Chapter XIX · Strange Talk

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

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

later than; following

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

united by being of the same opinion

From this reading "Or something!" gloomily agreed Sim.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

a clergyman ministering to some institution

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

with disgust

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

plural of “echo” — the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

plural of “footstep” — the sound of a step of someone walking

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

with gloom

From this reading "Or something!" gloomily agreed Sim.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

-ing form of “ignore” — refuse to acknowledge

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

and nothing more

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "Or something!" gloomily agreed Sim.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

past form of “remark” — make mention of

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

scratch repeatedly

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "Or something!" gloomily agreed Sim.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading "Or something!" gloomily agreed Sim.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

English actress (1847-1928)

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

possessive form of “terry” — English actress (1847-1928)

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This is a pretty kettle of fish!"

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

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

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

make an effort or attempt

From this reading "Try it.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "It seems to me," remarked Terry disgustedly, as the agent pulled the door of the baggage room shut and his footsteps and those of the chaplain died away in faint echoes, "it seems to me that we just get into one scrape after another.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Can you turn around so you can be sort of on your hands and knees?" asked Arden, ignoring Terry's remark.