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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
accommodating
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
all
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
amount
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
anticipation
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Approach
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
arrival
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
box
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
build
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Cabin
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
California
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
commence
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
commencement
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
credit
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
Creek
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Culoma
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
day
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Day's
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
days
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
determined
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Devil's
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Diggings
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
dollars
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
dreaded
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Dry
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
duly
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
examined
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
expectation
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
Extravagant
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
feet
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
First
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
five
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Fork
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
found
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Gold
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
gold-digging
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
house
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
hundred
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
immediate
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Increase
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
installed
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
Labour
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
less
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
little
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
Log
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
logs
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
long
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
Middle
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
moderate
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Nests
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
nightfall
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
northern
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
offer
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
offered
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
operations
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
particularly
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Party
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
pay
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
Pi-pita-tua
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Placers
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Pockets
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
premises
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
price
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
Punch-Bowl
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
purchased
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
Rainy
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
reasonable
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
received
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Region
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Reports
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
require
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From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
sale
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Season
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Start
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
strangers
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
ten
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
terms
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
Theory
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
time
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From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
twenty
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
unhewn
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
Weaver's
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From this reading Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placers_--Extravagant Reports from the Middle Fork--Start for Culoma--Approach of the Rainy Season--The “Devil’s Punch-Bowl.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The day after our arrival, in anticipation of the immediate commencement of the rainy season (a time dreaded by strangers in all California, and particularly in the northern region), we determined to build a log house, and were about to commence operations, when we received an offer for the sale of one.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
whole
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From this reading The terms, however, were accommodating, being ten days’ credit for the whole amount.
wide
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From this reading We examined it, and found a little box of unhewn logs, about twenty feet long by ten wide, which was offered us at the moderate price of five hundred dollars.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading With the reasonable expectation that we could pay for our house by gold-digging in a less time than it would require to build one, we purchased it, and ere nightfall were duly installed in the premises.
