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From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
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From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
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From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
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From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
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From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
addingverbUS /ˈædɪŋ/
-ing form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
(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 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
apprenticenounUS /əˈprentəs/
works for an expert to learn a trade
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
someone who is a detective
From this reading RICHARD DORGAN ("_Dick Dorgan_") U.S.N.R.F.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
DORGAN
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From this reading RICHARD DORGAN ("_Dick Dorgan_") U.S.N.R.F.
enlistverbUS /ˌenˈlɪst/
join the military
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
FnounUS /ef/
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading U.S.N.R.F.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
hopverbUS /hɑːp/
jump lightly
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
injurynounUS /ˈɪndʒəri/
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
insultnounUS /ˌɪnˈsʌlt/
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
JnounUS /dʒeɪ/
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading J. THORNE SMITH, JR.
JRnounUS /ˈdʒuːnjər/
a son who has the same first name as his father
From this reading J. THORNE SMITH, JR.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
masqueradeverbUS /ˌmæskərˈeɪd/
take part in a masquerade
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading U.S.N.R.F.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
PelhamnounUS /ˈpeləm/
a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
RnounUS /ɑːr/
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading U.S.N.R.F.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
RICHARD
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From this reading RICHARD DORGAN ("_Dick Dorgan_") U.S.N.R.F.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading U.S.N.R.F.
screamingadjectiveUS /ˈskriːmɪŋ/
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading J. THORNE SMITH, JR.
snappedverbUS /snæpt/
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
THORNE
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From this reading J. THORNE SMITH, JR.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
UnounUS /juː/
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading U.S.N.R.F.
underwearnounUS /ˈʌndərwer/
undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
wirenounUS /ˈwaɪər/
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading 'Sure,' I replied, 'it will all be foreign to me'" 2 "Hospital apprentice treated me to a shot of Pelham 'hop'" 4 "I feel like a masquerade" 5 "This, I thought, was adding insult to injury" 6 "Mother kept screaming through the wire about my underwear" 7
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'Do you enlist for foreign service?' he snapped.
