Chapter I

(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 To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

someone who bakes commercially

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

for the reason that

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

next to; at the side of

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

the lower side of anything

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

lacking funds

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

of or relating to Canada or its people

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

without doubt; certainly

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

a native or inhabitant of Europe

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

divisible by two

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading Others of them are perhaps famous.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

destroyed or killed

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

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From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

-ing form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

of or relating to two people who are married to each other

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

small in range or scope

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

someone who controls resources and expenditures

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the force of workers available

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

make less visible or unclear

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading Others of them are perhaps famous.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

the largest ocean in the world

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

go across or through

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as “our father”

From this reading LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, Paternoster House, E.C.

by chance

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

the one or ones belonging to them

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading They are, doubtless, distinguished or have gone under.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

precisely as stated

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

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

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

at the time that

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

in the company of; together with

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading To Archer Baker, European Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Of all the men I worked with on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the Kicking Horse Pass and on the Shushwap, when you and men like you were hustling to put it through, I am not, nowadays, in touch with one.

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading Some of them, perhaps, lie in obscure graves beside the track of other roads, which, in their parlance, "broke out" when the C.P.R. was finished: when End of Track joined End of Track: when the very bottom of their world fell out because two Worlds, East and West, were united by our labour, yours and theirs and even mine.