Chapter XLVI · Chapter 46

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From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

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

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

later than; following

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

(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 After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

in addition

From this reading ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM.

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

From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

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

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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From this reading ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

plural of “country” — a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

go or come after and bring or take back

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

secured with bastions or fortifications

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

and nothing more

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

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From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

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

From this reading OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.

in or at that place or location

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

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

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

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

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

in the direction of

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

in or at the place that

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.

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

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

in the company of; together with

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading People from all the countries round, to some thirty days’ journey, come to fetch this salt, which is the best in the world, and is so hard that it can only be broken with iron picks.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading ’Tis in such abundance that it would supply the whole world to the end of time.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards the south are all composed of salt.