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Chapter III
He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill. “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement. “What would you do? Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife. Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““What would you do?”
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From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
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From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
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From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What would you do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
above and across; more than
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Stop!” cried Lawyer Gooch, in amazement.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
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From this reading Our combined entreaties cannot fail to—” “Billings!” shouted the now thoroughly moved client.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What would you do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He ran to the open window, looked out below, and threw one leg over the sill.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “What would you do?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What would you do?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come, Mr. Billings, and face your erring but innocent wife.
