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Chapter XIX
From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium. The Gayety Theater! What irony in the name! Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted. Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What irony in the name!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.”
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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 From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading The Gayety Theater!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
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From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What irony in the name!
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
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From this reading What irony in the name!
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From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What irony in the name!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
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From this reading The Gayety Theater!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here was a struggle for more than life and death, a titanic combat between looters and looted.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Every one knew that the issue lay between Armstrong and Macgowan; the batteries of lawyers and advisers and experts and friends were but incidentals of the stage setting.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What irony in the name!
at the time that
From this reading From the moment when Lawrence Macgowan, as secretary of Consolidated Securities, called the annual meeting to order, a sense of impending drama filled the auditorium.
