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“And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’ Satisfaction! Sufferin’ Hottentots! Do I look satisfied?” The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do I look satisfied?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
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From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
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From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do I look satisfied?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
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From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
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From this reading Sufferin’ Hottentots!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do I look satisfied?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do I look satisfied?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do I look satisfied?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sufferin’ Hottentots!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “And this,” grunted McGlory, “is what he calls explaining matters to our ‘complete satisfaction.’
in the company of; together with
From this reading The cowboy, in his dress suit and boiling with rage, looked far from satisfied.
