Chapter I

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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

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

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

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later than; following

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

plural of “america” — North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

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

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

one or more large merchant ships

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a line of approach

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

Bound written or printed works.

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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

lacking funds

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

plural of “chore” — a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

house for a farmer and family

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

made afraid

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

-ing form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

in an idle manner

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

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moving to the inside of something

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

an insane person

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

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

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

and nothing more

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

in an original manner

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

in regular succession without gaps

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

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

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)

From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

at the time that

From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:

which person or people

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.

the day immediately before today

From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.