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The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease. Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy. “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner. “What need he know? Pay him by the line.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
any thing at all
From this reading ““But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What need he know?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.”
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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 The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
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From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
any thing at all
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
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From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
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From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
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From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
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From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pay him by the line.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pay him by the line.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What need he know?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pay him by the line.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But he doesn’t know anything,” replied the owner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somewhat later, the third compositor left, and Jesús advised the boss to let Manuel fill the vacancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What need he know?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Santa Casilda Hostelry—Jacob’s History—La Fea and La Sinforosa—The Motherless Child—A not Very Merry Christmas By the time spring came around Manuel was setting type with ease.
