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Wolfville Days

Chapter XI

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How Prince Hat Got Help.
"Come yere, you boy Torn."
It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.
"Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.
My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wolfville Days

Chapter XI

Reading 1/57 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
How Prince Hat Got Help.
Line 2
"Come yere, you boy Torn."
Line 3
It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.
Line 4
"Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.
Line 5
My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Come yere, you boy Torn."”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How Prince Hat Got Help.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “"Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.”

None pronoun US /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading “My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “"Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.”

All words in this reading · 56

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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 My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

absorb

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

aches

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

addressing

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From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

ain't

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

band

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

barkeep

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

black

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From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

boy

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From this reading "Come yere, you boy Torn."

Cattleman

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From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

changin

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

clar'fy

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Come yere, you boy Torn."

drinks

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

feelin

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

fetch

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

Got

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From this reading How Prince Hat Got Help.

Hat

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From this reading How Prince Hat Got Help.

head

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

heap

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

HelpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How Prince Hat Got Help.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

hostelry

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

How

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From this reading How Prince Hat Got Help.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

nonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

Old

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From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

oughter

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

owin

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

Prince

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From this reading How Prince Hat Got Help.

rattlesnake

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

roominations

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

rooms

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

satellite

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From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

snakeskin

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

Stampede

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

too

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

Torn

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From this reading "Come yere, you boy Torn."

up

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From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading It was the Old Cattleman addressing his black satellite.

well

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From this reading My head ain't feelin' none too well, owin' to the barkeep of this hostelry changin' my drinks, an' that rattlesnake band oughter absorb them aches an' clar'fy my roominations a heap.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "Stampede up to their rooms of mine an' fetch me my hat; the one with the snakeskin band.

yere

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From this reading "Come yere, you boy Torn."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Come yere, you boy Torn."