing more
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
mailnounUS /meɪl/
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
engage in
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
MissourinounUS /məˈzʊri/
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
nineteennounUS /ˈnaɪnˈtiːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
many times at short intervals
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
To recall to mind.
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
rightlyadverbUS /ˈraɪtli/
with honesty
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
SacramentonounUS /ˌsækrəˈmentoʊ/
a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
schedulenounUS /ˈskedʒʊl/
a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
shippedverbUS /ʃɪpt/
inflected form of “ship” — transport commercially
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
snowsnounUS /snoʊz/
plural of “snow” — precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
specifiedadjectiveUS /ˈspesəfaɪd/
clearly and explicitly stated
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
St
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From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
stage-coach
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From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
stormsnounUS /stɔːrmz/
plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
strictadjectiveUS /strɪkt/
rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
a special situation
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, by stage-coach, was nearly nineteen hundred miles, and the trip was often made in fifteen days (the cars do it in four and a half, now), but the time specified in the mail contracts, and required by the schedule, was eighteen or nineteen days, if I remember rightly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
unavoidableadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
impossible to avoid or evade
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The stage company had everything under strict discipline and good system.
precisely as stated
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such a thing was very frequent.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading This was to make fair allowance for winter storms and snows, and other unavoidable causes of detention.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Our new conductor (just shipped) had been without sleep for twenty hours.
