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Chapter II
"It's no use my going back. I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him. Don't turn me out! I take it all back about your being a Chaser. You are the first act on the bill for me.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I take it all back about your being a Chaser.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “I take it all back about your being a Chaser.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are the first act on the bill for me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I take it all back about your being a Chaser.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.”
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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 take it all back about your being a Chaser.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
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From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
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From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
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From this reading "It's no use my going back.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
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From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading Don't turn me out!
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading "It's no use my going back.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
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From this reading "It's no use my going back.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don't turn me out!
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It's no use my going back.
not any; not one
From this reading "It's no use my going back.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
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From this reading Don't turn me out!
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From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
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From this reading Don't turn me out!
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From this reading "It's no use my going back.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I read finality in his eye before I left him, and I feel that no compliment, the most fulsome, would move him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are the first act on the bill for me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I take it all back about your being a Chaser.
