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Chapter XI
"'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window. "'Most there? Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you? I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan." "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?”
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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 "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
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From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm perspiring like an eel in a frying-pan."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
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From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So are my horses," answered the driver, sulkily, "I can't run them up hill, this weather, to please you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Most there, driver?" thundered out a red-faced man, as he thrust his frowsy head out of the stage-coach window.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sahara is nothing to this sand-hill; phew! touch up yer hosses, can't you?
