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Chapter II
“Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin. “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight. I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet. Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news. I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.””
in addition to; as well as
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
every person
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.”
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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 I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
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From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
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From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
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From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
every person
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
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From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
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From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
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From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
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From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
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From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
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From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Keep the matter quiet, Billy,” advised Goodwin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We don’t want the Ins to know that the president is in flight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Otherwise he would not have tried to make his message a confidential one; and besides, everybody would have heard the news.
but in spite of that
From this reading I suppose Bob’s information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m going around now to see Dr. Zavalla, and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire.”
