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advice

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

Take my advice...

bomb

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

I'd just a soon have a black powder bomb in my house.

bunch

an informal body of friends

...the two of them shot it out with the whole Clanton bunch.

chart

a visual display of information

Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.

corner

the point where two lines meet or intersect

Have filed corner stakes...

day

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day

deputy

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

When he and Wyatt Earp were deputies over in Tombstone.

exception

a deliberate act of omission

Can't you make this one exception? No.

eye

the organ of sight

They says he closed the eyes of many a man.

father

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

Would you call my father please?

fort

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

Fort Lansing.

gal

alliterative term for girl (or woman)

Hmmm...he's quite a man with the gals.

gall

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

You've got your gall busting into my office.

good night

a conventional expression of farewell

Good night.

gun

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.

horse

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

Give me that horse.

house

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

You're injured man. Let us take you into the house.

key

metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

My keys closed down for tonight.

lansing

capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River

Fort Lansing.

light

any device serving as a source of illumination

Bring a light with you.

ma'am

a woman of refinement

Yes! ma'am...

man

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day

mr.

a form of address for a man

All sent, Mr. Evans.

name

a language unit by which a person or thing is known

Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.

night

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Sorry, closed down for the night.

notch

a small cut

See how many notches he has got in his gun.

office

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

You've got your gall busting into my office.

one

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

Can't you make this one exception? No.

people

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

I've heard about you people.

plot

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

...on plots 234... 235.

powder

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

I'd just a soon have a black powder bomb in my house.

question

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

What a question!

recorder

equipment for making records

Territorial Recorders office.

schedule

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

Can't go against the schedule. Closed down.

something

an object whose nature is yet to be defined

That Quirt Evans is surely something.

stake

a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

Have filed corner stakes...

station

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.

sure

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

Sure ain't going to touch it and find out

telegraph

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)

I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.

tonight

the present or immediately coming night

My keys closed down for tonight.

wagon

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

To the wagon,

way

how something is done or how it happens

He might wake up and take it the wrong way.

woman

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

And opened the eyes of many a women.

yes

an affirmative

Yes! ma'am...

be

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Why! He ain't dead, is he?

believe

accept as true; take to be true

How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.

bring

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Bring a light with you.

bust

break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

You've got your gall busting into my office.

call

send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message

Would you call my father please?

close

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

They says he closed the eyes of many a man.

close down

cease to operate or cause to cease operating

Sorry, closed down for the night.

come

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

No. Come out of there, you!

file

record in a public office or in a court of law

Have filed corner stakes...

find out

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Sure ain't going to touch it and find out

get

enter or assume a certain state or condition

Get in here. What?

get

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

You've got your gall busting into my office.

get

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

See how many notches he has got in his gun.

get

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.

give

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

Give me that horse.

go against

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Can't go against the schedule. Closed down.

go on

continue a certain state, condition, or activity

He couldn't go on, nor could you.

have

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

See how many notches he has got in his gun.

hear

receive a communication from someone

I've heard about you people.

knock out

knock unconscious or senseless

No, just knocked out!

know

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

I know, but this is urgent...

know

be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

You know him?

let

make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

You're injured man. Let us take you into the house.

look

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

Look at his gun.

make

make or cause to be or to become

Can't you make this one exception? No.

open

cause to open or to become open

And opened the eyes of many a women.

prowl

move about in or as if in a predatory manner

Night prowling around here, like this.

record

make a record of; set down in permanent form

Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.

ride

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day

say

express in words

They says he closed the eyes of many a man.

see

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

See how many notches he has got in his gun.

send

cause to go somewhere

You can write it, but I won't send it anyway.

shoot

fire a shot

...the two of them shot it out with the whole Clanton bunch.

sign

mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

How shall I sign it?

stand for

tolerate or bear

I won't stand for it!

stay away

stay clear of, avoid

You stay plenty far away from Mr. Quirt Evans.

take

take somebody somewhere

We'll take you. Penelope!

take

receive willingly something given or offered

Take my advice...

take

interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

He might wake up and take it the wrong way.

thank

express gratitude or show appreciation to

Thank you very much for your advice. Goodnight.

think

judge or regard; look upon; judge

Who do you think you're anyway?

touch

make physical contact with, come in contact with

Sure ain't going to touch it and find out

wake up

cause to become awake or conscious

He might wake up and take it the wrong way.

write

communicate or express by writing

You can write it, but I won't send it anyway.

black

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

I'd just a soon have a black powder bomb in my house.

crazy

bizarre or fantastic

Quirt Evans? Crazy!

dead

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

Why! He ain't dead, is he?

dozen

denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day

good

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.

heavy

of comparatively great physical weight or density

Heavy, ain't he?

injured

harmed

You're injured man. Let us take you into the house.

many

a large number of; numerous

They says he closed the eyes of many a man.

much

(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent

Thank you very much for your advice. Goodnight.

sorry

feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Sorry, closed down for the night.

urgent

compelling immediate action

I know, but this is urgent...

whole

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

...the two of them shot it out with the whole Clanton bunch.

wrong

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

He might wake up and take it the wrong way.

anyway

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Who do you think you're anyway?

far

to a considerable degree; very much

You stay plenty far away from Mr. Quirt Evans.

here

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

Get in here. What?

just

and nothing more

No, just knocked out!

not

negation of a word or group of words

Not any that I can see.

only

and nothing more

How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.

please

used in polite request

Would you call my father please?

plenty

as much as necessary

You stay plenty far away from Mr. Quirt Evans.

quite

to a degree (not used with a negative)

Hmmm...he's quite a man with the gals.

surely

definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

That Quirt Evans is surely something.

there

in or at that place

No. Come out of there, you!

very

to a great extent or degree

Thank you very much for your advice. Goodnight.

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