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Chapter XII
Neither, Trigger conceded, would she. Some of the details looked pretty expensive. He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks. It was going to get awkward, all right. "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “"Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading “He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Some of the details looked pretty expensive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some of the details looked pretty expensive.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was going to get awkward, all right.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.”
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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 He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
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From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.
two people or things considered together
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
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From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
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From this reading "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
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From this reading "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
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From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
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From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He came back into the living room in a dressing gown, carrying a couple of drinks.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.
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From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some of the details looked pretty expensive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
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From this reading Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was going to get awkward, all right.
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From this reading "Like it?" he asked, waving a hand around.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Neither, Trigger conceded, would she.
