Chapter X · On the Bosphorus.--Among the Isles of Greece

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a shop where a variety of goods are sold

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “bazaar” — a shop where a variety of goods are sold

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

plural of “bow” — a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

put or send forth

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a creation of the highest excellence

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the largest city and former capital of Turkey

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

move away from a place into another direction

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

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

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

divisible by two

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

widely known and esteemed

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

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

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

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

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

an indirect suggestion

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

where you live at a particular time

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the quality of being honest

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

-ing form of “interview” — conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “intruder” — someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

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From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

plural of “manufacture” — the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

attach a tag or label to

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “mosque” — (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

a form of address for a man

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

amounting to a large indefinite number

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

an odd or unusual characteristic

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

for each

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

all of the offspring of a given progenitor

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

giving satisfaction

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

do one's shopping

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

the state of being asleep

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

having a supporting base

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

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

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

plural of “traveler” — a person who changes location

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

two items of the same kind

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading _Far-Away Moses, the Famous Guide--His Numerous Brothers--His Shop in the Great Bazaar--An Evening at the “Foreign Club”--Dreaming of Polyglots and the Tower of Babel--More “Backsheesh”--Passing the Custom House--How they Protect Home Manufactures--Standing Up for One’s Own Country--“Honesty ish te Besht Bolicy”--Borrowing Money at Twenty per cent.--The Start from Constantinople--A hint to Travelers--Sleeping in Public on the Stage--Interviewing the Purser--A Satisfactory Arrangement--Baron Bruck and his Career--Unwelcome Intruders--Classic Ground--One Trifling Peculiarity._

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

From this reading I HAD “done” the sights of Constantinople--bazaars, mosques, dogs, dervishes and other things--and was ready to depart.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

at the time that

From this reading Moses is guide and merchant, and when he is not attending to business in the one branch he is attending to it in the other.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I had even “done” and been “done” by Far-Away Moses, the famous guide whom Mark Twain has sent down to posterity, and had bought several articles in his shop.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading He is a dignified Oriental with a Jewish cast of features, and he bows in a way that Mr. Turveydrop would envy.