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The Blazed Trail
The Blazed Trail

Chapter XVII

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A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
“Hot money!” is the cry.
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The Blazed Trail

Chapter XVII

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
Line 2
Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
Line 3
In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
Line 4
As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
Line 5
“Hot money!” is the cry.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.”

Thing noun US /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.”

All words in this reading · 38

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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 A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

blow

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From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

breath

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

cities

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

cry

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From this reading “Hot money!” is the cry.

deep

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

dissipation

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

draw

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

drive

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From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

droves

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

fearful

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From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

Hot

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From this reading “Hot money!” is the cry.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

invade

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

just

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

lasts

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From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

lawless

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

lumbering

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From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

Men

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

money

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From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.

off

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

picturesque

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

plunge

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

reactionary

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

river

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

thingnounUS /thing/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

town

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From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.

wild

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From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.

wildest

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From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.