A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
“How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?” “Kill time! You--a bridegroom of six months! Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned. You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?””
To recall to mind.
From this reading “You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.”
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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 You--a bridegroom of six months!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
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From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You--a bridegroom of six months!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You--a bridegroom of six months!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You--a bridegroom of six months!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You--a bridegroom of six months!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “How shall we manage to kill time to-day, Jack?” asked Tom Shaw; “race-course--billiards--club--pistol gallery?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You--a bridegroom of six months!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You remember I told you you would soon weary of your new toy.
