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Chapter XXXV
A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office. “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.” “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb. I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.” “The devil you have!
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’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.”
any thing at all
From this reading ““I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““The devil you have!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.”
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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 A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
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From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
any thing at all
From this reading “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
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From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
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From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
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From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
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From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
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From this reading “The devil you have!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb.
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From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The devil you have!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb.
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From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
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From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS “Good-by, and hail my fancy!” shouted Balcomb as Leighton entered the promoter’s office.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve come to talk seriously about an unpleasant matter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t want to suggest anything to you, Balcomb.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Excuse my quotation from Whitman, the good gray poet; but you always suggest bright college years, the dearest, best of life to me, Demetrius.”
