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Chapter XVIII
MR. ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on. Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees. “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground. “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
above and across; more than
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re going to transfer passengers at the power-house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s up?” demanded Duncan, as soon as his foot touched the ground.
which person or people
From this reading Those who were curious enough to look back--including a shrewdly grinning conductor--saw the pair disappear over the fence into a clump of trees.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ALSOP BARKS Two minutes later a youth in khaki, armed with a gun, stopped the up car just around the curve beyond the power-house, called out a startled passenger, and let the car go on.
