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Chapter XII
A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller. Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September. He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months. Those stories made Annan. It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
any person at all
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.”
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those stories made Annan.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.”
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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 A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
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From this reading Those stories made Annan.
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From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
any person at all
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
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From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
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From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Those stories made Annan.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
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From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
brief or direct in expression
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those stories made Annan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had done twenty stories for Coltfoot in six months.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Perhaps quality might have suffered; perhaps the thread of invention would have snapped had not Annan’s contract with the _Planet_ ended with September.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A short story every Sunday would have grilled the brains out of anybody, even a born story-teller.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It had finally come to--“Have you read Barry Annan in this week’s number?”
