Chapter XXIII
ALONG THE RIVER. Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent. A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him. It seemed too bold-faced to be true. "Our man?" he stammered.
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Chapter XXIII
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ALONG
THE
RIVER.
Matt
could
do
nothing
but
stare
at
the
freight
agent.
A
man
had
come
there
and
driven
off
with
the
horse
and
wagon
and
taken
the
cases
of
goods
with
him.
It
seemed
too
bold-faced
to
be
true.
"Our
man?"
he
stammered.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
ALONG
THE
RIVER.
Line 2
Matt
could
do
nothing
but
stare
at
the
freight
agent.
Line 3
A
man
had
come
there
and
driven
off
with
the
horse
and
wagon
and
taken
the
cases
of
goods
with
him.
Line 4
It
seemed
too
bold-faced
to
be
true.
Line 5
"Our
man?"
he
stammered.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
ALONG
preposition
US /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “ALONG THE RIVER.”
Come
noun
US /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.”
Could
modal verb
US /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.”
Seemed
noun
US /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seemed too bold-faced to be true.”
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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 man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
agent
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From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
ALONGprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
bold-faced
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From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
cases
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
driven
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
freight
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From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
goods
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
horse
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
man
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
Matt
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From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
off
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
RIVER
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From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
stammered
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From this reading "Our man?" he stammered.
stare
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From this reading Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent.
taken
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALONG THE RIVER.
there
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
too
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From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
true
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From this reading It seemed too bold-faced to be true.
wagon
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From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him.