Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

third-person singular of “advertise” — call attention to

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

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From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

an alloy of copper and zinc

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “call” — a telephone connection

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “carpenter” — a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

social status or position conferred by a system based on class

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading Down comes the curtain.

an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

From this reading Down comes the curtain.

someone who pays for goods or services

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Down comes the curtain.

a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

high in price or charging high prices

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

to certain extent or degree

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

the entering of a legal document into the public record

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

plural of “fret” — agitation resulting from active worry

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

a young female

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

coins made of gold

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

the state of having committed an offense

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

showing your contempt by derision

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

staying power

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “limp” — the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

being nothing more than specified

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

move about in a confused manner

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

a form of address for a man

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

and nothing more

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

above and across; more than

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

possession of controlling influence

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

precisely, exactly

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the context and environment in which something is set

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

be seated

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “spell” — a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

act of expanding by lengthening or widening

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

plural of “swamp” — low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

-ing form of “telephone” — get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Down comes the curtain.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

not given to gentleness or sentimentality

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

hard to endure

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

a flaw or weak point

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Well, if all his money and all his power could not prevent an indictment, he must be a pretty tough customer,"--with the public peering into his private books and papers in a lawsuit, confirming as facts all that they had read in the newspapers, in short with the gold plating of respectability rubbed off his moral brass, he feels the crushing weight of the indictment, as he limps up and down his room at the mill and frets at the long-distance operator for being so slow with his calls.

in or at the place that

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

during the time that

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

which person or people

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading For where might makes right, as it does in his world, weakness spells guilt, and with all the people jeering at him, with the press saying: "Aha, so they have got Mr. Barclay, have they?

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading For to him the mere indictment advertises to mankind that money is not power, and with him and with all of his caste and class a confession of weakness is equivalent to a confession of wrong.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Only a minute does John Barclay sit there with his head in his arms, and then, while you are stretching your legs, or reading your programme, or looking over the house to see who may be here, up rises John Barclay, and while the stage carpenters are setting the new scene, he is behind there telephoning to Chicago, to Minneapolis, to Omaha, to Cleveland, to Buffalo,--he fairly swamps the girl with expensive long-distance calls,--trying to see if there is not some way to stop the filing of that indictment.