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Chapter VII
It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room. Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper. “Good man!” was his hearty greeting. “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.” Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
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 “It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Good man!” was his hearty greeting.”
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading ““Good man!” was his hearty greeting.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I hoped you’d look me up this morning.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.”
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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 about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
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From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
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From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
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From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
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From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
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From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good man!” was his hearty greeting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good man!” was his hearty greeting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading “Good man!” was his hearty greeting.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Good man!” was his hearty greeting.
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From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
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From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
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From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good man!” was his hearty greeting.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julian dragged up the other dilapidated-looking easy-chair to the log fire and commenced to fill his pipe from the open jar.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Furley was stretched upon the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
at the time that
From this reading It was about half-past ten on the following morning when Julian, obeying a stentorian invitation to enter, walked into Miles Furley’s sitting room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hoped you’d look me up this morning.”
