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Chapter XVIII
BACK TO THE RED SPOT. When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away. “He must be in that,” said Billy. “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?” “The same bloke.”
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 “When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ““He must be in that,” said Billy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The same bloke.””
in the direction of
From this reading “When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.”
belonging to which person
From this reading ““I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?””
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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 When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
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From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
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From this reading BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
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From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
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From this reading “The same bloke.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
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From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The same bloke.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He must be in that,” said Billy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BACK TO THE RED SPOT.
in the direction of
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
at the time that
From this reading When Carter and Mulberry Billy reached the street at the foot of Carter’s stairs the boy pointed toward a cab just driving away.
belonging to which person
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I saw him talking to a man from the cab window just now----” “The man whose face you saw at the window of Mother Flintstone’s den, Billy?”
