A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
"In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!" Ortelsburg continued. "The mouse scratches the lion's back and the lion scratches the mouse's back! Ain't it?" "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Ortelsburg continued.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “"In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.”
Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ain't it?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The mouse scratches the lion's back and the lion scratches the mouse's back!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ortelsburg continued.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ain't it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The mouse scratches the lion's back and the lion scratches the mouse's back!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The mouse scratches the lion's back and the lion scratches the mouse's back!
not any; not one
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ortelsburg continued.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The mouse scratches the lion's back and the lion scratches the mouse's back!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "In business, Joe--it's Esau's fable of the lion and the mouse every time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But you know so well as I do, Benno, that Glaubmann's house on Linden Boulevard ain't worth no eighteen thousand dollars," Kamin said.
