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Chapter XXIV
ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office. "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel." "That's a good idea. Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch. I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
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 “ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"That's a good idea.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."”
during the time that
From this reading “I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "That's a good idea.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
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From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That's a good idea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
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From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
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From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
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From this reading "That's a good idea.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
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From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
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From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
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From this reading "That's a good idea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
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From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
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From this reading "Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT "What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
during the time that
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Will you stay and have grub with me--I mean lunch.
