Chapter VI

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

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From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a cruelly rapacious person

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

carefully thought out in advance

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

hold firmly and tightly

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

closed or squeezed together tightly

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

expletives used informally as intensifiers

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

dearly loved

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

being one more than seventeen

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

any light downy material

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

plural of “gasp” — a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

plural of “gesture” — motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

possessive form of “girl” — a young female

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

only a very short time before

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

plural of “immigrant” — a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

free from external control and constraint

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

with laughter; while laughing

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

staying power

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

inflected form of “lug” — carry with difficulty

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

common to or shared by two or more parties

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a wrapped container

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

plural of “protest” — a formal and solemn declaration of objection

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

past form of “punctuate” — insert punctuation marks into

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

a loud and disturbing noise

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

on the contrary

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

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

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

ludicrous, foolish

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

containing little excess

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

the act of gripping and pressing firmly

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

plural of “summer” — the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

with regard to technique

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

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

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

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

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading Then they fell apart, and with mutual cool glance of appraisement took each other in.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

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

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

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

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading As they turned talking and went up the long stairs, Sard's look was laughingly interrogative.

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

From this reading It was an effect calculated to impress a girl's camp or a parcel of immigrants, but as that of the arrival of a maiden of eighteen summers at a quiet house in the little center of Willow Roads, it was hardly distinguished.

in the company of; together with

From this reading MINGA'S LAWS Minga arrived in a spasm of long thin legs, short skimpy skirt, a fluff of bobbed curls, a rather unnatural whiteness of face, lugging a suitcase, golf sticks and tennis racket with the independent gestures of an experienced baggagesmasher.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"

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From this reading The meeting of the two girls was a curious clinched clasp done technically and punctuated by gasps, long, over-emphasized kisses and such half-shrieked protests as: "Oh, you dear brute, you're squeezing the life out of me--You silly old darned duck--Oh, Honey, isn't this great?"