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Chapter XV
THE FLAT BURGLARY. It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling. Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue. “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.” “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ““We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading ““We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.”
in the direction of
From this reading “Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.”
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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 It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
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From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
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From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
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From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
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From this reading THE FLAT BURGLARY.
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From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
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From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
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From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
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From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
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From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
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From this reading THE FLAT BURGLARY.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
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From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
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From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLAT BURGLARY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “The owl car’s all right for a job like this,” was the sullen reply.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
in the direction of
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We ought to have been out an hour ago,” muttered the former, “then we shouldn’t have missed the cable.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was long past midnight, and a slow, winter rain was falling.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Shivering with the cold, and muttering imprecations against the weather, Parks and Nixon left the shelter of the chophouse and walked rapidly toward Wabash Avenue.
