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Chapter XX
“Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?” “No, sir, positively not.” Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile. He stared blankly at the prospect before them. The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “He stared blankly at the prospect before them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.”
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading “The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.”
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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 Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
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From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
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From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
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From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
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From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
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From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
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From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, sir, positively not.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “No, sir, positively not.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
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From this reading “No, sir, positively not.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, sir, positively not.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He stared blankly at the prospect before them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Nelson, could you possibly be mistaken?”
