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JOHN N E W T O N W I N B U u N E

1953

WORD AND PHRASE PATTERNS IN CURRENT AMERICAN ENGLISH

By

John Newton Winburne

A THESIS
Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Michigan
State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
DOCTOR OP PHILOSOPHY
Department of English
1951

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significant where they are presented under the first word.

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locations, regional Is m , nonce terns, etc*t by all odds the greater nuaber
of then are locutions widely current throughout the whole oountry*
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Si<gest themewives, and these are discussed in the opening introduction.
The flret Is that the nature of idioms or phrasal patterns aakes the
traditional grasmatioal analysis by parts of speech practically lapoesltiei

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I am deeply indebted to my major professor, Dr. Anders Or "beck, for
his thoughtful kindnesses and constant encouragement during the severed,
year8 this study was in preparation.

Dr. Orbeck's wide and thorough

knowledge of linguistics, his scholarly approach to research, his in­
sistence on accuracy have made a deep mark on this piece of work.
There ere others who have nssisted me in the preparation of this
study whom I wish to thank.

G e o r e Vayonie, Kimoa Giocarinis, Gladys

Schreimer, snd Pat Eyerlay were at various times copyists, and of those
Miss Eyerlay worked with me far longer than all of the others.

I must

compliment her on h^r accuracy which is so important in a study of this
nature.

I must also express my aptireciation to Kiss Dorothy Bode who

supervised the typing of the manuscript and to Miss Shirley Smith, Mrs.
Betty Barrett, and Miss Jean Moren who did much of the typing.

I

shell never he able to express my thanks to my wife, Blinore "Ainburne,
who snent countless hours copying quotations, and. typing the first draft
in ad ition to teaching a full load of freshman .Snalish, end rearing: two
children.
I am also indebted to Professor Paul D. Bagwell, Head of the De­
partment of "written and Sooken English, for his encouragement and his
recognition of the problems that I faced while engaged in this extended
research.

J.tf.W.

Augur t 20, 1951

John Newton Winburne
candidate for the decree of
Doctor of Philosophy

Final examination. Sent.
2:00 P.M.
Dissertation:

1951, English Department Seminar Doom,

Word and Phrase Patterne in Current American English

Outline of Studies
Major BuhjectB:
Minor subject8:

English linguistics
English and American literature

Biographical Items
Born, Feb, 23, 1911, Morrllton, Arkansas
Undergraduate Studies, University of Arkansas, 1928-1932,
University of Colorado, 1932—193^Graduate Studies, University of Colorado, 1933-1933, Michigan State
College, 19^-7-1931
Experience: Teacher and principal Nederland, Colorado, Public School,
193lp-19^6; District Director for Colorado National Youth
Administration, 1936—1937; Dramatics Director for the Colorado
Springs, Colorado, High School, 1937-19^5; (On leave from the
Colorado S p r i n g s High School) American Ped Cross Field Director
in the Mediterranean Theater, 19*+3—19^5; Instructor, Michigan
State College, 19*h5-19*+7; Assistant Professor, Michigan State
College, 1997 to the present time.
Member of American Association of University Professors, National Council
of Teachers of English, The Dialect Society of America, The Linguistic
Society of Michigan, Societe de Linguistioue de Paris, Modern Language
Association, Linguistic Society of America

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Page

Introduction....................................................

i

Glossary........................................................

1

Bibliography..................................................... 1^65

INTRODUCTION

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I

This study of phrasal patterns in current American English had its
inception in the fall of 19^6 in a claes of English for foreign students.
They represented a regular duke's mixture of nationalities; Chinese,
Greeks, Norwegians, South and Central Americans, Italians, and one or
two others.

They were intelligent enough, and eager to learn American

English in order to get on, as fast as possible, with their particular
studies in engineering, agriculture, chemistry, etc.

Generally they

had little trouble with the formal English of textbooks.

Their difficulties

came with the daily give-and-take of conversation, and with the language
of their lecturers, who as often as not, in spite of their professed
deference to formal English, relapsed regularly into the colloquial.

In

an attempt to help them I assigned for study copies of the New Yorker. a
mine of excellent colloquial contemporary speech, and Ernie Pyle's Brave
Men, unsurpassed in its naturalness, which reads almost as if one were
listening to Pyle

speak.

It became abundantly clear that current idiom

was the one great

obstacle in the way of their mastery of English.

The

traditional analysis of £o step on it., to walk out on. a fool 'b paradise.
to get on the beam, to go off half cocked, etc., left them baffled and,
what is worse, as

innocent as before of the intended meaning.

It be­

came equally clear that such phrases defied traditional analysis and had
to be mastered, one by one, as units.

Out of this experience came the

idea of compiling a glossary of idioms for use of foreign students
learning English.
Very shortly the wider implications of such a study began to sug­
gest themselves.

Current English abounds in phrasal patterns, other

than the idioms already referred, to, - patterns that even to the native
speaker of the language offer more or less difficulty, chiefly "because
they are not amenable to the traditional grammatical analysis,

I have

in mind such phrasal patterns as "to look at askance," "the food had all
been used u p ." "the house had not been lived in," "the records were
hurriedly leafed through": ^ or "in back of the house," "all through
the field," "by the side of the garage stood an oak"; 2

or "to be averse

to." "to be different from". "to be desirous of." "to be eager for": or
"a piece of pie," "a lot of airplanes," "a pound of butter," "m-ny a
G.I.," etc.

All of these patterns differ from the idioms already

mentioned in that they do not involve figurative extensions of meaning.
They all nevertheless offer more or less difficulty, even to the native
speaker of American English, when it comes to grammatical analysis*
The collecting, defining, categorizing, and analyzing of the patterns I
had collected led me to re-interpret the formal treatment of Idioms (to
be discussed in sections II and 111): the only defensible approach to
the problem Is that they are units, and they must be considered as units
in any realistic grammatical analysis,
For the purpose of this study of phrasal patterns in current
American English I set up a program of research.

It seemed advisable,

as likely to be more profitable, to examine intensively a few items

^ These verb plus particle combinations are called "two-word verbs" by
Dr, C.C, Fries and "the verb-adverb combination" by Dr. Arthur G.
Kennedy,
p
Such compound prepositions are frowned upon by the handbooks, but they
are everywhere current. See Grant Turnblom, Prepositional Usage in
Present-Day English. 199 ff•

rather than sample superficially a great many*

I limited myself there­

fore to Brnie Pyle's Brave Men (19^3), James Cain's Mildred Pierce (19^1),
Brie Stanley Gardner's The Case o f the Bolling Bones (19^0), The Best
from Yank (19^5), J.P* Marquand'e Sg, T,itt.lm Time (19^3). the Bew Yorker.
and American Speech*

All of these appeared in the decade 19^*0-1950 •

The files of American Speech, to he sure, go back to 1925, hut most of
the material from this source included in the glossary dates from the
last decade*
I tried to select writers representing various grades or levels of
style, or usage, from Marquand w h o represents, in my opinion, a rather
right wing position in reference to language, to Cain whose language is
often uninhibited*

The Hew Yorker reflects, in its colloquial language,

simplicity and clarity of expression.
duction in present day America*

Brnie Pyle hardly needs an intro­

His columns printed widely in newspapers

over the United States before W o r l d War II expanded In circulation greatly
during the time he was a correspondent in Bngland, Africa, Italy, and
Trance*

His column was the first thing the American soldier in the

African and Italian theaters r e a d when he got a copy of the Stars and
Stripes*

Pyle had the rare facility of seeming to speak in his writings.

The Beat from Yank was written rather hurriedly for the popular con­
sumption of the American soldier who is notorious for his ability to de­
tect fraud or an air of patronizing*
read it from cover to cover.
unrestrainedly*

The soldiers liked Yank and they

James Cain has a reputation for writing

His language i s the language of the streets with little

or no polish, and it is this f r e e use of many terms not often found in
written material that makes Cain's book so important to a study of this

kind*

Erie Stanley Gardner is one of the most popular of the mystery

writers in America today.

His writing is colloquial and unstilted for

the most pa-^t, and his use of idioms is such as to Justify his inclusion
in this study.

Finally, I have included much material from American

Speech, particularly from the column, "Among the Hew Words," edited at
first by Dwight L. Bolinger, and later hy I. Willis Russell.
The net result of this search was a collection of some thirty
thousand citations, on file in ray office, which, I assume, represent
the kind of informal everyday American English currently used and
universally understood in America.

The glossary which follows, which

constitutes the major part of this dissertation, lists some twenty
thousand of the citations under eight thousand entries.

All these

eight thousand patterns were characteristic of American English, literary
as well as colloquial, within the decade 19^0 - 1950.

By far the

greater number of entries involve phrasal units, but there are a few
individual words, not many, however, particularly words with meanings not
generally recorded in the current dictionaries.
in the glossary under their first word.

The patterns are listed

This departure in procedure

from the dictionaries, which enter such idioms as they list under "the
most important word," seemed advisable in view of the fact that one can
never be absolutely certain which word is the most important, consider­
able uncertainty thereby resulting in locating the idiom, end in view of
the fact that the patterns become more patently significant when they
are presented under the first word.

The definitions given for the

entries reflect the meanings in the citations submitted.

When the

citations show several meanings, the various definitions are differenti­
ated.

No definition apoears without supporting citations: in fact

there are no entries in the glossary without supporting citations from
the sources examined.

Curiously the entries represent a minimum of

localisms, regionalisms, nonce terms, etc.; by all odds the greater
number of them are locutions widely current throughout the whole country.
Two important interpretations regarding these fixed pal terns seam
to suggest themselves, and these are to be discussed in Sections III and
IV.

The first is that the nature of idioms or phrasal patterns makes

the

traditional grammatical analysis by parts of speech practically im­

possible; words join themselves together in what seems to be. in spite
of their semantic usefulness, grammatical hodge-podge.
out

The only way

of the difficulty seems to be to consider the fixed patterns as units

in any grammatical analysis

of the sentence.The second interpretation

follows naturally from the first.

No satisfactory classification of

idioms has yet been achieved, but if these fixed patterns are taken as
units, they fall very easily into well established grammatical categories
according to their grammatical function in the sentences

1* nominal

function; 2. adjectival function; 3* verbal function; h. adverbial function
and 5. the prepositional function.

To these categories I have added

two others, which, while they cut across the five already enumerated, I
found it advisable, for purposes of this study, to consider separately;
6. the orientation particle, and 7» the proverbial saying.

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The phrasal patterns in the glossary are various*

The purpose in

this section is rather to illustrate than to classify these patterns*

A

proposed classification will he presented in Section IV.
Of these patterns many are what the grammarians call "idioms."
The term "idiom" is variously, and frequently ambiguously, understood.
It comes to us from the French, which in turn had it from the Latin,
which had it from the Greek, where its essential meaning was "one's own."
I distinguish here two principal meanings in current English.

First,

"idiom" may he used synonymously with language or dialect, the sum total
of its characteristics, as when we speak of "English idiom" in contrast
to "French idiom" or "Southern idiom" as distinct from "General American"
for example, our use in English of the progressive tense (the copulative
verh plus the past participle) to express past, present, or future
action.

Or, secondly, it may mean, as it most often does in English,

an anomaly or oddity of expression within a language, transcending
either the grammatical structure or the combined meanings of its separate
elements; as

when we say it *3 me or neitherof them are to he trusted.

to abe-p on it

or £o go off half cocked.

In this last sense an idiom is

held by dictionaries and scholars alike impossible of translation into
another language.

And it is patterns of the second type that are in­

cluded in the glossary*
to become stereotypes*

Many of these idioms occur so frequently as
For the term "idiom" I prefer the term "phrasal

pattern," as

less ambiguous and troublesome,

and I define a phrasal

pattern as a

more or less permanently fixed group of two or more words

whose combined meaning does not equal the meanings of the conjoined
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Webster'e Hew Collegiate Dictionary. 19^9-

words or whose function is to represent most e c o no mically a stereotyped
notion.
Let us take some instances.

The idiom to nut one *8 beBt foot

forward has long since become an established pattern.

Some may have

had, and may still have, their qualms about it, since propriety might
require to. nut one1s better foot forward, unless the idiom grew up in
days when were still quadrupeds.
makes no sense whatever.

At any rate the comparative today

Tha|i whom, whenever it is used, pays no re­

spect whatever to formal grammatical requirements.

In some of these

patterns, as in stark naked, the first element was probably an intensifier
The patterns a gentleman’s gentleman and a man’s man appear to be con­
structed in the same way, in American English at any rate, yet they are
worlds apart, the first mearing "a valet11 and the second "a virile man.”
In contrast to both a ladles♦ man is "one who is, or fancies himself to
be, attractive to women."

To get under way. meaning "to begin," is

certainly more forceful, than the simple verb.

More recent is to stem

on it. in the sense "to hurry," from the early days of the automobile.
In the same way to_

off half cocked, in the sense "to act without ad­

equate information or preparation," stems from the days of the muzzleloader with its flint end powder fuse.

Dead man, in the sense of "a

face that shows no reaction," derives from the same milieu.

All of

these patterns involve figurative extensions of meaning from a specific
to a more general application.

I heard an American say to a foreign

student during the Michigan State College International Club's Inter­
national Festival, April 20, 1951* they are going to nut on a take off.

-viii-

It left the student dumbfounded.

To uut on a take off, in the sense

"to produce a. burlesque,1* illustrates very well the impossibility of
analyzing logically or verbally such fixed patterns.

Mr. Osmond Palmer

reports that a Japanese student, having heard that a girl had set her
cap for a boy, repeated the story to others saying she had put on her
hat for a boy.

The idiom to. set one's cap for another is full of

meaning, but the student's translation of it into other English equi­
valents is absolutely meaningless.

Last spring a Greek student in de­

tailing an automobile accident he had been in said he had passed by for
a few minutes after the wreck.

It took me some seconds to realize he

meant that he had passed out.
But there are a great many, more or less fixed, patterns represented
in the glossary besides the idioms.

Verbs appear with particles, as

to break u p . to bank on. to cash in. to act out. or with other verbs in
set patterns, as to. come and go. to give end take, to watch and wait, to
wait and see.

Nouns are derived from the verb and particle, °s £ check

u p . a bust up. a fill in. a, flash back, or appear with a fairly fixed pre­
positional phrase, *»s an ace in the hole, a man of means, a dog in the
manger. a house of ill repute.

There are patterns formed of adjective

and noun, as in double talk, dead center. breathing spell: or of noun
and adjective, as in he was ankle deeu in mud. he was ankle high in grass.
combat wise, heart sick; or of adjective and preposition, as in adverse
to. afraid of, open to. considerate of. different froti. the best of; or
again of adjective and prepositional phrase, as dr£ as dust. cross as a
bear. sick as a dog.

Compound prepositions, while they have been re—

cognized only reluctantly, if at all, "by grammar lane, are everywhere
gaining currency, as in he came out from in under the house. stay away
away from in between narked cars, in regard to. in accordance with, in
consideration of*

Increasingly common in informal intimate language

is the orientational particle

(see more particularly Section IV), as

in he'e out in the yard, he *8 down at the doctor1s. the store *8 over on
the avenue. back in the States. hack in the eighteenth century.

These

are some of the examples illustrative of the patterns included in the
glossary*
Many of these patterns are what the grammarians and rhetoricians
call "cliches."

They are etereotypes and are frowned on as overworked

and worn out from hard use.

That they are used often is true, hut that

they are worn out is open to some question.

The cliche is a pattern,

idiom, or formula which most economically expresses a notion, and as
long as it expresses the notion it will remain in the English language,
the rhetorician notwithstanding.
types are inevitable*

In everyday speech certainly stereo­

If, ps we all agree, one of the main functions of

language is the clear statement of thought, then the cliche is indis­
pensable in that it expresses by common consent a notion known generally
throughout a large area of English speaking people.

Freshness and

variety have their places in style without question, but when sense is
sacrificed by the omission of all stereotypes there remains little
transference of thought*

To substitute a phrase for la6t but not least

one might hpve to say "at the end in order of presentation, but not the
lep.st in degree or inroortance."

-X-

Eric Partridge, in the introduction to his Dictionary of Clichfes.
has the following interesting paragraph*
In an address delivered in December 1938 to the Institute
of Journalists, Mr. Prank Whitaker remarked, 'As to cliches,
I daresay we are all in agreement'•
But are wet If you
ask the averagely well educated person, 'What is a clichST',
he will look at you in pity and say, 'Oh, well 1 „ a know
what a clichfi is', and hesitate, and stumble, and become
incoherent*
In November 1939* there met in conference a
body of learned and able men* someone brought up the subject
of clichfis: everyone's opinion was different* what one in­
cluded, another excluded: what one excluded- another included*
In short, it is a vexed question (clichfi)*
Partridge, however, where others hsve been -unable to define the
cliche, finds no difficulty*

He says*

A clichfi i6 an outworn commonplace; a phrase, or short sentence,
that has become so hackneyed that careful speakers and scrupul­
ous writers shrink from it because they feel that its use is
an insult to the intelligence of their audience or nubile: *a
coin so battered by use as to be defaced' (George Baker)*
ClicheS range from flyblown phrases ('much of a muchness'; to
all intents and purposes'), metaphors that are now pointless
('lock, stock and barrel'), formulas that have become more
counters ('far be it from me to*..') — through soubriquets
that have lost all their freshness and most of their signific­
ance ('the Iron Duke') — to quotations that are nauseating
(•cups that cheer but not inebriate'), and foreign phrases
that ere tegs ('longo intervallo', 'bite noir'). 5
If these patterns were removed by some fist from our speech, the
English language would be immeasurably impoverished, for it is through
the use of such cliches that man com:only communicates with his fellow

u

Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Cllchfes. 1.

5 Ibid., 2.

man.

Moreover, if this is a definition, and from the form of it we

must assume that it le one, it ie so thoroughly confusing that it ie
of little use.

The definition is full of loaded, slanted, subjective

words which are in themselves not proper for the scientific definition
of a linguistic phenomenon.

Furthermore, it is impossible to take this

definition and apply it to any locution to determine objectively whether
or not the locution is a cliche.

Certainly this ie a definition which

does not define, or, Partridge-cliche-wise, it is neither fish, flesh,
nor good red herring.
I must confess that I have great admiration for Partridge's diction­
ary because I find in it a good source of idioms, patterns, or formulas,
but I am sorry to say that I do not use it for the purposes Mr. Partridge
obviously intended it.

Let us examine at random some of the phrases

?«!r. Partridge has condemned as cliches.

Abject terror is defined as

panic," and, Mr. Partridge notwithstanding, "panic" is not wholly what
is meant by abject terror.

The idiom carries more meaning, has more

force, gives a greater sense of terror, than the word "panic."

For

accidents will (or do) hapx>en he gives the rather tame equivalent "these
mishaps will occur no matter how careful one may be."

Most freshman

Snglish teachers would mark such a sentence verbose or stilted, and
chide the pompous student for trying so hard for effect.

Aching void

Mr. Partridge defines as "a sense of loss and emptiness,"

which is pro­

bably a close equivalent.

But what feeling there is in aching void,

and what vacuity there is in a sense of loss and emptiness 1

Does to

be "who ly under a person's influence" give the fuli implications and

overt ones

of to be tied to someone 's apron strings!

Or is armed to the

teeth the same as "fully armedT1' Does "unanimously" have the force of
as one manT

Who would substitute "ultimately" for at long 1?st. —

besides, of course, Mr. PartridgeT

And, finally, can "to be grateful

for one's good luck" approach to. bless (thank) one's lucky star(s)T
III
Grammarians have traditionally made their analysis of English
sentences in terms of the individual word.

That is, the word, being

the smallest element of intelligible utterance, has served as the b^sis
of grammatical analysis.

In other words, the sentence is considered as

composed of a series of individual words so related to ea.cn other within
the sentence and to the sentence as a whole that their separate functions
are apparent.
Several concepts seem to have operated in regard to the English
language in eighteenth century England when

ranmarians we e turning their

attention in large numbers for the first time to the English language.
The concept of the word as the functional unit was accepted by the
scholars of the period.

They considered Latin a sitperior language and

felt that English should follow laws which apnlied to Latin.

The Latin

word w»s a fixed part of speech which obeyed the Latin rules of syntax,
and the relationship of the word to other words in the sentence was
clearly demonstrated by inflectional endings and a fairly simple system
of prepositions.

Another inr o"‘ant linguistic concept of the eighteenth

century was the b' lief tlx?t a.t the time of the creation when God gave

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langusge to man, He presented men a perfect language which since that
time has gradually, through error and sin, become pro ressively corrupt.
Latin, than, being a much older language than English, was closer to
the original perfect language of God.

Such beliefs led Dryden to assume

that, since he found no prepositions at the end of Latin sentences, he
should remove those at the end

of his English ones.

If Latin could be analyzed in regard
should also be analyzed in the same way —

to the word, then English
reasoned these men.

The

linguistic science which hes been developed in the l?st century and a
half has shown that each language must follow its own genius and develop
according to its own needs and abilities.

And to insist on the analysis

of one language in terms of another is patently a great folly.
One excellent example of the necessity of not analyzing the English
sentence in terms of the individual words is found in the quantifying
phrase.

In the rather simple sentence I, saw a lot of airplanes wemay

say th«t 2 is a pronoun In the nominative cese serving as the subject of
the sentence, that saw is the third person preterit indicative of the
verb t£ eee. that a ie the article, that lot is a noun serving as the
direct object of the verb saw, that of is a preposition introducing the
prepositional phrase of_ airplanes. that airplanes. a plural noun, is the
object of the preposition of.

But can this analysis stand?

answer must certainly be that it cannot.

The

The direct object of the verb

is most certainly airplanes since thet is what is seen, and a lot of
must be construed as an idiom serving as an adjective meaning "many.M
Take a similar sentence; 2 saw many an airplane in which the analysis

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becomes even more difficult, in that many an is an idiom meaning "many”
and implies a plural in the singular noun that follows.

There are many

of these quantifying phrases in the Snglish language: a bunch of. a
bottle of, a glass of. a bit of. a herd of, nound of, a lo?d of. a dish
o f . &_ case of. a carton of. a sight of, a box of. a ton of, ten cents
worth of, a flock of. a dream of. a siin of. some of. none of, a batch
of. a devil of. a hell of. a package of, a plate of. and many a.

In the

sentence I want a bottle of milk by traditional analysis the direct object
of the verb is bottle*

Logic, however, and the meaning of the sentence

tell us that what one wants is "milk in the ouantity of one bottle."
Similarly, when one asks for s round of butter. he is not asking for that
abstract thing, a mound, which in itself he could never get, but he is
asking for "batter in the amount of one pound."

The Quantifying phrase,

it seems, must be considered as a grammatical unit; otherwise the sense
of tr.e sentence is lost.
But tnere are other patterns wx'.ich must be considered as units be­
cause the sense of the locutions i6 disc'ipcted otherwise: ladies1 room.
landing craft. landing barge, the lost minute, a la st resort. a late
comer . lawn power, layer cake. a lay over, a left-handed monkey wrench.
left overs, leg work, life guard, life .jacket. life ore server. life raft.
a littl^ magazine. the little things in Ilfe. living room. loaded dice.
S. 1 ° ° von'n • L lcve af ’air. loved ones. a_ love nest, a lovers1 moon.
the low down, a_ nacr.ine -gm, a_ mad scramble , a Mae Vast, maid servic e ,
mail order. male nurse. a. man about town. manna from heaven. a man of
few words, a man of tne world. a man *s man, master at °r:ns. m°tter of

fact. mealy mouthed, medicine cabinet. Melba toast. men only. mental
defectlve. a mesa hall. middle aged. the Middle West. a might have been.
military brushes. military age. a ml lk run. Molatov cocktail. money
order. monkey wrench, a moonlight requisition, mosq lito har. mother in
law, a mother -plane. motor pool. mourner1s bench, movie ster. Mr. Anthony.
2. rciule train, muscle bound, and my foot.
The verb-particle combination represents another instance of patterns
that might better be treated as grammatical units.

In the sentence Add

that column of fig .res up we find that the verb ie add up even though
the two words are separated by the length of the sentence.

Should one

insist on a literal, word for word, explanation of the sentence the
meaning would be "add the column of figures upward."

In the sentence

Look over these figures. should over be construed as a preposition, the
meaning of the sentence would be almost ridiculous in that the sentence
would be asking that one look above some figures.
and

utd

Over in this sentence

in the preceding sentence are particles by whose addition to the

verb we can, in countless instances, create new verbs or change drastic­
ally the meaning of verbs.

Other exa'tples of this phenomenon are: to

pass b y . to pass away, to pass down, to pass for. to pass in. to pass off.
to pe-ss

on. to pass out.to pass over. to pass through, to pass on to.

to pass

u p . to pin down,to pin on. to pin u p . to play against. to play

around, to play at, to play off. to play on. to play out. to play u p . to
play to, to play with, to mil about.. to pull at, to pull down. to
pull for. to oull in. to
to pull

pull off. to pull on. to pull out. to pull over.

through. to null u p . to pull with,to push along. to push for.

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to -push off, tj> push over. to -push ten, to rut about. to out acros°.
to out away. to put back, t_o put by. to out down. to put down to. to
put from, to put forth, to put in. to out off, to put on. to put out.
to out over. to put thr r igh. to out to. to put

up

, to out noon, to out

up with.
There are finally the prepositional phr-ses wr.ich might be considered
as units.

Just between you and me I, tnink he is a careless person

serves to show that the literal analysis is not sufficient; if the
sentence is construed literally, it has no aea in.-* whatever.

If, on

the other hand, between you and me (between us -iris. between us. be­
tween ourselves. or between you and me and the gatepost) is accented as
a pattern meaning "secretly, confidentially," the sentence is perfectly
clear.

7or further examples see Section IV.

Je3person calls all of these "formulas," and he has this to say
about them:
There is an important distinction between formulas (or for:.iular
■units) and free expressions. Some things in langua.-e are of the
formular character — that is to say, no one can change anything
in them. A phrase like "How do you do?" is entirely different
from such a phrase as "I gave the boy a lump of sugar." In the
former ever,, thing is fixed: you cannot even change the stress or
make a pause between the words, and it is not natural to say, as
in former times, "How does your fether do?" or "How did you do?"
The phrase is for all practical purposes one unchanged and un­
chan -eable formula, the meaning of which is really independent
of that of the separate words into which it may be analysed. ^
If, then, there are formulas, '.at ter as, or idioms which are inde­
pendent, and they certainly exist, ve nrumt recognire tnem for what they

g
c Otto JesperBen, Hssent iale of Hnc-'li sh Oram a r . H.Y. , Holt, 193~, 18-

are and what they do, and we must analyze them not Into their component
parts but treat them as a whole.

It happened in the past that phrases did

c'nsolidate into words, as lord which comes from the Old English phrase
hlaf weard: alone from O.E. eal ane; Canterbury from 0.3. Cent wara byrig:
afoot from 0.3, on fotua: between from 0,3, be tweon: and so on.

Within

my own lifetime I have seen the spelling change from to-day to today,
from to-night to tonight. from to-morrow to tomorrow, from rail-road to
railroad.

The tendency generally, however, has been not to form written

words from phrasal units but to treat them as speech units in speech and
writing.

But would it not be wi3er, as also more clarifying, for us to

recognize the pattern as an independent unit, sufficient unto itself and
beyond traditional analysis, and treat it as a unit instead of attempting
to make it fit the procrustean bed of prescriptive grammar?
IV
It is just as difficult to classify these many patterns as it is
to analyze them, and in a sense the second of these has followed upon
the first.
Perhaps the fullest attempt at classification of idioms in English
is to be found in Logan Pearsall Smith’s Words and Idioms. 1925, which
is in reality only a notice of the vastness of the field.

While Mr.

S ith presents here an enormous number of idioms, he does not offer
citations in support of them, nor ha s* he wanted to, for he intended his
study to be but an introduction to the subject.
classification

is not

wholly

consistent, nor

Mr. Smith’s system of
does he

categorize

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consistently. ?

He i n d u c e s semantic and psychological categories as

well as grammatical.

With a view to comparing his system of classifica­

tion with the one I shall offer "below, I have taken the liberty to re­
arrange and regroup some of his materials, clarifying particularly the
lines between his categories.

Accordingly I offer the following

summary.

I.

Prepositional idioms
A.

Certain prepositions occur in fixed patterns with certain
verbs, as t_o tamper w i t h , to tinker a t . to find fault with.
to find fault i n . to act on the spur of the moment. to act
at a moment1s notice.

B.

Certain prepositions occur in fixed patterns after certain
adjectives, as insensible to. unconscious of.

C.

The preposition in is used with l- rger pl-ces, in London,
in Home. in Paris. or with one's home town; the preposition
at with smaller, os at Oxford, at Houen.

D.

Idioms in form of terse prepositional phrases without
article in an adverbial sense, as at h a n d , at length, at
leisure, by chance, by fits, for Instance, in fact. in
truth, of course. on hand, bjr far. for once, for ever.
for good, in general. of late.

II.

Verbal idioms, involving verbs and prepositions, which Smith
calls "phrasal verb?," I'r-iu edy calls "verb—adverb combinations,
Fries "two-word verbs," as to_ keep down. to set up. to run
through, to fall out. to take awe.v. to gather up. to root up.
to lie under. to go u n d e r . to take over.

III. Hominal idioms formed from phrasal verbs, as breakdown, setback
drawback. go-between, turnout. show—u p . talking to.
IV.

Adjectival idioms formed from phre.sal verbs, as grown u p . putup . done-for.

^ L.P. Smith, Words and Idioms. 171 ff.

V.

Idioms involving fixed comparisons, as as bold as brass. as
cool as a cucumber. as cross as two sticks. as dead as a
doornail« as deaf as an adder, as dull as dltchwater.

VI.

Idioms involving traditional doublets, for emphasis or
contrast, as at beck and call, to cut and run, down and out.
dust and ashes. enough and to snare, again and again, by
and by. miles and miles. more and more. neck and neck, bag and
baggage. with might and main. fair and square, high and dry.
by hook or crook, heads or tails, hit or miss. to kill or
cure. for love or money. fast and loose. first and last. give
and take.

VII. Idioms in the form of proverbs, as all1s well that ends
well. better lete than never. familiarity breeds contemnt.
no fool like *n old fool. a friend in need is a friend
indeed, handsome is as handsome does. he who laughs last
laughs best.
Smith is too conscious of prepositional usage, and for that reason
he omits many patterns that I Include.

He shows nothing like dead center.

cold war. or dry run.
Thefact that his categories are not clearly differentiated is ob­
vious in the case of the first subdivision of prepositional us^ge.

The

six examples given represent three separate categories, so treated in
the system of classification offered below:

1. The verb and preposition

which actually should be under phrasal verbs; 2. The third and fourth
examples represent the verb plus noun idiomatic pattern; 3. The fifth
and sixth examples represent the prepositional uhrase, since there is no
fixed relationship between the verb and the preposition.
Smith's analysis fails to include many types which may well be in­
cluded, as, for example, the nominal pattern, the adjectival pattern,

the Quantifying phrase, the compound preposition, the phrasal preposition­

al compound, and the orientation particle and preposition (all discussed
later in this section).

His category "Doublets" includes many differ­

ent functions, and he ignores under "Prepositional Usage" the function
of the prepositional phrase as an adjective.

As worthwhile ?s this study

is, then, additional analysis is still necessary.
It is possible, and I believe, advisable, to analyze these patterns
according to their function as a unit within the sentence, and to omit
the psychological or semantic analysis due to the almost limitless number
of categories which they would require*
Grrammaticel analysis, then, must be made according to the context
of the sentence.

That is to say —

one must :now what the sentence is

about before one c^-n make an analysis of it.

One of the elementary

principles of English grammar is that a word may serve as any of several
different parts of speech.

One may di sect a Latin sentence according

to the word because in Latin the inflectional endings of the different
words, as I have said before, indicate clearly the function of the word
within the sentence.

English, an analytical language, depending but

little on inflectional endings to show the relationship between words,
indicates meaning and word relationships by means of word order within
the sentence (including prepositional usage).

It may, therefore, be

well to categorize idioms by their function in the sentence rather than
by their form.
A careful stucy of the idiom in American English shows six functions;
1. nominal, 2. adjectival, ?. verbal, 4. adverbial, 3. prepositional.

6, orientational. ®

The orientational function orients the B-oeeker to

his statement as a whole,

I have accordingly set up six categories for

the classification of idiomatic patterns.

In aodition, I have, for the

sake of convenience, set uu a seventh category, of proverbial statements,
usually clausal in form, which, while they function as grammatical unite
in terms of meaning, are more conveniently treated together.

On sub­

sequent pages I list these categories with examples and some brief com­
ments.

I should add that this discussion of idiomatic patterns is sub­

sidiary to the collections of idioms in the glossary,

A. IDIOMATIC PATT3ENF -HAT FUNCTION AS NOUNS, 9

1. another woman
atomic bomb
a bad streak
bandy legs
a big baby
a big shot
bitter tears
a blind spot
D

Q

Jespersen, in an attempt to square crajomatical theory with pctual
practice, recognizes the nominal, verbal, adverbial, adjectival
functions and grotips the other parts of speech under the term
"particle."
I recognize two other functions: the prepositional
and orientational.
For a fuller explanation of Jespersen's
theories see Otto Jespersen, On. Clt., 66-69.
Tue article appears with some and not with other patterns.
The pro­
blem of the use of the article is still unsolved in English,

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a taright idea
a casual officer
a cold war
common ground
counter offensive
constitutional rights
cutthroat competition
dead center
a dead duck
de^d pan
double talk
deep

South

down car
a dry run
a dumta cluck
an ea.gar beaver
false teeth
a far cry
the far Hast
a firm "believer
a first night
front office
full moon
glad hand
good times
a good tine

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gray market
green peas
a green light
2. cancelled check
fixed price
betrayed husband
cracked ice
evaporated nilk
framed motto
fried chicken
covered wagon
enlisted man
frozen food
canned stuff
?. bowling alley
breathing spell
closing time
diving mask
consuming passion
driving rain
a festering sore
a dying statement
a driving license
a fighting front

a calling card
an aunraising eye
the ©sking price
bathing suit
blinding flash
carving knife
cutting edge
chewing gum
communicating doors
dining room
doubting Thomas
dressing gown
filing cabinet
fleeting instant
folding cot
folding money
forwarding address
a goin*- concern
Adam's an ile
aid station
air line
alley cat
April fool
arm band
atom bomb

b a n d 1 eader
bank. s t o c k
b ase p a y
beach bag
bean shooter
beauty

sleep

b e d s i d e cornpanion
b e e line
beer

Joint

b i r t h d a y suit
blood brother
a bomb run
b r a s s hat
bre^d board
brick red
bull *s eye
c ab d r i v e r
cash customer
c h a i n store
charcoal broiler
check book
c h u r c h supper
city hall
cock t a i l p a r t y
college man
contact lens

coolcie p u s h e r
crab

?p*ar s

c r o w 1r

foot

daisy

chain

death

mask

dog tags
a d o g •s a g e
dirug s t o r e
dude

ranch,

dust

storm

Dutch

oven

fairy

tale

felt
the

hat
fight

fireside

game
chat

a

fist

fight

a

flag

stop

a

fool

question

a

fool's paradise

a fountain pen
fruit

salad

garden hose
glee

club

gold bricker
gramrria.r sc h o

1

gre^s skirt
graveyard shift
ground floor
guard house
guest room

belly landing
blood poisoning
book learning
crap shooting
a bust up
a bawling out
goings on
a blow out
a break up
the brush off
a brush up
a check up
a cut back
a drive in
a fill in
a flash back
a foul up
a get to ether

an accompaniment to

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an account of
an asset to
an attitude toward
an average of
a ban on
bitterness toward
a bunch of
the care of
a cross between
a credit to
a denunciation of
a disgrace to
an element of
an end to
a far cry from
a glimpse of
8. an ace in the hole
anything in particular
attorney at law
a bag of bones
bin

of fere

bit by bit
a breath of spring
the bridge of one's nose
center of gravity

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a change of heart
a chest of drawers
chest on chest
a chew of tobacco
coat of arms
coat of tan
a cold In the head
the crack of d*wn
a crime against nature
the dark of the moon
the dirty end of the stick
a drop in the bucket
the end of the world
the feet of the matter
a flash of lightning
a fraction of a second
9. aches and pains
bacon and eggs
bag and barrage
blood and thunder
the duration and six (months)
facts and figures
fits and starts
Here then are some very common patterns which may be used as nouns.

An examination of then shows that many are formed of expected combinations
of parts of speoch where the adjective, the p-st participle, or the
present participle modifies the noon.

It must be remembered, neverthe­

less, that these patterns, for the most part, are fixed regardless of
the formation.

In a cold war (Al), for example, we can see the adjective

cold preceding the noun war which it modifies.

The meaning of the idiom,

however, in no way, shape, or form can be derived from
meaning of

cold plus war.

dumb cluck.

So it is with

the lexical

a dead duck,dry run, and

In A2 the p^st participle, in its adjectival function

meaning "who/which is, has, or has been," is used with a noun:

A can­

celled check is "a check which has been cancelled"; a betrayed husband
i8 "one who has been betrayed (by his wife}"; evaporated milk is "milk
which has been evaporated"; an enlisted man, however, "is a soldier be­
low the rank of a commissioned officer whether enlisted or drafted into
the service."

In A3 the present participle when it accompanies a noun

to form an idiom seems to have the meaning of "for" or "that which,"
as in bowling alley, "an alley for bowling"; closing time, "time for
closing"; breathing spell, "a spell, time, for breathing"; consuming
passion, "a passion which. consumes"; a festering sore, "a sore which
festers"; a dying statement. however, is "a statement of one who believes
himself to be dying"; and asking price is

"the price which

the seller

sets in an attempt to receive as much as he can."
The combination or pattern formed of two nouns (A/O is similar to
the adjective and noun in that the first noun will act in an adjectival
manner.

With the two words appearing together so often they form a

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fixed pattern with a single meaning in which the noun is, in actuality,
not modified by the other, the two rather taking on one meaning*

Ex­

amples are atom bomb, base p a y . bean shooter. beer joint. birthday suit.
In some instances one noun will be in the possessive c^se so that the
genitive is performing a rather ancient function as adjective: Adam1s
anr>le. bull*a eye, crow1s foot, a dog1s age, a fool *3 paradise*
Similarly, certain nouns combine with a gerund to form idioms (A5), as
in belly landing, blood poisoning, book learning*
In A6 a noun has developed out of a verb end particle without
formal modification of the verb: a bust u p . a blow out, a break u p . a
cut back.
In A7 are nominal patterns involving specific prepositions with
specific no me, as an accortrpaniment to, am account of. an asset to, a
cross between, a glimpse of*
The pattern of the noun followed by a prepositional phrase (A3) is
quite a common form in English*

In some cases the prepositional phrase

seems to serve an adjectival function, as a breath of spring. a chew of
tobacco. a coat of tan: in others the first noun and the preposition
following it seem to have adjectival force to modify the following noun,
as an ace in the hole. attorney at law, bill of fare . center of gravity.
chest of drawers. cold in the head. crack of dawn: in still others the
whole phrase is an idiomatic unit, as a dr on in the bucket*
Finally, in A9 nouns appear in pairs joined by and or o£ to produce
a pattern.

Sometimes the idiom is redundant, as aches and pains. bag

and baggage. fits and starts: sometimes it presents a pair, as bacon and.

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eggs: the duration and 8ix (months) is neither, hut is still an idionu
B. IDIOMATIC PATTERNS THAT FUNCTION AS ADJECT IV'iS

1. "blood curdling
blood sucking
2. bare faced
black haired
cold blooded
cold sober
cross legged
dirty gray
double breasted
fair sized
far reached
flat heeled
full fledged
goggle eyed
good looking
good natured
good sized
all set
all gone
all told
all wrong
almo st any

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clean cut
close cropoed
close knit
dead broke
far removed
ankle deep
ankle high
beetle browed
beet red
bone dry
brand new
cherry red
chest deep
combat wise
dog faced
fish eyed
golf pro(fessional)
gun shy
absent from
afraid of
aloof from
careful of
ashamed of
allergic to

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crazy about
crazy for
fond of

drive in
dress up
all of which
full of fun
full of tricks
alive and well
all and sundry
dead or alive
big and little
fast and furious
first and ls,st
good and evil
good and sufficient
good or bad
as bright as day
as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger
as clean as a bone
as cross as a bear
as cunning as a fox
as different as day from night
as dry as dust

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as good as the next
as hungry as a bear
as neat as a pin
as scarce

ps

hen's teeth

as sick as a dog
as silent as the grave
as sound as a nut
as straight as a ramrod
as stuffed as a pig
as thin as a rail
as tight as a drum
as wise ae an owl
not as young as one used to be
9. a bit of
a bunch of
a bottle of
a lot of
10. blood and thunder
cloak and S' ord
11. against the law
for rent
for sale
The adjectival patterns show as much variety almost in the composition
their units as the noun patterns do.

The noun and the present

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participle (Bl) join to indicate the meaning "which performs the action
of the verbal on the noun"* blood sucking, blood curdllng.

Two adjectives

appear together (B2) in what may be considered as an adverb adjective
formula; cold sober, dirty gray; in double breasted, fair sized, full
fledged, goggle eyed, good natured the second adjective is in form a
past participle; in good looking it is in form a present participle.
In B3 the pattern is a noun plus an adjective, the noun specifying in a
way the degree of the adjective, as in ankle deep, ankle high, chest deep.
brand new, combat wise, golf pro(feBBional),

In "Bh the pattern is an

adjective in the predicate •lus a preposition, each adjective being al­
most invariably associated with & specific preposition, the whole unit
serving to mediate between the subject and the noun following, as absent
from. afraid of, aloof from. careful o f . ashamed of, allergic to. crazy
about. crazy for.

The pattern in B5 i9 a verb in the infinitive plus a

particle, the whole unit adjectival in function, as in: dress u p . drive
in.

In Bo an adjective is followed by a prepositional phrase, the noun

in the phrase being oart of the idiom, as in full of fun, full of tricks.
In B7 the pattern is two adjectives joined by and or or, expressing em­
phasis or contrast, es in alive and well. all and sundry. big and little.
fast and furious, first and last. dead or alive, good or bad.

Similarly,

in BIO two nouns form a stereotyped pattern with adjectival function, as
in blood and thunder. cloak and sword.

In Bll the pattern is the pre­

positional phrase, with adjectival function, which has become fixed as
an idiom, as against the lew, for rent. for sale.
In B8 the simile presents us with one of the most picturesque

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types of phrasal patterns we have.

In some of these comparisons there

is a deliberate attempt at accuracy or vividness in description, as in
as bright as day, as dry as dust. as silent as the grave. as straight as
a ramrod; freouently there is humorous exaggeration, as in as busy as a
one-armed -paper-hanger: and frequently references to animal lore, as in
as wise as an owl. as hungry as a bear. as cross as a bear, as cunning
as a fox, as scarce as hen1s teeth, as stuffed as a pig.
In B9 the pattern is the quantifying adjectival phrase.

To this

pattern I have already referred in the discussion of the inability of
traditional grammar to cope with it analytically.

It generally consists

of a noun in the singular or plural, and the preposition of.

The

phrase as a unit indicates the quantity or amount of the object expressed
in the noun which follov:s the preposition.

The idiom can often be

troublesome, especially when the noun modified (i.e., following the
preposition) is in the plural ?nd the noun of the idiom is In the
singular.

In such instances the traditional analysis can, to say the

le-'St, be very disconcerting.

Traditionally f,a flock of sheep goes

down the road" is preferred to "a flock of sheep go down the road,"
since traditionally "flock" is considered the subject and the verb must
agree with it in number.

In actual fact the subject is shepp. and a

flock of is a quantifying adjectival phrase.

I have already pointed

out the difficulty with the traditional analysis, in accordance with
which the first noun is treated as the direct object and the second as
the object of the preposition, when the ouantif; ine phrase appears in
the predicate.

The fallacy appears in such a sentence as "He drank a

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bottle of milk," in which the sense must he that he drank, not the "bottle,
hut the milk.
milk.

A "bottle of then must he an adjectival phrase modifying

Other such quantifying phrases are a hit of. a hunch of. a lot

of, a pound of. a. group of. a piece of,

C. IDIOMATIC PATTERNS THAT FUNCTION AS TaiRBS.

1. to act up
to act out
to hack out
to hall up
to hank on
to "beer out
to heat down
to hed down
to hlack out
to hlurt out
to hog down
to hone up
to "break up
to hring out
to "brush up
to hunk down
to "butter up
to "butt in
to "buy up
to call down

to care for
to cart off
to cash in
to catch up
to cave in
to cheer up
to chime in
to clam up
to climb in
to close up
to connect up
to cook up
to count on
to crop up
to cuss out
to cut up
to dash off
to dig in
to dish up
to divide up
to do in
to do over
to drift in
to drop by
to drum up
to dwindle off

to ease off
to face tip
to fade out
to feel out
to fight down
to figure on
to find out
to finish up
to fit out
to gas up
to get tack
to give out
to act in good faith
to appear over night
to arrive at a decision
to hegin at the beginning
to beg of one
to blow to bits
to burst into sobs
to carap on one's :rail
to come into money
to come to a stop
to cross against the lights
to cut to ribbons
to double in brass

to drew on reserves
to draw to a close
to drop into one’s lap
to eat like a king
to fall in love
to fill in the gape
to fight like a wildcat
to flesh thro-ugh one's mind
to get away from it all
to get in shape
to get over the hump
to go in swimming
to add insult to injury
to arouse one's curiosity
to ask directions
to ask too much
to Dang one's fist
to Deer a cross,
not to bat an eye
to beet the band
to beet time
to clow off steam
to clow one's top
to bode no good
to break a fall

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to call a "bluff
to call signal6
to carry the ball
to catch a bus
to change hands
to clear one's throat
to cost money
to count cash
to cut a swath
to do business
to do a job
to draw a breath
to drop anchor
to face The fa_ct
to fa.ce the music
to feel one’s way
to fill the bill
to find work
to fliu a coin
to follow suit
to foot the bill
to fr'-roe a ouestion
to ~ain fro-uid
to -'°t cold feet
to

p et

the feel of

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to get s. crack at
to go nuts
to grab bold of
to grope one's way
to give hope
to give it a whirl
to give good measure
h. to back end fill
to be born and raised
tc bind and gag
to cope and go
to do or die
to

fall down and die

to

give and take

to

grin and

5. to

bear it

bring to beer

to cone to be called
to cone to call
to C'~.e to pas­
te cone to see
to cone to stay
to cor.e to w:r>
to get tc know
to ret to be
to go c a l o n

to "be going to "be
to "be going to go
to go on to tell
to go to show
to go to work
to go to work on
to get all set
to get caught
to get done
to get dressed
to get drunk
to get fed up
to get fixed up
to get lost
to <?et married
to get mixed up in
to get rid of
to get settled
to get started
to get tired of
to get trimmed
to get used to
. to come clean
to come true

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to fall asleep
to fall flat
to fell ill
to feel -croud
to feel sorry
to ^et ‘busy
to set nervous
to -?et ready
to get stick
to get vise
to -o 'crust
to go insane
to go sour
to grow tense
. to creak loose
to creak open
to cell as ic e
to corr.e forth
to cut loose
to do fine
to dr^v ne^r
to dr .rk dry
to drop past
to get ekead
to -et sorevr.ere

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to fro slow
to go together
to go well
to go wrong
9.

to die young
to die disillusioned
to return disappointed
to go full of hope
to die hapr>y
to die game

The verb—particle pattern, abundantly illustrated above, is one of
the most interesting and most extensive types in Snglish today, and is
in a sense the characteristic of current colloouial 8-oeech.

It is

called by Smith "the phrasal verb," by Kennedy "the verb-adverb com­
bination," and by Pries "the two word verb."

Fries' designation seems

to me the more accurate, inasmuch a.e he makes no attempt to analyze the
elements of the idiom.

It is however somewhat inaccurate since there

are many of these verbal phrases involving more than two words.

Kennedy'

study is virtually the only full-length consideration of the verbparticle idiom, but unfortunately he has no body of citations to offer,
and frequently comes to no very satisfactory conclusion*.

There is, I

understand, a dissertation in uro-ress at the University of Michigan on
the verb—parti cle in oral speech under the direction of Dr. Pries which
should when completed add materially to our information on the subject.

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I distinguish seven different patterns of the verb-particle idiom*
The pattern in Cl involves e verb and a preposition*

The function

of a particle normally recognised as a preposition or an adverb with a
simple verb, usually native English, so completely modifies the moaning
of the simple verb as to form a new verb.
behave,M means something more than

Certainly to act u p . Mto mis-

act: jfe.2. back out. "to withdraw,M

something more than to back: to bear out, "to corrobroate," something
more than to bear:
more than to dig:

to dig in, "to begin to work vigorously," something
to drop by. "tomake an informal unannounced cadi,"

something more than the simple verb; to. give out. "to be exhausted,"
something more than to. give: to dash off, "to write hurriedly without
much preparation," something more certainly then to. dash.

In these

instances it is impossible to derive the current meaning from the simple
verb and the particle*
In some of these idioms the particle may be separated from the verb
without any change in the mea.iing, but in other instances it may be
separated from the verb without change in meaning only by certain intensives.

Clearly a shift in the position of the particle up in a d this

column of figures

up: add

up

this column of figures does not appreciably

alter the sense.The verb-particle combination to. run over
good example of rigidity.

offers a

When we say he ran over the child, we mean

either that "he browbeat the child," or that "he operated a vehicle which
struck the child and moved over its body."

But if we separate ran and

over. and say he. ran me over to the doctor1s office, we convey the
meaning that "he took me in his automobile to the doctor's office."

In either case, however, intensives like right. on. straight. etc., can
always separate the verb from the particle without changing the meaning,
as, for example, in he ran right over the child, he ran me right over
t^ the doctor *e office.
An oddity worthy of speciel mention iB the paradox of to. hurn
and t_o hurn down#

up

It is almost impossible to distinguish between the

two, since they both mean "to destroy, or be destroyed, wholly oy fire,"
and no doubt they are on many occasions perfectly interchanges ole.

At

times however an object seems to need heigv.t in order to. burn down,
since it is impossible in American aSnglish to say

tc> burn down a piece

of paper#
The pattern in C2, in many respects similar to the verb-particle
combination, is a vert plus a prepositional phrase, in w. ich the phrase
serves to particularize or vivify the meaning of the verb or to extend
or change its near.im altogether, as in tc> act in good faith, to cut to
r i l.ons . to eat like a

itlr.r .

to appear over night . to camp on one *8

trail, to come Into money, to fall in love. to beat about the bush#
The pattern in C3, currently very coaron, is a verb plus a noun
(or substantive), where the noun was no doubt originally the direct
object of the verb, as in tp_ blow off steam, to bear a cross. to change
hands. not to 'oat an eye. to beat the band, to blow one1s top, to break a
fall. to face the music, to foot the bill. to get cold feet. to give
good measure#

Sometimes the pattern involves a preposition, as in

to grab hold of. to get the feel of, to get a crack at#

The pattern in C^, traditionally very common in English, is the
compound verh.

The two verbs are Joined by and or or, and may express

related, alternate, or alternative actions, as in £o back and fill. to
bind «md gag. to be born and raised, to •rin and bear it. to come and g o .
to give and take, to do or die, to nut

up

or shut u p . to sink or swim*

In C5, also very common, the pattern is two verbs, but the second
follows the first without conjunction and takes the form of the infinitive
usually, though not a l w a y s , with tg., as in Jto. bring to bear. to come to
be called. to come to pass. to get to know. to go to si o> . to go to
work o n . to go call on.
The pattern in C6, if anyt ing gaining in currency, is the verb to
get in its copulative function plus a past participle to express passive
voice, a-s in to, get caught. to get dressed, to get drunk, to get lost.
to -et fixed

up

. to get marri ed. to get r tar ted. to get trimmed, to

get used up.
In C7 the pattern is a

copulative verb plus a predicate adjective,

as in to fall asleep, to fall ill. to feel sorry, to get wise, to go
sour, to grow tense.

Curme lists, in addition to to be, some sixty-

three verbs that can be used as copulas as well as full verbs. ^
In C3 the pattern is a verb plus an adverb.

One of the functions

of the adverb is to modify the v rt, and frequently this function leads
to the formation of a pa.r tern, as in to, come forth, to draw near, to
dr on past . to go slow, to go together. to break loose. to call aside, to
drink cry.
Georee 0. Curme, Syntax. 1T.Y. , D.C. Heath, 1931. 27

In C9 the pattern is a full verb plus an adjective, where the ad­
jective characterizes the subject,

in to_ die 7omry-

The verb die

anT pprs in many of these idioms, as to, die disillusioned. to die happy.
to die game. etc.

While it is impossible to say to, die old, one can

say to die old and worn out.

The pattern may involve other verbs, as

to return disappointed, to go full of hope. etc.
D. IDIOMATIC PATTdHhS THAT FUNCTION AS ADVHSiBS.
l.a. after all
about time
at all
at college
above ground
after dark
at dawn
at hand
at home
at least
at last
at peace
a t war
at work
before dark
beyon- control
by accident
by candlelight

lay chance
by God

by mistake
by rote
by weight
for instance
for keeps
for long
for once
for sure
for years
from now on
from rir,;ht to left
from start to finish
fr on then on
from time to time

,b.

axtmnd the house

after a while
at the door
at the haxids of
by any means
Dy the day
by the look of things
by the moment
by the skin of one's teeth

4

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by the way
for the life of me
for the hell of it
for the worse
from beginning to end
from here on in
from miles around
from the start
2. day after day
face to f^ce
all in all
all of a sudden
best of all
first of all
flat on one's face
3. again and again
back and forth
better and better
bright and early
down a m ’
every now Hnd then
far and away
front and center
The pattern in D1 is preposition plus a substantive.

The substantive

may be a single word without the article p s in after all, about time,
at hand, or at peace.

In other instances the substantive may take

the article a® in by the day. after

a while. by the moment. or for the

hell of it.

to ooint

Here it is interesting

out the difference in

meaning the article may make, ^s in bv d a y , and by. the day.
The pattern of D2 is either a noun or an adjective ulus a preposition­
al phrase, as in face to face. best

of a l l . all

of a. eud ea. first of all.

or flat on one1s face.
The pattern of D3 involves doublets

(usual'.y of adverbs but some—

tin s of objectives and noons) in wrich the word is either repeated or
v ried with a synonym, the purpose being to intensify* efi in again and

again, better and better. bright and earl:/. down and out, or far and
-way.
2. IDIOMATIC fATT H iTS THAT FUiTCTIOIi AS PROPOSITIONS.
1. The pattern in ‘01 consists of two nrenositions, sometimes
more, functioning «

a unit.

The fullest list of such pre-

posit ional coroounis, though not necessarily complete, of course,
is that co-roiled by Turnblom, under the direction of Dr, Anders
Or beck, and for the list presented h<=re I am indebted to his
study. ^
about:

after about
°t about
for about

on about
to BQDUt
with about

about:

in about
of about

within about

across;

back across

out across

after:

after about

against;

up against

ahead;

ahead of

akin:

akin to

along:

along with

among:

around among
down among

op among

around:

around behind
around among
around through

around to
close around
up around

at;

at about
back at
down at
off at

out at
over p t
up at

away;

away from
away off

away out in

"back;

bp.ck
back
back
back
back

back
oack
back
back
back

behind;

around behind
behind on

between:

from between

by:

cown by

over by

close:

close around

close to

aown:

back
down
down
down
down

down
down
dov/n
down
down

across
°t
down
from
in

down
among
at
behind
by

into
of
on
to
with

dov/n behind
in behind

from
in
into
off
on

onto
out of
over
through

down to
down upon
from down
on dovm

down:

down
down
down
down

for:

except for

for about

from:

away
back
down
from
from
from

from out of
from tap
in from
of from
out from
up from

in:

back in
down in
in about
in behind

in from
off in
over in
up in

into:

back into
dovm into
off into
on into

out into
over into
tap into

of:

ahead of
dp ck of
because of
inside of

instead of
of about
outside of
regardless of

off:

away off
down off
off at

off into
off on
off to

on:

back on
behind on
down on
off on
on about
on down
on from
on into

on over
on through
on to
on up
on up to
out on
over on
ur> on

onto:

down onto
over onto

out onto
up onto

out:

from out
out across
out at
out from
out into

out
out
out
out
out

from
from
from
between
down
out

on
onto
over
to
toward

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out:

out under
out with
away out in

out of
down out of
from out of

over;

along over
down over
on over
over at
ovei* by

over in
over into
over onto
over to
up over

through:

around through
c'own through

on throu -h
through wi t h

to:

according to
accredited to
akin to
around to
back to
close to
compared to

down to
next to
off to
on to
out to
over to
to about

toward:

out toward

up

t oward

under;

out under

up

under

u t >:

from u p
up against
up among

up into
up onto
up on

up

around

up

at

up from
up

in

uuon:

down upon

with:

along with
away with
out with
bee'.: with

within:

uo to within

up over
u p to
ur toward
up with

through with

up with
with about

within about

2. The n^’tern in r!2 is a prepositional phrase r-lus another pre­
position, the whole functioning as a unit, *=8 a_t the foot of the
hill. in &rr it ion to the supplies. in contact with the enemy. in

the direction of town, in reply to your letter, in the thick of
the fight, in line with the house.

The list of these phrasal

prepositional compounds presented here is not intended to be
complete; it could no doubt be almost indefinitely extended.
PHRASAL PREPOSITIONAL COMPOUND

at the foot of

in keeping with

at the hands of

in the liaht of

at the head of

in line with

at the thought of

in love with

in addition to

in a matter of

in advance of

in the middle of

in answer to

in the midst of

in arriving at

in need of

in back of

in ■payment of

in a burst of

in place of

in care of

in the possession of

in case of

in prai se of

in charge of

in the presence of

in contact with

in regard to

in contrast to

in reply to

in the course of

in return for

in danger of

in right with

in the direction of

in search of

in excess of

in suite of

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in exchange for

in store for

in the face of

in terms of

in favor of

in the thick of

in front of

in time to

in full view of

ih touch with

in the heat of

in tune with

in the hope of

in the way of

in the humor for
IDIOMATIC PATT jSHS WITH 0P.IJNTATIONAL FTJ1ICTIOH
In ray analysis of grammatical functions I have come to regard the
orientational function distinct from the functions so far listed.
While it is, in effect, adverbial, its use is somewhat broader
and looser than the adverb as normally defined.
relate the spepker to the sentence as a whole.

It serves to
Strictly

speaking the orientation particle is a single word, such as back,
down, out. over, u p . but it normally joins with a preposition
and thus forms a pattern.

It is so listed here.

back at

back to

back down

back toward

back into

back up

back on

down, across

beck over

down along

back through

down below

back to

down by

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dovm from

over at

down into

over along

down on

over by

down through

over in

down to

over on

down onto

over to

down over

up above

down towards

up around

dovm upon

up P t

out across

up by

out along

up from

out in

up in

out by

up into

out at

up on

out on

up onto

out through

up over

out to

up to

out toward

up with

up within
The orientation particle back in a st lement indicates that the
sneaker at sone previous time was in a given place but is no longer there.
When I say back in Arkansas there are more quail than -pheasants. I imply
that I have been in Arkansas but I am no longer there.

Strangely

e.r.virh the meaning of the sentence is not altered significantly when the
orientational particle is omitted, as in Arkansas there are more quail

than •pheasantb . hut the personal relation of the speaker to the sentence
is no longer inrolied.

It can "be said, I think, that the orientation

pprticle is particularly characteristic of speech and informal English.
The particle down may mean "at a place some distance away from the
speaker."

In such a sentence

p.s

"vy wife is down at the doctor*s" down

implies th»t I am quite a distance away from her.

Even though the

doctor's office is on the highest floor of the building, the particle
down is used.

Were I near the building I should say

wife is

the doctor1s.

As with back, when the particle is omitted from the

up

at

particle is omitted from the sentence, the essential meaning remains, as
"my wife is at the doctor's."
The particle combines with prepositions in the same manner.

In

the sentence John is out in the front yard out signifies that John is
not in the house or that he is not with the speaker of the sentence who
is r.im6elf not in the front yard.

Had the sneaker been in the front

yard, he woula probably have said John is in the front yard. or John is
here in the front yard, or John is out here.

A strict rhetorician

might object to out in this use, protestir^e that it is redundant* but it
is current and perfectly normal.
Over also, as with down, is used to indicate some intervening dis­
tance or to enrohrsize the distance between the sneaker and what it is he
is talicing about.
than over.

It would seem that down implies a greater distance

Should I say to another the drug store is over on Michigan

Avenue. the sentence would mean, among other trines, that I, the sneaker,
w?s not on Michigan Avenue.

When I call ny wife on the telephone end

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tell her I*a over at school.

Vi11 you coae after meT

I am emphasizing

the ^ist'-nce between us.
may be used to indie' te position forward of the speaker.
took the am.runit Ion

up

They

to the front is not greatly different from they took

the a^Toni11on to the front. exce;.t tr.'-t up indicates a forward notion
or place.

Up nay also indicate na~-proachin-* ne=r to," as the child ran

un to, ae, or we rushed

up

to the speaker.

The particles back, down, out. and

ujj

serve also to orient the

speaker and his sentence geo’rarhically in relation to direction.
•inylish t-reading persons are arriainted with

ut > north,

All

and down south.

while the sneaker of American English has in addition the terms out west
and back east.

U p north and down south are probably attempts on the

part of the steaker to orient himself and his listeners to the earth as
normally

portrayed on maps with north at the top and south at the bottom.

Out west and back east have no reference to the

cotssp?

and seen to have

developed from the westward expansion of the United States.

The frontiers

men and the explorer were literally vcing out of the c untry when they
vent into the great American vest, =nd the e-st was always to their backs
■»2
or to their rear, or in a nlac.e where they had been 'out were no longer. x
A furtuer characteristic of tnese words is their aiiiity to join
with the spatial preposition to indicate direction from the speaker with
no dir-'ct reference to the compass.
St . Louis, one would

^

If I should say I.

g ° 1ag down to

ua*_‘y ;nfer that. I was to the rortn of B t . Louis

James True low Adams, The Stic of Auer ic a . tee e in. Bo'ton, Litv^e,

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and that I should have to travel south to arrive there*
hand were I to say

On the other

daughter is u~p at Sault Sainte Marie, one would

infer that I am at a piece to the south of the Soo.

By the same token

a Denverite goes back to Chicago, whereas a Chicagoan goes out to
Denver.
Ut> and down also locate the speaker in relation to the level.

The

book is down on the first floor indicates that the speaker is not there
and thet the book is below the sneaker.

The child is up in her room,

on the other hand, means that the child is at a pl;=.ce higher than the
speaker.

The speaker may use these words differently to indicate this

relation.

One may say in answer to the question where are you? . X SSL

down in the basement. indicating that one is belov the person to whom he
is sneaking.

Similarly he may say I_ am up on the roof to indicate that

he is at a higher place than the person to whom he is speaking.
Back has at least one further use in that it may emphasize a refer­
ence to a uoint in p^st time.

Back in 152L is not greatly different fr

182^. but the back emphasizes the sense of the past time as perhaps
no other word could do.
G. IDIOMATIC PATTERNS IHVOLVIHG STa TSM-IKTS, CLAUSES, PhOVOJiBS, etc.
ThiB category is not a logical parallel

to the preceding six. I

set it up chiefly to take care of miscellaneous patterns that
have become widespread and stereotyped;

clauses, statements,

proverbs, clipped proverbs, ouotat-or.s,etc.

In many instances

the idioms perform one or other of the six functions already
listed, but it seemed best to assemble them altogether in a

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supplementary category,
all is fair in love and war
all one is good for
almost before you know it
any friend of his is a friend of mine
any way you look at it
pS

the case may "be

as God is my witne s
as the saying goes
before one 'Knows it
before you could say scat
the best that can be said
blood is thicker than water
to be born with r» silver spoon in o n e 1s mouth
can you beat that?
the coast is clear
come what may
the die is cast
don't take any wooden nickels
a drink is called for
the end. i 8 in sirht
the end justifies the means
the first thing you know
it's not a fit ni"ht out for man or beast
five v.’ill ret you ten

lxiv.

GLOSSARY

AVbrevist.1 one

Cain —
19^8

James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce. Penguin Books, Inc., New York,

Gardner — Brie Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Rolling Bones. Pocket
Books, Inc., New York, 19^7
Marquand — John P. Marquand, So Little Time. Little, Brown and Co.,
Boston, 19^3
Fyle —

Ernie (Ernest T.) Pyle, Breve Men, Henry Holt and Co., New York,

19hh
Yank —

The Best from Yank. The World Publishing Co., New York, 19^5

to abandon — — to.
To yield oneself completely and without restraint.
(See also: with abandon.)
...she abandoned herself t& the last few days before the concert

238)
.

(Cain,

Able day.
Atom bomb day; the day an atom bomb was exploded at
Bikini, July 1, 19^6.
(Also attributive.)
...the Able Day atom bomb is now resting inside a fenced enclosure in a
restricted section of this island...
(New Tork Times, June 30, 19^6, 3)
to be able to tell a mile away.
To be proficient at, to be highly
capable of, to be good at, recognising, detecting.
.. .they could speak German like natives and could tell a German accent
£
away (Pyle, 123).
A-bomb.

The atomic bomb; atom bomb.

A-bomb Believed to H i m i n a t e Navy

(Omaha World Herald, Aug. 15, 19t*2, 2).

about all.
1. The finish; the end.
"And now,” Walter said, "that's about all..."

(Marquand, *H).

2. Not the whole but almost completely all.
About all she was able to tell him was that she "liked maple"
to about face.
the rear.

(Cain, 22?)

To turn oneself in the opposite direction; to turn to

Then he about-faced and marched smartly out again

(Tank, 200).

about thityra in general.
About anything; about nothing in particular.
(Used to avoid giving specific information.)
We sat and talked for a long time about things in general.
to be about time.
come."

(Pyle, 215).

Less abrupt form for "it is time" or "the time has

So you finally got here. Well,
Mother, I t 18 about time you got
I guess it's about time (Tank,

it's about time (Yank, 163).
it through your head...
(Cain, 201).
95).

above all.

Chiefly; preeminently; most importantly*

Above all he loved to tell stories on himself
(Pyle, 318).
And above all he was honest
(Pyle, 209)*
And, above all - you learn that the greatest menace to your safety is you
(Yank, 65).
Don't talk, and above all don't try to explain (Gardner, 205)*
above everything else*
More than anything else; chiefly; most im­
portantly; most to be considered*
...a cold cruel coarse desire to torture her mother, to humiliate her,
above everything else, to hurt her (Cain, 73) •
above ground.

Above the surface of the earth; not beneath the earth*

...so he slumbers peacefully in hie cot above ground as the Mitsubishis
do their worst (Yank, 4-1).
above sea level*
Higher than the water of the ocean; higher than the
usual level of the sea*
• . .men saluted their flag —
(Yank, 177).
to be absent from*

on Burma soil 3.800 feet above sea level

Hot to be present at; to be away from*

On one occasion during maneuvers, the general was absent from headquarters
for two days (Yank, 131).
to accent an invitation.

To receive an invitation and agree to it.

...you can't accept invitations all the time without giving any in
return (Cain, 167)*
accessory after the fact*
One who knowing that a crime has been com­
mitted by another person helps him, hides him, or gives him any
assistance to escape arrest* He then becomes guilty of the crime*
If she gives aid to a murderer to shield him, she becomes an accessory
sifter the fact (Gardner, 161)*
...I don't know, perhaps material witnesses, perhaps as accessories after
the fact (Gardner, 185).
accompanied by.

In the company of; with*

.. .Levantines of indeterminate origin accompanied by their high-priced
"companions"
(Yank, 212)*

an acconroaniment to*
That which goes with or is added for symmetry
or ornament, as a musical accompaniment to a vocal solo.
Mildred told about the...accompaniment to the violin selection

(Cain,138).

to a c c o m p a n y
the piano.
To play the subsidiary part of the
music for another instrument or singer on the piano.
...Mr. Treviso accompanied her og the Piano

(Cain, 2k l).

according £&•
1. Consistent with; suitable to.
Aftrinrdipff to regulations, service stripes can be worn by those "who have
served honorably"...
(Tank, 172).
According to the English wording on each pack, they were manufactured by
the "Eastern Virginia Tobacoo Company"
(Tank, 176).
2. As said, reported by.

(Used when one is quoting another.)

According to Bert. ..it had been a magnificent Job of promotion.. • (Cain,

).

238
to

cv^jrfl for.
1. To explain; to give reasons for.

Then she noticed he was heavily sunburned all over, but even this didn't
account for a slightly Latin look about him (Cain, 88).
2. To be able to count; to total; to make up.
This Tommy Clayton, the mildest of men, had killed four of the enemy for
sure, and probably dozens he caAdn't
for
(Pyle, ^ 9 ) .
...at least half that, and furniture, and linen would
for the
rest
(Cain, 76).
an account of.

A story about; a history of.

...the papers were full of the nuptials...lengthy accounts
...
(Oaan, 229)•
...Just as lengthy accounts of his career (Cain, 229).
to be accustomed to.

of hercareer

To have the habit of; to be used to.

If Veda's accustomed to wealth and position.. •

(Cain, 19*0*

an p-ce in the hole.

Hidden reserves; strength which is not obvious*

But if a depression should come he had aa ace in the hole
aches and -pains.

(Pyle, 331)*

General bodily discomfort, not a serious illness.

During the time I lay at the clearing station with my own slight aches
and -pains, hundreds of wounded soldiers passed through on their way back
to the hospitals in the rear
(Pyle, *4-7),
ack-ack.
Anti-aircraft artillery; anti-aircraft shrapnel*
attributive,)

(Also

Some of the boys from the ack-ack outfit down the road were over one night
...
(Tank, 139).
...we got hit by ack-ack. .. (Tank, 119)*
The Germans began to shoot heavy, high ack-ack (Pyle, *05)*
Long before, the German ack-ack guns had gone out of existence (Pyle, 438)
The ack-ack men said that not more than two out of ten planes. •. even
made their bomb runs over our shipping
(Pyle, 382),
oust an example of the effectiveness of our ack-ack. one four-gun battery
shot down fifteen planes*.• (Pyle, 382),
Once an unexploded ack-ack shell buried itself half a stone's throw from
my tent
(Pyle, 382)•
The Job. ..was given over to antiaircraft artillery, or ack-ack (Pyle, 381)
...the ack-ack wasn't needed to protect the landings from air attack
(Pyle, 383)7
Our ack-ack was commanded by a general officer...
(Pyle, 382),
Our ack-ack men said they thought German pilots were yellow...
(Pyle, 382)
ack-acker.

An anti-aircraft artilleryman.

...a crew of ack— ackers had knocked out a German 88...
to be acquainted with.

(Pyle, 383)*

To know a person, thing.

"Tou are Acquainted with Alden Leeds?" the lawyer said (Gardner, 29)*
...Mildred became acquainted with theatres...
(Cain, 234).
across a t .
(This term indicates that the speaker or the subject is
separated from some person or object named in it.)
"We'll not try to connect it up for the present," Kettering said,
scowling across at Perry Mason (Gardner, 146).
Glancing across at Della Street, Mason said, "They may not be worth much"
(Gardner, 76).
Judge Knox stared across at Perry Mason (Gardner, 210).

across from.

Opposite to with some little space Intervening.

She sat down on the extreme edge of the tig leather chair across from
Mason's desk...
(Gardner, 2).
The three pushed their way Into an ornate little lobby, across from
which a mahogany door bore the legend, "Manager*
(Gardner, 158).
Phyllis Leeds sat across from Mason In the big leather chair, her eyes
darkened by apprehension. •. (Gardner, 80).
...the small library, across from the big living room...
(Cain, 231).
across to.
Towards or to when there is something intervening.
distance need not be great.)

(The

Barkler said, *Uh huh,” and walked across to the exit door
(Gardner, 59)•
Kittering tossed the remark across to Perry Mason as though daring him to
rattle this witness (Gardner, lh8).
Marcia Whittaker walked directly across to Perry Mason, holding a manila
envelope in her hand (Gardner, 76).
He passed it across to l&nily Milicant who read a few lines and crossed
over to kneel•..
(Gardner, 107)•
Ee slid it across to the detective...
(Gardner, 157)*
across the way.
Hot adjacent but nearby and across a passageway, street
or the like, as "across the hall" or "across the streets”
...from the muBic department across the way he
tinkling of pianos
(Marquand, 287).
to act about.

could hear

the ceaseless

To behave; to perform, in regard to.

...she could never shake off the feeling that if he accepted her as his
social equal he would act differently about it
(Cain, 1*4-2).
to act in (good, bad, ill) faith.
1. good. To behave, act, sincerely believing it to be the right, proper
and correct thing to do.
TANK acted in good faith in publishing Pfc. James Scott's letter
211

).

(Tank,

2. bad, ill, etc.
To perform an act with an ulterior motive, for some
reason other than that which is apparent.
...it was James Scott who acted in ill faith in submitting a letter..•
(Tank, 211).
to act like.

To behave like.

Now what's the use of acting like thatt

(Cain, 210).

to act on an assumption*
To do something having assumed something else
is true; to act, proceed, on the belief*
But when I act on that assumption it does seem to me you caid give me
credit for some kind of decent motives*..
(Cain, 201)*
Acting on the assumption that dinner was served pt eight-ten (Gardner,
131).
" Mason said, "on the » « n f > U o n that dinner was served and eaten
at eight-ten?"
(Gardner, 131)*
to act on orders*
To act in accordance with orders; to do what one is
told to do by another in authority*
The orders. as finally acted on by Company K...
to act out*

(Yank, 2Jtl)*

To imitate, to represent, to perform, as in a play.

The fliers on the ground began acting out comically exaggerated scenes*.•
(Pyle, 175).
to act the -part of*
To pretend to be another and imitate
as in a play; to make believe; to feign*
The captain*..acted the -part of the grim field soldier*

hisactions,

(Yank, 193).

kAwiri*. apple*
The lump on the neck, usually most prominent in men,
made by the larynx*

The sergeant pointed to his throat, from which protruded a large decorous
Adam's apple (Yank, 29)*
Several of them tried to do the trick themselves but, not having Adam's
apples, were unsuccessful (Yank, 29).
His Adam's apple slid down his throat*..
(Yank, 29).
A-day.
(Cf. able day. )
Atom bomb day; theday on
was exploded; July 1, 19^6.

which an atom

bomb

•. .mere experts were washed out by the brutally rugged standards as the
509th Composite Group trained for A-day
(Sat. Eve. Post, June 8, 19^6,
18)*
to add insult to injury*
To hurt another repeatedly, usually through
sarcasm, irony, or other mental torture*
Insult was added to Injury when the Infantry found itself being shot at*.*
(Yank, 5).
to add to*

To make a part of; to include with*

This, added to my earlier service, gives me three full years In the Army
...
(Yank, 171).
The whole thing...was a little stuffy*..as she kept adding to it (Cain,l60)

to add

up

.

To total; to find the sum or balance*

When it vas all over and everything was added u p we found four plane8 had
been shot down (Pyle, 7).
Added u p over the days and weeks, however, they made a man sized war...
(Pyle, hhi).
...if she had an hour, she drove to the restaurant supply house on Main
Street, in Los Angeles, and priced, calculated, and added u p
(Cain, 76)*
to add

up

to.

1. To total; to amount to*
...action enough to

add

up

2. To mean; to imply; to

to eight solid months of fighting (Tank,

122)*

signify*

"What does that add
u p to. Chief?" sheasked
(Gardner, 91)*
.. .what it added u p
to was that he had shown his independence of one woman
.. .by. ..letting another woman keep him...
(Cain, 253)*
There was too much of everything, and he certainly could not tell what it
added u p to and no one else could either*..
(Marquand, 5*0 •
And what does it all add up tot (Marquand, h60)*
It adds u p to some little poop from the Podunk High School getting on a
Clipper...
(Marquand, ^60),
...in his opinion the net result of their efforts added u p to almost
nothing (Marquand, 231)•
...everyone listened avidly for such bits of gossip, all of which added u p
to nothing
(Marquand, 509)•
What does it all add u p to?
(Marquand, *+60)*
to addust to.
To arrange (one's mind) to accept certain facts, conditions,
and the like*
Mildred...tried to adjust herself t&this astounding revelation*
201 ).
to admit as much*

(Cain,

To admit it by implication; to admit it indirectly.

In fact, Mr. Merriwell admitted as much himself with rueful humor that
made the tables rock with sympathetic laughter...
(Marquand, 27)*
advantage in.

The gain, the profit, the benefit, involved in.

...she asked what advantage there was in going to the studio*.•
to be advocated by.

(Cain, 211)

To be urged by; to be recommended by*

...two readers supported the point of view advocated by Pvt. Luckey*
(Yank, 212).

aerosol bomb*

(For definition see the first citation.)

The contents of the Army insect killing device known as the aerosol bomb
included 3% DD®, 2% of a 20% pyre thrum concentrate, 5% cyclohexanone,
5% lubricating oil, and 85% Freon gas as carrier*
(Science News Letter
Har. 30. 1946, 20*0.
Today every soldier in mosquito country is armed with an 1aerosol bomb '
— a specially designed container about the size of a hand grenade..•
(Headers Digest, Nay, 1944) •
to afford it.
To have sufficient money, means, for something; to be
able for reasons other than money to do something.
"I can't afford it. Minot," he said (Marquand, 389).
"If Milton says we can afford it. it must be all right," she said...
(Marquand, **02).
to be afraid of.

To fear; to have a fear of; to be frightened by.

They always were increased by and afraid of our artillery...
(Pyle, 142)
...who talked like a college professor, but they were afraid of Lew Brown
(Marquand, 278).
Jeffrey never understood why he was not afraid of her (Marquand, 257).
Charley was used to expressing himself, and he was not afraid of grownups
(Marquand, 213)•
"Why darling," she said, "what are you afraid of?" (Marquand, 472).
...Minot had spent a good deal of his time and thought and money in not
being afraid of dying...
(Marquand, 371).
We were afraid of being spotted by a Jap sub...
(Tank, 203).
"I was afraid of that," he admitted (Gardner, 179).
"Just what I was afraid of." Mason growled...
(Gardner, 69).
And she was afraid of something that seemed always lurking under Veda's
bland, phony toniness...
(Cain, 73).
She was afraid of Veda, of her snobbery, her contempt, her unbreakable
spirit (Cain, 73)•
after all.
1. (after and all appear with each other in phrases and clauses intro­
duced by after, but there is no idom in this construction.Read
following for after in the citations quoted below.)
...that conductor could very well have allowed Veda to sing an encore
after all that apulause (Cain, 240).
He couldn't have done that," she said slowly, "simplycouldn't — not
after all I've done for him"
(Gardner, 54).
It certainly would seem, after all that work —
(Cain, 187).

2. In spite of all that has been said or done*

He survived and went back to America in rotation, so I guess he saw
Junior after all — and how he deserved to
(Pyle, 186)*
And after a l l . they are damned goodlooking
(Cain, 166)*
/Lft^r all. Mother...Monty's shoes are custom made
(Cain, 157)*
Aftar all. they*ve got some rights
(Cain, lh2).
Aftwr all. Judge, that's one thing a detective should guard against
(Gardner, 211)*
'A f t u r a l l ." she Baid, "you can't eat dessert all the time. C h i e f
(Gardner, 1)•
After all, men are scarce...
(Tank, 155)*
Aftwr all. I've done nothin/? I should be ashamed of
(Tank, 172)*
After all, it wasn't every day you had a snort with two captains..•
(Tank, 165).
...glad to be kind to someone, and after a l l . it might be that Gloria and
all of them did not have much time
(Marquand, 369).
Madge and I are h-ving a nice visit, and after all. you're not as clever
as you think (Marquand, 361).
After all. Bthel was his sister
(Marquand, 362).
After all, he vas a college man
(Marquand, 18*0.
...she wanted One who would be receptive to her ideas, and Fred's too,
since after a l l , it was going to be their house and not the architect's
wasn't itT
(Marquand, 109).
Madge used to say she did not mind variety because it kept her young, but
after a l l . Madge had not seen as much of it as he had
(Marquand, 356).
And after all, how had he ^ver done it?
(Marquand, 19).
After all. there was no reason why he should not have, but he knew that
Madge had heard him (Marquand, 530—1).
After all. Jim was her son as much as his son (Marquand, 581).
After all, he did not have implicit faith In Milton's Judgment... (Marquand
3 9 9 ).

From all this you might d*aw the conclusion that war isn't hell, after all
(Pyle, 258).
...he hadn't burned up the film, after all
(Pyle, 26^).
After all we we*e still at war...
(Pyle, 31).
After all, there should have been some fireworks by now...(Tank, 191).
...we got hit by ack-ack after all
(Yank, 119).
After all. you can't count a man AW01 when he's in plain si,~ht (Yank, 138)
Most American soldiers, after all, are Just civilians in uniform..•
(Tank. 51).
After all. it's not a matter of you and me going out... (Tank, 88)*
After all a guy back in the States is waiting to be called for overseas
duty...
(Tank, 217).
He hesitated, for after all, it was Jim's business and not his, but still
he had to ask (Marquand, bh-2).

...had never heard of it except as a mire in The Hound of the Baskervilles
hut after a l l , this made no difference
(Marquand, 3377.
kfter a l l . they had to meet somewhere
(Marquand, 262).
...a horrible feeling ceme over her that G-od had had her number, after all
(Cain, 97)*
...after all, these things happen...
(Cain, 183)*
...after all. I, and not you, am the main figure in this little situation
...
(Cain, 201).
...it finally wound up that the planes never went out after all
(Pyle, 212).
After all. Mother, it was you that said I couldn't lie around here all the
time (Cain, 191).
After all, it wouldn't have been much of a novelty (Cain, 17*0 •
I believe in doing my bit to help the servicemen because after all, some
of them are so far from home...
(Tank, 83).
After a l l , we haven't seen you in six months
(Tank, 160).
"After all." one of them said, "if you can get used to that old bastard's
voice, you can get used to anything" (Tank, 111).
After all, he paid the bills and he might as well get something out of
Albert...
(Marquand, 62).
After all, it was difficult to explain to anyone the vagaries of literary
creation...
(Marquand, ^91).
After all, the bill isn't large
(Gardner, 159)*
After all, how is anyone ever taken on a psperT
(Marquand, 16).
...it was comfortin' to remember that, after all. Sthel was four years
older than he
(Marquand, 357).
After all there was no reason why she should have followed his thoughts
(Marquand, 587).
after dar&.
After it has become dark; in the evening; an indefinite
time in the evening*
It was after dark when we becked away from the dock (Pyle, 230).
I went to the regimental command post in a Jeep after dark one night
(Pyle, 181).
"Meet me," little cards read, "downstairs at the Rockwell after dark"
(Marquand, 273).
If you went downstairs at the Rockwell after dark. you would run a very
good chance...
(Marquand, 273)«
after effects.
Effects, results, not immediately noticeable, as a
weakness of the eyes may be an after effect of measles.
...it would have after effects worse than the ailment itself
after a moment.

(Tank, 170).

Soon; within a short time*

After a few moments. Barkler went on, "That crowd sure must'a thought
Alden was getting simple"
(Gardner, 56).

after —

own heart*

According to one's deepest desire, wish*

You're a girl after ay own heart
after a while*

(Gardner, *+*+).

Soon; within a very short time*

His captain...came in after a while*..
(Yank, 193)»
After a while he came to*..
(Yank, 12*0.
After a while she would burst out laughing...
(Yank, 188)•
They pulled the bodies*..up again after £ while
(Yank, 27)*
After a while we made out the outlines of a wooden shack (Yank, 168).
Then, after a while. he said, "Don't you remember your own brother,
Alden Leeds?"
fGardner, l*+l),
&it after a while she said: "Get in, Bert"
(Cain, 198)*
again and ££a^£.

Repeatedly; often; many times*

..•he was likely to see it again and again* .. (New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 19*+2, 20).
"We all say it," Buchanan said, "again And again_H (Marquand, 352).
"Jeff," Madge said, "why do you keep saying that again and again?"
(Marquand, 535) *
...worked out some problem to hie satisfaction when he was young, and
had kept working it out again and again..• (Marquand, 382)*
He had said it again and again, and Willkie had said the same thing
again and again (Marquand, 13*+)•
I've told you again and again (Marquand, 7).
She played...it again and again. ..
(Cain, 216)*
against
jfudgmant.
Not according to what one believes to be correct
not in agreement with one's beliefs.
...the Chief thinks you'll do, so against our better .judgment we're
going to give you a trial
(Cain, *+91).
against the law.
illegal.

Not according to the law; in violation of the law;

It's
the law for a toilet to open into the kitchen, you know
(Cain, 121).
against
desires.

will.

Without one's permission; in opposition to one's

The petition alleges on information and belief th?t Alden Leeds is being
detained against his will
(Gardner, 27).

to

to .
To o f f e r t o ; t o a s s e n t t o .
(T h e s e e o n d
maJr *>•
e ith e r a p re p o s itio n o r i t n ay h e th e in tro d u c tio n o f a n i n f i n i t i v e .)

M r. M e e t o i n . . . a g r e e d t o
to

d e liv e r th e n e a t

(C a in , 2 4 5 ).

v r* — w ith .
1 . To h e i n a g re e m e n t w ith ;
h a r e t h e sam e o p i n i o n a s .

to

h a v e a m e e tin g o f t h e m in d s w i t h ;

. . . 7 -011*11 a g r e e w i t h m e . M r s . P i e r o e . . .
2 . To h e p l e a s a n t f o r ;
" W e ll, w e l l , " V a l t e r
( M a r q u a n d , * + 5 9 ).
ahead o f.

1 9 * + ).

to he h e a lth f u l f o r .

s a id ,

F o rw a rd o f ;

(C a in ,

to

" it

a g re e s w ith y o n h e r s ,

in fro n t o f;

b e fo re ;

in

d o e s n 't

it? "

advance o f .

J u s t a fe w f e e t
u s w a s a b r i c k - r e d A m e ric a n t a n k . . .
(P y le , 4 5 2 )
M o st o f t h e F r e n c h f a r m e r s e v a c u a te d a h e a d o f t h e f i g h t i n g . • •
(P y le ,4 4 3 )
T hey s tr u c k i n o rc h a rd s a h e a d o f u s
(P y le , 4 3 7 ).
I r e m e m b e r wor r y i n g a b o u t W a r C o r r e s p o n d e n t K e n C r a w f o r d . . .w h o w a s
s e v e r a l h u n d re d y a rd s
o f me
(P y le , 4 3 7 ).
The T re n c h ta n k s t h a t w en t a h e a d o f u s p u l l e d o v e r to th e s id e w a lk s .• •
(P y le , 4 5 8 ).
• • .w e c o u l d a l w a y s t e l l h o w r e c e n t l y t h e b a t t l e s h a d s w e p t o n a h e a d o f
us
(P y le , 4 5 1 ).
. . . t h e A ir F o rc e w as u p t h e r e h a n g in g aw ay
o£ us
(P y le ,
I 'm g l a d w e 'r e
2 jf t h e A i r C o r p s
(P y le , 4 3 9 ).
. . . w e ' l l J u s t f o r g e t t h a t a n y o n e 's
o f h im i f h e b r i n g s i t h a n k o n
M onday
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 0 ) .
He
a c h a i r o n t h e f o u r o ' c l o c k t o Hew T o r k a n d t i m e l a y
h im
(M a rq u an d , 5 7 5 ) .
• . .w e s a w o n l y a n o c c a s i o n a l p l a n e
u ® th ro u g h th e c lo u d s . • •
(T an k , 1 1 8 ).
. . . a l l r a t i n g s f i l l e d b y m en
a o f m e ...
(T an k , 1 6 4 ) .
The g u n n e r a h e a d o f u s s t r a i n e d f o r w a r d .. .
(T an k , 1 4 ) .
Two o f h i s s e r g e a n t s w e r e
h im ...
(T a n k , 1 7 ) .
I to o k a p o s i t i o n *H aad o f a l i t t l e w addy
(T a n k , 21) .
S g t . S h e rm a n L e g g .. . w a s . . .1 0 0 0 y a r d s a h e a d o f t h e B a n g e r a d v a n c e p a r t y
(T an k , 1 2 3 ).
T h e ir o b s e rv e rs c r e p t fo rw a rd a h ea d o f th e i n f a n t r y . . .
(T a n k , 3 3 )*
A s t h e m en b e g a n t h e i r m a rc h t h e y c o u l d s e e t h e m o u n ta in s
o f th e m ,
c o v e r e d w i t h snow
(T a n k , 5 0 ) .
A nd
o f m e I c o u l d s e e h im w a l k i n g a l o n g . . .
(C a in , 2 3 1 ) .
W hy s h o u l d 1 r e c o m m e n d y o u
o f a n y o f th e m !
(C a in , 3 8 ) .
M ild re d w as so r e s e n t f u l t h a t th e y s h o u ld h e d e a l t w ith a h e a d o f h e r . . .
(C a in , 3 3 ) .
.
„ .
B u t t h e r e ' s n o t a c h a n c e I ' d s l i p y o u a h e a d o f a n y o f th e m
(C a in , 3 9 ) .
T hen
o f h e r s h e saw t h a t t h e r u b b l e s t o p p e d . . .
(C a in , 1 7 2 ) .

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A m i l i t a r y a m d ic a l p o s t , h ig h ly m o b ile , w ith c e r t a i n
a a d ie a l s u p p lie s , u s u a lly lo c a ta d e lo a a to th a f r o n t l i n a a n d th a
fig h tin g .
Z t s a r r a a th a p u rp o a a o f g iv in g a a r ly a a d ie a l a a a ia ta a e a
to th a w ounded b e f o r e th e y a r e ta k e n to h o s p i t a l s f a r t h e r i n th a r e a r
a re a s.
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e * )

.. .carrying wounded nan to an
station (Tank, 145)*
She
— a f t r a d to tha other s i d e of tha h i l l * * *
(Hank, 6)*
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( T a n k , 197)*
Z eallad out to ask if it was an aid atation* *.
(T a n k , 1 6 8 ) .
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s ta tio n * ..

(T a n k , 1 6 8 )*

a ir base.
A m i l i t a r y i n s t a l l a t i o n o f m o r e o r l e s s p e r m a n e n t o o rv s t r u c t i o n f o r t h a m a in te n a n c e a n d r e p a i r o f a i r p l a n e s , f o r t h a h e a d ­
q u a r t e r s o f t h a a i r u n i t s , f o r t h a h o u s i n g o f t h a a i r m an *
(A ls o
a ttrib u tiv e * )

...tha construction of tha alr-besa system. • •
( T a n k , 119)*
S p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r t h a C h in a a i r - b a s e s y s te m w a re e s p e c i a l l y r i g i d * . •
(T an k , 1 2 0 ).
The a i r - b a s e l a b o r d r a f t h i t t h a C h in e s e f a r m e r s h a r d
(T an k , 1 2 0 ).
a i r £ 2 g g ^ t£ < 2£g& »
S u p p lie d w i t h a i r w h ic h i s c l e a n e d , h u m i d i f i e d , a n d
c i r c u l a t e d i n a b u i l d i n g f o r t h a g r e a t e s t c o m f o r t o f t h a hum an b o d y .
Tha o f f i c e w as v e r y la r g e a n d c o a p le ta ly a ir - c o n d itio n e d
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 8 )*
H a l X L is s w a s s i t t i n g w i t h h i s c o a t o n b e c a u s e t h a p l a c e w a s a i r c o n d itio n e d . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 9 )*
. . . t h e y t o o , w a re w e a rin g c o a ts b e c a u s e th e o f f i c e w as a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 9 ) .
a i r l£ a £ *
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e o n p re sse d a ir*

(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

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jo b * ..

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w h ic h i s t r a n s p o r t e d b y a i r p l a n e s fro m o n e p l a c e t o
a ttrib u tiv e * )

. . . t h e c l e r i c * w hom h e h a d k n o w n q u i t e w e l l i n t h e p a s t y e a r s * h a n d e d h im
a l e t t e r w i t h a n A ^ r M a il s ta m p a n d
h e saw t h a t
it
w as i n S a l l y 's
h a n d w ritin g *
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 5 )*
Z t w a s a n J£t M a i l l e t t e r a n d t h e p o s t m a r k w a s S a n Bernardino, C a l i f o r n i a
(M a rq u a n d , $ 8 6 ;*
• • • m a r k t h a t l e t t e r * . • ”J j j L 2f&LL” • • • ( T a n k , 1 7 3 ) *
"A ny r e p l i e s y o u r e c e i v e , " h e s a i d , " a r e t o b e s e n t a t o n c e b y
m a ll
to th is a d d re ss
(G a rd n e r* 1 2 0 )*
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(P y le * 3 6 8 )*

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An a t t a c k , u s u a l l y w ith b om bs, m ads b y a ir p l a n e s *
a ttrib u tiT s * )

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. . . t h e r e w a r s s o m any a i r h M t Z f o r g o t t o c o u n t th e m
(T a n k , 2 h )*
. . . t h s r s a r c l i g h t s s p a r k lin g g a i l y o r s r b r id g e gam es u n t i l s i r e n s
g i r o a i r r a i d w a rn in g s
(T a n k , 3 9 )*
a i r r a i d * y rlT l~
ra id *
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c a u tio n s ; su ch a s ,

O ne w h o se d u t y i t i s t o p o l i c e a n a r e a d u r i n g a n a i r
e x p m o te d t o r e p o r t v i o l a t i o n s o f a i r r a i d p r e ­
th e f a ilu r e to co v er lig h ts *

In p r e v io u s r a i d s we h a d d ro p p e d l e a f l e t s , b u t th e
w a rd e n s a lw a y s s w e p t t h e n 1 9 . . •
(T a n k , 1 2 7 )*
s trlu *
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th e tr o o p s a s th e y w en t a lo n g t h e J u n g le t r a i l s . . .
(H e w s w e e k , D e c * 7 ,
19^2, 2 7 ).
& 2& c a r t e *
A m enu o n w h ic h e a c h s e p a r a t e ite m o f f o o d i s i n d i v i d u a l l y
p r i c e d , a n d fro m w h ic h o n e o r d e r s o n ly th o s e t h i n g s o n e w is h e s *
(A ls o
a ttrib u tiv e * )
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bookke e p in g * . .
(C a in , 7 7 )*
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fo re ig n

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p le te ly
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w e l l * t h a t y o u w o n 't d i s c u s s a n y t h i n g e l s e * * *
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 7 ).
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no v e g e ta tio n *

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s a tu r a te d w ith a l k a l i ,

u s u a l l y h a v in g l i t t l e

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a b o t t l e o f l o c a l v in o c l e a r u p to c o n je c tu r in g o n w h at th e w ar w as g H
about
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w hat i t ' s a l l a b o u t.
• • • th a a o ld ia r a d i d n 't
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2.

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n e rv o u s.

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A lo n e ;

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c o v e rin g .

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♦.
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, 1 7 9 )*
l a b o u t. . .
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m id d le a g e * ..

(P y la , 9 * 0 .
re g a rd to

age*

(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 ) .

c o m p le te ly b y o n e s e lf ; w ith no one e ls e *

...t h e dead nan la y a l l
o u ts id e
i n t h a s h a d o w o f t h a wsO.1
(P y la ,
1 5 5 ).
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(P y la , 1 66) .
T h e n * ..h a w a lk e d a w a y dow n
th a r o a d i n th a m o o n lig h t, a l l
(P y le ,
1 5 6 ).
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nn*
i n t h a m id d le o f t h a s t r e e t
( P y l a , * t0 6 ).
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( P y l e , * * 3 6 )*
• . . i t w as sp o o k y J u s t s i t t i n g i n th a h o u se a l l
an d h e a rin g th a r a in
o n t h a w in d o w s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 5 ) .
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(Y a n k , 1 5 6 ) .
How P f c . S h e a w a s s p e n d i n g C h r i s t m a s a l l a l o n e i n c a n p . . . ( Y a n k , 1 8 3 ) .
W h a t 's t h a i d a a o f l e a r i n ' h i m a l l
o v er th e re in th a lib r a r y b u tt
(Y a n k , 2 2 6 ) .
Two J a c k - h a m m e r o p e r a t o r s w a r e w o r k i n g a l l
u p n e a r "T ha P o in t"
(Y a n k , 1 7 8 ) .
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a lo n a T
(C a in , 21 ) .

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th a o th e r;

th ro u g h o u t®

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p o s s i b l e , h u t a t e a c h s t o p m e re ly t o k s e p a m b i n g o o d e n o u g h c o n ­
d itio n to s ta n d th a t r i p o n ta c k to th a h o s p ita l* ••
(P y la , 5 l ) .
B a t m o s tly t h a h e d g e ro w p a t t a r n w as t h i s * . • in f a n tr y m e n h id d e n a l l
th a h e d g ero w s w ith r i f l e s a n d n a c h in a p i s t o l s
( P y l a , W K )).
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d o c k w a s a c h ic k e n - y a r d b e d la m o f "H ay J o s " . . * ( P y l a , 2 2 7 )
Im arlo a n s o l d i e r s v a r a -p o s ta d . . . a l l
th a tr a il* ••
(P y la , lh h ) ,
. . . t h e H P 's h i d a r m o r e d o a r s a n d t a n k s
fllS B fi. t h e i r r o u t e ® . • ( P y l a , 3 8 0 )
• • • th e b a r w as i n t i m a t e a n d c o n tin e n ta l w ith h i g h s to o ls a l l
it® so
t h a t no o n e n e e d e d t o s t a n d to b a r e a d r in k
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 3 ) .
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th e f r o n t w ith h o a ry f ig h tin g in
t h a r i c i n i t y o f M o sco w
( M a r q u a n d , 5 3 2 )®
la d th e new s r a n q u ic k ly
r iw e r ..•
(T a n k , 1 3 ) .
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a lo n e th a r ir e r b a n k
(T an k , 9 2 ) .
2® P r o m t h a f i r s t ;

fro m

th a b e g in n in g ;

th ro u g h o u t a l l

th e

tim e ®

...w e s a id a l l a lo n g I
" V e i l , c o u n tr y p e o p le a lw a y s f a r e b e s t® .* " ( P y la ,
* 6 1 )®
• • • h e s u d d e n l y s u s p e c t e d t h a t M ad g e h a d k n o w n i t a l l f j f l a g
(M a rq u a n d . 5 7 5 )
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^
th e n h is fa m ily * ••
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 ) .
I * r a know n i t
(G a in , 1 * 6 ) .
. . . q u i t e a s th o u g h h a w o u l d h a r e d o n a s o a l l a ^ fifig * . •
(G a in , 1 5 9 ) .
I * r e b e e n k n o w in g i t f i l l i l s i l g 1 h a d t o h a r e a sho w d o w n a b o u t th e m p i e s ,
a n d n ow i t ' s c o m i n g
( C a i n , 6 5 )*
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a re ry p a rtic u la r;

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t h i s e a s e u p s o m uch a n d r u s h i t t h r o u g h s o f a s t t h a t h a ' l l
b e o n e Ju m p b e h i n d u s a l l t h a w a y a l o n g t h a l i n e
( G a r d n e r , 1 2 8 )®
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c o n c e rn e d ®

2 1 2 )®

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e n c irc lin g *

T h e ra w as t h a r o a r o f b i g g u n s g H a ro u n d u s * .*
( P y la , 3 5 8 )*
A ll
mm o f f i c e r s v a r a c u s s i n g ® . •
( P y l e , 3 5 * )®
S h e lls s tru c k a l l a ro u n d i t
( P y l a , * 0 1 )®
B x p lo s io n s w a rs g o in g a n s t l l
as
O ^ r l e , 3 9 8 )®
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( P y la , 3 9 7 )*
O ur ow n h e a r y a r t i l l e r y w a s c r a s h i n g
PTTTBtfi u s * . .
( P y l a , * 3 5 )®

. . . th e i n f a n t r y _ a H w o u n d th e * w e re c r o u c h in g .. •
( P y le , 3 8 8 )*
V h a n Z c a m e t o , t h e y v a r a s h e l l i n g gJJL a r o u n d n o
(P y la , b 5 * 0 .
M l AC2 B aA m y b i t w e r e s i m i l a r o n a a , e o n n a e t a d b y e o n c r a t a o r c l n d a r
p a th s
( p y la , 3 2 7 )•
O a r b a t t e r y w a s n ' t f i r i n g , 'h a t t h a T a l l e y a n d t h a m o u n t a i n s a l l a r o u n d o s
w a ra f a l l o f t h a d r e a d f u l n o i s a o f caam n
( P y la , 1 0 6 )*
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happen
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ill. 1E2S8& hlme. • ( M a r q u a n d , 1 4 0 ) ,
T h a n y o u w a n t i n t o a l i t t l a e u b b y h o l a a n d o p a n a d u p t h a b o x , a n d *11
y o u w as th a r u s t l i n g o f h e a r y p a p e r a n d t h a s o f t s n ip p in g o f s e i s s o r s
...
(M a rq u a n d , b 0 3 )*
. . . a h a h a d s a t l a u g h i n g , w i t h a t o c k l n g s a n d l a c s n ig h tg o w n s
a ro u n d
bar
(M a rq u an d , 4 0 9 )*
• . . th a s p ra y f a l l * n a ro u n d u s l i k e t h i n r a i n
(T a n k , 2 & 7 ).
l u n y f l a k w a s b u r s t in g _ _ g l l . a r o u n d t h a p l a n a s , a n d t h a i n f a n t r y m a n s w a a t a d
o u t th a f ly e r s a t a re ry b u r s t
(T an k , 1 0 6 )*
S h e lls b u r s t a l l a ro u n d o s . . .
(T a n k , 2 5 2 )*
T h a m a y o r 's f a m i l y s a t ^
AASSAA t h e m , t h a o l d p e o p l e m a t e i n a c o r n e r
(T a n k , 1 8 0 ) .
A r e r y t h l n g w a s s t i l l *11 a r o u n d u s
(T an k , 5 8 ) .
H is b a d d i e s w a r s M l
h im , s i l e n t i n t h a d a r k
(T a n k , 1 9 )*
I c o u ld h e a r r o i c e s a n d m o an s a l l a r o u n d me
(T a n k , 1 6 9 ).
• . . a b o u t t h a 6 00 p o u n d s o f s t e a m c o u r s i n g t h r o u g h t h e p i p e s M i , a r o u n d
th e m .
(T an k , 4 ? ) ,
T h a n c a m e a h a l l — g r e a t b l a c k b a l l s o f f l a k * 1 1 TTTIMffl * *
(T an k , 1 6 ) .
Op i n t h a t r e e s o m a o f t h a l e a d k n o c k e d o f f P o n g ' s c a n t e e n a n d s p l a t t e r e d
A l l AESBAA h i m
(T a n k , 9 2 ) .
I t w as a t i n y b a ld s p o t, w ith b la c k h a i r a l l
i t , b a t i t w as a b a ld
s p o t J u s t t h a sam e
(C a in , 4 2 ) ,
S h e w a s a t a l l w o m a n i n f l o w i n g n e g l i g e e , w ho w a f t e d g r a c i o u s n e s s a l l
* y rm n fl h e r , p a t t i n g t h e w o r l d A t i t s e a s e
( C a i n , *4-2).
2* V I t h ,

to ,

a ll

th o s e p r e s e n t .

B a t h e s t o p p e d a n d s a i d g o o d ^ -b y e a l l
a g a in . ••
( P y la , 1 9 7 )*
V a t r a d e d g u n s M l AESSBA* * ° * c o u l d t r y t h e m a l l
(P y la , 1 8 8 ).
• ..th e y sh o o k h a n d s r a p id ly a l l a ro u n d .. .
( P y l e , 3 7 9 )*
Va r a i s e d th e m , to u c h e d g l a s s e s M l a r o u n d . . .
(P y la , 3 7 8 ).
. . .s h o o k b * * d . M l
a n d s te p p e d in to th a d a rk n e s s
( T a n k . 6l ) .
. . . t h a t w o u ld k i n d o f e a s e t h e p r e s s u r e a l l a r o u n d
(C a in , 2 b 7 ) .
3.

B re ry v h e re n e a rb y ;

th ro u g h o u t th a a r e a .

P la n e s w e re th r o b b in g a n d d ro n in g a l l a ro u n d i n th e sk y a b o re th e l i g h t
(P y la , 3 9 1 ).
A t n ig h t, a f t e r a s a l r o , we c o u ld h e a r th e f a r m e r s ' dogs a l l
y e l l i n g i n f r i g h t a s th o u g h th e y h a d b e e n k ic k e d
(P y le , 1 1 6 ).
. . .d e s p ite s h e lls M l a ro u n d
(P y la , 2 3 5 ).

T h e ra w e re r i f l e

).

f i r e t m o rta rs ,

a n d h a n d g re m d e s a i l ,

—

(P y le ,

186

S h e e a l d t h e r e w e r e G e r m a n s a l l £ £ 0£ g & * . .
(P y le , 3 7 6 ).
T h e re w ae sm oke a l l a r o u n d * . .
(P y le , 4 0 4 ).
. . . t h e y c o u ld h e a r v o ic e s a l l a ro u n d * . .
( P y le , 3 7 5 )*
T h e r e 's s n i p e r e a l l a r o u n d a n d t h e y ' l l s h o o t a t a c i g a r e t t e
( P y le , 4 2 7 )*
T h e re w ae m a c h in e g u n n in g a l l a r o u n d . . .
(P y le , 4 4 5 ).
D ead cow e l a y a l l a r o u n d i n t h e f i e l d e
( P y le , 4 3 2 )*
O ne o f n y p i l o t f r i e n d e t o l d m e t h a t o n o n e m i s s i o n , w h e n t h e f l a k w a e
b r e a k i n g ^ ) a r o u n d , h e d i d n ' t t h i n k m uch o f t h e d a n g e r . . •
( P y le , 2 2 3 )*
. . . w a te r k e p t s h o o tin g u p a l l a ro u n d . . .
(T an k , l i d ) .
. . . f i e l d w i r e w as t r i p p i n g t h e f e e t o f G ls d ig g in g i n a l l
(T a n k ,
1 * 4 )*
T h e y 'r e d r i - r i n g a l l a r o u n d i n t h a t c a r o f T e d a ' e . . .
(C a in , 1 9 1 )*
4.

In a l l

d ire c tio n s

a b o u t*

He l o o k e d a l l a r o u n d h im a e h e t a l k e d
( P y le , 4 3 3 )*
The e n t i r e n o s e o f a B -2 6 i s P l e x i g l a s s , a n d a n a n c a n s e e
u p an d a l l a ro u n d
(P y le , 3 2 4 ),
5.

In a l l re s p e c ts ;

▲11 i n a l l , a y f i r s t
(P y le , 2 9 7 ).
6.

in

s t r a i g h t dow n,

e r e r y w ay.

im p r e s s io n w as t h a t B u g !a n d w as b e t t e r ,

a l l a ro u n d

C o m p le te ; w h o le ; a d e q u a te *

The f i r s t d a y we h a d s n ip e r s f i r i n g i n t o o u r p e r im e te r (a n a r e a w ith
a l l a ro u n d d e fe n s e ) w ith e x p lo s iv e b u l l e t s . . •
(T an k , 9 )*
lU . a £ ja g * .
1.

S u d d e n ly ;

q u i c k l y a n d w i t h o u t w a rn in g *

A nd a n
t h e r e w as a d u l l s o r t o f s o u n d p ro o f s i l e n c e — an d
V a lte r c le a re d h ie th r o a t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 2 )*
AT 1
2 S £ 2 . b i s l i f e a n d e x p e r i e n c e s e e m e d c o m p r e s s e d b e t w e e n tw o w a r s ,
l i k e b o o k s b e t w e e n tw o b o o k - e n d s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 5 3 ) .
^ 1 a £ o n c e th e f r i e n d s h i p seem ed i n d e s t r u c t i b l e
(M a rq u a n d , 2 4 9 ) ,
▲11 a t o n c e . J e f f r e y r e a l i s e d t h a t h e h a d g o n e f u r t h e r t h a n h e h a d i n ­
te n d e d . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 3 ) .
T h e y m u s t h a r e t a l k e d f o r so m e t i m e , f o r g H a&. o n c e w h e n h e l o o k e d a t
th e c lo c k on th e m a n te l...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 6 ) .
A l l a t o n c e h e w is h e d t h a t J im w e re t h e r e , f o r J im h a d n e v e r s e e n t h a t
s id e o f h is l i f e
(M a rq u a n d , 4 2 7 ) .
o n c e , e v e n V a lte r V ew coabe h a d assu m ed a t r a g i c s h a p e . . .
(M a rq u a n d ,
A l l a t o n c e h e f e l t v e r y w e a ry , f o r h i s t i n e h a d n o t b e e n s e v e r e d s u d d e n ly
i n o n e g r a n d s w e e p * .•
(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 3 ) .

. . . b y c u t t i n g a e r o a s t o w n t o t h a V a s t S i d e H ig h w a y ’ a n d t h a n t a k i n g t h a
new P a rk w a y a n d c u t t i n g h a c k t o t h a S o u n d , h u t a l l a t o n c e h e f e l t
t h a w ay M adge m u s t h a r e
(M a rq u a n d , 9 0 ) .
A il a t o n c e h a f a i t v e r y w a rn , a n d k in d ly
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 3 )•
I t w aa i n c o n c e i v a b l e t o J e f f r e y t o t h i n k o f M in o t B o h e r te i n a p a t r o n i s i n g
w a y , h u t now a l l a t o n c e i t cam e o v e r h i m . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 7 * 0 •
W h erev er t h e y m ig h t h e , * 1 1 a t o n c e t h e f i e l d a n d t h e w oods a n d e v e n th e
co sy b ro o k assu m ed a s i n i s t e r a s p e c t
( M a r q u a n d , 5 * * 6 ).
T h e re sh e w as a n d t h e r e h e w as a n d a l l a t o n c e h e d id n o t w an t to w aken
h e r ...
(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 7 ) .
A l l a t o n c e h e s a w t h a t M a d g e w a s n o t t h i n k i n g a b o u t M r. O o r m a n . . •
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 9 )*
W hen y o u g o t g o o d a n d r e a d y , g o a t i t , a l l a t o n c e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 2 ) .
T h e re w as t h a t sam e l a p s e i n t o u n c o n s c io u s n e s s a n d a l l a t o n c e y o u w e re
th e re a g a in
(M a rq u a n d , 4 9 2 ) .
att a t o n c e h e f e l t m u c h b e t t e r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 9 )*
A l l a t o n c e h e w a s f a c e t o f a c e w i t h M a ria n n a M i l l e r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5* 0 •
^ 1
o nce th a t d r a f t o f h is h ad a s p u rio u s s o r t o f s ig n if ic a n c e
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 8 ) .
iyi 1 a t o n c e h e w a s g l a d t h a t s h e h a d a s k e d h i m
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 7 )*
T he f o r e i g n C o r r e s p o n d e n t, i t a l l a t o n c e a p p e a r e d , w as n o t a s to o p ­
s h o u ld e re d m an. . •
(M a rq u a n d , 2 5 / 7
2.

A t th e

sam e t i m e ;

to g e th e r;

s im u lta n e o u s ly .

S o m e ti m e s t h e w h i n e o f t h e s h e l l , t h e g e y s e r , t h e e x p l o s i o n , a n d t h e c o n ­
c u s s i o n com e a l l a t o n c e
(P y le , 2 7 8 ).
T h e y t o l d f u n n y s t o r i e s a b o u t how f o u r a n d f i r e m en cam e o u t e f a
b u rn in g ta n k a l l a t o n c e . . .
( P y l e , 26k) .
T h e y flew s o c l o s e t o g e t h e r t h a t a s m a n y a s t w e n t y d i r e b o m b e r s c o u l d b e
s e e n i n a d iv e a l l a t o n c e . . .
(P y le , 1 6 0 ).
T h e b e a c h w a s n 't b i g e n o u g h t o h a n d l e th e m a l l a t o n c e , s o t h e y 'd com e
i n a t s i g n a l s f r o m t h e com m and s h i p , m l o a d , a n d s te a m b a c k o u t t o
convoy f o r a sec o n d lo a d
(P y le , 2 8 ).
a l l b u t.

A lm o s t; n e a r l y .

H is p e r f e c t c o n d i t i o n i n g d a t e s b a c k t o W est P o i n t . . . w h e n v e s t p o c k e t
g rid m e n w e re a l l b u t unknow n
(T an k , 1 3 0 ) .
T h e y *11 b u t g e t a c h e e r w h en y o u a p p e a r w i t h t h e m . . •
(C a in , 1 6 6 ) .
■ W e ll — y o u d o n ' t m e a n h e a c t u a l l y l e f t t h e m o n e y o n t h e b u r e a u , d o y o u t ”
"A l l b u t . "
(C a in , 3 1 ).
to

b e a l l ------ c*-n d o .
s tre n g th .

To r e q u i r e

The b a g s w e re t e r r i f i c a l l y h e a v y ,
h a n d l e th e m
(P y le , 2 2 6 ).

a ll

and i t

o f o n e 's

w as a l l

a b ilitie s ,

th e

fa c ilitie s ,

b o y s c o u ld

to

all clear.

No danger; no obstruct ion; no entanglements.

...t h e y b ad ra d io e d b a ck th e " a l l c l e a r " s ig n a l
(T a n k , 202) .
I n p r e v i o u s r a i d s w e h a d d r o p p e d l e a f l e t s , b u t t h e Q -e rm a n a i r - r a i d
w a rd e n s a lw a y s s w e p t th e n u p b e f o r e s o u n d in g t h e " a l l c l e a r " . . .
(T an k , 1 2 7 ).
N il d ag .

T h ro u g h o u t m ost o f t h e

day;

th e

m ost p a r t

o f th e

day.

A t a n y r a t e , h e w as t h e r e a l l d a y a n d h e c o u l d n 't d o e n o u g h f o r u s
(P y le . 1 1 9 ).
. . .o v e rh e a d a l l d a y o u r p la n e s r o a r e d c o m f o r tin g ly
(P y le , h 2 0 ).
. . . t h e s k ie s h ad b een ro a rin g a l l d a y ...
(P y le , 3 8 8 ).
. . . a w a t e r g l a s s f u l o f r u m .. .p u t t h e c o lo n e l i n a m e r c i f u l s tu p o r a l l d a y
(P y le , 2 8 2 ).
We d r o v e a l l d a y
(P y le , 3 5 5 ).
I t i n t e r e s t e d J e f f i s y t o l e a r n t h a t t h e V ew co m b es, w ho m u s t h a v e b e e n
th e r e a l l d a y , h a d n o t a c h ie v e d a f ir s t- n a m e b a s i s y e t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 6 ) .
" I t ' s a p o e m , " M i n o t s a i d , " i t ' s b e e n r u n n i n g t h r o u g h my h e a d a l l d a y *
(M a rq u an d , 7 1 ) .
I 'v e th o u g h t a b o u t i t a l l d a y
( M a r q u a n d , 92).
" W e 'v e b e e n w o r k i n g a l l d a y . " B e c k i e s a i d , " a n d y o u ' v e m i s s e d i t "
(M a rq u an d , 1 1 * 0 .
a ii
t h e r e h a s b e e n th e m u ffle d so u n d o f g u n f i r e fro m b ey o n d th e
m o u n ta in
(T an k , 69) .
A ll d a y . . . th e y w a tc h e d p r o c e e d in g s a t th e o u t p o s t . . .
(Y a n k , 1 2 3 ) .
D o c to r s w ho h a d t o w o rk a t t o p s p e e d a l l d a y . . .
(Y a n k , l h 6 ) .
P o r t r e s s e s h a d d r o p p e d s u p p l i e s a n d a m m u n itio n a l l
(T a n k , 1 ^ 5 ) .
. . . t h e D ead f e d K id s h a d b e e n b e g g in g a l l d a y f o r p e r m i s s i o n to a t t a c k
W a la v h u m
(T a n k , 9 1 ) .
...th e r e
h a d b e e n o n ly t h r e e c a s u a l t i e s a l l d a y
(T a n k , 9 3 ) .
. . . b u t G r e e k m e n a n d w o m en — w o r k i n g a l l d a y o n t h e i r o w n . . .
(T a n k , 2 1 8 ) .
. . . t h e c o l o n e l s w e a te d o v e r t h e p i n b a l l m a c h in e a l l d a y
(T an k , 2 2 5 ) .
A n day lis te n in g to th e ra d io
(T a n k , 7 1 ) .
Y o u 'l l t r o t a l l
a n d y o u ' l l n e v e r g e t d o n e 1 ( C a i n , h-8 ) •
a l l dag s£d a l l
T h ro u g h o u t m ost o f th e d a y
m ost o f th e d ay a n d th e n i g h t ; a ro u n d th e c lo c k .
A nd i t w a s t h r i l l i n g , t o o , t o s e e t h e i n c e s s a n t h u r r y
s u p p ly t r u c k s t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s a l l d a y a n d q*
e v e ry th in g
(P y le , 2 3 5 ).
T h e n ml i dav- a j j j l a l l
g b t v e h ic le s o f th e re g im e n ts
lin e d u p ...
(P y le , 6 0 ;.
ati d a y a n d g l l q ^ g h t th e y c ro u c h i n t h e i r c l i f f s i d e
a l l d ay lo n g .

T h ro u g h o u t t h e w h o le o f t h e

day;

a n d th e n ig h t;

- h u r r y - h u r r y o f th e
, d e s p i t e a n y th in g and
fro m m ile s a ro u n d
c a v e s ...

a ll

(T an k , 1 8 0 ) .

o f th e d ay .

Bef o r * t h e n u v a « tw o h o u r * h i g h o u r t r o o p s h a d h o i l t p r i s o n e r - o f - w a r
cam p s, o a t o f h a r h e d w ir e , o n th e r o l l i n g h i l l s i d e s , a n d a l l d a y lo n g
g ro u p s o f s o l d i e r s a n d c i v i l i a n s w e re m a rc h e d a p th e r o a d s a n d i n t o th e
cam ps
(P y le , 3 0 ) .
A l l d a g l £ 2) £ S p i t f i r e s p a t r o l l e d a b o v e . . .
(P y le , h 2 ) .
T h ree w oaen d id n o t h i n g *11 d ay lo n g b a t r o l l b a t t e r i n t o l i t t l e ro u n d
b a lls
(P y le , 3 * H ).
A l l §&£ l o n g
h e r o d e a r o u n d i n a n L C T P ...
(P y le , 2 7 6 ).
A il
lo n g t h e d o c k w as a r i o t o f I t a l i a n s . . .
(P y le ,
2 2 6 ).
A ll d ay
t h e w a t e r s . . .a ro u n d A n s i o ,..w e r e c h u rn e d b y b i g a n d l i t t l e
s h ip s ..•
(P y le , 2 7 2 ).
11A l l d a y l o n g . * J e f f r e y s a i d , " s o m e o n e h a s b e e n a s k i n g m i f I d o n ' t w a n t
t o w a s h agr h a n d s ”
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 5 ) •
. . .h e r e a e a b e r e d w h a t J i a h a d s a i d ;
t h a t y o u c o u ld s ta y th e r e
£A2L
To m J u s t l o o k i n g a t t h e p e o p l e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 9 3 ) •
T o u 'd h a v e J u s t s t o o d a r o u n d s o a e s t o r e , a l l
w a itin g f o r th e ch an ce
t o m ake a l i v i n g , a n d n o t
m a k in g i t
(C a in , 5 0 ) .
a ll

rtnT»<Typt

T h ro u g h o u t;

t h e w h o le t i a e

o f;

a ll

o f.

A H d -q T iry r t h e l o n g t r i p o v e r , I h a d a v a g u e f e e l i n g t h a t s o m e t h i n g b a d
w as g o in g t o h a p p e n
(P y le , 9 2 ).
AT 1 & n r t » v t h e a f t e r n o o n w e e x c h a n g e d f i r e w i t h t h e m . . .
(T a n k , 9 ) .
...A r c h i b a l d D a a a s k in o s .. . to s ta n d f ir m ly f o r th e r i g h t s o f h i s p e o p le
a g a i n s t t h e G e rm a n s a l l . d a r i n g t h e o c c u p a t io n
(T an k , 2 2 1 ) .
. . . a l l d riv in g t h e f o l l o w i n g w eek A r c h ie w as r a g i n g a t t h e i n f e r i o r q u a l i t y
o f th e to p s i r l o i n s . ••
( C a i n , 2 1 * 5 ).
a lle rg ic to .
and th e l i k e .
...h e

la s ily

m ost n o t b e

a l l . £ v jn i^ B & a
e v e n in g .

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c a t.

...it

is

n il

gone.

by, as

by c e r ta in

e v " ^

e v e n in g ;

to

g e t le s s

U sed u p ;

(T a n k ,

f o r th e

d u s t,

1 ^ 2 ).

m o st p a r t o f th e

(M a rq u a n d , l h 9 ) .

A c a t o f no p a r t i c u l a r b re e d ; a

p o s s ib le

fo o d s, p o lle n ,

to ...h e a t ra sh , a a la r ia ...

T h ro u g h o u t m ost o f th e

T o u 'v e b e e n w o r r i e d a l l
* ii* Y

m ade i l l

c o s tly

d is s ip a te d ;

fu rs,

c a t o f m ix e d b r e e d s .

such a s a lle y

fin is h e d ;

c e a se d to

The w h is k e y a n d g i n w e re a l l g o n e . . .
( P y l e , 337)
W a ld o h a d b e e n
t o J e f f r e y b a c k t h e r e , a n d now i t
( M a r q u a n d , 33)*
H er f r e c k l e s w e re a l l g o n e .. .
(C a in , 1 9 0 ).

c a t. ..

(T a n k ,

e x is t.

w as a l l

gone

227)*

a l l hgnds.

lS v e ry o n e ;

a ll

th a p e o p le

He c u t o f f p i e c e s a b o u t s i x i n c h e s
T ren c h
(P y le , 3 7 7 )•
All h a n d s c l a m b e r e d t o t h e g u n s . . .
to

c o n c e rn e d *

lo n g f o r a l l h a n d s . A m e ric a n a n d
( T a n k , 2,5*0.

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o n e m a st do*
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d i f f i c u l t b u t r a t h e r e a s y o r s im p le ; i r o n i c n e g a ti v e .)

. . . a s lo n g a s a m an w a s i n u n i f o r m a l l h e h a d t o d o w a s t o w a lk i n a n d
s i t dow n**.
( P y le , 1 7 2 )*
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( P y l e , * * 0 5 )•
T h ese s e c tio n s w e re l a i d a c r o s s th e ro a d a n d a l l we h a d to do w as p ic k
th e m u p a n d l a y th e m a s i d e
( P y le , 2 9 )*
A la y m a n w o u ld t h i n k a l l we h a d
do w as h o o k a c h a in to th e t a n k * ..
( P y l e , * * 2 9 ).
A ti h e h a s t o d o i s t o p r e s s a b u t t o n w h e n h e w a n t s a n y t h i n g
(G a rd n e r,
a l l h o u rs*

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(P y le , 2 9 7 ).
A ll i n a l l , i t w as o n e o f th e m o st m e rry C h ris tm a s e s P f c . S h e a e v e r
e x p e rie n c e d * . .
( T a n k , 18**)*
A ll i n a l l , i t w as a c h e a p v i c t o r y
( T a n k , 1**7)*
A ll i n a l l . I s h o u ld b e a h a p p y g u y
(T an k , 101) .
A ll i n a l l . h e th o u g h t th e J a p s w e re " p r e t t y s l i c k " f i g h t e r s . . . (T an k , .
A l l i n a l l . M i l d r e d w a s s u r e s h e d e t e c t e d o n e o f Y e d a 's f i n e s c h e m e s
(C a in , 1 3 2 ) .
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( P y l e , 3 * * 3 ).
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t h a t a l l I 'm g o o d f o r i s p a t t i n g o n a u n i f o r m a n d w a i t i n g o n o t h e r
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. . . t h e r e w as a l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n o f r u s t i n g f a r m im p le m e n ts — a l l k i n d s
g f p lo w s ...
(P y le , h l3 ) .
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(P y le , hh9 ) .
. . . I saw t h e p i l o t s d o a l l k i n d s o f t h i n g s a f t e r t h e i r l a s t f l i g h t s
(P y le , 1 7 2 ).
T hey s e n t u p a l l
o f w e ird th i n g s fro m t h e i r a c k - a c k g u n s
(P y le , 1 6 8 ).
B u t m en o u g h t t o h e t r a i n e d t o s e t u p t h e i r g u n s o n all
o f te rra in
(T an k , 1 5 0 ).
I t w i l l t a k e a l l T r in e s o f d i r t y t r e a t m e n t a n d s t i l l f i r e w h e n y o u n e e d i t
(T an k , l h 8 ) ,
. . . t o h e d u l y i n s c r i b e d o n t h e n o s e o f a P o r t b y so m e w e a r y J o e w ho h a s
s e e n a l l k in d s o f nam es ta g g e d o n to B - 1 7 s ...
(T a n k , 8 6 ) .
. . . l e a d i n g a m u le p a c k t r a i n l o a d e d w i t h
k i n d s o f a m m u n itio n
(T an k ,
9 3 ).
. . . h e a s k e d me a l l k i n d s o f f o o l q u e s t i o n s . . .
(T a n k , 2 1 7 ) .
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o f*

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T h a t 's t h e w ay i t w a s e l l n i g h t
( P y la . 3 9 1 )*
He s ta y e d u p e l l n i g h t to o
(P rle . 3 8 7 ).
. . . b u l l e t s w a ra s in g in g a ro u n d th e n a l l n i g h t
( P y la , 3 8 8 )*
H r e r y d a y h e 'd b u y $ 1.50 w o r t h o f t h r e e - c e n t n e w s p a p e r s a n d t h a n r e a d
th a n a l l n ig h t
(P y la , b ? ) .
I t seeaed lik e g ^ l n ig h t to ae
(P y la , b 2 9 ).
...w e h a d d riv e n a l l n ig h t in & d u s t s to r a
( P y l e , 3 9 3 )*
T h ey h o p e d t h e y w o u ld s t a y u p t h e r e a l l n i g h t . . .
(P y le , h 4 3 ).
W ith in h a l f a n h o u r t h e y h a d r u n i n t o a n ew f i g h t t h a t l a s t e d SU L
( P y l e , U b -a ).
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( P y la , 3 9 7 )*
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(P y la , 3 8 5 )•
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( P y la , 3 8 5 )*
The A a e rio a n s h a d a t t a c k e d ^
n ig h t. .•
( P y le , 3 7 9 )*
Ea w o rk e d § H
a lo n g w ith th a r e s t , a a d h e n e v e r g o t c r o s s o r r a i s e d
h is v o ic e
(P y la , 7 2 ).
Wa p u t t h a h o r s e i n T fcicle B r i c k ' s c a b i n a n d l e f t i t t h e r e a l l . n i g h t
(H aw
Y o rk e r, X X III, S e p t. 6 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 2 2 ) .
I re a d i t a l l n ig h t a t th a h o te l
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 ) .
...lo o k e d v e ry l i s p , w ith d eep c i r c l e s u n d e r h is a y e s b e c a u se h a h ad b ean
up n il n ig h t — b u t n il n ig h t
(M a rq u a n d , b l 9 ) .
T hey n a y b e g o in g a l l n ig h t
(N trq u a a d , 5 )*
T hey n a rs h a d a l l n i g h t
(Y a n k , 1 2 5 ) .
Y ou sit u p a l l night
(Yank, 1 1 6 ) *
I w as u p a l l n ig h t
(Y a n k , 2 0 9 )*
A ll n ig h t t h a p r i n t i n g p r e s s e s huam ed
(Y a n k , 1 2 8 ) .
. . . t h e and o f an a l l n ig h t a i s s i o n ...
(Y a n k , 2 5 3 ) .
A ll n ig h t o r u n t i l wa te le p h o n e y o u (G a rd n e r, 6 9 ) .
Bo I w a i t h a r a a l l n i g h t !
(G a rd n e r, 6 9 )•
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1 2 9 )*
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lik e .

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T h e y • . . w a r e now i n a l i t t l e a l l - n i g h t c o c k t a i l b a r i n S s u i t a M o n ic a
( C a i n , 2^ 9 ) .
T h e y d r o v e a d o s e n b l o c k s b e f o r e M ason f o u n d a n a l l - n i g h t r e s t a u r a n t w i t h
a p u b lic te le p h o n e
(G a rd n e r, 8 0 ) .

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Throughout all of tha night; during all of tha night*

A nd a l l n i g h t i n n # t h a l i t t e r b a a r a r o w o u l d b e c o m in g a n d g o i n g w i t h n o w
w ounded
(P y le , 4 7 ) .
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* 4 * v a l l e y b a o i d e u a a n d t h e mountains and tha Talleys over
the hill w e r e dotted and punctured with the great basts o f the g u n s
(P y le , 9 8 ).
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th e s k y a b o v e u s w ae f u l l o f t h a d ro n e o f p l a n e s . . .
(P y le ,
3 2 ^ 7 ^
O u r g u n s k e p t u p t h e i r b o o m in g a l l n i g h t l o n g . . .
(P y le , 3 7 0 )*
A f te r t h r e e s o l i d w eek s o f b e in g k e p t aw ake a l l n ig h t lo n g b y t h e g u n s . . .
t h a t w as n o t h a r d to b e lie v e
(P y le , 3 8 1 ).
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..
(P y le , 3 8 2 ).
A l l f t i g f e t Ifi& fc
o u t f i t re m a in e d s i l e n t . . .
(T an k , 2 0 ) .
• . . k e p t o n c r a w l i n g d e e p e r i n t o o u r a r e a a l l n i g h t long, c r e e p i n g f r o m
b u t» h t o t r e e . . .
(T a n k , 5 4 ) .
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of

S u d d e n ly ;

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th e n a l l o f a n l& s £ g n t t h e u n iv e r s e b ecam e f i l l e d
r a t t l i n g . ••
(P y le , 4 3 6 ).
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o f a jQ ld fB a .

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q u ic k ly *

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in s ta n tly *

. . . a n d ^ 1 &£ & s u d d e n cam e t h a t f a m i l i a r a n d r a p i d w h in e
(P y le , 151 )•
We h a d J u s t s t a r t e d e a t i n g w h e n a l l o f a s u d d e n . . . c a m e a s h e l l r i g h t o v e r
o u r h e a d s * .•
(P y le , 1 9 2 ).
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A nd t h e n a f t e r t h e t h i r d d a y , a l l o f a s u d d e n t h e r e w a s n e v e r a n enem y
p la n e a g a in
( P y le , 3*0*
T hen a l l o f a s u d d e n a r o u n d f o u r o 'c l o c k G e n e ra l Q u a r te r s s o u n d e d
(P y le ,
7 ).
A l l o f a s u d d e n h e s a i d , " S a y , w h e r e ' s t h i s W o rm a n d y b e a c h h e a d i t t a l k s
about in h era t"
(P y le , 3 8 1 ).
. . . a l l o f a s u d d e n a c o - o p le o f s h e l l s w o u l d s m a c k t h e w a t e r J u s t o f f s h o r e
(P y l« . 25571
B u t t h e r e i n t h a t p l a n e , a l l o f a s u d d e n , th in g s d id seem r o m a n tic
(P y le ,
2 9 5 ).
A l l o f a s u d d e n a b u n c h o f d o g s cam e y o w lin g dow n t h e s t r e e t . . •
(P y le ,
“ & 0 3 7 . ---------We w e r e J u s t r e a d y t o s t a r t w h e n a l l o f a d u d d e n b u l l e t s c a m e w h i p p i n g
s a v a g e ly r i g h t ab o v e o u r h e a d s
( P y le ," " " 4 6 o ) .
. . . 1 d e c id e d a l l o f a s u d d e n t h a t I c o u l d n 't f a c e C r a t i o n s t h a t e v e n in g
( P y l e . 408).
T hen a l l o f a s u d d e n th e y fo u n d th e m s e lv e s o n a t r a n s p o r t . . .
(T an k , 3 2 ) .
H e 'd b e e n d r i n k i n g p r e t t y h e a v y , a n d , a l l o f a s u d d e n , h e s t r a i g h t e n e d u p
a n d th re w t h e w h is k e y b o t t l e t o o n e s i d e
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 3 )*
W a l l y s a i d b y G od h e h a d a n o t i o n t o f i n d o u t , w h e n a l l o f a s u d d e n h e w a s
s ta n d in g th e r e w ith o p en m o u th ..•
(C a in , 1 2 5 ) .

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All of that which hao been previously stated or implied.

Ho w o u l d n o t r e m e m b e r , b o e a u o o h o h a d s e e n t o o m u c h — t o o m a n y p e o p l e t
t o o m any f a c e s , a l l o f w h ic h w o re m e rg e d l a t h e t r i r i a l l t l e e o f e v e r y
day
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 2 )*
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T h a t a f t e r n o o n o u r H i g h C om m and h a d c a l l e d f o r
th e c ity
(P y le , 8 0 ) .
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1 7 7 ).

a n a l l - o u t b o m b a rd m e n t o f

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19 ^ 1 , 2 6 ) .
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T h e y *11 g e t l i t t l e g l o r y b a c k hom e w h e n i t * s s i l l o v e r , b u t t h e y h a d so sw
re c o m p e n s e r i g h t t h e r e i n t h e g r a t i t u d e o f t k e m en th e y t r e a t e d
(P y le ,
5 7 ).
W hen i t w a s a l l o v e r a n d d a y l i g h t c a m e w i t h a c a l m a n d u n n a t u r a l q U e t , a
ra in b o w fo rm e d o v e r th e m o u n ta in a h e a d o f u s
(P y le , 1 1 6 ).
H e n c e t h e n e w m en w o u l d h a v e t o . . . i n h a b i t t h o s e f o x h o l e s a h e a d o f u s
u n t i l , i t w as a l l o v e r (P y le , 2 7 1 ) ,
S h e knew i t w a* f l i i o v e r w h e n s h e p u t dow n t h e p i c t u r e , b u t t h e r e s h o u l d b e
r e g r e t, a c e r ta in te n d e rn e s s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 3 ) .
A nd t h e A d m ir a l h a d s a i d t h a t t h e A m e r ic a n f l e e t c o u l d m e e t t h e J a p a n e s e
f l e e t a n y m o rn in g a n d i t w o u ld & U . b e o v e r i n t i m e f o r l u n c h
(M a rq u an d ,
5 1 0 ).
I t w i l l a l l b e o v e r ., d e a r
( M a r q u a n d , * * 7 2 ).
M ay b e i t ' l l h a n » i i o v e r w i t h o u t o u r b e i n g i n i t , I d o n ' t k n o w
(M a rq u a n d ,

300).

J u s t t h i n k w h e n t h i s i s a l l . fiX flk a n d t h e c a m e r a m e n b a c k o n t h e
H o lly w o o d s t a r t b r a g g i n g . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 0 ) .
W hen i t »s
1 o v e r w e ' l l g o b a c k t o o u r l a c e —t r i m m e d u n d i e s . . .

lo t

in

(T a n k , 2 1 5 ) .

3 . R e c o v e re d fro m ; w e ll o f .
H e w a s c a r r i e d b a c k , a n d t e n minutes l a t e r w a s a l l
an d a s c h ip p e r a s anybody
(P y le , 5 7 ).

over h is

sudden a tta c k

h. Throughout one's body; in all parte of one's body.
S o n s o f t h e c o a t s . . . w i l l k e e p a w o m an w a rm a l l o v e r
(C a in , 2 2 7 )*
...w h e n th e y g o t m a d ...t h e y tr e m b le d a l l o v e r . . . (T an k , 2 ^ 5 ) .
M ild re d f e l t p r i c k l y a U . o v e r . . .
(C a in , 1 ^ 5 ) •
T hen sh e n o tic e d h e w as h e a v il y s u n b u rn e d a l l o v e r , b u t e v e n t h i s d i d n 't
a c c o u n t f o r a s l i g h t l y L a t i n l o o k a b o u t h im
(C a in , 88) .
And t h e c a n n o n e e r s s a i d t h a t s o m e t i m e s a d o g w o u l d j u s t s t a n d e n d s h a k e
a l l o v e r w ith f r i g h t a f t e r a b ig g u n h a d g o n e o f f
(P y le , 1 1 6 ).
. . . I began to g e t so re a l l o v e r ...
(P y le , h 3 7 ).
A m an w i t h t h i s a i l m e n t a c h e s • U . o v e r a n d h a s a h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e
(P y le ,
4 6 ).
5.

A lm o s t e v e r y w h e r e

(in );

th ro u g h o u t

(a lm o s t a l l

o f).

T hey r a n a l l o v e r . . .
(P y le , 4 0 5 ) •
I h a d b e e n w eak a l l o v e r T u n is ia a n d S i c i l y . . .
(P y le , 2 3 3 ).
So h e h a d b e e n r u n n i n g a r o u n d a l l o v e r A l g i e r s t e l l i n g p e o p l e w h a t a w o n d e r
f u l p e r s o n I w a s b e c a u s e 1 t u r n e d dow n $ 1 5 0 0 a t hom e b u t d i d o n e f o r
n o th in g o v e r th e r e
(P y le , 9 4 ) .
P e o p le r o d e o n to p o f th e c a r s a n d hu n g a l l o v e r th e s id e s
( P y le , 1 3 5 )*
T he r e m a in d e r s p l a t t e r e d t h e m s e l v e s a l l o v e r t h e r i s e p a d d i e s o f C h in a
(P y le , 3 1 6 ).
T h e O e rm a n e w o u l d b e d u g i n a l l o v e r t h e w o o d s . . •
(P y le , 4 4 2 ).
He h o o k e d i t b y l o u d - s p e a k e r s i n t o b a r r a c k s a l l o v e r t h e
p la c e (P y le , 3 3 6 )
He h a d r u n r e s t a u r a n t s a l l o v e r A m e r i c a . . .
(P y le , 3 4 1 ).
. . . p i e c e s o f f l a k w e re f a l l i n g a l l o v e r th e o r c h a r d
(P y le , 3 7 0 ).
. . . p e r s o n a l b e lo n g in g s w e re s tre w n a l l o v e r th o s e b i t t e r
sa n d s (P y le , 3 6 0 )
. . . t h e y w e re th ro w in g r o c k s a l l o v e r y o u
T P y le , 365) .
E id s w e re a l l o v e r t h e ta n k s l i k e f l i e s
(P y le , 4 6 0 ).
T h e y p i n n e d b r i g h t l i t t l e flags a n d b a d g e s a l l o v e r y o u
( P y l e , 458).
The s h i p r a n w i t h l i g h t s o n a l l o v e r i t . . .
(P y le , 2 8 7 ).
A ll o v e r t h e b u s h y s l o p e . . .y o u saw l i t t l e g r o u p s o f m e n ...
(P y le , 2 7 0 ).
T h e re w as d e b r is f l y i n g b a c k a n d f o r t h a l l o v e r t h e
ro o m ( P y l e , 2 4 7 ) .
■ v e r y n ow a n d t h e n h e w o u l d m i s s t h e s t a k e w i t h t h e
h e l m e t a n d w o u ld
sq u ash an d a l l o v e r h im s e lf
(P y le , 3 9 6 ).
. . . I p re p a re d a la r g e box f o r m y s e lf, w ith h o rs e s h o e s ta c k e d a l l o v e r i t
(P y le , 3 5 1 ).
. . . a l l o v e r i t w e re e n g ra v e d nam es a n d p la c e s
(P y le , 2 1 6 ).
. . .w h e n s h e c a m e r o m p i n g b a c k t o c a m p a f t e r a w h i r l w i t h s o m e g a y I t a l i a n
d o g s h e w o u l d ju m p a l l o v e r t h e o l d t i m e s e r g e a n t s a n d l i c k t h e i r f a c e s
...
(P y le , 1 9 1 ).
...s o m e o f t h e i r v e r y b e s t f r i e n d s w e re c r i t i c s a n d b o o k p e g e e d i t o r s , n o t
o n l y i n Hew T o r k , b u t a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 8 ) .
. . . t h e h a y h a d b e e n f i r e p r o o f e d b y s o m e th in g t h a t h a d b e e n s q u i r t e d a l l
over i t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 0 ) .
. . .w a s n ow h e l d i n p l a c e b y so m e s o r t o f l o t i o n w h i c h J i m a l w a y s s p i l l e d
a l l o v e r t h e b a th ro o m
(M a rq u a n d , 5 9 ) .
T he b a n d o f P a r t i s a n s t o w h ic h S e r r a n o b e lo n g e d w as e v i d e n t l y o n ly o n e o f
m any b a n d s o p e r a t i n g a l l o v e r I t a l y . . .
(T a n k , 2 6 ) .
F ro m a l l o v e r t h e s h i p c a m e t h e o c i t e d v o i c e s o f t a l k e r s . . .
(T an k , 4 5 ) .

Y e* s i r * n o o n * can s a y t h a t t h a O ld . C o m p a n y i s n o t w a l l r a p r e s a n t a d i n
th a fo x h o le s a n d tr a n c h e s o f o u r f i g h t i n g f r o n t s a l l o r a r th a g lo b e
(Y a n k , 8 * 0 .
H a , ..flaw all o r a r t h a s t a t e . . .
(Y a n k , 1 6 6 ) .
C h are v a r a a l o t o f w ounded a l l o r a r t h a p l a c e n o w ...
(Y a n k , 1 6 8 ) .
Ammo b o x e s
e v e r y th in g e l s e w a re f l y i n g a l l o r a r th a p la n a
(Y a n k , 2 0 7 )*
Who t h e h e l l ' s g o i n g t o c h a s e a l l o v e r B r i t a i n c o u n t i n g d o g s T
(Y a n k , 2 0 8 )*
By S a tu r d a y n i g h t t h e r e w a re r e p o r t s a l l o v e r t h a l i n e s t h a t a U .S .
d iv is io n h a d .. •
(Y a n k , 1 0 9 )*
. . . b u t h i s b o u n d le s s e n e r g y a n d tre m e n d o u s v o c a l p o w e rs v a r a w a l l know n
a l l o v e r T ran c e
(Y a n k , 1 1 0 ) .
T hey f e e d o n th a d e a d a n d r u n a l l o v e r th a p l a c e a t n ig h t
( Y a n k , 6l ) .
V s .. .s tu m b le d a l l o v e r o u r s e l v e s
(T a n k , 1 8 6 ) .
...G e r m a n s h e l l s b e g a n f a l l i n g a l l o v e r t h a p l a c e
(Y a n k , 2 * tl) .
...c y l i n d r i c a l c la y s h in g le s a l l o v er i t s r o o f . . .
(Y a n k , 1 8 8 ) .
. . . J a n e a n d I u s e d t o w a lk a l l o v e r i t i n t h a b la c k o u t
(Y a n k , 1 8 7 )*
His t h r e w t h a s u m o s a l l o v e r t h a m a t
(Y a n k , 1 8 6 ) .
. . . i n s p i r a t i o n a l p o s t e r s ta c k e d u p b y s p e c i a l s q u a d s o f G Is a l l o v e r
lib e ra te d te r r ito r y
(Y a n k , 1 2 8 )*
...t h o u s a n d s o f b o x e s l a y p u r p o s e ly u n c la im e d o n w h a rv e s a l l o v e r t h e
c o m b a ta n t w o r l d . . .
(Y a n k , 1 4 0 ) .
J e r r y w as a l l o y e r th e c o u n t r y ..•
(Y a n k , 1 2 ) .
T ro n a l l o v e r th e p o r t s id e o f t h a s h i p . . .
(Y a n k , 2 2 3 ) .
...the ol • ‘
boy had phone calls froa all over t h a country..• ( Y a n k , 225).

...glass bottles all oyer tha kitchen

(Tank, 239)*

P a u l B r a k e . . . r e l a x e d a l l o v e r t h a b i g , l e a t h e r c h a i r i n M a s o n 's o f f i c e
(G a rd n e r, 9 ) .
P a p e rs w a rs a l l o v e r th a f l o o r
( G a r d n e r , 4 -9 ).
M a s o n s a i d , 111 k n o w n o w w h y y o u l i k e t o s p r a w l a l l o v e r o u r o f f i c e , P a u l
(G a rd n e r, 6 0 )•
I s to o d r i g h t th e r e w ith s o ld sw e a t b re a k in g a l l o v e r a e . . .
(G a rd n e r. 1 7 1 )*
M ason s a i d , "Y o u r f i n g e r p r i n t s a r e a l l o y e r t h e p l a c e "
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 8 ).
I f h e h a d d o n e t h a t , h e w o u ld h a v e b e e n f a r t o o c a u t i o u s t o h a v e l e f t h i s
f i n g e r p r i n t s a l l o y e r th e a p a rtm e n t
(G a rd n e r, 2 1 1 )*
He w e n t b a c k t o t h e d e n , s n a p p e d o n t h e l i g h t , a n d l o o k e d s i l l o v e r t h e
f l o o r w h e re h e h a d b e e n p l a y i n g w i t h B ay
(C a in , 6 0 ) .
. . . I r e a l l y d o n 't know a g r e a t d e a l a b o u t i t , e x c e p t t h a t i t ' s a l l o v e r
P a s a d e n a , an d y o u h a r d ly h e a r a n y th in g e ls e
( C a i n , 1*4-1).
. . . l i g h t s w ent u p a l l o v e r th e f i r s t f l o o r * ..
(C a in , 2 3 0 ).
So w e g o u s e d t o w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r , a n d d o n ' t c o m m e n c e b u m p in g a n d s t e p p i n g
a l l o v e r e a c h o t h e r 's fe e tT
(C a in , 1 1 9 )*
. . . h e d o e s com e hom e w i t h c h a l k a l l o v e r h im
( C a in , 1 7 7 )*
...all travel together, all over Mur ope.. .
( C a i n , 217).
He w a s p a i n s t a k i n g a b o u t t h i s t o o , s h o o t i n g t h e w a t e r a l l o v e r t h e t r e e s ,
dow n o n t h e s p a d e d c i r c l e s o f e a r t h . . .
(C a in , l ) .
. . . a s t r i n g o f b e a d s t h a t b r o k e a n d w e n t b o u n c in g a l l o v e r t h e ro o m
(C a in , 2 5 * 0 .
In a v o ic e th a t c o u ld b e h e a rd a l l o v e r th e h o u s e , h e b e llo w e d ...
(C a in ,
5 8 ).
O ne d a y t h e r e w a s t h r e e i n s i d e , s i t t i n g a l l o v e r t h e g i r l s ' l a p s . . .
(C a in ,
1 9 1 ).

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T h e n B e r t s a i d i t a l l o v e r a g a i n . a n d t h e n a p e n .e e f e l l b e t w e e n th e m
(C a in , 8 5 ) .
S ta r t a l l o r e r a g a in
(C a in , 7 7 ) .
. . . s u p p o s e 70 a b e d t o d o i t a l l o r e r a g a i n ( T a n k , 2 2 1 ) *
. . . a n d n e x t d a y w e ' l l g o h a c k a n d d o i t a l l o r e r S&llL ( T a n k , 5 5 ) .
a ll

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1 c a l l e d h i e a f i g h t i n g n a m e , a n d w e n i x e d a l l . o v e r U jg , p l a c e *
(G a rd n e r,
1 1 3 ).
V s .. .v i v e d l a T ra n c e §12: o r e r t h e p l a c e . . • ( P y le , 3 7 8 )*
T h is o n e v e n t i n a do s e n d i r e c t i o n s , B ra n c h in g
o v er th e p la c e
lik e a
p ear tre e
(T a n k , 3 1 ) .
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o tpt t h e p l a c e . . .
^ P y le , 2 5 8 )*
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g e n e ra lly ;

w id e ly *

• • . a n d p e o p l e c a n e f r o m a l l o v e r to w n t o j o i n t h o s e a l r e a d y o n t h e h i l l
(T an k , 1 0 5 ) .
I t w a s s o m e th in g y o u d i d n o t s h o u t a l l o v e r to w n
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 h ) .
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He d o e s n ' t l i k e t o t a l k a b o u t h i s a d v e n t u r e s , b u t h e ' s b e e n a l l
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2 2 6 )*

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• . . t h e A m e ric a n L e g io n c o n v e n t i o n s a n d t h e r e c e p t i o n s f o r L i n d b e r g i n
f i l l m l to g e th e r
(T e a k , 2 1 8 )*
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1927

re a d in e s s *

The I t a l i a n s w e re n o t so q u ic k a n d e f f i c i e n t a s we w e r e , a n d a b o u t t h e t i m e
S a v in o g o t a p a c k t r a i n a l l r e a d y , e v e r y t h i n g c o l l a p s e d a n d c h a o s
re ig n e d
( P y l e , lh- 6 )*
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S h e b a d a n i c e n i g h t , t e m p e r a t u r e c o n s t a n t a n d we th o u g h t s h e 'd b e a l l
r i g h t i n a fe w h o u r s
(C a in , 1 0 0 )*

S a y I >■ « 1 1 r ^ h t . a n d t h e f u n e r a l l a t o m o r r o w a t t w e l v e , a n d h o n i c e t o
her
C c n T a , 10 ? ) •
I 'i t i l
( C a in , 1 1 1 )*
He h a d t h o u g h t t h a t s o m e t h i n g w o u l d h e b r o k e n , h u t h e f e l t a l l r i g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 2 3 2 ) .
T e l l h e r I ' r e s e e n h e r u n c l e ; t h a t h e 's a l l r i g h t a n d w a n ts t o h e r e a e a h e re d to h e r
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 2 )•
H e 'l l h e a l l r i g h t , o f c o u r s e , . .
(T a n k , 1 9 3 )*
▲ re y o u a l l r i g h t !
(M a rq u an d , 3 6 ? )*
" Y e s , I 'm a l l r i g h t " . h e h e a r d J im s a y
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 ? ) •
M ild re d s a i d h e w as a l l r i g h t , a n d l i s t e n e d w h ile M rs. G a s s i e r a d d e d a
fe w m o r e d e t a i l s , . .
(C a in , 3 l) »
Oh B e r t ' s a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 1 0 ) ,
B e r t 's a l l r i g h t
(C a in . 1 0 ) ,
▲sk th e m t o p l e a s e s e n d s o m e o n e o u t t o t h e a p a r t m e n t t o m a k e s u r e h e ' s
a l l rig h t
(G a rd n e r, 7 8 ),
He w a n t e d me t o t e l l y o u t h a t h e w a s a l l r i g h t a n d n o t t o w o r r y a b o u t h im
(G a rd n e r, 5 8 ) •
I t w o u ld h e a l o t b e t t e r i f I t h o u g h t U n c le A ld e n w a s a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r,
2 4 ).
" Y e s , t h e y 'T e b e e n a l l r i g h t . t h a n k s , " J e f f r e y s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 9 6 )*
" I 'l l he *11 r i g h t i n a m in ts ,” sh e s a i d . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 9 9 )*
” T 'm
r ig h t m w ." she s a i d ...
(M a rq u a n d , 9 9 )*
ir e you al 1 r ig h t!
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 0 ) .
" Y e s , " h e c a l l e d h a c k , " I 'm a i l r i g h t "
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 0 ) •
. . . h e h a d a s s u r e d h im s e lf I w as
rig h t
( P y le , 3 4 5 )*
. . . m o s t o f t h e m w e r e , . , " e x h a u s t i o n ” c a s e s a n d w o u l d h e *11 r i g h t a f t e r a
fe w d a y s r e s t
( P y l e , 2 8 9 )*
B u t a f t e r t h e y s a w I w a s a i l r i g h t t h e y b e g a n t o laugh. . .
(P y le , 2 4 9 ).
S e rg e a n t D onadeo lo o k e d a l i t t l e th in n e r th a n h e u s e d t o , h u t h e w as s t i l l
A il rig h t
(P y le , 2 5 9 ),
■ A re y o u a l l r i g h t ? ■ I a s k e d s t u p i d l y
(P y le , 4 5 3 )•
He s t i l l h a d s o m e p a i n i n h i s h a c k , h u t s h e g u e s s e d h e w a s a l l r i g h t . . .
(P y le , 3 0 4 ).
2 , G ood; s a t i s f a c t o r y ; w e ll (a s a p r e d ic a te a d j e c t i v e ) .
Z f i t w a s J u s t h i s h e a r t , t h a t w o u ld h e a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 8 1 ) ,
S he s p o k e t o th e m , a s k e d i f e v e r y t h i n g m s a l l r i g h t , r e c e i v e d t h e i r
c o n g r a tu la tio n s ...
(C a in , 1 2 4 ) ,
I t ' s a l l r i g h t to h e p ro u d , a n d I lo v e y o u f o r i t
(C a in , 5 1 )*
B e c a u s e t h a t g r a s s w id o w , s h e w e n t h a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n , w h e r e a l l w om en
b e lo n g , a n d t h a t m akes i t a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 2 4 ) ,
I s e v e ry th in g a l l r i g h t u p s ta ir s ?
( C a in , 1 7 9 )«
I t ' s a l l r i g h t t o t a l k a b o u t r e s p e c t a b i l i t y i f y o u 'v e b e e n e d u c a t e d s o
you can g e t b y ...
(G a rd n e r, 7 3 )•
T h e y ' l l hand y o u a l i n e a n d t e l l y o u . . . t h a t i f y o u d o n ' t h e a r f r o m th e m ,
i t ' l l he a l l rig h t
(G a rd n e r, 7 9 ) .
T h a t m ay h e a l l r i g h t f o r o l d e r p e o p l e
(C a in , 1 6 8 ) .

" I t ' s f t i i r l A t .1 J e f f r e y s a i d , a n d s o m e t h i n g m a d s h im r s p e a t i t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 7 ) •
" I t 's q u ite a l l r i g h t . " B uchanan s a id
(M a rq u a n d , 1 4 5 ) •
H e c o u l d a l m o s t h e a r M in o t s a y i n g t h a t J e w s w e r e a l l r i g h t i f t h e r e w e r e
n o t t o o m any o f t h e m . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 1 )*
As s o o n a s h e h a d s p o k e n t o S i n c l a i r H e r r i w e l l , i t w o u ld h e a l 1 r i g h t t o
l e a v e , i f h e a n d M adge c o u l d f i n d
t h e i r c o a t s ( M a r q u a n d , 3 * 4 4 ).
I t 's q u ite
rig h t.
i f t h a t ' s how i t h a p p e n e d ,h u t y o u c a n t a k e i t o f f
now
(C a in , 6 9 ) .
B u t, s o o n a s y o u s h a k e B e r t , y o u 'r e a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 8 1 ) .
M as t h a t a l l r i g h t ?
(C a in , 8 7 )•
I f y o u re c o m m en d h im ,
th e n i t ' s a l l r i g h t (C a in , 1 0 4 ) .
I h av e one t h a t 's a l l
rig h t
(C a in , 1 0 7 ).
. . . o n c e h e w as i n h i s k i t c h e n r e g im e n ta l* h e w as a b s o l u t e l y a i i . r i g h t
(C a in , 1 1 5 ).
A f t e r t h e f i r s t f e w b a r s , w h e n s h e s e n s e d t h a t Y e d a w a s a l l r i g h t ----M ild re d r e l a x e d . • .
(C a in , 2 4 0 ) •
"Y ou w e r e a ^ i r i g h t . " M r. F e r n a l d s a i d , " a s s o o n a s y o u g o t t o t a k i n g a
d rin k "
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 6 ) .
"Y ou w e r e c lu m s y , "
M r. F e r n a l d s a i d , " b u t y o u w e r s a l l r i g h t .
(M a rq u a n d ,
1 9 5 ).
I t w as a l l r i g h t w h an t h e m o to rs w e rs g o in g
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 0 )*
W o u ld i t he all r i g h t i f we h a d a c o u p l e o f b o t t l e s o f S c o t c h t o n i g h t a t
th e b a rra c k s ?
(Y a n k , 8 7 ) .
■ H ev e r m in d , M a d g e ," J e f f r e y s a i d , " t h a t ' s a l l r i g h t . "
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 6 ) .
B u t i f y o u d r o p me b y M a g g ie ' s i t ' s a l l r l A t
(d a in , 6 1 ) •
I t ' s p e r f e c t ly a l l r i g h t , h u t on l i t t l e th in g s , e s p e c ia lly w ith a n
i n e x p e r i e n c e d w o m a n .. .
(C a in . 4 2 ) .
I t 's q u ite a l l r ig h t
(C a in , 3 7 ) .
B ut i t 's p e rfe c tly a l l r ig h t, ay d e a r ...
(C a in , 3 5 ) .
O h, 1 g u e s s i t ' s a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 6 ).
" I t ' s a l l r i g h t . " lla s o n s a i d c a r e l e s s l y
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 6 ).
H e ll, t h a t ' s a i l r ig h t
(C a in , 3 1 ) .
. . .e v e r y th in g w as a l l 'r i g h t . . .
(C a in , 1 4 5 ).
J e f f r e y t o l d h i m s e l f t h a t t k e ro o m w a s a l l r i g h t b e c a u s e i t w a s a p a r t o f
h is f r ie n d ...
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 6 ) .
" I t w a s a l l r i g h t . " J e f f r e y s a i d , " h u t — n e v e r m in d "
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 3 ) .
He d i d n o t know w h e th e r y o u s h o u ld h a v e s a i d " i t " o r " h e " b u t i t m u st
have been a l l rig h t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 3 ) .
" I t ' s a l l r i g h t . " J im s a i d , " r e l a x . P o p s . . . "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 9 ) .
I t ' s g o in g to b e a l l r i g h t
(M a rq u an d , 8 5 ) .
" T h a t ' s a l l r i g h t . * '* M l l s e s a i d , " I c a n s t a n d i t i f y o u c a n "
(M a rq u a n d , 4 3 1 ) .
S e v e r a l t i m e s t h a t s u m m e r J e f f r e y h a d t o l d M ad g e t o l e t h im h a n d l e M r.
G o rm a n , t h a t M r. G o rm a n w a s a l l r i g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 2 ) .
I t h a d a p r e t t y g o o d s t a r t b e f o r e 1 f o u n d i t , b u t i t ' s b O J. r i g h t now
(G a rd ­
n er , 4 3 ).
I t s im p ly seem ed a l l
f o r h im t o t h i n k o f i t b u t n o t a l l r i g h t f o r
M adge
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 2 ) .
" P e r h a p s i f y o u J u s t t o l d J im i t w o u ld b e a l l r t ^ h t t o — l i v e w i t h h e r "
...
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 2 ) .

l a d t h a n h a s a i d , " V a i l , t h a t ' s *-1 i H A t t h a n "
( Q a r d n e r , 1 0 3 )*
" I t ' s o -ll r i g h t . M in o t," J e f f r e y s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 9 )*
B v e r y t h i n g 's g o in g t o h a o i l r i g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 4 8 ) •
I t ' s g o in g to h a a l l r i g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 4 8 ) •
I t w as s t i l l
r i g h t to th in k o f i t t h a t w as h o c a u so h s h a d n o tro a d
th a p la y a lo u d * .•
(M a rq u a n d , 4 9 4 )*
" I t ' s g o in g t o h s a l l r i g h t . J a f f , " sh e s a i d , " o f c o u rs a i t ' s g o in g to
ha"
(M a rq u an d , 4 9 3 ) .
" H a 's o i l r i g h t ■ M a s o n s a i d
(G a rd n e r, 2 4 ),
I k e 1s a l l r i g h t . i f h o g a t s h a l f a b r e a k
( d in , 2 4 4 )*
" T h a t 's a l l r i g h t . ■ J e f f r e y a n s w e r e d , "g o a h e a d a n d c r y "
(M a rq u a n d , 9 9 ) .
" H a 's p i 1 r i g h t . " J e f f r e y s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 8 ) ,
.. .oho a a d e him f e e l t h a t h e w a s
y h e w as, a n d sh e
a l w a y s m a d e h im f e e l t h a t w a y
" D a r lin g ," sh e w h is p e re d , i t ' s a l l r i g h t "
(M a rq u a n d , 2 8 9 )*
T h ese hooks a r e a l l r i g h t b u t a l o t o f a y f r i e n d s a r e n o t re a d in g th a n
(T a n k , 9 6 ) .
So I k n e w i t w a s a l l r i g h t
(Y an k , 1 2 3 ) .
• . . s h e w a s s p e a k i n g t h e w a y s h e d i d w h a n s h e k n e w t h a t e r r y t h i n g w o u ld
h e a l l r i g h t i f s h e w a n te d i t t o h e
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 0 ) .
I t 's
r i g h t a n d I l i k e i t a l l r i g h t , h u t i t ' s a ro u g h l i f e a n d i t d o n 't
g s t y o u n o w h e re
( P y l e , 1 9 5 )*
B ut i f a a a a can k e ep a se n s e o f th e r id ic u lo u s a b o u t h im s e lf h e i s o il r i g h t
(P y le , 3 1 9 ).
V e il, I can t e l l you our a o ra le i s a l l r ig h t
( P y le , 3 1 9 )•
. . . t h e o t h e r f e l l o w w a s a l l r i g h t i n h i s ow n p e c u l i a r w a y
(P y le , 3 2 9 ).
. . . i t w o u ld h e a l l r i g h t f o r t h e e t o w r i t e i n t h e i r l e t t e r s h o n e t h a t I
w as s ta y in g w ith t h e e . . .
(P y le , 3 8 7 ).
H o , t h e A r r a y 's a l l r i g h t . h u t I 're h a d e n o u g h o f i t . . .
(P y le , 2 1 2 ).
V s .. .d e c id e d i t w as a l l r i g h t t o k e e p g o in g a s lo n g a s t h e r e w e re c ro w d s
(P y le . 4 5 7 ).
. . . I J u s t f in is h e d re a d in g y o u r h o o k .
I t was a l l r i g h t
(P y le , 2 7 5 ).
V e i l , w h e n I w e n t w i t h t h e g e n e r a l , I t o l d h i m I c o u l d n ' t f i n d ne
le g g in g s , an d I d i d n 't l i k e to w ear a s t e e l h e lm e t, an d w as i t a l l r i g h t !
(P y le . 3 1 3 ).
I t w as a l l r i g h t to sa o k e i n th e g u n p i t . . .
(P y le , 1 0 9 ).
H e ro s t u f f i s
h u t i t d o e s n ' t g i v e p e o p l e a t hom e t h e w h o le
p ic tu re
(P y le , 2 5 4 ).
3.

S a tis f a c to r ily , a g re e a b ly , w e ll.

H T ro o p d id a l l r i g h t
(T a n k , 1 5 ) *
. . . t h e y w e re w o rk in g t h e t h i n g o u t a l l r i g h t w ith o u t f r a g a c k s ( s i c ) o r
in te rp h o n e s
(T a n k , 1 8 6 )*
• . .h e c o u ld e x p e c t th e p la n e s h a c k i n t i n e f o r d in n e r i f e v e r y th in g w ent
a l l rig h t
(T a n k , 2 2 9 ) .
. . . t h e r e a r e q u i t e a f e w o f th e m h u t I t h i n k w e c a n d o i t a l l r i g h t
(T a n k ,
108).

He j u s t b a d a fe w i n t h e i c e b o x , n o t e n o u g h t o p u t o n t h e n a n n , b u t h e
■ a d e u p a n o r d e r f o r tw o a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r, lb 4 ) .
T hey b e g a n s l e e p i n g w ith t h e i r w iv e s , a n d 1 g u e s s i t w o rk e d a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 3 7 ) .
. . . j u s t f o r a l i t t l e w h i l e I s e e m e d t o b e d o in g a l l rla -h ^
(C a in , 3 9 ) .
I l i k e i t *11 r ig h t
h a t I 'm r e a l l y
n o t u s e d t o i t (C a in , 2 7 ) .
O h, w e 'r e g e t t i n g a l o n g a l l r i g h t — n o n e e d f o r y o u t o w o r r y
(C a in , 1 8 ) .
He w as o u t f o r t w e n t y m i n u t e s b u t g o t b a c k t o t h e l i n e s a l l r i g h t
(la n k ,

5*0.
W hy. t h e y g e t a l o n g w i t h U n c l e a l l r i g h t — t h a t i s , t h e y d i d . . .
(G a rd n e r,
28} •
He f l e w a w in g p o s i t i o n , a n d h e d i d a l l r i g h t
(P y le , 2 0 5 ).
. . . s h e A d m itte d t h a t i f a g i r l g a v e r e f e r e n c e s t h a t s o u n d e d a l l r i g h t . . .
s h e s e ld o m w r o te t o t h e r e f e r e n c e s
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 ).
. . . t h i s guy g o t th e c y c le s t a r t e d a l l r i g h t . . .
(T an k , 1 2 3 ) .
He w a s d o i n g a l l r i g h t
(P y le , 3 7 0 ).
He t h o u g h t h e w o u l d d o a l l r i g h t a n d m a k e a l i t t l e m o n e y o n t h e s i d e
(P y le ,
1 9 0 ).
■ lf e ll," J e f f r e y s a i d , " i t t a s t e s a l l r i g h t t o m e”
( M a r q u a n d , 2***0.
" A l l r i g h t , * h e s a i d q u i e t l y , "w e *r e g o i n g t o h a v e c o m p a n y "
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 6 ).
A l l r i g h t , g o a h e a d a n d t e l l me
( M a r q u a n d , 3 * * 7 ).
A ll r i g h t , you can w ear th e m ...
(C a in , 1 2 8 ).
A l l r i g h t . b u t y o u 'v e g o t t o t a k e i t
(C a in , 3 6 ) .
A il r i g h t , M ild re d , y o u r u n a lo n g , a n d 1 w is h y o u a l l k in d s o f l u c k . . .
(C a in , 8 9 ) .
A ll r i g h t , go a h e a d , g e t p e r s o n a l
(T a n k , 8 9 ) .
n t H g T , l e t 's do i t
(C a in , 2 2 5 ) .
i l l r i g h t — b u t t h i s t i m e , d o n 't com e b a c k
( C a in , 2 5 9 )*
A e a a l l r i g h t , a n d w han y o u g e t d o n e w i t h t h a t . . .
(C a in , 2 8 ) .
A ll r i g h t .
e le v e n y e a r s an d e ig h t m o n th s ...
(C a in , 2 5 0 ).
A ll r i g h t .
b u t a t l e a s t l e t ' s w a i t & fe w m i n u t e s . . . ( C a in , 2 6 ) .
A ll r ig P F ,
I ' l l s e e h im M o n d ay
(C a in , 2 0 ) .
" A ll r i g h t . a l l r i g h t , " s a i d t h e s e r g e a n t
(T a n k , 1 3 8 )
A l l r i g h t . I w o rk
( C a i n , 1 * * 7 ).
Then p r e s e n t l y h e s a i d :
"O h, a l l r i g h t " i n w h a t w as i n t e n d e d t o b e
a l o f t y re s ig n e d w a y ...
( C a i n , *+)•
A l l r i g h t . I d e c i d e d , I w o u ld s e e t h e t e p l a i n
(T a n k , 1 6 * 0 .
A ll r i g h t .
th e n I ' l l be o u t
(C a in , 2 ^ 8 ) .
A il r i g h l .
L e t' s b e g in f r m th e r e
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 9 ) •
* A ll r i g h t . I w i l l , " s h e s a i d d e f i a n t l y , " a n d d o n 't t h i n k . . .
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 3 ).
S e ri• " " p u s h e d h i s p i e t o o n e s i d e , a n d s a i d , "O h, a l l r i g h t I H ave i t
y o u r ow n w a y "
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 0 ).
"A l l r i g h t , " M a s o n s a i d , " w e ' l l a s s u m e t h a t i t w a s n ' t y o u r U n c l e A l d e n "
(S e rd n e r, 8 1 ).
All r i g h t .
I'll tell h im about me
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 2 ).
"A l l r i g h t , V s . l t , y o u w i n , " s h e s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 2 ) .
A ll r l g h i .
I d i d n ' t know
(M a rq u a n d , 6 1 ) .
* A il~ " r i g h t t * M r s . H ew com be s a i d , " I ' l l c a l l y o u ' J e f f ' a n d y o u c a l l me
H f o l d r e d 1 J"
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 0 )*
A ll
S in c e y o u w an t t o n e s s a r o u n d ...
( G a r d n e r , 1 9 )*

A ll r i g h t . P a u l, he s e e in g you
(G a rd n e r, 1 3 )*
He s a i d , " A l l r i g h t . " i n t o t h e s e c o n d t r a n s m i t t e r a n d t r a n s l a t e d t h e me­
t a l l i c s o u n d s w h ic h cam e th r o u g h t h e r e c e i r e r . . .
(G a rd n e r, 60) .
"A l l - r i g h t . " J e f f r e y s a i d , " I ' m g o i n g t o t a l k t o h i m "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 3 ) .
" A ll r i g h t ." J e f f r e y s a i d , " r in g i t "
(M a rq u a n d , 6 2 ) .
" A i l r i g h t . " M ason s i t i d , " s u p p o s e t h e y w e r e r i g h t T "
(G a rd n e r, 2 1 ) ,
M a s o n s a i d , "A l l r i g h t ,
Go o n h a c k h o m e ”
(G a rd n e r, 2 4 ).
T hen a l l r i g h t
(C a in ,
■Oh G o d , " J e f f r e y s a i d ,
"A l l r i g h t
a ll rig h t"
(M a rq u a n d , 6 ) ,
"AT 1 r i g h t . "
J im s a i d , " i f y o u w a n t t o l o o k l i k e a h o s t e s s , t h a t ' s
all
r i g h t w i t h me ”
(M a rq u a n d , 6 6 ) ,
r ig h t"
h e s a i d , " w e 'l l t a k e a h o t t i e o f w in e ” (M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ ) •
5.

S u re en o u g h ;

tru jy ;

re a lly ;

in

re a lity *

I t 's a Jap a l l r ig h t. ..
(T a n k , 2 5 4 ),
B u t s h e i s a y J a n s a l l r i g h t . s h e i s my J a n e
(T a n k , 1 8 8 ),
. . . i t w as h i s k id a l l r i g h t
(T a n k , 2 2 4 ).
T h e y k n e w w ho w e w e r e a l l r i g h t
(T a n k , 5 4 ) ,
S h o r t y k n o w s me a l l r i g h t . .
7 T ank. 1 3 7 ).
"T eah , i t ' s s o f t a l l r i g h t ." A r tie s a id
(T a n k , 1 0 1 ).
. . . t h e k id h ad s t u f f in h e r a l l r i g h t . . .
(C a in , 2 1 0 ),
B ecau se i t w as a h ig c h a n c e a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 2 1 1 ) ,
S h e p u t t h a t o n e a c r o s s all r i g h t
(C a in . 2 1 2 ) .
B u t t h a t ' s J u s t w h a t H o g a r t y t o l d me a l l r i g h t . . . ( G a r d n e r ,
1 9 4 ).
S h e 'd b e ^ n i n T um a a l l r i g h t . a n d p r o b a b l y m a i l e d y o u t h e l e t t e r
te llin g
y o u ...
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 4 ),
I f s h e l i k e s h im , a l l r i g h t t h e n , s h e 's g o t h im
(C a in , 1 0 ) ,
A l l r i g h t t h e n , y o u h a d y o u r c h a n c e a n d y o u 'v e l o s t i t
(G a rd n e r, 9 9 )*
He w a s H o g a r t y a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 3 ),
He w a s l u c k y w i t h d i c e a l l r i g h t . a n d t h e g a m e w a s o n t h e s q u a r e
(G a rd n e r, 7 2 ).
Tou c an p ro v e t h a t J a s o n C a r r e l i s h e r b o y f r i e n d a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r, 7 2 )
G u e s s h e t h o u g h t A ld e n w a s n u t s a l l r i g h t . b u t h e f i g u r e s i t w o u l d n 't
do n o h a rm t o l e t me know w h e re h e w a s
(G a rd n e r,
5 6 )•
Pound o u t w hat th e b i r d 's s e l l i n g
a l l r i g h t a n d g o t h is a d d re s s (G a rd n e r,

12 ).
I t h ad th e p o s itio n , a l l r ig h t
(T a n k , 4 8 ) ,
T o u r u n c l e w i l l show u p a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r, 5 0 ) ,
The p e o p le k n ew , a l l r i g h t
(T an k , 2 8 ) ,
O u r m en w e r e g o i n g t o g e t t o Rome all r i g h t
(P y le , 1 4 2 ).
He s a i d i f e v e r a k i d d e s e r v e d t o b e i n h e a v e n s h e d i d , a n d t h a t ' s
s h e w as a l l r i g h t
(C a in , 1 0 5 )*

w h e re

6 . How t h e n ; f o r t h e n e x t t h i n g ; n e x t ,
"A l l r i g h t , " h e h e a r d M in o t c a l l , " l e t ' s g o "
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 1 ) ,
A ll r i g h t , b o y s, l e t ' s go
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 1 ) .
A ll r i g h t , l e t ' s g e t a lo n g
(P y le , 2 0 0 ).
M a so n s a i d , "A l l r i g h t .
T ake i t e a s y "
(G a rd n e r, 5 0 ).
"A l l r i g h t . " J e f f r e y s a i d , "y o u g o a n d k e e p o n t r y i n g "
(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 5 )*

■m
r i A t , l e t 1• g o , ■ & s e c o n d l i s a t e n a n t w a s c a l l i n g
(M a rq u a n d , 7 6 )*
” ,*J T r i g h t . * N a s o n s a i d , " l e t ' s h a w s i t *
(G a rd n e r, 1 3 ).
N a so n s a i d , ”a i l r i g h t . I ' l l f i x t h a t i n s h o r t o r d e r ”
( G a r d n e r , 1 3 )*
. . . a d e p t l y a e r a p e d a n a tc h a lo n g t h e s o l e o f o n e o f h e r C h in e s e s h o e s ,
a n d s a i d , " A ll r i g h t . l e t ' s h a r e i t ”
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 ).
■Al} r i r h t . ” M in o t s a i d , " y o u ' l l h e s o r r y ”
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 0 ) .
■A l l r i g h t . . " J e f f r s y s a i d , "w h y d o y o u t h i n k i t ' s g o i n g t o l a s t f o r
tw e lv e y e a r s ? "
(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 6 ) .
rig h t
keep th e T io lin p a r t in f r o n t o f y o u ...
(C a in , 1 3 5 )*
* A li. r i g h t . ” N a s o n s a i d ,
" G iv e n e t h e p a p e r s ”
(G a rd n e r,7 6 ) .
”Al 1 r i g h t ” N a so n s a i d , " l e t ' s h a v e i t "
(G a rd n e r, 7 1 )" 1 U x i f i b l . M a s o n ,” h e s a i d , r e t u r n i n g t o t h e t a h l e , " I h a v e a f r e e h a n d ”
(G a rd n e r, 9 9 ).
Al 1 r i g h t , n ew t h r o w y o u r l e g s o v e r wy a r m . . .
(C a in , 1 7 2 - 3 ) .
Ai 1 r i g h t . now take a l o o k a t s o m e t h i n g t h a t d o e s concern y o u (Cain,
38)
A ll r i g h t , y o u w a n t e d t o k n o w w h y t h a t l a d y o f f e r e d y o u a j o b as w a i t r e s s

...

(Cain, hi).

v o c o u l d h e a r t h e s e r g e a n t s h o u t i n g , ”com e o u t w i t ' y e r l i g h t
. . . ”
(T a n k , 1 0 2 ) .
"A l l r i g h t _ ■ h e s a i d .
"Bow a b o u t a d r i n k ? ”
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 9 )*
rig h t gqy.

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(M a rq u a n d , 4 5 1 ) .
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do a l l s o r t s o f t h in g s w ith tu r n in g l a t h e s
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 0 ) .
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h e h a d a n o th e r th o u g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 6 ) .
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(M a rq u a n d ,
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p r o b a b l y n e v e r w o u ld s a y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 5 ) .
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t o s o r t o u t a l l s o r t s o f h a l f fo rm e d th o u g h ts
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 1 ) .
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(M a rq u an d , 2 6 6 ) .
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w h ic h h e h a d o u tg ro w n r e m a in e d
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 5 ) •
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(M a rq u a n d ,

180).

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(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 5 ) •
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( M a r q u a n d , 535) •
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(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 0 ) .
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b e c o m in g d o w n
(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 8 ) .
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gam es s u c h a s s l o t m a c h in e s
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w a n te d t o g e t aw ay fro m t h e c i t y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 0 ) .
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ta n g le i t s e l f i r r a t i o n a l l y w ith
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(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 ) .
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s ig h ts an d so u n d s
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(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 5 )>
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(P y le , 1 2 * ).
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to p o f t h e m o u n ta in
(P y le , 1 * 3 )•
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(P y le , 1 ^ * ),
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1,

C o n tin u a lly ;

re p e a te d ly b u t w ith in te r r u p tio n s ,

I s e l l th e m a l l t h e t i m e
(C a in , 6 * ) .
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(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 3 ) .

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a l l th e tin e
(T a n k , 5*0*
in d a l l th e tim e th e y w e re d o in g a J o t
(T a n k , 3 3 ) .
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in h is h a n d s,
t h e tim e
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a n d p.9 w a s b u s y a s a o n e - a r m e d p a p e r h a n g e r
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 2 ) .
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(K a rq u a n d , 5 5 5 )*
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( K a r q u a n d , 583).
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(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 9 ) .
T hey b ro w b e a t me a l l t h e tim e
(P y le , 1 8 7 )•
. . . t h e y k e p t e rre ry f o o t o f o u r t e r r i t o r y d re n c h e d w ith s h e l l s a l l th a
tim e
(P y le , 2 3 3 ).
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th e tim e
(P y le , 4 0 3 ).
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(P y le , 4 0 0 )•
T h e re cam e a n o t h e r l i t t l e f l u r r y o f o r d e r s f o r c a k e s a n d p i e s , a n d s h e
f i l l e d th e m , b u t a l l t h e tim e s h e w as t h i n k i n g . . .
(C a in , 3 1 ) .
M r. M i n t s h a d a l o v e l y h o m e i n B e v e r l y H i l l s . . . a n d M r . M i n t s s t a y e d t h e r e
a l l th e tim e .
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 8 ) .
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th e y w e re so h a p p y i n t h e i r Jo b s
(P y le , 9 3 ) .
He a n d I t a l k e d t o e a c h o t h e r a l l . £ h £ t im e w i t h o u t e i t h e r o f u s k n o w in g
w h at th e o th e r w as s a y in g
(P y le , 1 1 9 ).
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i d e n t i f i e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d s o f a r a n d t h a t f c o r e s u re b e i n g d i s ­
c o v e re d a l l th e tim ^
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t e m b e r 1 3 , 1 9 4 7 * 2 6 ) .
He g o t J o b s o f t h i s s o r t a l l t h e t i m e . . .
(C a in , 2 0 3 ) .
H a l h a d a lo w , w h i t e b u n g a lo w i n P a l o s Y e rd a s w h e r e h e s t a y e d a l l t h e
t i m e , e x c e p t w h e n h e w e n t l a s t i n su m m e r
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 8 ) .
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(Y a n k ,
2 2 6 ).
. . . 1 e o u l d n 't l i e a r o u n d h e r e a l l t h e t i m e
(C a in , 1 9 1 ) .
I th o u g h t I ' d s o r t o f b e b o th e r in g y o u i f I s to p p e d i n a l l , t h e tim e
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 0 ) .
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(C a in , 1 5 7 ).
Y ou s h o u l d w r i t e a l l t h e t i n e
(Y a n k , 1 4 3 )*
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(Y a n k , 1 8 9 ) .
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s to p p in g .

T h e y w e r e w i t h y o u a l l t h e t i m e a n d y o u c o u l d n o t g e t a w a y f r o m th e m
(M a rq u a n d , 4 9 1 ) .
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(C a in , 4 ) .
T he p l a n e s h a d t o f l y i n c o n s t a n t " e v a s iv e a c t i o n " w h ic h m e a n t g o in g
r i g h t , g o i n g l e f t , g o i n g u p , g o i n g d o w n , f l l X ihS. t i m e . . .
(P y le , 1 6 3 ).
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(P y le , 3 5 3 ).

B a t I v a t a s le e p a l l th e tim e . . .
(P y le , 3 9 2 ).
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th a t*

A nd s i m i l a r t h i n g s ;

et

c e te ra ;

an d so fo rth *

S h e w a n t e d a n a r c h i t e c t w ho o f c o u r s e w o u l d h a v e i d e a s a b o u t v i s t a s a n d
s t a i r s an d h a l l s an d s in k s <m i th in g s l ik e t h a t . . .
(M a rq u an d , 1 0 8 )*
and w hat hav e y o u .

A nd s i m i l a r t h i n g s ;

e t c e te ra ;

a n d so f o r th *

. . .b e n c h e s t h a t y o u c o u ld s ta n d i n f r o n t o f t h e f i r e p l a c e t o p u t t h i n g s
o n , such a s c ig a r e tte s and c o c k ta il g la s s e s agd
h*ve you
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 8 )*
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u s e d ...a n d a p a r t o f a hay rig g in g an d w hat have you* ..
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 8 )*
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th in g s t h a t go w ith a fa rm , an d w h at h * v e y o u
(M a rq u an d , 1 0 8 )*
• . . a c o m e r o f t h e p la c e f o r a r e a l fa rm , a n d i t w as g o in g t o b e s u rro u n d e d
by sheep b a m s . . . an d w hat have y o u *. .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 8 )*
w ho i s .
w ho, th a t th e
. . . " A n d w ho i s
to

b e f tn i r r v a t *

(T h e I m p l i c a t i o n h e r e i s , w hen t h e s t r e s s i s h e a v i l y u p o n
p e r s o n i s o f no c o n se q u e n c e , n o t w o rth w h ile , u n im p o r ta n t.)
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(C a in ,

To b e m ade a t ;

to

1 2 5 )*
b e in f u r ia te d w ith .

Tou fo u n d h e w as a n g ry a t b e in g d ra g g e d o u t o f th e

car

( G a r d n e r , 3 2 )*

deep*
in c h e s deep*

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a s d e e p a s o n e 's a n k l e b o n e ; a b o u t f o u r

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(T a n k *
T h e a n k l> « A e e rp m ud h a d w o r k e d c r o t c h h i g h . . .
(T a n k * 1 9 6 ) *
a n k lg h ^ g ^ .
in c h e s deep*

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a s d e e p a s o n e 's a n k l e b o n e ;

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to b e annnya^ a t *
p le a s e d by*

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to

to b e a n o th e r s t o r y .
happened*

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to

ab o u t fo u r

(P y le *

be tro u b le d b y ;

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(C a in , 1 ^ 9 ) .
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1 7 9 )*

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4 + 2 1 ),
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1 5 0 )*

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th a t

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c o l o r f u l c a t c h - p h r a s e , i t m ig h t b e a n o t h e r s t o r y
(T a n k * 1 9 3 ) *
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a rg u m e n t. ) •

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"A nd a n n t h y r t h i n g - h e s a y s a p r e t t y w a r l e t i s
..."
(C a in , 1 5 7 ) .
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(u s u a lly u s e d in an

a lw a y s a g r e e a b ly g r a t e f u l

A d i f f e r e n t tim e ;

A n o t h e r t i m e h e r a n o n t o a m u le t h a t w a s dow n a n d c r y i n g i n p a i n . . .
IP y le , 1 9 5 ).
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b a d w e a th e r
(P y le * 1 6 8 )*
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c o g n i s e d f i a n c e e w i t h whom o n e i s a s s o c i a t i n g i n t i m a t e l y *
...I
to

s ta rte d

l i v i n g w i t h a n o t h e r w om an

(T a n k *

1 7 3 ).

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v e r t i s e m e n t i n a n e w s p a p e r i n a n e f f o r t t o c o m p ly w i t h t h e d e s i r e
e x p re s s e d i n th e a d v e rtis e m e n t*

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a n d t r y i n g t o g e t h i r e d on a s a s a le s w o m a n ...
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an sw er d is r e p e c tf u lly *

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t h a t c a n 't a n e e r h a c k
(T a n k , 8 6 )*

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c h arg e *

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o f nam es ta g g e d

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a c rim e .

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t o A la s k a n a u t h o r i t i e s £& a n s w e r t o t h e c h a r g e o f m u r d e r in g B i l l
H o g a rty ...
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d o o r, and to f in d

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o u t , d i s c o v e r , w h a t h e w a n ts *

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the prewar l i e s

in .
in

fo u n d i n ,

m in d o v e r m a t t e r

an ew er a q u e s tio n .

q u e s tio n

(C a in ,

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e x p e n s iv e *

to

(C a in ,

1 8 3 )*

o c c u r s in *

(P y le ,

To m a k e a r e s p o n s e

M ild re d d i d n 't a n sw e r h i s
p n tlq -q p s h o p .
u s u a lly q u ite

f a t w om an. • •

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to

hy a s h o rt,

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2 5 3 )*

a q u e s tio n ,

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1 6 7 )*

in v e ry

o ld a r t i c l e s

w h ic h a r e

. . . a n d r e t i r e d c o lo n e l s w e re a l l b u y in g C o n n e c tic u t fa rm s a n d s e t t i n g u p
ro a d h o u s e s a n d te a ro o m s a n d a n t i q u e s h o p s a n d cam ps a n d s c h o o ls
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 1 ) .
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a c r a d l e . . . o n i t s la w n
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 2 )*
a n tiq u e

s to re .

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p -n tiq -t^ a s h o p *
in a n a n tiq u e

s to re

i n Hew Y o r k . . .

(M a rq u a n d ,

126) .
t o h e p n y b ftrijy i n p a r t i y n l a r .
know n.

To h e fa m o u s , w e a lth y , n o t o r i o u s , w e ll

I t w a s t h e f i r s t s h e h a d k n o w n t h a t M o n ty w a s a n y b o d y I n p a r t i c u l a r , h u t
s h e w a s to o b u s y t o h e e x c i t e d m uch
(C a in , 1 2 5 )*
a n y fla v .

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. . . a s I am e a q p s c t i n g t o
(T an k , 8*0*

in

a s h o r t tim e *

h e s h i p p e d o u t a n y d a y n ow —

to H o rth C a r o lin a

any frie n d o f —
j^ s & f r i e n d o f m i n e .
So m uch d o e s o n e t h i n k o f
a n o th e r , so f r ie n d ly a re th e y , t h a t one a c c e p ts a s a f r ie n d an y p e rs o n
w ho i s a f r i e n d o f t h e o t h e r ' s *

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s h o v e d t h a t h e w a s a f r i e n d o f M in o t ' a , a n d t h a t a n y f r i e n d
was. & f r i e n d o f t h e i r s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 4 4 ) .

an y lo g g e r*

S till;

o f M in o t* s

y e t.

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th e r e an y lo n g e r
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 9 )*
" I w o n ’ t n e e d t o k e e p y o u a n y l o n g e r . M r. M i l i c a n t ”
(C a rd n e r, 2 3 ).
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*Anv m i n u t e , t h e l a w m ay w a l k i n
m it

m o m e n t*

soon;

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th ro u g h t h a t d o o r

W ith o u t w a rn in g ; a t a n y u n s p e c i f i e d

...b o m b i n g r a i d s . . .m i g h t com e a n y m om ent o f t h e

(G a rd n e r, 7 7 ).
tim e *

day o r n ig h t

(P y le ,

2 7 2 ).

SSSL wore.
1 . P u rth e r;

th e re a fte r.

. . . w h i c h u s e d t o g i r o th e m a n a u t o m a t i c t r i p t o A m e r i c a , b u t d i d n ' t f ig y
m o re . . .
(P y le , 3 2 9 )•
He u s e d t o g e t s e a s i c k b u t i t d i d n ' t b o t h e r h im t o y m o re
(P y le , 4 0 ) .
J e f f r e y c o u ld h e a r t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n , b u t h e h e a r d i t fro m a d i s t a n c e
b e c a u s e h e d i d n o t b e l o n g t h e r e a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 3 )*
. . . t h e r e w a s n o t h i n g e l s e o f h im l e f t i n B r a g g £ £ £ m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 0 )*
. . . h a r d l y a b l e t o s p e a k a n y m o r e , o r t o d r i v e , s h e t o l d a b o u t M r. L e n h a r d t
(C a in , 1 9 8 ) .
. . . t e l l h e r n o t t o w o r r y a n y m o re "
(C a in , 2 2 6 ) .
. . . y o u w o n ' t b e s e e i n g th e m a n y m o r e . ♦ .
(T a n k , 1 7 0 ) .
" B u t n o t M iv m o r s
(C a in , 9 6 ) .
How g o t o s l e e p a n d d o n ' t t h i n k a b o u t i t a n y m o r e
(C a in , 6 2 ) .
. . . a n d h e d i d n ' t s e e me a n y m o r e
(T a n k , 1 2 4 ) .
2.

Som e m o r e ; m o r e ;

s o m e th in g a d d i t i o n a l *

T o u w o n 't w a n t t o k n o w a n y m o r e
(G a rd n e r, 6 9 )*
T h e re w as no n e e d t o s a y a n y m o re , a n d i t w as b e t t e r to le a v e i t t h e r e i n
s ile n c e
( M a r q u a n d , 1 4 3 7*
" I ' l l s a y i f t h e r e a r e . . . a n y m o re o f t h e s e t r i c k s
s h e 's b e e n p la y in g —
I s h a ll have h e r a r r s s t e d ..."
( C a in , 1 9 5 )*
" I f y o u , o r t h a t g i r l . . .e m p lo y a n y m o re t r i c k s . . . "
(C a in , 1 9 5 )*
. . . s h e h a d n ' t p u t o n a n y m o re w e i g h t . . .
( C a i n , 221)*
T h e b e t t e r t h e G un ( s i c ; d o e s i t s w o r k t h e m o re c h a n c e i t
h a s o f c o m in g
t h r o u g h t h e w a r w i t h o u t e v e r b e i n g u n d e r a n y m o re f i r e
(T a n k , 3 2 )*
S h e h a t e d t o w a s h t h e d i r t y l i n e n i n f r o n t o f a n y m o re p e o p l e t h a n s h e
c o u ld h e l p . . .
( C a in , 2 0 )*
" T h e r e i s n ' t a n y m o r e t o t e l 1- , d a r l i n g "
(M a rq u a n d , l l ) *

, . . S r e d o n ' t w a n t a n y m o r e W h it* B o c k i f
(M a rq u a n d , 4 5 7 )*
3 . W o w a d a y s; a t

I '■ g o i n g t o

hop th a p la n a "

th a p r e s e n t tim e ; p r e s e n tly *

T hey d o n 't s a k e s o - a n d - s o 's l i k e t h a t a n y n o r e
(M a rq u an d , 1 9 7 )*
• . . t h e y didn't m a k e newspapers l i k e that a n y n o r a . a n d m a y b e it w a s J u s t
a s w a ll
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 5 )*
T hey d i d n 't m ake n e w s p a p e r n a n o r n e w s p a p e r s l i k e t h a t a n y n o r a
(M a rq u a n d ,
1 9 5 ).
He h a d n o t b e a n t h e r e s i n c e h i s A u n t M a r t h a ' s f u n e r a l . . . f o r t h e s i m p l e
r e a s o n t h a t n o o n e w a n te d i t a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 1 6 9 )»
J o h n w a s n 't y o u n g a n y m o re
(G a rd n e r, 7 2 )*
" . . . t h e y h a d n o i d e a a n y b o d y k n e w how t o m a k e t h e n a n y m o r e . . . "
(C a in ,
1 2 7 ).
. . . T h e w o r l d d o e s n ' t c a r e anv m o r e
(P y le , 3 6 5 ).
. . . 1 d i d n ' t f e e l t h e l e a s t b i t a s h a m e d a n y m o re
(P y le , 3 0 0 ).
The a n sw e r w a s, o f c o u r s e , t h a t h e d i d n 't h a v e to w r i t e l e t t e r s f o r
p r a c t i c e a n y m o re
(P y le , 1 2 7 ).
He r e m e m b e r e d t h e s i d e o f t h e t r a n s p o r t p a i n t e d c r a z i l y i n t h e c a m o u f l a g e
t h a t t h e y d i d n o t u s e a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 * 0 .
T h e re w as n o t h i n g i n t h a t r o o n t h a t a n y o n e i n h i s r i g h t s e n s e s w o u ld w a n t
a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 9 8 ) .
S . . . I c a n ' t r o l l a h o o p a n y m o r e 11 ( C a i n , 1 S 8 ) .
l e r e m i n d e d h im t h a t U n i t e d S t a t e s c u r r e n c y i s n ' t r e d e e m a b l e i n g o l d a n y
m o re , a t l e a s t n o t b y u s
(H ew T o r k e r , X H I I , S e p t . 1 3 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 9 ) .
Bo o n e s e e m e d t o w e a r t h o s e t h i n g s a n y m o r e .* ..
(M a rq u a n d , 1 6 ) .
N o b o d y p a y s a n y a t t e n t i o n t o t h a t u n i f o r m s t u f f a g y m o re
( C a in , 5 7 )*
. . . t h e w a t c h o n t h e p a n e l w a s n ' t r u n n i n g sar m o r e
(T an k , 1 6 ) .
. . . s h o u l d b e g i n m a k i n g a d v a n c e s t h e m o m en t h e f o u n d o u t s h e h a d n o h u s b a n d
a n y m o re
(C a in , 2 1 ) .
He — h e ' s n o t l i v i n g h e r e a n y m o re
(C a in , 2 0 ) .
"1 d o n ' t k n o w a n y b o d y i n t h e c o m p a n y a n y m o r e "
(T a n k , 2 4 5 )•
G i r l s n e v e r w o r e s t o c k i n g s a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 7 ) .
T he w h o le t h i n g m u s t h a v e c o s t t h e t a x p a y e r s a g r e a t d e a l m o re m oney t h a n
w a s n e c e s s a r y , b u t n o o n e c a r e d a b o u t m o n q y a n y m o re
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 3 )*
a n y m o re t h a n .
( u s u a lly w ith th e n e g a tiv e , h e n ce th e n e g a tiv e d e f in i­
tio n ) ..
W ith n o g r e a t e r r e a s o n , p l a u s i b i l i t y .
I t m a d e n o s e n s e , b e c a u s e A m e r ic a w a s n o t l i k e P r a n c e a n y m o r e t h a n J e f f r e y
w as l i k e C a p ta in B o u e h e t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 * 0 ) .
• . i t w a s a n e f f o r t , a n d o n e w h i c h h e d i d n o t b e l i e v e X t h e l l i k e d a n y m o re
th a n h e d id
(M a rq u a n d , 1 6 9 ) .
B o b o d y c a r e d m u c h f o r s t r i p e s b a c k t h e r e a n y m o re t h a n t h e y d o o v e r h e r e
now
(T a n k , 2 4 4 ) .
. . . h e d i d n o t s e e m t o b e l o n g t o t h e p r e s e n t s ta y m o re t h a n t h a t p o r t r a i t
o f M i n o t ' s m o t h e r , a n d M in o t d i d n o t , e i t h e r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 6 ) .
. . . h e c o u l d n o t e x p l a i n t h e n t o h e r c l e a r l y a n y m o re t h a n s h e c o u l d e x ­
p l a i n t o h im w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d t o h e r t h e y e a r s h e h a d c o m e o u t
(M a rq u an d , 3 2 ) .

How t h a t h o h a i l s e e n h e r , h e d i d n o t k n o w w h a t t o d o n e x t , a n y n o r e t h a n
sh e d id
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 0 )*
. . .h a t i t n e w e r w o rk e d — " b rin g in g t h o s e p e o p le a ro u n d — a n y n o r e th a n
e x p l a i n i n g th e m e w e r w o r k e d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 ) .
to

h e az£ £ o f —— b u s i n e s s .
To c o n c e r n o n e ; t o r e l a t e
g re a t in te r e s t fo r one
(T h is u s u a l l y is c p lie s t h a t t h e
in te r e s t to th e o th e r .)

. . . " 1 d o n 't know t h a t i t ' s
e l s e 's "
(C a in , 9 8 ) .
say n in e s .
p la c e i s

not

a n y o f y o u r " b u s in e s s w h e re

An u n s p e c if ie d p l a c e .(T h is
im p o rta n t.)

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any p la c e
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 3 ).
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good ehough.

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good enough
(C a in , 1 3 2 ) .
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a n y t h i n g S B ile r t h e
s tric tio n s .

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w hen th e

ATvr-fehiTy; i n p a r t l c ™ " i S o m e t h i n g p r e c i s e l y .
d e f i n i t e r e s p o n s e n a m in g s o m e t h i n g . )
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to o n e; to
s u b je c t i s

by P asadena

(P y le ,

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to t

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3 1 )*

used

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to

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1 5 6 ).

th e le a s t good enough.

s ta n d a rd s ,

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He w a s J u s t a n a t u r a l b o r n c e n t e r o f a n y s t a g e , a
g i f t e d , p r a c t i c a l m en w ho c o u l d d o a n y t h i n g
d id i t b e t t e r th a n th e n e x t fe llo w
(P y le , 7 3 ).

w a s n 't a n y t h i n g

lik e

a n y th in g w ith o u t r e ­

le a d e r , an d one o f th o s e
th e sun and u s u a lly

m-r

any tim e .
1.

A t o n e 's

c o n v e n ie n c e ;

at

o n e 's

d e s ire ;

w hen o n e w is h e s .

"C o m e b a c k a n y t i m e . " M i s s V e s t s a i d
(T a n k , 1 3 3 )*
G l a d t o s e e y o u ajMC t i m e
(T a n k , 1 4 3 ) .
W hat c a u s e d t h e m o s t com m ent a m o n g t h e A m e r ic a n s w a s t h e J a p k n a c k o f
d ig g in g i n a n y w h e re , a n y tim e
(T an k , 5 4 ) .
. . . J e s s e P in e m a n h a d w a n te d t o s e e h im
tim e t h a t a f te r n o o n i n h i s
o f f i c e o f f B ro a d w a y
(M a rq u an d , 2 6 6 ) .
A c t o n t h e a s s u m p t i o n t h a t y o u c a n p u l l a r a b b i t o u t o f t h e h a t OBSL t i m e
any p la c e
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 3 ).

2 . M o m e n ta rily ;

soon;

T he r i v e r w a s d u e t o
3 . W hen; w h e n e v e r ;
I 'v e h a d t h i s w ar
. . . I c a n th ro w a n

s h o rtly .

s ta rt

f r e e z i n g a lm o s t a n y t i n e

(G a rd n e r, 1 1*0.

a t w hat tim e .

a n d th e y
c a n h av e i t h a c k a n y tim e th e y w an t
"11* a n y tim e I d e s i r e
(Y a n k , 1 7 3 )*

A X J b l.

Of th e f i r s t

q u a lity ;

(Y a n k , 1 1 6 ) .

v e ry good.

I t w as t o t h e i n t e r e s t o f a l l . . . t h a t s h e becom e t h e A 1 cu s to m e r t h a t s h e
had been in th e p a s t
( C a i n , 2k6)m
I w o u l d n 't c a l l y o u a r a v i n g b e a u t y , b u t y o u 'v e g o t a n A 1 s h a p e
(C a in ,
3 9 ).
H e re a r e s a l e s p e o p l e , m en a n d w om en, e v e r y o n e o f th e m w i t h a n A 1 r e f e r ­
e n c e — t h e y c a n r e a l l y m ove g o o d s
(C a in , 3 9 ) .
a n y w ay ----- l o o k s a t

it.-

F ro m a n y v i e w p o i n t ; u n d e r a l l c o n d i t i o n s .

. . . f o r k e e p i n g u p t h e g r o u n d s , w h i c h c o s t m o re t h a n r e n t i n g a sum m er h o u s e ,
a n y w a y y o u l o o k e d a t i t . a n y su m m er
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 1 ) .
Of c o u r s e a n y w ay y o u l o o k
a t i t . i t ' s u n p le a s a n t
(C a in , 8 5 )•
*A* p i c t u r e .

A f i r s t c l a s s c in e m a ; a v e r y g o o d m o tio n p i c t u r e .

I t w as a p a r t o f t h e s y s te m t h a t t o o m any p e o p le u s u a l l y w o rk e d o n a s i n g l e
picture, p a r t i c u l a r l y o n a n *A* Picture ( M a r q u a n d , * * 1 9 ).
to a p o lo g iz e f o r .

To a c k n o w l e d g e w i t h r e g r e t o n e ' s o f f e n s e .

• . . t h e r e ' l l b e n o m o re m o n ey f o r y o u . . . u n t i l y o u t a k e b a c k e v e r y t h i n g y o u 'v e
s a id , and a p o lo g iz e f o r i t
(C a in , 1 5 8 ).
to a p o lo g iz e . t o .
IT

A p o lo g iz e

to

appeal to .
sp o n se fro m .

To a c lm o w le d g e w i t h r e g r e t o n e ' s o f f i c e t o

t o youT

a n o th e r.

(C a in , 2 3 6 ).

To a c t u p o n o n e s o a s t o c a l l

f o r t h a s y m p a th e tic

re ­

I t d o e s n 't a p p e a l t o h i s s to m a c h , e x c e p t i n c i d e n t a l l y
(C a in , 8 * 0 .
I t a p p e a ls t o h i s h ig h e r n a t u r e , a n d i n B e r t, t h a t m eans h i s v a n i t y

8 4 ).

(C a in ,

I t . . . a p p e a l e d t o h e r s o m uch t h a t s h e w e n t a r o u n d m e d i t a t i n g a b o u t i t . . .
(C a in , 2 2 8 ).
to a p p e a r in c o u r t.
o r be su ed , o r to

T com e i n t o c o u r t
se rv e a s a w itn e s s .

to

be tr ie d fo r

a c rim e , to

sue

—

JJ

U nder th e s e c irc u m s ta n c e s , y o u g e t a
a o r o in g .. .
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 2 ).
to

s u b p o e n a £ o a p p e a r I n c o u r t to m o rro w

a p p e a r on a p ro g ra m .
To t a k e p a r t , p e r f o r m , s i n g , s p e a k , a n d t h e
l i k e a lo n g w ith o t h e r s d o in g s i m i l a r t h i n g s , b e f o r e a n a u d ie n c e *

V e d a d i d n ' t a p p e a r a g a i n o& t h e
to

—

appear over n ig h t.

S n a c k -O -H a m p r o g r a m .

To co m e, a r r i v e

s u d d e n ly , u n e x p e c te d ly .

. ..s w e l l i n g p r o tr u b e r a n c e s t h a t h a d a p p e a re d a lm o s t o v e r n ig h t o n th e h ig h ,
a rc h in g c h e s t
( C a in , 1 3 3 )*
£o a p p e a r u p o n th e

acena.

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to

a p p ly f o r .
a p p lic a tio n .)

To a r r i v e ,

scene.

(G a rd n e r,

To r e q u e s t ;

to

com e,

to

a p la c e .

3 2 )•

ask fo r.

(T h is im p lie s a r a t h e r

fo rm al

. ..m y l e g a l w i f e i s g o in g $ £ w ppI t f o r a n a l l o w a n c e a l s o
(Y a n k , 1 7 3 )*
. . . n o t lo n g a g o s h e a p p l i e d f o r . . . a f a m i l y a llo w a n c e a s my w i f e
(Y a n k , 1 7 3 )*
...s h e a p p lie d f o r a llo tm e n t
(Y a n k , 17*0*
to

a p p ly i t

...th in k in g

to .

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how s h e c o u l d a p p l y

it

in ,

to

adapt i t

to h e r r e s ta u r a n ts

an a p p ra is in g e y e .
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(W h en t h i s i s u s e d i n r e f e r e n c e t o
t h i n k i n g o f S h e w o m a n 's p h y s i c a l a
c a r e f u l ly lo o k in g a t h e r c lo th in g ,

to ;

to

e m p lo y i t

(C a in ,

w ith a n ey e f o r th e p
a w om an, i t m e a n s : 1 .
ttra c tio n s ; 2 . th a t a n
m ak e-u p , h a i r - d o , a n d

in .

2 2 8 ).

o s s ib ilitie s .
a m an i s
o t h e r w om an i s
th e l i k e .)

He l o o k s t h e g i r l s
o v e r w i t h a& m m r a i e l n g e y e , a n d m a k es p a s s e s a t t h e
p r e t t y o n e s w hen
h e t h i n k s h e c a n g e t aw ay w ith i t — c a s h i e r s i n
r e s ta u r a n ts , g i r l s a t c ig a r c o u n te rs , m a n ic u ris ts , and Ja n e s lik e th a t
( G a rd n e r, 1 2 7 )*
to

a p p ro v e o f .
o f.

To s a n c t i o n ;

to

h a v e a good o p in io n o f ; to

F r e e m a n k e e p s h im u n d e r h i s t h u m b , w o n ' t l e t h i m h a v e a c a r ,
a p p ro v e o f . . .
(G a rd n e r, 2 5 )*
A p ril F o o l.
O ne w ho i s
F o o l 's D ay , o r A p r il 1 .

im p o s e d o n , m ade a f o o l o f ,

A nd b o y i s h l a u g h t e r r i n g i n g " A p r i l F o o l 1"
W hen s o m e o n e t o o k t h e i r b a i t
(Y a n k , 1 5 l ) .

th in k w e ll

d o e s n 't

tric k e d ,

on A p ril

t o tea m t t o .
to w a rd .
...J u s t

as its

T o ba i n c l i n a d

to ;

to

t r e a s u r e r s w a ra a p t t o

b e g iv e n t o ;

lo s e

to

h a v e a te n d e n c y

t h e a c c o u n t bo o k a

(M a rq u a n d ,

3*0.
to a ig n a
o u t.
p o in t a c o n c e rn e d .
W e 'v e a r g u e d t h i s
to

a rg u e w ith .

To a a t t l a

b y a rg u m e n t;

o u t a h u n d re d t i m e a ...
To d i s p u t e w i t h ;

to

On tw o d r i n k s s h e ' d a r g u e w i t h J e s u s
am
to

>^r\A.
th e

to

a rg u e th ro u g h a l l t h a

(T a n k , 1 3 8 ) .

d is a g r e e o p e n ly w ith .

C h r is t..•

(C a in ,

1 6 5 ).

A p i e c e o f c l o t h w o rn a ro u n d th e u p p e r a rm .
c o a t o r a h i r t , o r i t m ay b e t i e d a r o u n d t h e a r m .

I t m ay

b e sew ed

The P a r t i s a n a h a d n o s p e c i a l i n s i g n i a b u t t h e y a lw a y s w o re s o m e th in g r e d . . •
▲ r e d s c a r f , o r h a n d k e r c h i e f , o r a r e d a rm b a n d
(T a n k , 2 9 ) .
a rm c h a ir o f f i c e r .
o f f i c e w o rk , a n d i s

An o f f i c e r
th e re fo re ,

o f t h e a rm e d f o r c e s w ho i s a s s i g n e d t o
o n e w ho d o e s n o t a c t i v e l y f i g h t .

...G e n e r a l S t i l w e l l w as no a rm c h a ir o f f i c e r e v e n th e n
th e a rm e d f o r c e s .
T h e g e n e r i c nam e f o r a l l
th e U .S .: th e a rm y , th e a i r c o r p s , th e n a v y ,
g u a rd .
The P s y c h o lo g ic a l W a rfa re B ra n c h w o rk s w ith a l l
1 2 8 ).
a rm o f a c h a i r .
w h ic h s e r v e s a s a

(Y a n k ,

1 3 1 )*

th e f ig h tin g s e r v ic e s o f
t h e m a rin e c o r p s , t h e c o a s t

th e

( a l s o : c h a i r a rm )
T hat p a r t
s u p p o r t f o r o n e 's a rm .

a rm e d f o r c e s

(T a n k ,

o f th e c h a ir onth e

s id e ,

. . .n o w s h i f t e d h i s p o s i t i o n s o t h a t t h e n o t e b o o k r e s t e d o n t h e a r m o f h e r
rhj^<T»
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 4 ).
...M a s o n n o t i c e d t h a t h e r h a n d s w e re g r i p p i n g t h e a rm s o f t h e c h a i r
(G a rd n e r, 5 4 ).
H is f e e t w e r e p r o p p e d a g a i n s t t h e a rm o f t h e c h a i r
(G a rd n e r, 9 )*
a rm o re d c a r .
▲ m i l i t a r y a u to m o b ile , u s u a ll y w ith t h i c k
c a r r y i n g a m a c h in e g u n o r a s m a ll c a n n o n .

s te e l

s id e s ,

P u r th e r m o r e . t h e A u s t r a l i a n a rm o re d c a r s w e re n o t a b le
(T a n k , 3 1 ) .

to g e t th ro u g h . ••

h t w ih A

a p o s itio n

(se e :

b e h jjid .
On th e p e r i m e t e r ,
a ro u n d p a . )

c irc u m fe re n c e ,

to

b e h in d ,

I m oved q u i c k l y a r o u n d
n fn n n d t h e c o r a e r .

t b * 'b a n k
H ear i n tim e ;

(P y le , 4 2 8 ).

a lm o s t h e r e ;

soon to

com e.

E l e c t i o n D ay v a e J u s t a r o u n d t h e c o r n e r , a n d t h e D e m o c ra ts w e re s a y i n g t h e
B e p u b lic a n s h a d . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 3 ) •
J e f f r e y a l w a y s f e l t t i r e d i n P e b r u a r y w i t h M a rc h a n d t h e in c o m e t a x
a ro u n d th e c o m e r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 6 ) .
■™vrmd f r o n t .
On t h e p e r i m e t e r ,
(S e e ; a ro u n d o n . )
T hen h e w e n t
h a d n 't d re a m t h e
a t m ind h e r e .
an in te n s iv e .)

c irc u m fe re n c e ,

f r o n t a n d e x a m in e d h i s t r e e s
s l i n g s to o t i g h t
(C a in , l ) .

H e re ; a t t h i s p la c e ,

to a p o s itio n

to

(yrrm nd i n

in fro n t.

m ake s u r e t h e

th is

in s ta n c e

w a te r

is used ae

I d o n 't s e e a n y b o d y w o rk in g a ro u n d h e r e h u t m e.
(C a in , h ) .
And h e r e a f t e r , r e m e m b e r I 'm g i v i n g o r d e r s a r o u n d h e r e , n o t M is s V e d a
(C a in , 6 9 ) .
W e ll — d o n ' t s e e t h e r e ' s m u ch e l s e I c a n d o a r o u n d h e r e
(C a in , 3 )*
a rn n w d t h e h o u s e .
W ith in th e b o u n d a r ie s o f th e h o u s e a n d y a r d ;
y a rd o r in th e h o u se .
H e 's s o h e l p f u l a r o u n d t h e h o u s e
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 1 )*
P ro m c h i l d h o o d J i m h a d a l w a y s f a d e d o u t
w hen t h e r e w as
a ro u n d th e h o u se
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 1 )*
a ro u n d o n .
O n.
(fro m t h i s p la c e to
t h a t m ust b e p a r t i a l l y e n c i r c l e d .)
Or w o u ld y o u p r e f e r a b a th h o u s e , a ro u n d

in

th e

a n y th in g t o do

t h a t t h e r e i s s o m e th in g

on th e o th e r s id e !

in te rv e n in g

(C a in ,

9 2 ).

a ro u n d t o .
1 . To.
...th e

(S e e s

a ro u n d o n ).

s o l d i e r . . . l e d u s a ro u n d to

2 . To.

(T h is

th e

s id e

(Y a n k , 2 ^ 7 ) .

i m p l i e s m a k in g a trip, v i s i t ,

to .)

I w ent a ro u n d to

J a s o n 's h o u se

(G a rd n e r, 1 3 )*

around town.

Throughout the city; generally within the city.

I t w as a Jo k e
to w n a b o u t t h e p o o r b r i g a d i e r g e n e r a l s ' b e i n g s o lo w
a n d com m on t h e y c o u l d n ' t e v e n g e t i n t o t h e g e n e r a l s ' m e s s
(P y le , 3 ^ 2 ).

t o a r o u s e 4 ft*

s tir;

to ro u s e w ith in ;

to

e x c ite

in *

...in f e r io r ity th a t he had
in h e r ...
(C a in . 1 3 0 ).
. . . e x c i t e m e n t t h a t M o n ty a r o u s e d i n h e r s e e m e d . . . s h a m e f u l . . .
t o a r o u s e ----- c u r i o s i t y .
( o n e 's ) c u r i o s i t y .

To c a u s e

(o n e ) to

H e l l , P e r r y , d o n ' t t r y J a , a r o u s e ®7 c u r i o s i t y
S h e h a s my c u r i o s i t y a r o u s e d
(Gardner, 2 ) .
to a r r l r e
...h e

a t.

To r e a c h ;

to

becom e c u r i o u s ;

to

e x c ite

(G a rd n e r, ^ 8 ) .

com e t o .

w as so m b re a g a i n w h en th e y a r r i v e d a t h e r h o u s e

t o a r r i v e a t a & S £ l S i2 & e
d e c id e .

(C a in . 1 2 9 ) .

*»she s d e c i s i o n ;

to

(C a in , 2 2 5 ) .

co m e t o

I m e r e l y c o m m e n te d o n w h a t I t h o u g h t h a d h a p p e n e d , i n
c o u rt in a r r iv in g a t £ d e c is io n
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 8 ).

a d e c is io n ;

o rd e r to

a s s is t

to

th e

to a r r i v e hom e.
To com e h o m e; t o g e t h o m e ,
( hom e v e r y o f t e n d o e s n o t
u se a p re p o s itio n .
L i k e Rom a i n L a t i n i t s e e m s t o c a r r y i n i t s e l f t h e
r e la tio n s h ip s e x p re s s e d in th e p re p o s itio n s ^
. . . p r a c t i c e d a t h e r G r a n d f a th e r P i e r c e 's , w h e re t h e r e w as a n a n c i e n t u p ­
r i g h t , a n d o n t h i s a c c o u n t a lw a y s a r r i v e d h o n e fro m s c h o o l so m ew h at
l a t e r th a n B ay
(C a in , 1 1 ) .
(a s - — ) a* h e l l .
( h e l l i s a w o rd w i t h l i t t l e o r no a c t u a l m e a n in g
in such e x p re s s io n s .
I t i m p l i e s ' e x c e e d i n g l y ' , 1e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y ' , e t c .
A s m ad a s h e l l m e a n s ' v e r y , v e r y m a d '; a s b i g a s h e l l m e a n s 'e x t r a * o r d l n a r l l y b i g ' ; & s l i t t l e a s h e l l m eans 'e x c e p t i o n a l l y l i t t l e ' , e t c . )
Me a n d my b u d d i e s s u r e w e r e m ad a s h e l l . . .
(T a n k , 2 1 1 ) .
She w as lo n e so m e & s h e l l
(T a n k , 2 0 9 ) •
S e r l e see m s s o r e £ S h e l l a b o u t s o m e th in g
(G a rd n e r, 6 2 ).
I 'm s o r r y a s h e l l
(C a in , 2 9 ) .
as b est — - can.
h a s ; a s w e ll a s

W ith t h e b e s t e f f o r t , a b i l i t y , f a c i l i t y , t h a t
o n e c a n d o ( i t ) ; t o t h e b e s t o f o n e 's a b i l i t y .

one

" I n t h a t e v e n t , " M a s o n s a i d , " I ' l l f i l l i n t h e g a p s a s b e s t I, c a n , a n d d o
as I see f i t "
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 0 ).
. . . t h e m en d e c o r a t e d t h e t r e e s & s b e s t t h e y c o u l d w i t h t h e f e w m a t e r i a l s
a t h a n d ...
(T a n k , 2 0 2 ) .
M e d ic a l c o rp sm e n a t t e n d e d t h e w ounded a s b e s t t h e y c o u ld
(P y le , 3 6 2 ).
He w a n t e d t o b e h i m s e l f a g a i n , m a n a g i n g £ S b e s t h e c o u l d i n t h e l i m i t s o f
th e s o c i a l s y s te m h e h a d know n
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 3 7 7
. . . t h e y g o t th e m s e lv e s c le a n e d u p a i. b e s t th e y c o u ld . . .
(P y le , 2 7 0 ).

T hey c r a w le d c u t# • .a n d p a tc h e d u p t h e i r w ounds a s h e a t th e y c o u ld
217 )•
a s irri^ h t a s d g £ .
of lig h t.
(T h is i s
...th e

(fc rle ,

B r ig h tly ; b r i l l i a n t l y ; w ith a n e x tr a o r d in a r y am ount
m o s t c o m m o n ly u s e d i n r e f e r e n c e t o n i g h t . )

sky lig h te d u p w ith f l a r e s

b r i g h t £S d f ly ...

a s b u s y a s a o n e a rm e d
(J o c u la r u s a g e .)

V e ry ,

(P y le ,

q u ite ,

2 3 h ).

e x c e p tio n a lly b u sy .

M r. G o rm a n s a i d t h a t a l l t h e t i m e t h e r e w e r e m o r e a n d m o r e t h i n g s t o d o
a n d h e w as b u s y a s a o n e -a rm e d -p a o e rh a n g e r
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 2 ) .
L o u is w as b u s y a s & o n e a rm e d n a n e r h a n g e r , a n s w e r in g th e t e l e p h o n e , a n d
s c rib b lin g a bunch o f fig u re s
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 2 ).
" B u s y a s a o n e - a r m e d n a o e r h a a g e r . " M r. G o rm a n s a i d
(M a rq u an d , 5 2 8 ) .
a s

c a lls

i t .

As i t

is

nam ed; a s i t

. . . i t u n screw e d i t s e l f enough to
th e y c a l l e d i t
( P y le , 2 1 1 )*
a s th e

c a s e w tv b e .

is

know n; a s i t

becom e a p lu n g e r a n d

W h i c h e v e r m ay b e t r u e ;

is

d e s ig n a te d *

"arm " t h e b o m b, a s

w h a te v e r r e a l l y

is

tru e *

. . . t h a t y o u in te n d e d
t o c a l l B i l l H o g a r ty , o r L o u is C onw ay, &s t h e c a s e
m ay b e . a t t e n o ' c l o c k , y o u n e v e r t h e l e s s t o l d t h e s e m e n . . .
(G a rd n e r,

196) .
a s c le a n a s a b o n e*

V e ry , q u i t e ,

e x c e p tio n a lly

" N o th in g l e f t ? "

as a bone"

(G a rd n e r,

" C le a n

a s r.i A<Ln a s a fryvnfld
u p r ig h t m o ra lly .
. . .th e th in g had to
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 1 )•
t o a s c r i b e -----

to .

«m

to o th .

V e ry ,

q u ite ,

c le a n *

1 ^ 9 )•

e x c e p tio n a lly

b e c l e a n a s a h o u n d 1e t o o t h w h e n h e s o l d

To a t t r i b u t e

th e r e a s o n ,

cause,

c le a n , h o n e s t,

it

t o me

so u rc e to .

n e i t h e r la w y e r p r e s s e d h e r f o r a n e x a c t am ount o f w h at th e q u a r r e l w as
a b o u t , a n d l e t h e r a s c r i b e i t to, " a q u e s t i o n o f d i s c i p l i n e "
(C a in , 2 5 6 )
as c ro ss a s a b e a r.
v e ry c ro s s.

V e ry , q u i t e d is a g r e e a b l e ;

in a bad d is p o s itio n ;

H er e x p r e s s i o n w as J u s t a s i t h a d b e e n w hen s h e w as t e l l i n g B e c k ie t h a t
h e w as a s c r o s s a s a b e a r
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 8 )*
T on know t h e w ay t h e y a r e d e a r . . . J u s t a s c r o s s a s b e a r s
(M a rq u an d , 5 6 7 ) .

a s ennnlag a s £ f f i x .
fu l.

V e ry s l y ;

v e r y c u n n in g ; v e r y k e e n ; v e r y

s k ill­

H i s l o n g e x p e r i e n c e a t w a r f a r e h a d m a d e h im a # c t m r i i np a s & f o x
1 4 0 ).

(P y le ,

a s d i f f e r e n t f r o m ----- a s n i g h t f r o a d a y .
no t a lik e .

a b s o lu te ly

T hey fo u g h t t h r e e
n ig h t f r o a day

s e p a ra te a c t lo n e ,
(Y a n k , 5 ) .

ad d ry a s d u s t.

V e ry , q u i t e ,

T o ta lly

each a s d if f e r e n t f r o a th e o th e r a s

e x c e p tio n a lly d ry ; u n u tte ra b ly

. . . w o u l d h a v e l i s t e n e d t o M i l t o n 's a d v i c e , b u t now i t
and a s d ry a s d u st
(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 5 ) .
as e a s ily

(e a sy ) a s a l l

T hey s a i d J e r r y d i d n 't
a s easy a s n o t.

th a t.

V e ry , q u i t e ,

sc a re a s

d iffe re n t;

e a s ily a s a l l

Q u ite e a s i l y ;

q u ite

so u n d ed f u t i l e

e x c e p tio n a lly
th a t...

d u ll.

(P y le ,

e a s ily ,

easy.

1 9 3 )*

s im p ly .

. . . k i n d o f s l a c k a r o u n d h e r e i n t h e w i n t e r , I c o u ld m o to r y o u o u t J u s t
a s e a s y a s n o t t o H o lly w o o d
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 7 ) •
as e v e r.

As i t

w as i n t h e p a s t ;

The h ip s w e re a s s lim
n ess
(C a in , 1 3 3 )*
as fo r.

I n o n e 's

as

as

it

has been.

e v e r , b u t h a d t a k e n o n so m e t o u c h o f v o l u p t u o u s ­

case;

in

re g a rd to

one.

A s f o r y o u . D o c t o r , I f e e l t h a t y o u r r e f u s a l t o p r o d u c e JHLen L e e d s i n
c o u r t w as a n a c t on d e f ia n c e o f th e c o u r t 's o r d e r
(G a rd n e r, 3 9 )*
as fa r a s.
1.

To t h e d e g r e e ;

to

th e e x te n t.

S n ip in g , a s f a r a s I know , i s a l e g i t i m a t e m eans o f w a r f a r e
( P y l e , 3 7 3 )*
. . . t h e y b a d t o r i d u p p e r F r a n c e a n d t h e Low C o u n t r i e s o f G e rm a n f i g h t e r s
a s f a r a s p o s s i b l e , t o c l e a r t h e w ay f o r o u r h e a v y b o m b e rs o n t h e i r
l o n g t r i p s i n t o G e rm a n y
(P y le , 3 2 1 ).
As f a r a s a n y o n e c o u ld t e l l , h e n e v e r seem ed t o g e t a ro u n d a n y w h e re ,
b u t knew t h e c i t y i n s i d e o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 8 ) .
The t h in g w as w o n d e rfu l
b u t , a s f a r a s I c o u ld s e e , a c o m p le te f a i l u r e
(P y le . 2 4 4 ).

I t o j o r T r u n k a l s p o k e a b o u t e i g h t l a n g u a g e s b u t , gfi. ^ a r a s I c o u l d s e e ,
a n a n w ith h i s lu c k d i d n 't n e e d to sp e a k a n y th in g
(P y le , 2 4 2 ).
A s f a r a s h e c o u l d s e e , M adge l o o k e d u p o n t h a t r u i n e d f o r t a s a n o t h e r
s o r t o f c h u rc h
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 7 ) •
T h is w as a l l r i g h t a s f a r a s i t w e n t . . .
(T a n k , 2 9 ) .
The w a l l s w e re d e c o r a t e d w ith e x c e l l e n t r e p l i c a s o f t a p e s t r y o r th e y
n ig h t h a r e b e e n o r i g i n a l s , a s f a r a s J e f f r e y knew
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 4 ) .
B u t b e in g a s I n ew er s to o d i n th e w ay o f t r u e lo w e , I g o t a n id e a a s
f a r a s y o u 'r e c o n c e rn e d
(T an k , 9 9 )•
"A s f a r a s I c a n g a t h e r , " h e s a i d , a n d h e c o u l d s o u n d i n t e l l i g e n t a b o u t
i t , " t h e W ar D e p a r t m e n t i s . . . "
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 8 )*
As f a r a s I know , n o t a n a n w as l o s t b y d ro w n in g i n o u r s e c t i o n o f t h e
o p e ra tio n
(P y le , 2 8 ).
As f a r
as I
know ( C a in , 2 1 ) .
As f a r
as I
c o u ld
g iu r e o u t h e h ad c a p tu re d th e n a l l
( P y l e , 3 7 7 )*
As f a r
a s t h a t ' s c o n c e r n e d , w hy d i d n 't A ld e n t ( G a r d n e r , 1 6 4 ) .
As f a r
as I
c o u ld l e a r n , p r a c t i c a l l y a l l o t h e r g u n c re w s f e l t th e s a n e
w ay
(P y le , 3 8 5 )•
A s f a r a s I k n e w , h e a n d I w e r e t h e o n l y tw o c o r r e s p o n d e n t s w i t h t h e
T o u rth D iv is io n
(P y le , 4 3 7 ).
Go a s f a r a s y o u l i k e
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 4 ).
B e c k i e w a s n o t s u r e , f o r i n s t a n c e , t h a t s h e a g r e e d w i t h D r . C a n b y 's
t a s t e , a t l e a s t £* f a r a s s h e c o u l d g a t h e r i t f r o n h i s w r i t i n g s . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 0 ) •
2 . To.

(T h is im p lie s t h a t o n e i s

know n t o

have gone th is

f a r .)

He h a d b e e n t r a c e d a s f a r a s S e a t t l e w h e r e h e h a d n a r l e d a g i r l w ho
h a d b e e n e m p lo y e d i n t h e 'M a n d H D a n c e H a l l ' a t D a w s o n
(G a rd n e r, 91 )•
H o g a rty g o t a s f a r a s S e a t t l e a n d v a n is h e d
( G a r d n e r , 6 5 )*
3 . A t , fluid a t p l a c e s b e t w e e n h e r e a n d t h e r e .
As f a r

a s C h ic a g o ,

t h e y 'r e

4 . The t o t a l d is ta n c e ;

s e llin g

s o m e th in g .. .

(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 4 ) .

th e to ta il le n g th .

I t w as l i k e a h u g e w a te r s p r a y , f i l in g th e a i r £ 8 f a r a s th e ey e c o u ld
see
(P y le , 1 6 4 ).
As f a r a s y o u c o u l d s e e t h e o c e a n w a s i n f e s t e d w i t h s h i p s
(P y le , 3 5 8 ).

as fre e
It

as a b ird .

W h o lly ,

c o m p le te ly f r e e ;

w ith o u t o b lig a tio n s .

s u d d e n ly o c c u r r e d t o h e r t h a t f o r t h e m om ent s h e w a s & s f r e e a s a b i r d .
(C a in , 8 9 ) .

a s G od i s my w i t n e s s .
T ru th fu lly ;
a b o u t t o s a y i s w h o lly t r u e .

o n my h o n o r ; w h a t I h a v e s a i d o r am

jLe Q od 1 » war w l t m i I am s o r r y t o r e a d o f t h e w a y tw o A m e r i c a n s o l d i e r s
t r e a t e d t h e e n e m y ...
(T ask , 2 1 1 ).
a s ----- g o e s .
S o t w h o lly h a d h a t n o t a s
a s o n e c o u ld w is h .

(g o o d , b r i g h t ,

w e ll,

e tc .)

I t w as a b r i g h t d a y , a s d a y s go h e r e
( T a s k , 21+2)•
We d i d n ' t g e t t h e * b e c a u s e i t w a s a q u i e t d a y ag , t h e I n f a n t r y b u s i n e s s
goes
(T a n k , 1 9 6 ) .
. . . i t w as a g o o d p o s i t i o n , £ £ - p o s i t i o n s g o h e r s
(T a n k , 1 9 6 )*
T he w ound i t s e l f w a s n 't m uch t o s e e £ S w o u n d s g o
(T a n k , 1 9 3 )*
a s good a s .

To a l l

in te n ts ;

p ra c tic a lly *

a lm o s t.

T h e y w e r e fiS g o o d a s g o n e a l r e a d y
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 3 )*
T h a r w e re o n t h e p i e r b u t th e y w e re a s g o o d a s g o n e a l r e a d y
(M a rq u a n d ,
58*0.
Ton w e re a s g o o d a s g o n e a l r e a d y a n d no o n e e v e ry k n e w
( M a r q u a n d , 581+)•
a s hood a s th e n e x t.

Of a v e ra g e q u a lity ;

n o t e x c e p tio n a l b u t n o t b a d .

Now, S p a n i s h h o u s e s a r e a l i t t l e o u tm o d e d , b u t a t t h e t i m e t h e y w e r e
c o n s id e r e d h ig h - t o n e d , a n d t h i s o n e w as £S g o o d a s th e n e x t , an d
p e rh a p s a l i t t l e b i t b e tte r
(C a in , l ) .
to b e ash am ed o f .
To h a v e a f e e l i n g o f g u i l t , s h a m e , a b o u t ;
t h a t o n e h a s d o n e s o m e th in g w ro n g a n d f e e l s o r r y f o r i t .

to

fe e l

. . . I ' v e d o n e n o t h i n g I s h o u l d 32S. a s h a m e d o f
(T a n k , 1 ? 2 ) .
T o u 'r e a s h a m e d o f m e . . .
(C a in ,l* + 6 ) .
She s a i d h e h a d d e l i b e r a t e l y t r i e d t o s e t V eda a g a i n s t h e r , t o h o ld h e r
u p t o r i d i c u l e , t o m a k e t h e c h i l d t h i n k o f h e r a s a n i n f e r i o r , so m e­
body ia .
asham ed o f
(C a in , 1 6 7 ) .
ash can .
A r e c e p t a c l e f o r a s h e s fro m a s to v e o r f u r n a c e , a n d f o r
o th e r r e f u s e .
W hen f u l l t h e y a r e o f t e n p l a c e d n e a r t h e s t r e e t f o r
a c o l l e c t o r t o e m p ty i n t o a t r u c k .
T h e re w as th e c l a t t e r o f a s h c a n s fro m a t r u c k ,
th e a d m o n itio n a b o u t . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 5 9 0 ) .
a s h ig h a s .

A s m u ch a s ;

o n w h ic h w a s w r i t t e n

a s m any a s .

T hey u s e d &s h ig h a s a th o u s a n d p o u n d s o f e x p lo s iv e s to a b r id g e , a n d
o n o n e l o n g , s e v e n s p a n b r i d g e t h e y b le w a l l s e v e n s p a n s
( P y l e , 5 9 )*
ash re c e iv e r.
to b a c c o a s h e s .

A sh t r a y ;

a d is h o r tra y

s p e c ia lly

d e s ig n e d to

re c e iv e

. . . t h e r e w e r e c o m f o r t a b l e l e a t h e r c h a i r s w i t h c h ro m iu m a s h r e c e i v e r s
b e s id e th e m ...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 7 ) .

ash tra y .
ash es.

A d is h

. . . ta p p e d a s h e s fro m
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 )*
ae b a n d

AS. a b e a r -

o r tra y

th e

a a p e c ia lly d e s ig n e d to

end o f th e

in to

th e a sh t r a y - . .

Y e ry , e x tr e m e ly , r a r e n o u e l y h u n g ry .

O th e r s e n w e re » f V p iy rv a * b e a r e
ae i f .
o fte n

c ig a re tte

ra o o iT o to b a c c o

(P y le , 5 7 ).

Ae th o u g h ; a a i t n i g h t ; b e ; t h a t t h e
im p lie s a s i t u a t i o n c o n tra ry to f a c t . )

s u p p o s itio n i s .

(T h is

I t s e e n e d ^ s i f we w e re t h e o n ly m e c h a n iz e d t r a v e l
(T a n k , 5 7 ) .
He f e l t
i i , h e w e r e g o in g aw ay f o r a l o n g t i n e , &s th o u g h h e n i g h t
never
seah er a g a in ...
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 0 9 ) •
£ e sa w J a p s . . . p a t t e r i n g a r o u n d a s i f t h e r e w e r e n o w a r w i t h i n a t h o u s a n d
m ile s
(T a n k , 7 ) .
He s a i d i t f e l t & s i f s o n e g i a n t h a d h i t h i n w i t h h i s f i s t
(P y le , 3 3 6 ).
▲11 t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g u p l o o k e d £ S i f t h e y b e l o n g e d i n t h o s e c h a i r s
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 6 ) .
He k e p t t o u c h i n g t h e y o u n g e r n a n , p u t t i n g h i e h e a d o n h i e s h o u l d e r a s
i f f o r su p p o rt
(T a n k , 6 9 ) .
As i £ i n a n s w e r t o B o g a r t ' s c r a c k , t h e 8 8 b e g a n t o b e l c h f i r e
(T a n k ,
1 0 9 ).
T h e r e w e r e s l i t s e n d s b y a k n i f e j u s t &s i £ a n a r t i s t h a d t a k e n p r i d e i n
an a c t o f to r tu r e ...
(T a n k , 2 1 2 ) .
O f f i c e r s . . . l o o k e d a s i f t h e y w o u d n 't m in d r u b b i n g s h o u l d e r s w i t h o t h e r
ra n k s
(T an k , 2 1 2 7 .
I t lo o k e d a j| i f . th e y h a d j u s t h a d b r e a k f a s t
'Y a n k , 5 3 ) .
A n a n w ho l o o k e d a s . i f h e m i g h t b e t h e to w n b a n k e r a a k e d w h a t h e w a s
su p p o sed to d o ...
(P y le , 3 7 7 ).
. . . t h e I t a l i a n s d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o t h e i r f o x h o l e s a® i £ b y m a g i c
(P y le ,

1^6 ).

as i t is .
happens.

As th e

case tru ly

is ;

a c c o rd in g

to

re a lity ;

w hat a c tu a lly

I t w o u ld h a v e b e e n
i f f e r e n t i f t h e m an h a d s e e n h im f i r s t , b u t a s i t
w a s, th e f a c e w as tu rn e d s id e w a y s ...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 3 6 ) .
A s i t w a s h e sa w t h - . t h e h a d a m e n t a l e q u i p m e n t a s g o o d a s a n y b o d y 's
th e re
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 1 ) .
As i t w a s t h e r e w a s n o o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o n s i d e r e i t h e r a c t i o n o r c o n ­
sequence
( M arq u an d , 237 ) •
. . . I ' m i n e n o u g h t r o u b l e a s i t i_s^ a n d d o n o t w a n t t o l o s e t h e o n e g i r l
I w i l l r e a l l y e v e r lo v e
(T an k , 1 7 * 0 .
A s i t i s . h a l f t h e t i m e I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t i s b e i n g d o n e . . . (YM nk, 1 3 7 ) .
A s i t w a s . h e k n e w t h a t h e w a s b e t t e r t h a n t h e o t h e r w r i t e r s w ho h a d s a t
in th a t o f f i c e .. .
(M a rq u a n d , b £ 6 ) .
T hey w e re o a t to o f a r a s
v a s . th r u s t fo rw s rd in one o f th o s e p o s itio n s
th a t...
(T a n k , b -8 ).

as I t

tn rn » d o u t.

ASL i t

t£ T fiffii

to

W hat f i n a l l y
T /5 B e r j a e r e l y

ask —
~
com e a s a g u e s t*

*° in v ite

Why d o n ' t y o u e v e r a s k h i m
to

h a p p e n e d w & e; w h a t o c c u r r e d w a s .
s n o rte d * . •

a n o th e r to

(T w iV , 3 0 ) •
v is it

(M a rq u a n d ,

a sk d ire c tio n s *
To a s k f o r
re g a rd in g d ire c tio n s *

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(T a n k ,
2 7 ).
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a s k d i r e c t i o n s f r o m a n MP ( H a n k ,

97).
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( C a i n , 139).
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• • • r a g g e d , u n k e m p t , a n d a s k i n g f o r a m e a l , d o 70 U t h i n k y o u w o u l d h a v e
f o r t h w i t h r e c o g n i s e d h im a s y o u r l o n g - l o s t h r o t h e r t ( G a r d n e r , 1 4 0 )*
T h e y h a d a t o u g h J o b g e t t i n g som e r a t p o i s o n w e a s k e d f o r
( T a n k , 6l ) .
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w o u l d n 't g i v e i t t o y o u
(C a in , 8 4 ) .
• . . I t h i n k y o u c a n n i c k h e r f o r o n e f i f t y i f y o u g e t t o u g h , h u t y o u 'd
b e t t e r a s k f o r tw o h u n d r e d a n d c o m e d o w n
(C a in , 4 0 ) •
T h e y 'f e d e v e l o p e d a r e p u t a t i o n o f t h r o w in g h i g h e x p l o s i v e
f o r anyone
w ho a s k s f o r i t * . .
(T an k , 1 3 4 0 .
• .• G e n e r a l i s s i m o C h ia n g X a i - s h e k a s k e d f o r a U .S . g e n e r a l t o d i r e c t
military a c tiv itie s in China ( T a n k , 131)*
I c a n 't a s k h e r f o r m oney, B e r t
(C a in , 2 5 0 )*
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to lim it th e n u ^ r o f p a c k a g e s
(T a n k , 1 4 0 )*
. . . t h e s o ld ie r m ust a s k f o r a p a c k a g e to g e t i t
(T a n k , 1 4 0 )*
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(T a tk ,
2 1 3 ).
. . . t h e r e w o u ld h e c e r t a i n e x p e n s e s , a n d h e w o u ld h a v e t o a s k f o r a n
advance
(C a in , 2 0 3 )*
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( C a in , 1 7 0 )*
1 ask fo r Jane
(T a n k , 1 8 8 )*
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h e o c c u p ie d b y t h e J a p s
(T an k , 9 )*
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( P y le , 3 9 )*
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w as n o th in g I w a n te d
( P y le , 3 0 5 )*

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(G a rd n e r, 1 0 )•
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sh o v ed u p w ith o u t a s k in g f o r r e f e r e n c e s
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 )*
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to

( T a n k , 8h ) .

a s s is ta n c e *

(C a in ,

2 0 1 )*

p ric e .
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t h a t t h e s e l l e r w i l l p r o b a b ly re d u c e th e p r i c e i f som eone b a r g a i n s w ith
h im .)•
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m a n sio n
( C a in , 2 2 0 )*

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hum an b e h a v io r a s h e knew i t
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(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 1 ) .
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(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 3 ) .
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h e r o v e r .. .
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(C a in , 2 2 8 ).
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( G a r d n e r , 2h ) .

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Do y o u m in d I f w s a s k h i * £ q u e s t l o n t
(T a n k , 211) .
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(C a in , 2 4 6 ).
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a s k tim e .

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to

s e e k m o re t i m e , a d d i t i o n a l t i m e .

on o th e r h i l l s . . .

a s k to o m u c h ..
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f e a s i b l e , re a s o n a b le .

re q u e s t,

(C a in , 2 4 5 ) .

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s a c r i f i c e t o th e e v i l t h a t w i l l c o m e . . . i s a s k in g to o m uch
(T a n k , 2 1 0 ) .
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(P y le ,
4 1 7 ).
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(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 4 ) .
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h is th ro a t
(M a rq u an d , 4 4 1 ) .
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g o o d tim e "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 9 ) .
I t o l d h e r y o u 'd s t a n d b a c k o f h e r a t l o n g a s a h a k e p t h e r m o u th s h u t
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 8 ).
H e w a s a l w a y s t r y i n g t o b r i d g e t h o s e u n b r i d g e a b l e g a p s , axxd
lo n g a s
h e l i v e d , o r J im l i v e d , h e w o u ld a lw a y s b e t r y i n g
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 2 ) .
T h e y d i d l i k e i t , h o w e v e r , a s l o n g a s t h e y h a d t o b e i n t h e A rm y
(P y le ,
3 7 7 ).
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dar e
(G a rd n e r, 150 ) •
2.

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s in c e ;

because.

afi.

W e ...d e c id e d i t w as a l l r i g h t t o k e e p g o in g a s lo n g
t h e r e w e re cro w d s
(P y le , 4 5 7 ).
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a s lo n g a s I d o n 't h a v e t o b e t o n g u e - t i e d . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 6 ) .
■ W e l l , " J i m s a i d , "p .8 l o n g a s y o u ' r e n o t s o r e "
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 1 ) .

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i t ' s fin e "
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 1 )*
• • .b u t i t d id n o t * a t t a r a s lo n g a s you v e r s n o t s o r r y f o r y o u r s e lf * ..
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 0 )*
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as.

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c o u ld c l e a r o u t
( G a r d n e r , 1 7 1 )*
a s l u c k w o u ld h a w a i t .

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f o r tu n a te ly ; u n lu c k ily ; u n fo rtu n a te ly .

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in s p e c tio n
(T fc S k . 1 7 9 ) .
a s m any n o r e .

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th e

san e num ber a g a in .

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a s m any m o re i n v i t e d t o t h e s u p p e r s h e w *s g i v i n g . . .
( C a in , 2 3 8 )*
as

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fa c t.

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tru th fu lly ;

h o n e s tly ;

fa c tu a lly .

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w o u ld n e v e r h a v e t a k e n t h i s J o b . . .
(C a in , 7 * 0 .
I am g o i n g t o a s k y o u i f y o u h a v e e v e r s e e n h e r b e f o r e — i f £ 8 a
m a t t e r o f f a c t , s h e w a s n 't s e a t e d a t t h e t a b l e n e x t t o y o u . . . ( G a r d n e r ,
201) .
A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t . L e e d s h a d n e v e r t o l d me t h a t h e d i s c o v e r e d t h e b o d y .
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 8 5 .
A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t . " M ason s a i d , " y o u w e re s h re w d e n o u g h t o r e a l i z e . . .
( G a r d n e r , 19**) •
. . . t h i n k o f w a r a s a l l s h o o t i n g a n d Commando r a i d s , w h e n a s a m a t t e r
o f f a c t i t i s n i n e - t e n t h s o r d i n a r y g r i n d w i t h . . . ( T a n k , “ 1*871
. . . a s a m a tte r o f f a c t , th e y d id h a v e u s d is lo d g in g g u m ...
(T a n k , 2 3 6 ) .
A s a m a t t e r o f T a c t , I h a v e t h a t , t o o , a n d am w r i t i n g t h i s s t o r y i n a
bed a t th e c le a r in g s ta t io n
(Y a n k , ^ 2 ) .
A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t , I f e e l v e r y c l o s e t o t h e 'L i s s i m o
( M a r q u a n d , *4-58)•
X s a m a t t e r o f f a c t , I w o u ld h a v e b e a t e n S h ip w r e c k K e l l y 's o l d r e c o r d o n e
w e e k ...
(T an k , 9 6 ) .
A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t t h e r e w a s a f u l l c a n t e e n o n t h e d o u b o y 's b e l t
(M a rq u a n d 2 3 & )•
As a n a t t e r o f f a c t , t h e r e i s a t o o l f ir m i n P e n n s y b a n ia .. •
(T an k , 1 7 2 ) .
T E s a m a t t e r o f f a c t . " M a so n s a i d , " d i d n ' t y o u s a y w o r d s t o t h i s e f f e c t "
(G a rd n e r, lE 5 ) .
A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t , h e i s a s Irish a s T a d d y 's P i g
(Yank, 1 8 3 ) *
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( P y l e ,“ 3 7 ^ X 7 -------AS. A m a t t e r o f f a c t h e h a d n ' t s e e n i t f o r h i m s e l f . . .
(P y le , h 0 6 ).
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(C a in ,
8 0 ).

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a® a n a t t e r o f f o r m .
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t h a t w h ic h i s e x p e c to d o f on® .
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th a n *

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(M a rq u a n d ,
5 8 1 )*
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w a s h in g m a c h in e t h a t w a sh e d a n d d r i e d e v e r y th in g * • .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 7 )*
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(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 3 )*
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m ueh a s h e r s
( M a r q u a n d , hZh) .
* . * t h e y h a d t u r n e d i n t o J o v i a l o l d g e n t l e m e n w ho l o v e d a g o o d J o k e , J u s t
a s m uch a s y o u d i d
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 1 2 )*
2 . To t h e e x t e n t t h a t *
O f c o u r s e , I h a v e n ' t p u t my m in d o n i t a g
B a ld w in r a t h e r d i s c o u n t e d t h e R u s s ia n s
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T he so u n d o f th e th ftn d e r w as n o t a la r m in g
(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 3 )*

m uch a s y o u h a v e , b u t I th o u g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 7 ) .
a s h e d id th e n
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 5 )
a s , m uch a s i t w a s i n s i s t e n t

3* T h e e q u i v a l e n t o f .
. . .w a s s t a r t e d ,
( T a n k , ^ O )*

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as near a s
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(Hew Y o r k e r , XXIII, S e p t . 6 , 1 9 ^ 7 ) 1 9 ) *
as neat as a

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tim e o f .

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p o rt
(T a n k , 1 3 9 ) •

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o f ton*

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a n d a s o f t e n a s n o t , th e th e m e * ..
(M a rq u a n d , h 9 6 ) .
a s a -p re te x t*
v a lid *

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t h e a tm o s p h e re

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to g e t h ack to th e S ta te s

t h e o v e r - 3 3 d i s c h a r g e r u l e . . .a s 51 p r e t e x t
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in a s a r e s u lt o f th is le a f le t b a r r a g e ...
(T a n k , 1 2 8 )
. . . s u f f e r e d o n ly th e a m p u ta tio n o f f o u r to e s fro m h i s r i g h t f o o t a s
th e r e s u l t o f t h i r t y - t h r e e y e a r s ' in te rn m e n t i n a n ic y g ra v e i n th e
f a r n o r th T o a d n e r , 123) .
T o r t h e l a s t fe w m o n th s , p e r h a p s a s a r e n l t o f t h e w oe t h a t h a d w e ig h te d
h e r d o w n * ..
(C a in , 221) .
As & r e s u l t p f t h i s n e g l e c t i n t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n , t h e N in th l a i d c a r e f u l
p la n s * . .
P y l e , 3 9 6 )*
as a ru le .

G e n e ra lly ; u s u a lly ;

m ost o fte n *

. . . n o w p a r t i c u l a r l y w om en n o v e l i s t s , w e r e , a s £ r u l e , n o t p h y s i c a l
a ttra c tiv e
(M a rq u a n d , 3 ^ ) «
As a r u l e h e s t a y e d a t h i s d e s k . . .
(P y le , 39*0*
a s th e

s a y in g g o e s *

A c c o rd in g t o

th e

s a y in g , p ro v e rb *

A nd o f c o u r s e som e co w s c o m m itte d s u i c i d e ,
T u n is ia
( P y le , 2 3 9 )*
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scbjbb

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te e th *

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afi. t h e

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sca rc e;

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fe w *
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(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 2 )*
a s ------ s e e s i t .

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. . . t h a t i s , t h e n o v e l ag, I s e e i t . i s
tim e t h a n d ra m a
(M a rq u a n d , 3 ^ 5 )*
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m an d o
to th e

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m o re o f a n e v e n t l e s s

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of

lin e *
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so t h a t t h e m a n u fa c tu re o f a p r o d u c t i s s p e e d e d u p by h a v in g on e
one Jo b an d p a s s th e p ro d u c t on to a n o th e r f o r th e n e x t a d d itio n
p ro d u c t*

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l i k e a n a s s e m b ly l i n e . . .

( P y le ,3 3 8 )

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to.

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(T an k , 2 1 2 ) .
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s ic k

m en I n C a i r o . . . w o u l d h e f i a a s e e t

as ^ dog.

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(C a in , 1 7 9 ).
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s ile n t

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th e g ra v e .

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s ic k .

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to

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s h e c o u l d p o s s i b l y aeslgn t o

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to b e a s s is te d b y .
fro m .

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so o n a s .

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b e h e lp e d b y ;

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by A rlin e and S i g r i d .. .

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rig h t a f te r

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3 9 2 ).
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g e t a s s is ta n c e

2 3 0 ).
tim e t h a t .

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y a r d s b a c k in - th e ju n g le
(Y a n k , 9 2 ) .
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th in g and l e f t a change o f a d d re ss
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 1 ).
As s o o n a s I g e t t h e d am n ed h o u s e s o l d . . .
(C a in , 1 ^ 7 ).
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le a d s
(G a rd n e r, h 7 ) .
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t h e r e 's a v a c a n c y
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 6 ).
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a s so o n a s h e r e a d a b o u t th e m u rd e r
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 6 ).
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(C a in , 2 3 0 ) .
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(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 5 )M i n o t ' s m a n . . . m u s t h a v e c o m e t o t h e d o o r a s s o o n a s h e h e a r d M i n o t 's
l a t chkey
( M arq u an d , 3 8 ^ )•
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(M a rq u a n d ,

^93 ).

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young
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 7 )•
As s o o n a s h e a s k e d i t , h e r e a l i z e d t h a t h e w as a lw a y s a s k in g C h a rle y
w hy h e v a e n o t so m ew h e re e l s e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 5 ) .
. . . t h e a t t e n d a n t i n h i s w h i t e c o a t , w a i t i n g t o o p e n t h e d r i n k as_ s o o n
a s t h e t r a i n w a s m o v in g
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 3 ) .
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( G a r d n e r , 1M -1).
X s s o o n a s o n e te a m w as h i t , a n o t h e r r a n o u t a n d g r a b b e d i t s g u n . . .
(T a n k ," 9 3 ) .

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so u n d a s a n o t*

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sound,

s o lid ,

firm ,

re lia b le .

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M r. w i l s o n T *
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 * 0 •
"How d o y o u m e a n I t ' s £ S s o u n d a s a n u t T "
J e ffre y asked
( M a r q u a n d , 51b).
as

s t r a i g h t a s a ra m ro d .

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s tra ig h t;

th o ro u g h ly s tr a ig h t*

Tou h a r e t o s i t s t r a i g h t a s a ra m ro d t o k e e p y o u r f e e t fro m s l i p p i n g
o u t o f th e o f f i c e d u r in g th e m id d le o f a c o n f e r e n c e
(Q a rd n e r, 6 0 ).
He w a s a n o l d i s h m a n , t h i n , w h i t e h a i r e d , a n d s t r a i g h t a s a r a m r o d
( G a r d n e r , 6 3 )*
as

s tu ffe d
fo o d *

as g n ig *

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as

su ch *

s tu ffe d a s & p ig . ..

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9 3 ).
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su re

w ith in

as fa te *
as fa te

as

as h e ll.

o f fo o d an d d rin k ;

o f th e

C e rta in ly ; a b s o lu te ly ;

(M a rq u a n d ,

C e rta in ly ; a b s o lu te ly ;

102

th e b a s t i l l e

).

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fa t*

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(G a rd n e r, 4 5 ) .
a s th m ifh .

su re a s h e ll

a*L s u r e

e x c e p tio n a lly ,

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as

it

(Y a n k , 1 0 3 ) .

a b s o lu te ly *

as y o u » r e

q u ite

a s a r a i l , h e r fig u re

(S e e : a s i f )

527)•

p o s itiv e ly *

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Y o u 'r e g o i n g t o w i n d u p i n

(C a in

p o s itiv e ly *

th e y m ust h a v e , lo n g a g o .

s u r e a s y o u 'r e b o r n *

th in g *

s u c h , w e r e n 't t h a t f r i g h t e n e d h e r

Y o u k e e p o n t h i s w ay y e r g o n n a m a k e c o r p r o a l ,
I s u r e a s h e l l d o n 't
(P y le , 4 2 8 ).
as

s a t i a t e d w ith

(P y le , 4 2 5 )•

th e l i m i t s

consequences, a s

As s u r e
su re

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th in ;

b o r£ .. .

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n o t h a v in g a n y

a n g u la r, h e r fa c e p la in

m ay h a v e b e e n ; a s

it

m ig h t b e .

P e e l i n g &s t h o u g h s h e w e r e s t a r t i n g a w e l l - t u n e d m a c h i n e , s h e t o o k o u t
fo u r o f e a c h ...
(C a in , 1 2 0 )*
. . . p b i t to o l o u d , a s h a d e to o c l e a r , g r th o u g h in te n d e d f o r t h e com pany
i n t h e l i v i n g r o o m , r a t h e r t h a n G od
(C a in , 1 1 3 ) .
Y e s , h e a c t s t h a t w ay — a s th o u g h i t w e r e h i s f a u l t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 6 )*

He w is h e d t h a t s h e d i d n o t l o o k a » th o u g h s h e d i d n o t " b e lie v e h i s
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 8 ) .
I t ' s j u s t a s t h o u g h y o u 'v e a l w a y s b e e n w a i t i n g f o r i t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 9 ) .
M r. B e r a g o n s e t h i s b r a k e , s t a r t e d t o g e t o u t , a n d s a i d , g s t h o u g h h e
h a d j u s t th o u g h t o f i t . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 9 2 ) .
. . .w h o w a s now y a w n i n g g s t h o u g h t h e w h o l e s u b j e c t w e r e a b i t o f a b o r e
(C a in , 2 0 5 ).
. . . h e a n d M ad g e w e r e h a v i n g b r e a k f a s t j u s t a s t h o u g h t h e w o r l d w e r e o n
i t s w ay t o p e a c e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 6 ) .
He a m b l e d o u t t h r o u g h t h e o u t e r d o o r , a o v n g a s c a s u a l l y & s t h o u g h h e
h a d a l l t h e tim e i n th e w o rld
(G a rd n e r, 5 1 ).
A nd y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o s i t o v e r t h e r e y e l l i n g a t a e , a s t h m y h I w a s d e a f
(C a in , 2 2 3 ) .
I t lo o k s a s t h n n ^ ha»« b ro k e a g a i n . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 ) .
. . .a n d t h e n t h e y a l l s u d d e n ly cam e o u t a s t h o u g h s h o t fr o m a g u n
(P y le ,
3 3 2 ).
He h u r l e d tw o g r e m d e s i n t o t h e J a p p o s i t i o n a s t h o u g h h e w e r e s t o n i n g a
s n a k e ...
(T a n k , 1 7 ) .
I t ' s j u s t a s th o u g h y o u d i d n 't l i k e a n y o f u s , a s th o u g h —
(M a rq u a n d , 5 6 9 ) .
J u d g e K n o x s a i d . . . a n d l o o k e d d o w n a s M a so n a s t h o u g h e x p c t i n g a n o b j e c ­
tio n
( G a r d n e r , 1 8 7 )*
M rs. B ook s u d d e n ly g o t r e d , a n d b e g a n t o t a l k &s th o u g h s h e d i d n ' t q u i t e
know w h a t s h e w a s s a y i n g
(C a in , 3 5 ) .
. . . t h e d o o r , a s t h o u g h o f i t s ow n a c c o r d , s w u n g s l o w l y o p e n . . . ( C a i n , 2 3 0 ) .
K e t t e r i n g c r o s s e d t h e r e m a r k a c r o s s t o P e r r y M a s o n a s t h o u g h d a r i n g h im t o
t r y to r a t t l e t h i s w itn e s s
(G a rd n e r, 1 4 6 ).
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...
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 3 ).
T hey s p o k e q u i e h l y , a s th o u g h th e y w e re s a y in g t h i n g s t h a t s c a l d e d t h e i r
m o u te ... (C a in , 5 ) .
F o r a m o m en t t h e s q u i n t a p p e a r e d i n h e r e y e s , a s t h o u g h s h e k n e w t h i s w a s
no o rd in a ry n ig h t in h e r l i f e . . .
( C a in , 1 7 )*
M a so n s a i d , a s t h o u g h t h e p o i n t w e r e o f n o g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e . . .
(G a rd n e r,
i9 6 ).
" I d a . . .lo o k e d a s th o u g h s h e w as g o in g t o c r y . . . "
(C a in , 1 2 7 ) .
S h e r a t h e r p o i n t e d l y d i d n ' t r e f e r t o W a lly u n t i l
sh e w as le a v i n g , an d th e n ,
a s t h o u g h s h e h a d j u s t t h o u g h t o f i t , a s k e d how h e w a s
(C a in , 3 1 ) .
T h e n , a s th o u g h w a lk in g t o th e e l e c t r i c c h a i r , s h e t u r n e d a r o u n d , h e a d e d
fo r th e k itc h e n
( C a i n , *4-5).
. . .h e c r o s s e d t o t h e d o o r , a n d o p e n e d i t a s th o u g h M ild r e d w e re t h e
q u e e n o f N a p le s
(C a in , 2 1 5 ) .
M ild re d f e l t p r i c k l y a l l o v e r , s s th o u g h t h e b lo o d w e re l e a v i n g h e r b o d y .
( C a in j.h - 5 ) .
To a l l o f t h i s , M r. C h r i s m ad e n o r e p l y w h a t e v e r , m e r e l y h u n c h i n g o v e r
h i s d e s k , a n d a c t i n g as_ t h o u g h h e w a s d e a f
(C a in , 6 7 ) .
I t i 8 a s t h o u g h A ld e n L e e d s , h a v in g m u rd e re d B i l l H o g a r ty i n t h e K lo n d ik e
in 1 9 0 6 ...
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 3 ).
H e r e u p o n , a s t h o u g h t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e m a x im o f , i f a t f i r s t , y o u d o n ' t s u c ­
ceed , tr y , tr y , a g a in ...
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 3 ).
I t s o u n d s a s t h o u g h w e 'v e s t r u c k p a y d i r t , P a u l
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 5 ).

A g u y h a n d s a p a p e r t o y o u as t h o u g h i t was n o t h i n g
(P y l* v 3 3 4 ).
Of a m o rn in g i t w o u ld l o o k
th o u g h we w e re a b o u t t o b r e a k t h r o u g h . . .
(P y le , 4 5 5 ).
. . . t h a t w a s n 't a s d i s p a s s i o n a t e a n d m a t t e r - o f - f a c t a s th o u g h h e h a d b e e n
s i t t i n g c o m f o r ta b ly ...
(P y le , 4 5 5 ).
H e s e e m e d t o h o l d h i s b r e a t h f o r a m om ent a s t h o u g h t h i n k i n g r a p i d l y . . .
(G a rd n e r, 6 ) .
. . . i t w as a c r o s s t h e d o o r , i n a c u r i o u s w ay , a s th o u g h t o b a r h e r fro m
t h e ro o m
(C a in , 2 5 3 ).
He k n e w h e c o u l d n ' t d r a w t w e n t y t h o u s a n d i n c a s h w i t h o u t m a k in g i t l o o k
a s t h o u g h is w e r e r u n n i n g a w a y
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 7 ).
He h a d b e e n b o r n t o a * . . j a u n t y a l o o f n e s s f r o m m o n e y , a s t h o u g h i t w e r e
b e n e a t h a g e n t l e m a n 's n o t i c e
(C a in , 1 4 4 ).
. . . y o u e v e n I n v i t e d t h a t L e v in s o n t o b e t h e r e , &s th o u g h h e m e a n t a n y th in g
t o me
(C a in , 2 5 9 ) .
I t lo o k e d a s th o u g h s h e 'd d ro p p e d i n , f i x e d t h i n g s u p w i t h M i l i c a n t , an d w as
b a c k ..
"T G a rd n e r, 6 3 -6 4 ).
H e . . .m o v e d t h e r u l e r s l o w l y o v e r t h e N o r t h S e a i n t o B e l g i u m , a s . t h o u g h
h e h im s e lf w e re e x e r t i n g a tre m e n d o u s e f f o r t . . .
(T an k , 1 4 ) .
. .. w e d e e l a s th o u g h y o u h a v e f a i l e d u s . . .
(T a n k , 2 1 0 ) .
V e d a w a s . . . l o o k i n g a t th e m b o t h a s . t h o u g h t o m a k e s u r e t h e y g o t t h i n g s
s tra ig h t
(C a in , 2 3 2 ).
" I t l o o k s a s t h o u g h y o u 'v e b e e n h o l d i n g o u t o n m e , " M a so n s a i d
(G a rd n e r,

152).
. . . M o n t y . . . s t a r e d a s tho ugh h e c o u l d h a r d l y b e l i e v e h i s e y e s
(C a in , 1 6 3 ).
W ith in a w e e k , t h e B e r a g o n s u a s io n l o o k e d a s . th o u g h i t h a d b e e n h i t b y
bom bs
(C a in , 2 2 7 ) .
T h e b r o k e n p a l i n g s o f t h e f r o n t f e n c e a n d t h e y a r d a n d t h e l a r g e e lm a l l
lo o k e d a s . th o u g h th e y b e lo n g e d t o som eone e l s e
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 2 ) .
B i l l S t r i k e w o u ld b e w e a r i n g a f a i n t a n t i c i p a t o r y s m i le a s . th o u g h h e
h a d a s e c r e t to t e l l th e m ...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 9 ) .
I t w as a s th o u g h h e w e re t r y i n g t o re ~ d th r o u g h som eone e l s e ' s g l a s s e s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 2 ) .
The s t o r e lo o k e d a s . th o u g h i t h a d a lw a y s b e e n t h e r e . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 2 )*
S h e w a s s p e a k i n g &£. t h o u g h n o t h i n g a t a l l h a d h a p p e d n ( M a r q u a n d , 1 6 8 ) .
D o n 't a c t a £ . though y o u h a v e n ' t b e e n t o h o u s e s
(M a rq u an d , 1 2 2 )*
I t w as e x a c t l y a s th o u g h s h e ow ned J im a n d y e t ag. th o u g h t h e y b o th ow ned
h i m , a n d a s t h o u g f r t h e y b o t h k n e w a g r e a t d e a l m o re a b o u t J i m . . .
H (M a rq u an d , 5 4 7 ) • "
He l o o k e d a s t h o u g h I h a d s a i d s o m e t h i n g d i r t y a b o u t h i s m o t h e r
(le a k ,
221
S h e w a s s m i l i n g a t h im a s t h o u g h s h e w e r e a p r e t t y g i r l h e w a s g o i n g t o t a k e
s o m e w h e r e — a s t h o u g h h e a n d s h e w e r e g o i n g s o m e w h e re a l o n e
(M a rq u a n d ,
5 4 7 ).
. . . X t h e l l o o k e d a t h im a s t h o u g h h e w e r e n o t h e r b o t h e r b u t m o re
th o u g h
h e w e re o n e o f h e r g i r l f r i d n d s 1 boy f r i e n d s
(M a rq u a n d , 1 5 8 ) .

).

a s t i f i h t. a s a d r u m .

V e ry , q u i t e ,

e x c e p tio n a lly t i g h t .

" . . . t h e w h o l e to w n w a s g e i n g g u a r d e d ^ s t i g h t a®. & d r u m "

(a ls o

fig u ra tiv e ly )

(T a n k , 1 9 9 ) .

as tin e

goes on.

D a rin g t h e p a s s a g e o f tim e ;

a e tim e p a s s e s .

J e f f r e y h a d a lw a y s h e a r d t h a t o n e b ecam e s e t I n o n e 's o p in io n s &s tim e w e n t
o n . b u t h e c o u ld n e v e r . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 9 7 ) •
B u t a s tim e w e n t o n o t h e r t y p e s o f m e r c h a n d is e cam e o u t o f h i d i n g a n d
w ent on s a ls
( P y l e , 1 1 9 )«
as to .

In re g a rd

...a n d

th e o d o r l e f t

to ;

a b o u t.

you in no d o u b t a s

to . t h e l a t t e r

fu n c tio n .

(T an k , 5 9 )•

as u s u a l.
1 . As i s

t h e c u s to m , h a b i t ;

as

is

u s u a l.

A s u s u a l y o u c o u l d d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n a G e rm a n m a c h i n e g u n a n d o u r s . . .
(P y le , 1 9 9 ).
. . . a s u s u a l , i t i s s t r i c t l y GI.
(T a n k , 3 5 ) .
. . . 1 d e c i d e d t o g e t a n ew c a r a n d a s u s u a l I
w a n te d a c o n v e r t i b l e
(P y le ,

16 *+.).
As u s u a l , w h en ev er we h e a r d a r a d i o , one o f o u r d iv e r s io n s w as l i s t e n i n g
t o " A x is S a l l y "
(P y le , 2 ^ 3 ).
As u s u a l , t h o s e A m e ric a n s m o st d e s e r v i n g o f s e e i n g P a r i s w i l l b e t h e l a s t
o n e s to s e e i t , i f th e y e v e r do
( P y l e , h -6 3 ).

The night before we sailed the crew listened asusual
propaganda radio program...
(Pyle, 10).

to theGerman

I h a d g o t o u t o f b e d a t 3 A .M . a s u s u a l t o s t u m b l e s l e e p i l y
up to th e
r a d io s h a c k to go o v e r th e new s r e p o r t s . . .
(P y le , 7 ) .
As we w e n t b y , h e w a s , a s u s u a l , o u t o f p a t i e n c e
(T a n k llO ).
. . .V e d a .. .r e p o r te d a s u s u a l a t th e b r o a d c a s tin g s t u d i o . . .
(C a in , 2 5 6 ).
. . . a n d th e a n sw e rs we e , a s u s u a l , la c o n ic
(T a n k , 8 7 ) .
I began smoking twice as much as usual . . .
( P y l e , 304).
2.

N o r m a l; n o t h i n g u n u s u a l ;

n o th in g o u t o f th e o r d in a r y .

E v e r y th in g w as a b o u t a s u s u a l
as w e ll.

In a d d itio n ;

(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 8 ) .

a ls o ;

to o .

...m i s s i n g a good p a r t o f th e a c ti o n an d th e A a g lis h d ia lo g u e ae w e ll
(Y a n k , 7 3 ) .
B u t w h e n i t w a s t r a n s f o r m e d i n t o a n Ar*36 b y t h e a d d i t i o n
o f d iv in g b ra k e s
i t becam e a g ra n d d iv e bom ber a s w e ll
(P y le , 159 )•
. . . y e ^ r-a o u n d r e s i d e n t s a s w e ll
T C a in . 1 7 6 ) .
a s w e ll a s .
1.

In a d d itio n

• ••th e

fu rn itu re

to .
m a tc h e d i t ,

in

s i z e &s w e ll a s e le g a n c e

(C a in , 1 8 * 0 .

N a s o n s a i d , " H e l l , w e 'd ’b e t t o r g e t t h i s w h i s k e y a w a y b e f o r e D r a k e e o a e s
I n , o r h e ' l l m o o c h o u r b o o s e &£. w e l l a s o u r c i g a r e t t e s
(G a rd n e r, 4 6 )*
. . . a s w e l l a s a v i v i d r e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e $ h 0 d ie h a d c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e
expense
(C a in , 1 6 0 ) .
. . . t h e e y e s th e m s e l v e s , a s w e l l a e t h e s e t o f t h e r e s o l u t e m o u th ..*
(C a in , 1 9 0 ).
. . . a s l i g h t s to o p , £S w e ll g s s tr e a k y w h ite h a i r , h i n t e d a t th e i l l n e s s . . .
(C a in , 1 3 * 0 .
2.

To t h e

sam e e x t e n t ,

d e g re e , a s .

"Y o u k n o w J u s t
w e ll a s I do t h a t m ost p e o p le d o n •t l i k e id e a s
(M a rq u a n d ,
3 1 ).
He k n e w h e r a b o u t £ S w e l l a s a n y o n e , a n d y e t t h e r e w a s n o w a y o f k n o w in g
w h at w as a t t i t u d e a n d w h at w as n o t . . .
(M a rq u a n d , h -3 5 ).
. . . t h e M a i-% e u f i C h i k n e w a s w e l l a s t h e y t h a t h e c o u l d n o t l i v e f o r
lo n g
{ la n k , 1 3 ) .
I f h e w e r e i n u n i f o r m h e c o u l d s h o w u p £ S w e l l a s a l o t o f th e m a n d p e r ­
haps b e tte r
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 0 ) .
a s w e l l ----------- b e .
He a n d t h e
m ig h t
a s a w h o le .

As o n e s h o u ld ;

as one

o t h e r d o c to r s w e re p ro u n d o f p u l l i n g
(P y le , 1 2 1 ).
G e n e ra lly ;

m o s tly ;

"Hell,”

V a ry , q u i t e ,

e x p e c te d to

D ic k

th ro u g h

be.

— &JL w e l l t h e y

f o r th e m o st p a r t .

• . .H a n g e r s a s a w h o le s p e a r h e a d e d d r i v e a f t e r
(Y a n k , 1227. ”
a s w is e a s a n o w l.
ir o n i c u s a g e .)

is

d riv e

a c ro ss A f r ic a .. .

e x c e p tio n a lly w is e .

(J o c u la r and

he said, "that bozo is as wise as a treeful of owls"

a s y e t . To t h e p r e s e n t t i m e ; u p t o n o w ;

to

th is

(Gardner, h6).

m o m e n t.

I c a n ' t g i v e y o u a l o t o f r e a s o n s b a c k i n g u p ngr c o n c l u s i o n s £ § . y e t , b u t
th e l e t t e r d a t e d ...
(G a rd n e r, 9 2 ) .
I t r i e d to c o v e r t a x ic a b s , b u t c a n 't f i n d a n y th in g a s . y e t.
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 5 ).
n o t a s vrtw njr a s
(iro n ic u sa g e ).

u se d to b e .

Ho l o n g e r

in

o n e 's y o u th ; m a tu re ,

P o r o n e t h i n g , n o v e l i s t s , p a r t i c u l a r l y w om en n o v e l i s t s , w e r e n o t s A y o u n g
a s th e y u s e d to b e . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 ^ 4 -).
• . . t h e y n e v e r s e e m e d t o k n o w t h a t t h e y w e r e n o t a s y o u n g a§- t h e y t t f e d t o
be
( M a r q u a n d , 3***0*
a t a b o u t.

A t a p p ro x im a te ly ;

in th e n e ig h b o rh o o d o f .

Y ou w o re t h e r e a& j u s t a b o u t t h e t i m e t h e m u r d e r m a t h a r e b e e n c o m m i t t e d
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 8 )7
Ah a b o u t f o u r t h o u s a n d f e e t t h e p i l o t r e l e a s e d h i e b o m b s
(P y le , 1 6 0 ).
T he P - 3 8 ' s w o u ld g o o v e r a £ , a b o u t 8 0 0 0 . . .
(T a n k , 1 8 8 ) .
at a ll.
1 , W h a te v e r *
T h is w as l a t e r c o r r e c t e d u n t i l t h e r e w as a lm o s t n o k i c k a t , a l l a b o u t
c ig a re tte s
( P y l e , 1 2 6 )*
A nd n o t h i n g h a p p e n e d a £ . a l l
( P y le , 9 2 )*
I f y o u f e e l t h a t w ay a b o u t i t t h e r e 's no u s e f i g h t i n g
ml 1 ( P y l e ,
11q)
. . . t h e r e w a s n ' t a n y s u c h m an a t a l l
(P y le , 3 5 ? ) .
T h e y h a d f o u n d n o b o d y §£_ a l l
( P y le , 2 7 )*
O u t o f som e c am e n o c h u t e s a t , a l l
(P y le , 4 3 6 ).
T o r a lo n g tim e th e y d i d n 't h a r e a n y nam es a£. a l l
(P y le , 1 5 9 ).
I r o n i c a l l y e n o u g h , h e h a d n o t c o l l e c t e d a n y g u n s a&. a l l i n N o r m a n d y . . .
(P y le , b 2 3 ).
I t m ad e t h e w a s t e o n t h e b e a c h h e a d s e e m l i k e n o t h i n g a t a l l . . . . r e a l l y n o t h i n g
at a ll
(P y le , 3 7 6 ).
I h a v e no i d e a a t a l l w hy h e w e n t t o s l e e p
(P y le , 3 6 8 ).
...w e h e a rd no e x p lo s io n a t a l l
(P y le , 2 3 3 ).
" I can w r ite you a m o te t. . .a n y th in g a t a l l . . . "
( C a in ,1 8 7 ) .
I f i t i s n ' t g o o d . . . t h e r e w o n 't b e a n y r e a s o n
f o r y o u o r m e, o r a n y o f t h i s
at a ll
(M a rq u a n d , k ? 2 ) .
You t a l k a n d t a l k a n d y o u d o n ' t g e t a n y w h e r e a t a l l . . .
( M a r q u a n d , b -3 6 ) .
T h e r e w a s n o w a y a t^ a l l o f t e l l i n g w h a t w e n t o n k e k i n d t h a t p a l e f a c a d e
(M a r q u a n d , 9 8 ) .
A n y t h i n g t h a t M r. W i l s o n w a n t e d , j u s t co m e t o s e e h i m , t h a t w a s w h a t h e
w as t h e r e f o r , j u s t a n y t h i n g a t a l l .
(M a rq u a n d , k 2 9 ) .
You n e v e r t e l l a e a n y t h i n g a t^ a l T
(M a rq u a n d , 1 5 ) .
He c o u l d b e i n u n i f o r m a g a i n , b u t h e c o u l d n o t g e t a n y w h e r e a t a l l
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 * 0 .
...b e s i d e s , th e id e a o f in flu e n c in g a book c r i t i c — t h a t i s , a book
c r i t i c w ho h a d a n y f o l l o w i n g a t a l l - - w a s p e r f e c t l y a b s u r d . . . ( M a r q u a n d ,
3 3 8 ).
. . . i t a lm o s t seem ed a s th o u g h s h e f e l t n o th in g a t a l l
(C a in , 2 0 8 ).
. . . s h e a c t u a l l y h a d b e e n t o l d n o t h i n g a t^ a l l . . .
( C a in , l k l ) .
M i l d r e d h a d i n t e n d e d t o p a y no a t t e n t i o n t o - t h e a f f a i r a t a l l . . .
(C a in ,

212 ).

. . . t h e r e w as n o th in g t o t a l k a b o u t a t a l l . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 ) .
"No t r o u b l e a t a l l , " M r. G o rm a n s a i T ” ( M a r q u a n d , k l 8 ) .
D o n 't y o u kn o w a n y b o d y a t a l l T "
( M a r q u a n d , 3^-2 ) .
" N o ," J e f f r e y t o l d h e r , * n o h a r m a t a l l "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 9 )»
T h e re w as no t i a e a t a l l now , s i n c e y o u w e re f a c e t o f a c e w i t h s o m e th in g
t h a t w es v e r y c l o s e t o z e r o
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 0 ) .
. . . i f s h e g o t a n y b u s i n e s s at a l l
(C a in , 1 7 6 ) .
She w as s p e a k in g a s th o u g h n o t k i n g a t a l l h a d h a p p e n e d
(M a rq u a n d , 1 6 8 ).
" I d o n ' t w a n t i t a s a g i f t , n o t h i n g !L ik e t h a t a t a l l "
( C a i n , 1 ^ -0 ) .

" T e l l m e, do y o u know a n y th in g a t a l l a b o u t a B i l l H b g a rty ? "
(G a rd n e r, 8 2 ).
. . . a m an o f p r a c t i c a l l y n o t a l e n t a t a l l . . .
(T a n k , 1 3 6 )*
. . . i f s h e h a d b e e n p u t i n M rs . B i e d e r h o f 's c a r e , I w o u ld n ' t h a v e h a d a n y
o b je c tio n a t a l l
(C a in , 1 1 1 ).
. . . s h e h a d n ' t m u ch c o n f i d e n c e i n B e r t , a n d n o n e a t a l l i n M o n ty
(C a in ,

1 5 0 ).

T hey g o t no t r o u b l e s a t a l l
(T an k , 1 0 2 ).
"We h a v e n ' t t a l k e d a b o u t a n y t h i n g a t a l l . "
L o u e lla s a id
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 7 ) .
He w a v e d h i s a rm a n y w h e r e a t a l l
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 9 ) .
A p e r s o n w o u ld h a v e h a d t o m a k e a l o n g t o u r c l e a r a r o u n d t h e b i g p a s t u r e . . .
i n o r d e r to r e a l i s e t h a t a n y th in g w as g o in g on a t a l l
( P y l e , *4-20).
" D o n 't b e s i l l y , i t ' s n o t r o u b l e a t a l l
(C a in , 2 7 ) .
I t ' s o n a c c o u n t o f t h e c h i l d r e n , a n d I d o n 't w a n t a n y b o d y g t. a l l t o know
i t . . . (C a in , 5 2 ) .
A nd i f h e p a y s a n y t h i n g a t a l l . I ' d m e e t t h e p r i c e a n d m a k e h im s o m e . . .
( C a i n , 6*+).
" ...h o w g o o d y o u h a v e t o b e b e f o r e y o u 'r e a n y g o o d a t . a l l "
( C a in , 1 3 7 )*
. . . t h e r e w o u ld b e n o o n e i n t h i s s e c t o r a t . a l l
(T a n k , 2 4 l ) .
. . . t h e r e w as no w ood i n i t s c o n s t r u c t i o n a t a l l
( T a n k J .2 3 9 ) .
He h a s n o k i c k s a t a l l
(Y a ck , 2 3 2 ) .
" A n y th in g a t . a l l "
(Y a n k , 2 2 9 ) .
2.

To a n y e x t e n t ,

d e g re e .

In th o s e i n s t a n c e s , i t w as im p o s s ib le to b y p a s s a t a l l . so t r a f f i c h a d t o
b e h e l d u p u n t i l a n e m e rg e n c y b r i d g e c o u ld b e th ro w n a c r o s s t h e g a p
(P y le , 5 9 ).
He d i d n ' t s e e m t o m in d b e i n g s h o t a t a l l
(Pyle, 1 3 9 ) .
T h a t w a s n 't t r u e a t a l l
(P y le , 4 0 0 7 .
H o t h i n g a t a l l w a s h e a r d f r o m h im
(P y le , 1 6 6 ).
. . . h e d i d n 't lo o k l i k e a w a r r io r a t a l l
(P y le , 2 6 0 ).
It...had straw on the floor, but no furniture at all (Pyle, 2 6 5 ) .
He d r a n k a l m o - t n o t a t a l l
(P y le , 3 0 7 .
T h e g e n e r a l d i d n ' t sm o k e a t a l l
(P y le , 3 0 7 ).
Z ip p o s a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e a t a l l t o c £ v i l i a n s
(P y le , 3 0 3 ).
He h a d n ' t d o n e a n y w a r p a i n t i n g s a t a l l s i n c e t h e i n v a s i o n
(P y le , ^ 8 ) .
. . . I d i d n 't s e e a n y t h i n g o f t h e enem y a t a l l
(P y le , 4 0 4 0 .
T h e re w as no b la c k o u t a t a l l
(P y le , 2 9 1 ).
. . . y e t o f t e n t h o s e c l o s e b u r s t s d i d n 't dam age t h e p l a n e a t a l l
(P y le ,
1 6 3 ).
It's not at all elegant work...
( C a i n , 1^7).
The rest o f the Army wasn't needed at all (Pyle, 3 6 3 ) .
O ur b e s t f r i e n d s h a d n o t b e e n h e a r d fro m a t a l l . . .
(P y le , 3 6 * 0 .
" I d o n ' t k n o w w h y I 'm a l i n v e a t a l l " h e a a i d
(P y le , 3 6 4 ).
. . . t h e G e rm a n s d i d n ' t u s e t h e i r p l a n e s a t a l l . . .
(P y le , 3 8 3 ).
...they might a s well n o t be there at all ( P y l e , 3 6 3 ) •
Men w o r k e d s i x t e e n h o u r s a d a y . . . m e n w ho d i d n ' t h a v e t o b e t h e r e a t a l l
(P y le , 4 1 8 ).

I'll bet they haven't been in the line at all
(Pyle, 270).
The few who escaped had never expected to survive at all (Pyle, 259).

We c o u l d n ' t g a u g e d i s t a n c e a t a U L

( P y le , 2 3 3 )*

So he walked around the front.. .never...appearing to he concerned at all
(P y le , 3 9 5 ).

at

,

Jeffrey's mind was not where he wanted it .Tall
(Marquand, 11 )•
He could see that Hal was trying to fit it into a formula, and it was not
what he emant at all
(Marquand. *+30).
"And your own good, your own advantage, didn't enter into the matter aX allT
Mason asked suavely (Gardner, 13*0.
Later he sometimes suspected that the picture ha had always kept of her
in his mind was not accurate a£ all (Marquand, 258).
I didn't high-hat him at all, did It (Marquand, 35).
...Madge said she liked the little one named Norman Phelps and Jeffrey
could not remember Norman Phelps a £ all (Marquand, 102)•
You're not pregnant, a£ all (Cain, 205)•
It hasn't been on my mind at, all... (Marquand, 1*+).
...if you knew anything about social conventions at all...
(Cain, 1*4-7).
At first the leaflets didn't work at all in the Tunisian campaign...
(Tank, 128).
...that the divisions had never been lost at all
(Yank, 127).
...he made a beautiful build up by. ..never acting at all suspicious, and
by going right on about his business (Gardner, *4-6).
It was not the way he had intended to talk to her at all
(Marquand,332).
"It wasn't the same thing at al 1 ." she answered...
(Marquand, 312).
It did not bother him at, all.
(Marquand, *4-68).
...but then, perhaps the old gentleman was too old to think a*, ail
(Marquand, 93)•
If he had not met Minot Roberts years before in France he would not have
been where he was at all. .. (Marquand, 69).
...G w e n i s n ' t

th e

ty p e t h a t a t t r a c t s

m en a t > 1 1

(M a rq u a n d ,

68) .

For a long time we didn't move at all (Pyle, *+03)•
...Sinclair wanted you to know that he was not that sort of fellow at all
(Marquand, 335)•
Her voice was not bad at all (Marquand, 551)*
It isn't the same thing at^ all
(Marquand, 522).
War Bond booths close early (or do not open at all)...
(Yank, 217)*
...the colonel was...not at sill sweet (Yank, 22*4-').
...I doubted whether it would fire at all
(Yanl, 12).
...which did not displease the artillery liaison officer at^ sill (Yank, *4-9).
It wasn't a bad suit at all...it cost me fifty-eight dollars
(Marquand,
2 6 3 ).

If there was anything at^ all romantic about the operation of Model M2A1,
it was in the work of the three-man observation crew...
(Yank, 33).
And then she added something.. .about his not having changed at all
(Marquand, 171).
.. .he would never have been where he was at, all, if he had not run away
from Louella Barnes (Marquand, 17*+).
There was no permanence and no very tangible evidence that it was a tonw
at all
(Marquand, 92).
How they survived the dreadful winter at all was beyond us.. . (Pyle, 1*4-2 ).
"Now, sweet,” Walter began, "it isn't that way at all" (Marquand, 122)»

• •

I'd have to hare two fifty ‘before I can start
sill (Cain, 203)*
It was in the nature of offering an excuse for being there a£ all...
(Marquand, 2hl).
...I was able to tell Private Mainwaring that our respective hone towns
were still there and thriving and hardly Biasing hi* or ae at all
(Pyle, 95).
I hardly slept gt, all
(Pyle, 35*0*

3. (Used as an intensive.)
I...had not planned to go ashore at all for several days (Pyle, 26).
We weren't...permitted to cable our offices where we were going or even that we
were going a£. all
(Pyle, l).
These roadside merchants preferred not to sell to the Italians &t. all...
(Pyle, 135).
...if never a shot had been fired at all our northern march would still
have been slow (Pyle, lh2).
Some would never go at all
(Pyle, 352).
Be didn't have to be over there a ^ all (Pyle, 221).
SonetIm s they wouldn't come out a£_ all
(Pyle, hz-l).
...he didn't have to be over there at all
(Pyle, 411).
■I'm not worried
all.■ he said (Marquand, h-51).
■I don't want to talk
all. ■ she said (Marquand, ^ 51).
Jeffery wondered why Alf had asked him there at_ all, but not for long
(Marquand, 285).
"I wouldn't mind some iced tea at all." he said (Marquand, 182).
I often wondered why I was there a&. ^1,...
(Pyle, 29*0»
...I don't remember my walls coming down ,&t all... (Pyle, 2h9).
■Well," Hal said, "it's better than having none at all" (Marquand, **31).
Bo, not^all
(Cain, 161).
...not at all, not at all...
(Cain, 156).
...Mother, not at
i
(Cain, 156).
Hot at all (Cain, 1**5).
Bone at all.
Mason said (Gardner, 127).
Bo mistake, no mistake at all
(Cain, 216).
Maybe none at, all
(Marquand, **0**).
**. Wherever.
...it might have been anywhere at all because the present was away, some­
where, Just behind him (Marquand, **92).
at all times.

All the time; always.

...all U.S. troops working on the new road keep their guns within reach
at all tlaei
(Tank, 178).
at anchor.

Anchored; fastened by an anchor.

She was lying at anchor out in the harbor...

(Pyle, 1)•

at an angle.
degrees.

Not squarely; at an angle of other than 90° or 180°

...to kill the Jap occupant with a rifle was to get behind the hole and
shoot in at an angle
(Tank, 5*0 •
at & B Z
future.

Momentarily; at an undisclosed time in the very near

...I expected him to
take a how £t any moment (Pyle, 377)>
...and since I was at the age where hardening of the arteriesmight whisk
me off. at any moment■..
(Pyle, 136).
But all the same, we kept a sharp alert, for
any moment we could he
attacked by a submarine, surface ship or airplane (Pyle, 16).
at any one time.

At a particular time.

The Manual of CourtsMartial...protects a man from having more than twothirds of his pay taken away £t
a*** time (Tank, 17*0*
at any rate.

In any case; in any event; however; moreover.

At any rate, you took it

(Cain, 206).

IE any rate, that dated picture of Louella and himself on the sofa would
tangle itself irrationally...
(Marquand, 207).
...not like the ones they show in the movies, atany rate the Second
Battle of Bougainville was not (Tank, 51)»
"At any rate, we'll get to the office," she said (Gardner, *4-1).
At any mate it was better (Marquand, 52*0 •
At *wy rate, from two in the afternoon until darkness around ten, we few
Americans in Paris...were kissed...
(Pyle, *4-57)*
At any rate it was not a bad place (Marquand, 550).
At any rate I was so startled...that I fumbled a secnd... (Pyle, 239)*
At any rate. Waulter used to sit at the telegraph desk...
(Marquand, 16).
They would be moving up the Merritt Parkway to adjust themselves to something
else, and at any rate he had never liked the word (Marquand, 99).
He wished that he were there, or at any rate in someplace where the news
was coming in, but he was not TMarquanA, 78-9)*
...friends of Monty's. . .who...didn't seem offended when she had to excuse
herself, in the afternoon at any rate, to go to work (Cain, 229)*
.. his family lived there too, or at^ anj rate his anther and sister, who
seemed to be all the family he had (Cain, 9*+)*
Tor a while after that, Mildred didn't think of Wally, at_ any rate to
know she was thinking of him
(Cain, 25).
At any rate, I was grateful.. • (Pyle, *4-1*0.
It any rate, the beachhead was so dug up...
(Pyle, 251)*
It *ny rate, he wai there all day and he couldn't do enough for us
(Pyle, 119).
...Shorty spends the greater part of his time dreaming of women — crat
any rate, woman doge (Tank, 136).

M anj£ rate, he enlisted...
(Cain, 131)*
At any rate he hoped she did not want to he looked at, because it would
hare been better...
(Marquand, 3 ^ ) «
At any rate,good or bad, it was not her taete, and she did not want that
of someone else imposed upon her (Marquand, 100)•
At any
rate,she now sent him a telegram...
(Cain, 2?0 ).
...he was certainly very sweet, or seemed so at anv rate...
(Cain, 1 9 ? )•
...she herself knew all about them, a£ any rate all that was necessary
to know
(Cain, 175)•
At any rate. Albert did not use the expression "Formal or informal, sirt"
(Marquand, 63 ) •
At any rate,the sixth one thrived and became cute and gay
(Pyle, 412).
At any rate, at the end of some unbelievably long time oneof them suddenly
blinked out.
(Pyle, 22).
at any time.

Without regard to a fixed time; at all times.

Correspondents who come with the Vinth could get a meal, a place to
write, or a courier to the rear — and at any time they asked (Pyle, 39?)•
...there was never at any time in your presence any conversation whatever
as to the material advantages...
(Gardner, 136).
...a stray enemy group may at any time swoop down on the American engin­
eers...
(Tank, 177).
Jeffrey felt that it could all be folded up and tucked away at any time...
(Marquand, h 31) •
If a£ any time the fighting ahead of them got rolling faster than this
rate, the ordnance companies began leapfrogging each other...
(Pyle,

k20).
at arm's length.

Away from one by the length of one's arm*

The landlady. ..held it out at arm's length... (Pyle, ^63) •
Toward the end the boys were clowning, holding the guns out at arm's
length and shutting their eyes like girls...
(Pyle, 1 8 8 ) .
at around.

At approximately; near to.

...and took occasion to tell them that you were going to callHogarty
at around ten-thirty (Gardner, 200).
...you nevertheless told these men that you were going to place the call
at somewhere artmwd ten-thirty? (Gardner, 196).
at close raggg.

Closely; at a short distance^ near by.

They had gone out to observe the effects of their
fire a£ closerange
and had strayed...
(Tank, ^9).
Knee mortars started clicking out grenades at close range (Tank, 93)*
at college.
at school).

Snrolled in a university or college as a student

(see:

It's a pretty big class at college
at the curb*

Beside the curb*

...Teds's car pulled up at the curb
at dasra*

(Marquand, 183)*
(This implies no motion)*
(Cain, 182)*

When dawn arrives; at daybreak; at the first light of day*

T h e y were moving out*. .at dawn

(Pyle, 35*0.
At dawn our destroyers moved closer*.• (Tank, 250).
At dawn our planes always cssm over... (Pyle, 371)*
at a distance*

Quite far away; not near.

She preferred to reeain a£. £ distance to enjoy this child as she seemed,
rather than as she was
(Cain, 2^1).
She cowered it up herself and then sat down at a safe distance to watch
(Tank, 71).
at the door.

In front

of the door; within the door frane*

When she turned to dash out, Teda was at the door
at dusk.
The action —
at ease.

(Cain, 205).

At nightfall; when the daylight is about gone.
the Battle of Savo Island —

began at dusk. ..

(Tank, ^3).

Comfortable; no nervous, irritable.

...he realised that they were more at ease than he was (Marquand, 296).
He felt they were not at ease with him and that they did not like him
(Marquand, 226 ).
The war had been over long ago, but he was not fit. ease (Marquand, 226)*
at first.

Tirstly; in the beginning; at the start.

At first I thought it meant they were all communista•..
(Tank, 27).
Be said: •Well, at first I was too scared...* (Pyle,
At first, as he stood by the radio, he did not believe what was being
said...
(Marquand, 563)*
At first they trought I had dysentery, but the little laboratory showed
no dysentery (Pyle. 5).
We were so stunried at_ first we didn't know what to do
(Tank, 183) •
Mr. Tschopik tells us that at first the seven hundred and fifty inhabitants
of the town treated him and his wife with consideration...
(Hew Torker,
m i l , June 28, W ,
17).
To this not unflat tering harangue Mr. Chris at first returned a blank
stare (Cain, 67)*
At first she didn't quite know what to do about them*..
(Cain, 63)«
At first we Just looked up interested-like (Tank, 168).

At first, she b a d resented N o b ' s talcing charge in this high-handed way...
(Cain, 109).
At first the leaflets didn't work at all in the Tunisian campaign*.•
(Tank, 128).
At first I thought they were gnats...
(Pyle, 913).
THey did at first, hut they learned better (Pyle, 991).
...no natter how'self-conscious and ailly they might have been at first,
always ended up by...
(Marquand, 339).
"...I could see that they were wondering at first Just what the hell I
was doing ...1 ( T a n k , 20C).
Be...thought at first that ha was somewhere in Arizona (Tank, 201).
Bien he tried another that did not work at first, either (Tank, 201).
Ida...said at first she wouldn't eren listen "to-1such a thing..• (Gain, 298)
...I thought- at first they did not see the Japs...
(Tank. 203).
They fear him at first, get to like him when they know hln and end by...
(Tank, 111).
Charley was looking at the map case; at first Jeffrey thought that Charley
would want to play with it, but he TTd not
(Marquand, 223).
At first this made him surprised and Indignant — until he realized that
she could not notice as each as ha did (Marquand, 227).
His eyes were grayish like the coat and at first the whole suit had felt
loose, too light, and too easy (Marquand” 25*0•
At first her silence gave Jeffrey acute uneasiness, until he saw that it
had a distrait quality
(yarquand, 519).
At first, she had been self-conscious about then...
(Cain, 228).
*T5id you tell the district attorney at first that the time was ten o'clock?"
Mason asked (Gardner, 196).
At first Jeffrey told himself that he had SLlwaye respected the privacy
of other people...
(Marquand, 315).
All of them were sort of diffident at first...
(Pyle, 333).
At first they were the merest dots Tn the sky(Pyle,
939).
\Ts coulin't find it at first (Pyle 994).
She was smaller than~Jeffrey had thought at first, and she stood very
straight
(Marquand, 262).
At first he thought she did not mean it (Marquand, 269).
TC was true that the book told him that he might be disappointed at first
...
(Marquand, 1?1).
At first I had a little tr:uble...
(Tank, 227).
If first you both waited uneasily for someone to bark you out into some
detail or formation...
(Tank, 69).
...then the spell was broken and the room was Just the way it had been at
first
(Marquand, 963)*
Ee did not kzjOM at first what she meant -y the "World of Tomorrow"
(M a rq u a n d ,

J2lT7

At first we thought they must be having a practice Jump...
(Pyle, 179).
At first I cculdn't seem to make up my mind...
(Pyle, 295)•
At~first he thought he was crazy...
(Pyle, 398).
At first he thought that Louella herself could not have heard the poem..•
(^arquazLd, 168),

at first glSBSS.*
Upon, the first casual inspection; on a not very
thorough, brief examination.
At the first glance it didn't look as though much had been accomplished...
(Pyle, 69).
at first light.

At dawn; when daylight begins*

The patrol had hunted around most of the night and at first light had at­
tacked again (Tank, 59)•
at the foot of.

At the bottom of; at the lowest point of.

...seren verified plus "a lot banged up" with his light machine gun at
the foot of Hill 260 (Tank, 5*0 •
I was at the foot of a mule trail the night they brought Captain Weskow
down (Pyle, 15^77
They were bivouacked in an olive grove alongside a highway at the foot 2*
the mountain (Pyle, 1^5)•
At the foot of the hill they ran into a paratrooper(Tank, 135).
at the front.
\fhere the actual fighting is; the
between armies.

place of combat

If you had any brains, they said, you were not wanted at the front. but
then perhaps the Army was right
(Marquand, 531)•
at full speed.
At top speed; with all possible speed; very rapidly.
(Cf. at top speed. )
Vfe would run at full speed and make terrifically sharp turns and churn
up an alramihgly bright wake in the phosphorescent water (Pyle, 3*0.
at hand.

Available; near by; within reach.

...the men decorated the trees as best they could with the few materials
at hand... (Tank, 202).
...men were too busy to think of anything but the business at. hand (Tank,

6).

How he had Molotoff cocktails, made from the materials at. hand (Tank, 19)*
...Seeger voluntarily slept at the motor pool in a tent in order to be
near at. hand in case of emergencies (Pyle, 166).
at the

■ of.

By; by means of; through the agency of.

Time and again as I lay in my tent I heard wounded soldiers discussing
amon*c themselves the wonderful treatment they had had at. the hands, of. the
medics (Pyle, 57).

at the head of.
of.

Leading; at the foremost position of; in the front

We walked until we were at the head of the column (Pyle, 399)*
Standing £t the head of the line, he had been forgotten when the word
was passed frank, 46),
at heavy cost.

With great loss of men or materials,

• ..the passage to Venafro was won at. heavy cost by direct assault,
(Yank', 167).
at home,
1. Within or at one's house.
It reminded him of the years when he h^d to work
home because h e could
not afford to work anywhere e l s e
(Marquand, 328).
.. .he had looked forward for a long time to those ten days when Jim would
be a£ home (Marquand, 542).
Madge could never understand why he did not want to to work a£. home
(Marquand, 327)•
He turned to Phyllis Leeds and said, "I think you'll find that your uncle
is now at home" (Gardner, 39).
...Simply for my own satisfaction. I'd be glad to know if you find your
uncle at home (Gardner, 39).
He could see the dining room
home again...
(Marquand, 362).
It reminded him of a Sunday, long ago, at home... (Marquand, 144),
Everything is fine at. home (Marquand, 270).
It was a warm day in late A u g u s t.whereas £& home at Bragg there was
already a hint of autmn (Marquand, 260).
...so Veda can practice at home...
(Cain, 140).
"Phillis Leeds will probably telephone us that her uncle is a£ home
(Gardner, 40).
Ringing a bell at. home had always seemed to him like ringing for the
curtain...
(Marquand, 305).
He wanted to be convinced that he was back a£. home (Marquand, 306),
2, Within one's own country.
At home it wouldn't be considered adequate (Pyle, 158).
Xs far as I could gather, the German soldiers in Italy were pretty well
aware of their disasters in Russia and on their bombing front at^ home
... (Pyle, 123).
Italian trains were running again, and they had some electric trains out
of Naples that were as modern as ours at home (Pyle, 135).
.. .we have had magnificent top leadership, at home and in our Allies
and with ourselves overseas (Pyle, 465).
The streets were lined a* they are by Fourth of July parade crowds at. home.
(Pyle. 456).

Our next few months
home will be torn between the new spiritual
freedom of half peace and the old grinding blur of half war (Pyle, 465)•
Bod played football at home... (Tank, 244).
...friends at home had sent him some brown liquid...
(Pyle, 128)).
We would like them...if they did their -part.. .at home...
(Tank, 214).
Hot m u c h l i k e Christmas at home... ( T a n k , 1 8 4 ) 7
3. In one's milieu; within one's own province of knowledge of skill.
He was as much at hone discussing philosophy.. .as he was describing the
best way to take cover from a machine gun (Pyle, 139)*
He...was at home in conversation ab^ut art and literature (Pyle, 294).
Thus it gave a mistaken idea of the luxury of Walter's surroundings, for
only a few cynics realized that Walter was not comfortably at. home
(Marquand, 22).
It seemed to Jeffrey that he v&s the only one who was not completely at
hone, completely a p a r t of it (Marquand, 250).
Jeffrey realized suddenly that he w&s not a&. home with Minot or with any
of those people (Marquand, 249).
...Beckie always wanted her children to be perfectly a£. home with her
friends (Marquand, 118).
at home

abroad.

Within one's country pnd out of it.

When one has been in the army for two years, a£. hone aaad abroad...
(Tank, 164).
at intervals.

Occasionally; sporadically; now and then; off and on.

In the Y of a tree was a Jap with a BAH which he let fly a £ Intervals...
(Yank, 6).
to be at it.

To be doing something already mentioned.

.. .and the poor colored boys who waited tables were at it nearly every
waking hour (Pyle, 11).
at last.

Pinally; in the end.

▲t last...the home field came into sight.

(Tank, 119)*
.. .at last I began to have some feeling of relief...
(Pyle, 240).
.. .inSat big tears rolled down his faee when Bosie's Riveters showed at last
over the tower (Tank, 85) •
This was the kind of talk she wanted, at last
(Cain, 219).
She had got in through her head at lasTT.. (Cain, 188).
It had come at last, the old Colonel told them...
(Marquand, 151)*
...the truth at last was out...
(Cain, 246).
At last she knew they were getting somewhere (Cain, 203).
TEere came torrential...sobs, as at last she gave way to this thing she
had been fighting off. .. (Cain"7~il5)*

At Inst can* the landing (Tank, 86).
At last aha was opan, at last sha had her own business (Cain, 120).
That was whan the foreign Correspondent a£ last came into his own (Marquand, 25)•
At last it began to dawn an him that something was wrong (Pyle, 169)*
At last we came to our own hedgerow gate
(Pyle, h30).
At last the sound died down..• (Pyle, ^37).
At last the day drew near...
(Tank, 202).
A think I had always feared in war sines happened at last — my type­
writer broke down (Pyle, 136).
Va bow our heads in memory
And know at. lest that you are free from earthly care (Tank, 156).
...her mind darted at last to the only way sha could gat the money...
(Cain, 151)*
At last Christmas Day dawned (Yank, 203).
At last our own airstrip on Amchitka was completed... (Yank,
203).
...Mrs. Lenhardt saw at last that this might not be pretense
(Cain, 193)*
At laat. nearly at midnight, the phone rang...
(Pyle, 199).
But at "iasi they became plentiful (Pyle, 2*0) •
They were relieved of paper work a£.last...
(Pyle, 355).
At last American strength pushed the Germans back...
(Pyle, 45h).
I think ha's turned around gt. last (Yank, 133).
The military experts were saying that
last something was clearly
wrong with Hitler's timetable...
(Marquand, 326).
At last they ecided to put it up in a raffle, and use theproceeds...
(Pyle, 112).
At last wa passed through a village and stopoed on the far edge to rest..
(Pyle, 203).
at

t h e l a s t m ig ra te .

A t th e

l a t e s t p o s s ib le

tim e ;

...at the last minute Mildred had dashed downtown...

at

th e

e le v e n th h o u r.

(Cain, 15*0.

a t le a s t.

1. At the minimum (of).

But at least a third of the less severely wounded
men asked if they couldn'
return to duty immediately (Pyle, *4-8).
There is at least one soldier hitting the beach.... (Pyle, 367).
At least Half the people they met thought Charlie
was the one who
captured the German (Pyle, 120)•
By the fifth week 3,500 soldiers were seeing movies at. least once a
week...
(Tank, 39)*
...the doctor had insisted upon absolute rest and quiet for at. least two
days
(Gardner, 13 )•
It'll save you at. least one girl. At. least
(Cain, 122).
A range, icebox, steam table, and sink were going to cost at least half..
(Cain, 76).
Oi yes, at. least a dosen people came to Bert, and warned him what you were
doing...
(Cain, 30).

His rerdiet was "at least two inches, maybe three" (Cain, 53).
The walls of the house were at least a foot and a half thick...
(Tank, 59).
...there is probably no camp...which does not have at least one dog...
(Yank, 136).
There was at least one thing you could do, Madge always said...
(Marquand,
101
Mac gets a letter from Lorraine at least ones, sonetimes twice a week...
(Pyle, 22).
Beckie was not sure... that she agreed...with Dr. Canby's taste, but
at least as far as she could gather it from his writings... (Marquand,100).
That suffering has made the people of Yugoslavia,
least. bitterly de­
finite...
(Tank, 72).
...one machine-gun company and one rifle company at least
(Tank, 17)*
As a sign that the long-awaited buyers' market may at least be in sight..
(New Torkpr, XXIII, June 23, 1 ^ 7 , 18).
...they thought they had been runrlng the channel £t least half the night
(Tank, *+3).
It seemed that one of the main characters of this Higgins family, or at, least
the one who lived most vividly with the memories..
(Marquand, 107TT
... ot the information out of the hairdresser — at. least that much in­
formation (Gardner, 155)*
At least one of them is vacant (Gardner, 77).
But the Japs kept coming — at. lep.st a company ofthem
(Tank, 92).
...she'll learn something, and at the very least get some of the conceit
knocked out of her
(Cain, 137)This time there w es at least a battalion of Japs attacking the Dead ftid
Xias (Yank, 93).
She had to have at least $20,000...
(Cain, 2*4-2).
...each kill to be witnessed by
lenst one otherclub member (Tank, 55).
Give the boy at least a week end (Tank, 89).
Another hour at least
(Yank, 230).
If it was out of date, at least it stood for the more recent days of 1929
(Marquand, 397)•
■Jim," she said, "at least you might see that Daddy has his pipe when he
comes iome tired" (Marquand, 66).
...I think Maggie Biederhof might know, at least how to reach him (Cain,
20
...I find pictures a bore, ^t least Nelson Bddy pictures (Cain, 196).
These are stenographers — a dime a dosen, but at. least they can do
something (Cain, 38).
...as there was at least a whiff of Juniper in all the glasses, they
usually decided to agree (Cain, 55).

).

).

2. At any rate; in any case.
Well, cheer
12*4-).
One officer
and since
he got it

up, at least you'll be ableto spend Christmas

with us

(Pyle,

had a bottle of champagne he had been saving for some occasion
this seemed to be at. least a good imitation of anoccasion
out and we p**s?ed it around
'Pyle, 82).

At least...we did not hare to ’be forced...
(Tank, 215).
Monty, not much more of an authority...than Bert wee, but at least a
little more of an authority...
(Cain, 240).
All that, said Monty, in his understanding at least, was reserved for
the end (Cain, 24o).
...I find pictures a bore. At lep.st HelBon Eddy pictures (Cain, 196).
Well — at least let me take off ny hat(Cain, 196).
Oh, at least, to the B-- (Cain, 128),
At least, that's the way I see it; so I'm sure I don't know whether The
Book can make a play or not (Marquand, 34-5).
At least. I hope you are
(Marquand, 479).
The third act's beginning to fit now — at least I think it is(Marquand,
471).
At least I think bo (Marquand, 479)At legst I think so (Marquand, 4?l).
At le-^st I think he might have told one of us and not just sent a
telegram (Marquand, 521).
•• \S! Iseet a nan could call his soul his own
(Yank, 122).
At least paste it in your mind (Pyle, 432).
At least Jeffrey hopes that was what they thought, for she was
ae young
as that (Marquand, 319).
...painful, but bearable, for at least it v n s she that was b^ing screamed
at
(Cain, 189).
Mildred...had told the whole story, or at least the whole story beginning
with Veda's return home (Cain, 249).
At Mrs. Gessler's look, Mildred pulled herself together, at least tried
to make intelligible her violent outburst
(Cain, 5l)»
...it had caught her ear these last few weeks, and at least it had an
authoritative sound to it (Cain, 36).
...would give you plenty of time with your own children , and home — and
at least it's a job (Cain, 35)»
...she felt if she didn't have a job, at least she had a friend (Cain, 33)
At least, nobody friendly Wank, 177).
Ill rigEt, but at le^st let's wait a few minutes, in case this rain'll
let up a little (Cain, 26).
Unquestionably she was becoming a little important, in her own eyes at
least, a little conceited, a little smug
(Cain, 69)*
Bert at le^st had plans, grAndiose dreams that he thought would come true
(Cain, 9^).
It was all pathetic like every fallacy, but at least it was not new (Mar­
quand, 266).
...and that seemed sufficient reason, at le^st to him, without doing
any fancy sleuthing about it (Cain, 125).
Gwen is a lady, at least she ought to be
(Marquand, 534).
...at lenst Veda wouldn 't know what she had done (Cain, 219).
At lee.st ttat 's the way ii was with one battalion of Infantry... (Yank, 48).
77 at legst there wasn't ahy harm in trying
(Pyle, 254).
...thisecEo from Germany had the effect, upon me at^ least, of a war of
nerves (Pyle, 294).
At least this was what his old friends on the paper told Jeffrey (Marquand

At least the bullets conldn11 reach me (Tack, 21)*
At leaet it was a form of engraving (Pyle, 216).
There isn't anything else 1 can tell you yet, at. least I don't
think
so, hut perhaps there will he at Christmas (Marquand, 555)•
At least that's how ours was taken (Pyle, h07).
See, meyhe a little combat patrol would he better
than this — £t least
you're moving (Tank, 20).
There's nothing open right now, but ...if anything comes up a£. le^st
I'll know where to get hold of you (Cain, 33)*
...Bert lived with his dreams and
least they kept him mellow
(Cain,

1M0.

...in theory

least they owe you $h68

(Tank, 171)*

at length.
1 . Lengthily; for a long time; fully.
These attentions Bert received gravely, and discussed the pie at. length.
saying he thought it would be a knockout (Cain, 8h).
Veda went on at some length...
(Cain, 157)*
He replied seriously, and at some ldngth. for he regarded such inquiries
as signs of high mentality on Veda's part
(Cain, 56).
He testified at length concerning the finding of the body, introduced
photographs... (Gardner, 129)•
2. Finally; at last.
At length, he said, "I'll see Miss Leeds anyway" (Gardner, 2).
At le rtv th . he said, "Mason, your mind is certainly not geared to a
conventional groove" (Gardner, 207).
At length, the hour came for the afternoon adjournment
(Gardner, 152).
Freeman Leeds became silent for several uneasy seconds. "Ho,” he said
at length (Gardner, 139)*
at loose ends.

Untidy; not well cared for; in a m e s s *

"Jeff's so careless," Madge said, "he always leaves things at loose ends"
(Marquand, h06).
at & loss to (infinitive).
fully understand.

Unable to do something because one does not

Our admiral decided there was some possibility they couldn't see us through
the slight haze although he was a£ a loss to explain why all fire lights
stopped on the ship if they couldn't see it (Pyle, 22

).

at lunch.

Hating lunch, the noontime meal; while eating lunch.

At the Home Kitchen Cafe, they were waited on by the same waitress who
hmi waited on Mason at ln*>«*-h the day he had interviewed Serle (Gardner,
156).

at aidni£h$«

At the hour of twelve o'clock midnight.

• ..and too much foodv and Christmas parties and church at midnight
(Marquand, 326)•
Madge always wanted to go to church at midnight
(Marquand, 326).
at

a

minimum.

The fewest possible; very few; small in number.

..."officers only" restrictions are at a minimtun

(Tank, 130).

at the moment.
1. Presently; at the present time; now.
...the city has two million trees at the moment. Schweizer told Stanley
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1 W , 19).
At the moment Sidney and Marianna were themselves, probably quarrelling
... (Marquand, ?9).
...couldn't quite accept Mrs. Gessler's interpretation of life, however
they might amuse her a£ the moment
(Cain, 30).
Ida was married, to a former plasterer, not working
the moment.
and Mildred suspected that a pie might help with the Sunday night supper
(Cain, 65) •
...I don't seem to see it at the moment
(Cain, 136).
"So do I", he answered, "at the moment. but you know — " (Marquand, 142).
At the moment that's the general idea behind all our movements
in this theater (Tank, 147).
At this moment the enemy attacks
(Yank, 204).
2. Then; at a certain time.
At the moment I walked up, one soldier had his pants down...
(Pyle, 375).
He had never been more conscious of silence than at the moment
when he put down that telephone (Marquand, 442).
It was simply that he did not belong with them at the moment
(Marquand, 138).
But nobody happened to be around at_ the moment...
(Tank, 19*0*
It was curious that he felt closer to his sister than he did to
Madge at_ the moment (Marquand, 367)•
Monty said he h a d no car at the moment.... (Cain, 221).
Although he was busy at, the moment. he got up right avay and w alked to
the uncomfortable cubicle...
(Marquand, 279)«
at most.

For the most part; at the highest; for the longest; etc.

The average patient stayed in the clearing station only a few hours at
most. (Pyle, 45).
at night.
the night.

During the night; after dark; during part of the night; in

• ..he remembered his grandfather'■ b a m a& night with its welcome restless
stirrings of animals inside...
(Marquand, 1^1).
At night drivers pushed their bulldozers into rock and dirt;.. (Tank, 178).
The way we caught... "Mad Morgan".. .was by posting a guard around the
bulletin board at, night
(Yank, 247).
They don't like to fight at night...
(Yank, 2*4-9)*
At night they would sit around their tents and bitch about "parade-ground
soldiering"...
(Yank, 91)*
It was answered immediately by the 75* which had moved into the valley at
night
(Tank, 50).
...she took to driving past Veda's house at night...
(Cain, 21*4-).
...men would beg me to let them make the long, dangerous haul down and
back for rations at night...
(Tank, 150).
I slipped in here at night and worked on it (Cain, 118).
...he has to find something to do with himself, at night
(Cain, 177)*
"We want the girl who flashes a signal light at night." said the MP
(Tank, 105).
At eleven o'clock at night (Gardner, 1*0).
But at night the tent had t ; be tightly closed for the blackout and it
became deadly stuffy (Pyle, *4-7).
They entrucked at night.. . (Tank, 123).
At night they gathered in their homes... (Yank, 28).
A..Wong was the Chinese cook who always went home at, night after he had
done the dinner dishes
(Marquand, *4-69)*
...the Arab population...made a fortune collecting British-American
surrender leaflets at night and selling them...by day (Tank, 128).
It gave Jeffrey the same sort of feeling that he sometimes experienced
when he awoke at. night in a strange room — ...
(Marquand, 144).
Men had no chance to get medical aid when they were wounded a£ night
(Tank, 146).
There's no way in the world...of keeping the Japs from coming in at night
(Tank, 145).
The same way when flares drop and bombs "Baroom" down at night
(Tank, 148)
But at night, when she thought about it...
(Cain, 257JT
.. .and at night there was la Bus where you met everybody you knew, and
if you were too broke for La Bue...
(Marquand, 324).
...all they had time to do at night was dig a hole, drop a poncho in the
bottom and let it rain in (Tank, *~2).
It would have been difficult in the daytime and it w*s virtually impossibb
at night
(Yank, 44).
The Gela landings were made at night... (Tank, 124).
The American outfit, wise in jungle
combat,makes a habit ofremaining
silent and stationary at night...
(Yank,19).
Especially along the hedgerow? at night, they were ferocious
(Pyle, 41?).
It w p s 11:15 at_ night
(Pyle, 390).
It was close to impossible for a German bomber to pick out this
position
at night... (Pyle, 385)•
...they can't see their targets at night... (Pyle, 335).
The job of protecting the beaches at^ night w^s given over to the anti­
aircraft artillery
(Pyle, 33l).
It was only a^t night that the Germans had a chance
(Pyle, 381).

...three locusts In the daytime and with the insistent clamor of katydids
at nlp-ht (Marquand, 260).
at no time.

Never; not ever.

At no time had the enemy answered the Navy's bombardments
at odd moments.
schedule.

(Tank, 250).

Infrequently; now and then; off andon; with no

Madge should have seen that you could not get over loving a girl simply
by going to bed with her at odd moment b (Marquand, 522).
You knew he wa.s a composer because he kept ticking a metronome at, odd
moments during each act...
(Marquand, 553 )•
After three solid weeks of being kept awake, and having to snatch a
little sleep at, odd moments. th?t was not hard to believe (Pyle, 381).
at odds.

Not in agreement; of different opinions.

...he and fate were at odds... (Yank, 16^).
atom bomb.

An atomic bomb.

(Also verbal.)

The atom bomb is the most powerful and terrific technical surprise in
military history...
(Lincoln .Journal, Aug. 12, 19^5. 2).
The Japanese ship Nagato is to be taken to the U.S. as a 'show piece*
and not atom-bombed 500 miles out to ess (London SSvening News, Sept.

20 , 19^5 , 1 ).
atomic age.
The period of time after Aug. 6 , 19^5 when the first atomic
bomb w p s dropoed.
Forty-eight hours after the historic announcements proclaiming the dawn
of the atomic age, officials felt soberly constrained to point out that
the new era has yet to reach its zenith (TN, Aug. 8 , 19^5, 1)*
atomic bomb.
A new type of bomb utilizing the atom's nuclear binding
energy, which is released by chain bombardment of the nucleus by neutrons.
The atomic bomb dwarfs by 2,000 times the blast pow^r of the British
•grand slam' bomb...
(Lincoln Journal, Aug. 6 , 19^5* l)»
atomic (atom) bombing.
The bombing with use of the atomic bomb;
dropring an atomic bomb or bombs.
Although the second atomic bombing vns carried out on the same day Russia
declared war, there was no indication these two great blows were planned
to coincide (TN, Aug. 9, 19^5« !)•

at onc>»

1. Immediately; right away; without delay.
He got the checks for me at once (Gardner, 6 ).
Of course, it all came back to Jeffrey's mind at once (Marquand, 398).
Uncle Freeman would pounce on it at once as an excuse to show that
Uncle Alden couldn't be trusted...
(^Gardner, 6).
I grant at once that she's nothing but a tramp (Cain, 191).
All men who have used the latrine during the past 36 hours will report
at once to the hospital
(Tank, 182).
Mildred pulled up a chair and sat down beside Mrs.Gessler
who at once
began making queer noises (Cain, 126).
The first order went out smoothiiy, with Letty bussing the dirty dishes to
Fancho, who went to work at once (Cain, 121).
She vaguely remembered them as Pierce Homes buyers of six or seven years
ago, but her waitress training came at, once to her aid (Cain, 121).
Services were to be conducted at the house, by the Rev. Dr. Aldous, whom
Mr. Murock said he knew very well, and would call at. once (Cain, 106).
She didn't, however, go home at once (Cain, 90).
Some of his principles she adopted at once in making herpies...
(Cain,

75).
So Mildred didn't act at once (Cain, 71).
Almost at. once she amended it by bending one knee.
(Cain, 17).
.. .it seems a pity not to let them know at once, so they can call at
the other stores, and perhaps have a little luck (Cain, 33)•
Mrs. Boole answered at once: "Oh, nothing very exciting" (Cain,
35)•
.. .if they could Just be patient a minute or two, she would seethey
were served at. once (Cain, **7 ).
At once they began amusing themselves by calling her January and Slewfoot
(Cain, -8 ).
She was pleased to find that there w «8 considerable rubber left, so that
new ones wouldn't be needed at once. (Cain, 62).
The deputy sheriff will ddve you there at once (Gardner, 39).
I suggest that you go there at. once (Gardner, 39).
Jeffrey did not answer at. once and he saw Alf watching him rather
anxiously (Marquand, 386).
"Any replies you receive," he said, "are to be sent &£. once by air mail
to thle address"
(Gardner, 1P0).
They said it's very important, to get you a£. once (Gardner, 10*0.
...Los Angeles restaurants, opened a place not far from Mr. Gessler's
place, and a£. once did a thriving trade (Cain, 2 W O .
...a few oak pieces with leather seats, which she identified at once...
(Cain, 223).
.. .Mildred didn't communicate with Monty at once (Cain, 220).
At once there were sounds from within (Cain, 18*0.
You have to go there. At once. (Cain, 181).
They didn't get in to Mr. Treviso at once (Cain, 183).
... she...returned no answer at. once (Cain, 181).
...all that setting showed at. once. if anyone should see it, that he and
Marianna were not married...
(Marquand, h-68).

She was seeing everything at once (Marquand, 531 )•
At once, she hated the hig stuffy mansion...
(Cain, 130).
He knew &t once thet they were not asleep (Marquand, 233).
...an order for them to return to their positions at. onqe (Tank, 2hl).
They were tousle-headed, florid-faced...and they put you at ease at. once.
just like you and me (Marquand, 26).
If this is the sorry case, we urge Secretary of Defense Forestal
once
to start a speech school...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19*+7» 8)7
2. At the same time; together; simultaneously.
The music always made Jeffrey nervous because it came from everywhere
at once and yet from nowhere (Marquand, 27*0.
JSverything in the vininity cut loose on him at. once (Pyle, 3*0 •
Then the consussion of the blasts of a dozen guns firing at once would
strike the far mountains across the valley...
(Pyle, 99).
They didn't all eat at, once (Pyle, 101).
She brought two extra uhiforms, so she could launder all three at. once.
over the weekend (Cain, 68).
Their conjugal quarrels and their reconciliations, all gdng on at, once.
formed an odd and slightly hysterical background (Marquand, ^5571
Jeffrey had often explained to Madge that you had to ^ive two lives at
once at such a time...
(Marqua.nd, *1-91)•
He must have thought of all those things at once and then he thought of
Jim (Marquand, 563).
...the entire caboodle came back at. once J (Pyle, 17*0.
The volume of sound, and the supernatural il usion that his voice came
from everywhere at. once, demanded a solemn and world-shaking
pronouncement
(Marquand, 38).
Instantly everybody in the crowd started talking at once (Pyle, 376).
to atone for.
another.

To make amends, reparations, for one's offense against

She had done Veda wrong, and there was but one way to. atone for it
257).
at
We

oneglance.

a casual examination.

saw more ships than a-iy other human being had ever seen at one glance.
(Pyle, 358).

at one 'point.
At
At

At one quick looking over; in

(Cain,

Once; at one time.

onepoint. I ran up against a Pusski secret-service man...
(Yank, 199)«
onepoint they tunneled under the barbed wire and kept on crawling. ..
(YankT 7+)".
At one oplnt it sounded to me...
(Yank, 228).

at

aide*

By one; next to one; with one*

Perry Mason, with Della Street a£. his side, drove rapidly toward the city
(Gardner, 39 )•
Bat as I wasn't at. her side, she gave the hahy this fellow's name (Yank,

170).

at one time*
1. Once; at a particular time*
He had read "The Enormous Room" hy S.'S. Cummings, which §& one time he
had looked upon as...
(Marquand, 231).
At one time our convoy was pushed along by the wind...
(Pyle, 359)*
At one time, he said that he'd been in a shooting scrape over a woman
(Gardner, 138).
He had thought §£ one time that he had nothing left to give her, but
now he knew that there was always something... (Marquand, 593 )•
At one time Hot J e e p had been Dutch Schultz's chauffeur...
(Yank, 139)*
2. At once; simultaneously; together.
Too many get killed at one time

(Yank, 52).

at the other end of the line.
At the other telephone; at the telephone
of the person to whom one is talking.
He was getting ready to slam up the receiver when the man at the other
end of the line said something else... (Gardner, 5)*
at pfence.

Peaceful; restful; at ease.

Hal was still feeling very tired,
but as he sat there in the car, some­
thing made him feel a£ peace... (Marquand, ^31)*
A cigar on top of this dinner would make you feel
peace with the world,
generous, kindhearted, and impulsive (Gardner, 158).
at the point of a gun.

With agun; by means of a gun

He had beat up Hogarty and then drove him out of camp
gun, without blankets...
(Gardner, 168)*
at present.

pointed at one*

at the -point of &

Now; presently; at this time*

At present, they confine themselves to a small area...
('New Yorker,
XXIII, June 28, 19^7, 18).
However, the law at present says he doesn't have to (Gardner, 207)*
It had as little to do with what was going on at present as Minot himself
or the Prince or the horse....
(Marquand, 383)*

...confidence* a "bit too heady for you or me
-present (Marquand, 26).
Since the Germans at -present occupy most of Dalmatia, the paper has to be
circulated secretly (Yank, 68).
At present. rice is in desperately short sup ly (Hew Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 19*1-7, 23).
At present...the table of organization —
(Yank, 237)*
at the present time.

Now; at present; presently.

Right at the present time. the court is trying to find out something
about the family affairs... (Gardner, 27).
at random.
Without schedule, method; aimlessly; without following a
method, pro cedur e•
Take Hemingway, or Faulkner, or Steinbeck, just to pick a few names out of
the hat fit random, and he vg.s not making a pun...
(Marquand, 335)«
.. .it had been a lot of fun, just talking §£. random and he didn't mean
Random House...
(Marquand, 336).
...the Germans shot 14 people taking them at. random from street cars...
(Yank, 221).
at the ready.

In readiness; fully prepared; alert.

Taormina did the driving and the other two held tommy guns at the ready,
looking for snipers
(Pyle, 30).
at the same time.
with.

Simultaneously; in synchronization with; concurrent

...the interest, taxes, and installments involved, frightened her, and at
the same time excited her
(Cain, 88).
Yet, at. the same time Jeffrey could -understand why Madge and everyone like
her thought Jesse was terrible
(Marquand, 275).
Waldo was asking him to lunch, and at the same time he was tel3ing him to
go to hell if he did not want to come (Marquand, 33)*
at school.
While enrolled
(Cf. at college.).

in a school; while studying in a school.

It taught him more about geology and astronomy and history than he had
every learned at. school (Marquand, 324).
Then they talked about Charley at school. and they both agreed they
ought to...
(Marquand, 102).
at sea.
On the ocean; on the sea.
(5y extension this means to be in
the navy or in an occupation which requires almost constant traveling on
the ocean.)
Commander Ederer had been at sea for more than a quarter of a century
(Pyle, 39).

at aome length.
length.)

Qp.ite a long time; lengthily; at length.

The autopsy surgeon wae called and testified £jb some length

(Cf. at
(Gardner, 129).

at (that. thi_s) stage of the game.
At that point in the development
of things; at that time in the process.
...at that stage of the game we had little contact with other American
forces...
(Pyle, 305.
at a stretch.

Without interruption; without stopping.

I can stand for sixteen hours at, a stretch and never feel a hit of hurt
(New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19^7, 23).
to be attached
very well.

to.

To have a feeling of deep affectionfor; to like

Monty is so attached to it,...
atta girl.
Good work!
appreciation.)

(Cain, 226).

Well done i (This is an exclamation of

"I think I'll get tight." "Atta girl J" (Cain, 59).
to attend to.
for.

To take care of; to give careful attention to; to care

She was grateful to Bert when he patted her hand and said he would attend
to all that
(Cain, 106).
Mildred listened, pleased that all this had been so well attended to.
but kept hanging around... (Cain, 117).
Then you attend to it (Cain, 106).
Out attending to some business (Gardner, 58).
The people took him up gently and carried him to a houseandattended to
his wounds...
(Yank, 13).
attention to.

Observance of; consideration for.

Simple friendliness, coupled with exact attention to his wants, seemed to
please him most...
(Cain, 63).
at that.

Toe; also; moreover.

(This is most

frequentlyan intensive.)

But at that it's far from being the worst place in the world to soldier
(Yank, 66).
...but what kind of planning can you do with a dog, and a sleepi one at
that...
(Yank,137).
But at that time it was a village, and a pretty Bcrubby village at that
(Cain, 6).

At that the captain moved us farther out
(Pyle, 231).
I guess I was the luckiest man in the house, at. that. ..
at (that, this) no int.
(cf. at. one point)
development; at that time.

(Pyle, 2^9)*

At that stag®, degree, of

At this point Jeffrey found it simpler to do what he had done before...
(I'arquand, 30 ) .
But — and at this point she saw herself putting out a graceful hand.. .
(Cain, 160).
They became very coy at this point
(Yank, 70).
At this point they didn't cere much whet was in front of them or whom
they had behind...
(Yank, 50).
Corporal Carnal Meena spoke up a£ that point...
(Pyle, 190).
The war seemed beautiful at that point
(Yank, 15).
at that time.

Then; at a particular time in the past.

What happened at that time?
(Gardner, 191).
I was away at that time, too...
(Yank, 170).
At. that time I was about 300 yards inland...
(Yank, 168).
At that time, the only green things in sight were Lucky Strike wrappers
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1 W ) .
at this late date.
At a particular time which is late in relation to
another time; at the eleventh hour.
At this late date — the article was dated 1912 — the police had been
unable to find any further trace of either party (Gardner, 9l)»
at the thought of.

Upon, on thinking of; being reminded of.

"Lad insisted on Vassar," she said, and she smiled affectionately
thought of Bad (Marquand, 267)•
at a time.

the

At any one time; during any one period.

...all four motors would stop for about five seconds at a time...

(Pyle,

3^8).

Gradually we moved on, a few feet at & time
(Pyle, h-03).
For three weeks the Gun (sic) was not silent for more than six hours at g.
time
(Yank, 32).
Correspondents were dribbled out of sight a few at a time in order not
to give a tip off to the enemy by a sudden mass exodua
(Pyle, l).
...she hadn't the skill to carry more than two dishes at & time (Cain,
But the trick of balancing half a dozen dishes at a time was beyond her
(Cain, h-8).
Three went at, a time from each crew, since the guns were never left, day
or night, without enough men to fire them (Pyle, 101).

We took off one at a time, about thirty seconds apart (Pyle, 323).
For pies one at, a time she had charged, and still charged, eighty-five
cents
(Cain, 68).
at thfl

Then; at a specified time in the past.

I did the only thing that seemed logical at the time (Gardner, Ilf).
...at the time he was quite rich...
(Cain, 206).
But to us there on the spot at the time it was known simply as the
"break-through^
(Pyle, h30).
Most of the prisonere coming in at. the time were from a captured German
hospital
(Pyle, 375).
...but at the time, thrt monologue had the scintillating effect that
Jesse intended (Marquand, 28h).
It was a fake but they did not know it at. the time (Marquand, 58).
He was p etty sore about it ajb. the time,...
(Pyle, 3^9)*
at times.
1. Occasionally; sometimes; of: and on; now and then.
H e ’s a little peculiar at times. just a little eccentric (Gardner, 22).
...and yet at times it seemed desperately inevitable (Pyle, hh5).
It wav different with Jim because he had been obliged at. times to take
care of Jim himself...
(Marquand, 213).
At times. his voice was so low that even the court reporter had difficulty
in hearing it (Gardner, 190).
At times. he spoke more freely (Gardner, 190).
The s Idlers said at times he had kept them from going nuts (Pyle, 28^).
I had no idea at times whether we were going up or down a slope...
(Yank, 58).
2. At particular times; at definite and specified times.
At all times one member of each gun crew had a telephone to his ear
(Pyle, 389).
The radio listed the homes the Fascist lived in at different times...
(Yank, 26).
an attitude toward.
concerning.

Feelings, moods, emotions, actions toward,

I have never known of a Christian person with such a nasty and uncon—
siderate at11tude toward the men...that are serving their country...
(Yank, 211).
at the top o f
volume•

(lungs) (voice).

Loudly; with gre^t force and

...she jumped up and began spinning around in the middle of the floor,
laughing &X, ^ke top of her lungs
(Cain, 56).

Veda, screamed a & the toiJ of her luiucs...
(Cain, 158).
.. .each boy crying aJt the tot) of his imtgg to call attention to hmsslf
(Pyle, 227).
The Jap soldiers came forward in bunches...yelling at the tons of their
voices
(Yank, 6)•
at top speed.
Very rapidly; as fast as possible; with all speed.
(Cf. at full speed.)
...the PTs...made tracks for home at top speed
(Yank, 2 55)•
After the bridges were done, the sawmill was kent going at top speed. ..
(Yank, 50).
Doctors who had to work at top speed all day...
(Yank, 1^6).
We sailed at top speed for about three miles, firing several times a
minute
(Pyle, 2h ) .
attorney at law.
Attorney; lawyer; one of a group in a or fession
licensed to do busines
in the courts, to sue end defend, etc.
Perry Mason, att orney—at-law. eh?
at w a r .

(Gardner, h-2).

Jkigaged in war; warring; in war.

Even though we are at w a r . don't forget that they are still able to get
you for violations of the Mann Act
(Yank, 97-)•
This i8 the South Sea island si war
(Yank, 76).
Wescott was at war for the first time...
(Pyle, 370).
He didn't know he was at war
(Pyle, 339 )•
There were not any Hazis stepping on Americans yet,
and we w e r e n ’t
at
war and you didn't want...
(Marquand, ^21).
Al ter all we were still at. war and these people, though
absurd and pathetic,
were enemies and caused us the misery of coming a long way to whip
them
(Pyle, 31)*
...the United States would be at war with Japan by Dec. 12).
(Yank, 23).
at the wheel.

Actually driving, operating (an automobile).

He was within a few feet of her, p t the wheel of a big blue Cord (Cain,
91).
At the wheel was T-5 Martin Simmons...
(Yank, 133)»
Why strain yourself at the wheel of a not or car, and risk the horrors
of the highway...
(Marquand, hl2).
at work.

Working; doing one's Job; at one's place of business.

...half a million passersby, all highly anused atseeing the Soldier
at V'ork (Yank, 236).
Mildred was Etill at work on the cake,which by now was a tr.ing
of
overwhelmong beauty...
(Cain, 3).

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... Alexander already at work lopoing 'branches...
(Yank, 232).
...I saw machines at work...
(Pyle, *4-18).
We had scores and scores of separate ordnance companies a£ work there
...
(Pyle, hl3).
The Seamen's Bank of Savings, near the corner of Forty-fifth and
Madison has in one of its windows a three dimensional model of a
counterfeiting ring at work
(New Yo ker, XXIII, June 28, 19*^7, 19).
audible to.

Heard ay.

If there was any nain, any tragic overtone, to this recital, it was
not audible to the ordinary ear
(Cain, 197)•
an average of.

Averaging; usually; most frequently.

...dentists were calmly making false teeth at aji average of one set a
day
(Yank, do).
to a w a i t
turn.
To wait for one's scheduled opportunity in the
due course of things.
We just settled down to await our turn
to award to.

(Pyle, 359).

To give to one as a reward for something well done.

...the Purule Heart may be awarded to personnel wounded inaction...
(Yank, 173).
aware of.

Cognizant

of; knowing about; conscious of; informed about.

...for the first time really becoming aware of the rain...
(Cain, 165).
...she became a,ware of Monty's arm
(Cain, 252).
...she became furiously aware of taxes...
(Cain, 131)
...she became aware of a throbbing Bilence...
(Cain, 1*4-5).
Mrs. Forrester...obviously aware of her advantage...
(Cain, 193).
He was wondering how much Him might be aware o f . as they all three
walked up the steps...
(Marquand, 530).
to be away at (school)(college).
To be attending school, college,
a university, which is not located in one's home town.
(Cf. at school
at £ 0 l l e g & J
"It *8 because we've been away at college.11 Jeffrey said
(Marquand, 183)
Jim had been away for years at echool and college, and yet they had a
sort of relationship...
(Marquand, 29*0.
away from.
1. From; out from.

...600 yards away from their objective
(Tank, 123).
...I started away from the battery
(Yank,31).
Get your goddam smart talk the hell away from :ay office 1 (Yank, 90).
Instead he backed slov.'ly away from Miss Jacob's desk and gazed intently
at two posters...
(Marquand, 180).
Thet drew the fire away from us ri^ht away (Tank, ISO).
Jeffrey stepped away from the desk, holding Diana of the Crossways
(Marquand, 179).
They took turns diving down on the Jap troops and beating them away from
Kimball, who was helples^ .. . (Yank, 19^).
...the possibility that it was slip-oing away from her c a u s e d a baffled,
frustrated sensation...
(Cain, 1^4).
But when the transport moved away from the dock, Lou was aboard (Tank,
110

).

2 . Hot at; not in; not with.

It's Just like a regular Job, only we're away from home
(Pyle, 2 1 2 ) .
...he would run into his own private foxhole, — or any foxhol?, if he
was away from home
(Pyle, 2 h o ) .
He was going into a world again which he had left for y e a r s — a world
away from women
(Marquand, 566).
But both times the funnel of the consussion was away from him...
(Pyle,

W13).
...he had told her that he had to have a room where he c o u l d be by
hemself, away from the children, where he could keep h i s desk and a
few papers...
(Marquand, 508).
You verb away from the cabin at the time
(Gardner, 179)...while we are away from home...
(Tank, 213).
...we are a w from camp working in the Jungles...
(Tank, 213).
It was the second Christmas he had spent away from home
(Tank, 203).
3. In another direction thafe at.
• ..a task force of the Big Bastard and seven other battleships and
destroyers cut away from its carrier for a little show of its own
(Yankl lf-3) He stotroed and looked away from Madge and out of the w i n d o w
(Marquand,
5 2 1 ) '.
away off.

Very far away; not anywhere near.

It was away of f , over there

(Marquand, 229)#

•baby bin*.
...a

little

baby f l a t
p la n e s .

A very light shade of blue.
g i r l w ith e y e s o f b a b y b lu e

to p .

A s n a i l s h ip

used fo r

( T e a k , 156) .
c a r r y in g a n d la u n c h in g a i r ­

b e a ts a p re v io u s h ig h s c o r e r : th e e s c o r t c a r r i e r
( T i n e , H o t ., 2 2 , I 9 U3 . 2 6 ) .

1B * . . . a n o t h e r

baby f l a t t o p
back a c ro s s .

R e tu rn in g an d c r o s s in g .

A nd 1 w i l l s t r o l l
back anong.

once n o re b ack a c ro s s

R e tu rn e d

to

th e

co w l a n e

(T a n k , 1 9 7 )*

and am ong.

T hey w e re b a c k am ong th e a i r c r a f t b u i l d i n g s
d ro n in g o v e rh e a d
( M a r q u a n d , U9 0 ) .

a n d th e p la n e s w e re

to b ack an d f i l l .
To b e u n d e c id e d . I r r e s o l u t e , u n c e r t a i n , t o
f a v o r o f s o m e th in g f o r a s h o r t tim e a n d th e n t o b e a g a i n s t I t .
...I

d o n 't know w h a t y o u 'r e b a c k in g a n d f i l l i n g

b ack and f o r th .
1. F o rw a rd
o p p o s ite .

b a c k ; g o in g a n d r e t u r n i n g ;

fro m

a b o u t (C a in ,

one d ire c tio n

s till

b e In

150) .

to

th e

I t w as J u s t l i k e t h r e e te a m s o f h o r s e s p l o w i n g a c o r n f i e l d — b a c k a n d
f o r t h , b a c k a n d f o r t h — th e p lo w s t a k i n g a l t e r n a t e ro w s
( P y l e , 2t ) .
T hey w o u ld g o f o r d a y s . . . b e i n g u p a n d a t I t h o u r s b e f o r e d a y l i g h t t o
s h u ttle b a c k a n d f o r t h a c r o s s th e C h an n e l
(P y le , 3 2 S ).
.. . n a t i v e tro o p s w ith t h e i r gaudy h e a d g e a r and even g a u d ie r g re e n
s trip e d
s h o rts p a c e b a c k a n d f o r t h on p o s t b e fo re m ilita r y
In s ta lla tio n s
(T a n k , 7 6 ) .
H is h e a d w e n t b a c k
f o r t h a s th o u g h w a tc h in g a t e n n i s m a tc h
( P y l e , 3U S ).
As h e saw th e p e o p le m ove b a c k a n d f o r t h h i s i n t e r e s t d i d n o t f l a g
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 2 ) .
T hose s h ip s f e r r i e d b a c k a n d f o r t h
( P y le , 2 8 7 ).
. . . o n e f e a r l e s s C l b u s i n e s s n a n t r o t t e d b a c k a n d f o r t h ,b r i n g i n g
out
f a l l e n J a p r i f l e s a n d s e l l i n g th e m
( T a n k , 52) .
T h e re w as d e b r i s f l y i n g b a c k a n d f o r t h
( P y l e , 2 U7 ) .
L o u e l l a , w i t h h e r l i t t l e b ro w n s h o e s , w a s p u s h i n g t h e ham m ock s o f t l y
back and f o r th
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 0 ) .
J e f f r e y b e g a n p a c i n g s l o w l y b a c k a n d f o r t h a c r o s s t h e ro o m
(M a rq u a n d ,
1 -5 0 ).
. . . a n I n f a n t r y b a t t l e s u r g e d b a c k a n d f o r t h a r o u n d th e m
(T a n k , 1 3 3 )*
. . . o n h e r w ay b a c k a n d f o r t h t o L a g u n a
( " C a in , 2 2 0 ) .
. . . t i n y b o a t s m oved b a c k a n d f o r t h b e tw e e n s h o r e a n d s h ip s a t a n c h o r
( P y l e , 27 U ) .

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L o n e ly d o o r s a n d s h u t t e r s h a n g e d h a c k a n d f o r t h
( P y l e , U0 3 ) .
He s a w Jao p s r u n n i n g h a c k a n d f o r t h o n t h e h e a c h w i t h f l a s h l i g h t s
(T a n k *
* 5 ).
. . . a s h e w a tc h e d t h e o e p t a i n a n d th e n a v i g a t o r w a lk c a lm ly h a c k a n d
f o r t h I n t h e n a r r o w s t e e l w a l l e d c o m p a rtm e n t
(T a n k , 4 4 ;.
. . . J a c k P ie r s o n ro o k e d h a c k a n d f o r t h w ith h i s h a n d s lo c k e d a ro u n d h is
knees
( P y l e , 1 8 7 )*
The l i g h t s s w e p t h a c k a n d f o r t h a c r o s s t h e d a r k w a t e r
(P y le , 2 1 ).
. . . s h e c o u l d h e a r h im b e h i n d h e r , w a l k i n g h a c k a n d f o r t h
( G a in , 1 5 5 )*
Two M u s t a n g f i g h t e r s . • . p a t r o l l e d h a c k a n d f o r t h , h a c k a n d f o r t h
(P y le , * 3 * ).
As H ag en h u ch g ro p e d h i s w ay h a c k a n d f o r t h t h e g u n s w e n t o f f w ith
a n o th e r n ig h ty r o a r
(T an k , * 6 ) •
. . . o u t o n d e c k s e v e r a l h a l f - t r a c k s h r o k e t h e i r m o o rin g s a n d c h a r g e d
h a c k an d f o r t h w ith a f r ig h te n in g so u n d
( P y le , 231) .
T h a n t h e tw o d e s t r o y e r s w e n t i n a s c l o s e a s t h e y c o u l d g e t a n d r e s u m e d
t h e i r m e th o d ic a l m s h a c k a n d f o r t h
(P y le , 2 * ).
In th e d a y s t h a t fo llo w e d th e la n d in g s o u r h e a d q u a rte rs v e s s e l p a t r o l ­
l e d h a c k a n d f o r t h b e tw e e n t h e A m e ric a n s e c t o r s
( P y le , 3 3 )*
. . . b i g a n d l i t t l e s h i p s m o v in g c o n s t a n t l y h a c k a n d f o r t h
(P y le , 2 7 2 ).
2.

F ro m

one to

th e

o th e r.

F a r d a y s a f t e r w a r d s th e f i e l d i n w h ic h h e l a y p a s s e d h a c k a n d f o r t h
b e t w e e n G e rm a n h a n d s a n d o u r s
( P y l e , U5 U ) .
...g r o u n d w as c h a n g in g h a n d s h a c k a n d f o r t h
( P y l e , 1 8 9 )*
T h e re w as a l i t t l e t a l k h a c k a n d f o r t h , a l i t t l e k id d in g
(M a rq u a n d .
1* ) .
----------------------------M en s t a r t e d s h o u t i n g h a c k a n d f a r t h a b o v e t h e d i n t
"H ey, y o u g o t a
s p a r e c l i p o f M l? "
(T a n k , 9 3 ) •
Me c a l l e d h a c k a n d f o r t h t o e a c h o t h e r
(T a n k , 2l ) .
G e rm a n a n d A m e r i c a n t r a c e r h o l l e r s w e r e s t r e a m i n g h a c k a n d f o r t h . . .
a lm o s t h i t t i n g e a c h o th e r
( P y l e , l 6l ) .
hack a t.
1. ^ S e n a t ;
re tu rn e d ).

w h ile

at

(in

th e

sense

th a t

o n e h a s b e e n aw ay a n d

B a c k a t M o n t y 's h o u s e , s h e w o u l d w a t o h t h e S w i n g s t a k e t h e i r d e ­
p a rtu re
( G a in , 160) •
B ack a t t h e r e s t a u r a n t , sh e in s p e c te d th e k itc h e n , fo u n d i t f a i r l y
s a tis fa c to ry
(C a in , l l 6 ) .
We h a d d i n n e r a t t h e C o v e t o n i g h t a n d a r e now h a c k a t y o u r a p a r t m e n t
(T a n k , 83) .
He w a s h a c k a t h e m e , h u t m u ch o f h im w as a w a y f r o m hom e a l r e a d y
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 6 )•
...S w e e n e y w as h a c k a t h i s g u n s
(T a n k , 16) .
By daw n t h e y w e r e h a c k a t t h e F r e n c h o u t p o s t
( T a n k , 1 2 3 )*
I t w as t h r e e d a y s l a t e r , h a c k a t cam p, t h a t I le a r n e d t h a t L ie u te n a n t
G e n e r a l M c N a ir a n d AP p h o t o g r a p h e r B e d e I r v i n h a d b e e n k i l l e d
(P y le , * 3 8 ).

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2 . At (in
th e re )•

th e

sens*

th a t one h a s b een a t a p la c e V at is

no lo n g e r

" I g o t a l e t t e r j u s t n o w ," J e f f r e y a n s w e r e d , " b a c k a t t h e h o t e l
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 8 ) ,
. . . n o o n e V a c k a t h a s te h a d k n o w n w h e r e A l f w a s , w h e n J e f f r e y h a d V e e n
th e re l a s t
( H a r q u a n d , 2 7 9 )*
"B ack a t h o s ts ," J e f f r e y s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 102) .
B i s p e r s o n a l g e a r w a s i n t h e sa m e ro o m I h a d V e e n l i v i n g i n b a c k a t
t h e V a s e cam p
( P y l e , 12l ) .
He h a d a v e n g e d th e l o s s o f h i s c a m e ra h a c k a t S i d i - b o u - I l d
( P y l e , 260) .
B a c k a t t h e B e a d %&d K id s * O P , M « .j. L . i t . L e w . . . r e c e i v e d a a e s s a g e
~ T T a S , 9 3 ).
B a c k a t t h e CP t h e c o l o n e l a n d h i s s t a f f s a t b e f o r e t h e f i r e
(T an k , 49)
. . . b a c k a t t h e A ssam D ra g o n V a s e , L t . L u s s k y v o l u n t e e r e d t o a tte m p t a
re sc u a
(T an k , 195) *
B ack a t th e l a n d i n g p o i n t a w h o le p l a t o o n o f p h o t o g r a p h e r s w e n t b y
( T a n k , 1 U7 ) .
3 . B e tu m in g ( l t ) to ; In r e tu r n to .
is a lik e to th a t a lre a d y done and I s

(T h is im p lie s t h a t th e a c tio n
a re s u lt of l t .)

He t o o k i t o u t , w i t h a n a n n o y e d g r im a c e a n d p i t c h e d l t b a c k a t h e r
--------------( C a i n . 1 U3 ) .
. . . h e p ic k e d I t u p , s t a r t e d to p lto h l t b a c k a t h e r a g a in
(C a in , 1 4 3 ).
T h ro w t h e r m i t e b o m b s , a n d t h e y ' l l t h r o w th e m r i g h t b a c k a t y o u
(T a n k , 5 * 0 .
H e g r a b b e d h i s . 4 5 a n d f i r e d b a c k a t th e m
(T a n k , 1 9 4 ),
. . . s a w a c a l c u l a t i n g , c o n f i d e n t , w o m a n 's f a c e s q u i n t l u g b a c k a t h e r
(C a in , 7 4 ) .
to b a c k aw ay.

To m ove i n

re v e rse

fro m ;

to

m ove b a c k w a r d s f r o m .

I t w as a f t e r d a r k w hen w* b a c k e d aw ay fro m th e d o c k
( P y l e , 230) .
. . . t h e y w i l l b a c k aw ay a b i t a n d th ro w I n h a n d g r e n a d e s
(T a n k , 10) .
b ack d o o r.
lik e
(a ls o

The door a t
fig u ra tiv e ).

th e b a c k o f th e h o u s e , a p a rtm e n t,

o r th e

P v t . V . G . A t k i n s o n • • .w a s t h e g u a r d o n t h e b a c k d o o r o f t h e e m b a s s y
(T an k , 2 0 1 ).
A nd I f h e 'd a p p e a r e d a t y o u r b a c k d o o r w ith a r o l l o f b la n k e t s o v e r
h is s h o u ld e r, ra g g e d , unkem pt
(G a rd n e r, lb o ) .
T hey w e n t o u t th e b a c k d o o r
( C a in , 1 5 5 ).
. . . h a t e d t h e f e e l i n g s h e h a d b e e n s m u g g le d i n t h e b a c k d o o r
(C a in ,
1 3 0 ).
B u t n o w , a s a f o o t c r u n c h e d on t h e g r a v e l , th e c o n v e r s a t i o n s t o p p e d ,
th e n Te d s b u r s t i n th e b a d k d o o r
(C a in , 1 2 5 )•
T h e n c a m e t h e b u s t —o p . • . a n d o u t h e g o t , t h r o u g h t h e b a c k d o o r n e a r
urg a
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 2 ) .

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t o b a c k dow n.
o r th e l i l t ;

to

To r e t r e a t f r o m a p o s i t i o n , u s u a l l y i n a n a r g u m e n t
g iv e i n ; to a b a n d o n a n o p in io n i n a n a rg u m e n t.

. . . M i l d r e d w a n ta d jto b a c k d ow n . . . ( C a i n , 2 0 6 ) .
T h is w o u ld h a v e b a a n e n o u g h t o n a k a M lld r a d b a c k dow n. . .
b a c k dow n.

Hatu rn in g

to

a p la o a

(G a in ,

20j) .

lo w a r ( th a n ) •

F i n a l l y a lo lc n a a a a n d a x h a a a t l o n o v e r t o o k m an y o f t h o a a w ho w a ra l a f t ,
s o t h e y v a r a s a n t b a c k d a w n t h a m o u n t a i n u n d e r t h e i r ow n p o w e r
( P y l e , I 1* ) .
B r e r y n i g h t t h e y w o u ld t a k a u p a a c k s o f n a i l , a n d e v e r y n i g h t t h e y 'd
b r in g a l a r g e p o r t i o n o f i t b a c k d o w n ... ( P y l e , l b b ) .
All d a y long ha rode around in an I« W F , climbing rope ladders up tha
sides o f ships, snaking back down on single ropes.. . ( P y l e , 2 6 7 ) *
back d ro p .
In a th e a te r a la r g e e u r ta ln , u s u a lly p a in te d to re p re ­
s e n t a s c e n e , c o v e rin g th e b a c k p a r t o f th e s ta g e .
By e x te n s io n a
b a ck g ro u n d .
. . . t h e r u s t l i n g o f r e s t l e s s n o tio n on th e p a r t o f th e s p e c ta to r s ,
o o n b ln e d t o f u r n i s h a b a c k - d r o p o f s o u n d , a g a i n s t w h ic h t h e w h is p e r s
...( G a r d n e r , 1 8 6 ).
back B a s t.
“D ae e a s t e r n p a r t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y
e a s t e r n s e a b o a r d a r o u n d H ew Y o r k C i t y .

th e

M rs . H ew eom be i s g o i n g b a c k B a s t .
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 56) .
S o ll y w i l l b e b a c k H a s t b y C h ris tm a s •
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 2 ) .
b a c k fro m .
1 . R e tu rn in g

fro n .

The c l e a r i n g s t a t i o n w as a
D iv is io n , a s o r t o f f la g
lin e s
( P y l e , b -5 ).
B ack fro m th e b a t t l e f r o n t
^ h e n th e y f o u g h t t h e i r w ay
(Y an k , 8 6 ) .

s m a ll t e n t h o s p i t a l o f th e F o r t y - f i f t h
s to p f o r w o un d ed on t h e w ay b a c k fro m th e
to d a y cam e P v t . F lo y d P r i n g l e . . . (Y a n k , 1 7 5 )*
b a c k fro m M u n s te r t o th e F rsm e h c o a s t . . .

2 . R e tu rn e d fro m .
A f r i e n d o f m in e , a c a p t a i n b a c k fro m A f r i c a . . . ( P y l e , 2 9 8 ) .
. . . I am b a c k f r o m a n e a r b y r e h a b i l i t a t i o n c e n t e r . . . ( Y a n k , 2 2 7 ) *
C o r re s p o n d e n ts w e re s n a p p e d b a c k fro m H u r o p e ... (M a rq u a n d , 2 b ) .
T h o s e y o u n g g u y s b a c k f r o m t h e w a r w a n t t o . . . (H ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , 1 9 ,
June 2 8 , 1 9^7. 2177
I d i d n 't g e t a n y C h r is tm a s p a c k a g e s , b u t th e n I h a d n 't b e e n b a c k fro m
A a e rle a v e r y lo n g
( P y l e , 125) .

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H e h i r e d J e f f r e y b e c a u s e J e f f r e y w a s a H a r v a r d m an h i m s e l f a n d h a c k
fro n th s w ar w ith p re v io u s new sp ap er e x p e rie n c e
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 8 ) .
. . . i d l e h ad . s e e n t h e P r e s i d e n t o r m ho h a d a f r i e n d w ho w as h a c k f r o n
o r th e O rie n t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 9 ) •

Occasionally in the evenings, when Jeffrey was hack fron college, his
father would talk to him about getting sJtiead OCarquand, 177).
H e 's a V e s t A i d e r w h o d u s t s h o o k s a n d t i d i e s , w h e n h e ' s h a c k f r o n
D a rtm o u th
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 1 ) .
T hey h a d h e e n h a c k fro m O ra n a n h o u r o r t w o . . . (T a n k , 1 * 0 ) .
W hen H o g a r t y l a u g h e d a t t h o s e d e m a n d s , S e r l e p l a n n e d t o g e t h i s m o n e y
h a c k fro s t H o g a rty
(G a rd n e r, 2 1 * ).
R e p a ir p a r t i e s h a c k f r o n th e h e a n h e s b r o u g h t s o u v e n i r s ..• ( P y le , 3 5 ).

3. To the rear in relation to.
She two c i t i e s . . .extend only a few blocks hack fron the waterfront
(P y le ,

2 3 * ).

A couple of hundred yards hack fron the ahore lin e, was an immense
ditch (Pyle, 361).
S h e f a r t h e r h a c k fro m th e l i n e s th e b i g g e r b eco m e th e o u t f i t s . . .
( P y l e , U lS T :
I t w as M a ria n n a M i l l e r w i t h a Q u a k er g i r l ' s s u n b o n n e t p u s h e d h a c k
f r o n h e r b r i g h t g o ld h a i r . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 1 7 ) .
A b l u f f h a c k f r o n t h e b e a c h h a d g r e a t c o n c r e t e g u n e m p la c e m e n ts . . .
( P y le ,~ 3 5 l) .

She brushed her hair back from her forehead and drew her s ilk kimono
more closely over her shoulders (Marquand, 312).
...sh e was. . . standing, a few feet back fron the big round table
(Cain, 3*6).
back hone.

1. At hone (which see)t (The implication here is that one is no­
where near one's home, that one is away fron his hone.)
B ac k ho m e. . . h e a n d M rs . B r a d le y p r o b a b l y t o o k one d r in k a m o n t h ...
~ T 5 y l .. 3 0 7 ).
,
, „
He h a d n a r r l e d a b e a u t i f u l I n d i a n g i r l b a c k h o n e
( P y l e . *8 ) .
S o l d i e r s a t th e f r o n t c a n 't s to m a c h f l a g - w a v i n g b a c k h o n e
(P y le ,
1 7 2 ).

They'll get l i t t l e glory back home when i t ' s a ll over, but they had
sons recompense right there in the gratitude of the men they
treated (Pyle, 57).
...th e people b a c k hone were aware o f the fine J o b they were d o i n g
here ( T a n k , 2 0 l ) .
. . . s o h e t o o k h i s t y p e w r i t e r w i t h h im a n d w r o t e s c a d s o f l e t t e r s t o
th e f o lk s b a c k h o n e . J u s t to k eep h is h a n d in
(P y le , 1 2 7 ).
O ne o f t h e m e a n e e t s t u n t s I h e a r d o f w a s a C h r is tm a s e n v e lo p e f u l l o f
c lip p in g s t h a t a p r a c t i c a l J o k e r b a c k hom e s e n t a s o l d i e r
(P y le ,
1 2 5 ).

He w o u ld b o r o n ^ i m n "back h o i t
( P y l e , 1 8 6 )*
I f y o u s h o u ld s r o r ru n i n t o h ln h a c k b o a s . . . ( P y le , 2 1 7 ).
W hen I r e a d y o u r c o l u a n h a c k h o n e . t n e r e r s u p p o s e d we* d e v e r n e e t
(P y le , 1 9 8 ).
My w i f e h a c k h o s t . . . ( P y l e , 2 8 8 ) .
T he c o r p o r a l h a d a g i r l h a c k h o m e . . . ( P y l e , 2 6 7 )*
T h e re w as a c o n t r o v e r s y .. . o v e r th e p in - u p g i r l s v e r s u s th e g i r l
hack hone
(P y le , 1 8 0 ).
T h e f o o d w a s a b o u t w h a t w e h a d h a c k h o n e . . . ( P y l e , 3 * 4 0 )•
O ils Is b e t t e r th a n l t w as b a c k h o n e . . . ( P y le , 2 1 2 ).
B ack h o a e h e ow ned a d r u g s t o r e . • • ( P y le , 3 ^ 6 ) .
. . . t h e y w o u ld s p p r e c l a t e e v e n a p i c t u r e o f o u r g a l s h a c k h o a e
(T a n k , 2 1 * ).
How1 s e v e r y t h i n g h a c k h o n e T ( M a r q u a n d . 5 8 2 ) .
Both i n g t o co m p are w i t h l t h a c k h oa e
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , 2 9 , S e p t . 6 ,
19*7. 2 2 ).
I know t h e f o l k s h a c k h o a e w e r e d i s a p p o i n t e d . . . ( P y l e , 1 * 1 ) .
I n V o v e a b e r , a f t e r a tw o n o n t h ' s l e a v e h a c k h o a e i n t h e S t a t e s , I
h e a d e d a g a in f o r th e M e d ite rra n e a n t h e a t e r .
(P y le , 9 2 ),
. . . I t J u s t r e a l n d e d a e o f t h e f i r e w o r k s a t t h e S t u t s a a n C o u n ty P a i r
h o ic k h o a e . • . ( T a n k , 2 * ) .
I n a s t a c k o f l e t t e r s f r o n t h e g a l b a c k h o a e . . . (T a n k , 1 7 7 )*
. . . s o a e p e o p le h a c k h o a e a r e k n o c k in g dow n e v e r y t h i n g w e a r e f i g h t i n g
fo r
(T a n k , 213) .
. . .h ig h w a y t h a t w o u ld r a t e a b l u e l i n e on a g a s o l i n e n a p h a c k h o a e
(T an k . 3 9 ) .
. . . s h e h a d t h e p i c t u r e ta k e n w i t h one o f th e h o y s b a c k h o a e . . . ( T a n k ,

1*1).

B e f o r e th e p u b l i c h a c k h o a e e v e n knew o f th e X d ak o c c u p a t i o n . . .
(T a n k , 1 9 )*
T h e re w e re s n a p s h o ts o f f a n l l l e s h a c k h o a e
( P y l e , 3 & 7 )»
...n o b o d y b a f k h o a e knew a n y th in g a b o u t l t
(P y le , 3 9 6 ).
. . . a p u b lc e r e p o r t to th e f o l k s h a c k h o a e .. . ( P y l e . 3 9 6 ) .
B ack h o a e h e w as know n a s T o a a y
(P y le , * 4 8 ).
T h in g s g o t e v e n w i l d e r h a c k h o a e l a t e r o n . . . ( T a n k , 1 5 9 )*
I le a r n e d to do l t . . .h a c k h e a e i n H l a n v l l l e , H . D ak .
( T a n k , 1 7 3 )*
T h e r e w e r e e r a f t s n e a . . .w h o u s e d t o n a k e $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 t o $ * 0 , 0 0 0 a y e a r
h a c k h o a e I n t h e i r ow n e s t a b l i s h e d b u s i n e s s e s
(P y le , * 1 8 ).
Why d o n ' t y o u t e l l t h e f o l k s h a c k h o a e w h a t t h i s I s l l k e T
( P y l e , 3 9 9 )*
. . . h e w a s a n o l d r e a d e r o f ay c o l u a n s h a c k h o n e . . . ( P y l e , * 0 2 ) .
. . . h e u s e d t o w o rk I n a b r e w e r y h a c k h o a e . . . ( E y l e . *0 2 ) .
O o u p o sed o f th e g u y s w h o se g a l s h a c k h o a e h a v e d e c ld e d ”a fe w y e a r s I s
to o lo n g t o w a i t , ” th e c lu b h a s o n ly o n e p u r p o s e . . . (T a n k , 3 5 )*
I b e g a n to th in k o f w h a t I h a d to do a n d o f th e re d h e a d h a c k h o ae
( T a n k , 2l ) .
B ack h o a e h e
a w ife and a f iv e - y e a r - o ld d a u g h te r
( P y l e , 27) .
I t ' s g o o d f o r t h a t e t h e r e a l e o n o t h i n g t h a t t h e USO h o s t e s s e s , a d ­
v e r t i s i n g c o p y w rite rs an d su n d ry o th e r c i v i l i a n s h a c k h o a e c a l l
n o ra le
(T a n k , 83) •

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H o t t o d a y . J u n i o r — t h i s a l n ' t M a in S t r e s t b a n k h o u , y o a k n o w
( T a n k , 75).
. . . r o a d s , s o n s o f th e m m u e h b u s i e r t h a n M a i n S t r e e t , . . b a c k h o n e . . .
(T a n k , 2 3 l ) .
2 . R e tu r n e d hom e; a t hom e a f t e r b e in g aw ay fro m h o m e.
H e r h u s b a n d w a s . . . b a c k h o m e a f t e r tw o y e a r s a n d a h a l f a s a G e rm a n
p ris o n e r
(P y le /T M J ? ).
.• • h e
p u lle d h i s m is s io n s a n d w as b a c k h o n e
( T a n k , 2 U3 ) .
b x k in .
1. I S ,
(T h is im p lie s
a t th e p r e s e n t .)

th a t

one h u

been in

a p la c e b u t i s

n o t th e re

I

J u s t v i s u a l i s e u s o n som e f a r d a y w h e n w e c r o s s e z e h o t h e r ' s
p a th s b a c k i n A m e r ic a .. . ( P y l e , 239) .
B ack i n A m e ric a h e " m is s e d " a e o u p le o f t r a i n s . . . ( P y l e , 3 3 2 ) ,
. . . b a ck i n th e S ta te s th e y h a d a num ber o f p ig s f o r p e ts
v P y le , 3 ^ 7 ) .
W h en ev er t h e y b r o u g h t u s f r u i t J u i c e i n c a n s h e w o u ld t a k e a g o o d
t o s e e i f l t w as a p r o d u c t h i s p a r t n e r w as s e l l i n g b a c k i n
th e S ta te s
( P y l e , U6 ) .
O x en 1 t o l d th e m a b o u t m y b a t h e x p e r i e n c e b a c k i n A m e r i c a
(P y le , 1 1 1 ).
. . . t h e y w e r e i n cam p b a c k i n A m e ric a
( P y l e , 3&TT*
H i s f a m i l v s n a k e T r e n c h i n t h e i r h o m e b a c k i n H ew H a m p s h i r e
(P y le .
3 8 6 ).
He s a i d e a c h o n e o f t h e g u n c o l l e c t o r s b a c k i n O h io h a d a d i f f e r e n t
s p e c ia lty
( P y l e , H 22) .
. . . X saw m a c h i n e s a t w o r k t h a t w o u ld h a v e b e e n h o u s e d i n a $ 30*000
s h o p b a c k i n A m e ric a
( P y l e , 1 * 1 8 ).

Ho wonder you* re back in the States

(Tank, 177).

sure that back in England t h a t n l ^ i t o t h e r men —
almost wspt.TTTPyle, 5 3 9 ) .

I 'm

bomber crews —

B r s n i n t h e A rm y b a c k i n A m e r i c a h e h a d t o b e g d o c t o r s t o w a i v e t h e
e a r d e f e c t.. . ( f y le .T H s ) .
H esL T ly e v e r y d a y t h e m e n o f t h e t a n k c r e w s b a c k i n b i v o u a c h a d a d e ­
t a i l s t a r t i n g J u s t a t daw n
( P y l e , 263) .
. . . h e g a v e me s o m e t h in g t o s s n d t o t h a t g i r l b a c k i n A m e ric a
(P y le ,
315)
O ne p l a n e . . . b a c k i n H n g l a n d h a d t o m a k e a f o r c e d l a n d i n g . . . ( P y l e ,

.

338).
C h ie f u s e d to b e a c l e r k w i t h t h e A e tn a L i f e I n s u r a n c e C o. , b a c k i n
h i s hom e t o w n ... ( P y le , 3 3 0 ).
C la y to n h a d w o rk e d a t a l l k in d s o f t h in g s b a c k i n th e o th e r w o rld o f
c iv ilia n lif e
(P y le , 5 ^ 9 ).
— a n d b a c k i n L o n d o n , e v e n W in s to n k n o w s a b o u t i t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 ) .
X he R a n g e r s w e r e b a c k i n t h e S t a t e s
(T a n k , 122) •
. . . t h e sam e d ru g T r s m e m b e r e d u s i n g b a c k i n s c h o o l t o
k e e p aw ake f o r
my f i n a l exam s
(T a n k , 1 1 8 ).
. . . a g u y b a c k i n th e S t a t e s . . . (T an k , 217) .

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. . . m o r e USO s o l d i e r s o v e r h e r e t h a n t h e r e a r e h a c k : I n t h e S t a t e e
(T an k , 2 1 6 ) .
B ack I n t h e b e u r r a f lk s .. . ( T a n k , 1 1 9 )*
B ack I n e s o ^ D e rra n o n e t h i s o ld b u d d ie s
(T a n k , 2 8 ) .
l a t h e S t a t e e now t h e y t a l k a b o u t l t f o n d l y
(T a n k . 123) •
f th o u g h t y o n w e re d e a d a lo n ^ t i n e a g o , b a c k I n T u n i s ia
( T a n k . 2 3 )*
Ha r e c e n t l y c o t a e l x p a g e l e t t e r f r o n h i e f i a n c e e b a c k I n Te r e s
(T an k . 35) .
% .
. . . o n l y tw ic e th e e l s e o f b la c k a n ts b a c k i n th e S t a t e s . . • (T a n k , h 2 ) .
I h e e e G I s w e r e n e n . . .w h o h a d l e f t t h e i r h o r s e s h a c k i n t h e S t a t e s
(T an k , lU k ).
. . . I s a w n y f i r s t g am e b a c k i n t h e S t a t e s . • • ( T a n k , 1 7 3 ' •
. . . t h e r e i s a e o tq > le o f g u y s b a c k i n c a n p t h a t ow e n e d o u g h . . .
(T a n k . 1 6 2 ).
A nd b a c k i n L o n d o n o n e n o r e w o n a n l e a r n s
To c o n n t n o n o r e t h e b o n b e r s a s t h e y f l y
(T a n k , 1 5 3 )*
. . . a l t h o u g h i n t r a i n i n g b a c k i n t h e S t a t e s h e h a d f a i l e d t o w in a a
e x p e r t r l f l s n a n 1s n e d a l
(T a n k , 53) ,
. . . a n d I th o u g h t f o r a m in u te t h a t 1 w as b a d e i n b a s i c t r a i n i n g
(T an k , 5 2 ) .
A f te r s i x y e a r s b a c k I n th e S ta te s S e n . S t i l w e l l r e tu r n e d to C h in a .. .
(T a n k , 131) .
H u m o rs c a n b e w i l d e r o n t h e b a t t l e f r o n t t h a n i n a n y b a r r a c k s l a t r i n e
b a c k i n t h e S t a t e s . . . (T a n k . 109) .
T h a t w as b a c k I n t h e S t a t e s
(T a n k , 2 U 3 ).
2.

In .

A nd I

(T h is

im p lie s

a tin e

In

th e p a s t . )

r a m e m b e r w o r r y i n g a b o u t Waur C o r r e s p o n d e n t K e n C r a w f o r d , a f r i e n d
b a c k I n t h e o l d W a s h in g to n d a y s . . . ( P y l e , ^ 3 7 ) .
. . . t h e t h r e e o f u s la u g h e d a t o u r in e x p e r ie n c e end n e rv o u s n e s s b a c k i n
th o s e d ay s
( P y le , 260) .
^
B ack I n P e b r u a r y o f 1 9 ^ 3 .• • (P y le * 258) .
fla c k I n t h e d a y s o f d e s e r t f i g h t i n g a r o u n d T e b e s s e . . . ( P y l e , 2 3 6 ) .
B ac k i n th o s e d a y s W a lte r H ew conbe had. lo o k e d l i k e a y o u n g c l e r k i n a
g e n e r a l s t o r e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 6 ) .
J e f f r e y r e c a l l e d t h a t n e o n e h a d c a l l e d h im " J e f f l e " e x c e p t b a c k i n
th e p a s t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 ) .
I t s to o d u p a g a i n s t th e G e ra a n s b a c k In 19^0 an d e a r l y 19*H . ••
(T a n k , 2 1 8 ).
B a d e i n t h e l a i s t w a r i t w o u ld h a v e b e e n o b v io u s t h a t a n y b a r w as a
n en T s b a r . . . (M a rq u a n d , 5 7 5 ) .
. . . T e d a b e g a n t h e s o n g a b o u t r a in b o w s t h a t h a d b e e n M i l d r e d 's f a v o r i t e
b a c k i n t h e h a p p y d a y s . . . ( C a i n , 2h l ) .
. . . t h e c h a r g e o f m u r d e r i n g B i l l H o g a r t y , h i s m i n i n g p a r t n e r , b a tc k i n
th e l a t e r d a y s o f th e K lo n d ik e g o ld r u s h
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 2 ).
H e k n e w y o u b a c k I n t h e wear o r s o n e s h e r e
(M a rq u an d , 61) .
B ack in th o s e d a y s , J e f f e c o u ld n o t h a v e h e lp e d s e l l i n g h l n s e l f i f he
had tr ie d
(M a rq u an d , 283) .

from

Y o u 'r e r e a l l y B i l l H o g a r t y , w h o a s s u m e d L e a d ' s i d e n t i t y B a c k i n 1 9 0 7
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 1 ).
P h o t o s t a t i o c o p ie s o f h o t e l r e g l s t e r s b a c k i n O c to b e r o f 1907* th e
R e g in a H o te l a t D aw so n , t h e G o ld e n N o r th S o t e l . . . ( G a r d n e r . 9 0 ) .
. . . h a c k i n t h e d a y s s h e n I w o rk e d i n W a s h in g to n
(P y le , 1 0 8 ).
B a c k i n t h e d a y s w h e n J e f f r e y h a d f i r s t c o m e t o N ew Y o r k . . . ( M a r q u a n d ,
3 2 ).
. . . h e c a l l e d h is s t a f f i n f o r a l i t t l e p e p t a l k , b a o k i n th e 1770' s . . .
(Y a n k , 236) .
3.

R e tu rn e d i n ,

to ,

a f t e r h a rin g b e en

in .

He e x p e c te d t o h e h a c k i n a c t i o n i n 19^+
(^ y ls * 1 2 2 ).
W han I w a s h a c k i n t h e h a r b o r a r e a w r i t i n g , I a t e a t a n e s s f o r s t a f f
o ffic e rs
( f c y l e , 2 U0 ) .
T h o s e w o r d s w e r e h a c k i n h i s w in d w h e n h e w a s i n t h e f r o n t h a l l o f t h e
a p a r t n e n t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 5 * 9 ) .
E x p l a i n t o P h y l l i s L e e d s t h a t e v e r y t h i n g is o k a y , a n d t h a t I ' l l h e
h a c k i n th e o f f i c e M onday n o m l n g
(G a rd n e r, 122) .
" I n s e c ts a r e l i k e p e o p le ," h e s a id , n e a tl y r e t r i e r l n g th e b e e tl e fr o n
o u r h a n d an d p u ttin g l t b ao k in a c ig a r b o x
(N e w Y o r k e r , X X I I I , 3 ° »
S e p t. 1 3 , 19^7# 2 7 ) .
. . . w e w a n te d to g e t th e n r e p a i r e d an d h a c k i n a c t i o n f o r o u r s e l r e s
(P y le . ^ 2 3 ).
H e 's s c a r e d a s h e l l w h i l e h e ' s i n i t , h u t g e t h im h a c k i n g a r r i s o n a n d
h e ' l l s t a r t l o n g i n g . . . (Y a n k , 9 1) ,
T he D ead B ad K id s w e re h a c k i n t h e i r e le m e n t
(Y a n k , 9 * 0 .
He w as b a o k i n th e o a r a g a in
( M a r q u a n d , U9 0 ) .
I s M in o t h a c k i n W a s h in g to n !
(M a rw u an d , 568) .
...M a d g e th o u g h t i t w as p e r f e c t l y J u s t a n d r i g h t f o r M in o t t o h e h a c k
I n th e a r m y ..
(M a rq u a n d , 5 * * ) .
B a c k i n t h e s w in g , y o u a r e J u s t t r y i n g t o re m e m b e r w h a t l t w as y o u . . .
( K a r q u a n d , 7 3 )*
A ld e n L e e d s s t a r t e d t o g e t t o h i s f e e t , d r o p p e d h a c k i n t h e c h a i r , a n d
s a i d .. . (G a rd n e r, 107T.
D e a r C o r p — I am h a c k i n D a y t o n f o r a n o t h e r f u r l o u g h a n d I am l o o k i n g
a f t e r L u l u . . . (Y a n k , ? 3 ) .
E v e ry o n e w a s h a c k i n to w n a g a i n a n d t h e r e w a s t h e s a n e f e e l i n g o f
a n t i c i p a t i o n i n th e a i r
(M a rq u a n d , 88) .
B a c k I n h i s o f f i c e . M ason p a c e d t h e f l o o r , p u f f i n g a w ay a t h i s c i g a r ­
e t t e . . . (G a rd n e r, 65) .
U. R e tu rn in g i n ,

in to ,

a fte r

h a v in g b e e n

in .

. . . h e . . . flu n g h e r h a c k in th e c h a ir
( C a i n . 169) .
B u t u n e x p e c t e d l y , a s s h e r a n h a c k i n t h e h o u s e a f t e r w a v i n g th e m
g o o d b y e , s h e b e g a n t o c r y . .1 C S a l n , 1 9 )*
I f I h a v e t o t a k e t h i s c l e a v e r t o y o u , y o u 'r e n o t c o n in g h a c k i n
house
(G a in , 5) .
5. I t

a p la c e

to

th e r e a r

in .

th is

-Ill'

H e b a d a ’b i d e b l n , a n d h i s e y e s w e r e s e t b a d e I n h i e b e a d
(P y le , 1 2 8 ).
F o r t h e t a l c e - o f f , 1 e a t b a c k i n t h e r a d i o co rap a r t w e n t o n s o m e p a r a c h u t e s
( P jr l., 323) .
„
Back i n t b e k i t c h e n b e c o u l d b e a r M r , B a r n e s ' s r o l o e
(M a rq u a n d , 308; ,
. . . I w a s b a o k i n O a f s a . , , ( T a n k , 3 ^ -)*
▲ f e w m i l e s b a d e i n t b e c o u n t r y f r o m t b e M a s s a c h u s e t t s t o w n where
J e f f r e y b a d b e e n b o r n . . . (M a rq u a n d , 9 3 ) •
( I n tb e f o l l o w i n g I n s t a n c e b a c k i n se e m s t o im p ly ' s t r a i g h t a h e a d '.
W hat i s p r o b a b l y t b e e x p l a n a t i o n i s t h a t t b e w r i t e r c o n s i d e r e d t b e
ju n g le a s b e g in n in g w ith t b e p la e e w h e re b e w a s , a n d c o n s e q u e n tly tb e
J a p s w e r e b a o k in.T
...J a p a r t i l l e r y
( T a n k , 9 2 )*
baok in to .

boom ed s e v e r a l h u n d re d y a rd s b ao k i n

R e tu rn in g

in to

tb e

J u n g le

a f te r h a rin g b een in .

T he fo rm s a i d , " T e e , s i r , ” a n d f a d e d b a c k i n t o th e d a r k n e s s
( P y l e , 1 9 9 )*
I b a d I n te n d e d t o w o rk b a fk i n t o tb e w ar g r a d u a lly
( P y le , 9 3 )*
. . . s o m e o f t b e h e a d q u a r t e r s m en w e r e d i g g i n g b a o k i n t o c a r e s t h e y 'd
llr e d in b e fo re
(T a n k , 196) .
. . . e v e r y fte x s a n a tte a q p t t o . . . k n o c k U .S . f o r c e s b a o k i n t o t b e s e a
(T an k , 125) .
H o, l e f t J u s t a s th o u g h p e o p le b a d e a te n h u r r i e d l y a n d d ro p p e d tb e
d ie b e s b a c k i n t o p la c e
(G a rd n e r, IT O ).
. . . a n d th e J a p s d l r e d b a o k i n t o t h e i r b o le s
(T a n k , 5 2 ) .
He c lim b e d b a c k i n t o th e s a d d le a n d to o k o f f b i s c o a t . . . (M a rq u a n d ,
3 * 0 ).
. . . w h o bad s t o o d in tbe d o o r w a y w h e n M a s o n b r o u g h t H a r o l d L e e d s baok
into tbs r o o m
(Gardner, 1 ? 2 ) .
b ack i s to tb e w a ll.
( A l s o : _ to h a r e o n e ' s b a c k t o t h e w a l l . )
O ne
i s i n a d e s p e r a te s i t u a t i o n ; h e n c e b y e x te n s io n to m ean:
O ne i s
s t r u g g l i n g t o b o l d o n t o , t o k e e p , o n e 's p r o p e r t y , e t o .

It's Just ridiculous that you should bare your back to tbe w a l l . . .
(C a in , 250) .
T hey w a n te d A m e ric a in
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U8 ) .

tb e w ar b e c a u se

b a c k n u m b e r.

B e in g

o ld

T h e y 'r e g o i n g t o

ta g

back o f.
1 . b e h in d ;

in

fa s h io n e d ;

t h e i r b a c k s w e re to

b e in g

th e w a ll. . .

o u t o f d a te .

y o u f o r a b a c k n u m b e r. . .

(C a in ,

1 ^ 9 )*

b ack o f.

T he a r t i l l e r y w a s u s u a l l y a fe w m i l e s b a c k
. . . (P y le , 9 7 ).

o f th e

fro n t

lin e

In fa n try

4

-112-

S m p o t e o a r p l a n * u d * a b i g c i r c l e b e c k o f t h e G e rm a n l i n e s . . .
(P y le , 1 6 2 ).
B ack o f e a c h t e n t w as a c a n o f 100 o o ta n s g a s o l i n e . . . ( P y l e , 2 0 7 ).
B u t s u d d e n ly t h e r e w e re s u c h w h oo p s fro m th e h a c k o f th e h o u s e t h a t
a n y f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n . . . ( G a in , 5 3 )*
Back o f t h e l i n e s . . . m e n c o u l d d i g d e e p I n t o t h e g r o u n d
( P y l e , 232).
T h e y .• .h a d d u g i n o n a l i t t l e s l o p e t h r e e m i l e s h a c k o f t h e p e r i m e t e r
(P y le , 2 5 1 ).
The a t t a c k i n g a i r p l a n e s l e f t , h u t th e n t h e I t a l i a n g u n s o p e n e d u p o n
th e h i l l s h a c k o f th e b e a c h
( P y le , 23) .
B u t e v e r y w h e r e ^ n r r ^ o f t h a t t h e mem h a d d u g u n d e r g r o u n d a n d h u l l t
th e m s e lv e s h o m es T F y le , 237) •
Q ie m an s e a t e d h a c k o f h i m i s U n c l e F r e e m a n
(G a rd n e r, 2 5 ).
A lo w h i l l c o w e r e d t h i c k w i t h t a l l c e d a r t r e e s r i s e s J u s t h a c k o f th e m
. . . ( P y l e , 23^ ) .
. . . I c o m p ro m is e d a n d p i c k e d a f a r m y a r d a b o u t 8 0 0 y a r d s h a c k o f t h e
8 k ic k o ff lin e
( P y l e , U3 U ) .
I s t o o d w i t h a l i t t l e g r o u p o f m en— b a c k o f th e s t o n e fa r m h o u s e
( P y l e , U3 5 ) .
M aso n s a i d , " J o h n ' s l i f e m u s t h a r e b e e n a c l o s e d h o o k h a c k o f a
c e r ta in d a te
( G a r d n e r , 119) .
p s a n d s t r a f i n g r o a d s J u s t h a c k o f t h e enem y
G o v e rn o r D e w e y .. .w a s s h a r i n g a b o x h a c k o f f i r s t b a s e w i t h f o u r y o u n g
hoys
(F e w T o r k e r , X X I I I , 2 9 , S s p v T S . 1 9 ^ 7 , 1 9 ) .
T h e r e i s r e a l l y o n l y o n e m a i n s t r e e t , w h i c h r u n s a l o n g t h e lo w b l o c k s
J u s t h a c k o f t h e f i r s t ro w o f w a t e r f r o n t b u i l d i n g s
( P y l e , 23 U ) .
M o st o f t h e h o s p i t a l s w e r e u s u a l l y m o re th a n e i g h t y m i l e s h a c k o f t h e
fig h tin g
( P y l e , 236) .
P r a c t i c a l l y e v e r y b o d y w ho w a s b a c k o f t h e o u t e r d e f e n s e l i n e h a d h i s
ho m e u n d e r g r o u n d
(P y le , 2567.
2.

In s tig a tin g ;

d e v e lo p in g ;

c a u s in g .

. . . h i n t s t h a t M o n ty m i g h t h a v e b e e n b a c k o f t h e
. . . (C a in , 236) .

" q u e s tio n

o f d is c ip lin e "

3 - * tg > p o rtin g .

.. .hack
th e f i
...w h e n
com e

o f i t . . .w a s h e r d e t e r m i n a t i o n t h a t V e d a . . . w o u l d h a v e t o m a k e
r s t m o re
(C a in , 2lU ) .
y o u h a v e n o th in g h a c k o f y o u , y o u h a v e to ta k e th in g s a s th e y
(G a rd n e r, 7 3 ).

to h a c k

o ff.

To r e v e r s e ;

t o m ove b a c k w a rd s .

M i l d r e d 's e y e s b i a s e d ,
M rs. L e n h a rd t h a s t i l y h a c k e d o f f
M i l d r e d h a c k e d o f f a n d s a t dow n
(C a in , 2 0 7 ).
th e h a c k o f n e c k .
The p a r t
p a r t o f th e n e s t a d ja c e n t to

o f th e n e c k a p p o s ite
o n e 's h a c k .

to

th e

(C a in , 1 9 * 0 .
la ry n x ;

th a t

-113-

. . . r o llin g h e r In to
back o f h e r neck
back on,
1 . A g a in o n .

"bed w i t h a l o u d v h o o a h a n d a
(C a in , 7 l ) .

(3 b is h aa a

sense

of

f i n a l b lo w

dow n t h e

*r e t u r n i n g ' . )

we p ic k e d n p th e k i d a n d p u t h i n b a c k on th e s t r e t c h e r . . . (Y a n k , 168) .
The b o y s l e a r n e d t o c h a n g e t h e i r s o c k s r e r y q u i c k l y , a n d g e t t h e i r
sh o es b ack on. . . (P y le , 2 5 2 ).
A f t e r f i- r e d a y s h e w as b a c k o n g u a rd d u t y . . . (Y a n k , 2 * 0 .
f i n a l l y som ebody g o t th e bqyH b ack on th e J o b . . . ( P y l e ,
T h i r t y m in u te s l a t e r h e w as b a c k o n h i s f e e t , r o l u n t e e r i n g t o c lim b
t o t h e t o p o f a s m o k e s t a c k . . . ( T a n k , U6 ) .
. . .b u t w h en t h e r e c o n s t r u c t e d s a n d w ic h w as b a c k
on th e c o u n te rh e g a rs
h er a c u rt nod
( G a i n , H5 ) ,
H is e y e s w e r e b a o k o n t h e r o a d a g a i n w h en s h e s p o k e
( M a r q u a n d , * * 9 0 ).
A c ro ss th e w o rld , th e r e tr o g r e s s i n g w a re s
f o r c e b a c k o n M an h i s a n c i e n t l o r e o f c a r e s
(Y a n k , 198) .
2 . O n.
lo n g e r

(T h is
is .)

ia q p lie s

th a t

th e p la c e

B a c k o n t h e b e a c h . . . (Y a n k , IH 7 ) .
. . . th e cameramen b a c k on th e l o t i n
(Y a n k , 200) .
3.

In

is

w h e re one h a s b e e n b u t no

H o lly w o o d s t a r t b r a g g i n g . . .

th e p a s t on.

. . . s a y s h e d o e s n 't , a n d I 'm i n c l i n e d
b a c k on h im
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 6 ).
to b ack o u t.
1 . To w ith d r a w ; t o s a y o n e i s
w o u ld ; t o r e f u s e to g o th re w

to b e lie r e

h im , b u t I 'm

n o t g o in g to d o w h a t one h a d
w ith s o m e th in g .

...g i r l n g you one l a s t chance to b a ck o u t i f you w ant to
I t w a s t o o l a t e Jbo b a c k o u t . . .~ ~ C P y le . 3 5 6 ) .
Y ou c a n b a c k o u t i f y o u d o n 't
(M a rq u a n d , 290) .
No o n e b a c k e d o u t
(Y a n k , 8 6 ) .
2.

To m o re b a c k w a r d s ;

to

re re rie .

( o u t h e re

im p lie s

c h e c k in g

s a id

(C a in ,

1l e a - r i n g '

one

l 6l ) .

a ls o ).

N o t so b a d i n a n o r d i n a r y ro o m , I g r a n t y o u , b u t b a c k in g o u t o f o n e o f
t h o s e l o n g r o y a l ro o m s t a k e s d o i n g .
(H e w Y o r k e r , XX.I1 I , 2 9 , S e p t . 6 ,
19^7. 23) .
My f r i e n d , p e o p l e l e e r i n g m y p r e s e n c e m u s t b a c k o u t
( I b i d , 23) .
I t ' s a l l r i g h t , tu r n a ro u n d , fa c e f r o n t , b u t o h , n o , th e y b a c k o u t a l l
th e w ay t o th e d o o r
( I b i d , 23) .
to b a d e o u t o f.
1 . T o m o re b a c k w a rd s ;

to

re re rse .

(se e

to b ack o u t. 2 ) .

-114-

B u t w hen s h e h e a r d th a o a r b a n k o u t o f t h a g a r a g e , a h a g ^ v a a lo w ,
f r ig h te n e d e x c la m a tio n . . . ( C a in , 8) .
. . . I w aa a b l e t o h a c k o u t o f t h a p l a c e w i t h o u t b e i n g d la o o T e r e d
(T an k , 1 2 ) .
. . . t h a t w a a J u s t e n o u g h J to b a c k t h a o a r o u t o f t h a g a r a g e . . . ( T a n k , 1 5 3 )
2 . O ut o f a g a in ;
h e re ).

a g a in fro m ,

(th ia

im p lie s

t h a t o n e w aa o n o a n o t

. . . o u r b u i l d u p o f m an a n d m a t e r i a l h a d t o p a a a i n a u f f i c i e n t m a a a a a t o
r o l l t h a G o rm a n s d e a r b a c k o u t o f T r a n c e .
( P y l e , 3 & l) •
back o re r.

m. m a n t l e

To, in

th a r e a r

and o v e r.

b r a a a a w aa d r i f t i n g

th a

eaokelin e

our lln e a ...

back

,

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back o re r

back p o c k e t.

A p o c k e t on th e b a c k o f a p a i r

. . . I t a k e t h e p a c k e t o f ma t e h e e
p o c k e t . . . (T a n k , 1 6 2 ).

(P y le ,

and a tic k

o re r u a l

TT

(P y le .

1 6 7 ).
o f tro u a e ra ,

th e m i n

th e

J a p 1a b a c k

back re a d .
A
tr a v e le d m uch;

r o a d w h io h i s n o t a m a in r o a d ; o n e t h a t l a
a ro a d n o t c o n n e c tin g c i t i e s .

. . .G e r m a n P a n s e r

o u t f i t s . . .a tta c k in g . . .th e

back ro a d s

p a n ts .

not

( T a n k , 2U5 ) .

b a c k ro o m .
A ro o m i n t h a b a c k o f t h e h o u s e ; a ro o m b e h i n d t h a
m a in ro o m .
(T h is o f te n Im p lie s a s e n s e o f p r iv a c y t h a t i s n o t i n
t h e w o r d 'r o o m * . )
T h a n w e v e n t i n t o t h a b a c k ro o m o f t h e l o c a l p u b a n d s a t a r o u n d a b i g
ro u n d t a b l e . . . (P y le , 333 ^back s e a t.

The r e a r

s e a t;

a re a r

s e a t.

. . . t h e s t a t i o n w agon w aa o u t b y th a f r o n t d o o r a lr e a d y w ith th a p l c n l o
in th a b a ck s e a t and w ith S a lly w a itin g to g e t in
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 7 ) •
b ack s la p p e r.
O ne w ho a l a p a a n o t h e r
w a ll m a t; a n a x t r o v e r t .
" R o o s e v e lt — S t a l i n —
(T a n k , 165) •

good, yea?"

on th e b a c k ; a h a i l f a llo w

t h a R e d A rm y b a c k - a l a p p e r a s k e d

b a c k s ta g e v ie w .
A p o s i t i o n of advantage where o n e i s
m o r e c l o s e l y t h a n most others.
...h a

h a d a good b a c k s ta g e v l a r

of t h e conference

(T an k ,

able to watch
1 9 9 ).

•b a ck i t w .
o r th a I l k a .

She s t e p s ,

A l d - s t a t l o n m e d ic s s i t t i n g
back s t r e e t .
m uch t r a f f i c .
T o u 'v e

ta k e n a e

back th e r e .
1. A t a tin e

s ta irs ,

at

th e b a c k o f a h o u s e ,

on th a b a c k s t e p s . . . (T an k ,

An u n la q p o rta n t b t r a e t ;
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

a s tre e t

t o . . . b a c k —a t r e a t s p e a k e a s i e s . . .

in

a p a rtm e n t,

1 9 7 ).

th a t does n o t have

(O a in ,

lb 6 ).

th e p a s t .

" B e f o r e t h e w h o le show s t a r t e d , ” J e f f r e y s a i d , a n d h i s n i n d w a s b a c k
t h e r e a n t h a t O c to b e r m o r n in g .
( M a r q u a n d , 5 & 7 )»
I n h i s th o u g h ts h e w as b a c k th e r e in B ra g g i n th e l a s t w ar
(M a rq u an d ,

525 ).

. . . t h e r e n e v e r w as su ch an o ld s o - a n d - s o a s
on th e C ity D esk
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 7 ) .
2 . A t a p la c e

in

o ld S o -a n d -so b a c k th e r e

th e r e a r .

He w a s b a c k t h e r e i n t h e s tu d y w h ic h h e h a d t h o u ^ i t y e s t e r d a y h e w as
g o in g t o l e a v e f o r g o o d .. . (M a rq u a n d , 5 8 5 - 6 ) .
. . . M a d g e w o u l d a s k h im w h y h e h a d n ' t s t o p p e d b a c k t h e r e — m i l e s b a o k
w h e re s h e h a d th o u g h t o f s to p p in g
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 5 ) •
3* A t a p l a c e w h e r e o n e h a s b e s n b u t i s

no lo n g e r .

M obody c a r e d s u c h f a r s t r i p e s b a c k t h e r e a n y w o re th a n t h e y d o o v e r
h e r e now
(T a n k , 2 b b ).
B ack t h e r e t h e y 'd J u s t d ro p o n e s p a n w ith e x p lo s i v e s ( P y l e ,
58) •
b a c k th ro u g h .

R e tu rn in g

th ro u g h .

. . . t h e o u t f i t . , .w e n t b a c k i n t o a c t i o n b y l e a d i n g t h e A m e ric a n d r i v e
b a c k th ro u g h T e r la n a .. . (T a n k , 1 2 b ).
. . . a s h e l l . . . b l e w L egg b a o k th ro u g h th e a l l e y . . . i n t o a b u i l d i n g
(T a n k , 1 2 b ).
back to .
A g a in t o , a t ; r e t u r n i n g t o
( t h i s im p lie s a p l a c e w h e re
one h a s b e sn b u t no lo n g e r i s , o r a s i t u a t i o n t h a t no lo n g e r e x i s t s ) .
B u t n o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n w as b a ck to p re -w a r p r o p o r tio n s , a n d e v e r y th in g
w as p a c k e d w i t h m a ss e s o f h u m a n ity
(P y le , 1 3 5 ).
. . . 1 b e g a n t o c r s s r l b a c k t o my ow h m e n . . . ( T a n k , l l ) .
O ne G e rm a n . . . f i n a l l y r a n b a c k t o t h e d o o r . . . ( T a n k , 2 2 1 ) ,
B a c k t o L t . H a rm o n — w h y a r e w e o v e r h e r e . . . ( T a n k , 2 1 7 ) .
M ason p a u s e d o n ly lo n g e n o u g h t o t a k e t h e L e e d s f i l e fro m t h e f i l i n g
e a s e , th e n w a lk e d b a d e to h i s p r i v a t e o f f i c e
( G a r d n e r , 5 9 )*

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Now l t w a a a q u e s t i o n o f t a k i n g u p w h e r e h e h a d l e f t o f f . t o p u t t i n g
l t b e h i n d h im . a n d o f g o in g b a c k t o th e o t h e r ro o m
( M a r q u a n d , UH3 ) .
T h e n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n w o u l d s h i f t b a c k t o h a s te
(M a rq u a n d . 5 7 0 )«
I t ' s a n i c e c o o l r i d e b a c k t o c am p i n t E e t r u c k , l o n g e n o u g h f o r s o b e r
th o u g h t
(T a n k . 7 3 )*
E t h e l 's v o ic e b ro u g h t b a c k to J e f fre y - to o a p i c t u r e o f h e r h o u s e I n
V e s t S p r i n g f i e l d . • . I M a r q u a n d . 3&2J .
. . . h e . . . w a i t e d . * . f o r th e f i r s t m o rn in g b o a t b a c k to A tk in s o n F i e l d
(T a n k , 2 0 l ) .
. . . t h e n r a n b a c k t o h e r e a r . • • ( C a i n , 21 h ) .
...T o a s ty c a r r i e d t h e t h i n g s b a c k to t h e c a r
(C a in , 1 8 2 ).
. . . t h e n th e y w e re b a c k t o t h e c o r p o r a t i o n a n d i t s g e n e r a l p ro b le m
( C a i n . 2 * * $ ).
. . . a n d t h e ro o m b a c k t o n o r n a l , t h e p e o p l e c o n c e r n e d , i n t e r e s t e d ,
t u r n i n g t h e d i a l f a r n e w s ... (M a rq u a n d , 7 2 ) .
She c a n e b a c k to C o lo ra d o B o u le v a r d .. . ( C a in , 163) .
B u t t h e d o c k w a s t i c k i n g i n e x o r a b l y a n , a n d s h e h a r r i e d b a c k t o w o rk
a s so o n a a he l e f t . . . (C a in . 1 1 8 ).
I t w as t h e g i l t c ro w n a n d f a i r y w and t h a t b ro k e B e r t u p a g a i n , a n d
M i l d r e d o n c e m o r e h a d t o p a t h im b a c k t o n o r m a l
(C a in , 1 0 6 ).
She r e c i t e d l t
t o h i m , w i t h h i s own i n t o n a t i o n , a n d t h e y l a u g h e d
a g a in
(O a ln .T S T .—
. . . t h e y c o u ld s t i l l p u l l m e .. . b a c k t o d u ty
(T a sk , 2 2 6 ).
V e ' r e g o i n g b a c k t o m od k n e e d e e p . . . ( T a n k , 1 3 6 ) .
W hen a c u s t o m e r o a m e i n a n d s a t dow n a t A n n a 's s t a t i o n , M i l d r e d
m o tio n e d A nna b a c k t o h e r c o f f e e
(C a in , 8 8 ) .
I d a w e n t o v e r t o t h e d e s k , p i c k e d u p t h e b l u e p e n s 1 1 , o am e b a c k t o t h e
d o o r, a n d a d d e d .. . (C a in , 6 6 ) .
...M i l d r e d w e n t b a c k to h e r c h a i r . . . (C a in , 167) .
M o re c h o c o l a t e a n d t h e n b a c k t o t h e M a r x B r o t h e r s
(T a n k , 7 3 )*
J u d g e K n o x g l a n c e d s w i f t l y a t ~ " 5 e r l e 's w h i t e , d ra w n f a c e , t h e n l o o k e d
b a c k t o P e r r y M ae o n
( Ga r d n e r , 1 9 9 ) *
He c h a s e d a ro u n d t o tw e n ty o r t h i r t y a d d r e s s e s , th e n b e a t l t b a c k to
th e E a s t M a n c h e s te r a d d r e s s
(G a rd n e r, 16) .
. . . t w o w e e k s l a t e r h e p u l l e d J e f f r e y b a c k t o t h e o f f i c e t o w o rk on
r e w r i t e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 7 8 ) .
H e r m in d h a d m o v e d b a c k t o t h e p r e s e n t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 8 ).
S om ehow t h e t e r m p u t th e m b a c k t o w h e r e t h e y r e a l l y w e r e , tw o o l d m en
lo o k in g a t a b o y
(M a rq u an d , 72) •
...h o w to g e t th e p a s s e n g e r s b a c k to e a r th
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e
28, 19^7. 1 7 ).
,
. . . o n t h e l o n g t r i p b a c k t o A m e ric a t h e y w e re a g o d s e n d . . . ( P y l e , 290) .
. . .b e c a u s e we f i g u r e d we m ig h t g e t b a c k t o t h e S t a t e s f o r t r a i n i n g
firs t
(T a n k , 9 l ) .
. . . t h e y w e rU g a t h e r e d u p a n d p u t I n b o x e s f o r e v e n t u a l s h i p m e n t b a c k
to A m e r ic a .. . ( P y le . 3 8 9 ) •
S h e . . . h a d n o t b e e n b a c k t o A m e ric a s i n c e 1 9 3 5
(F y le , ^ 5 7 )•
B e f o r e a n y m an c a n b e r o t a t e d b a c k t o t h e S t a t e s h i s r e p la c e m e n t m u s t
a r r i v e a n d ta k e o v e r
(T a n k . £25)•
"H e i s n ' t g o i n g b a c k t o b i s h o u s e ? " M a s o n a s k e d
(G a rd n e r. 3 8 ).

. . . s h e d r o r e back: t o t h e h o u s e , p i c k e d u p h e r p i e s , a n d m ade t h e r o u n d s
o f d e llT e ry
(C a in , 1 1 6 ).
A ro u n d e le r e n s h e d r o r e t o t h e t h e a t e r , to o k L e tty h o a e , a n d h e ld t i g h t
t o T eda* s h a n d o n th e w a y h a c k t o th e h o u s e
(C a in , 1 1 * 0 .
. . . a s t h e t h r e e o f th e n w e n t h a c k to t h e d in in g r o o m ... ( C a in , 258) .
. . . h e . . . w i l l h e p a c k e d o f f I n t h e f i r s t s h ip m e n t h e a d in g h a c k t o h i s
o l d co m m an d ( T a n k , 1 7 l ) .
I ' l l ta k e a t a x i h a c k to th e o f f i c e
( G a r d n e r , 1 7 3 )*
T h e y 'l l s e n d me h a c k t o h e l l
(T a n k , 156) .
J o e w a lk e d h a c k t o t h e m e ss h a l l
(T an k , 2 2 $ ).
. . . F i n a n c e h a s t o s h i p $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 w o r th o f p a p e r m oney h a c k t o W a s h in g to n
. . . (T an k , 2 3 3 ).
.
x
B e s u re to g e t th o s e p ic tu r e s h a c k to th e o f f ic e
(T a n k , 252) .
2.

R e a rw a rd t o ;

to w a rd s

th e r e a r

to .

...w o u n d e d s o l d i e r s p a s s e d th r o u g h on t h e i r w ay h a c k t o t h e h o s p i t a l s
In th e r e a r
( P y l e , *17) .
d a d g o in g n o r t h w e r e . . . f a s t l i n e r s s p e e d in g h a c k t o E n g la n d . . .
(P y le . 3 5 * ).
d a I t a l i a n w o l u n t e e r e d a s g u i d e a n d s h o w e d h im t h e w a y h a c k t o t h e
hase
( P y le , 215) .
My s h i p h a d h e e a h a c k t o t h e S t a t e s t h r e e tim e s s i n c e l t f i r s t c r o s s e d
. . . (P y le , 2 8 7 ).
d t t e n d a a t s g a r e m e m o r p h i n e a n d p u t m e am a j e e p , w h ic h , c a r r i e d m e h a c k
to a p o rta b le h o s p ita l
(T a n k , 11) •
O n e o f m y m en h e l p e d me h a c k t o t h e co m m an d p o s t w h e r e l i t t e r b e a r e r s
t o o k me h a c k t o a d i s p e n s a r y ( T a n k . 1 1 ) •
. . . t h e y s tr u n g a te le p h o n e l i n e a l l t h e w ay b a c k to th e
b a tta lio n
(T a n k , 135) .
. . . a 0 1 , w ho t u r n e d a r o u n d a n d s h o u t e d h a c k t o h i s c o m p a n io n s : "H e y ,
lo o k !
D uck h u n t e r s l "
(T a n k , 1 2 9 ).
T h e o l d w om an g o t u p , w a l k e d b a c k t o t h e P a r t i s a n h e a d q u a r t e r s , t o l d
t h m w hat h*d h ap p e n e d .. . (T a n k , 71) •
T hey p h o n e d th e c o o r d in a te s o f th e ta n k b a c k to th e b a t t a l i o n a n d to o k
chances
u p t o t h e to p o f t h e h i l l . . . (T a n k , 1 3 5 )*
W hen s h e g o t b a c k t o t h e d a n . . . ( O a l n , 200) .
T h e n H o d g so n y e l l e d b a c k t o K l a n g s l i e . . . (T a n k , 1 0 7 ).
H e y — y o u g o h a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n , t h e n . . . ( C a in , 1 1 7 )*
W hen t h e p i e s w e r e m a d e , t h e y s a t w i t h R a y f o r a t i m e , t h a n w e n t h a c k
to th e den
(C a in , 1 1 0 ).
M i l d r e d a n d B e r t w e n t h a c k t o t h e c h l l d r a ' s ro o m
( C a i n . 106) .
A s th e y w e re w a lk in g b a c k to th e h e a d q u a r te r s h u t . . . (T a n k , 2 2 6 ).
L e t t y w e n t h a c k t o t h e k l tc E e n , a n d T ed a b ro k e i n t o lo u d so b s
( C a in , 105TT”
M ild re d d a sh e d I n to th e h o u se an d b a ck to th e d e n ... (C a in , 9? ) .
. . . I d a t o o k c h a r g e o f th e m h e r s e l f , h u r r y i n g b a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n w i t h
th e m l i k e a s p y c a r r y i n g b o m b s
(C a in , 66) .
H e w e n t h a c k t o t h e d a n . . . ( C a i n , 6o).
M i l d r e d w e n t h a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n . . . ( O a ln , 50) .

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. . . t h e h o s t e s s h u s t s d M i l d r e d h a c k t o t h e l o c k e r s . . . ( O a l n , U5 ) .
T hey v e n t b a c k t o th e d e n . . . (O a ln , 27) .
. . . s h e v e n t b a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n . . . ( G a i n . 2h ) .
T hen h e s t r o l l e d b a d e to th e k i t c h e n . • • ( C a in , 2 ) .
H e . . . v e n t b a c k t o a b e d ro o m .. . ( O a ln , 2 ) .
. . . h e r a k e d t h e tw in g e e n d d e a d b r a n c h e s I n t o s p i l e , c a r r i e d th e n b a c k
t o th e g a r a g e . . . (O a ln , l ) .
-------As s o o n a s h e h a s r e c o v e r e d . . .v e w i l l b e on o u r w ay b a c k t o c i v i l i z a ­
t i o n . . . (T an k , lU s ).
.. . M i l d r e d v a n t b a c k t o h e r b e d r o o m ... ( C a in , 15*0*
I t . ..m o v e d b a c k t o . . .w h e r e t h e m e c h a n ic s w e r e w a i t i n g f o r i t
(T an k ,

225).

. . . a s t e a d y s tr e a m o f A m e ric a n c a s u a l t i e s
s t a t i o n s . • . (T a n k , 252) .
3.

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tim e I n

th e p a s t

flo w in g b a c k

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a re

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th e a id

to .

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c a l l e d o n L o u e l l a . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 6 0 ) .
b a c k to w a rd .

to

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th a t

firs t

tim e h e h a d

to w a rd .

b a c k to w a rd t h e

en d o f th e

c o rrid o r

(G a rd n e r,

b a c k to w o rk .
C o n c e r n i n g a p l a n o r m o v e m e n t o f m en t o
w o rk i n t h e f a c e o f u n i o n o p p o s i t i o n t o s u c h a p l a n .

165) .

re tu rn

to

S l u s s e r a n n o u n c e d t h e b a c k t o w o rk p l a n s . . . r e l e n t e d i n a n e a r l i e r
d e c i s i o n t o b a r . . .w o r k e r s
(T o p e k a C a p i t a l , H ov. 2 0 , 1937* 1 ) .
back t r a i l .
A tra c k , t r a i l , o r
w h i c h o n e m ay l e a v e b e h i n d h i m .
"A ny b a c k

t r a l l T"

back up.
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sense

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10) .

' re tu rn in g ' ) .

I s t a r t e d b a c k up t h e r i v e r
(G a rd n e r, llU ) .
I w a lk e d o u t o f t h a t c o n v e n t a n d b a c k u p t h e h i l l s
2.

a ta p la c e

to

c am p

(T a n k , 2 7 ).

To t h e r e a r u p .

I h e y a s k e d th e
(P y le , 1 5 2 ).

s o ld ie r

to b ack u p .
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in

to

to

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to .

o n ly o n e d i v i s i o n . . . ( P y le ,

h l9) .

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E n i l y c a n 1 1 'b a c k y o u u g
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 8 ).
I t h o u g h t B a l l y c o u l d b a c k m e uj>
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 8 ).
I c a n 't g iv e y o u a l o t o f r e a s o n s b a c k in g u p my c o n c lu s io n s a s y e t , , .
(G a rd n e r, 9 2 ).
...w h e r e L o u r o a r e d h i s w ay th r o u g h th e b a t t l e s o f G u a d a lc a n a l a n d
T u l a g l a n d d i d s u c h _ to b a o k u p t h e M a r i n e c o n t e n t i o n t h a t h e I s f a r
an d aw ay th e n o s t e x p e r t n o r t a r s e r g e a n t I n a n y b ra n c h o f th a s e r v ic e
(T an k , 1 1 0 ) ,
2.

To r e v e r s e ;

to n o re b a c k w a rd s.

S e v e ra l t i n e s a d a y a n a a s ra n itlo n t r u c k .. . b a c k e d up to th e gun p i t
u n l o a d e d a n o t h e r t r u c k l o a d o f s h e l l s ( P y l e , lO O T .
I t s t a r t e d b a c k in g u p
( P y l e , UoU-).
T h e y d e c i d e d t o b a c k u p . • . ( P y l e , L0 5 ) •
We h a d _to b a c 8 T " u p , , . * ( F y l e , * * 2 8 ) .
. . . S g t . R egan a s h e b a c k e d u p th e g a n g p la n k ... (T a n k , 2 2 6 ),
baok upon.

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th e p a s t

and

tin e upon.

T h ey w e re a l w a y s ,• • J u s t a l i t t l e t i r e d .
e a se d b a ck upon th e ir a c h le v e n e n ts ...

J u s t a l i t t l e w is tfu l as
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 ) ,

th e y

b n k w ay.
T h e b a c k d o o r ; t h e d o o r f o r t h e s e r v a n t s 1e n t r a n c e
(h e n c e
b y e x t e n s i o n o f n e a n l n g ; t h e e n t r a n c e f o r t h o s e w ho a r e a o t e q u a l s ) .
She saw V e d a , h a u g h ty , s n o b b is h V e d a , b e in g t o l d t h a t s h e h a d t o c o n e
I n t h e b e c k w e ar, a n d s h e c o u l d n ' t f r a t e r n i s e w i t h t h e F o r r e s t e r o f f s p lm g
<5ain , 4 3 ) .
T hen h e n o tic e d sh e h a d no c a r , a n d f r o s e , " H o u se k e e p e r?"
" T e e , 1 w as
s e n t b y — ■ "B ack w ay."
(O a ln , U 2 ).
T i p t o e i n g I n t h e b a c k w a y , s h e w o u ld s t a n d i n t h e h a l l . , , ( C a i n , 1 8 0 ) .
b a ck w hen.

In

th e p a s t w han.

T h a t w as b a c k w hen we f i r s t
bade w ith .

A g a in w ith

la n d e d In A f r ic a

a f t e r h a v in g

been

(T a n k , 139) •
s e p a ra te d

fro * .

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He w as b a c k w ith th e p l a y a g a in
( M a r q u a n d , H9 0 ) .
. . . a n d e v e n t u a l l y l a n d e d b a c k w i t h t h e i r ow n o u t f i t
(P y le ,
back y a rd .
T h a t y a r d s p a c e w h ic h I s b e h in d
t h e l o t w h ic h I s b e h in d t h e h o u s e .
He w as d ig g in g a d u g o u t i n

th e h o u se ;

th e b a c k y a rd o f a p l a c e . . .

(T a n k , 165) ,
1 5 3 )*

th a t

p a rt

(P y le ,

2 U2 ) .

of

bacon an d eg g s.
(A v e r y p o p u l a r b r e a k f a s t I n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a s
w e ll a s in o th e r p a r t s o f th e w o rld .
The b a c o n I s u s u a l l y b r o i l e d ,
b u t th e e g g s n a y b e p r e p a r e d I n a n y o f m any d i f f e r e n t w a y s .)

-120-

T he w om an, w h o se nam e h e b e ll o w e d w as H u lg a , m ad e g o o d o o f f e e , a n d
t h e r e >*■* b e e n b a c o n a n d c a g e f o r b r e a k f a s t
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 2 ) .
b a d b lo o d .

H a tre d ; a n tlw e h o s t i l i t y ,

s trife

due

. . . f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f s h o w in g m o t i v a t i o n , m a l i c e ,
th e p a r t i e s . . • (G a rd n e r, 1 8 9 ).

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to

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d stroke of bad luck; an unfortunate thing.

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of us

(T a n k , 3 l ) .

not t o be t o o bad(lr) o f f .
H o t t o be badly situated and yet n o t
weTl situateS (this implies somswhara between bad and mood with a
p o s i t i o n c l o s e r t o rood t h a n t o b a d ) .
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d bad c h a ra c te ris tic ; a c h a ra c te ris tic o f a r il.

a bad s tr* n v ,

She h ad a r e a l b ad s tr e a k
(T an k , 1 3 2 ).
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( P y l e , 2 8 9 )*

of l t .

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d d i f f i c u l t tim e ;

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(P y le , 2 0 0 ).

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a b a d w o rd

o n e 's g o o d s .

He p a c k e d up a n d l e f t , b a g an d b a y ag e
(G a rd n e r, 8 2 ).
I n V a s h ii^ to n a , h u g e s t a f f s w o rk e d on l t u n t i l th e l a s t m in u te , th s n
m ow ed b a g a n d b a y a g e o w e r t o A f r i c a
( P y le , 16) .
b a gffLge t r u c k .
d s p e c i a l , f o u r w h e e le d , h ig h c a r t o r w ag o n , u s e d
a t r a i l r o a d s t a t i o n s f o r c a r r y i n g m a ll a n d b a g g a g e t o a n d fro m t h e
tra in s .
M o st u s u a l l y i t i s p u l l e d b y h a n d a l t h o u g h i n th e l a r g e
c i t i e s o n e m ay s e e e l e c t r i c a l l y o p e r a te d o n e s .
H# w a t c h e d . . . t h e b a g g a g e
(H a rq u e m d , 256) .
of bcnes.
...a n

o ld

tru c k s

r o l l dow n th e p l a t f o r m

d w exy t h i n p e r s o n ;

I ta lia n ...a

w ith

o n e w ho h a s n o f a t

v ir tu a l bag o f b a n e s ...

(T a n k , 2b l ) .

th e m a ll

o n h im .

to b a i l o u t.
To l e a v e , g e t o u t o f . a n a i r p l a n e i n
i m p lie s t h a t o n o d o o o o n d a b y m oans o f a p a r a e h n t o ) .

flig h t

(th is

He g o t t h e p ia n o b a c k o v e r o tjt l i n e s , b u t f i n a l l y i t v e n t i n t o a s p i n
and h e h ad to b a i l o u t
( P y l e . 167) •
. . . h o e o u l d 000 t h e 1 9 0 s p i r a l d o v n a n d t h e p i l o t b a l l o u t
(T a n k . 16) .
. . . t h e c r e v o f t h e tw o b a i l e d o u t
( P y l e . 3 1 & ).
Som e o f t h e o r o v o b a l l e d o a t
( 't a n k . 1 6 ) •
. . . L t . V l l l l a m *■- ^ o n d t w ho h a d b a l l e d o a t n e a r J a p t e r r i t o r y o n r o u t e
h o a e fro m a a t r a f l n g m is s io n
( t a n k . 195)*
T h e re w o re n o s e l f - s e a l i n g g a s t a n k s , no m e ta l w in g s , o n ly y e llo w
f a b r i c , a n d th e r e w as no w ay o f b a l l i n g o a t
(K a rq u a n d , 230) .
to b a i l o u t.
To p u t u p v a l u a b l e s , m o n e y , a s s e c u r i t y t o t h e p o l i o s
a u t h o r i t i e s t o g u a r a n te e t h a t som eone w i l l r e t u r n f o r t r i a l a n d s o
n o t b e k e p t in p r is o n a w a itin g t r i a l .
T o u k n e w t h a t e rv e n i f y o u w e r e b a i l e d o u t . y o u 1 d n e v e r b e a l l o w e d t o
re o p e n y o u r b u s in e s s
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 9 ).
V i t h t h a t m a n o r i n h i s j e a n s . C o m sa y w a s g o i n g _to b a l l S e r l e o u t
( G a r d n e r , 87' .
H e s a i d h e 'd b a l l me o u t , t h a t t h e t h i n g h a d b e e n c l e a n . . . ( G a r d n e r ,
101

).

B aker P a r.
T h e d a y . J u l y 2 5 , 19**&» t h e
bom b w a s e x p l o d e d .
. . . t h e B a k e r » S Z a t o m i c bom b o n J u l y
b y r a d i o Im p u ls e s fro m o u t s i d e th e

8).

b a ld h e a d .
u s u a lly i s

second

e x p e r im e n ta l a to m ic

25 w i l l b e s u s p e n d e d a n d d e t o n a t e d
la g o o n
(H T T i m e s , J u l y 1 9 . 19 ^ 6 ,

▲ h e a d v i t h u s u a lly l i t t l e o r no h a ir
t h a t th e h e e d b e lo n g s to a m a n ).

H is b a l d h e ed , s h o n e l i k e a f r e s h l y p e e le d o n io n i n
fro m th e p l a t e g l a s s w in d o w ... ( G a r d n e r , 9*0*
The p l a c e w as f u l l o f b a ld h e a d s
( P y l e , J^2) .
b a ld s p o t.
is no h a i r ,

k s p o t u s u a lly a t th e b ack
m o st o f te n on m sn.

th e

(th e

im p lic a tio n

lig it

re fle c te d

o f t h e h e a d on w h ic h t h e r e

S he p a i d l i t t l e a t t e n t i o n to th e c u s to m e r, e x c e p t to w onder w h e th e r
h i s b a l d s p o t w a s b ro w n b y n a t u r e , o r fro m s u n b u r n
(C a in , 88) .
H is b a l d s p o t w a s b i g g e r ; i t h a d g ro w n f r o n t h e e l s e o f a q u a r t e r t o
th e s iz e o f a b ig s i l v e r d o l l a r
(C a in , 220) .
She re a c h e d o v er
ru b b e d h is b a ld s p o t
(C a in , 1 7 0 ).
I t w as a t i n y b a l d s p o t , w ith b l a c k h a i r a l l a r o u n d l t , b u t l t w as a
b a l d s p o t j u s t t h e sam e
(C a in , 88) .

b e 11 b e a r i n g s .
A s h a f t , a x l e , e n c lo s e d b y a h o n s ln g c o n ta in in g
h a rd e n e d s t e e l b a l l s on w h ic h th e s h a f t r e s t s a n d m o re s .
The p u r ­
p o s e i s p r i m a r i l y t o r e d o e s th e f r i c t i o n b e tw e e n th e s h a f t a n d th e
h o u s in g .
...a n d b a l l b e a r in g s ar e im p o rta n t to H i t l e r
(T a n k , 1 5 ) .
" H a l f ** f l f t S f w y 1 a b a l l b e a r i n g s , " t h e C a p t a i n w e n t o n , " a r e p r o d u c e d
a t S c h w e ln fu rt.
.
(T a n k , 1 * 0 .
bf»i 1 a t s k i r t .
fe m a le d a n c e r s

A re ry s h o rt, f r ille d ,
in c la s s ic a l b a lle t.

flu ffy

s k i r t c o m m o n ly w o r n b y

. . . l o o k e d t i r e d , c a r r y i n g h i s r i f l e , a n d h e w as w e a rin g a b a l l e t
a s th o e e S v s a n e s d id
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 0 ) .
to b a l l u p .

To m ake a m e s s o f ;

to

do e n t i r e l y

s k irt

w ro n g c n t

Y ou h a v e b a l l e d u p t h e b i g g e s t c h a n c e a n y b o d y c o u l d e v e r h a r e

(pyi..
...b e

yu G T T

had b a lle d up h a lf

band le a d e r .

th e

m is s io n h e h a d gone o n . . .

O ne w ho d i r e c t s

a band,

e ith e r

(P y le ,

m a rc h in g

2 1 6 ).

or dance.

T re d s t i l l h a d t h a t h an d so m e b a n d - le a d e r lo o k t h a t w e n t w ith h i s
p a r t i c u l a r tim e I n T a l e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 576) .
He w av ed h i s h a n d a i r i l y l i k e a b a n d - l e a d e r w hen h e s a i d i t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 7 ) .
a band s tr ik e s u p .
e n e rg e tic a lly .

A band b e g in s

to p la y a p ie c e

S o m e w h e re i n t h e r e a r a b a n d s t r i k e s u p a n d y o u * r e
c am p i n t h e S t a t e s
T Y ank, (& ).
to b a n d to g e th e r .
i t s m e m b e rs.

To fo rm

a band,

B ow l e g s ;

o f f to

c lu b , w ith v e ry

. . . t h e C l u b h a d o n l y o n e p u r p o s e — _to b a n d
s y m p a th y
(T a n k , 35) .
bandy le g s .

o f m u s ic

your la s t

s tro n g

t i e s on

to g e t h e r f o r m u tu a l

l e g s w h ic h b e n d o u tw a rd .

M r. H a n c e n . . .w a s a s q u a t m a n . . . w i t h b a n d y l e g s . . .

(C a in ,

t o b A ttg a r o u n d .
To g o h e r e a n d t h e r e m a k i n g n o i s e , a s
d o o r s , d ro p p in g th in g s an d th e l i k e .
"D on’ t b a n g a r o u n d s o , " M adge s a i d

(M a rq u an d , 1 2 * 0 .

13*0.
s la m m in g

-1 2 3 -

To s h o o t r e p e a t e d l y

a rtille ry ,

r if le s , p is to ls ,

or

th e l i k e .
O ne s i d e
...th e A
B ut even
(P y le ,

w on 1 4 'b a n g a w a y f o r a w h i l e , t h e n t h e o t h e r s i d e
( P y l e , Uoh).
ir T o re e w as u p t h e r e h a n g in g aw ay a h e a d o f u s
( P y l e , U3 1 ) .
t h a t d id n * t s t o p t h e J e r r i e s — t h e y k e p t h a n g i n g w a y
l6 h ).
D am aged; h u r t ;

in ju re d .

. . . h u t t h a t d i d n 't k e ep h ln f r o a g e ttin g sev en - v e r if ie d " a l o t h an g ed
u p " v i t h h ie li# £ it n a c h in e gun a t th a f o o t o f H i l l 260
(T a n k , 5h) .
to h » " g
t h is le
...h e

fla t.
To s t r i k e w ith t h e b o tto m
u s e d a s a g e s tu r e f o r e m p h a s is ).

ganged h is

fis t

o n t h e a rm

of h is

An o f f i c e o f t h e c o u r t w i l l a l s o h e
a c c o u n t, , , (T e a k , 1 ^ 2 ).
. . . 1 h a n d l e U n d e A ld a n * s f i n a n c i a l
acco u n t in b a la n c e .. . (G a rd n e r, 6
N o , I don* t c a r e o n e h o o t a b o u t t h e

c h a ir ...

e m p o w ered t o

o f o n e 's

fis t

(C a in ,

1 7 0 ),

(o fte n

s e is e y o u r ,, .hank

n a t t e r s — k e e p in g h i s h a n k
).
hank acc o u n t
(U a n k , 163)*

h*riV n i g h t .
A d e v ic e u s e d b y m o tio n p i c t u r e t h e a t e r s to i n c r e a s e
b u s in e s s :
on c e r ta in n ig h ts e ac h p e rs o n e n te rin g th e th e a te r i s hand­
ed a t i c k e t w ith a num ber on i t .
A t th e end o f th e p e rfo rm a n c e a l l
o f th e s t u b s o f t i c k e r s a r e p l a c e d i n a c o n t a i n e r a n d fro m t h i s o n e
o r m o re a r e d r a w n .
The num ber o f th e s tu b i s r e a d an d th e p e rs o n in
t h e a u d ie n c e h o ld in g a t i c k e t w i t h t h e sam e n u m b e r w in s a p r i s e .
T h is i s a fo rm o f l o t t e r y ,
(a ls o a ttr ib u tiv e .)
. . . w a n t e d to know w h a t t h e h e l l t h e y m e a n t b y r a i d i n g h i s J o i n t , s a i d
h i s b u s in e s s w as J u s t a s l e g a l a s a n y o f th e b a n k - n ig h t s c h e m e s ...
( G a r d n e r , 8 7 )*
t o bank- o n .

To d e p e n d o n ;

to

re ly

on;

to

tru s t.

I t ' s n o t a r e p o r t t h a t h e 'd s w e a r t o , b u t i t ' l l
b a n k on J u s t th e sam e
( G a r d n e r , 9 0 ).
bank s to c k .

A p a rt In te re s t,

He d i d n 't h a v e a n y b a n k s t o c k
a ban

on.

A p ro h ib itio n

o f;

o w n e rs h ip ,
(C a in ,

in

b e s o m e th in g y o u c a n

a bank.

lU l).

th e f o r b id d in g

o f.

- 1 2 4-

. . . o n e o f t b e m en c o m p l a i n e d a b o u t t h e b a m o n p e t s
(T a n k . 1 3 0 ).
b a p tis m o f f i r e .
An i n i t i a l
p i s t o l , m a c h in e g u n f i r e .
T frn % v e r y n i g h t
(P y le , 7 ) .
b a rb e d w ire .
v a ls sh a rp ,

th e r a id e r s

s u b je c tio n

to

cam e a n d o u r s h i p

at

tb e p o s t

e n e a iy a r t i l l e r y ,

g o t h e r b a p tis m

rifle ,

of fire ...

A. s t r a n d o f w i r e s t w i s t e d t o g e t h e r c o n t a i n i n g a t i n t e r ­
s h o rt p r o je c tin g p ie c e s o f w ire .

The c a p t a i n b r i e f e d u s , e x p l a i n i n g t h a t o u r l o a d w o u ld b e r a t i o n s a n d
b a rb e d w ire
(T a n k , 5 7 )*
O p l. B ob t i a v e l i c k a n d P f c . L e ro y C h i l s c n . . .o p e n e d t b e b a r b e d w i r e g a t e
. . . (T a n k , 2 4 ) .
We h a d a b a r b e d w i r e e n c l o s u r e . . . ( P y l e , 3 6 9 ) .
T h e re w e re a b a n d o n e d r o l l s o f b a rb e d w ir e
( P y le , 366) .
. . . e a u d e Tie is a s a v a g e l i q u i d m a d e b y b o i l i n g b a r b e d w i r e . . .
(P y le , 3 7 8 ).
b a re fa c e d .

B o ld ; u n a sh a m e d ;

fo rth rig h t.

. . . y e t h e h a d n e v e r f e l t t h a t w ay a b o u t th e E l g in M a rb le s i n th e
B r i t i s h M u se u m , a m u c h m o re b a r e - f a c e d p i e c e o f a p p r o p r i a t i o n
( M a r q u a n d , 226).
b a re

fo o t.

A f o o t w ith o u t a sh o e;

He s to o d th e r e h o ld in g
d a rk
( T a n k , H5 ) .
b a re hand.

one b a re fo o t

b a re handed.
t o o l s , a rm s,

She h a d on
bar fly .
liq u o r.

t h e hot d e c k , g r o p i n g i n

do w n o n V e d a 's b o t t o m
C O a in , 7 3 ) •

w ith a l l

th e

th e f o r c e h e r

W ith n o t o o l s , n o im p le m e n ts ; w i t h o u t a s s i s t a n c e
e t c . ; w ith o n ly th e h a n d s .

Th<* J a p o f f i c e r p l a y e d d e a d u n t i l L t .
a t h im b a r e - h a n d e d
( T a n k , 3 3 )*
le g s .

o ff

A hand w ith no c o v e rin g o f an y k in d .

. . .b ro u g h t h e r b a r e
f u r y c o u ld g iv e h e r

b a re

an unshod f o o t.

fro m

B o ss a p p ro a c h e d a n d th e n le a p e d

L egs w ith no c o v e rin g su ch a s

s to c k in g s ,

a s h o r t f l a n n e l s k i r t a n d h e r l e g s w e re b a r e
O ne w ho s p e n d s m uch tim e i n a b a r ,

socks.
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 7 )*

d rin k in g p la c e ,

d rin k in g

-125-

T h e re w as a n a n f o r t h i s G e n e ra l K r l v i t s k y .
I t
a b ar fly
(C om m on S e n s e , J u n e 1 1 , 1 9 ^ 0 , l l ) .
to b a r

fro m .

To p r o h i b i t ;

...b e c a u s e you w e re u n d e r a g e
s trip e
(T a n k , 1 7 2 ),
b a r / ^ w b a s e m e n t.
s o ld v e ry c h e a p ly .
It

s to p p e d a s

o fte n

to b a rk a t .
fe e lin g to .

A p a rt

vat

*S o h a e lk a G in s b e r g 1 ,

to h eap fro m .

d o es n o t b a r y o u f r o n w e a rin g a s e r v ic e

o f a s to re

a s a w om an i n

To s p e a k s h a r p l y

in

t h e b a s e m e n t w h e re g o o d s a r e

a b a rg a in b asem en t
to ;

to

sp e a k ro u g h ly

B u t M r. J e n k s te a s a l w a y s k i n d t o t h e y o u n g m e n .
th e m t h e w a y M r . l e m a l d d i d
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 ) .
t o b a r k o n t h e w ro n g t r a c k .
th e w ro n g p a t h .

(T an k , 1 1 5 ).

To b e w r o n g ;

an d w ith o u t

He n e v e r b a rk e d a t

to

b e m is le d ;

W e ll, y o u 'r e b a r k i n g o n t h e w ro n g t r a c k . M r. D e te tc T v e
to b a rk o r d e r s .
...L t,

(jg )

b ar none.

To g i v e o r d e r s

in

a sh arp ,

ro u g i,

J o h n D ro m e y o f B o s t o n , M a s s . . . b a r k e d
W ith o u t e x c e p tio n ;

in c lu d in g

fo llo w

(G a rd n e r,

162) .

m a n n er.

o rd e rs

ev ery o n e,

to

(T a n k , 2 5 * 0 .

e v e ry th in g .

. . . h e ' s s t i l l t h e b e s t s t e a k m an i n t o w n , b a r n o n e
( C a i n , 17® ) •
. . . S h o r t y m a k e s h i m s e l f a v a i l a b l e t o a n y m an i n u n i f o r m , b a r n o n e . . .
(T a n k , 136) .
b a r of candy.
(S e e candy b a r .)
An i n d i v i d u a l l y w ra p p e d p i e c e
candy u s u a lly s e llin g f o r f iv e o r te n c e n ts .
E ach c o lo n e l w as e a tin g a b a r o f c a n d y . . .
b a s e b a ll c a p .
A p a r t i c u l a r k in d
t i g h t l y f i t t i n g cap w ith a b i l l .
He h a s
to

th a t

b ase on.

lo n g b a s e b a ll c ap
To fo u n d o n ;

on
to

(T a n k ,

of

2 0 5 ).

o f c a p w o rn b y b a s e b a l l p l a y e r s ;
( T a n k , 1 U9 ) .

e s ta b lis h

on.

A t h i r d c l a s s B a l l o t m e n t , b a s e d on a n i n c o r r e c t s e r i a l , n u m b e r .. .
(T an k , 1 7 l ) .
. . . h i s s t r a t e g y i s b a s e d on so u n d p o l i t i c s . . . (T a n k , 2 b 8 ).

a

-126-

b ase p ay .
T h e I n i t i a l s a l a r y o f a s e r v i c e m an w i t h o u t a d d i t i o n s
le n g th o f s e r v i c e , f o o d , q u a r t e r s , an d th e l i k e .

fo r

A g u y s u s c e p t i b l e t o t h i s d r a s w .tie a c t i n g w o u ld p a r t w i t h t h e g r e a t e r
p o rtio n o f h is b a se p ay
(T an k , 6 6 ).
to b a s h —— on t h e h e a d .
f o r c e to c r a c k t h e s k u l l .

To s t r i k e

Ih e J e r r y to o k h i s p i s t o l o u t o f I t s
h e a d a n d k i l l e d h im
(T a n k , 27) .
to b a sk I n .
...s h e

122 ).

To f e e l g o o d a s

lin g e re d , p a ttin g

to b a t th e b r e e z e .
b u ll s e s s io n .
I . . . b a tte d

o n e on t h e h e a d w ith

h o l s t e r , b a sh e d th e F a s c i s t on th e

a re s u lt

o f.

I d a 1s h a n d , b a s k in g I n h e r a p p ro v a l

To t a l k

Id ly ;

to

g o s s ip ;

th e b r e e s e w ith th e g u n n e r s .,.

n o t to b a t an e y e .
e m o tio n .

enough

To s h o w n o f e a r ;

(C a in ,

to p a r tic ip a te

in

a

(T a n k , 1 1 9 ).

to

g iv e no I n d ic a tio n

of

C o n s e q u e n tly , a h ig h - r a n k in g g e n e r a l n e v e r d u c k s o r b a t s a n e y e . . .
(P y le , 3 8 0 ).
. . . h e w o u l d s a y t o t h e A rm y o f f i c e r i n c h a r g e , "N o e x c u s e f o r t h i s ,
s i r ," and n e v e r b a t a n eye
(P y le , 2 7 7 ).
t o b a t ------ h e a d a g a i n s t .
w ith o u t a v a i l .

To s t r u g g l e a g a i n s t f r u i t l e s s l y ,

fu tile ly ,

I 'v e b een b a ttin g

my h e a d a g a i n s t o n e . . .

(T a n k , 236) .

b a th in g

The c lo th in g ,

o n e w e a r s w h e n s w im m in g .

s u it.

...w in d o w d i s p l a y s
(M a rq u an d , 326) .
to b a t o u t.

o f s k is

To w r i t e ;

. . . M r . W ils o n h a d b a t t e d
b a tte re d u p .

a p p a re l,

and b a th in g

to p re p a re

s u its

In w ritin g .

out a te r r if ic

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and sun g l a s s e s ...

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th e

th e m ...

( M a r q u a n d , *4-53) •

o r ig in a l sh a p e , c o n d itio n .

. • .c h e a p f u r n i s h e d a p a r tm e n ts w ith th e f u r n i t u r e a l l b a t t e r e d u p . a n d
t h e t h i n m a t t r e s s e s h a v i n g a r i d g e dow n t h e c e n t e r
( G a r d n e r , 72 - 3 )*
I f e l t b ig and im p o rta n t, d r iv in g a r u s ty and b a tte re d - u p o ld tru c k
. . . ( P y l e , 275) .

b a ttle

c ry ,

A s h o u t,

c r y u s e d b y m an I n b a t t l e .

No o n e e r « ■ u t t e r e d t h e b a t t a l i o n ' s n o ^ - f a n o u s b a t t l a - j g r y w h i c h g o e s
' B o n « l — c o u n t y o u r a A H. . . ( T a n k , 13 k ) .
b a ttle

sc a rre d .

S c a rre d , w ounded, a s a r e s u l t

of b a ttle ;

-v e te ra n .

I n s te a d o f t i r e d ru n n e rs a n d b a t t l e - s c a r r e d p ig e o n s c a r r y in g ■ e ss e g e s
. . . (T a n k , 39) .
a b a w lin g o u t .

A re p rim a n d ;

& s c o ld in g ;

a h a rsh re p ro o f.

M r. C h r i s , w ho t o o k a l l b a w lln g a o u t w i t h a m a r ty r e d s h r u g . . .
(C a in , 63) .
. . . a n d t h e n g a v e th e m a g o o d b a w l i n g o u t f o r p e r m i t t i n g s u c h s l o p p y
w o rk
(T a n k , 7 l ) .
T h e y d i d n ' t g e t t h e t r a d i t i o n a l A rm y b a w l i n g - o u t f r o m h i m , b u t t h e y d i d
g e t th e g a te
( P y l e , 3 ° g )*
to baw l —

o u t.

To re p rim a n d ;

to re p ro v e ;

to

s c o ld .

. . . H o u s e r b a w le d me o u t f o r u s i n g to o m uch a m m u n itio n
(T a n k , l 6 ) .
My m a aa iy w i l l b a w l me o u t f o r c o n i n g h o m e s o l a t e
(T a n k , 2 0 9 ).
B ut in th e r e s ta u r a n t sh e h e ld h e r p e a c e , u n t i l one day sh e h e a rd Id a
b a w l i n g o u t M r. C h r i s
( C a i n , 6 3 )*
H e b a w le d o u t som e p e o p l e o v a th o u g h h e w as o n l y a s e c o n d l i e u t e n a n t
. T T T F y l e , 2 7 7 )«
He b a w le d p e o p l e o u t
(P y le , 335) •
beach b ag .
A b a g , s u i t c a s e , g r i p . I n w h ic h o n e c a r r i e s o n e 's b a t h i n g
s u i t , to w e l, su n g l a s s e s , a n d o th e r a c c e s s o r i e s one w is h e s t o t u e a t
a b a th in g b e a c h .
S he r ip p e d op a
(C a in , 9 0 ) .

th e new b e a c h b a g ,

s tu ffe d h e r p u rc h a se s In to

it

beach head.
An a r e a a a h o s t i l e s h o re w h ic h . I f ta k e n , w i l l s e r v e
a s a p o s i t i o n f o r l a n d i n g m en a n d s t p p l l e s a s w e l l a s a p l a c e f o r
m a n e u v e rin g .
The s e c o n d t h e o r y ( o f t h e C erm an s) t o h a r r a s s c o m m u n ic a tio n s A d a i r ­
p o r t s a n d b A C h h e a d s so e f f e c t i v e l y t h a t 1 a d in g s c o u ld b e u n d s r ta k A
(Com m on £ a s s , S e p t . 1 8 , 1 9 ^ 0 , 1 8 ) .
beach s h o ts .
a t p la y .

T o ry l i g h t ,

c o m fo rta b le

He w as d r e s s e d s la c k s A d b e a c h s h o e s A d
s a i l o r s h i r t s . • • ( M a r q u a n d ,"
.

shoes

lik e

s a n d a ls

one o f th o s e

t o b e w o rn

s t r i p e d N o rm a n

-128-

b e a n « h o o t< r.
(A ls o c a l l e d : p e a s h o o t e r .)
A s m a ll tu b e , s ix to
tw e lv e in c h e s lo n g , fro m w h ic h b e a n s a n d p e a s a n d o t h e r s m a ll o b j e c t s
m ay b e b lo w n b y a i r f r o m t h e m o u th ; h e n c e " s m a l l c a n n o n " .
T hey c o u l d n 't h a rm t h e
(T an k , 5 * 0 .
to b e a r th e b r u n t
s tra in o f.

ta n k s ,

o f.

n o t w ith th e b e a n s h o o te r s

To r e c e i v e

th e v io l e n c e ,

th e

th e y h a d ...

s tre s s ,

th e

. . . t h e to u ^ h I n f a n t r y o u t f i t t h a t h a s b o rn e m uch o f th e b i t t e r b r u n t
o f th e I t a l i a n f i g h t . . . (T a n k , lU g ).
to b e a r th e b u rd e n o f .
w e ig h t o f .

To h a v e th e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

M e a n t i m e , t h e 1 2 t h A i r S u p p o r t C om m and b o r e
fig h tin g in I ta ly
(P y le , 1 5 7 )•
to b e a r a c h ild .
w om an g i v e s b i r t h

To g i v e b i r t h
to a b ab y .

to

o f;

th e b u rd e n

a c h ild ;

to

bear a c ro ss.

c a r ry th e

o f th e

have a

H e r h i p 8 w e r e s m a l l , l i k e V e d a 's , a n d s u g g e s te d a g i r l ,
w om an w h o h a d b o r n e tw o c h i l d r e n
( C a in , 1 7 )*
to

to

c lo s e

c h ild ,

ra th e r

in

as a

th a n w

To h a v e g r e a t p r o b l e m s a n d d i f f i c u l t i e s .

B e in g m e s s e n g e r s a n d c l e r k s a g a in * s
A m ig h ty c r o s s to b e a r
(T an k , 15*0•
to b e a r dow n o n .

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I t b o re dow n on o u r h e a r t s
to b e a r in
It

m in d .

lik e

an a l l

To r e m e m b e r ;

s u ffe rin g

in .

c o n su m in g w e ig h t

t o re m e m b e r c l e a r l y

(P y le , 353) •

and w e ll.

i s t o b e b o r n e i n m in d t h a t t h e c o n t e n t i o n o f t h e a u t h o r i t i e s
A ld e n L e e d s i s t h e m u r d e r e r . . . ( G a r d n e r , 12U ).

to b e a r

o ff.

To d e v i a t e ;

to

le a v e

th e

th a t

c o u rse .

. . . p a r t o f t h e f e m i n i n e m in d t h a t i t c a n t a c k i n d e f i n i t e l y u p w i n d ,
ta c k b e a r in g o f f a t a v ag u e a n g l e . . . (C a in , 2 2 0 ).
to b e a r o u t.

To v a l i d a t e ;

The r e c e i p t s b o r e h e r o u t .

v e rify ;

(C a in ,

a b e a s t o f th e

fie ld .

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a b e a s t o f th e

lik e

to

A b e a s t;

to

show t h e

tru th

1 7 6 ).
a w ild b e a s t;

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a w ild a n im a l.

3 5 0 )»

each

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to l u a t a b o u t th e b u s h .
To u s e o i r a u m l o c u t l o n ; n o t t o
l y an d to th e p o in t; to a r o id b e in g d i r e c t in s p e e c h .
. • • J e f f r e y w is h e d t h a t th e y w o u ld t e l l
a b o u t th e b u sh
( M a r q u a n d , 2b8) .

th e

tru th

speak d ir e c t­

in s te a d o f b e a tin g

to b e a t a ro u n d th e b u s h .
(S ee to b e a t a b o u t th e b u s h .)
To u s e
r
m
;
n o t t o s p e a k d i r e c t l y and! "to t h e p o i n t ; t o a v o i d
b e in g d i r e c t in sp e e c h .
. . .w h e n s h e d i d b r o a c h i t ,
th e b u sh
(O a in , 8 2 ) .
to b e a t th e b a n d .

(O ils

sh e d id s o a f t e r

e x p re s s io n i s

. . . h e u s e d su ch e x p re s s io n s a s
3 0 7 ).
to b e a t dow n.

To d e s c e n d w i t h f o r c e ;

. . . t h e n o rn in g r a in th a t b e a ts
c o u n try s id e
(T a n k , lU g ).
to b e a t

" fig h tin g

dow n.

c o n s id e ra b le b e a tin g a ro u n d

an in te n s iv e .)

to

b e a t th e b an d " . . .

to

c o n e dow n h e a v i l y .

dow n e n d l e s s l y u p o n t h e b l e a k

To g e t o n e t o l o w e r t h e p r i c e

(P y le ,

Ita lia n

o f s o m e th in g .

T h e re w as a l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y a b o u t p r i c e , h e t r y i n g t o b e a t M ild re d
dow n t o t h i r t y c e n t s , b u t s h e h e l d o u t f o r t h i r t y - f i v e . . . ( C a i n , 5 s ) .
to b e a t th e g u n .

To s t a r t b e f o r e

Tou* 1 1 g e t y o u r n a m e s i n t h i s
to b e a t t h e g u n i n a n y w ay
to b e a t i t .
c erem o n y .

o n e s h o u ld ;

to b e g in to o e a r l y .

n a r b le o rc h a rd soon enough w ith o u t tr y in g
(G a in , 1 5 5 ) .

To l e a v e h u r r i e d l y ;

to d e p a r t q u ic k ly an d w ith o u t

Then l e t ' s b e a t i t f o r h o n e
(T an k ,
2 5 5 ).
" B e a t i t t " & e rle e c h o e d
(G a rd n e r, 9 5 ).
. . . s h e ^ d l e f t b e f o r e m id n ig h t l a s t n i g h t , to o k a s u i t c a s e w ith h e r , a n d
beat it
( G a r d n e r , 9 5 )*
B e a t i t dow n t o P a u l B r a k e ' s o f f i c e ( G a r d n e r ,
5 9 ).
^ow b e a t i t
( G a r d n e r , 1 U5 ) .
to b e a t th e h e l l o u t o f .
to .

To a d n l n l s t e r a s e v e r e b e a t i n g ,

th ra s h in g ,

T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N a p l e s w a s c l o s e d a f t e r a g r o u p o f s t u d e n t s w ho h a d
f a i l e d t h e i r e x a m in a tio n s b e a t th e h e l l o u t o f t h e i r p r o f e s s o r
(N ew
T o r k e r , X X II, P e b . 1 5 , 1 9 ^ 7 . 2171“

-130-

to b e a t o f f .
To k e e p a n o t h e r aw ay b y f o r c e ;
d i s t a n c e b y s t r i k i n g a t h im .
A f te r th e
(T an k ,
A n e n e s ty
(T an k ,
T hey b a d

to k eep a n o th e r a t a

J a p s w e re b e a t e n o f f , t h e D ra g o n s la n d a d f o r r e f u e l i n g . . .
19*0.
f o r c e o f 2 0 0 w as b e a t e n o f f r e c e n t l y b y C h in e s e t r o o p s . . .
1 7 7 ).
b e e n b e a te n o f f a n d th r e e p r i s o n e r s ta k e n
(T a sk , 5 9 ).

to b e a t th e r a p .
fro m o b l i g a t i o n .

To b e a o q u i t t e d ;

to

be s e t

fre e ;

to b e r e le a s e d

. . . h e t o l d f r i e n d s t h a t h e 'd a r r a n g e d t o g e t c a s h b a l l a n d w as g o in g
t o s u r r e n d e r , t h a t h e c o u ld b e a t t h e r a n h a n d s dow n
(G a rd n e r, 86) .
to b e a t tim e .
T o k e e p t i m e ; t o m o r e so m e p a r t
t i m e ; t o s h o w r h y t h m b y m o w in g .

o f o n e 's b o d y i n

...th e

223) .

w o u n d e d .. . b e a t tim e

beat up.

to

D am aged; n o t i n

th e m u s ic .••

(T an k ,

good c o n d itio n ;

w e ll w o rn .

T h e b o y s h a d a p i n - u p o f M a r g u e r i t e Chapman, s a l v a g e d f r o m a b s a t —tq?
B r i t i s h m a g a s in e
(T a s k , 60) .
We h a d t o . . . r u n o u r o l d b e a t u p t r u c k s l i k e t h e y w e r e n e w e r r u n b e f o r e
(T an k , 1 9 9 ).
. . . I f e l t v e r y o ld a n d " b e a t tq p " .. . ( P y le , 250) .
to b e a t u p .
a n d to w in .

To w h i p i n

a fig h t;

to g iv e one a th r a s h in g ;

to

fig h t

H e b e a t u p H o g a r t y a n d t h e n d r o v e h im o u t o f c am p a t t h e p o i n t o f a
g u n .. . v G a r d n e r , 168) .
a b e a u tifu l young th in g .
A b e a u tifu l, p r e tty ,
(S e e : a sw eet young th in g . )
. . . h e a l s o g o t m o re t h a n h i s
th in g s
( P y l e , U5 9 ) .
b e a u ty s le e p .
s le e p cne g e ts
...f o r G
b e a u ty
I w a s n 't
b e a u ty

A nap; a
a t n ig h t.

young g i r l ,

s h a r e o f e m b ra c e s fro m

s h o rt r e s t f u l s le e p

w om an.

th e b e a u t i f u l young

o th e r th a n

th e

re g u la r

o d 's s a k e n o t t o w a k e h im s o o n e r , b e c a u s e h e w a n t e d t o g e t h i s
s le e p
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 9 ) .
s u p p o s e d t o co m e o n u n t i l e l e v e n , a n d h e g o t me o u t o f my
s le e p
(G a rd n e r, 9 5 )•

t o b e b e c o m i n g t o ——.
To a t t r a c t i v e o n o n e asc l o t h i n g ;
o u t o n e ' s b e s t q u a l i t i e s o f b e a u t y as a c o l o r .

to b rin g

S h e w a s a l r e a d y i n t h e b r i o k - r e d u n i f o r m , w h i c h w a s q u i t e ’b e c o m i n g t o
h e r , a n d o b r i o u s l y w a n te d t o h e p a r t o f t h e sh o w
v O a ln , 1 2 0 ) ,
to

h a d dow n.
To s e t t l e m o r e o r l e a s p e r m a n e n t l y f o r
f i x a s I f p e rm a n e n tly i n o n e p la c e , a s f o r s le e p in g .

th e n ig h t;

O c c a s i o n a ll y t h e ta n k s h e d d e d dow n I n t h e f l a t s w o u ld f i r e
. . . (T a n k , 5 8 ).
A m a j o r w a s h e d d l n g do w n n e a r a p i l l b o x
( T a n k , 1 U5 ) .

to

a m is s io n

bed lig h t.
A n e l e o t r i o la m p , l i g h t , a t t a c h e d to th e h e a d o f a b e d ,
o r J u s t a b o re t h a t on th e w a ll, to g iv e
illu m in a tio n p r in c ip a lly
f o r th e p u rp o s e o f re a d in g i n b e d .
...s h e

sn ap p ed on

th e b ed l i g h t . . .

(G a in , 232) .

b e d (d in g ) r o l l .
A r a t h e r l a r g e b u n d l e c o m p r is in g o n e 's b l a n k e t s a n d
a canw as c o w e rin g .
I t i s a b o u t tw o f e e t a n d a h a l f l o n g w h e n r o l l e d
xxp f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
S i t t i n g on a b e d r o l l . . . (T a n k , 233) .
J e f f r e y h a d f i n a l l y c a r r i e d t h e m ap e a s e i n h i s
(M a rq u a n d , 215) .
b e d s !d m o e m n u n io n .
b e d f o r th e p u rp o s e

b e d d in g r o l l . . .

A b o o k o r m a g a z in e w h ic h o n e k e e p s b e s i d e h i s
o f r e a d in g b e f o r e g o in g t o s l e e p .

. . . a n d dow n t o A l t m a n , w h e r e t h e o n l y r e a l b o o k i n t h e p l a c e w a s a
r e s t f u l b e d s i d e c o m p a n i o n e n t i t l e d " T h e L a m e n t a t i o n s o f a Hew J e r e ­
m ia h "
(Hew- T o r k e r , X i l I I , S e p t . 6 , 1 9 5 7 . 2 1 > .
bee lin e .
ro u te .

A d ir e c t lin e ; s h o r te s t d is ta n c e by a s tr a ig h t
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i r e . )

Me w e r e t o m a k e . . . a
(P y le , 3 5 8 ).

b e e —1I n e

lin e ,

j o u r n e y fro m U n g la n d t o F r a n c e

beer jo in t.
A s a lo o n , b a r , w h e re b e e r i s s o ld b y th e g la s s
a n d w h e re o ne d r in k s th e b e e r on th e s p o t.
(A b e e r .1p i n t i s
u s u a l l y a h ig h c l a s s p la ic e .)
B ut h e 'l l o p en u p on th e s u b je c t i f f o o tb a ll
n e ig h b o rh o o d b e e r J o i n t
(T a n k , 36) .

o r m ug
not

o r h i s h o m e to w n o r h i s

b e e t l e b ro w e d .
H a rin g t h i c k , h e a r y , u s u a l l y d a rk c o lo r e d ,
w h ic h a l m o s t m e e t o r d o m e e t a b o r e t h e n o s e .

ey eb ro w s

S u s s k r , a b e e t l e b r o w e d y o u n g s t e r w ho J o i n e d t h e A i r F o r c e . . .
1 9 5 ).

(T a n k ,

-132-

A v e ry d a rk re d ;

b eet re d .
re d .
Je ffre y f e lt

a re d

h i m s e l f g ro w in g b e e t r e d

b e fo re —

tu r n a ro u n d .

b e fo re d a rk .

A t dusk;

J u s t b e fo re d a rk th e
cover
(Y a n k , 50) .
th e
o f.

at

s h e c o u ld tu r n a ro u n d , and one
( d a l n , {> ?)•

tw ilig h t.

B e fo re ;

b e fo re

T h a t w as b e f o r e th e d a y s o f t a x i s
( G a r d n e r , 11 & ) .
b e fo re a f i r e .
a fire .

th e

tin e

k e e p in g th e n u n d e r

o f; p re v io u s to

w ith

th e

The r e s t o f th e s e c tio n s a t b e f o r e th e
fa m ily
(T a n k , U s).

fire

and lis te n e d

know s I t .

th e

d a n c e r s a s we know th e n no w ad ay s

of a fire ;

b e fo re —

In fro n t

a deep

(M a rq u an d , 1 5 9 )•

c o l o n e l a s s e m b le d t h e b a t t a l i o n

d jy a o f .

b e e ts ;

A lm o s t im m e d ia te ly ; v e r y q u i c k l y .

S h e e a l d t h e l e a o n w ae g o n e b f o r e
c u s to m e r w a n te d a s e c o n d c u t . . .

b e fo re
tin e

th e e o lo r o f r ip e

A lm o s t I m m e d ia te ly ;

fire

v e ry

o p p o s ite ;

to

fa c in g

t h e m a j o r 's

q u ic k ly .

T o u 'v e d r o p p e d a f a s t d u e o e I n a f r i e n d l y c r a p g a m e a n d b e f o r e y o u k n o w
I t t h e e v e n i n g 's s p e n t
(T a n k , 65) .
. . . a n d b e f o r e y o u k n o w I t TAMC w i l l b e c o m in g a r o u n d r e g u l a r l y t o c h e e r
y o u r s p i r i t . . . (T a n k , 212) .
. . . b e f o r e h e im e w I t h e w a s p o s t e d o u t s i d e t h e d o o r o f a s m a l l r o a n . . .
( t a n k , 200) .
b e fo re lo n g .

Soon;

q u ic k ly ;

in a s h o r t tim e .

Tom s a i d t h a t w h a n h e f i r s t w e n t I n t o t h e t f a v y t h e s a i l o r ' s p r o f a n i t y
s h o c k e d h im , b u t b e f o r e lo n g I t r o l l e d o f f h i s b a c k l i k e w a te r
o ff a
duck
( P y l e , 3 & )«
B e fo re 1
w e c o u l d s e e t h e t a n k s l e t g o a t t h e to w n
( P y le ,2h ) .
B e f o r e lo n g , g o o d l i q u o r w as a lm o s t e x h a u s t e d .. . ( P y l e , 1 1 9 )*
. . . o r e t t y so o n som ebody s t a r t e d to s n o re an d b e f o r e lo n g a l l o f u s w e re
a s le e p ••• (P y le , 1 9 9 ).
-----------------B ven th e d l s s l e e t o f u s knew t h a t b e f o r e lo n g m any o f u s s to o d a n e x o e l~
l e n t c h a n c e o f b e i n g i n t h i s w o r ld n o m o re
( P y l e , 5 )»
T h ey knew I t w o u ld b e l o t s r o u g h e r b e f o r e l o n g
( P y l e , 3 ^ 5 )»
* • »b e f o r e l o n g t h e r e w & sn ' t a c o r r e s p o n d e n t w h o d l d n ' t s w e a r b y h im
( P y l e , 30 S T .

-133-

. . ." b u t a l l t h e t i m e h e r e h o l e r w a s g a i n i n g p r e s s u r e , a n d s h e k n e w t h a t
b e f o r e l o n g I t w o u ld h a v e t o o o a e o u t
(C a in ,
. . . a n d b e f o r e v e r y lo n g s h e 'd b e p u l l i n g o f f s o m e th in g b i g
( C a i n , 1 3 9 )*
b e f o r e now .

B e fo re

th is

tim e ; p r e v io u s

Tou w i l l h a v e r e a l i z e d , b e f o r e now ,
(T a n k , 1 7 3 > .

to

th is

t h a t o u r m a r r ia g e w as a m is ta k e

b e f o r e t h e ( y e a r , w e e k , d a y , m o n th ) i s o u t .
m o n t h , e t c ? b y t h e e n d o f t k e m o n tE , e t o .
V a l l y w o u ld h a v e e v e r y d am n ed c e n t o f i t
(C a in , 2 0 9 ).
b e f o r e y o u c o u ld s a y

s c a t.

tim e .

B efo re

b e fo re

th e end o f th e

th e y e a r w as o u t . . .

A lm o s t im m e d ia te ly ; v e r y q u i c k l y .

C l a y t o n s h o t h im t h r e e t i m e s i n t h e c h e s t b e f o r e y o u c o u l d s a y s c a t
( P y l e , U5 0 ) .
. . .h e w as o u t i n f r o n t g e t t i n g s h o t a t b e f o r e y o u c o u ld s a y s c a t
(P y le , 1 3 9 ).
to b e g in a t th e b e g in n in g .
To b e g i n t e l l i n g a s t o r y , i n s t r u c t i o n s ,
e t c . , a t t h e f i r s t o f th e a c t i o n , d i r e c t i o n s , and th e l i k e .
S h a ll I b e g in a t th e b e g in n in g . M rs. P ie r c e !
( C a in , 193^*
I t ' s p e r f e c t l y a l l r i g h t , b u t on l i t t l e t h i n g s , e s p e c i a l l y w ith a n i n ­
e x p e r ie n c e d w om an, I f i n d i t w e l l t o b e g i n a t t h e b e g i n n in g
( C a i n , U2 ) .
n o t to b e g in t o .
(T h is
i n f i n i t i v e w h ic h f o ll o w s
He w as f o r t y - tw o y e a r s
to b eg o f —
w ith o n e.

.

is used a s
it.)

a n e g a tiv e

o l d , b u t d ld n * t b e g i n

To r e q u e s t o f o n e ;

to

I beg o f you to p u t an end

to

be a good (boy, g i r l ) .
a c c o m o d a tin g .

( im p e r a tiv e .)

to

b e g ------- p a r d o n .
r e q u e s t a n o t h e r 's

" I b eg y o u r p a rd o n ."

to lo o k i t

( P y l e , 7 3 )*

a s k one s in c e r e ly ;

th is m is ta k e ...

Come o n , b e a g o o d g i r l , a n d t e l l

i n t e n s i v e m o d ify in g

to p le a d

(T a n k , 173^*

Be o b lig in g ;

be h e lp fu l; be

me a b o u t t h e c l i e n t s

(G a rd n e r, l ) .

To a s k a n o t h e r t o f o r g i v e
fo rg iv e n e s s .
D r . L on d o n "b e rry o b s e r v e d . . .

o n e 's

o ffe n se s;

(G a rd n e r, 3 7 ).

to

th e

-13**-

b e h ln d
b a c lc .
k n o w le d g e .
...h a d

a ll

th e

tim e b e e n s n e e r i n g

to h e b e h in d th e
to h e s ty m ie d ;
I t 1s y o u t h a t 's

W hen o n * i s

n o t p r e s e n t to

h e a r ; w i t h o u t o n e 1s

a t h e r b e h in d h e r h a c k . . .( P a in ,

«1 g h t h a l l .
To h e u n a b l e t o
t o h e c h e c k m a te d .
b e h in d th e

e ig h t h a l l , n o t u s

b ir t H ^ a t h e s o e n e s .
B a c k s ta g e ;
o e h in d t h e s e t on a s t a g e .
G l o r i a , w o u ld y o u l i k e
(M a rq u an d . 369) .

to

b e h in d

do a n y th in g ;

( O a l n . 2 * * 6 ).

th e c u r ta in

go b e h in d th e s c e n e s

n o t to h e a b le to h e l l e re —
eyes.
one s e e s ; to h e h a rd ly a b le to g ir e
one(s b e lie f .

m o re , to

157)*

in th e

o f th e

th e a te r;

th e a te rT

H ot to h e a b le to h e lie r e w hat
c re d e n c e to ; to h e a lm o s t b ey o n d

T he r a i l r o a d m e n .. . o o u ld n 1 1 h e l i e r e t h e i r e y e s w hen t h e y saw t h e c ro w d
o f c e l e b r i t i e s . . . ^ T a n k 7 " * 1 9 9 ).
. . . M o n t y . . . s t a r e d a s th o u g h h e c o u ld h a r d l y h e l i e r e h i s e y e s
(O a ln , I 63) .
to

h e lie re in .
To h a r e f a i t h
t r u s t In ; to g lr e c re d e n c e to .

in ;

t o p u t o o n fid e m o e i n ;

to

h a re

T h e ir t a l k m ig h t h e tir e s o m e , h u t I t w as w h a t s h e a c c e p te d a n d b e l l e r e d
in
(O a ln . 9 5) •
. . . h e h a d n e r e r t a k e n o u t m o re b e c a u s e h e d i d n 11 h e l i e r e I n I n s u r a n c e
a s a n i n r e s t m e n t p r e f e r r i n g A .T . a n d T .
( O & in . Tor.---------. . . s h e " d i d n 11 h e l i e r e I n h e a t i n g c h i l d r e n f o r r e r y l i t t l e t h i n g s "

(Gain, 73>.
I t w as t h e c o m in g t r u e o f a l l s h e h a d d re a m e d f o r V e d a , a l l s h e h a d
r e l l e r e d I n , w o rk e d f o r , d e d ic a te d h e r l i f e to
(O a ln , 2 1 * 0 .
h e lie re I t
o r n o t.
O ne m a y h e l i e r e o r n o t h e l i e r e w h a t h a s b e e n s a i d
o r I s to
h e s a i d h u t t h a t I s th e t r u t h ; w h a t h a s b e e n s a i d o r i s to h e
8a i d i s t h e t r u t h a l t h o u ^ . i t m a y s o u n d s t r a n g e o r u n t r u e .
B e lle re I t
o r n o t , o u r a r e r a g e a g e i s 23
(T a n k , 21*0.
S e lle rs I t
o r n o t , h e e r e n d u g h i s f i n g e r s i n th e D a iry
(C a in , 233) .
l ? e " " a c t u a l l y t h o u g h t . . . t h a t M r. N ew o o m b e 1 s m a n u s c r i p t . . . h e l i e r e i t o r
n o t . , .w a s J u s t a n o t h e r o f t h o s e h o o k s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 * 0 .
" B e l l e r e I t o r n o t . " M a s o n s a i d , "w e d o ^ t h a v e a n y . "
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 ).
M o n tg o m e r y , h e l i e r e I t o r n o t
(C a in , 91 )•
• ...w e l l , h e l i e r e I t o r n o t , h e e re n l i k e s th e f lo w e rs
(O a ln , 1 7 9 ).
T he p r o g r e s s i o n fro m a l i q u i d to s o f t to r e g u l a r d i e t w as one o f th e
g r e a t e x p e r i e n c e s o f my l i f e , f o r h e l i e r e i t o r n o t , a l l t h r e e d i e t s
w e r e e x a c t l y t h e s a m e t h i n g —— s o u p a n d c a n n e d t o m a t o J u i c e
(P y le ,
* * 7 ).

-135-

to e lle v e
can a s s u re

W h a t I h a r e s a i d o r am a b o u t t o
you th a t th is is tru e .

say

Is

th s tr u th ;

I

A n d , ' b e l l e r e m e , d u r i n g t h e f i r s t f e w d a y s o f o u r I n v a s i o n m en a t t h e
f r o n t n e e d e d th o s e r i f l e s
(P y le , U 2 l).
W hen a s s a u lt t r o o p s a r e t o e i n g a t t a c h e d toy l a n d , a n d w a i t i n g s h i p s a r e
c a t c h i n g I t fro m t h e a i r , t o e l l e r e me t h e s p e e d o f u n lo a d in g I s m ig h ty
Im p o rta n t
( P y le , 1 5 -6 )*
B u t t o e l l e r e m e . l a d y , u n l e s s y o u g o t t o g e t t h e r e t o n i g h t . I t ' l l toe a
w h o le l o t t o e t t e r t o t u r n h a c k
( O a ln , 163)*
B e l l e r e m e, t h i s w a r I s to o to u g h f o r y o u o ld g u y s
(T a n k , 1 7 7 )*
T h e l a s t tw o d o n ' t s o u n d s p e c t a c u l a r t o u t , b e l i e v e m e . t h e y ' r e l m p o r a a n t
( P y le , S O ).
B e l l e r e m e. a f t e r s e e i n g t h e s e s o l d i e r s a to o a rd , my h a t 's o f f to th e
Irm y T t h e p o o r b a s t a r d s
( P y le , U ).
to e lly d a n c e r .
b e lly , ro ta te s

A f e m a l e d a n c e r w ho a m n l p u l a t e s
h e r abdom en a n d h i p s .

F l o o r show l o u s y — b e l l y
c irc u it
(T a n k , 2 1 2 ).
to e lly
esp
and
not

d a n c e rs

th e m u s c le s

c o u l d n 't g e t e r e n a t r i a l

In h e r

o n a M in s k y

la n d in g .
T he la n d in g o f a n a i r p l a n e w ith o u t th e u s e o f w h e e ls ,
e c i a l l y w hen t h e la n d in g g e a r o f t h e p l a n e , t h e w h e e ls , a r e d i s a b l e d
c a n n o t toe u s e d .
(T h is Im p lie s an em erg en cy la n d in g , one t h a t i s
n o rm a l, one t h a t I s d a n g e r o u s .)

...L t.

M e l v i n K i m b a l l . . .m a d e a t o e l l y l a n d i n g

to b en d

dow n.

To b e n d o v e r ;

to

in

B u rm a ...

(T a n k ,

19*0.

s to o p .

I n o n e ro o m I b e n t dow n a n d l o o k e d a t s o m e l e t t e r s . . . ( T a n k , 2 2 0 ) .
I h a v e s e e n b i g m e n . . . b e n d do w n t o w h i s p e r g o o d b y e . . . ( T a n k , 1 3 7 ) *
S h e l i f t e d t h e m ask o f t h e o x y g e n a p p a r a t u s , b e n t dow n, k i s s e d R ay on
t h e m o u th , a n d p u l l e d th e s h e e t o v e r h e r f a c e
( C a i n , 103) .
S h e I n d i c a t e d t h a t s h e w a n t e d t o w h i s p e r t o h i m , a n d M a so n b e n d d o w n
so h i s e a r w as c l o s e to h e r lip m
(G a rd n e r , 23) .
J e f f r e y w a lk e d o v e r t o h e r c h a i r a n d b e n t dow n t o k i s s h e r
(M a rq u a n d ,
5 * 5 9 ).
to bend
bow .

o v e r.

To s t o o p ;

in c lin e

th e u p p e r p a r t

o f th e body a s in

a

D r. G a le w as b e n t o v e r , p e e r in g i n t e n t l y a t R ay
( C a i n , 10l ) .
H e w a s f o l l o w e d b y D r. C o l l i n s . . . w ho b e n t o v e r R a y a n d s t u d i e d h e r . . .
( C a in , 102) .
T h e n a s o l d i e r cam e a n d s t o o d b e s i d e t h e o f f i c e r a n d b e n t o v e r . . .
(P y le , 1 5 5 ).
to b e b e n t o n .
To h a v e a s t r o n g
( d o in g s o m e th in g )•

in c lin a tio n ,

d e s ire , w ill,

to be

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But he seemed bent on pleasing Mildred.., (Cain, 227).
I'm a rabid one-man movement bent on tracking down and stamping out...
(Pyle, 5).
be seeing you.

Goodbye; so long.

Mason said, "dll ri^it, Paul, be seeing you."

(Gardner, 13).

to be beside the point.
Not to be a point of the discussion, argu­
ment; to have no direct relation to the discussion, argument.
Of course, mailing them in the first place is Illegal, but that's beside
the point (Pyle, 126).
"Thass beside the point," Artie said. (Tank, 98).
the best — — pan.

In the best way, manner, method, possible.

fiat's a post-operative case, a n d I carried on the best _I could
ner, 38).
best friends.

(Gard­

Very close friends; very good friends.

And Beckle would never tell Madge, although they were best friends, what
it was she remembered.•• (Marquand, 109),
best medicine.

The best thing; the best remedy.

Also, he had a theory that the best medicine you can give to a wounded
man is soeie warmth and comfort (Pyle, 153)*
best of all.

Better

than anything else; better than the other things.

...and best of all, hidden on a shelf I noticed two nice brown eggs
(Pyle, 258T7
...best of all, the Chinese understood why they were working so hard...
(?ank,“ l2077
...something by Chopin, that she liked best of all (Cain, 181).
Best of all. I had eggs (Pyle, 3^ 3)•
the best of it is.

The best part of, thing about, it is.

She had held his hand, and the best of it was that she had said nothing
... (Marquand, 59*0*
the best part of.

The most of; the majority of; the maximum part of.

For the best part of a week our ship had been lying far out in the
harbor, tied to a boyu. (Pyle, 7)*

the 'beat that can be aald la,
be made concerning thia la .
conditions.)

2he beat statement which oan possibly
(This implies generally Tinsatisfactory

The beat that can be aald is that the project is not going in the red
aa fast as it used to (Tew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13. 19^7* 28).
betrayed husband.
A husband whose wife has been untrue to him; a
husband whose wife has been intimate sexually with other men.
...I didn't want to saddle you with the role of betrayed husband
(Yank, 17*0.
to betray — * presence.
To give away one's presence; to let another
know inadrertantly where one is.
...our attack on the first barge had betrayed our presence
better and better.

(Yank, 25b).

More and more; better; still better; still more.

As I got to know the A —20 gunners better and better, they began to tell
me their inner feelings... (Pyle, 223).
the better class.

The upper class; the superior class.

Unfortunately it is representatire of what the "better class" of moguls
really think (Yank. 210).
better days.
A time in which affairs, finances, the situation in
general is better than at the present time.
All three of us had seen both of them in better days
...he's marking time for better days (Yank, 3b).

(Yank, 29).

to be the better for.
To be improved as a result of; to be better
for baring had (something).
It was necessary to convey the impression...that this effort had meant
somethin*.. .which you understood and rere the better for (Marquand.

1H6) .
better off.

Wealthy; comparatively rich; well to do.

There was more to buy in the shops and the better-off people seemed
to have a greater variety of food (Pyle, il9).
to be better off.
To be in an isproved situation; to be in
situation than otherwise.

a better

...Jeffrey really knew that he would be bet ter off without Jesse
(Marquand, 275).

-138-

But he* a bett«r off where he is now, trying to learn something and may­
be he hasn'1 got orach time (Marquand, 3^9) •
If she'd had a little dough when Pierce Homes began to wobble...she1d
be better off, wouldn't she? (Cain, 250) .
...they axe a good deal better off than they'd be in a small apartment
ashore (Hew Yorker, j&XII, Sept. 13, 19^7* 26).
Aboard ship, we were somewhat better off than the troops on land...
(Pyle, Ul).
the better paxt of.
The most of; the maximum part of; the majority
Of! (Of, the best -paxt of.)
Of pedestrians there were none, and she plodded around for the better
part of an hour, peering at each street sign... (Cain, hi)".
You knew that he had the better part of twenty thousand dollars in his
possession.•• (Gardner, 1$9).
It took most of them the better part of a day to get two-thirds of the
way down... (Pyle, 1U4).
better than.

More than; in excess of.

...they weighed better than forty pounds
a better time.
(somethingT.

(Pyle, 3*9).

A more auspicious time; & time better suited to

He was sawing himself for something else, perhaps waiting for abetter
time (Yank, 6 ).
to be between

selves.

To be secret; to be told to no one else.

...agree it should be between theme elves, with nothing said to Wally...
(Cain, 20h).
between them (the two of them).
as one; together.

The two of them together; the two

Between then they saved the crippled Tort from destruction
to be between you and me.

(Yank, 16).

To be secret; to be told to no one else.

"And that's b etween you and me," Jim said, "just you and me."
(Marquand ,
I don't mean that exactly...but if you want to, this Is between you and
and me (Marquand, 552).
beyond —
manage.

control.

Out of one's control; so that one can not control,

...a guy was entitled to some peace, instead of a constant nagging over
things that lay beyond his control (Cain, 5).

- 13 9-

to Tae ’beyond — — ken.
To 'be too difficult for one to understand; to
be so that one cannot under stand.
Els bland assumption that the w h o l e subject was a bore, not worth dis­
cussing, was beyond her k e n
(Cain, 95)*
to be beyond repair.
paired; unrepairable.

To be In a condition so that it cannot be re­

...the barrel was beyond r e p a i r . .. (Pyle,
to be beyond the scope of.
proper in.

To be outside the limits of; not to be

The subject matter would seem beyond the scope of proper cross-examina­
tion (Gardner, 198).
to be beyond —
wildest d r e a m s .
one has ever thought possible.

To represent more happiness than

Gentlemen, the opportunities your letter presents are beyond my wildest
dreams (Yank, lU 2).
be your age.
Act according the maturity of your age; don't act as
though you were a child.
(imperative.)
Be your age, you big oaf.
to bide (one 1s)time.
better time.

(Gardner, 80).
To wait for an auspicious time; to wait for a

He bided his time... (Oaln, 236 ).
...they cling to the crags overlooking our camp areas and bide their
time (Yank, 18l).
big BTiii little.

Large and small; of ail si see and kinds.

And then after lunch w e looked out again, and the sea was once more
veritably crawling with new ships — hundreds of them, big and
little (Pyle, 35T.
a b ig baby.

A b ig ,

la rg e ,

th in g .

There's another one, a big b a b y , over to starboard... (Yank, 25U).
big boned.
With bones larger than normal; having bigger bones than
the average.
The animal was bony
big—b o n e d . Jeffrey supposed the technical term
would have been... (Marquand, 37*0•

big boy,
(A term of address showing familiarity or attempted
familiarlty.)
"What's the matter, big boyT" he heard Mrs, Mewcombe ask (Marquand,
3 5 1 ).
"Where do you think he is, big boyT* Mrs. Newcombe said, (Marquand,
3**6> -

"Well, hi ho to you, big boy," Mrs. Newcombe said
A

man.

(Marquand, 353'*

An important man; a leader,

I had heard Allied officers refer to Tito as a "big man", and I could
see what they meant (Tank, 2M-S).
big name.

An important man; a leader; a

prominent character,

...those national figures known to the trade as "big names"...
(Marquand, 3*0 •
a big rush.

Great attention; much making over.

After the big rush they gars me, with P a breaking his
screen test... (Cain, 196).
big shot.
An important person; a famous
acter. (Also attributive.)

neck to get me a

person; a prominent char­

•. .a rat-faced punk who thinly he1s a big shot because he1s peddling
phoney dice, but he may lead to something C&ardner, 1 3 )*
But I guess those big shots understood that duty is duty (Tank, 200),
...maybe the big shots can read what you're thinking... (Tank, 218).
...he became a subdivider, a community builder, a man of vision, a
big shot (Oaln, 6).
Well, these black-market operators were all big-shot Fasolsts (Tank,
Serrano recalls one order about catching a big-shot Fascist... (Tank,
a big thing.

An important thing; a necessary thing, item.

You have no idea what a big thing some practical little device...is in
the life of a man at the front (Pyle, 2U 2).
a big time.

Much pleasure; a lot of fun; & good time.

Tou guys over there in Italy must be having a big time with all those
little dark-eyed slgnorinas (Tank, 8b).
big time.

Important, famous; prominent.

I know you're big time, baby

(Marquand, 1+83).

'bill fold..
Usually a piece of leather folded and eevnsomewhat
larger than a pieee of paper money. It
is used to carry,hold,paper
money, identification cards, etc.
He hauled out the few items I possessed: a broken pencil, a fountain pen,
a notebook, a billfold containing three genuine American gold-seal 10
dollar bills.•• (lankT 12).
bill of fare.

A menu; a list of the food served in a restaurant.

When I went bade to talk with the cook, I found out we did although they
weren't on the bill of fare that night (Gardner, lUU).
to bind ——

over.

To hold one for trial in a court.

If we'd followed this case along conventional lines, Alden Leeds would
have been bound over on that fingerprint evidence (Gardner, 207)*
The judge is going ^to bind you over on a charge of first degree murder
(Gardner, 152).
to bind u p .

To wrap; to cover; to bandage.

If anotherhas had his leg shattered by shrapnel,
they bind it uj>
in a me tad rack, but the operating and settingaren't done till he
gets back to the hospital (Pyle, 51-2).
birthday suit.

Nakedness; state of being naked; having no clothes on.

...when one of the martial nudists goes by in his birthday suit, riding
on the running board of a truck CTank, Ls).
bit by bit.

Gradually; a little at a time.

Instead his time had been cut off bit by bit without his having noticed,
painlessly but surely (Marquand, 533?.
Each Sunday she saved the New fork Times Book Heview so that she could
read it bit by bit through the week... (Marquand, 100).
to b i t e
another.

head off.

To speak sharply, roughly, impolitely, to

You might think we were going to bite each other *s heads off because we
look at things differently TRarquand, 3^0)•
to b i t e
lip.
To place, usually, the lower lip between the teeth
(■fcM'n usually is a sign of nervousness of concentration).
He saw Madge bite her lip, but Madge was still composed
And she bit her lower lip again (Marquand, 523) •

(Marquand, 523).

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to bite —
nails.
To cut one's fingernails by biting
considered almost certain sign of nerrousness)•

(this Is

He sat down behind the first sergeant's desk and began Jfco bite his nails,
starting with the third finger, left hand (Tank. 98).
to bite off aore than —— can chew.
To attempt that which one is
unable for one reason or another to do.
Looks as though you'd bitten off a little aore than you can chew. Perry
(Gardner, 173)*
a bite to eat.

Something to eat; a meal; prepared food.

We could go to the Bockewell for Just a bite to eat, and Just talk
(Marquand, 272).
He had not had a bite to eat or a drop of water (Pyle, ^53).
a bit of.

Small part of; a particle of; a small portion of.

One might a l m o s t s a y I w a s a bit o f a s a p
(Cain, 1 9 7 ) .
This bit of recklessness restored her to a touch of her old self...

(CaT^T 257).

The dining room was a bit of old Spain, and there were three Japanese
houseboys... (Marquand, ^32).
bitternes8 toward.
for.

A feeling of hatred for; a feeling of animosity

He retained something that he thought of as his pride, but it had no
meaning and exhibited itself mainly in mounting betterness toward
Mildred (Cain, l W .
a bitter pill.
An almost inescapable experience which humiliates one,
deflates one's pride.
'Tis a bitter pill to swallow... (Yank, 15^).
bitter tears.

Crying, tears, caused by humiliation, injured pride.

Por in spite of mishaps, blunders, and catastrophes that sometimes
reduced her to bitter tears... (Cain, 129).
black cat.
A cat whose fur is black (this is srqpposed by many to be
the symbol of bad luck and conwersely by others to be the symbol of
good luck).
They vouldn1t trade it (the number thirteen) for a doren black cats...
(Fyle, 350).

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black coffee.

Brewed coffee without orean or milk; cafe noir .

When the "briefing was over, a soldier brought the colonel a canteen full
of black coffee (Tank, 109)*
He could see Madge's orange Juice and her Melba toast and her black cof­
fee. which she always took without any cream or sugar (Marquand, 5^5)•
black haired.

With hair colored from a very dark brown to black.

...Bill Watson, black haired... (Tank, 2U 3).
to b l a c k m a i l
into.
use of blackmail.

To persuade one to do something through the

She said Veda was trying to blackmail her boy into marrying her...
(Cain, 195).
black market.
The illegal buying and selling of goods; a place where
illegal goods may be bought and sold.
(Also attributive.)
Practically everything in the city was bought and sold in the black
market... (Tank, 219).
And the black market is about the only place where American cigarettes
may be bought (fank, 65).
A few are...patronising the black market. .. (Tank, 217)*
...the Cermans themselves created and fostered the Paris black market
... (Pyle, bl 5).
In a way, these b l a c k — m a r k e t operators were the meanest of all the
Xyetie fascists (Tank, 26).
...if they were black-narket operators, then they were sure to get
strung up (Tank, 267.
Well, these black-market operators were all big-shot Fascists (Tank, 26).
black (marketer, marketer).

One who poerates a black market.

The most skilled black marketer...is the sort of man who used to be a
confidence man or other City hanger on (1'ew Republic, Apl. 13, 19^2*
U90).

to black out.
l” ¥0 lose consciousness (see citation),
...to describe the process of losing consciousness in a swiftly moving
aerophane. My guess would have been that the fliers created the verb
1to black out' because it describes their symptoms? their vision falls,
the world becomes black, and, finally, they go out; that is, they are
knocked out, lose consciousness (Bob Trout, "Some Notes on H. L.
Mencken's War Words in England", AS, X I X , p. 293)•
2 . To extinguish all light which may be seen out of doors and to vover
windows and doors so that no light within a house may be seen out of
doors.

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Of course until the lights were out the hut had to he blacked out
(Pyle, 326).
Par In the distance we could see one lone white light — probably a
window some early rising farmer had forgotten _to black out (Pyle, 32^).
the black sheep.
The one which does not conform; the one which turns
out bad; the one which Is no good (this Is usually used In reference
to a family and the "black sheep" Is one of the children).
Uncle Alden was the black sheep of

the family (Gardner, 3)*

Black Thursday.
The Thursday In November of 1929 when the New fork
Irfth^ng* began to Indicate the financial panic which was to en­
gulf the nation; the beginning of the Depression.
But then came Black Shore day of 1929, and his plunge to ruin was so
rapid, he could iiaydly see Pierce Homes disappear... (Cain, 7).
to blame — — for.
To say that smother has caused (trouble); to say
that another is the agent of (trouble).
...there was no sense In blaming him for things that were rapidly
becoming too much for her... (Cain, 30) .
to bl«m»e — — on..
To say that another is the cause of something
wrong, bad; to accuse of being the cause.
She was quite explicit about blaming this all on Bert, and seemed to
feel there wen something he could do about it, and should do (Cain,
IS).
b l a n k e t y - b l (This is u s e d In place of an oath and it is supposed
to represent a very bad oath, profanity, a taboo word.)
Don1t those bl»wkcty-blarfc so-and-sos know there are men here who are
badly hurt? (Pyle, 2SS).
a blawk 8tare.
of any kind.

A face, look, with no expression, no signs of emotion

To this not unflattering harangue Mr. Chris at first returned a blank
stare (Cain, 67).
to blast away.

To fire guns, cannons, and the like.

...the great gun was blasting away... (Pyle, 393^*
...a mighty bedlam of ack-adk blasted away on shore... (Pyle, 272).
...he saw some engineers blasting away at what looked like a. ..pile of
mangrove leaves... (Yank, 250).
a blast of.

A sudden and great amount of (sound).

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. . . a n d t h e n s u d d e n l y t h e r e i s a b l a s t o f m u s ic a n d t h e n n c tn o u s v o i c e
a r e a l A m e ric a n a n n o u n c e r . . . ( T a n k , 7 2 ) .
to

" b la s t o u t .
1 . To d e s t r o y b y t h e n e e o f h i g h

e x p lo s iv e s ;

a rtille ry ;

of

and th e l i k e .

. . . t h e n t h e ta n k a w o u ld c o n e u p a n d b l a B t o u t t h e b a d s p o t s o f t h e op­
p o s itio n
( P y le , H 4 3 ).
J e r r y p l a n e s t r i e d t o bom b th e m o u t o f t h e h i l l s
a n d m o rta rs t r i e d to
b l a s t th e m o u t
(T an k , 27) .
. . . t h e y J u s t h a d Jfco b e b l a s t e d o u t
(P y le , ^ 3 ) •
2.

To c r e a t e

th ro u g h th e

u s e o f h ig h

e x p lo s iv e s .

I v i s i t e d s o m e o f t h e b o y s w ho
had been b la s tin g o u t
on th e C o n tin e n t o f E u ro p e
( P y l e , 3^971
3.

To m a k e ,

...L t.

c re a te ,

a

C o l. F e r d in a n d J .

to b le e d
re s u lt

o u rin v a s io n p a th

sudden g r e a t n o is e .
T a te ’ s

.^ 5 b l a s t e d

to d e a th .
To d i e a s a r e s u l t
o f l o s s o f b lo o d .

out a s a lu te

o f b le e d in g ;

to

. . . c a m e a v o i c e , "My G o d , t h i s m a n 's b l e e d i n g t o d e a t h . "
. . . t h e w o u n d e d l a y i n t h e i r d u g o u t s a n d so m e o f th e m b l e d
(T an k , lU 6 ).
T h is p o o r g u y 's b l e e d i n g to d e a t h
( T a n k , *+5 ) .
a b lin d d a te .
n e ig h e r o f th e

A d a t e , e n g a g e m e n t, w i t h o n e o f th e
tw o k n o w s t h e o t h e r .

d ru n k .

V e ry d ru n k ;

. . . t h e p a r a t r o o p e r . . .a s k e d
(T a n k , 2 2 h ) .
jt b l i n k i n g

fla s h .

1 7 7 )*

d ie

th e

as

(T a n k , W
to d e a th

o p p o s ite

He d i d n o t k n o w w h a t a b l i n d d a t e w a s , b u t h e c e r t a i n l y
t o k n o w . . . (M a r q u a n d ,” T 8 3 T .
I h a d a b l i n d d a t e w i t h o n e o f th e m
(M a rq u an d , 1 8 3 ) .
b lin d

(T an k ,

.

s e x w hen

d id n o t w ant h e r

e x tre m e ly i n t o x i c a t e d .

fo r a d a te

to g e t b lin d

A sudden, b r i l l i a n t

fla s h

d ru n k a s h o re

of lig h t

o r h e a t.

T h e re w as a b l i n d i n g f e l
a n d r o a r a n d s h r a p n e l r a i n e d dow n l i k e
c in d e ra
( T a n k , "5 o ) .
. . . t h e h e a t l i g h t n i n g f l i c k e r e d o n c e , th e n d ro v e in to h e r so rro w w ith a
b lin d in g f la s h
(C a in , 115> .
b l i n d m a n 's b l u f f .
A c h i l d r e n ' s g am e i n w h i c h o n e o f t h e p l a y e r s h a s
h i s e y e s b l i n d f o l d e d a n d a t t e m p t s t o c a t c h o t h e r s w ho c a n s e e .

-

W ar h e r *

is

1 *4-6 -

b lln d m a n * s b l u f f w ith , b u l l e t s

(T an k ,

IS O ).

b lin d s p o t.
L i t e r a l l y a s p o t i n t h e e y e , r e t i n a , w h ic h i s n o t s e n s i ­
t i v e to l i g h t ; h e n c e a n a r e a i n w h ic h o n e d o e s n o t u s e h i s f u l l d l s c e n r m e n t, J u d g m e n t, a n d th e l i k e ,
NS o n e t i m e s I t h i n k y o u k n o w s o m u c h a b o u t p e o p l e , M M a d g e s a i d ,
th e n y o u show y o u r b l i n d s p o t , "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 3 5 ) .
to b l i n k — - e y e s ,
th e n q u ic k ly ,
...I

To b a t

o n e 's

a u to m a tic a lly b lin k e d a y e y es

to b H bV o u t .

a lig h t

to

(P y le ,

To b e e x t i n g u i s h e d ;

A t a n y r a t e , , . one o f th e n
b lo c k b u s t e r ,

eyes;

s h u t o n e 's

"and

e y e lid s and open

U o U ).

to b e tu rn e d

o u t;

s u d d e n ly b lin k e d

to

out

go o f f .
(P y le ,

2 2 ).

(S e e c i t a t i o n .)

"A n a i r b o s b l a r g e e n o u g h , t o k n o c k d o w n a w h o l e b l o c k o f h o u s e s . "
M an y A m e r i c a n s w ho a r e a c c u s t o m e d t o t h i s w o r d d o n o t r e a l i s e t h a t
t h e 'b l o c k ' i s n o t a n A m e ric a n c i t y b l o c k , b u t a l a r g e m o d e rn b u i l d i n g
As th e B r i t i s h s a y , " a b lo c k o f f l a t s , " o r " a b lo c k o f o f f i c e s ,"
( B 0b T r o u t , "S o m e N o t e s o n H . L . M e n c k e n 's W ar W o rd s i n I n g l a n d , " A S ,
X IX , 2 3 3 ) .
The f i r s t g r o u p o f m ig h ty f o u r e n g ln e d L a n c a s t e r s h i t B u s s e l d o r f w i t h a
2 -to n ' b lo c k - b u s te r '
v T im e , S e p t . lH , 1 9 ^ 2 * 5 6 ) .
to b lo c k o u t.

To p l a n ;

to

a rra n g e

in

T h e s t o r y a s t h e y h a d t r i e d _to b l o c k i t
l i t t l e s to ry
(M a rq u a n d , h 2 0 ) .
t o b l o c k ------ p a t h .
i s u n a b le to m ove;

advance;

to

c o n c e iv e a s a w h o le

o u t , H a l s a i d , w as a s im p le

To s t a n d i n o n e ' s w a y ;
to p re v e n t one.

t o m ove s o

. . . V e d a , w ho s e e m e d t o h a v e m o v e d _to b l o c k h e r p a t h
b lo o d * " d th u n d e r .
im p lie s m e lo d ra m a )•

V io le n c e , n o is e ,

g re a t

t h a t a n o th e r

(C a in , 2 0 5 ).

tro u b le

(th is

v e ry o fte n

We c a m e u p h e r e f o r b l o o d a n d t h u n d e r , f o r g r e n a d e s a n d g l i n t i n g
b a y o n e t s a n d m o a n in g m o r t a r s h e l l s
(T a n k , 136) ,
a b lo o d b a t h .

A m a ssa cre;

a w h o le s a le k i l l i n g ,

( C 7 , G e rm , b l u t b a d . )

The w o r k e r s h a d r e p l i e d t o t h e b lo o d ^ » b a th i n t h e s t r e e t b y t h e f i n a l
w e a p o n o f t h e u n a rm e d m a s s e d — t h e G e n e ra l^ S t r i k e
( G . B . R . G -ed g e,
F a lle n B a s tio n s , L ondon, G o lla n c i, 1 9391 3 5 ).

b lo o d b r o t h e r s .
h a v in g a t l e a s t
c lo s e f r ie n d s .

A b r o th e r r e l a t e d b y t i e s o f b lo o d ; a b r o th e r
o n e com m on p a r e n t ; h e n c e , b y e x t e n s i o n v e r y , v e r y

. . . a s th o u g h i t w e re a l l o u r f a u l t , a s th o u g h w e w e re s l a c k e r s l e t t i n g
o u r b l o o d b r o t h e r s dow n w h i l e t h e y w e re f i g h t i n g t h e H un
(M a rq u a n d ,
2 U9 ) .
b lo o d c u r d lin g .

T e rrify in g ;

...m a n y g u n s . . . th u n d e re d l i k e
cane
( P y l e , 3 8 3 )*

h o rrib ly

frig h te n in g .

th e b lo o d -c u rd lin g

a p p ro a c h

of a h u rri­

b lo o d i s t h l c k e r th a n w a te r .
R e l a t i o n s h i p b y b lo o d h a s o b l i g a t i o n s
a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h ic h a r e n o t s o k e e n l y f e l t to w a rd one n o t
re la te d .
T h ey w e re a lw a y s m a k in g s p e e c h e s a b o u t b lo o d * s b e i n g
(M a rq u a n d , 2U 6) .
b lo o d p o is o n in g .
B lo o d p o i s o n i n g

S e p tic e m ia ;
set

in

fro m a n

(o fte n

t h l c k e r th a n w a te r

c o n fu se d w ith g a n g re n e ).

In fe c te d b l i s t e r

(G -a rd n e r, 110) .

b lo o d p r e s s u r e .
The p r e s s u r e o f th e b lo o d on th e w a lls
a r t e r i e s a s th e b lo o d c i r c u l a t e s th ro u g h o u t th e b o d y .

o f th e

H e h a d p u t o n s o m e w e i g h t b u t h i s h e a r t a n d b l o o d —p r e s s u r e w e r e n o r m a l
a n d h e knew q u i t e a l o t a b o u t w a r
( M a r q u a n d , 5 & 3 )•
b lo o d s u c k in g .
G e ttin g b lo o d fro m
p a r a s i t e , m o s q u ito , le e c h .

a liv in g

b o d y b y s u c k in g a s a

A lm o s t e q u a l l y d a n g e r o u s f o e s h a v e b e e n n a t u r a l o n e s . . . b l o o d - s u c k i n g
l e e c h e s . . . ( T a n k , 1 7 & ).
b lo o d s w e a t.

(S e e c i t a t i o n . )

. . . w a s d e s c r i b e d b y a w r i t e r i n T h e R o t a r l a n , J a n u a r y , I 9 M+:
"T a m e rs
h av e lo n g know n t h a t c a t t l e f e d on im p ro p e rly c u re d sw e e t c lo v e r h a y
a r e a p t to d e v e lo p a f a t a l s i c k n e s s .
I t u s e d t o b e c a l l e d " b lo o d
s w e a t"
( D . L . " T h e T a rm C o lu m n " , A S , X IX , 3 0 9 ) .
b lo o d , s w e a t, a n d t e a r s .
T he A m e ric a n a d a p t a t i o n o f t h e p h r a s e d e ­
l i v e r e d b y V i n s t o n C h u r c h i l l , M ay 1 3 , 19 **0 , i « w h i c h h e e x p r e s s e d h i e
d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o c a r r y on th e w a r e v e n th o u g h t h e E n g l is h p e o p le h a d
v e ry l i t t l e l e f t .
C h u r c h i l l 's fa m o u s s e n t e n c e w e n t:
" I h av e n o th in g
to o f f e r b u t b lo o d , t o i l , t e a r s , an d s w e a t."
. . . l a t e r th a n you t h i n k . . .b lo o d ,
( M a r q u a n d , h 6U ) .

sw eat an d t e a r s . . .f ig h tin g

our f l^ i t ...

b lo o d t i e s .
R e la tio n s h ip s
r e l a t i o n s h i p s th ro u g h ra c e *
It

s te m s n o t o n l y fro m

to b lo t

o u t.

t h r o u g h ‘b l o o d ;

b lo o d t i e s

To r e m o v e f r o m

fa m ily r e l a t i o n s h i p ;

w ith .. . S la v e .. .

(T a n k , 2 h 8 ).

o n e’ s c o n s c io u s n e s s ;

to

g o rg e t.

T hen y o u s t o o d f o r a m om ent f o c u s i n g y o u r e y e s on e v e r y o b j e c t
ro o m , b l o t t i n g o u t a l l e x t r a n e o u s t h o u g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 l) *

In your

t o b lo w a w a y .
To
re m o v e b y f o r o e o f a i r ; t o c a r r y aw ay a s th o u g h
b y w in d .
( P a s s i v e s e n s e m ay a l s o b e i n t h e a c t i v e v o i c e . )
. . . E l s i e s a i d t h e y h a d b e t t e r p u t w e i g h t s o n th e m
b lo w a w a y .
( M a r q u a n d , U3 3 ) .
. . . t h e s t e p s h a d b e e n b lo w n a w a y
( P y le , 1 8 U ).

s o t h e y w o u ld n o t

t o b lo w d o w n .
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. . . a fe w t r e e lim b s t h a t h a d
The h o u s e h a d n o t b e e n b lo w n

b lo w n dow n o n i t . . . ( C a i n ,
dow n
(P y le , ^ 0 3 )•

h ig h w in d s ,

163) .

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in .
c ru m p le ; to c a u s e to f a l l in w a rd , a s a w a ll o f a h o u s e
o f a i r p r e s s u r e , s t r o n g w in d , e x p lo s i o n , e t c .

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i n o n e w a l l , a n d h u r t s e v e r a l m en
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f i r s t b l a s t . . . ( P y le , 2 U 8 ).
. . . a s d i s p l a y e d b y t h e m e m b e r o f t h e Durham L i g h t I n f a n t r y w ho s t a y e d
b y h i 8 g u n w i t h o n e a rm b lo w n o f f a n d f i r e d on t i l l h e f e l l d e a d
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(Y a n k ,
1 0 7 ).
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o f s k i n . . . (Y a n k , 1 0 8 ) .
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(T an k , lH 6 ).
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th e m b l o w n o f f
( Y a n k , lH U ) .
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(Y a n k , 1 6 8 ).
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(Y a n k , 169) •
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o f f b y o u r ow n g u n
( P y le , 311) .
t o b lo w o f f s te a m .
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a l s t r a i n s a n d s t r e s s e s ( t h i s im p lie s re m o v a l th ro u g h a lm o s t v i o l e n t
a c tio n s ).
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d a n g e r o u s l y m u s t d o now a n d t h e n

s t e a m a s a n y a c t i v e m an w h o l i v e s
( £ y le , 3 2 9 ).

a b lo w o u t .
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th e t i r e b e in g d u d d e n ly r e l e a s e d th r o u g h a w o rn , w eak , s p o t i n th e
tire .
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b r i d g e s w h ic h w o u ld h a v e e a t o a r f o r c e s I n h a l f
( P y le , 29) .
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c l o s e r t o a c t i o n t h e n . . . (T a n k , 215) .
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256) .
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( P y l e , 316) .
l l e d o u t a g r e n a d e a n d b le w h i m s e l f t o p i e c e s
(Y a n k , 192) .

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(T a n k , 2 8 ) .
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(T a n k , 25) •
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(P y le , 2 0 7 ).
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b y p a s s a r o u n d a b lo w n -u p b r i d g e h e w o u ld c a l l o u t . . . ( P y l e ,
3 0 8 ).
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(P y le , 2 2 0 ).
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b l e w up
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A m e ric a n s c o u ld h a v e p l a n e s o v e r b lo w in g u p ta n k s f i v e m in u te s a f t e r
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T h e i r r e g u l a r w r i t e r s a r e b o g g e d dow n w i t h i t
( M a r q u a n d , 3 ® 9 )*
T he J a p a n e s e w e re t o ^ e d dow n i n C h in a
(M a rq u an d , 3 7 0 ).
I a i n ' t h ad a c h a n c e t o b o g dow n y e t .
B een to o b u s y
(C a in , 1 9 6 ).
t o b o l l dow n t o .
c is e ly in .

To b e i n

essen ce;

T h o s e n e e d s b o i l dow n t o
(Y a n k , 1 9 7 7 7 “

th re e

b o lt u p rig h t.

s tra ig h t up.

E re c t;

th in g s ;

to

be s ta te d b r ie f ly

fo o d ,

and con­

a m m u n itio n a n d w a t e r

Mom t u r n e d w h i t e , a n d s a t b o l t u p r i g h t , b u t M r. P i e r c e
a n d sh e sa n k b a c k , h e r l i p s c o m p re sse d
(C a in , 9 8 ) .

spoke q u ic k ly ,

bom b b a y .
Thot p o r t i o n o f t h e a i r p l a n e , u s u a l l y i n t h e f u s e l a g e ,
w h e re bom bs a r e s t o r e d d u r in g f l i g h t .
(A ls o a t t r i v u t i g e . )
3 u t m o st o f th e b o m b i n g .. .i s d o n e a t l e v e l f l i g h t , bom bs b e in g
f r o m b o m b - b a y s . . . (N Y T i m e s , M a g . , J u n e 3®» 19**C» 6 ) , A S .

d ro p p e d

-15**-

I n s te a d o f bom bs, i t c a r r i e d t i g h t , h eav y p a c k a g e s , d e s ig n e d to open
w h e n t h e y w e r e r e l e a s e d t h r o u g h t h e bo m b b a y d o o r s
(T a n k , 1 2 7 ).
R o s i e c a m e d o w n t h r o u g h t h e bom b b a y t o l o o k o r e r h i e c r e w
(T a n k , 86) .
b o m b in g r a i d .
by a irp la n e s .

T hec a r r y in g a n d d ro p p in g

. . . w h a t th e y n e e d e d w as a f i r s t - c l a s s
to bom b
...th e

o u t.

o fbom bs

b o m b in g r a i d

onenem y t a r g e t s

(T an k , 217) .

To d e s t r o y b y d r o p p i n g b o m b s f r o m a i r p l a n e s .

A i r P o r c e w a s c o m in g i n ± 0 bom b th e m o u t

(T an k , 1 0 6 ).

a bom b r u n .
T h a t p a r t o f t h e f l i g h t o f a n a i r p l a n e Im m e d ia te ly p r i o r
to t h e d r o p p in g o f t h e bom ba w hen t h e com m ander s i g h t s t h e t a r g e t a n d
p r e p a r e s t o d ro p t h e bom bs.
. . . n o t m o r e t h a n tw o o u t o f t e n p l a n e s
o u r s h ip p in g
(P y le , 3 8 2 ).
bona fid e .
On a t h i n g
co m e i n

G e n u in e ;

re a l;

lik e th is , i t ’s got
(C a in , 80 ) .

e v e r m a d e t h e i r bom b r u n

in good f a ith .
t o b e b o n a f i d e , a n d t h a t ’ s w h e re you

bone d ry .
C o m p le te ly d r y ; a s d r y a s a b o n e ; v e r y d r y . ( T h is
o f t e n u s e d i n r e f e r e n c e to a p e r s o n 's b e in g t h i r s t y . )
It

m ade o u r m o u th s b o n e - d r y . . .

to b o n e up o n .

over

(P y le ,

is

3 5 8 )*

T0 s tu d y d i l i g e n t l y ;

to

le a m

I ' l l b e u n n e r a tr u c k w ith a p ie c e o f l i t e r a t u r e
u p on S h a k e s p e a r e o r s o m e th in g
(Y a n k , 1 0 1 ) .

by h a rd
in

s tu d y .

me h o o k s ,

b o n in g

to booby t r a p .
To s e t a n i n g e n i o u s l y h id d e n m in e , e x p l o s i v e , so
a r r a n g e d t h a t i t c a n b e s e t o f f , e x p lo d e d v e r y e a s i l y .
T h ese a re
o f t e n a t t a c h e d t o d o o r s , w in d o w s , a r t i c l e s t h a t s o l d i e r s a r e a p t t o
p i c k u p f o r s o u v e n i r s , a n d e v e n w o u n d e d m en h a v e b e e n b o o b y t r a p p e d
s o t h a t t h e p e r s o n a t t e m p t i n g t o g i v e t h e w o u n d ed a i d w o u ld s e t o f f
th e e x p lo s iv e a n d in tu r n b e w ounded.
A fe w J a p s h a d s n e a k e d a c r o s s t h e
in th e v i c i n i t y
(T a n k , 9 3 )*

r i v e r a n d w e re b o o b y - tr a p p in g

tra ils

book c r i t i c .
A b o o k r e v i e w e r ; o n e w ho r e p o r t s o n n ew b o o k s t h r o u g h
m a g a z in e s a n d n e w s p a p e r s .
T he c r i t i c i s a l s o e x p e c te d to m ake a
c r i t i c a l e s ti m a te o f th e w o rth o f th e b o o k a n d th e a b i l i t y o f th e
a u th o r.

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c r i t i c w ho h a d a n y f o l l o w i n g a t a l l . ~ C M a r q u a n d , 3 3 8 ) .
hook an d a.
A p a i r o f o b je c ts so d e s ig n e d
u p r i g h t w h e n t h e y sure I n a r o w .

th a t

a hook

th e y w i l l h o ld h o oks

A l l a t o n c e h i s l i f e a n d e x p e r i e n c e s s e e e i e d c o m p r e s s e d b e t w e e n tw o w a r s ,
l i k e h o o k a b e t w e e n tw o h o o k - e n d s
(M a rq u a n d , 253) .
hook le a rn in g .
K n o w le d g e w h i c h o n e h a s a c q u i r e d f r o a h o o k s i n
t r a s t to p r a c t i c a l e x p e rie n c e ,
...s o e e

fie ld

n e d le

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(T a n k , 1 9 3 )*

hook p ag e.
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c a r r ie s th e hook re v ie w s , a n d h o o k n o tic e s .
. . . a b o u t a n a u t h o r 's w o rk a n d t h a t w as w h a t c r i t i c s o n
h o o k p a g e s w e re f o r , w a s n 't i t f
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 8 ) .

our r e a lly fin e

hook re v ie w e r.
(A ls o h o o k c r i t i c . )
O n e w ho r e p o r t s
th e c o lu n n s o f n e w sp a p e rs a n d m a g a z in e s .
. . . l a u g h to th in k t h a t th e y o r a n y o th e r p u b lis h e r s
h o n e s t h o o k re v ie w e r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 8 ).
boom t i n e s .
T in e s w hen b u s i n e s s I s e x c e p t i o n a l l y
g r e a t p r o d u c t i o n an d c o n s u m p tio n o f g o o d s .
M aybe i n

boon tin e s

to b o o s t —
psuh up.

U £.

c o u ld I n f lu e n c e

good;

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to

h e lp u p ;

to l i f t ;

th e

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h o t to n o f th e p la n e

T h e t r a i n i n g c am p a t w h i c h m a r i n e s a n d s a i l o r s r e c e i v e
tra in in g .
P ro m h e r e t h e y go t o o t h e r c a m p s f o r a d v a n c e d

. . . s o - c a l l e d GI s la n g ,
. . . (T an k , 1 6 * 0 .

th e

to

To m a k e a n o t h e r w o r n o u t , w e a r y ,

b o r e ----d u lln e s s .

tin e s

an

(T a n k , 9 5 ).

O n e o f t h e h o y s b o o s t e d me u p t h r o u g h a h a t c h i n
. . . (P y le , 322^31:
h o o t cax> .
th e ir f i r s t
tra in in g .

on new h o o k s i n

s tiff.

o f t- r e p e a te d p h ra s e p ic k e d up in

Y ou n i g h t l i k e a h o n e f o r a b o u t tw o w e e k s , a n d t h e n i t
s tiff
(G a rd n e r, 70) .

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tire d ,

w ith

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-156-

t o b e 'b o r n a n d r a i s e d .
To h a r e b e e n b o r n a n d s p e n t o n e 's
to b e b re d ; to b e b o rn an d re a r e d ,

e a rly

life ;

., .he was born and r a i s e d fire miles from that proud metropolis from
which I sprang ( P y l e , 17 U).
to b e b o rn t o .
To b e b o m o f p a r e n t s w ho h a r e
m a te r ia l a d v a n ta g e s f o r t h e i r c h ild r e n .
He h a d b e e n b o m to a w ay o f l i f e t h a t I n c lu d e d
j a u n t y a l o o f n e s s f r o m m o n e y , . . ( C a i n , lUU).
to b e b o m w ith a s i l r e r sp o o n I n —
rlc h T w e l l - o f f , p a r e n ts .

m o u th .

. . . tw o y o u n g p e o p l e ,
(C a in , 1 9 * 0 .

spoons In

b osom f r i e n d s .

bom

w ith

s ilre r

V e ry c l o s e ,

t a s t e , m an n ers, and a

To b e b o r n o f w e a l t h y ,

t h e i r m o u th s . . .

good, frie n d s .

T hey b ecam e bosom f r i e n d s , a n d
p ie s
( C a i n , 6>U ).
to b o th e r a b o u t.

o r h a re n o t c e r ta in

so m eh esr t h e

To w o r r y a b o u t ;

ta lk

a lw a y s g o t a ro u n d t o

to b e a n n o y ed a b o u t.

I ' v e t o l d y o u — t h e r e ' s n o u s e b o t h e r i n g a b o u t t h a t w h e n n o b o d y I n C o d 's
w o r ld k n o w s w h a t t h e In c o m e t a x e s w i l l b e n e x t y e a r
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 9 )*
O ne t h i n g b o t h e r s me a b o u t i t
( C a i n , 22 U ) .
to b o th e r w ith .
To b e a n n o y e d w i t h ; t o w o r r y w i t h
one m u st d e a l w ith , do s o m e th in g w i t h ) .
A nd we c a n 't b e b o th e r e d w ith p a c k s
b o ttle fe d .
T ed a s an In fa n t
m o th e r * s b r e a s t .
...lik e

m in k

a b o ttle

o f.

(in

B e r t.. .w ith .. .a b o ttle
b o ttle o p e n e r.
b 'o t t l e s .

fro m a b o t t l e

c o n ta in in g ;

o f ry e

A d e v ic e

In

fo r

h is

s ta te ). . .

a b o ttle
hand

liftin g ,

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o ff.

To r e b o u n d ;

sense

th a t

o f fro m

th e

(T an k , 2 2 7 ),

h o ld in g .

(C a in , 2S g ).

re m o v in g ,

caps f r o m t h e t o p s o f

G e t me t h e b o 1 1 l e - o p e n e r , W a l t
( M a r q u a n d , U6 l ) .
. . .h e . . .r e a c h e d f o r th e b o t t l e o p e n e r
(M a rq u a n d , U S ).
to b ounce

th e

(T an k , 1 5 0 ).

th e w ild and b o t t l e - f e d
A b o ttle

(in

to s p r in g b a c k .

S an e t r e e s a r t so h a r d t h a t a x e s b p o n c e r i g h t o f f , . . (T a n k , 232) .
H ie e x p l o s i o n s s e .d e a n a w f u l n o i s e a s t h e y b o u n c e d o f f t h e s i d e o f t h e
ta n k d eck
(T a n k , l6 8 ) .
t o b i n d *,r>d
c lo th in to

n is

To t i e a n o t h e r 1 s h a n d s a n d f e e t t o g e t h e r a n d t o w a d
m o u th a n d s o t i e t h a t h e c a n n o t s p e a k .

T hey b o u n d a n d g a g g e d th e T a s e i s t a . . .
to b e b o u n d bZ .
to .

To b e o b l i g a t e d b y ;

She w o u ld h a r e c l o s e d
(C a in , 2 W 0 .
to b o u y u p .
...I

(T an k , 2 6 ),
to

be o b lig e d

to

a c t a c c o rd in g

th e p l a c e do w n , b u t sh e w as b o u n d b y a l e a s e

To r a i s e ;

to

e x h a lt;

f e l t . . .bouyed up by e l a t i o n .,,

to

e la te ;

(P y le ,

t o m ake f e e l b e t t e r .

250) .

b o w lin g a l l e y .
A w ooden s u r f a c e s i x t y f e e t lo n g b y f o r t y - o n e in c h e s
w id e ,
f h i s i s t h e a l l e y o n w h ic h b o w lin g i s p l a y e d . ( A ls o : a c o l l e c ­
tio n o f th e s e in one p la c e .)
He u s e d t o

be a p in boy a t

t h e 9 p o r t l a n d B o w lin g A l l e y . . .

(T a n k , 1 7 5 )*

b o w liw ^ b a l l .
A. b a l l c o m p o s e d o f p l a s t i c m a t e r i a l i n w e i £ x t n o t o v e r
s i x t e e n p o u n d s n o r l e s s t h a n t e n p o u n d s , b l a c k i n c o l o r , a n d h a w in g
o n e h o l e t o f i t t h e th u m b a n d o n e o r tw o m o re f o r o t h e r f i n g e r s , u s e d
i n b o w lin g .
A n y b o d y w ho c a n

d o d g e b o w lin g b a l l s

can dodge K azl b u l l e t s

b o w lin g p i n .
A w o o d en , m a p le , p i n
l e s s t h a n tw o p o u n d s f o u r t e e n o u n c e s
t e n o u n c e s , 2 l 6 / 6 fc" i n d i a m e t e r a t
t h e n d i m i n i s h i n g t o a b o u t a tw o i n c h

fifte e n
and n o t
th e b a s e
c o n s ta n

in c h e s h ig h , w e ig h in g n o t
m o re t h a n t h r e e p o u n d s
r i s i n g t o H U9 / 6 h* a n d
t, u se d in b lw lin g .

. . . ■ t r e e - d o z e r " , w h ic h k n o c k s o r e r 100- f o o t t r e e s
(T a n k , 39) .
bow l o f so u p .

A b o w l, d i s h ,

c o n ta in in g

lik e

lik e

t o b o w l -----

to a s to n i s h o n e;

...s h e

To a s t o u n d

a u i t e b o w l e d me o w e r

one;

(C a in ,

b o w lin g p i n s . . .

soup.

L i k e y o u c o u l d a s k h im i f h e w o u ld n * t
w h ile h e ’ s w a itin g
(C a in , 88) .
o re r.

(T a n k , 1 7 5 )*

a bow l o f so u p o r s o m e th in g ,

to

s u rp ris e

one.

2 2 6 ).

t o b ow —— h e a d .
To i n c l i n e o n e ’ s h e a d ;
C ^ h is o f t e n i m p l i e s r e r e r e n c e , p r a y e r . )

to b e n d o n e ’ s h e a d f o r w a r d .

-15b-

To y o u w h o f l o w s o g a l l a n t l y
We h ow o n r h e a d s i n m e m o ry
(T an k , 1 5 6 ).
N o t n a t u r a l l y r e l i g i o u s , s h e b o w e d h e r h e a d a s i f fro m som e a n c i e n t
i n s t l n o t . . . (C a in , 1 1 3 ).
T h a t g s n tle m m n , l i s t e n i n g w i t h b o w ed h e a d . . . ( C a i n , 1 0 9 ) ,

&

^ o x °* m a tc h e s ,
A. s m a l l b o x c o n t a i n i n g m a t c h e s .
T h e r e a r e tw o
s i z e s : th e l a r g e s i s e u s u a l l y s e l l s f o r a b o u t a n i c k e l w h ile th e s m a ll
s is e s c o st a penny.

So I p u l l

out a

box s p r in g .
w ith c l o t h .
c lo th on th e

box

o f m a tc h e s a n d g o t o

w o rk

(T a n k , 162) .

B ad
s p r i n g s w h ic h a r e e n c l o s e d i n a fra m e a n d c o w e re d
T h e re i s a l s o u s u a l l y a t h i n l a y e r o f c o tt o n u n d e r th e
to p o f th e s p r i n g s .

The o h l y new t h i n g s i n i t , B e e k le a lw a y s s a i d , w e re
m a ttre s s e s
on t h e tw in b e d s
(M a rq u a n d , 123 ) .
boy f r ie n d .
m a rry .

A g i r l 's

fia n c e ;

s w e e th e a rt;

th e b o x -s p rin g

t h e m an a g i r l h o p e s

to

Tou c a n p r o v e t h a t J a s o n C a r r e l i s h e r b o y f r i e n d a l l r i g h t
(G a rd n e r,
i5 5 ).
To p r o t e c t h e r b o y f r i e n d , o f c o u r s e
(G a rd n e r, l 6l ) .
My b o y f r i e n d * s b e e n w o r k i n g l a t e , a n d I ' m m a k i n g a p o t o f c o f f e e . . .
(G a rd n e r, l 60) .
"H er b o y f r i e n d d i d , " D ra k e s a i d . . . ( G a r d n e r , l 6l ) .
Y our b o y f r i e n d m ig h t b e a b o u t tw e n ty th o u s a n d b u c k s a h e a d i f a g u a r d ia n
w asn ’ t a p p o in te d
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 ).
T h is " o l d b i r d " , a s B r e d c a l l e d h im , a l t h o u g h h e s o m e tim e s r e f e r r e d t o
h im a s " B e c k i e ' s r e a l b o y f r i e n d " . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 1 0 7 ) .
b o y is h b o b .
A w < m a n 's h a i r c u t v e r y s h o r t
m a n n e r i n w h ic h a n a n 's h a i r i s c u t .
. . . t h e la d y w ith th e b o y is h b o b ...
A p r e t t y l a d y w i t h a b o y i s h b c fc . . .

so a s

to re s e m b le th e

(T a n k , 227) .
(T a n k , 2 2 7 ).

b o y is h g r i n .
A g r i n , s m i l e , w h ic h i n
s e m b le s a b o y 's o p e n g r i h .
D e lla S t r e e t . . . s t e e l e d h e r s e l f a g a i n s t
g rin
(G a rd n e r, l ) .

in g e n u o u s n e s s ,

th e

m a g n e tis m

fran k n e ss,

re ­

o f M a s o n 's b o y i s h

B oy S c o u t.
A m em ber o f a n a t i o n a l o r g a n i s a t i o n c a l l e d t h e B o y S c o u ts
o f A m e ric a f o r y o u n g b o y s tw e lv e t o tw e n ty y e a r s o f a g e .
I t is a
c h a r a c t e r b u i l d i n g o r g a n i s a t i o n e m p h a s i s i n g t h e h e a l t h f u l w h o le s o m e n e s
o f th e o u t d o o r s .
I t r e q u i r e s t h a t i t s m e m b e rs d o a g o o d d e e d e a c h d a y
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

-159-

H e w as a B gy S c o u t. , , (Y a n k , 2 2 ) .
I n e v e r v& a a B o y S c o u t
( P y l e , 33**) •
W h en I w o n a B o y S c o u t m e d a l o n c e t h e y h a d a h l g

c e le b ra tio n

(P y le ,

3 3 ^ )*

b ra in tr u a t.
O o lle g e t e a c h e r s w ho a c t a s a d v i s e r s ; h e n c e , a & T ls e r s ,
p la n n e rs .
D u rin g t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f P r a n k li n D. R o o s e v e lt i t m e an t
a d v i s e r s t o h im .
"T o th e Z d l t o r t
B r a in t r u s t w as o r i g i n a l l y u s e d h y
t h e l i n e o f t h e A rm y a s a s o r t o f s o u r g r a p e s c r a c k a t t h e f i r s t A m er­
i c a n g e n e r a l s t a f f e s t a b l i s h e d b y X llh u R o o t i n 1901.
I t w as f e a r e d
b y th e m t h a t i t w o u l d b e c o m e a s o r t o f A n t i c C o u n c i l o f f a i r - h a i r e d
A m y— th e 'j u s t , th e good a n d th e b e n e f ic e n t1 w ith o u t b e n e f it o f se n ­
i o r i t y o r a n y th in g b u t p u l l .
I t d i d n ' t w o rk o u t t h a t w a y , b u t t h a t ' s
w h e re t h e p h r a s e o a n e fro m ,
( s i g n e d ) H u g h S . J o h n s o n , (A S , X T , 7 9 )*
B e " b r a in t r u s t " o f th e g an g c h o o se s a c i t y f o r th e " o p e r a tio n ” lo o a te d
w ith in a h u n d re d m ile s o f a S t a t e b o u n d a ry
(B a ltim o re S u n , A ug. 1 7 ,
1933. * ) . A S.
b ra in

tru s te r.

A m em ber o f a b r a i n

tru s t.

W illia m A . W i r t . . . w i l l r e l y on h i s w a rd a s a g a i n s t t h a t o f th e R o o s e v e lt
" b ra in t r u s t e r s " h e a c c u se s to s u b s ta n tia te h is ch arg es th a t e f f o r ts
a r e b e i n g m a d e t o t u r n t h e n a t i o n t o c o m m u n is m .. . ( B a l t i m o r e S u n ,
M ar. 2 8 , 1 9 3 * . 3 > . A *.
t o b r* * * * h o f f .
onee, or le s s
m adn o n e .

T o d i v i d e ; t o s e p a r a t e , a s r o a d s d i v i d e w i t h s m s d .l e r
im p o r t a n t o n e s , g o in g aw ay fro m t h e d l r e o t l o n o f th e

A fe w s m a l l e r g r a v e l r o a d s b r a n c h e d o f f fro m th e m
b r a n d new .

(P y le ,

236) .

H ew ; a s new a s c a n b e ; v e r y n e w .

. . . t h a t w h o le c o s tu m e w a s b r a n d n ew , a s new a n d g u i l e l e s s a s J i m 's
u n ifo rm
(M a rq u a n d , 327) •
Thus th e d i v i s i o n g o t a h u n d re d re c la im e d r i f l e s a d a y , in a d d itio n t o
th e b ra n d -n e w o n es is s u e d to i t
(P y le , b 2 l) .
H e h a d s e e n t h a t v i e w o f t e n e n o u g h f r o m h i s w in d o w , b u t now i t l o o k e d
b ra n d -n e w , a s new a s h e h i m s e l f lo o k e d
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 3 ) .
A fe w d a y s l a t e r , a s i m i l a r n a rro w e s c a p e h a p p e n e d to C a p ta in B en B il lu p s
. . . w h e n h i s b r a n d - n e w a m p h ib io u s J e e p w h ic h h e 'd h a d J u s t o n e d a y w as
h i t and b u rn e d up
( P y le , 63) .
b ra ss h a ts .
a rm e d f o r c e s .

3he h ig h e r ra n k s

o f t h e c o m m is s io n e d o f f i c e r s

in th e

I re m e m b e r t h a t t h e b r a s s h a t s is a l w a y s t a l k i n g a b o u t s t r a t e g y . . .
(Y a n k , 162) ,
. . . s h a t a r e t h e b r a s s h a t s a lw a y s

ta lk in g

about

(Y a n k , 162) .

160-

b re a d b o a rd ,
A b o a r d u s u a l l y m ade o f h a r d w ood a n d u n p a in te d o n
w h lo h b r o a d o a n b o m ix e d I n p r o p a r a t i o n f o r b a k i n g a n d o a w h io h b r o a d
nap bo s ilo e d .
He c o u ld s e e th o
b a tte r d is h .. .

d l n l q g ro o m a t h o a o a g a i n
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 2 ) ,

to b r e a k aw ay,
1 , #o g o t aw ay; to le a v e ; to d e p a r t,
" e f f o r t ” an d th a t one i s su p p o sed to

a n d th e b ro a d b o a rd an d th e

( T h is im p lie s a 1 o a r in g w ith
r e m a in a w a y .)

W hen S i n c l a i r b o r k e a w a y f r o m w h a t h e c a l l e d b e i n g a w a g e e l a r e a n d a
y e s m an i n t h a t o l d - l i n e , , , ( M a r q u a n d , 3 3 7 ) *
3 h e c o o k g e t s t h e s t u f f g o in g , a n d t h e n , i n c a s e y o u 'r e r u s h e d , h e k e e p s
i t i n th e h o t o re a u n t i l y o u g e t a c h a n c e to b re a k aw ay
(G a rd n e r, 1 4 7 ),
. . . s u d d e n l y t h e y b r o k e a w ay f r o m t h e i r n e w s p a p e r c o lu m n s a n d b e g a n t o
v e a J a d e d , w o rrie d n a tio n th e b e n e f it o f t h e r l p e r s o n a l im p re s s io n s
a rq u a n d , 27) ,
H e a l s o w e n t i n t o g r e a t d e t a i l o n J u s t how e a c h f l i g h t w o u ld " b r e a k
a w ay " o u t o f t h e bom b d e n . , . ( P y l e , 209) ,

S
2,

To d e p a r t fro m o n e 's r e g u l a r p a t t e r n

of life .

W hen h e o a n b r ^ * a w a y , h e ' d l i k e t o b e a r e a l s p o r t ; b u t
s t a n d m uch c h a n c e
\ G a rd n e r, 25) ,
to b re a k th e
o f.
re d u c e th e o p p o s itio n

to

To d e s tr o y th e s tr e n g t h
a w eakened c o n d itio n .

o f th e

T hen t h e J a p s m ade o n e l a s t t r y , th r o w in g e v e r y th i n g th e y
t h e b a d e o f t h e R e g u l a r A rm y s q u a n d r o n s
( T a n k , lU 6 ) .
to b r e a k
back
to ; to g iv e a l l

h e d o e s n 't

o p p o s itio n ;

h a d jfco b r e a k

to ,
(in fin itiv e ).
To do e v e r y th in g i n
o f o n e 's e n e r g i e s a n d a b i l i t i e s t o ,

. . . t h e r e s t o f th e re g im e n t w i l l b re a k i t s b a c k to
h a v e a n y th in g e l s e t o t h i n k a b o u t ' ( T a n k , 1 9 7 )*
to b re ^ b 2 c o n tr a c t.
d e c la re d o f no e f f e c t;

see

to

th a t

o n e 's p o w e r

th e y d o n 't

To g e t a c o n t r a c t n u l l i f i e d ; t o h a v e a o on t r a c t
t o w ith d ra w f o r t h e o b l i g a t i o n s o f a c o n t r a c t .

I f y o u c o u l d m a k e me s a y I c h o k e d y o u , t h e n y o u c o u l d b r e a k y o u r c o n t r a c t
w ith P l e a s a n t . . . ( C a in , 258) .
t o b r e a k dow n.
1 . tto c e a s e t o

o p e ra te b e c a u se

of fa ilu r e

o f so m e p a r t ;

to b re a k ,

"T o n o u g h t t o b e c a r e f u l d o in g t h i n g s l i k e t h a t , " J e f f r e y s a i d , " i t m ig h t
h a v e b r o k e n dow n"
(M a rq u a n d , 2 0 0 ) ,
. . . s h e s a i d t h a t h e n e v e r c a r r i e d e n o u g h w i t h h im i n c a s e t h e e a r b r o k e
dow n o r s o m e t h i n g , , , ( M a r q u a n d , 8 9 )*

O n e e n g i n e h a d " b ro k e n d o w n . . . ( P y l e , 3 5 7 ) *
T h e p o s t - o f f i c e s y s te m h a d b r o k e n dow n e o f a r a s O em al w a s c o n c e r n e d
(P y le , 1 9 0 ).
▲ t h i n g 1 h a d a l w a y s f e a r e d I n w a r s a n e s h a p p e n e d a t l a s t — my ty p e ­
w r i t e r b r o k e dow n ( P y l e , 136) ,
. . . y o n J e s t c a n * t b r e a k dow n E n g l i s h t r a d i t i o n
(P y le , 3 0 0 ).
2.

To l o s e e o n t r o l o f o n e 1s e a o t l o n s .

If

t h e p a i n g e t s t o o g r e a t , h e b r e a k s dow n l i k e a n y w an w i l l . * .
(T a n k , 36) .
S h e w a s s i t t i n g i n t h e a le o n re a g a i n , b u t h e r e i t w a s D r . G a le w ho b r o k e
dow n, n o t s h e
(G a in , 103) .
. t r y i n g t o t e l l a b o u t h e r t a l k w i t h V e d a , s h e b r o k e dow n c o m p le te ly ,
a n d b l n r t e d . . . ( G a in , 1 9 8 )*
3.

To b r e a k ;

to b re a k

open;

to

b u rs t;

to

d e s tr o y w ith h a r d b lo w s .

. . . a n d t o h e r b r o t h e r w h e n h e d r o p p e d h i s m e tr o n o m e a n d t r i e d _to b r e a k
dow n t h e d o o r
(M a rq u a n d , 55*0 •
U. To d l r i d e ,

s e p a ra te , p ro p o rtio n a te ly

o r a c c o rd in g to

. . . t h e Q u a rte rm a s te r b o y s o o u ld g e t r a t i o n s
dow n f o r e a c h o r g a n i s a t i o n
(Y a n k , 202) .
5.

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tru th

o f f th e

(u s u a lly a f t e r re fh a ln g

AnA 1*11 h a r e t o b r e a k dow n a n d a d m i t t h a t
c h ild re n I h a re e r e r see n
( P y l e , H l6 ) .

to

s h ip s

in s tru c tio n s .
a n d b r e a k th e m

do s o ) .

th e y w e re th e m o st b e a u t i f u l

to b re a k £ Y ^ ll.
T o eom e i n t o t h e p a t h o f a f a l l i n g o b j e c t s o t h a t
t h e i e s c e n t a n d t h e s p e e d o f t h e d e s c e n t I s s lo w e d dow n.
. . . m y ******* w e r e s c r a t c h e d f r o m h i t t i n g
fa lls
(P y le , W O .

r o o k s a n d b r i e r s Jfco b r e a k w u l c k

c o m b in a tio n .
A c o m b in a tio n o f d i f f e r e n t ite m s o f fo o d
o f f e r e d on a m enu, b i l l o f f a r e , f o r b r e a k f a s t.
P o r I n s t a n c e , B om ber
O ne c o m b i n a t i o n m a y b e " h o t c a k e s , b a c o n , c o f f e e , a n d o r a n g e j u i c e ” ;
n u m b e r tw o : " b a c o n , e g g s , t o a s t , c o f f e e , o r a n g e j u i c e " ; a n d s o o n .
P e o p le th e n o r d e r b y t h e n u m b er I n s t e a d o f o r d e r in g th e ite m s o f fo o d
th e y w a n t.
P l a c a r d s , p l a c e d on t h e w a l l , l i s t e d
b in a tio n s
(G a rd n e r, 9*0•
to b re a k —
h e a rt.
( o fte n ir o n ic .)

a s e rie s

o f t e m p t i n g b r e a k f a s t com ­

To c a u s e o n e s e l f o r a n o t h e r g r e a t s o r r o w , a n g u i s h

I knm r I t v a i a p a s s lx * I n f a t u a t i o n w ith J o h n , a n d t h a t h a 'd h r a a k b a r
h a art
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 0 )•
I t a lm o s t b r o k e t h a o re w c h ie f * a h a a r t
(P y le . 1 7 l) .
H ay * h a y , y o u .1 r e b r e a k i n g m y h a a r t
I C a in . 3 9 )*
T o n b r o k e mar g o d d a m h a a r t " T O a d n / 'b O ) .
W hy, Jo ib n w o u l d h a v e b r o k e n h s r h a a r t I n s i d e o f tw o m o n t h s
(G a rd n e r,

110) .
to h ra a k I t g e n tly .
s id e r a tio n f o r th a
s y m p a th e t i c a l l y .

To t a l l a n o t h e r s o m a h a d n e w s w i t h g r e a t c o n ­
o th e r * s p e r s o n a l f e e l i n g s ; to t a l l h a d new s

M a so n s a i d , " T h e r a ’ s n o w a y o f h r a a k l n t I t
y o u r s e lf ,”
(G a rd n e r, 8 0 ).
to h ra a k I n ,
1 , To e n t e r a c o n v e r s a t i o n
Ha h r o k e
Ton s t a r
(T a n k ,
...s h e b
(C a in ,
2,

a b ru p tly ;

to

g e n t l y . M is s L e a d s ,

so h ra e e

I n t e r r u p t a n o th e r* a s p e a k in g ,

I n f r e q u e n t l y , m a k in g e x e a s e s f o r h i m s e l f . . . ( C a i n , 3 ) *
t o s a y s o n s t h i n g , h u t t h e to l e e w i t h o u t a h o d y b r e a k s I n a g a i n
6 b ),
a r e ly g o t s t a r t e d w hen M rs, G e s s le r h ro k e I n t
"O h s h u t u p . . . "
171) .

t

To t r a i n ;

to d is c i p lin e

one th a t h as heen u n d is c ip lin e d .

He w a n te d jto h r a a k h i s n a n I n h i m s e l f a n d n o t h a v e som e p r o f e s s o r d o i t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 5 ) •
• • • m a d s M r, P e r n a l d f e e l t h a t I t w o u l d h e p o s s i b l e _to b r e a k h im i n , a n d
b y G o d , M r , P e r n a l d h a d b r o k e n h im I n . . .
. . . M r . T e r n a l d h a d t o l d M r, C r i m e s t h a t h e w o u ld r a t h e r b r e a k I n a m u le
t h a n a n y r e p o r t e r , • • ( M a r q u a n d , 19 b ) ,
3 * To e n t e r b y f o r o e ;

to

e n te r u n in v ite d ,

. . . w e l l , I th o u g h t U n d e A ld s n h a d b r o k e n I n a n d s t o l e n
M llio a n t — H o g a rty h a d
( G a r d n e r , IT 1© ) ,

th o s e p a p e rs

a b re a k In th e c lo u d s .
An o p e n in g I n
w h e re t h e r e a r e n o d o u d s ,

th e c lo u d s ; a p la c e

T h ro u g h b r e a k s I n

t h e g ro u n d b e lo w ( L a n k ,

to b r* a v I n o n .
on.
S o rry we b ro k e
to b re a k In to .
a c tlo n ) ,

th e d o u d s

I

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In

c o u ld s e e
on;

to

on you th is w a y ..,
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to

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(th is

to

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sky

1 1 8 ).

co rn s I n u n e x p e c t e d l y

1 7 2 ).

im p lie s

th e b e g in n in g o f an

-163-

. . . t h e m e d io teakt i n t o a m
( P y l e , *K>6 ) .
L e t t ^ w e n t b a c k t o th o k i t o h e n , a n d Y eda b ro k e i n t o

la n d a o b i

(G a in ,

. . . t h e c u r w e o f h e r l i p s t h a t a l n o s t b r o k e I n t o a a n i l e , to u t n o t q u i t e
( M a r q u a n d , U 6 9 )«
S lo w ly h a b r o k e i n t o a g r i n
(T a n k , 90) .
. . . t h e a n d i a n o a b r o k e i n t o a m i a b l e a p p l a u s e . . . ( C a i n , 2U l ) .
M i l d r e d , b r e a k i n g i n t o t o a r e , h a d t o l d t h a w h o l e s t o r y . . . ( C a i n , 2 U9 ) .
to b r e a k i n
...it
...it

tw o .

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h a lf;

to b re a k

a o a a t o f o r a tw o p i e o e a .

a e e a e d t o b r e a k i n tw o . . . a n d a a a k
(T a n k , 255) .
b r o k e i n tw o a n d o a n g h t f i r e w h e n i t h i t . . . ( P y l e ,

to b re a k i t u p .

T o d i a p e r a e a g ro tq > ; t o s e p a r a t e

...b e f o r e th e o o lle e
(T an k , 2 2 0 ).

2 1 5 ).

th o a e f i g h t i n g .

c o n l d b r e a k i t tip e i g h t p e o p l e w e r e k i l l e d . . .
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to b re a k lo o a e .
1 . 4o b e g in a n d d a n ly a n d w i t h o u t w a rn in g a a i f
s u d d e n ly r e l e a s e d .

a m ig h ty f o r c e w aa

S u re e n o u g h , h u t a s t h e f i r s t f a i n t l i g h t w as b e g in n in g
b ro k e lo o a e f o r m lle a a ro u n d
(P y le , 2 2 ).
2 . To b e c o m e l o o s e d ;

to g e t

fre e ;

to

s h o w , b e d la m

t o becom e u n t i e d , u n f a s te n e d .

. . . r o a r e d l i k e som e g i g a n t i c in h u m a n b e a s t t h a t h a d b r o k e n l o o a e a n d w a s
o u t to d e s t r o y th e w o rld
( P y l e , 8l ) .
. . . i t b r o k e lo o a e fro m t h e t r u c k . . . (Y a n k , 33 ) .
I t w as o n e o f o u r b a r r a g e b a l l o o n s i h l c h h a d b ro k e n l o o a e . . . ( P y l e , 3 9 3 )*
to b re a k th e new e.
know n.

To In fo rm

one o f th e n ew s;

I t 'w a s h e r e t h a t M ild r e d b r o k e t h e new s
to b re a k —

_of*

To b r e a k , s to p ,

to

m ake s o m e th in g

( C a i n , 1 3 )*

end o n e s e lf o f th e h a b it o f .

He h a d n o t y e t b r o k e n h i m s e l f o f o c c a s i o n a l l y t o u c h i n g t h e i n s i g n i a
w h le h s h o v e d h e w a s a n a r i a t o r . . • (M a rq u a n d , 5 2 5 )*
to b re a k ( o n e s e lf ) o f th e h a b it
o f th e h a b it o f .

o f.

To s t o p ,

end, f in is h ,

o n e s e lf

He w is h e d t h a t h e c o u l d b r e a k h i m s e l f o f t h e h a b i t o f s e e k i n g f o r
l a t e s t new s w h en m o s t o f I t m e a n t no t h i n g . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 3 9 )*
to b r e a k o f f .
1 . To s t o p t a l k i n g

in

th e m id d le

o f a th o u g h t;

to

s to p

th e

ta lk in g a b ru p tly .

-16**—

A s h e o p e n e d t h a d o o r , h a s a i d , "X w a n t y o u t o t e l l a a I f " . . . a n d b r o k e
4 2 in to a u r p r la a d a l l a n c e . . . (G a rd n e r, 59) •
She h ro k e o f f a b r u p tly
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 ).
Ha b r o k e o f f ' a a M a s o n 's t a l e p h o n a a h l r l l a d i n t o s o u n d
( G a r d n e r , 1 3 )*
She b r o k e o f f a a t h e b a i l i f f s u d d e n ly p o u n d e d th e c o u rtro o m t o i t 1 a
fe e t
( G a r d n e r , 25- 6 ) .
B a rk le r b ro k e o f f to c h u c k le
( G a r d n e r , 56) .
S h e b r o k e o f f a s t h e lo w w a l l o f a a I r o n d i r e c t l y b e h i n d t h e a s i g n a l e d
th e n o r e r to th e c u r b
( G a r d n e r , * * 0 ).
She b r o k e o f f a n d la u g h e d n e r v o u s l y
(G a rd n e r, 8 2 ).
He b ro k e o f f a s S e r l e , s h o u t i n g , ” 1 r e f u s e to s ta n d f o r t h i s p e r s e c u tio n
.7 7 "
(G a rd n e r, 203) .
He b r o k e o f f a s T i t t e r i n g c a n e s t o r m i n g o v e r t o t h e i r t a b l e
(G a rd n e r,
20U 7.
S h e b r o k e o f f a s a g e n t l e t a p p i n g s o u n d e d on t h e p a n e l s o f t h e d o o r
( G a r d n e r , l 6h ) .
He b r o k e o f f a a A ld e n . L e e d s 1 f a c e t w i s t e d I n t o w r i t h i n g e x p r e s s i o n
(G a rd n e r t 1 7 9 ) .
He b ro k e o f f a a J u d g e K n o x , h i s f a c e g r a v e , a p p e a re d a t th e d o o r o f h i s
c h a m b e r s .. . ( G a r d n e r , 2 0 5 ) *
He b r o k e o f f , s a t d o w n , a n d b e g a n c u r s i n g , f i r s t s o f t l y , t h e n w i t h r i s i n g
vehem ence
( G a in , S O ;.
V eda b r o k e o f f , h a v i n g e v i d e n t l y I n t e n d e d t o s a y s o m e th in g , a n d th e n
c h a n g e d h e r m in d
(C h in , 183) .
2.

To b r e a k ;

to

s e p a ra te

a n d d i v i d e fro m th e r e m a in d e r .

. . . t h e y h a d a s o r t o f r e l a t i o n s h i p th a t th e y
c o u ld t a k e u p a g a i n , no
m a tte r w h e re I t w as b r o k e n o f f
( M a r q u a n d , 29*+ ).
T h e SS s p e a r h e a d w a s . . . b r o k e n o f f
(T an k , 2 b h ).
3* T o b r e a k ;

to

end;

to

fin is h .

I n ever h e ard o f a s o ld ie r w ritin g
engagem ent b e c a u se h e h a d f a l l e n
to b r e a k
neck to .
a l l o f o n e 's e n e r g i e s

to h is r e a l g i r l to b re a k o f f th e
I n lo v e w ith a p i c t u r e
(P y le , 1 5 0 ).

T o d o e v e r y t h i n g I n o n e 's p o w e r t o ;
and a b i li tie s to .

t o g iv e

. . . w i t h P a b r e a k i n g h i s n e c k t o g e t me a s c r e e n t e s t . . . ( C a i n , 1 9 6 ) .
I ' l l b e t S te v e h a s a g o l f e n g a g e m e n t t h i s a f te r n o o n a n d b ro k e h is n e c k
t o g e t I n a n o p in io n i n J u s t b e f o r e tw e lv e
(G a rd n e r, 9 2 ).
T h a t 's w hy t h e y 'r e b r e a k i n g t h e i r n e c k s t o h e a d I t o f f
( C a i n , 200) .
to b re a k o pen.
c o n ta in e r.

To o p e n ;

to

o p e n w ith

fo rc e ;

to

open d is re g a r d in g th e

. . . t h e r a d i o o p e r a t o r . . . b r o k e o p e n a c a r t o n o f r a t i o n s . . . (T a jik , 1 1 8 ) .
I t w as J u s t a s th o u g h so m eb o d y h a d b ro k e n o p en a h o r n e t 's n e s t
( P y l e , 1 7 * + ).

-165-

to b re a k o n t,
1 . To o e v e l o p s o r e s , s k i n e r u p t i o n s ,
d is c o lo ra tio n s o f s k in a p p e a r.

and th e l i k e ;

to h a re

a o re s

or

The t i s s u e s s e e n t o g o d e a d , a n d s o r e s b r e a k o u t
( P y le , lty ? ).
. . . t h e t r e e s b r o k e o u t i n th o u s a n d s o f b ro w n s p o t s . . . ( T a n k . 1 8 ) .

2. To b e g i n s u d d e n l y t o s p e a k ;
T hen G o l d s t e i n b r o k e o u t .
3.

To b e g i n ;

to

▲ w ild f i g h t b ro k e

to

s p e a k s u d d e n ly a n d w ith o u t w a rn in g .

"H ey. lo o k a t n e .

I 'n

V ic to r"

(T an k , 1 8 2 ).

s ta rt.
o u t. . .

(T a n k , 220) .

to b re a k a r u le .
H ot to o b ey a r u l e ; to do o th e rw is e th a n a c c o rd in g
to th e r u l e s ; n o t to a c t i n a c c o rd a n c e t o th e r u l e .
The J a p s b r o k e n o s t o f t h e r u l e s
to

g s u e ll.
s itu a tio n .

in

th e book

To d e s t r o y a n I l l u s i o n ;

(T a n k ,

5*0*

to p u t a n e n d to a n y s t l c a l

" T e e . . . I k n o w ," a n d t h e n a s u e l l w a i b r o k e n a n d t h e r o o a J u s t
had been a t f i r s t
(M a rq u a n d ,

&
o f th e

th ro u g h .
on s a y t o

th e w ay i t

1 p a s s in g th ro u g h en en y l i n e s i n f o r c e ; a f o r c in g
r e tr e a t by e n te rin g i t s lin e s .
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

H a lte r w as s p e a k in g o f t h e b r e a k - th r o u g h i n th e A r d e n n e s ...
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 & ).
I n o u r b r e a k - th r o u g h e a c h i n f a n t r y u n i t h a d ta n k s a tta c h e d to i t .
( P y l e , *W2 ) .
T anks s h u t t l e d b a c k a n d f o r t h . . . th ro u g h o u t o u r b r e a k - th r o u g h b a t t l e
( P y le , U h 2 ).
-------------------. . . i t w a s know n s la q p ly a s th e " b r e a k - th r o u g h *
(Pyle, H3 0 ) .
B u t i n t h e f a s t w a r f a r e a f t e r o u r b r e a k - t h r o u g h a b a t t l e s o m e tim e s l e f t
a c o m p le te vacuum b e h in d i t
( P y l e , H5 1 ) .
. . . o u r a rm o r h a d ro a m e d .• . i n t o B r i t t a n y a f t e r th e b r e a k - th r o u g h a t
S t . L o ( T a n k , 2 U U ).
T h is i s t h e b i g b r e a k - t h r o u g h
(Pyle, U3 1 ) .
. . . a f t e r e i g h t h o u r s t h e b r e a k - t h r o u g h c a m e ... ( T a n k , 123) .
to b re a k th ro u g h .
1 . tfo f o r c e o p e n t h e e n e m y l i n e s ;

to

e n t e r enem y h e l d

lin e s

by fo rc e .

Som e e l e m e n t s o f t h e a s s u a l t f o r c e a r e t o b r e a k t h r o u g h q u i c k l y . . .
( P y le . 368) .
. . . A u s t r a l i a n a r m o r e d c e tr s w e r e g o i n g t o b r e a k t h r o u g h . . . t T a n k , 3 t ' »

-166-

2.

To a p p e a r t h r o o ^ i t

t o b o s o o n th ro u g h *

The s u n w as b r — H u g th r o u g h th e D e e e a b e r h a c e w h ic h so o f t e n
th e c i t y on th o e e m o rn in g s
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 5 )•
a b re a k u p ,

A d iro ro e ;

a s e p a ra tio n

o f h u sb an d an d w ife ;

o b scu red

a s e p a ra tio n .

S he a l l u d e d b r i e f l y t o t h e b r e a k - u p o f h e r m a r r i a g e . . . ( C a in , 3 3 )*
. . . s o f o r a t i n e t h e y l a u g h e d w i t h h e r , aa t h o u g h t h e r e h a d n e w e r b e e n a
d e p re s s io n , a b re a k -u p o f m a r r ia g e .. . (C a in , 3 9 ),
t o b r e a k mt.
1, 4o d i s s o l r e ;
T a m ilia n w e re
T hen we b ro k e

to

s e p a ra te

in to

in d lrid u a l p a r ts ,

b ro k e n u p , . . (T an k , 1 2 0 ).
u p a n d x "w en t w ith one o f th e b a t t a l i o n

c o m m a n d e rs

(Pyle .“ 5331*
T he J a p s w e r e t r y i n g t o c o n f u s e th e A m e ric a n s a n d
b re a k up th e ir
d e f e n s e s ,, , (T a n k , 20) .
T h e s e . 30*0 w e r e e x p l o s i v e b u l l e t s w h i c h b r o k e u p m y a r m . . . ( T a n k , 1 0 ) .
The g ro u p h a d b r o k e n u p
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 l) *
Me t a l k e d a b o u t t h e o l d c o iq p a n y b e f o r e i t b r o k e u p
( Y a n k , 2 U3 ) .
2,

To s t o p ;

to

p u t a n end to ;

to

fin is h .

I t w i l l b r e a k u p a n a t t a c k e r e r y tim e
(Y a n k ,
1 5 0 ),
. . .w h o w a s c o n v e r t e d I n t o a s t r e t c h e r e a s e b y t h e m o r t a r s h e l l t h a t b r o k e
u p t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n o f t h e . . , (Y a n k , 5 3 )*
T he m an’ s s i s t e r h a s b e e n t r y i n g ^ o b r e a k u p t h e m a tc h
( G a r d n e r , 7 9 )*
How t h a t her m a r r i a g e h a d b r o k e n g o ,™ sEe™w a n t e d t o k n o w i f i t w a s f a i r
t h a t sh e b e p e n a l i s e d . . .~ C 3 a ln , 37 ) •
We’ r e g o t t o b r e a k I t u g
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 ^ )*
I d o n ' t w a n t t o b r e a k I t ug> ( M a r q u a n d , 3 9 * 0 *
3,

To b e d l r o r c e d ;

t o b e s e p a r a t e d fro m

one’ s sp o u se o r fin a n c e .

T h e y l l r e d t o g e t h e r a s m a n a n d w i f e f o r som e t i m e , t h e n f i n a l l y b r o k e u p .
b u t re m a in e d g o o d f r i e n d s
(G a rd n e r, l 68) .
V e d a w a s e l e r e n y e a r s w h e n w e b r o k e u p . a n d s h e ’ s o n l y t w e n t y now
( O a ln , 290) .
U . To c a u s e t o

lo s e

e m o tio n a l c o n t r o l ;

to becom e o r e r ly

e m o tio n a l.

T h is b r o k e B e r t u g a g a i n , a n d m o st o f t h e g u e s t s t i p - t o e d s i l e n t l y o u t
(C a in , 1 0 8 ).
I t w a s t h e g i l t c r o w n a n d f a i r y w a n d t h a t b r o k e B e r t uj> a g a i n , a n d M i l ­
d r e d o n e e m o r e h a d t o p a t h im b a c k t o n o r m a l
( C a in , 106) .
5.

To b r e a k ;

t o m ix , a s a n e g g .

. . . ■ o h e b r o k e u n * f e w e g g s i n t h e s k i l l e t , s c r a m b l e d th e m w i t h t h e
p o ta to e s , a n d s e r r e d th e n i n th a n a a a k i t a
(P y le , 215) .
a h ra a k w ith .

A a a p a r a tio n fro m ;

a d is s o lu tio n

of

tia a

. . . h a r o h o i o a o f t h a Haw T a a r 1 a p a r t y a a t h a o o o a s l o n
M o n t y .. . ( O a l n , 1 5 9 ) *
n o t t o h r a a t h a a w o rd o f .
keep q u ie t ah o u t.

To t a l l n o o n e a b o u t ;

O h, g o a h e a d a n d a h o o t y o u r g o l f , y o n h l g b l u f f ,
w o rd o f t h l e t o a n y o n e
( G a r d n e r , 9 3 )*
A b re a th in g a p e ll.
T h e r e 1a n o t h i n g

251

).

A tin e

a b re a th

e p e ll. . .

o f a p rln g .

. . . y e t th e c r i t i c s
a t th e en d o f a
b r e a th show s.
sm oke o r s t e a m .

and

keep a a c ra t;

,( P y l e ,

a b re a th in g
“
251) .

h a d s a i d i t w as l i k e
d is a p p o in tin g se a so n

c le a n ,

a p e ll. ..

sw eet

(P y le ,

s m e llin g b r e e s e .

th e f i r s t f r e a h b re a th o f s p rin g
(M a rq u a n d , b h g ) .

b re a th condenses in

c o ld

a ir

...b y fo u r
In th e a fte rn o o n
th e e rs u in g c h i l l h a d s e t
sh o e a d a s wa ta lk e d ( P y le , 206) .
a b r e e s a com es u p .

to

d o n 11 b re a th e a

th a n

A w a rm , n o t h o t ,

O n e 's

to

th a h ra a k w ith

fo r r e a t, re c re a tio n .

t h a t a u l t a me b e t t e r

. . . a w e lc o m e b r e a t h i n g

fo r

w ith .

A s l i g h t w in d b e g i n s t o

and a p p e a rs

as

i n and o u rb r e a th

b lo w .

H e c o u l d s e e t h e l e a r e s m o w in g s o f t l y b e c a u s e a l i g h t b r e e s e w a s c o m in g
up
(M a rq u a n d ,
to b r a s c o ffe e .
To m ake c o f f e e ; t o p r e p a r e
p a r t i c u l a r m e th o d o f t h e p r e p a r a t i o n ) .
...th e y

b re w a n ig h tc a p

o f 01 c o f f e e

c o ffe e

(th is

im p lie s n o

o r e r a b a m b o o -k in d le d f i r e

(T«nk,*T50).
The o t h e r w . . . b r e w e d a n o c c a s i o n a l c u p o f c o f f e e
t o b re w u p .
w a te r.

To p r e p a r e w i t h b o i l i n g l i q u i d ;

. . . O p l , S c o t t h e l p e d t h e D u td x m a n b r e w
t h e o l d m an i n t h e n s t s t ro o m
(T an k ,
b rlc a b ra e .
k n a d k s T fh ls

(P y le ,
to

3 8 3 '*

c o o k w ith b o ilin g

up a c a n te e n cu p
2 4 1 ).

of b o u illo n f o r

M is c e lla n e o u s o b je c ts o f a s o r t o f a t r t i s t l e
t e r n d o e s n o t im p ly o b j e c t s o f r e a l a r t i s t i c

k in d ; k n le k -

Talus).

-168-

T h e ro o m v s a c r o w d e d w i t h p i c t u r e s a n d f u r n i t u r e a n d b r l c a b r a e a n d
P e r s i a n r u g s w h i c h w e r e a l i t t l e t o e l a r g e . . • ( M a r q u a n d ,” * 3 ^5 ) •
tric k

re d . B ad th e c o lo r o f t r i c k s ; a

d a rk , d u ll re d .

T he r e d - a n d * - w h ite c h e c k o f t h e l i n e n c o m b in e d p l e a s a n t l y w i t h t h e m a p le ,
a n d w i t h A r l l m e 's b r i c k - r e d u n i f o r m . . . ( O a ln , l l £ ) .
S h e w a s a l r e a d y I n t h e b r i c k - r e d u n i f o r m , w h ic h w as q u i t e b e c o m in g t o
h e r . . . (C a in , 1 2 0 ).
b rid g e h e a d .
A p o s i t i o n o n t h e h o s t i l e , t h e e n e m y 's s i d e o f a r i v e r ,
c re e k , d ra w , h e ld b y a tta c k in g tro o p s to p r o t e c t s u p p o rtin g tro o p s an d
to s e r v e a s a n a r e a f o r m a n e u v e rin g .
C o u n te r-a tta c k s h a d re d u c e d In s u rg e n t b rid g e h e ad s
9 p t. 2 2 , 19 3 8 , l ) .

(K a n s. C ity S t a r ,

b r i d g e la m p .
A t a l l l e a p w h ic h s t a n d s o n t h e f l o o r ,
w id e I l l u m i n a t i o n I n a ro o m .
H e c o u l d s e e t h e b r i d g e la m p a b o v e t h e
w i t h h e r b o o k 1 M a r q u a n d , H9 2 ) *

a n d w h ic h

t a b l e a n d h e c o u ld

g iv e s

s e e M a ria n n a

t h e b r i Afm o f ( o n e ' s ) n o s e .
T h e u p p e r p a r t o f th e n o s e fo rm e d b y
b o n e a s e o s p a r e d to t h e lo w e r p a r t fo rm e d b y c a r t i l a g e .
. . . h i s h e a d l o w e r t h a n h i s h e e l s , w i t h t h e r i m o f h i s h e l m e t Jam m ed
a g a i n s t t h e b r i d g e o f h i s n o s e , a n d t h e m o u th g a p i n g
(M a rq u a n d , 2 3 3 )*
b rid g e t a b l e .
p rin c ip a lly

A t a b l e l i g h t I n w e i g h t , w h ic h c a n b e f o l d e d u p , u s e d
f o r c a rd g am es.

She g o t a b r id g e ta b le o u t o f th e
fire p la c e .
v O a ln , 2 8 ) .

c lo s e t and s e t i t

up in

f r o n t o f th e

b rie f case.
A c a s e u s u a l l y m ade o f l e a t h e r u s e d f o r c a r r y i n g p a p e r s ,
b o o k s, an d th e l i k e .
K e t t e r i n g p u l l e d h i s b r i e f c a s e to w a r d h im , a n d to o k o u t s e v e r a l p a g e s
o f c l o s e l y —w r i t t e n , l e g a l f o o l s c a p
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 7 ).
On o n e o f t h e b e d s h e s a w a t y p e w r i t e r e a s e a n d a b r i e f c a s e a n d a s m a l l ,
b a t t e r e d , c h e a p s u i t c a s e . . . v M a r q u a n d , U5 7 ) .
H e w a s c a r r y i n g t h e b r i e f c a s e now
( M a r q u a n d , 5&0 ) .
A s t h e w i t n e s s h e s i t a t e d , k a s o n o p e n e d h i s b r i e f case a n d s a i d , " I h a v e
h e r e a c o p y o f y o u r s w o rn s t a t e m e n t . . • ( G a r d n e r , 135) .
V a l t e r l o o k e d u p f r o m h i s b r i e f c a s e b u t Mrs. H e v c o a b e s p o k e f i r s t
( M a r q u a n d , * * 5 3 )•
S u itc a s e s a n d b r i e f c a s e s w e re p i l e d u p i n f r o n t o f th e h o t e l d e sk
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 5 )*
V hen th e s u i t c a s e a n d th e b r i e f c a s e a n d th e t y p e w r i t e r w e re g o n e , t h e r e
seem ed to b e n o th in g l e f t
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 5 ) »

-169-

W a l t s r l o c k e d u p f r o m h i s b r i e f om oo (M a rq u a n d , ^ 5 9 ) .
W a lte r r a i s e d h i s h a n d fro m h i s b r i e f o aao a n d th e n p u t I t h a d e a g a in
g e n tly
( M a r q u a n d , U6 3 ) •
W a lte r b lin k e d h i s e y e s a n d e lo s e d h is b r i e f e a s e
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 3 ) »
. . . t h e f i t t e d s u i t c a s e w h i c h M a d g e h a d g i v e n h im o n e C h r i s t m a s a n d h i s
b r i e f om sa a n d th e e a s e f o r h i s p o r t a b l e t y p e w r i t e r
( M a r q u a n d , U0 7 ) •
. . . a n d l o o k i n g l i k e a p r o f e s s o r w i t h h i s n a v i g a t o r 's b r i e f c a s e u n d e r
h i s a r m . . . ( l a n k , 8 7 }•
th e b r i e f i n g ro o m .
A ro o m i n w h i c h a v i a t o r s a s s e m b l e b e f o r e a f l i g h t
to r e c e i v e i n s t r u c t i o n s on w h a t th e y a r e t o do on th e f l i g h t .
T h ro u g h t h e b r i e f i n g

ro o m cam e t h e

b rig h t and e a rly .

T o ry e a r ly

s h u ffle

in

o f h e a v y b o o ts

(T a n k , 87) •

th e m o rn in g .

N e x t m o rn in g b r i g h t a n d e a r l y we m a rc h e d i n

to b e c la s s if ie d

(T an k ,

1 6 6 ).
to b rig h te n u p .
to c le a n .

To m ak e l i g h t e r

In c o lo r;

t o m ake b r i g h t e r i n

c o lo r;

D o w n s ta ir s a t t h e R o c k w e ll w as a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d now , a n d t h e w a l l s h a d
b e e n b r l r f i t e n e d u p w i t h l i g h t p l y w o o d . . . (M a rq u a n d , 273) .
b r i g h t id e m .
id e m .

A p re g n a n t id e a ;

As a n a t t e r o f f a c t , a
(C a in , 8 0 ).
to b r in g

a lo n g .

c o tp le

To b r i n g ;

an id e a f u l l

of p o s s ib ilitie s ;

a good

o f th e m d i d h a v e t h a t b r i g h t i d e a

to

cany;

to

ta k e .

R n l l s t e d m en h a d b ro u g h t a lo n g a w ir e - h a ir e d t e r r i e r
( P y l e , 3 5 5 )*
T he m o s t i r o n i c p i e c e w as a t e n n i s r a c k e t t h a t som e s o l d i e r h a d b r o u g h t
a lo n g
( P y l e , 3 6 7 ).
• . . h e 'd fo u n d th e to p h a t i n a d e m o lis h e d h o u s e i n a n e a r b y v i l l a g e a n d
J u s t b r o u g h t I t a lo n g
( P y l e , 189) .
to b r i n g

a lo n g .

I b rin g d ees g i r l
( C 5 a in , 2 1 8 ) .

a lo n g f a s t ,

t o b r i n g ------- g r o u n d .
a v i s i t , e n g a g e m e n t.
I

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fa s t.

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to

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b u t y o u n e v e r b r i n g th e m a r o u n d
(M a rq u a n d , 33
W hy d o n ' t y o u e v e r b r i n g e u y o f t h o s e p e o p l e a r o u n d ?
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 ) .
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e x p l a i n i n g th e m e v e r w o r k e d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 ) .

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l i t t l e p ie c e s
(T a n k , 1 8 6 )*
t o “b r i n g “b a c k ,
1 . To r e t u r n w i t h ;

to

ta k e h a c k .

T h e y s t a r t e d a s e c o n d t i n e a n d “b r o u g h t h a c k s e v e n n a r l n e s I n t h e c a r r i e r
(T m fc . 2 U ).
H e s a i d h e w a s g o i n g u p _ to t r i n g t h e n h a c k
( T a n k , 1 U 4 ;.
We u s e d t o s e n d o u t p a t r o l s a n d t h e J a p h o y s w o u l d “b r i n g ' e a h a c k I n
(T an k , 2 2 3 ).
H e y e l l e d t " B rin g h a c k s o n s s o u v e n i r s , G ra y "
(T e a k , 2 l ) .
I ' l l w ash t h e s e ,
b r i n g th e n h a c k . . . ( G a r d n e r , U € ).
A nd I f th e y h r l n g b i n h a c k . . . ( C a in , 2 0 5 ) .
. . . t h e y ' l l h r l n g y o u n g M r. F o r r e s t e r h a c k
(G a in , 2 0 5 ) .
H e “h-rm ifihfc
t h e a m m u n itio n n o l e t r a i n th r o u g h a n e r e n m o re s e v e r e
s h e llin g
(T a n k , 9 3 )*
. . . t h e r a i d e r s w e r e t o p i c k u p s e v e r a l o f t h e t o w n 's l e a d i n g F a s c i s t s
and h r ln g th e n h a c k to canp f o r t r i a l
(T a n k , 25) •
O n t h e t h i r d t r i p t h e y b r o u g h t h a c k tw o w h o w e r e w o u n d e d . . . ( T a n k , 2 b ) .
2.

To c a u s e

to re n e a h e r.

T hat l a s t p h r a s e o f h i s tr ip p e d o f f h is to n g u e .. . I n a d v e r ta n tly , an d
“b r o u g h t
t o h i s m in d a n o t h e r o f t h o s e s i l l y g l i b e x p r e s s i o n s . • •
(k a rq u a n d , 3 6 9 )•
. . .p o k in g I n t o t h e f i r e p l a c e h a d b r o u g h t I t a l l b a c k , th e
gaae he u sed
to p l a y w ith H a y ... ( O a ln , 105)*
0 w o rd s t h a t b r i n g h a c k o u r h o n e s f o r a s p a c e
A nd g i v e u s a q u i e t p l a c e f o r w o r s h i p . . . ( T a n k , 1 5 l ) .
3.
...h e

To r e s t o r e ;

to

re v iv ify .

n e e d e d tw o t r a n s f u s i o n s J to b r i n g h im h a c k

(T a n k ,

l b 6 )«

t o h g iw g a p h i id i n t o t h e w o r ld .
To h e t h e p a r e n t s , a p a r e n t ,
c h i l d ; t o b e r e s p o n s ib le f o r a c h i l d 's b i r t h .
. . . th e no l e s s
(O a ln , 1 8 1 ) .

b e a u tif u l c h ild

t o b r i « |f dow n.

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A s tra fin g
to

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is

sh e h a d b ro u g h t in to th e w o rld . • .
d escen d , f a l l ,

b y s h o o tin g .

b r o u g h t dow n b y t h e i r a n g r y f I f l e e

b r i n g hom e a p o l t n .

of a

To e m p h a s is e a p o i n t ;

to

(T an k , 2 0 b ).

c la rify

a p o in t.

H e w i s h e d t h a t h e m l g i t h a v e a m ap J to b r i n g h o m e h i s - p o i n t s m o re
a c c u ra te ly
(M a rq u a n d , b o ) .

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t o “b r i n g I n .
To e a t e r w i t h ;
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to

on t e r

c a rry in g ,

lo a d in g .

I n com pany

Vo s e n t o u t a n l n r e s t l g a t o r o n t h i s a s o l g n n e n t , a n d h e h a t
i» a
f u ll and ra th e r d is q u ie tin g re p o rt
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X I1 1 , S e p t . 6 , 19*^7»

20).

...s o we
b r o u g h t i n e o t s , s o a p , t o w e l s . . . ( Y a n k , 1 9 9 )*
A n o th e r h i A - r a n k i n g o f f i c e r w as b r o u g h t i n . . . ( P y l e , 3 8 0 ) .
. . . a l l t h e T o l e e s w e r e n i x i n g l o u d l y a n d X fla n w a s b r i n g i n g i n s a u s a g e s
im p a le d on l i t t l e t o o t h p i c k s . • • (M a rq u a n d , 1 2 7 ) .
She w a n te d t o b r i n g h e r r ig jh t i n . th e n a n d t h e r e
(C a in , 110) .
B ro u g h t i n t o c o n s t r u c t U .S . a i r f i e l d s i n A ssam , t h e A ir C o rp s e n g in e e r s
w e re p r e s s e d i n t o s s r r i c e a s r o a d b u i l d e r s . . . (Y a n k , 1 7 8 )*
. . . t h e r o c k y c o a s t , w h i c h w a s u n f a m i l i a r t o t h e m en w h o b r o u g h t i n t h e
b o a ts
(Y a n k , 202) .
W hen t h e f i e l d o r d e r w a s b r o u g h t i n . . . ( Y a n k , 2 0 5 ) .
Y o u c a n p i c k u p y o u r o r d e r s w n e n y o u b r i n g h im i n
(Y a n k , 226) .
. . . b r in g y o u r re p la c e m e n t in h e r e b e f o r e you go
(Y a n k , 2 2 6 ).
Som e S a n g e r s w e r e b r o u g h t i n
(Y a n k , 167)*
B e a d w h e n t h e L i e u t e x u s n t b r o u g h t h im i n
(M a rq u a n d , 238) .
B rin g i n Jo h n M l l l c a n t and f o r g e t a b o u t i t
(G a rd n e r, l h ) .
V hen t h i s s p e c i a l f e l l o w w as b r o u A t i n h e p r o t e s t e d i n r a g e
(P a rle , 3 8 0 ) .
G ro u p s o f p r i s o n e r s w e re c o n s t a n t l y b r T n g b r o u g h t i n
( P y l e , 375)*
A t h r e e - i n c h a n t i t a n k g u n w as b r o u g h t
T h e b r i e f i n g o f f i c e r . . . g a r e t h e c r e w s a c o m p l e t e s u m m a ry o f t h e g r o u n d
w a r .. .a s b r o u g h t i n o r e r t h e t e l e t y p e s y s te m
(P y le , 179) •
A t a n k w a s b r o u A t I n t h a t h a d b e e n h i t t w i c e . . . ( P y l e , h 2U ) .
S in c e M a tt w as on d u ty a l l th e tim e b r i n g i n g i n fo o d a n d s u p p l i e s . • •
(Y a n k , 1 9 9 ) .
M a so n t o l d h e r t o b r i n g h im i n . a n d , a f e w s e c o n d s l a t e r , w a s s h a k i n g
h a n d s w i t h t h e * a i» T y c o m p e t e n t .. . ( G a r d n e r , 3 5 ) .
I u n d e r s t a n d y o u a s k e d P h y l l i s t o b r i n g h im i n . a n d a s k e d h im so m e
q u e s t i o n s a b o u t a c r a p gam e T & a r d n e r , 31) .
S h o u ld I b r i n g h e r l n t
(G a rd n e r, 7 9 ).
. . .w h e n w e b r o u A t i n a n o x y g e n t e n t . . • ( Y a n k , 1 9 3 ) .
A n o th e r w o u n d ed m an w as b r o u A t i n
(Y a n k , 1 0 8 ) .
A c o i q p le o f m e d i c s b r o u A t i n a w o u n d e d m an o n a l i t t e r a n d l a i d h im
c a r e f u l l y on t h e g ro u n d T T an k , 1 0 8 ) .
to b r i n g
...th e

o ff.

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to re m o re .

e n g in e e rs h a d s t a r t e d b rin g in g

to b rin g

on.

To c a u s e ;

to

o f f h e a r y e q u ip m e n t.. .

in s tig a te ;

(Y a n k , 202) .

to b r in g a b o u t.

As S e r g e a n t M c C ra y s a i d , t h e b e s t w a y t o b r i n g o n a f i r i n g m i s s i o n i s t o
s ta r t a hand o f poker
( P y le , 1 0 3 )*
. . . i f i t c am e t o d a y , a n d I w a s t h e o n e t h a t b r o u A t i t o n . i t w a s b e t t e r
t h a n h a w i n g i t co m e l a t e r . . . ( C a i n , 1 3 ) *
to b r in g

o u t.

1 . T o g o t , 'b r i n g ,
p la c e .

c a rry ,

t r a n s p o r t , a a fro m a h i d i n g p l a c e ,

s to ra g e

I t f e l l t o h i s l o t t o b e t h e g u y w ho w e n t i n a n d b r o u g h t o u t G o m a n
g e n e r a l s . . . ( P y le , * 09) .
He s p e n t 1 8 d a y s b r i n g i n g o u t t h e w o u n d e d ... (T a n k , 1 2 5 )*
. . . t h e f i e l d e n g in e e rin g o f f ic e r h a d b ro u g h t o u t a t a l l e te p l a d d e r ...
(P y le , 1 7 5 ).
,
S o n e o n e w o u ld b r i n g o u t t h e s i l T e r w a r e . . . ( T a n k , 230) .
. . . o n e f e a r l e s s Cll b u s i n e s s m a n t r o t t e d b a c k a n d f o r t h b r i n g o u t f a l l e n
J a p r i f l e s a n d s e l l i n g t h e n . . . (U a n k , 52) .
. . . t h e s a n e g r o u p t u r n e d t h e s e a t s b a c k t o p l a y p i t c h , w h e n o l d M r. T o w n e e
th e c o n d u c to r, t r o a ^ i t £ U t th e p lto h b o a rd
(M a rq u a n d , 8) .
T h e y h a d t o b r ln g * *~ o u t t h e p y t h o n a n d t h e n a n w ho c h e w e d n a i l s a n d t h e d o g ­
f a c e d b o y , b u t o n l y f o r a fe w n e n e n t s . . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 * 8 ) .
. . . t h e o f f i c e b o y , w o u l d b r i n g o u t t h e d o n l n o e s , and M r. J e n k s a n d M r.
P e m a l d w o u ld p l a y f o r a w h i l e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 16) .
. . . b u t t h e y b r o u g h t o u t w in e f o r h i n a n d e r s n p o t a t o e s , w h ic h th e y b a k e d
in th e f i r e
(T an k , h 9 ).
. . . th e y b r o u g h t o u t a s u p p ly o f J a p b a n b o o g i n fro m so n e w h e re
(T a n k , 192)
I t i s o n ly w hen a w itn e s s h a s b e e n c o n v ic te d o f a f e lo n y t h a t t h a t p o i n t
can b e b ro u g h t o u t on c r o s s - e x a m in a tio n
( G a r d n e r , 1 9 3 )*

2

.

To i n t e n s i f y ;

to a ttr a c t a tte n tio n

to .

. . . c r a b a p p l e s c u n n in g ly c a n d le d w i t h s u g a r s o a s jto b r i n g o u t t h e t a r t o f
th e a p p le s a s w e l l a s t h e c r y s t a l s w e e tn e s s o f th e s u g a r
( G a i n , 8* ) .
3.

To p u b l i s h a s a n e w sp a p e r o r n a g a s ln e o r b o o k .

. . . i n s e e i n g how a n e w s p a p e r i s
19 * 7 . 2 2 ) .
t o b y iiy * - —
a n o th e r.

o re r.

b ro u g h t o u t. . .

To r a n s p o r t ,

(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8

c a r r y , acco m p an y fro m o n e p l a c e

to

We b r o u g h t h e r o r e r w i t h u s
(M a rq u a n d , * 7 )»
H ie r a s t c o n r o y s t h a t b r o u g h t u s o v e r h a d u n l o a d e d t o t h e l a s t o n e a n d
s lip p e d o u t d u rin g th e n ig h t
( P y l e , 3 5 )*
D e v e l o p th e m r i g h t a w a y a n d b r i n g th e m o r e r
(T an k , 2 2 9 ).
I w o u l d n ' t b r i n g h im o v e r , i f "T w e r e y cm
C O a ln , 2 2 ) .
W a lt b r o u g h i a e som e o v e r
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 9 ) .
to b rin g

te a rs

t o —— e y e s .

To c a u s e o n e t o

c r y , w eep.

. • .l y i n g th e r e w ounded on sk y c o n tr o l b eyond th e h e lp o f an y o n e b e c a u s e
o f f i r e s b u r n i n g b e l o w h im a l m o s t b r o u g h t t e a r s t o h i s e y e s
(T a n k , **1
t o b r i n g ------ t o .
a rie s .

To l e a d

one d ir e c tly

to ;

to

come t o a f t e r p r e l i m i n ­

-173-

T h a t biMwfr u s t o t i n s q u e s t i o n
( G a r d n e r , 52*77
t o b r i n g ------- J to

( in f .)

o f

w h a t y o n m e a n b y 1f r o m t i n s

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o n e s e lf;

to

to t i n s 1

ln d u o e o n e s e l f .

H e v a n t e d t o g o a n d a s k t o b e g r o u n d e d , b a t J u s t c o u ld n * t b r i n e :
to do i t
(P y le , 22*0*
H e lta d b eo o m e s o u s e d t o c r e d i t i n g h i m s e l f v i t h r a s t s o u s e s t h a t h e o e n ld
n o t b r i t u y h i m s e l f t o a d m it t h s t t h i s s u c c e s s v a s a l l l u c k . . . ( O a ln , 7 )*
As f o r s e e k i n g a J o b , h e c o u ld n .• t b r i n g h i m s e l f t o d o i t , a n d i n s p i t e o f
a l l h e t o l d M i l d r e d * • • ( G a i n , 7).
I t v a s a l o n g tim e b e f o r e M i l d r e d c o u ld b r in g h e r s e l f to se n d V eda to b ed
(C a in , 1 2 8 ) .
I t v a s som e t i m e b e f o r e s h e c o u l d b r i n g h e r s e l f t o b r o a c h t h e s u b j e c t ,
and v h en s h e d i d b r o a c h i t . . .
(G a in , 8 2 ) .
to b rin g to b e a r .
s o lu tio n o f .

To c a u s e

to

b a re In flu e n c e on;

to a s s i s t I n th e

On t h e c h o i c e o f a c a s k e t , B e r t h a g g l e d b r a v e l y , b r i n g i n g a l l h i s b u s i n e s s
Ju d g m en t t o b e a r , a n d p r e s e n t l y s e t t e l e d on a w h ite e n a m e lle d o n e . . .
( O a l n , l d S T . --------01 I n g e n u i t y v a s a l s o b r o u g h t t o b e a r o n t h e l a u n d r y p ro b le m
(T an k , H i) .
to b r in g t o

a c l^ v * .

To b e

c lim a x e d ;

t o c a u s e t o com e t o a c l i m a x .

. . . a n d t h e c e re m o n y v a s b r o u g h t to a c lim a x w ith th e b u rn in g o f g i f t s
a rin g o f f i r e
(N e w T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 1 ® ).
to b rin g

to

a p o p ,d u e i o n .

To

end; to

In

s to p ; to c a u se to s to p .

I f h e tH if f ir , g e t t i n g m e t o d o X P I s t h e v a y we
a r e g o i n g _to b r i n g t h e w a r
t o a s a t i s f a c t o r y c o n c l u s i o n . I b e l i e v e h i s e d u c a t i o n h a s "been n e g l e c t •I
( T a n k , 1 3 6 )»
to b r in g u p .
1 . To i n t r o d u c e i n t o

a

e o trre a rc a tio n o r d is c u s s io n .

A do se n tim e s d u r i n g my s t a y , p i l o t s v o lu n ta r ily b ro u g h t up th e s u b je c t
o f h o w w o n d e r f u l t h e e n l i s t e d m en w e r e
(P y le , 1707.
. . . I v a s a f r a i d Iso b r i n g u p t h e s u b j e c t
( P y l e , 99/*
...J e f f r e y h ad b r o u A t up th e
c u b j e o t o f c o m p a r tm e n ts
( M a r q u a n d , JO).
...V e d a c h o s e t o b r i n g up t h e
m u b j e e t a g a i n . . . ( O a l n , 23 6 / .
I n two weeks around the a i r f i e l d I think I heard the subject brought up
two hundred times
( P y l e , 177).
E v e ry d a y o r s o so m e b o d y b r o u g h t u p th e s u g g e s tio n t h a t th e co o k v a s
p u t t i n g I t a l i a n d o g s i n t h e chow
( P y l e , 1 1 5 )*
T h a t b r o u g h t u p t h e q u e s t i o n w h e t h e r t h e p o n t o o n w o u ld b e c u t l o o s e
< * y i« . 3 5 7 ) .
A nd t h e r e w a s o n e e x a m p l e t h a t M r . G o rm a n v e n t e d t o b r i n g w? p a r t i c u l a r ­
l y a n d t h a t v a s t h o s e y o u n g a p p l e t r e e s . . , ( M a r q u a n d , 51*57.

I th o u g h t y o u 'd a g r e e , o r I v o u l d n 't h a v e b r o u g h t I t u g
(M a rq u a n d , 39*0*
W hen I b r o u g h t h e r n a m e u p , h e d l d n ' t e r e n s e e m i n t e r e s t e d
(M a rq u an d ,
U 0 9 ).
. . . D i d n 't y o u know t h a t P h y l l i s w as b r i n g i n g t h e m a t t e r u p i n o o u rtT
(G a rd n e r, 5 7 )•
I t w as n o t t h e tim e o r th e p l a c e t o b r i n g i t u p . a n d h e w o n d e re d w h e th e r
a l l w om en w e r e a l i k e a n d . . . ( M a r q u a n d , H7 7 ) .
I t r e m i n d e d h i m o f t h e w a y M a d g e w o u l d b r i n g u p so m e p r o b l e m i n a t a x i c a b
j u s t b e f o r e th e y re a c h e d a f r i e n d 's h o u se ^ o r d in n e r
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 7 7 ) •
H e c o u ld n o t im a g in e w hy s h e h a d b r o u A t i t U £ n o w , w hen h e h a d t o w a tc h
th e s i d e o f th e r o a d . . . (M a rq u a n d ,
.
I w is h y o u w o u l d n 't b r i n g I t
n o w ... (M a rq u a n d , ^ 7 8 ) .
I w i s h y o u h a d n ' t b r o u A t i t U £ ( M a r q u a n d . H S O ).
He w is h e d t h a t s h e h a d n o t b r o u g h t i t u £
( M a r q u a n d , H9 0 ) .
H o w e v e r, i t m u s t b e d i s t i n c t l y u n d e r s t o o d t h a t w h a t w as p a s t w as p a s t ,
n o t to b e b ro u g h t u p a g a in u n d e r a n y c irc u m s ta n c e s
(O a ln , 52) •
T h at h e s h o u ld b r i n g u p h i s p e r f u n c t o r y c o n n e c tio n w ith th e B p is o o p a l
C h u r c h s t r u c k h e r a a p r e t t y f a r —f e t c h e d . . . ( C a i n , 8 2 ) .
. . . e l e v e n y e a r s a n d e i g h t n o n t h a , i f y o u 'v e g o t t o b r i n g t h a t
(C a in ,
2 5 0 ).
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h e r know w h a t s h e 's g o t t o d o
( C a in , 250) .
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( M a r q u a n d , 1 *0 .
I J u s t b r o u g h t h e r u p . J u s t a s a n e x a m p l e ... (M a rq u a n d , 5 3 7 )*
H e was sorry that he had brought it 3 ^ (Marquand, 6*0.
2.

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c a rry ,

tx a n s p o rt,

fo rw a rd .

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2a
270) .
C a s h w e n t b eu sk t o b r i n g u p t h e b a t t a l i o n c o m m a n d e r . . . ( T a n k , 1 8 ) .
M o re m en h a d t o b e b r o u g h t u p q u i c k l y . . . ( T a n k , 1 8 ) .
H e h e lp e d b r i n g u p chow t o t h e l i n e . . . (T a n k , 1 9 ) .

Plane throwers were brouAt up in an effort to heat the Japs out of the
ground... (Tank, 1?).
. . . b a t t l e A l t t i e d dow n t h e o l d o n e s a n d t h e r e p l a c e m e n t s y s t e m b r o u g h t
u p t h e new o n e s
(P y le , 1 9 6 ).
. . . n a t i v e s w e r e b r i n g i n g up s u p p l i e s
(T an k , 9 ) .
H u k s te ln w e n t b a c k t o b r i n g u p t h e w e a p o n s .. . (T a n k , 8) .
w h e n ta n k m a n w e r e o u t l i k e t h a t , l O - i n -1 r a t i o n s . . . w e r e b r o u g h t u p t o
t h a n ... (P y le , 268) .
B ag b y d e c i d e d t o c r a w l b a c k a d d b r i n g u p som e g r e n a d e s
(T an k , 1 9 2 ).
T hey s a y t h a t t h e J a p s h a d jto b r i n g u p e i g h t a d d i t i o n a l t r u c k s . . .
( l a n k , 195)*
A. p a t r o l f r o m M a J . B r i m ' o u t f i t s o u t h o f t h e D e a d E n d E l d s b r o u g h t u p
s o m e m o r e BAB. a n d m a d i i n e - g u n a m m u n i t i o n
( T a n k , 93'*

...th e Japs were digging a rtille ry and mortars into position and bringing
up truckloads of men and ammunition... ( T a n k , 9l).
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3.

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to b rin g up th e 10 s e n ...
a n d e d u c a te

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175 -

A n d n ow M a d ^ b r o u g h t u p J i m
( M a r q u a n d , U0 9 ) •
Y ou s e e , M a d g e v a a b r o u A t u p l a a c e r t a i n w a y
( M a r q u a n d , U7 9 ) .
I t ' s g o t n o th i n g t o do v i t h . . . th a d i f f e r e n t w ays t h e y 'r e b e e n b r o u g h t
u p . . . (O a ln , 2 0 0 )•
H . To t a k e ,

c a rry ,

tra n s p o rt

to a p la c e ab o v e.

. . . t h e y g o d o w n .. . t o b r i n g u p g o l d t h a t s o o n e r o r l a t e r g e t s b u r l e d
d e e p i n t h e e a r t h a g a i n a t T o r t K ao x T
(H e w Y o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 ,
19* 7 . 2 9 ) .
Y ou p a u s e d lo n g e n o u g h t o o r d e r a r e s t a u r a n t i n t h e b l o c k t o b r i n g y o u
up fo o d t h a t w as e x a c tly th e s a n e a s . . . (G a rd n e r, 1 9 9 ).
I t w as c u s to m a ry f o r S d g a r t o go d o w n s ta ir s a n d b r i n g u p th e l a s t
e d i t i o n . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 9 9 )*
5.

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to

th in k , rs s ie a b e r,

to p ic tu re

in

o n e 's m in d .

• . . t e s t i n g o n e 's c a p a c i t y w i t h s u c c e s s i v e g l a s s e s o f a r a n g e J u i c e
b ro u g h t u p a n u n p le a s ln g g a s tro n o m ic p i c t u r e
( M a r q u a n d , M-77)*
to
one to

up th e r e a r .
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d o in g s o m e th in g .

a lin e ;

to

be th e

la s t

G ra y , y o u b r i n g up t h e r e a r
(Y a n k , 7 ° ) •
A nd b r l « ^
u p t h e r e a r , t h e r e s t o f t h e heavy—w e a p o n s o u t f i t t o p r o ­
t e c t u s fro m b e h in d
( P y le , U o o ).
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X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 , 1 9 4 7 . 27T I
to b ro a c h th e
d is c u s s io n .

s u b je c t.

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a c o n v e rs a tio n

I t w a s som e t i m e b e f o r e s h e c o u l d b r i n g h e r s e l f jto b r o a c h
. . . (O a ln , 8 2 ) .

or

th e s u b je c t

b ro a d c a s tin g s tu d io .
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w h ic h r a d i o p ro g r a m s a r e b r o a d c a s t ; t h e s t u d i o i n w h ic h t h e a c t o r s ,
m u s ic ia n s , s p e a k e r s p e rfo x m f o r r a d i o b r o a d c a s ts .
. . . T e d a . . . r e p o r t e d a s u s u a l a t t h e b r o a d c a s t i n g s t u d i o . . . ( C a i n , 256) .
• • . M i l d r e d b e c a m e a c q u a i n t e d w l t h . . . ‘b r o a d c a s t i n g s t u d i o s . . . ( C a i n , 23 b ) .
b ro a d lo o m c a r p e t .
A c a r p e t w o v en on a b r o a d lo o m , u s u a l l y I n
s i n g l e c o l o r , th e w id th b e in g o f te n tw e lv e f e e t .
. . . c h r o m i u m a s h r e c e i v e r s b e s i d e th e m t h a t s e e m e d t o
ro o m s fr o m t h e b r o a d lo o m c a r p e t
(M a rq u a n d , 267) .
b r o a d m in d e d .
T o le ra n t;
o t h e r t h a n o n e 's ow n.

lib e ra l;

a

s p r o u t l i k e m ush­

a c k n o w le d g in g a n d a l lo w in g b e l i e f s

-176-

. . . « a A t h a t h e w a s J u s t a s 'b r o a d , m i n d e d a s J e f f r e y a n d t h a t h e l i k e d
Jew s a s l a d l r l d u a l s
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 l ) .
b ro k e n dow n*
In firm :
( o f . t o b r e a k dow n. )

n o t y o u th fu l in

Vow h e w a s a l o r a b l e , b r o k e n - d o w n o l d
bpoken h e a r t.

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I

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dne to g r ie f

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o f a b ro k e n h e a r t . . .

so re s;

rig o r,

g a f f e r . . • (M a rq u a n d , 3 1 3 )*

I

b ro k e n o u t.
th e " l i k e .

s t r e n g t h , p o w e r, f o r c e ,

e rc p te d s k in ;

(T a n k , 1 3 7 )*

d is c o lo re d s k in t and

T h e ir f e e t w e re b ro k e n o u t , a n d i n f i r m i t i e s s u c h a s a r t h r i t i s , h e r n i a ,
a h e a r t w e a k n e s s w o u ld l e a p t o t h e f o r e
( P y le , lU g ).
b ro k e n u p .

h u r t e m o tio n a lly d u e t o

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it

w as h e r

som e e m o t i o n a l d i s t u r b a n c e .

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(O a ln , 1 1 1 ).

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-1 h o u s e , u s u a l l y t h o u g h t o f i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
flew Y o r k O l t y , c o n s t r u c t e d o f b r o w n s t o n e , o f t e n t h r e e s t o r i e s h i g h ,
b u i l t n e x t t o t h e s l d w a l k , a n d h a w i n g o t h e r h o u s e s cm e i t h e r s i d e
w i t h com m on s i d e w a l l s , f a s h i o n a b l e i n t h e 19 t h c e n t u r y .
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(M a rq u a n d , ^ 7 l) *
t h e b ro w o f .

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in

a b ip w n s tc n e

edge o f ;

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t h a t p a r t w h ic h p r o j e c t s

abow e.

. . . t h e w h o le b ro w o f t h e b l u f f w a s p l a n t e d w ith b u s h e s . . . ( C a in , 178) .
. . . I cam e o r e r t h i s b ro w o f t h i s h i l l a n d a m a c h in e g u n l e t l o o s e o n
me
(T a n k , 1 26) •
th e b ru s h o f f .
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h a w in g n o a t t e n t i o n p a i d t o .
(a ls o a ttr ib u tiv e .)
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is

to b ru s h o f f .
1 . i o re a o w e th e

lin t and d i r t

P u t on y o u r f a c e ,
q u a n d , 1 5 *0 .

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(T a n k , 3 5 )*

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to

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seem ed u n c o m fo rta b le a t h e r k i t t e n i s h n e s s ,

b ru sh e d h er

o ff

( C a i n , 13® ) •

w ith a b ru s h .

a n d l e t me b r u s h y o u o f f

2 . To d i s r e g a r d ; t o b e i n d i f f e r e n t t o ;
i n d i f f e r e n o e q u i t e o p e n ly a n d f r a n k l y .

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c lo th in g

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~~ m o s t p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n .

fo r

" F r e e O h ln a S n a p s h o t , " V a l t e r s a i d ,
( M a r q u a n d , U6 l ) .
to b ru sh u p .
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5 1 7 ).

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to

t h e p u rp o s e of g iv in g one th e

" a n d a b ru sh -u p

o n N e h r u a n d G ta n d h l

m ake c le a n and n e a t.

y o u c a n 't g e t e v e r y th in g b ru s h e d up a l i t t l e

th e b r u ta l t r u t h .
The t r u t h w i t h o u t a n y d le g u ls e e ;
tr u th ; th e n ak ed t r u t h .

(M a rq u a n d ,

th e c a n d id

H e th o u g h t t h e b r u t a l t r u t h w a s t h a t M le e M i l l e r d i d n o t l i k e h l n
p e rs o n a lly
( K a r q m n d , 293) ,
bucket b rig a d e .
An o r g a n i s a t i o n o f p e o p l e a s s i s t i n g w i t h f i r e d e~
p a rim e n ts I n th e e a r ly d a y s o f t n l s c o u n tr y .
T h e ir d u ty w as to p a e e
b u c k e ts o f w a t e r fro m o n e t o a n o t h e r fro m a s o u r c e o f w a t e r t o a f i r e
to f u r n i s h th e fire m e n w ith w a t e r f o r p u t t i n g o u t th e f i r e ,
V hen w e w e re e r o e s l n g on t h e s h i p I w as p u t on a d e t a i l a s a s o r t o f
" b u c k e t b r i g a d e " m e m b e r w ho p a s s e s c a r d b o a r d o a s e s dow n t o t h e g a l l e y
b e lo w
(T a n k , 1 7 l ) .
buck p riv a te .

The lo w e s t r a n k

of

th e

e n l i s t e d m en i n

t h e a rm y .

T he t a l e g o e s b a c k t o t h e tim e w h e n h e w as s t i l l a b u c k p r i v a t e
(T a n k , 1 8 6 ),
T h e m e d iu m a im e d f i g u r e o f t h i s s t o r y i s t h e a v e r a g e b u c k p r i v a t e
m e t i n t h e B r i t i s h D e s e r t A r m y , , , ( T a n k , J/S) .
b u c k 3 S £ g e a a t.

The lo w e s t r a n k

o f th e

s e rg e a n ts

in

I 'v e

th e a rm y ,

A b u c k s e r g e a n t .. .h e l d h i s p a r t o f t h e l i n e t o g e t h e r . . . (T an k , 6 ) ,
. . . S e r r a n o — th e n a b u c k s e r g e e a n t a o t l n e a s f i r s t s e r g e a n t — w as on
a m is s io n ... ( T a n k , ^ .
. . . a b u c k s e r g e a n t a c t i n g a s p l a t o o n s e r g e a n t . . . (T a n k , 1 2 9 )*
H e h a d t u r n e d dow n tw o c h a n c e s t o b e c o m e a b u c k s e r g e a n t . . . ( P y l e , U h S ) .
buck te e th .
F r o n t t e e t h w h ic h , p r o t r u d e ,
te e th , u s u a lly u p p er o n es.
...little

s t i c k o u t; p ro m in e n t f r o n t

g u y s ...g o t b u ck t e e t h w h ic h we k ic k o u t

(T a n k , l 6l ) .

to buck u p .
To f e e l b e t t e r ; t o g e t i n b e t t e r s p i r i t s ;
one* s d i s p o s i t i o n ; t o b e c o m e m o r e c h e e r f u l .
He b e g a n to b u c k up

(P y le ,

3 ^ 7 )*

to

la p ro v e

-

178-

to bud d y u p w ith .
To b e c o m e f r i e n d l y w i t h ;
to g e t to b e p a le w ith .

to g e t

t o b e eh n sm y w ith ;

. . . e n d y o u ' r e i m p r e s s e d w hen t h e o h a p l s t i n t e l l s y o u t o b u d d y u p w i t h
G od n o w a n d n o t t o w e l t u n t i l y o u g e t f o x h o l e r e l i g i o n
(T a n k , 65) .
to b u i l d a f i r e .
To m a k e a f i r e ;
p u t th e m t o g e t h e r in a p o s i t i o n s o
m a tc h , f i r e , t o th e m a te r ia ls .

t o g a th e r w ood, e o a l, c h a rc o a l,
t h a t t h e y w i l l b u r n a n d tc n o h a

When they got baok i t was eold, and they deeided _to build a fire , of
pine knoti (Cain, 9*0.
a b u ild

up.

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a p p e a ra n c e ;

a f f e c t e d m a n n e ris m s .

O f c o u r s e , h e a u id e a b e a u t i f u l b u i l d — u p . b y n e w e r l o o k i n g b e h i n d h im ,
n e w e r a c t i n g a t aJLl s u s p i c i o u s . • • ( a a r d n e r , U 6 ) .
t o b u i l d —— u p .
becom e d if f e r e n t;

To f o r a o n e s e l f ; t o
t o change o n e s e l f .

He se e m e d t o b e b u ild in g h im s e lf u p
o r w o r s e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 1 5 K
to b u i l d

in to

a d a p t o n e s e lf;

a c h a ra c te r

t o m ak e o n e s e l f

in a B a rrie p la y ,

up.

1. *0 develop; to form; to Improve.
. . . t h e s t r i c k e n m an c o u l d b e t e m p t e d t o e a t , a n d i n t h a t w ay b u i l d u p
h is s tre n g th
( O a i n , 182) .
T h e y c o u l d s e e th e m b u i l d i n g u p a n d t e a r i n g d o w n f a r m s . • • ( M a r q u a n d ,
M 2 7 ).
T hen y o u l e f t , i n t e n t upon b u i l d i n g u p a n a l i b i
V G ard n er, 2 0 0 ;.
I n t h e m e a n t i m e , t h e i m p l a c a b l e F o g a r t y , u n d e r t h e n a m e o f C o n w ay , h a d
b u i l t u p a l o t t e r y b u s in e s s w h ic h h e h a d s o l d to S e r l e
( G a r d n e r , 2 lU )
T h e y h a v e b u i l t u p s u c h a b a r r i e r o f b l o o d a n d m u r d e r . . . ( T a n k , 22 l ) .
T h a t m u t u a l im p e r m a n e n c e b u i l t u p a r e l a t i o n s h i p w h i c h w a s h a r d t o
e x p l a i n . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 22 l ) .
" W i l k i e 's b u i l d i n g u p ," M r. S a l e s s a i d , " h e 's b u i l d i n g up a l l th e t i m e ."
(M a rq u a n d , 133
W hen a
g o e s a l o n g t i m e . . . w i t h o u t e v e r g e t t i n g h i t . h e s o m e tim e s
b u ild s up a fe e lin g o f i n f a l l i b i l i t y a b o u t h im s e lf
( P y l e , 276 ) .
. . . s o m e o f u s h a v e g o t t o s t a y r i g h t h e r e a n d w e 'v e g o t t o b a l l d u p
p u b lic re la tio n s
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 * 0 .
A n d u p t h e r e t h e c i t y w a s b u i l t u p e n o u g h . . . ( P y l e , *4 0 b ).
. . . t h e d e c a y h a d b u i l t u p a t t h e i r b a s e t o f o r m s o l i d w a d is
( T a n k , 2 U3 )
He t h o u g h t t h e y w o u ld h a v e s h i f t e d f o r t h e m s e l v e s s o e a r l y i n l i f e t h a t
t h e y w o u ld h a v e b u i l t u p th e i n n e r s t r e n g t h . . . ( P y le , 1 5 * 0 .
2.

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to

s to re

in

ever g re a te r q u a n titie s .

th e Job o f b u ild in g

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. . . I t w as b u i l t u p I n g r e a t n u m b e rs
(P y le , 1 5 8 ).
. . ,v e h a d b e e n a h l e t o b u i l d u p m o re p o w e r f u l f o r c e s I n E n g l a n d . . .
(P y le . 2 9 3 ).
I 'm n o t e x p e c t i n g a a n y p e o p l e , b e c a u s e l t * s a y f i r s t n i g h t a n d I
h a v e n ' t h a d a c h a n c e y e t Jbo b u i l d u p a y t r a d e
( C a in , 1 1 9 )*
...h e had b u i l t up a a ln la tu r e d ru g s to r e
(P y le , 3 8 6 ),
On a b i g n i g h t , w h e n t h e y w e r e b u i l d i n g u p s u p p l i e s f o r a n a t t a c k . . •
(P y le , l W .
. . . t h e i r w l s d o a . . . b u i l t u p t h r o u g h a c t u a l l p r a o t i o e . . . ( P y l e , 285) .
T h ey fo u n d t h a t a new p i l o t , s t a r t i n g I n t u b u i l d u p th e r e q u i r e d a l s s lo n s f o r g o in g h o n e , h a d s e v e n t y - f i v e p e r c e n t c h a n c e o f c o a in g
th ro u g h s a f e l y . • • ( P y le , 1 7 0 ).
B ut I f y o u a a d e a p a s s , y o u c o u ld l e t i t r i d e a n d k e ep on b u ild in g up
(G a rd n e r, 2 2 ).
The s v p p ly h a d b e e n b u i l t u p . . . ( P y l e , 3 8 8 ) .
3* T o I n c r e a s e

e n o tio n a l te n s io n

g ra d u a lly b u t c o n tin u a lly .

J e f f r e y d re w a d e e p b r e a t h , a n d t h e t e n s i o n w
i n s i d e h i a s e l f r e la x e d s u d d e n ly
(M a rq u a n d ,
W e ll, I s u p p o se t h i s h a s b e e n b u i l d i n g u p f o r
U S O ).
I sup p ose I t ' s b een b u ild in g u p . b u ild in g u p .
q u a n d , U7 9 ) .
b u ilt In .
lik e
(th is
s tru c te d ).

h ic h h a d b e e n b u i l t u p
395) •
q u i t e a w h ile
(M a rq u a n d ,
f o r q u ite a w h ile

(M a r­

C o n s tru c te d a s a n i n t e g r a l p a r t o f th e b u ild in g o r th e
l a p l l e s t h a t th e th in g b u i l t In i s n o t u s u a lly so con­

. . . s o w e g i v e t h e n s t e a k , r i g h t f r o a o u r ow n b u i l t - i n c h a r c o a l b r o i l e r
( C a i n , 177) .
S o M i l d r e d s t o l e A r c h i e o f f M r. C h r i s , a n d u n d e r h i s d o u r s u p e r v i s i o n
I n s ta lle d th e b u ilt- i n c h arco a l b r o ile r
( C a i n , 1 7 & ).
b u lle tin b o a rd .
A p l a c e , u s u a l l y on a w a l l , w h e re b u l l e t i n s a n d
n o t i c e s a n d t h e l i k e m ay b e f a s t e n e d f o r c o n v e n i e n t
r e a d in g . The
b a l l o t i n b o a r d I s s o n e t im e s c o n s t r u c t e d o f p o r o u s a n d s o f t n a t e r i a l
s o t h a t t k u a b ta u s k s a n y b e u s e d f o r f a s t e n i n g ; a n d s o m e t i m e s i t a a y
be c o v ered w ith g la s s .
We p o s t e d a g u a r d a r o u n d t h e b u l l e t i n b o a r d . . . ( T a n k , 1 8 2 ) .
T h e w a y w e c a u g h t . . . "M ad M o rg a n * w a s b y p o s t i n g a g u a r d a r o u n d t h e
b u l l e t i n b o a rd . . . (T a n k , I 8 l ) .
A l i s t o f p r o m o t i o n s w o u ld a p p e a r o n t h e b u l l e t i n b o a r d . . . ( T a n k , 1 8 l ) .
b u ll s e s s io n .

An a l a l e s s ,

e x t e n d e d c o n v e r s a t i o n am o n g s e v e r a l p e o p l e .

Y ou c a n ' t b r i n g t h e w a r i n t h e A l e u t i a n s i n t o a b u l l s e s s i o n . • . w i t h o u t
s o m e o n e m e n t i o n i n g t h e A la s k a S c o u t s
(T a n k , 19077
W e 'r e l o o k i n g f o r
a p l a c e t o h a v e a b e e r b u l l s e s s i o n ( T a n k , 3**,' »
The m e n . . . h a d a r o a r i n g b u l l s e s s i o n . . . ( T a n k , 2 4 l ) .

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He o f te n j o in s i n th e h u l l e e e e io n e o f th e o o z p o ra le a n d p r l r a t e s . . .
(T a n k , 130) .
H a re y o u r h u l l s e s s i o n i n h e r e . . . (T a n k , 3 ^ )«
▲ s a l t w a te r h u l l s e s s i o n .
A l l t h e G Is i n t h e w o r ld seem t o h e h e r e .
( T a n k , 6 5 )*
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in to n g u e -in -c h e e k h u l l s e s s io n s
(T an k . 1 9 0 ).
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th e m a tte r.

The c e n t e r o f a

ta rg e t;

" B u l l 1 a e y e . 11 h e h e a r d S te m s a y . . .
h u lly h o o f.

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th e c ru x o f

(M a rq u a n d , 237) ,

p ic k le d h e e f .

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Soggy c lo th e s an d w rig g ly t e e t h
t o h u m h le a b o u t .
a n d a w k w a rd n e ss.

h e n c e , h y e x te n s io n

(T a n k , 136) .

To w a lk a h o u t h a l t i n g l y ;

to

m o re w i t h d i f f i c u l t y

Owen w a s n ow m a k in g h im i n t o a r o m a n t i c c h a r a c t e r , a q u a i n t o l d l o w a h l e
f f e r w ho h u m b le d a h o u t . m a k in g m i s t a k e s b e c a u s e o f g r o w in g s e n i l i t y
a rq u a n d , 65) •

S

b u m b le -b e e .
A ny b e e b e l o n g i n g t o th e g e n u s B om bus.
w h ic h r e s e m b le s g r e a t l y th e m uch s m a l l e r h o n e y b e e .
. . . a g u y w ith a n o ld - f a s h io n e d on th e t a b l e
h u m b le -b e e s
(C a in , 1 7 8 ).
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head.

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S o d o i n g , h e h ump e d h i s h e a d
t o h u mp i n t o .
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to

to l i s t e n

to

bee

th e

o n e 's h e a d a g a i n s t s o m e th in g .

( C a in , 1 0 3 )*

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a hunch o f (flo w e rs ).
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( t h i s im p lie s

h is

firs t

serg ea n t

(T an k , 2 0 0 ).

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t h a t th e f lo w e r s a r e c u t an d n o t s t i l l g ro w in g ).

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1 9 2 ).

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I t h i s i m p l i e s m o r e t h a n tw o p e o p l e o r t h i n g s ) *
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hunch up
( T a n k . 1 * 4 8 ).
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( P y l e , Uoi).
to b u n d le u p *
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t h a t th e y f r e e z e and

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of p ro o f*

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B u rm a H o a d .
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s u p p l i e s d u r i n g W o rld W ar I I ; h e n c e , b y e x t e n s i o n a s i m i l a r r o u t e o r
ro a d *
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R o a d a n d t h e G r e a t W a ll o f C h in a
(T an k , 1 1 9 -2 0 ).
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t o e x p e d i t e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a "B u rm a R o a d " l i n k i n g t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
w ith th e t e r r i t o r y
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(C a in , 1 9 6 ).
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bum

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b u rn s d -u p e i g a r e t t e

b u rn e d dow n.

fa d e d U w o r e r a lls end b e re t w ith a n e a r l y
in M s s o u th .. . (P y le , h 6 o ).

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le

tin e

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o ff.

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to d e s tro y p a r t b y b u r n i n g .

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(P y le . b o 6 ) .
. . . t h e y e llo w p a i n t h a d b e e n b u rn e d o f f w ith t o r c h e s . . . ( c a l n , 227) .
. . . t h e p a i n t b u rn e d o f f th e tu b e
(T a n k , 33) .
to b u rn u p .
1 , To d e s t r o y w i t h , b y , f i r e .
O ne n i g h t t h e O e x n a n s h i t s a g a s o l i n e d u n p a n d b u r n e d u p s o n * f i r e
th o u s a n d g a l l o n s
( P y l e , 230) .
. . . h e h a d n 't b u r n e d u p t h e f i l m , a f t e r a l l
( P y l e , 26 U ) .
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( K a r q u a n d , 36 b),
. . . h e d ls o o r e r e d h e h a d b u rn e d up th r e e r o l l s o f th e f l l n . . . ( P y l e ,
2,

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d r y , a n d , p e rh a p s w ith e re d , fro si th e h e a t o f

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w as b u r n in g up h e r n e n t a l e n e rg y
( G a r d n e r , U—5 ) ,
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la u g h q u i t e

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a s th o u g h T t w as a g r e a t Jo k e on h e r
( G a i n , 6 7 -® ) *
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and b u rs t in to f ls n e
( T a n k , bS) .
. . . b u t th e n o r t a r g o t so h o t t h a t th e n e x t c an b u r s t i n t o f l a m
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th e g ro u n d j u s t so o n en o u g h to

a b u r s t o f fla m e ,

(le a k ,

eseape a b u rs t o f f i r e

(T an k , 9 3 ) •

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s io n
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us
(T a n k , 58) .
to b u r s t o u t,
1 , 4!o b r e a k o u t w a r d d u e t o

in te rn a l p re ssu re .

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th e y w a n te d a g a i n s t t h a t r i n g o f s t e e l
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b u s in e s s o r e r r e l a t i v e l y u n in h a b ite d s e c tio n s o f th e w o rld .
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(P y l e , 28*0.
I n th a p a th , o f w a r f a r e , " b u s i n e s s a s u s u a l " seem s t o b a r e b e e n t h e
a o tto o f th e n a tiT o s
(fc y le , 2 3 * 0 7
hue in ea s c a rd ,
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t h a o o a tp a n y h e w o r k s f o r p r i n t e d o r e n g r a v e d o n i t ,
I

c a l l y o u r a tte n tio n to th e f a c t th a t th e re i s no w a lle t, no d riv in g
l i c e n s e , n o b u s i n e s s c a r d s , a n d n o c u r r e n c y . , . ( G a r d n e r , 129) ,

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n e e d e d i n b u s in e s s o f f i c e s s u c h a s* ty p in g , s h o r th a n d , b o o k k e e p in g ,

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).

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to o k a b u s in e s s c o u r s e ,

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(T a n k ,

b u s in e s s n a n .
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n a n a g e a i c a t o f a b u s i n e s s o r o n e w h o o w n s h i s ow n b u s i n e s s ; a n a n o n —
g a g e d i n b u s i n e s s a s c o sq p a re d t o o n e i n t h e p r o f e s s i o n s .
. . . n o b u s i n e s s n a n c o u ld a lw a y s b e r i g h t ,
w as " i n to u c h *
(M a rq u a n d , 3 9 9 )*
b u s in e s s n ic k s u p .

B u s in e s s im p ro v e s ; b u s in e s s g e t s b e t t e r .

B e h in d t h e n a r b l e c o u n t e r ,
f o r b u s in e s s to n ic k u p
to b u s t lo o s e .

a lw a y s , an d b e s id e s , M ilto n

t h e b a n k e r s w a i t e d , r u b b e r s ta m p s i n h a n d ,
(B e w Y o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t , 1 3 * 1 9 ^ 7 # 2 6 ) ,

To re m o v e i n h i b i t i o n s ;

to

fre e

fro st r e s t r a i n t .

T h e y d i d n ' t b u s t l o o s e a s r i o t o u s l y w h e n t h e y h i t to w n
bu s s to p .
g e rs.

A p la c e w h e re a b u s s to p s

to

( P y le , H ).

l e t o u t and ta k e on p a s s e n ­

• ••w a s f o r h e r s e l f a n d R ay to go p a ra d in g t e th e b u s s to p , w ith L e tty
f o l l o w i n g tw o p a c e s b e h i n d . . . ( C a i n , 7 0 ) .
S h e f l o a t e d t o t h e b u s e t o p o n a i r , r o d e i n t o H o lly w o o d w i t h o u t s e e i n g
w h at sh e w as p a s s in g
i d a l n , U3 ) .
a bust up.
“ life .

A d is s o lu tio n ,

d e s tru c tio n ,

o f B a n n e rs , a o r e s , w ays o f

T h a n c a n e t h e b u s t —u g — n o t co m e t h e b u s t —u p f o r t h e P r i n c e a n d o u t h e
g o t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 7 2 ) .
to b u s t u p .
To s e p a r a t e ;
w ith a f ia n c e .

to b e d iv o rc e d ;

to b re a k an engagem ent

-185-

I « t m e a n y o u 'v e V t t t t d i p T

(O a ia , 2 0 ).

to b u s
To c l e a r s w a y d i s h e s , a n t i n g n t t t t i l a , o t o . , f r o m a
a f t e r a m eal
( t h i s u s u a lly im p lie s a r e s t a u r a n t o r o th o r p u b lic
la r g e e s ta b lis h m e n t).
A ny t l a e y e a n e e d h e r .
y o u . . . IG a in , 1 1 9 )•
b a t t e r d is h .

I 'l l

ta b le
or

sen d L e tty o a t to b u s up y e a r ta b le s f o r

A d i s h a a w h ic h b a t t e r i s

s e r r e d on th e

ta b le ,

. . . t h e b re a d b o a rd a n d th e b a t t e r d i s h , c o v e re d w ith i t s n e ttin g ' fra m e
t o k e e p o f f t h e f l i e s . • • ( M a r q u a n d , 3 & 2 )«
P la c in g s ilv e rw a r e , a b a t t e r d lr ii. an d a g la s s o f w a te r b e fo re S e r l e ...
(G a rd n e r, 9 6 ).
b a t t e r f l i e s i n ( o n e 's ) s to m a c h .
V e rv o u sn e ss, a g ita tio n , f r ig h t
( t h i s i s am a t t e s t t o d e s c r i b e t h e p e c u l i a r f e e l i n g o n e h a s i n o n e ' s
ab d o m sn w hen h e i s t e r r i b l y e x c i t e d ) .
T o a s t a r e a t th e v a s t c in d e re d ex p an se an d a sq u ad ro n o f b u t t e r f l l s s
s p i l l s i n t o a s o f t —s h o e p o w e r d i v e i n y o u r s to m a c h
(T a n k , r t j ,
b u t t e r f l y bom b.

(S e e c i t a t i o n . )

R e c e n t l y t h e y d e v e l o p e d a " b u t t e r f l y b o m b " , w i t h w i n g s t h a t o p sm q p a s
seem a s t h e bom b i s r e l e a s e d , a n d a c t l i k e a p a r a c h u t e t o s le w i t s
d e s e o n t . . . T h e s m a ll b u t d e a d ly c h a r g e e x p lo d e s a fe w f e e t a b o v e t h e
ro u n d , s h o w e rin g b i t s o f h o t s t e e l on a n y s o l d i e r s w i t h i n r a n g e
S c i e n c e l e w s L e t t e r , O c t . l k , 1 9 k k , 2 hf)9 A S .

f

to b u tte r u p .
To b e s o l i c i t o u s ; a lm o s t t o fa w n o n ;
f u l i n o n e 's r e l a t i o n s w i t h o t h e r s ; t o a p p l e p o l i s h .

to b e v e ry o a re -

T o n h a d ^to b u t t e r e v e r y b o d y u £ a n d t a l k t h e s t r a n g e d o u b l e t a l k
t h e a t e r a t a t i n e l i k e t h a t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 9 3 )*
to b u tt i n .

To i n t r u d e ;

to

o f th e

e n tn r u n in v ite d .

. . . M r . M i n t s w a n t e d e v e r y b o d y t o l i s t e n b u t n o t _to b u t t i n w i t h a n y new
i d e a s . . . (M a rq u a n d , k 2 0 ) .
I b u tte d in and s a i d . . . (P y le , 2 0 0 ).
I d o h o p e ~ T 'n n o t " b u t t i n g i n "
(M a rq u a n d , 252) .
th e b u tt o f r i d i c u l e .
i s m ade.

The o n e b e in g r i d i c u l e d ;

. . . h e h ad b e es th e c o n s ta n t b u tt o f r id i c u le
a t s o c i a l g a t h e r i n g s . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 9 0 ) .
to b u tto n t g .

To f a s t e n

th e b u tto n s

th e o n e o f w hoa fu n

and h ad boon to n g u e -tie d

on o n e 's

c lo th e s .

-

. . . a c o u p le o f f r e s h
k e e p up th e v i g i l

186 -

o n es w e re b u tto n in g u p to
(Y a n k , 197) •

to b u tto n up — ■ t r a p .
ta lk .

go in to

To s h u t o n e ' s m o u t h ;

th e l in e s an d

to b e q u ie t;

n o t to

...h o w a b o u t b u tto n in g y o u r tr a p s up a n d a c ti n g l i k e r e a l s o l d i e r s . ••
(T an k , 2 1 7 ).
to buy o u t.
and th e l i k e .

To b u y a n o t h e r 's I n t e r e s t i n a b u s i n e s s , c o r p o r a t i o n ,

I t w a e G uy S e r l e ,
1 H 5 ).
to buy y p .

th e

To b u y i n

t h a t b o u g h t o u t O o n w a y 's b u s i n e s s

la rg e q u a n titie s ;

(G a rd n e r,

to m ake l a r g e p u r c h a s e s .

V h a t i f w e k e p t b u y in g u p a l l t h e available g o l d , k e p t i n s i s t i n g t h a t
o u r d e b t o r s p a y u s i n g o l d . . . (H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 , 19**7» 2 9 ) .
. . . s h e h a d h a d f i x e d th in g s w ith a c e r t a i n S e n o ra M en ses* . .b y b u y in g up
S e n o r a M e n s e s ' c r o p i n a d v a n o e . . . (H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 ^ 7 7 7
b u s s bomb.

i

r o b o t bom b.

BAT S p i t f i r e p i l o t s . , . w e r e d i v i i g
a e k -a c k guns i n b id s to d e s tro y
h am H e w s , J u n e 1 7 , 1 9 ^ » l ) .

t h r o u g h t e r r i f i c f i r e f r o m t h e i r own
t h e s e n e w G e rm a n b u s s - b a n b s
(B irm in g ­

£ b u sse r so u n d s.
A b u s s e r , a d e v i c e s e r v i n g t h e sam e f u n c t i o n a s a
d o o r b e l l , m akes a b u r s s in g s o u n d w hen e l e c t r i c a l c o n t a c t i s m ad e.
S o m e w h e re o n t h e f l o o r a b u s s e r s o u n d e d , t h e n
in s is te n tly
(G a in , 1 0 0 ).
b y —— .

A lo n e ; w ith n o o n e e l s e ;

sou n d ed a g a in ,

s h a rp ly ,

a l l a lo n e .

T h e re w as n o th in g s o l o n e l y a s t r a v e l i n g b y y o u r s e l f f o r a n y le n g th o f
tin e
( M a r q u a n d , H1 3 ) •
L e a f l e t s a n d b r o a d c a s t s b y th e m s e lv e s c a n ' t a c c o m p lis h m uch (T a n k , 1 2 8 ) .
. . . h e w a n t e d t o b e o u t o f t h a t ro o m a n d o u t o f t h e h o u s e a n d b y h i m s e l f
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 & ).
I t o c c u r r e d t o h im t h a t h e h a d n o t b e e n b y h i m s e l f t h a t d a y o r f o r a
g o o d m any d a y s b e f o r e
(M a rq u a n d , U 0 9 ).
. . . h e h a d t o l d h e r t h a t h e h a d t o h a v e a ro o m w h e r e h e c o u l d b e b y h im ­
s e l f a w a y f r o m t h e c h i l d r e n , w h e r e h e c o u l d k e e p h i s d e s k . . . (M a r­
q u an d , 5 0 8 ).
A c o u p l e o f m i d d l e - a g e d w om en w e r e s i t t i n g b y t h e m s e l v e s
(T a n k , 209) .
She — to o k a n a p a r tm e n t b y h e r s e l f . . . ( C a in , 2 2 7 ) .
by a c c id e n t.

A c c id e n ta lly ;

by c h a n c e .

T hey h a d J u s t m et q u it*
109) .
"By a e e id a n t. I l k a

hy a ll

y o u , I g u e s s ,"

t h a t 1s h o l y .

W e ll, h g a l l

h y a c c id e n t a t a o o e lc ta il p a r t y . . .

(in

J e ffre y s a id

(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 0 ) .

o a th u se d a s an in te n s iv e . )

t h a t 1a h o l y . 1 d o n * t k n o w

hy any chance.

(M a rq u a n d ,

(C a in ,

IU 5 ) .

P e rh a p s; p o s s ib ly .

A re y o u , h g ju g g o h a n o e , r e f e r r i n g to th e i d e n t i t y o f Jo h n M ilic a n t a s
B i l l H o g a rty ?
(d a rd n e r, 2 1 2 ).
I r e y o u , h g a n y o h g n o e , g o in g t o s a y t h a t M i l l o a n t o l a i n e d h e w as B i l l
H o g a r ty T
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 7 ).
hy a n y m eans.
H ot a l l

To a n y d e g r e e ;

to

any e x te n t.

o u r s t a f f s w e re i h L ondon, h g a n y n a a n s

h y t h e a rm .

(P y le ,

H o ld in g a n a rm ; w i t h a h a n d o n o n e 's

I d a s e i s e d M rs. G a s s ie r h y th e
h e r com m and ( C a i n , 12 h T .
hy c a n d le lig h t.

mrm

she u s u a lly

By th e l i g h t o f c a n d le s ;

• • • a g ro u p o f l i e u t e n a n t s . . . c h a t t e d
hy chance.

as

A c c id e n ts l l y ;

a rm .

s e is e d

th e n s n h e rs

of

illu m in a te d hy c a n d le s .

hy c a n d le lig h t

(T a n k , 2 0 6 ).

hy a c c id e n t.

T h ey w e re A m e ric a n h o y s w ho h y m e re c h a n c e o f f a t e
g u n s i n t h e i r h a n d s . • • ( P y l e , M O l).
hy day.

3 3 9 ).

D u rin g th e d a y ; w h ile t h e r e

is

h a d w ound u p w i t h

lig h t.

. . . t h e A r a h p o p u l a t i o n . . .m a d e a f o r t u n e h y c o l l e o t l n h B r l t l s h - A m e r i e a n
su rre n d e r l e a f le t s a t n lg h t and
s e l l i n g th e m t o t h e G e rm a n s a n d
I ta lia n s hy day
(T a n k , 1 2 8 ) .
He s a i d t h a t n o r e p a i r s a r e ew er m ade h g d a y . . . (T a n k , 60 ) .
. . . e v i d e n t l y i t h u g g e d th e s h o r e h y d a y t o a v o id d e t e c t i o n h y o u r h o m h e rs
(T an k , 2 ^ ) ,
B y d a y s h e w a s n e r v o u s . . . a f r a i d t o l o o k M is s J a e c k e l i n t h e e y e . . .
C B a ln , 21*5 ) .
h y th e d £ g .
p e rm a n e n c y ) •

A d a y a t a tim e ;

f r o m d a y to

day

(th is

im p lie s no

. . . t o p a y f o r t h e n u r s e h i m s e l f a n d a w om an n a m e d H a t t i e h a d com e i n h y
th e day
(M a rq u a n d , 30*0 •

-188-

by

th e dosen.
In l o t s o f d o z e n s; h o n e s h y e x te n s io n , ■ an y ; T o ry
■ a n y ; a g r e a t n u m b e r; in n u m e ra b ly .

G o o d L o rd , P a u l , 1 o o u ld e i t e y o u e a s e s b j th e do s e n w h e re t h e a u to p s y
s u r g e o n s h a v e m i s s e d t h e t i m e o f d e a t h . . . ( G a r d n e r , 8b ) .
by

fa r.
B y m uch; f a r a n d aw ay
(th is
o f th e fo llo w in g a d je c tiv e o r a d v e rb ).

Is

A n e x a m in a tio n o f t h e s to m a e h c o n t e n t . . . I s
(G a rd n e r, 1 3 l)«
by

G od.

o fte n u s e d a s an in te n s lT e

b j[ f a r t h e b e s t m e t h o d . • •

(d a o a th u se d a s an I n te n s iv e .)

B y G od.
I ' l l s a y s h e 's n o t g o in g t o h a v e a n y o p e r a t i o n . ••( G a in , 1 9 9 )*
B y G o d , t h a t w a s a n o r a t i o n . . . ( G a i n , 2 U0 ) .
H o , b j G od, s u r e I s n o t
(G a in , 2 l 6 ) .
W « i i y s a i d b j G od h e h a d a n o t i o n t o f i n d o u t , w h e n a l l o f a s u d d e n h e
w a s s t a n d in g t h e r e w i t h o p e n m o u t h ... ( G a in . 129) .
B y G od,
t h i s lo o k s l i k e s o m e th in g
( C a i n , 121 )*
by

th e

g ra c e

o f G od.

T h ro u g h th e

. ..w r o te in h is b a t t l e d ia ry :
co m e b a c k ”
(T a n k , 86) •

f a v o r o f G od; b y d i v i n e p r o v id e n c e .

" B y t h e g r a c e o f G od w e r e t h e o n l y s h i p

to

b y hand.
W ith , th r o u g h t h e a g e n c y o f th e h a n d s ; b y m eans o f th e
h a n d s ; b y m a n u a l l a b o r a s o p p o s e d t o m a c h in e l a b o r o r p r o d u c t i o n .
A l s o t h e r e w e r e so m e s o u n d e r j u s t i f i c a t i o n s — t h e e l e c t r i c c u r r e n t w a s
s h u t o f f i n th e c i t i e s an d I t a l i a n c ra fts m e n h a d to ru n t h e i r jig s a w s
a n d d o t h e i r w e l d i n g b y h a n d , t h u s c u t t i n g do w n p r o d u c t i o n
( P y l e , 111)
. . . t h e y w o u ld l e a d t o c r a s h e s , a n d t h i s m e a n t t h a t e v e r y t h i n g h a d t o b e
c a rrie d by hand
( G a i n , H g) .
. . . t h o u g h i n e a c h o f t h e l i t t l e t u r r e t s m en w e r e f l i n g i n g i n s h e l l s b y
band
( T a n k , H7 ) .
A m m u n i t i o n w a s c a r r i e d u p t o i t b jr h a n d , a n o c c a s i o n a l l y b y j e e p
( P y l e , HU3 ) .
T h e s e w e re b l a s t e d . . . b y e x p lo s iv e s s e t b y h a n d a f t e r we g o t a s h o r e
( P y l e , 361) .
b y h e a rt.

B y m e m o ry ;

th ro u g h m e m o ris a tio n ; b y r e t e n t i o n i n

t h e m in d .

. . . e v e r y th in g s h e s a i d h a d th e e f f e c t o f h a v in g b e e n le a r n e d b £ h e a r t ,
a n d r e c i t e d in th e m anner p r e s c r ib e d b y sane s t i f f book o f e t i q u e t t e
(C a in , l l ) .
b y heck.
T h a t 's

(M ild p r o f a n i t y u s e d a s a n i n t e n s i v e . )

w h at a f a r m 's

f o r , a i n 't

it,

by heokT

(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 5 ) .

by th e

lo o k s

of th in g s .

In fe rrin g

C ro o k e d o ro p d lo e b £ th e lo o k s
b y t h e l o o k o n —— f a o e .

fro m w h a t e v id e n c e t h e r e

o f th in g s . ••

In fe rrin g

(G a rd n e r, 1 2 ).

f r o m t h e e x p r e s s i o n o f o n e 1s f a c e .

b y t h e l o o k o n h e r f a e e M i l d r e d Im ew s h e h a d b e e n t o l d
( T O n T T ^ T T -----------------b y m a k in g u s e

o f.

By th e u t i l i s a t i o n

o f;

n a tte r

o f In c h e s.

N a rro w ly ;

a b o u t th e g r a n d .• •

th ro u g h th e u s e o f .

B y a s k i n g u s e o f M r. T r e v i s o s h e w o u l d o o m p e l V e d a t o
p h o n e . • • i d a l n , 21 h ) .
by ^

c lo s e ly ;

c a l l h e r on th e

by a h a ir .

A l m o s t a n y w o u n d e d m an h a s m i s s e d d e a t h b y a m a t t e r o f i n c h e s
by B is ta k e .

M is ta k e n ly ;

P ro g re s s iv e ly ;

if

5 5 )•

a n y o f m in e h a d b e e n

in c re a s in g ly .

T hen I B o re d in to th e f i e l d a g a in w ith th e tr o o p s , f e e l i n g
a n d g e t t i n g w e a k e r b g t h e m om ent
( P y le , 88) .
b y m o o n lig h t.

(P y le ,

th ro u g h a m is ta k e .

M o th e r, I n e e d e d a h a n d k e r c h ie f , a n d w e n t t o s e e
p u t w ith y o u r th in g s b y m is ta k e
(C a in , 7 0 ).
b y t h e m o m e n t.

la .

By t h e l i g h t o f th e m oon; l i g h t e d

lik e

d e a th ,

b y m o o n lig h t.

...t h e y h ad p a id th e
s a c r i s t a n a s u b s t a n t i a l sum s o t h a t t h e y m i g h t e n t e r
t h e c h u rc h a lo n e b g m o o n lig h t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 9 * 0 .
b y now .

A t th e p r e s e n t tim e ; a t

th is

tim e .

M i l d r e d w a s s t i l l a t w o r k o n t h e c a k e , w h i c h b j now w a s a t h i n g o f o v e r ­
w h e lm in g b e a u t y . . . ( C a i n , 8 ) .
B y new s h e w a s w e a r in g a l i t t l e b l u e a p r o n . . . ( G a in , 2 7 ) .
M i l d r e d , a l m o s t i n h y s t e r i a b y now w i t h w h a t s h e h a d b e e n t h r o u g h t h a t
d a y , f e l t a h o t i m p u l s e . . , v O a i n , bj)m
T he p l a c e . . . h a d a r u n - d o w n l o o k t o i t b j now
(C a in , 2 2 0 ).
B y n o w t h e r e a l i t y b e h i n d t h i s v i s i t w a s b e g i n n i n g t o d aw n o n M i l d r e d . . .
O T a , 1 9 5 ).
M i l d r e d , h a v i n g l e a n r e d t o n o t e s u c h t h i n g s b £ n ow , saw t h a t i t g a v e h e r
a p iq u a n t, f o r e ig n l o o k . . . (C a in , 2 3 9 ).
. . . t h e t r e m b l i n g h a d r e a c h e d M i l d r e d ' s m o n th b y n o w . . . ( C a i n , 1 5 5 ) .
. . . A r l i n e h a d p r o b a b l y t o l d e v e r y b o d y i n t h e r e s t a u r a n t b y n o w .. .
(C a in , 1 9 6 ).
. . . a d e v o t e d w o r s h i p p e r o f V e d a 's b y n o w . . . ( C a i n , 1 8 9 ) .
B y now t h e b o y s a l o n g t h e l i n e w e r e f e e l i n g c h e e r i e r . . . ( P y l e , U o h ).

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190-

By b o v . M ild r e d h a d s e n s e d t h a t V e d a ’ s b o re d o m w as p u r e a f f e c t a t i o n

(Sain, 206)•
B y n ow y o u 'v e l o o k e d o v e r t h e c a m p , a n d y o u ' r e I m p r e s s e d m o s t b y I t s
im p e r m a n e n c e
( T a n k , 6 *0 .
T h e p i a n o h a d b e c o m e a n o b s e s s i o n w i t h h e r b j n o w . . . ( C a i n , 1*1*0 •
B y near e v e r y t h i n g w a s a n I n d e s c r i b a b l y c a l d r o n o f s o u n d s
v P y l e , *135) •
b y -p a sse d .

H a v in g b e e n g o n e a ro u n d b u t n o t th r o u g h , a c r o s s ,

L ik e th o u s a n d s o f o th e r J a p
(T an k , 51> .
b y -p h o n e .

s o ld ie rs

on th e b y -p a s s e d S h o r t l a n d s ,,•

By m eans o f a te le p h o n e ;

th ro u g h th e u s e o f a te ls p h o n e ,

• • • c o u ld s i t i n h i s p y ra m id a l t e n t a t d i v i s i o n
m e n t a l r e p o r t e r s b £ -p h o n e
( T a n k , *K>).
by p la n e .

By m eans o f a n a i r p l a n e ;

T hey t r i e d

to

OtP a n d e g g o n h i s

(T an k , 1 5 0 ).

tra in ;

th ro u g h th e u s e o f a r a i l ­

• • • th e y h a d s u c c e e d e d to a p o i n t w h e re B r i t i s h p a p e r s
n o t m a in ta in a w e s te rn f r o n t b y r a i l
( P y l e , 321) .
by r o ta .
ta tio n

P r o a m e m o ry ; b y h e a r t
o f w h a t i s m e m o ris e d ).

(th is

s a i d G e rm a n y c o u l d

im p lie s no p e rs o n a l in te r p r e ­

L e e d s s a i d , w ith w h a t e v id e n t ly w as t h e m anner o f o n e r e c i t i n g
" I n t h e sa m e w a y . . . "
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 9 ).
by th e s c o re *
By tw e n tie s ;
i n l a r g e n u m b e rs.

re g i­

th ro u g h th e u s e o f a n h l r p l a n e .

d ro p u s r a t i o n s b y p l a n e , • •

by r a i l .
B y m ea n s o f a r a i l r o a d
ro a d tr a in .

o v e r.

by g ro u p s o f tw e n tie s ;

b£ r o te ,

h e n c e , b y e x te n s io n

P la n e s b y th e s c o r e r o a r e d o v e r a n d d ro p p e d t h e i r d e a d ly l o a d s . . .
( P y l e . S l T : ---------by th e

s id e

o f.

A t th e s id e o f;

by;

c lo s e

to .

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c a r r i e r l y i n g i n a d i t c h " T T a h k , 51) •

1 , W ith o u t h a v in g s e e n b e f o r e .

. . . 'e r e

is

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2 . K n o w in g , b e i n g a c q u a i n t e d w i t h ,

(G a in , 2 1 8 ),

o n e 's a p p e a r a n c e , f a c e , l o o k s ,

e tc .

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(T an k , 2 0 2 ) .
by th e

h is

s k in o f —— _ ts e th *

. . . h e w as J u s t h a n g i n g
( P y l e . 216) .
by s u rp ris e .

by th e n .

B a re ly ;

on b y th e

S u rp ris in g ly ;

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try in g

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as a s u rp ris e .

guns by s u rn s is e . . .
tin e ;

te e th ,

(T an k , 1 2 5 ).

a t a d e s ig n a te d t i n e .

He w o u ld h a r e p r o b a b l y b e e n o n h i s w ay h o m e b y t h e n
(P y le , 3 3 6 ).
They w e re p a s s i n g t h r o u g h S an B e r n a r d in o b y th e n a n d A lf h a d t o l d
J e f f r e y . . . ( M a r q u a n d , U 76 ) .
To g e t t h e n o n e y . a n d o o r e r o n e o r tw o o t h e r t h i n g s t h a t h a d oam e
b y th e n , sh e d ip p e d i n t o th e re s e rv e s o f th e c o rp o ra tio n
( C a i n , 2 H2 ) .
By t h e n , q u i t e a f e w p e o p l e w e re th e r e : M rs. P lo y d , M rs. H a rb a u g h , M rs.
W h itle y , W a l l y .. . ( C a d n , 1 0 7 ).
b y J jh u n d e r.

(A m i l d

" B y t h u n d e r .11 M r . J e n k s
"!5y t h u n d e r , ” M r . J e n k s
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...a

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b y th e w ay.

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o f n in e ,

o a th u se d a s

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s a id
(M a rq u a n d , 16) .

agency of a ra ilro a d
w ho h ad a ls o

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th e

w ay,

tra in ;

on a t r a i n .

come dow n b y t r a i n

(T an k ,

l l 6) .

n o t on t h e m a in t o p i c .

. . . a s u b s ta n c e , b y
1 5 . 19^7. 22) .
By th e w ay. P e r r y ,
(G a rd n e r, 86) .
By th e w ay, s i r . C
5
* k e way — . w h a t

th a t w ill not flo a t

a p t . C h i l d e r s w a s h e r e y e s t e r d a y . • • ( T a n k , 2 3 7 )*
i s t h i s S p a n w e h e a r s o m uch a b o u t !
(T an k , 8 * 0 .

b y w ay o f .
1. B or p u rp o s e s

o f.

t h e r e ’ s no q u e s tio n ab o u t

(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I , l e b .

th e i d e n tity

o f th e o ld n an

" S o n e o n e saw a r a b b i t , ” a s o l d i e r s a i d b y w ay o f e x p l a n a t i o n
( T a n k , 1 U7 )
B a r k i s r s a i d , b y w a y o f c o r r e c t i o n a n d w ith o u t re n e w in g h i s p i p e , "H o t
th e K lo n d ik e , t h e T n n a n a ."
( G a rd n e r, 8) .
" H i, P a u l , ” s h e s a i d , b y w ay o f g r e e t i n g
(G a rd n e r, 9 C ).
He s a i d , "M ake a c o m p l e t e r e p o r t b y w ay o f c o n f i r n a t l o n a n d s e n d i t on
by a l m a l l ...”
( G a r d n e r , € & -5 )•
. . . s u b s t a n t i a t e a s p u r i o u s c la im m ade b y w ay o f J u s t i f i c a t i o n t o t h e
n e p h e w t h a t h e a c t u a l l y w as t h e B i l l H o g a r ty w ho h a d b e e n w r o n g e d .. .
(G a rd n e r, 212) .

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. ..C o e p a n y K c o n tin u e d i s w i t h d r a w a l b y w ay o f th e t r a i l
(Y a n k * 2 h l ) .
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ro a d
( Y a n k , 2h l ) .
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th e

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t h o s e s t r a n g e H ew Y o r k

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o f n o t l f e s u c h a s y o u saw s o l d b g w e ig h t
s h o p s . . . (M a rq u a n d , 9 8 ) .

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ta x ic a b .

1 8 4 2 HBD.

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Z c a n 't b oy a n o r a r c o a t ," h a t o l d th a c h h d r i r a r .
"p arh ap s 1 c an
fin d ...
(O a rd e a r, 1 2 1 ).
T h a c a b d r l w a r lo o k e d a t h im I n a a a s e a e n t
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 1 ).
c a fe s o c ie ty .
P e o p l e w ho a p a n d a n u n d u e a a o u n t o f t i n e
e lu b a ; n ig h t c lu b h a b itu e s .
. . . s o m e th in g t h a t n a k a a h a r t h i n k h a * a J u s t a p la y b o y ,
S o c ie ty an d th a t n ak aa h a r a n d * ••
(M a rq u a n d , 2 8 8 } .

i n n ig h t

J u s t C afe

caked with.
Thoroughly and completely c orerad with and haring • hard
surffcoe, aa dried and.
In s te a d o f b e ard ed f ig u r e s ,
w ith
'I s q u i r e * g o in g b y . . .
(T a n k , 3 9 ) .
B fllk B . f i l 1 fit.*

1 la rg e p ie c e

• • • s e r e r a l dom an t w o - f o o t c a k e s
8 figJGt,

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ic e ...

(T a n k , 2 3 3 ) .

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to

fiBkB. o fi.

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tc

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a

bacona s t i f f

o a k n q £ a q b b .* • • • ( C a i n ,

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one can sp eak p r ir a ta ly .

91

on.

s t i f f e n i n g a n d t h a d i r t fiBttkARL fiA y o u r b o d y .

• • • M r s . Q e s s l e r , w ho
te

i s a c o lo n e l o u t o f

(T a n k , 4 8 ) .

t h a t th a one b e in g c a lle d

(C a in , 2 1 3 ).

s te p a s id e ;

t o a s k a n o t h e r t o g o w h e re

S h e t o l d T o a s y £& j d U M r. B e r a g o n i f l f l f a n d t e l l h i a s h e h a d b e e n
d e ta in e d on b u s in e s s .
(G a in , 2 4 8 ) .
to

c a ll
to .
o n e 's a t t e n t i o n t o .

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n o t i c e s o m e th in g ;

to a s k

I w a l l y o u r s t | | n t 4 ftn t o t h i s k n i f e . D o c t o r , a n d n o t a s k y o u . . .
v 5 a rd n a r,I3 o 7 .
. . . h i s a i d e s w e re f u l l o f s t o r i e s a b o u t how h e s t a y e d i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d
r a t h e r t h a n c a l l a t t e n t i o n jUL IlUUULLZ* * •
(P y le , 3 0 7 ).
B e f o r e t h e s p e a k i n g . >. h e w o u ld l i k e £ & flllU L a t t e n t i o n
sons d is ­
tin g u is h e d g u e s t s .. .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 ) .
• • . e a c h b o y o r y i n g a t t h e t o p o f h i s l u n g s if l. b b UL a t t e n t i o n J g h i a s e l f .
(P y le , 2 2 7 ).

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l a re tu rn *

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h ln back?
( G a r d n e r , 1 9 8 )*
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w e re o k ay
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 1 -3 ).
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( le v T o rk e r, X X ll,f e b . 1 5 , 1 9 4 7 , p * 2 3 ).
A nd t h e n t h i s o o n .- .f i f t l l l d . hB S k • r e o ig a o d a n s w e r - - •
(P y le , 1 8 6 ).
te

c a ll & b lu ff.
p re te n s e e an d t h a t

To l o t a n o t h e r know t h a t o n e
ho i* n o t fo o le d ly it*

ooooth ro u g h

h ie

- • • o h o w o n d e re d how l o n g o h o c o u ld h o o p u p t h e p r e t e n s e e n d w h e th e r
s h e c o u ld g e t a n o th e r jo b b e f o r e h e r b l u f f w as
(C a in , 7 4 )*
t o fiflJ J t I k BMM l*

Vo s p e a k t o a p e r s o n a n d t o

ssg r h i s n o n e *

" B u t j o u d i d n ' t c a l l J J j i t o u k a n d y o u c o u l d n 't p l a c e h i e d u r i n g t h e
t i n e h e w ee w a itin g * *•
( G a r d n e r , 1 4 1 )*
A r t i s t s s h o u l d fif tU . e a c h o t i » f t o t h e i r f i r s t aiM U L ( M a r q u a n d , 1 8 0 ) *
• • • o n e o f t h o s e t e a c h e r s w ho i s t h e b o y s 1 " b e s t f r i e n d " , w ho c a n a l l o w
t h e b o y s £ & k U h JjL
h i s f i r s t Q ggg. a n d s t i l l b e a t e a c h e r • • •
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 3 )*
D id y o u e r e r h e a r y o u r u n c l e f i i U , U k I f f fig g g T (C a r d n o r ,
133) •
to

c a l l daw n.

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. »• s o T e rs L l t i n e s
*£ S& H
1-

to

s c o ld -

T onny dow n f o r d r i r i n g to e f a s t

(C a in , 2 3 0 ).

iSJL

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to

ask fo r.

" . . . b r i n g b e e r f r o u t h e ic e b o x w hen I c a l l f o r i t * - * "
( C a in , 1 5 1 )*
• • • C a n - S i r H a r o l d A l e x a n d e r S ftU g d L tffiC * f i w e - d a y l e a f l e t b a r r a g e
(T a n k , 1 3 8 ) .
L t * C o l* C o r n e t t - . . f l r i l l d L f o r r e i n f o r c e n e n t s
(T an k , 3 5 1 ) .
M any o f t h e s e h a d b e e n c a l l e d f o r - . * t o t h e a u d i e n c e * • •
( C a in , 2 4 1 )*
Z f y o u h aw s a n y t r o u b l e , J u s t « a l 1 f o r n o o r a s k M ild re d
( C a in , 1 3 4 )*
3*

To s p e c i f y ;

to

in d ic a te *

T h en o u r o u t f i t fo u n d i t s e l f w ith fe w e r w e h ic le s th a n w as c ^ i i a s
th e ta b l e o f b a s ic a llo w a n c e s •• *
(T a n k , 1 3 9 ) .
3*

To w i s i t f o r ;

A w a ite r c a lle d

fo r

to

cone to

g e t*

th e d is h e s a t te n - f o r ty *

(G a rd n e r, 6 3 ) .

fo r in

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4*

So y o ll

• • *hoto
• ••h o
to

fo r;

to

sp o o k lo u d ly fo r*

H ill fo r o
hand
(T a n k * 1 6 ) •
f o r h l i b u d d y t o th ro w U a o o r o

(T o o k * 1 7 ) *

c o ll hoop*
So d e s i g n a t e o p l o e o o o o n e 's hoop*
o e o r t o i o p lo e o b u t " c a l l a n o th e r p lo c o h o o p " .)

(O n e n a y l i v e

la

T h a c o l o n e l ' s t o n t o a t o w a s L i e u t e n a n t C o l o n e l O u s e l G o d f r e y * w ho u s e d t o
b o p r i n c i p a l o f a h ig h s c h o o l a t A b b e n v llle , S o u th C a r o lin a , b u t ho
c a l l e d C l i n t o n h i e h f ig g
( P y le , 9 6 )*
to

1|.
So re q u e s t a n o th e r to v i s i t one*
o f f i c i a l w ls lt o r a r a th e r in p o rta n t one*)

(S h is i a p l i o s a n

H t f i t U i l ISL b i t s e r g e a n t s ( P y l e * 3 4 6 ) *
Ho
l i h i s e n g i n e e r s (T a n k * 1 6 7 ) .
Sons a re
i f t U o MPa
(T a n k * 6 2 ) •
f * * > » 4 i » l * * w—
t>4 « s t a f f
• . b a c k i n t h e 1 7 7 0 's * * *
(T a n k , 2 3 6 )*
• * * L t * G en * G e o r g e 8 * P a t t o n J r * * • •
J g p s y e h o lo g le a l-w a rfa re non
a n d t o l d t h e e h o w a n te d a B i l l i o n l e a f l e t s d r o p p e d * • •
(T a n k * 1 2 8 ) *
T hen th e y th o u g h t Z h ad a a l a r l a , so th e y f t t ' H
l g a c o u p le o f I t a l i a n
o a l a r i a e x p e r t s f r o a d o w n t h e h ig h w a y
(P y le , 4 6 ).
• • • t h e v a r i o u s b a t t a l i o n s t a f f s o f o u r r o g i o s n t w e re
la * * *
(P y le ,
fiiCd**

4 s n a i l c a r d w i t h o n e 's n a n s p r i n t e d

o r e n g ra v e d u p o n i t

S h e d o e r l e a a i n f a n t r y f i g h t e r s • • * w e re h a v i n g a w o l c o o s b r e a t h i n g s p e l l
w hen I d ro p p e d a ro u n d to le a v e a y g g U la g c a r d
(P y le , 2 5 1 )•
. . . a V e n e tla h g ild e d a l r r o r ab o v e i t an d a s i l v e r p l a t s f o r c a l l in n
c ard s
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 4 )*
f ta .T H w * l i s t .

▲ lis t

o f n a a o s o f p e o p le w hoa one w is h e s to v i s i t *

▲ s y a p a th ls e r le d th e a to th e h o u se o f th e f iv e f a s c i s t s
lis t
(T a n k , 26) •
to

c a ll i t

&

Amor*

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f o r th e d a y ;

to

o n th e n i g h t 's

q u it*

T o u 'd t h i n k t h a t a f t e r a s n u e h w a r a s h e h a d s e e n , a n d a f t e r
b re a d th e x c a p e , he n ig h t have b een re a d y to c a l l j j , g d a r
to

c a l l g p tf i& lB C ”
g a th e r f o r a n ee tin g *

re q u e st o f f ic ia lly

such a h a ir ­
(P y le , 1 2 2 )•

t h a t a g ro u p , o r g a n is a tio n ,

W hen t h e c o l o n e l r e t u r n e d f r o a h i s c o n f e r e n c e h e c a l l e d g g g g i i B C ° T a l l
h i s c o a p a n y c o n n a a d e rs* * *
(T a n k , 5 0 )*
to

g y i g gggg.
To s a k e a d i s p a r a g i n g r e a a r k a b o u t o n e ; t o u s e a
t a b o o w o rd i n c o n n e c tio n w ith one*

I

h ia a
1 1 3 ).

f i g h t i n g f lg g g , a n d w e n i x e d a l l o v e r t h e p l a c e

(G a rd n e r,

-196-

to call - off.

So postpone;

to end;

to stop*

Tho Germans«.called off the • x t d a t i o u (Ttak, 221)*
•••the conductor bod
tbo robooraol off (Coin, 2 M ) .
Many bad dates, but did not dare to call tboa off (Pyle, 353)*
12.2ftll 2ft*
1,

To visit*

It aas exactly what Alf had been signing that day when he 2ft1‘Vfl on Jeffrey
at tbo City Boon of tbo old ahoet
(barquoad, 277)*
Hla nind went book to tho
Harasses'front porch
that firsttlmshahod
PA Louella***(barquoad, 260)*
I told her I wanted to know sonething about the aan who bad called on
barcia Whittaker (Gardner, 10)*
•••boys Char lay's age and
queer callow youths who werebeginningtocall
on Owen (barquoad, 356) •
• ••after fiedde and Iked bod bought it they rode around tbo country
g g U J a g pft ***• 1*** of the old not ires •. • (bar quoad, 106) •
Jeffrey still could feel a quiver of dislike when he thought of all the
rows of little bouses where everyone ffHiV'tff fift everyone else***
(barquoad, 304).
“Ton
pft bla whore he'd had an apartaent under the none of L.C.Conway,”
bason said (Gardner, 107)*
bason csld, "Tou 26iLltdL 2ft John Mllicant at tea-five last night" (Gardner, 1<
"Tou're going pftUJLlft 2ft * lady," bo said (Gardner, 158)*
He told the clerk he'd call on Mr* Salth (Gardner, 116)■
One day she entered an office building and, beginning at the top floor,
2ft every firm, ••• (Coin, 40)•
Harold started PftULlftg. fi& *e, and one day ho and Louis ran into eaoh other
in the elevator (Gardner, 167)*
That night the nayor of the town and other influential Italians *Tif11ftl 2ft
as (Tank, 12)*
•••bo never
on Louella until the spring of bis last year at college
(barquoad,178}*
Admit that you g f * * ^ on him, claim that you don't know what time it was*••
(Gardner, 117).
Leads went downstairs £2. *rV1 2ft Millcant (Gardner, 183)*
Then they began talking about the children, about the boys who were
to gftUL 2ft Gwen*•• (barquoad, 102) •
2.

To request;

to ask.

"If there is anything 2 can do any time. Just call on m e •• •" Marquand, 269).
...Mr* Kettering has made a charge of such gravity that I feel I should
2ftUh on you for an explanation*• • Gardner, 205)*
S n ow

on a l l

t h e m en t o

g e t in to

th e p la n e

(T a n k , 2 0 8 ) •

Tou're eertainly not called pft to 60 any great amount of worrying
(Gardner, 176)*
•••any time you want anything pulled around here, don't be afraid to pftjLL
on me*•• (Gardner, 45).
" I f t h e r e 's a n y th in * I c a n d o ,"

he s a id ,

" d o n 't h e s i t a t e

t o p&UL p f t m e* "

a

3* To request aid* Mslatsno* froa*
"And you needn't call on your gods and little fishes..." (Cain. 158)*
▲s Bert listened unhappily, Mr. Pieroe kept
14 ^ on or* Aldous, as a
sort of referee (Gain, 109)*
They
on the dire boabers and give thea the location (Tank, 159).
to

on the phsfift*

To telephone one;

to phone one*

• ••she would eoapel Veda to fiftll her on the phone*.»

(Gain, 214).

1ft fiftU. sal1*

To shout; to yell; to speak loudly*

Then 1 got within ahout fifty yards he looked up, let out a yell, and
out.•• (Pyle, 96) •
As 1 passed doorways soldiers would
out to as***
(Tank, 404).
One fellow, seeing a friend,
out. "I think 1'a gonna aaka her*"
(Pyle, 49).
• ••the roiees of icenon, who, in soiled trucks rolling slowly through the
neighborhood, ^ ^
gut, in a defiant sing-song, "I-eel I ’cel"
(lew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 19).
finally everybody stopped and flffi,1
n l to each other in order to get
reasseabled (Pyle, 200).
As I walked away he
gn|*>.
(Pyle, 190)*
Tex
out directions to Sweeney (Yank, 16) •
•••the gsn coaaander
Qft&» "On target I" (^rle, 391).
•••when the soldier saw the light he called out**. (Pyle, 396).
• ••suddenly one of the boys fiftUftdL flftfc.* "I*ookl Ihat's that?" (Pyle, 393).
When he passed a bunch of engineers boiling and sweating to create a bypass
around a blown up bridge he would gall. out. "You're doing a nice Job
here"...
fcrle, 308)*
The aajor leaped up and
gg&t "Take position, aen" (Yank, 59).
Oodaaionally, shea he was wounded badly, he would call out... and tha
asdics would aake a dash for hia (Pyle, 252).
•••soaebody heard hia call out plaintively..• (Pyle, 249).
• ••one of the real veterans in our eoapany
out to the gabby skinner.
(Pyle, 203).
The other lieutenant now called out. "You on the ri^ht, watch the left
side of the street*••" (Pyle, 401).
Aa^soayyne^walked ^ ^ a t hia into Batt II he ^ft11
out. "Lend a hand, you
•••the non heard hia ^ U . out» "Don't, boys..." (Yank, 145).
"Miss Gertrude Lade," he
fifth (Gardner, 201).
He could still hear Minot
out the naass (Marquand, 221).
I called out to ask if it was an aid station...
(Yank, 168).
...when the Prince « * n a d out in a sharp staccato tone a door slid open.**
(Marquand, 374).
Another Jap called out: "Where are you, P CoapanyT" (Yank, 54).

-198-

2. To nunoa; to raqolrt to aisutla.
Mr. Fernald sold that ho had hired hia only bo cause XLaer Quins, oho
handled the donestic neve* had been
out with the Ketional
Quard..*
(Marquand, 194).
to call irror.

To request another to cone to one*

The najor called the three orer and asked then what they were doing
(Tank, 182).
i n nail the roll.
To call the names of
a class, a c o m p a n y of soldiers, and the
present and who is absent*

those in
like, to

a

Outside, Sgt* Crud «silori £££ roll (Tank, 102)*
• ••but there is no need to ggUL the roll of those*..

group suchas
deteraine who is

(Marquand, 27)*

flftH algmli*
To plan the strategy and give the directions
(froa football in which in days past the quarterback actually shouted
nuabers which indicated certain plays)*
• ••Mr. Roosevelt, not to be outdone, had
stated that he was the quarter­
back who
the lJLfXUhLl. (Marquand, 211)*
to

soul

(one’s ) own*

To be Independent; to have self-

respect*
• ••at least a aan could d U . bis isaL bis ggg
to rtmH ^ taxi*

To suanon a

And then he added a aoaent later,

(Tank, 122)•

taxi*
"Let’s figU. flL ltti>

Jeff"(Marquand, 233)•

to d l l ifi. UUL
EtiMtiL*
Vo require one to go to the chair
in which witnesses give testiaony in court for the purpose of testi­
fying.
"I will figUL Freeaan Leeds £ g JJag. l&ggfL"
to w a n the turn.

(Qardner, 137).

To predict; to tell what is to happen in the future.

"I like to think of the boys in the old shop getting on, butWialtor—
how could he
the turn on
anythingT" (Marquand,21).
Anri every
he's ever d l l l i is wrong because he isn't a newspaper
■an (Marquand, 21)*

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To phonos to telephone,
• ,,Stew
u p long-distance...
(Pylev 263) •
,«»he's quit# a friend of nine — end I
hia p p and ho ankad b o
to c o m down (Marquand, 579)*
■Ms'll sill SB. JIb tonight (Marquand, 581) «
I'll pgU, hln p p thin aorning (Marquand, 309)*
"Sinclair oallod no pp, and ho uanta you. particularly (Marquand, 309),
■Tea," Jeffrey said, "and if you want anything, p g H Sft Minot,”
(Marquand, 411),
If Teda had
her u p , , ,
(Cain, 211)*
"dad if I die on tho way," ho aaid, "Just
p p Milton and open tho
tin hex" (Marquand, 406),
p p not so long ago (Marquand, 396),
Vow, suppose you call b o p p and got an okay to ho
sure there'snoBitch
(Gardner, 102),
Vhen Madge ppUftB p p that night — I suppose sonething Just hits soneone
suddenly, sons tines (Marquand, 480)*
,,,that's how Z c u b s to fipUL jot p p (Cain, 210),
Yes, she pgJJLp& as pp,,,
(Cain, 210),
▲ad she'll ppUL you pp,,,
(Cain, 210),
Then — fipll, hia p p (Cain, 183),
Do you want as to fiftU hia ppt (Cain, 183),
...Bert flilliiflP to inrite her to tho broadcast (Cain, 208),
Don't know who to jh JJL pp, say thanks,,,
(Cain, 216),
«,,she know ho had
p p tho agents,,,
(Cain, 222),
I don't noon I don't want to see tho faaily hut I
p p Sally and
we're going out soasplsoe (Marquand, 61)•
•QaJLL as p p as soon as you got there," she said (Marquand, 355),
Ho would not hare dr eased of suggesting it, if Jia had not
pp,,,
(Marquand, 369),
So she
gp,,,
(Cain, 133),
If you don't Just say so and all I'we got to do is call p p and tell her,,,
(Cain, 41),
,,, they
her p p and agreed to take two dosen a week (Cain, 68),
,,,Monty
p p to know if she had cold foot (Oain, 161),
Vhen,,,Audrey•«,called p p to say they couldn't get there,,,
(Cain, 160),
»,,she SPllld, 1 1 Wally (Cain, 150),
,,, so sued out of tho question aerely to call pp tho editors,,, (Cain, 238),
•••then tho Bowl began s g U p g pp, saying they had another lovely box
available,«« (Cain, 238),
You M U , that idiot p p and tell hia you're not coming(Cain, 162),
, ,, I 't o already c a l l e d hia p p (Cain, 199),
I'a going to ppJJL. p p Mally Burgna (Cain, 199),
,«,she suggested that Yeda call p p soao of her friends*,,(Cain,
188),
Certainly call her p p (Cain, 226),
,. ,a few of us occasionally called each other p p and got together for a
neal (Pyle, 301),
I had noticed your nano and I aeant to SftUL You pp sonetlae (Pyle, 317),
I tried to call you p p when they Jumped Horway, and you'd gone (Marquand,
121) .
I'a going to fiftUL hia p p and ask hia (Marquand, 86),
jd

-z u u -

ta

flan*
lo settle o m 'i enotions: to teooai nornal — ottonally
oftor a great eaotloial stress.

■This la no thine*" Zorn sold* eridently trying to S&Im .ae d u n
(Tank, 15).
Pletrasak had s a l n l down sonewhat...
(Tank, 168)*
. • .Mildred triad ifl. fiflJJL down
(Cain, 194)*
Haring nado thia clear, lira* Lanhardt triad jg.
in***
(Cain, 194)*
Jaffray wished that Minot would
IfiJOt (Marquand* 567).
to s a n n ttiUJL*
lo puraua ona; to follow ona carefully; to ho
attentive to ona*a norenents.
I ...aant a aaa down to carer that apartment, and wa continued flBBBlAK fid
Sully Milicant1a trail (Qardnar, 61)•
can ha had*

Can he obtained; can ha got.

Mildred'a infornation was that it
half...
(Cain, 2 2 2 )*
*canceled' to

ha fagi for twenty-eight and a

▲ hank check (ohaqua) which has bean paid and narked
ahow it has bean paid*

She took tha
(Qardnar, 7J.

check froa har purse, and handed itto M u o n

fiMdJA. flNMCi*
A snail oanara with a lens capable of taking pictures
of parsons and things in action.
(It is called 'candid1 because tha
subject is usually’ not posed.)
▲ sallow young nan with a
canara was wearing his way between two
Filipinos... (Marquand, 341).
fc fittAU fihfl&fiSESEh*

An unposed photograph, picture, nado ty a canara.

It renindad Jeffrey that Sinclair alweya liked to hare
of those parties (Marquand, 341-2).

photographs

m b h t bar.
A portion of candy usually individually wrapped and nost
often selling for fire or ten cents.
(Cf.
a l. SfiJBdZ.*)
••.handed a SflgdJL ^>ar to esush nan in the forward coapartnent

(Tank, 118).

can
hackCan get it returned: can get possession ones.
(This lnplles bns no longer wants it.)
I're had this war, and they ££& hare it

any tine they want

SfiBfifiA
Canned regetables, neats, nilk, and the like,
generic tern for all canned foods).
...we took our box of

stuff and in we went

(Pyle, 408).

nor#.
(Tank, 116).
(a

saa Bfil u i a iliafood*

*ot to bar* an appotitos

Still others gw nHw't oat & bite
filft aat halo*

to have no desire for

(Pyle, 57)*

Can not keep from; can not avoid.

We
halo liking a lot of the Italians (Pyla* 118)*
On# could not halo hat he moved hy the colossus of our invasion

(Pyla*

4 6 6 ).
I i w i a i i U halo hat think of a paragraph of one of Joseph Conrad's saa

stories...(Pyla* 16).
.••tha government of Japan was roach lag the conclusion that Germany
not halo hut win tha war (Marq.nand, 387)*
I couldn't h|]£ tliBi proud of those nan* who gave nore than was asked
(Pyla, 73).
It
halu
a moving and daprasslng experience, and yet there
was something good about It too (Pyla, 48)*
"▲IfI* Sthel said, hat she g*«id not help laughing(Marquand,
158)*
SMA saar thi«.
point*
Wall, I s m
141).

One Is able to make a positive statement concerning a

ear this —

SAA tPtfj for.
behalf of.

our troops ware Just as lapatlant for Borne

(Pyla,

One can make a statement In lieu of; one can speak In

I can't answer for that part of tha army ...but I think I £g& speak XflC, the
front-line combat soldier (Pyla, 137).
gwi't do * n n n A for.
happy, contented.

To do everything to make anothercomfortable,

▲t any rate, he was there all day and he
119).
figBL aot i£ft|£. the waff.

do *no«gh for us

Wot to be able to endure the situation.

...be Is rejuvenating some privet that couldn't
Elis Park (Hew Torker XXIII, June 28, 1947, 19).
can not £gkB. eves cff.
watch.

(Pyle,

the snff

To feel forced to continue tolook at,

In Jacob
observe,

On the Point Calora road crater Job there were two men I couldn't take MX.
eves off (Pyle, 71).

MJEfc li*

Can endure hardships, discomfort, insults, and tha Ilka*

Tha colonal was fifty ysars old — proof that middle-aged man of tha rl^it
frama of mind £gg taka it at tha front (Pyla, 96).

I T f l l * camo.

▲ large cup, aada of aluminum or plastic, issued to
soldiers. Xt is so desi&ied that it fits orer tha eantaen to make a
compact unit for carrying.

Each nan had to 'bring his omn. ..£ag£!flA cun

qm lII

iaim. 11

(Pyla, 33?).

z lifc -

▲ parson is unable to retain his possessions after his death*
is a play entitled You
Xakft.
U l k Ton.)
Ha

U kM . I t with him

SMA won heat IhfljL*
intensive.)

(Thera

(Marquand, 73).

(in exclamation of annoyance or approval used an

The lights, a nickel apiece — say, they're Christmas tree bulbs, figg. m
beat that?
(Cain, 118) .
Veil, £g& rou bent
(Cain, 67).
to be ooTmbio of.
ability for.

To have the ability of; to have the ingenuity sad

...she
canable of plans, schemes, or intrigues.•• (Cain, 219).
The idea that generals are the only kind of Army personnel capable
fig u rin g o u t..*

to can it |]^.

(Y a n k , 1 3 7 ) .

To come as a climax; to climax a situation.

▲ad to cam it alt a lone donkey at Just the right dramatic moment in his
hideous cacophony would 1st loose a long sardonic heehaw that turned our
exasperation into outraged laughter (Pyle, 76).
can mis tel.
of powder.

▲ toy pistol which harmlessly explodes a vary small charge

The pistol was so small it looked like a cap pistol..*

(Yank, 12).

table.
The dining table atwhich
thecaptain
of a ship
eats. (It is considered an honor
toeatat thecaptain'stable while
on a cruise.)
Xt had been a fine ship, and they had sat at £hd Captain's table...
quand, 225).

(Mar-

la. fiAEft. lax*
1.

To loro; to btvo a doop affection for*

I ear# enough £fi2L
•© that I roalimod ho n s la danger of heiag Tietini sod hy an unscrupulous adTontaroos*.. (Gardner, 133)*
"On tho contrary, I really oaro for hia," Carrol rotor tod
(Gardner, 133)*
2* To tond; to tako oaro

of; to holp; to

assist*(Cf. la lAkfe fitiEE fi£)

• ••Book offorod to aid tho pharmacist's aatos in fiKifiC for tho wounded
(Tank, 46)*
Minot did not Bind his haring an affair 'bscau.so such a contingency
was
for in sororal paragraphs in tho hook of rule a (Marquand, 247).
to ha

of.

To ho considerate of; to tako pains with*

They called it their "20 skillet", and wore
washed it sometimes (Pyls, 269).
to gift & bfifil*
indifferent•

(Also in cars of*)

(Tank, 163).

At, to, as a temporary address.

1*11 wire you all the details ***** o f the Portland airport
to cars to

oron

lot to ears at all; to hareno feelings; to ho

Mo, I don*t oaro one hant ahout the hank aecount
cars of*

pX it —

(infinitlro)•

(Gardner, 105).

To want, desire, to*

If there were wounds on the two Qeraaas, he did not see then, and ho
m
not fioxs. Ifl. look* •• (Marquand, 234) •
She took throe hoxeo* •• fooling sure that there would ho enough for
herself...and such few people as she would cars h i inrito (Cain, 238)*
Cgt hop.
a . waitress usually, soaotiaes a waiter, who serres food
and drink to custoaers in their autoaohiles.
'figt
are instructed to he friendly with patrons1 (Topeka Journal.
Apr. 24, 1940,
)*
...sorred hy little girls called "car hops" dressed in the uniforms
of sailors or cowgirls (Marquand, 428J*
to c a r p a t .

To nag; to scold; to talk disagreeably to.

He carped at her constantly*.•

(Cain, 145).

-ZUM—

flAC. B&fil*
A private arrangement u o b « people to thart an auto­
mobile to go to and from work (especially during World War II)•
MI don't believe I care for anything, thank you*
£11 BSSl" (Raadar's Digast, Dec., 1942, 138).

I'a just in thoir

to ha earriad away*
To haeoaa to subject to one's aaotions that one
hardly realises what la happening to one*
He had not realised how far ha had been carried away, until*..
(Marquand, 222)•
m rnnnA.

to

To transport, carry, fron plaee to place •

Tha average soldier couldn't carry a feather bad
(Pyla, 426 ).
to

n m T v mway*
transport•

with hia

To taka away; to taka (sone thing) and lease; to

One which wa will carry away with us until tha next aaatlng
ta

back.

Toreturn with carrying, transporting*

On tha return trip they figxlai Mtfik sal-rage —
and even tha dead (Tank, 59).
l a c*r*T tha ball*
the real work*

(Marquand, 42)*

broken rifles, clothing

To be responsible for a certain action; to do

• ••the one who bed eren talked to the reporters In football slang,
saying that he would try to carry Un. ball (Marquand, 560)*
to

e r w r hSM.*

The naae was
to T f n T off-

To becoae inpresslye; to show importance*
home In newspaper dispatches*••

(Pyle, 159)*

To take away; to renore*

When the wounded nan had been carried off* the captain looked at his
hands (Tank, 108)*
Soldiers of B Cospany did the drainage work. Installing pipes up to
six feet In dlaaeter la w*i»r▼ off the monsoon rains*.• (Tank, 178)*

is. carry

aa*

1* To continue to do one's part; to keep on at one's Job or the like
(this often Implies continuance In the farce of difficulties).

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Somm

of us to to ran • ducked, but tho Parisians Just laughed and continued
to asrry SUL (Pyle, 467) •
That's a post-operatiTo case, and I
& & tho host I oould
(Gardner, 38)*
Just taking roll call* fiuzx fljAI (Tank, 138) •
They woro o t o t horo to git arrerything thoy oould, so that thoy oould
m w t o a . ..
(Marquand, 248) •
Ho had r-T T * -? t t U a qusst for yengeanee (Gardner, 214) 1 'to
on nlno yoars, hut it w a s oloren for you (Cain, 260)*
Field kitehons woro being M t up and hofore lond hot food would roplaco
tho I rations tho soldiers had fUrr'fl* on with througiout tho first
day (Pyls, 29) •
2* To behaTe; to act.
Thoy playod Jokes on oseh other •••and
also (Pylo • 224) •

on Just like anybody

3* To misbehave; to aict undontlosanly or unlady-like*
Tho idea, fldEEXjJM, SUL like that with a narriod nan (Cain, 13)*
I told her right off, hut she hollared and
on so I put it on.
Just to keep her quiet (Cain, 69),
"Who hollared and
(Cain, 69).
4* To perform; to do, as one's business*
Tho nerehandising n s fiicdfli SUL it hurried shrill yells, like a girls'
dormitory after lights out*.*
(Tank, 116)*
5* To spook, talk, as to carry on a eonrorsation'.
It this point Jeffrey found it simpler to do what ho had done hofore,
to earrr on a monologue* •. (Marquand, 30)*
to figcxz, su l Aft AfififiBAt.*
To enter suns of money under a heading;
such as, capital stock, resorro, profit and loss*
•••it would he necessary to transfer swney from Reserve. .*to m n e n t
which was
on
“ "«"■* (Cain, 243)*
to

on th, books*
account hook*

Por months Pete was
(Tank, 191).
to carry t h r n n A .

To record; to enter as a record in an
on

bonk* as "killed in action"*.*

To enable one to complete successfully*

• *.he figured his gift of gab would carry him through... (Pyle, 182)
They*..hare built up the inner strength to carry ifagft through battle
(Pyle, 154)*

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t a f i B S X SBi*

1* To perform a task; to do something that has boon assigned to one*
Despite the high temperature* we decided one day early last week to
*awww out a long-standing project of ours and visit the Capuchin
monastery (hew Yorker* XX111, Sept* 6 , 1947* 19)*
The general*»*00— ended Pvt* Humphrey for S H E Z l a g «nt his orders* *.
(Yank, 179).
That determination of Pvt* Humphrey te carry out his orders is typical
of the Hegro soldiers**. (Tank* 179)*
He
out a death sentenoe when he has to, as part of his duties
of office (Gardner * 179)*
• ••and then there he was, a strange new man in cennand of a ship, sud­
denly a person with acute responsibilities, fiOSXXlAg fi&l with great
lntentnese his special, small part***
(Pyle, 17-18)*
Tor some reason it was never
out (Pyle, 220)*
• ..having given himself that command, he carried it out (Pyle, 303).
2* Te take away; to remove*
Hhen they finished they fipjrEffl out their own dishes
to

(Pyle, 337)*

over*
To take a trait, ability, from one Job, situation,
and the like, to another*

• ••Just civilians in uniform, who
to the battlefield many
of their peacetime habits A points ef view (Yank, Cl)*
She was fond of adventure, and the restrictions which were gayrlffl
ever as an afternath of the gay nineties*.. (Gardner, 180)•
to

£ uarasol*
To take a parasol with on (this does not
necessarily mean that the parasol is used for a sun shade)*

•••▼eda decided presently she would
to

£j)EiU2iiL*

g parasol

To enable one to complete successfully*

• ••he figured his gift of gab would carry
They*..have built up the inner strength to
(Pyle, 154).
to

figgXZ

up.

(Cain, 237)*

through... (Pyle, 182)*
t.h»m throwA battle

To transport forward; to carry to a place in advance.

There were Bren guns, and the Kiwis were setting up an antitank gun
gjQ. during the night (Yank, 60) *
to M W T
the like*

word*

To distribute news, information, orders, and

The Xts&ian grapevine parried tfcg word of their presence to the near­
town in allied hands* * • («rle, 153; *

to

s s e Sl

flXI*

To reaoTe; to tako avaj.

Soaetimes thoy would* •.pick four or fire u n fromeach toaa
thoa off soaewhere to dig ditches*..
(Tank, 185)*

and cart

& wtftnn a X fild&EftllSM.*
«*■ carton of cigarettes consists of ten
packages which contain twenty cigarettes each* In all, a carton
contains 2 0 0 cigarettes*
kach soldier was issued a carton of
•. .we took a carton flX. e l « r * t f ■...

1- ** (Pyle, 368)*
(Pyle, 354)•

10.
out fiX*
To cut through* to cut as a design in (this implies
a 'difficult task')*
fiff—
oat flX the nountainous Jungles of India and Burma, "The Boad to
Tokyo"*.*
(Tank, 177).
<»inTinj kwir*.
of hoiked meatat

▲ large, sharp knife usually used to cut portions
such as, fowls, roasts, and the like*

Kettering produced a bloodstained
(Gardner, 130)*
John w a s in there on the floor with the handle of a e a r r i n g kni-fo
st-st-s ticking*.•sticking* .. (Gardner, 74)•
case of hear*

Twenty-four bottles or cans of hear packed in a box*

Our aen preferred killing Japs to capturing then until a gglft. SttL beer
was offered for each captire (Tank, 55)*
to £ggb & cheek*

To exchange a bank check (cheque) for aoney*

The blonde who cwahad tha chawie gave the name of Marcia Whittaker
(Gardner, 9)*
fillftJfc&JMZL*
charging them*

customer who pays cash for purchases instead of

▲t the aoaent it seemed that the only cash customers were bootleggers,
but they all used llgit boats**• (Cain, 18).
152. cash
1* To exchange for aoney*
Two or three days after the first rush of Te terana ifl. gABk 1& their
bonds*..
(Mew Torker, XXIII, Sept* 13, 1947, 25)*
2* To earn, make, much money.
Anrj places that can read the handwriting on the wall are going to
cash 1a * .. (Cain, 148)

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fiftlk
A device used la business places to hold money
which It being used to conduct ths dolly 'business. It slso records
the amount of each sale and the aaounts withdrawn on a paper tape.
At the front end of this was a well-stocked cl&ur counter and a large
cash register presided over by a genial, fat nan...
(Gardner, 94).
To cast the beaa out of
STS.
To rid oneself of one's own sins,
alsdolngs, short-comings and the like.
(Part of a saying of Jesus.)
• •*a lot of us * - .should
to
1a StfcAl*
use of a mould.

the b a m out

our own ares...

(Tank, 213) •

To form the melted metal Into shape through the

...she set her face as If It had been qast in Bftfryl —

(Cain, 208).

JSMIl iron atnmnh.
a stomach with which any and all foods agree;
a stomach which Is not upset by any food.
...it seemed that Jesse always had a ^ ■ t . lron
could eat anything (Marqu^ad• 275).
to cast off.

To throw off;

The lines were cast off and we

and...still

to disengage*
pulled out.

(Pyle, 256).

cantor oil.
An oil extracted from the castor bean and used as a
cathartic, purgative.
We'd raid the Fascist headquarter & and grab their stock of bottled
castor oil
(Tank, 26).
castor oil treatment.
The giring of huge doses of castor oil to
prisoners as a method of punishment or retaliation.
...we gave them the castor-oll treatment first...
casual look.

(Tank, 26).

Unpretentious; unsophisticated look.

The new dress had a smart, casual look to it...

(Cain, 221).

An army officer who is not attached to any unit,
but who is being held in reserve as a replacement for those officers
who are killed, wounded, promoted, or in any other way removed from
their command.

figSBAl. o f f i c e r -

He

left fron old Camp Merritt Just across the river, with perhaps
two hundred other casual officers... (Marquand, 583).

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to

breath*
1* To inhale quickly and involuntarily usually froa surprise*
(Also used substantively*)

He heard her
her breath,, but he could not see her face
(Marquand, 125)*
...when the dress arrived, she fiKUfejL her treaty at the total effect
(Gain, 159)*
He
his breath and whispered "Jesus"*
(Cain, 29).
Then she
her breath as Bert's sasll enveloped her (<feln, 17)*
tfhen she got back she
her breath at what she saw (Cain, 116).
He reaenbered the QftMh of her breath when she saw hia (Marquand, 289) •
2 * To recover one's noraal breathing rate after exercise, emotional
disturbance and the like*
It was extraordinarily cool in the parlor* •.and we were glad Just to
sit there and
our
(Mew Tor her XXIII, Sept* 6 , 1947, 20)*
to catch | bun*
To get on a bus (with the purpose of going to a
place); to ride in a bus*
•••Ida hurrying out with a glance at the clock, as though she mi^it be
Mtlifl'flif ft. 3BUL (Cain, 64) .
to catch ________ 3a surprise.
discover, another suddenly*

To surprise another; to cone on,

Mildred, ******* wholly Iff. surprise, wanted to laugh and wanted to cry
(Cain, 86).
The parasol* ••SfiOdhS. ***• crowd ]gr surprise*•• (Cain, 239)*
to catch (a) cold*
To becoas infected with a cold; to becoae infected
with an upper respiratory infection*
• ••then she asked him if he was sure he had not fiftBgbfc. cold
to catch

ear*

(Marquand, 206).

To be heard and noticed by one*

Am in the case of Dietitian, she wasn't quite sure w h a t i t meant , but it
her ear these last few weeks. •• (Cain, 36).
to catch _ _ _ _ _ sore*
at one*

To get one's attention; to get another to look

The first nurse had Roy's wrist, and Mildred saw her catch Dr* Collin's
eve and glunly shake her head (Cain, 103)*
to sgipfe________ IftRflCL*
one*

To be attractive to one; to be desired by
a

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•••Mrs* Gassier*••seemed to aitah tho diners' XhBflSL* *• (Oala, 168).
It was tho squint, Sort confessed aftarioijr, that first
hie XaBSB.*
and convinced hia thero was "something to her" (Gain, 16).
to eatah firo»

To beeosm afiro; to eat oa firs*

• ••it broke ia two aad
fIra whan it hit (Pyle, 215)*
Ihoa soas gasoline
firo McClory throw hiaaolf oa tho eaptala* ••
(Pyl«. 34«)*
•••tho taak didn't catch firo (Pylo* 404)*
•••Sweeney aad Tox saw tho Ooraaa oateh XJflL * b ! trail saoka (Taak, 16)*
•••engineer said ho was afraid tho eagiae would
firo (Yank, 119)•
to oateh _
flat footed,
To eat eh, discover, find, soaooao ia saeh
a way that prompt dofoaso or other suitable roaetloa is impossible •
Tho italiaas wore
... aad froa that aoaoat tho story « m
oao of deadly Greek bayoaet chargee*•• (Topeka Journal, M o t * 14, 1940)*
"JLlaost as good as shea we fiflfly&jL that track conroy
eoar
hyltkyina last week" (Yank, 196) •
It flsaghl then both
PPttlflT tho only alstafce he aade was...
(Yaak, 49).
• ••we really
then flat-footed or they were pleaty seared of B-29
firepower (Yaak, 119)•
to

___ 2l*

To discover oao doing; to fiad oao performing*

She folt as if ifeft had beea

la, soas shaasful aet*.*

(Caia, 219)*

to
^ _ 4 ^ _______ MEM.*
To put one's eras around another
quite suidenly; to hog, eabraee, another quickly.
Then she

hia l a her arms

To MM&fill _____ l a DUL face.

(Cain, 97).
To hit one ia tho face •

It s a u U L hia square la Hut, f f T m- hung there a aoaent, then parted to
reveal tragic, injured d i m i t y
(Cain, 83).
to safcsh. l a
throat.
To get a eoastrletlon ia one's throat due
to iatense eaotioaal disturbance.
But something e w A t
(Cain, 87)7

ia Mildred's throat as he weat down the walk, •••

to ££k£kl it.
To be punished; to reeelve blows; to be beaten (this
implies that one is for one reason or another unable adequately to
defend oneself).
Then he caught it fron both sides (Pyle• 146).
When assault troepe are being attacked by land, and waiting ships are
it froa the air, believe as, the speed of unloading is eighty
important (Pyle, 1&-16).

ifi. f l l M _ _
M M *
vlth tho negative)•

Vo understand* to hoar one's

(often used

m u n

•••ho hod sintply foood hiaself aitting in o cornar with o polo hload
girl* - -whoso l y t te. ted Bfil s a t e i (Marquand, 30)*
to s i t e & Uft*
There a u

Vo go to sloop for o short tlae; to nop*

nothing to do so 1 wont hook la £ &

ft Utt

(Took, 61)*

to M t e flft*
Vo comprehend; to understand (this iaplloo ability to
porfora os o result of coaprehension) •
Ho hod nowor boon an ordorly boforo bat ho soon sSBJfefc fid
"lb didn't know nothing* ••bat wo g i t e i 8ft1
(Pylo. 278) •
"Tho Jops nowor did
ftft1 (Took. 185) •

1

Shan*

phroso designed

to

(Pylo* 310)*

reaaln In ono's oonory*

•••tho prune—picker who first drowned op that colorful ote'liUQUft***
(Took* 193).
to u t e
Eld teldld*
doing so as thing*
I

sB ilhi

to

Vo discower one In tho act; to find one

you Eldrteldld* risk* la tho act V1
siwht of*

(Coin* 44) •

Suddenly to see; to see.

*• ..within 100 yards of tho beach wo
sight of throe acre Japs. * . 11
(Tank* 192).
"I thought I suite!, ntete. fi£ soasbody skulking along behind no..•■
(Tank* 181).
.. .they fired when thoy «■"**»* «*ght of dark shapes against tho water
(Tank* 9).
to patch m > .
To cone to tho side of; to cone to sons thing or sonsono
to owertake; to follow and to overtake*
...and those who did not fight* but sowed In tho wake of the battles*
would not sftlfitk B A for hours (Pyle* 452).
• ••waited until the other car fluubl H B * little (Cain, 171).
As we c m h t m to within half a aile or so we could finally see the
running limits of other planes*•• (Pyle* 323)*
to

on.

To get that aaount which one has aissed or lost.

We traveled continuously* aowed oaap ewery few days, ate out. slept out*
wrote wherever we could and Just newer S B t e i HB. fift eleep, rest.
cleanliness. or anything else noraal (Pyle* 85)*

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ta cctch i]^ with.
a search*

To overtake; to roach tgr following; to find after

We

S B with the fleet and through the remaining hours of daylight
It worked slowly forward (^rle* 12)
We had
up with the aules and drawn along side then
(Pyle* 203)*
•••seeing he was about to get left behind* he just salvoed his bombs and
went streaking £ &
ut> with the foraatlon (Pyle* 206)*
But the fellow was lucky and fiftUfhf u p with the convoy (Pyle* 280)*
• ••the draft board fluubl HB. with hia (Taak, 183)*
I stopped and turned around to wait for him Afl. *******> up with me*
(Tank* 181).
When the mole trains beoaas scarcer we caught pp, with jeeps pulling loaded
trailers (Tank* 57).
Their barracks bags night ******* up with then sometime... (Pyle* 347).
• •.they would be glad when the service boys aad the field kitchens
fiUUSbS. OB. with then (Pyle* 385).
• ••looked over to where Della Street*
pp. with her fountain pen
on the rapid-fire conversation...
(Gardner, 1 7 1 ) ,
...they must get you sooner or later* but 1*11 go along until it catches
up ■***! ne
(Tank* 86)*
• ••it would probably jBdiflfaL B K with us a couple of weeks af ter we reached
the other side (Pyle* 352)*
When we caw**** u p with the tail end of the forward battalion* our driver
parked...
(Tank* 107).
He better do a run-out* and do It fast, before I £&&£&. p p with hin
(Cain* 199).
As we caught up with the Company K .. • (Yank, 241) .
to oatch
with ____________ d£2Q&.
To discover one In a state of
unpreparedness* to find one unprepared*
The static war.. .exploded with a suddenness that < a « A t the Japs with
their gpdd. Jown (Tank* 18).
caterpillar trawl.
An endless* joined track Inside which wheels turn.
The track* when the vehicle on which it is used* Is In notion* furnishes
a constantly firm tread for the wheels.
There were derricks on caterpillar treads...
to eater to.

(Pyle* 366).

To care for scrupulously; to take care of with diligence*

...it Is a lonely job pptering

the dead

(Pyle, 453).

ttU L fi&fc. IA*! swallowed (jUlJL
.
Pleased look; self-satisfied
look; appearance of being pleased with some thing one had done*
And. General Ji&dy hed the appearance of the traditional cat that swallowed
something wonderful (Pyle* 410).

ftgft4A|£.

to

To warn on* not to bo; to giro advice against*

Tho major oautionod thoa
saoking in tho outor rooa (Tank* 59)«
That's ono thing I 't o particularly cautioned than
(Gardner, 43)*
ft cars 4n*
1 disintegration of an oarthon or stono structure, hill,
or tho like*
Slides and fiftXflL-lM. kept the road aalntenaace orows on 24-hour duty
(Yank, 179).
to care 4a *
To hare tho sides, walls, or top, fall or he smashed
inward*
(Also used as an adjectlTe)
• ••into many of the egxadrlXL slit trenches had heen swept the debris of
war***
(Yank, 133)*
The sides of the dugouts oared 4a easily (Pyle. 257).
Sons dugouts had hoard walls to keep the sand froa caring 4a
(Pyle, 257).
There were boats with their sides cared Ia * • • (Pyle. 366)*
center of gravity*
The point of a thing which represents the center
of its weight and upon which it can he perfectly balanced*
"Yes,* Jeffrey said, and changed his center qf gravity by hitching himself
forward (Marquand, 186).
J&A cantor of £te. stage*
1* That part of a stage in a theater to which the audience most normally
looks which is consequently the part most desired by the performers*
...Veda was in the center of the stage before they recovered* •*

(Cain, 239).

2* One who attracte the attention of others; o a whoa others naturally
look at*
He wets just a natural born center of gay stage. a leader, and one of those
gifted, practical men who oould do anything under thesun, and usually
did it better than the next fellow (Pyle, 73)*
to ehn-fw

To rub one's hands; to massage one's hands*

Veda eat** •fbflXlBC Mildred's jifittU.** a
S.

of*

(Cain, 174)*

A connection of; a series of things held together*

Some stein Si n1rrr,ll>M^ Tir«M - *0“® familiar aspect connected with another
time, aade Jeffrey half remember something that next morning (Marquand,
585) .
That there's many a missing link
In the r»hwin of fqfTTp*'
(Yank, 153) •

— iCiH—

riaetloB*
A reaction which started in one member of a group
reacts in erery member before the reaction stops*
The che-in reaction to Government farm price policy which the poultry
people started in November has now reached the congressional agriculturla committees by way of warning testimony from the Secretary of
Agriculture (Baltimore Sun* Jan* 25, 1934* 4)*
to cha.ln fpgkrp.
To smoke one cigarette after smother; to smoke con­
stantly; to light another clcprette as fast as one finishes the other*
*..he whain-Mofasd. American cigarettes
chain a tore.

(P.M., Jam* 20* 1946, 5)*

A store which is a member of a group having many stores*

He was thirty-two, and before the war he worked as an unloader at a
chain grocery store in his home town (Pyle, 40)*
.. .a garden where the vegetables cost more to grow than they would have
to buy in a chain store (Marquand, 212).
...they drove past the liquor package
shop and the stationary shop and
the chain store and the drugstore* • • (Marquand, 528)*
chai ■*>
(Literally a 1long chair ')
support one's feet and legs as one sits*

A chair long enough to

There was no one in the room but Marianna on the wicker cHai „
near the window.•* (Marquand, 495).
to chalk

up.

in m w i

To write in chalk; to write with chalk.

...they were c h a l k i n g m2. a mystic sign on the barracks, O.H.I.O., which
meant...
(Marqu&nd, 509)*
Hour by hour the total ...was chalked u p
(Pyle, 285).
to w h a w v clothes.
outer garments*

To put on, don, different clothes, usually the

Than she changed her d£NJUL and put slippers on her aching feet
to

hAfidLS.*

(Cain, 50)«

To change ownership, possession.

Gafsa*..already had changed handn several times
to ghABgft i&JLfl— dflL&hflA*
one has on.

(lank, 123)*

To put on, don, different clothing than

He.. .went legging it home to chan^m,
class place (Cain, 211).

clothea suitable to a high-

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&BL flhlMi -

| M *

*o e o M to hare a different opinion or idea.

Bat In eaoo you fitWUB jo u x | ^ . . .
(Gain* 166)*
Thoro oao nothing to nakn tho infaatryaen fihhAGB. thoir
(Tank, 360)*
,*«she eallod shrilly to Toasy to drire on, oho had ohajUSA hor Bind.
(Gain, 303)*
his g&pd (Cain, 168)*
Hs van pretty noisy about it, perhaps hoping shs would hoar hia aad eono
in thoro, hogging hia &fl. flhhAgB. his Mlfid (Cain, 5)*
Than suddenly it sooaod
fitaBMd its ■Lad..«(Fyio, 436)*
Finally oao sailor ...flfeapgad hia ijjd aad throw tho ontlro box toward tho
old woasa (Pylo, 338) •
I shifltt fil heart,

A ehaago of opinion duo to an oaotlonal ehaago.

Sho had takon it as oridonoo of & f if c d g f t. a t hosr t «■,

(Cain, 159),

to ehoags. tho subJoe t «
To talk of soaothing diffsront; not to talk about
tho saao subject any longer.
"I don't know why you always fihfiggfc
Madge said*,• (Marquand, 535),
to fihMgfc Ihlflgft. ICfiBld*
gsnorally,

subject when Z talk about Marianna,"

To asks changes in general; to ehaago

...Z do hopo you don't begin J2h£AglA£ th4aira
(Cain, 156).
to ghBABBd off>

Jtst to please as

To disporse; to carry off; to taka away.

Thoy both csno orer tho field at about four hundred foot, aad when they
not at aid-runway thoy all fih&BBftlJSl off in a thousand directions (Pyle,
174).
gbgCMfiitt uart.
▲ part in a draaa in which a special characterisation
is eaphasised by tho playwright,
•••the answer wae Barely,
charcoal broiler.

uarts"

(Cain, 191).

A store designed for tho burning of charcoal.

. ..built-in
broiler (Cain, 177).
...the built-in A ar c o a l broiler (Cain, 178).
to

in te re s t.

To exact paynent of interest for aoney loaned.

...the guys that owe as tho aoney find out Z oa
163).

V^tereet

(Tank,

ZLfr-

iA. flhacl ite b k *
To indicate tho route, way, or nethod,
by aop; to |1t« careful directions*

m

thoafh

Ho had
your oar for you, stop by atop, ia sinple, oaay lessons*••
(Marquand, 190)*
to gbftlft Kfilli*
Vo GP hurriodly horo aad thoro; to (o ia what night
woll ho aa alnloaa nannor*
Ho

SCS3U& ho twenty or thirty addrooooo, thoa hoat it hack to tho
last Rancho*tor addrooo (Qardnor, 16)*

to ho fitaftiSBftL hr*

TO ho hoahlod; to ho rootralaod by.

• •.inatoad of being
to «het ggUC*

hr adversity*..

(Gala, 213)*

VO talk oa aad oa without aia.

To oat aad sb&tttA. awar iaoaay chairs*••
to____________ out of*
froa oao*

(Pylo, 350)*

To ohtaia or got by cheating; togot

by fraud

Oh, Mother, 2 nlttMtll her out of it, aad I uoaat to pay it hack...
104)*
to gfcgflfc |Cfi]||&*
erent plaoos*
9b
▼oat*••

Vo ehook, to aako iaquirios, horo and there, ia diff­

and
(Tank, 27)•

to flfctfife IZEfiJt*

loarnod that nuns had taken tho bodiesto tho eon-

Vo ehook, aako inquiries, into tho past*

Tho operative a h a d a d
ia to tho rostuaraat*••
fibftflfet h o o k .

found thattho order had heentelephoned
(Qardnor, 63)*

i folder eoataiaing hank ebooks (cheques) •

Phyllis Leeds opened her purse aad took out a ejiaekJhoek
to ehook ia*

(Oaia,

(Qardnor, 9),

To report oneself to tho proper authorities*

At twoIre o 1d o c k with light ia hand
I ehook aoch wirllo ia*. • (Taak, 166) •
So
ay surprise whoa I eliahed aboard for tho Ansio trip, nhooked
ijl with tho eaptaia,••• (Pylo, 225).

k

shook

sa*

Vo inresticate; to inquire about; to l o a m about*

Haro hia flhBSk n that waiter who took tho food up to Milioaat1s apartaoat (Gardner, 105)*
"Chock | | thatT 1 Mason asked (Goidir, 126)*
Drake said, "Followinc jour tip-off, Dolla had ao i h n k t t tho tenants
above tho sixth floor in tho apartneat house” (Qardnor, 126)*
to flhAfik out*

Vo leave; to dopart, usually aftor notifyiac soaooao*

Vo11 Miss Phyllis I'n fihtfiiSJjUL 8Bi for a vhilo

1 c o tta shftfik flB l

(Qardnor, 59).

(Taak, 226)*

•••ho oould cat tho tweaty thouaand, aad no oao would flcuro ho was flhftflfc*
iML flBl (Qardnor, 117) •
I*a fihlfiklBC oat* ho said (Qardnor, 57).
I'a Just k t t k t B C BBl (Qardnor, 57)*
to

shBfik out

oa»

Vo leavs; to dopart froa.

"Vhay're k i k l K out on ua this n o m i n e ”
to fltefik t h r e m A .

(Marquand, 456)*

Vo inrestlc*to; to do rosoareh oa; to aoar ohthrouch*

So Z wont up and chocked t h r m u t tho traffic rlolatioas oa tho off-chaaoo
I aicht find aonathiac (Qardnor, 166)•
A ShBfik U *

i a investigation; aa inquiry; aa oraalnation*

•. *000 of hia rocular weakly klSlfcJBft on tho ••• erowo (Taak, 253) •
It's like having a aodieal ehoek-up, isn't itt (Marquand, 406)*
to -*****■ m>.

Vo investi^te; to iaquiro into; to oxaaina*

Vho doctor chocked ao p p la Mar oh (Marquand, 487)*
S»o tolophona aaa was flfcBSklAABA to find out which wiroo ho'd have to
repair that nlcht (Taak, 60) •
•••whoa wo fihdfikkL B A in tho nornlng* wo found thoir bodioa bayoneted
rifbt throuch tha blankets (Tank, 149)*
Inoidaatally, while we're s h M d B U i B A om thinca, don't overlook this pros­
pector friend of Leeds— Bod Borklor (Qardnor, 127).
Bo was obviously shftfiklAA B A kii paaaport aad hia tickota-** (Marquand,
469).
to r i w A m

an*

Vo investigate; to inquire about; to erantao.

With that call, thay'11 newer think of tryinc to
B A BA the airports
(Qardnor, 79)•
h a o a said, "I thi«ic you'd better who«.ir m n your brother and tho possi­
bility. ••■ (Qardnor, 54).

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j£L

SU4*

To be in agreeaent with: to agree with*

H o t addreea fibgfllBbl 1AJfe the addreea on tho otttoaohilo liooaoo* ••
ner* 9)*
(to) fibfttC. ffi*
Wall*
124).

Ui

ohoiCTy rod*

(An ozhorttttioa*)

(Gard­

Bo happy; ho cheerful.

at loast y o u ’ll ho ablo to opead Christaas with us

(Pyle,

Bod* tho color of ripo* hri^it rod ohorrioo*

•• *rouad eheefca that aro a porpotual

rad

(Taak* 243) •

flhtftjL A m *

In dopth equal to that op to a nan*a ehoat*

They woro

dooa and round* ••

ahoat of draworo*
drawera*

(Tank* 242)*

A largo dreaaor; a huroou; a ohoat with four or firo

Thoro waa also an old naple
oorapod dowa*** (Uarquand* 123)*

draworo which Bookie aad Trod hod

<**»»■* on flhOS.*
A huroau which appoaro to ho aodo of two oota of draworo
with one placed on tho other*
Zt ia« furniahed with* •*hia own M ahogany
hraaooe aad ito nirror (liorquaad* 306)*
to <it»— hlML ££&•
hull aooalon*

ita hoary

talk idly; to talk aialeealy; to tako part in a

••.there waea't any aittiag around
Boob (Marquand* 279)*
to sbtBL BUL*

o n - w i t h

jjjg fgt ia Low Brown'a

City

To chow repeatedly oa chewing gun.

Ho weare glaoooo* anokoo cigarottoo..*4h m . COM frequently.*•

(Tank* 130)*

ahowina gBM*
A naaafaeturod fora of chicle flavored and awootoaod to
ho ohowad hut not awallowed •
•••there waa a groat deal alee to think about— whether it would ho worth
while to tako a piatol*.*or oono
ggg..* (Marquand* 220).
...be oaw you*•.ooraping up fibeKUEOII (Tank, 23d)*
Vo aro tho inoolont ixxvadoro.. •
Bringing gif to of fihfixlAd fiUI* ** (Tank* 189) •
Qo down to tho all-night drugatore
and gatno four bite* worth of
<»#
gun (Qardnor* 69).
Have a poach* have a plun* hare a atiek of stattiBC d&l* (Taak* 29).

a. ofaflL *X.

A portion of tobacco designed only for chewing.

Dick had a flJttX SL tobaceo in hia mouth, and right in tho aiddlo of
hia r of rain tha ahiatla got full of tobacco Juice aad went gurgly
(Pylo, 39).
to chaw u p .

To crush, grind, thoroughly*

Our coaiaaleaa convoys
a jjq, tha gravel roada and tha duat haoama
suffocating...
(Pyla, 89).
It waa a littla, ugly, though — bluish aad all fifaotlL SB. whara soma
fiald nadic triad out hia hook learning with a littla debridesient...
Tank, 193).
chicken feed.
Qeneric name for all food for chickana.
to mean a aaall ausount of food or money, ate.)
Chicken feed for chickana —

do you gat tha pointT

chief of police.
(Also police chief.)
of all policeman in a town or city.
Hia father waa ri»laf of police.. •

(Used sometimes

(Marquand, 155).

The police officer in charge

(Pyla, 335).

c h ie f o f

s ta ff.
A military officer immediately beneath a commanding
general in a division, corps, ar^jr.

• • >he was on the Burma battlefront directing the Chinese forces in hia
dual capacity as chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek and CG of Chinese
troops in Burma (Tank, 131) •
chief petty officer.
(Also called: chief.)
The highest non­
commissioned rank for enlisted men in the navy.
Are you a wet nurse or a chief petty officerT
child»a play.

(Tank, 89).

Simple; easy; not difficult.

Our pinball machine at the officers1 mesa is child1s play

(Tank, 224).

to fih&jgfi. XB*
T o contribute to the confersatlon, or to the discussion;
to aay so amthing in a general conversation.
Mr. Pierce returned to Mrs* Biederhof, and Mildred thought it diplomatic
to c
h
i
"I'm not defending her for a minuteM (Cain, 15).
• .•Cavanaugh and Zorn
1b occasionally with a razsberry...
(Tank,15).
But 1 waa convinced when the other chined in and said...
(Pyle, 335).

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Shlp up.

(Imperative.)

Bara courage; be brave; be of good cheer.

"Chin u p . darling*" Madge said* ...

(Marquand, 333).

chin le u p .
One ie acting bravely and courageously; one la pretend­
ing Indifference to danger.
••.she comes out with her shoulders squared, her oh in u p ia the air, and
ealks to the corner share she grabs a taxi (Gardner, 64).
to ohl-n off.
striking.

To remove by chipping; to remove froa the surface by

▲11 p a i n t h a d b e e n c h i p p e d o f f

to «hi«wi _____ out of.
or unethical methods.

(P y le ,

9 ).

To take away froa one by chicanery, deception,

Which is eorreot so long as you don't try to chisel him out of his rights
Yank, 36).

fthftftftiwte «nd>.

Chocolate ice creaa soda; a soft drink prepared with
chocolate syrup, ice creaua, and carbonated water.

...kids.*.that want a chocolate soda...
to fthflftna between.

To make a choice, selection, of one of two things.

But if that goes, and 1 have In.
(Cain, 41)•
to

im sides.

Well, why don't we

(Cain, 175).

b e t w ee n ay belly and ay pride...

To distribute a group of people into teams.
up. eldest

(Yank, 147).

to oho-n naax. at.
To strike; to hit, as with an axe, knife, or the
like.
(This implies difficulty in the cutting).
.. .he was rf>ftrming away at a piece of ice. ..
ohop bowse-

(Cain, 164).

▲ restaurant, cafe, which specialises in steaks and chops.

The Oak Rooa was not garish like the Oak Boom of a hotel or a chon house
(Marquand, 242).
chow hoMod.
A person who gets great pleasure from eating; one who
eats excessively.
...that's what I got for being a chow hound.- .

(Yank, 208).

Tha chow hounds get their ness kite out***
chow line*
teria*

(Yank, 157)*

A line of people waiting to he serred food, as in a cafe­

These officers••• sweated out the sane chow line 1 did
They passed through & chow line (Pyle* 337).
chow tihBB.*

(Yank, 216).

The tine to eat; the tine for aerring food*

At nhnw £lA£L_e&ch soldier held his tin hat In his left hand while holding
his ness kit In his right
(Pyle, 198).
Christ fcH mlg-htv.
(An oath, profanity taboo in polite society*
exclanation used as an in tens ire.)

An

Christ A 'mlghtv. Alden's been throu^i things those stay-at-home bastards
newer eren drecunt of***
(Gardner, 56).
Par.

December 25; Christ's birthday.

On Ch-rip-tp^ Par they were on their way to Oregon...
present.
and close friends.)
Christnas.

(Yank, 23) •

(On Christnas people gire presents to their families
A present given to another on or shortly before

Then you had the Christmas trees and the Santa Clauses on the street, and
new ideas for Christmas presents... (Marquand, 325).
i7hl~1fitM il tree*
An ewer green tree which, usually taken indoors, is
decorated with tinsel, ornaments and snail colored electric lights*
(Around the tree sure placed the Christnas presents which are opened
on Christnas Bre or Christnas Day*)
She had said it all showed the inherent lorable quality possessed by the
Germans, like Christmas trees and Grimm's fairy tales (Marquand* 225).
Then you had the gfrr’lfftlFlU1 trees and the Santa Clauses on the street* ••
(Marquand* 326)*
...arguing where to put the SttiClsJfcBML tree. .. (Yank, 184)*
There was the smell of spruce fron the ChTllftmg trees on the sidealka
(Marquand, 590).
Me could see the great
tree and the bare branches of the trees
along the sidewalk...
(Marquand, 593).
to chng in.

To enter with sounds of a no tor.

• ..LCVPs fihuggfid. Ia unescorted. *•

(Yank, 14?)•

-z z z -

church supper.
An evening meal served by i o m church organisation for
which a charge la made • (These suppers ara usually served for tha
purpose of raising aonay for ohoroh u a a . Of tan tha members of tha
organisation contribute all the food ao that the profit will be greater.
All you needed ware two character a and butter on the table t the town
meeting, eggs for breakfast, the school bus, tha church supper
(Marquand, 430)*
to churn u n .

T o mix and beat at the same time; violently to disturb*

The huge ship churned up. a massive letter "S" in white-topped water.
(Tank, 45) .
ci^ar eonntar.
a counter (glass inclosed box at which goods are sold)
where tobacco products are sold. (Also attributive.)
I was clerking at a ** * * * counter (Gardner, 72).
.••It would ruin the play to have John bring a
girl into
the family (Gardner, 73).
He could see the display of brightly packed confections by the cigar
eyppfcf* where you paid your check.•• (iarquand, 240).
...cashiers in restaurants, girls at ftiptf counters, manicurists, and
janes like that (Gardner, 137).
clgerette butt.
That part of a cigarette which remains after one has
finished smoking it.
.• .pretending to pick up cigarette butts

(Yank, 138).

oipprstts ftnao.
A small container, case, in which one carries cigar­
ettes.
(A cigarette case generally holds twenty cigarettes.)
Here is a pigskin key container, a watch, a etirarstts £&!£.» a^d a pocket
lifter
(Gardner, 129).
The Prince reached in his pocket and drew out an enameled
case
(Marquand, 377).
...she opened her bag and drew out a small enamel cigarette case. ...
(Marquand, 268).
cigarette lighter.
(Also called Na lighter") A small (approximately
2 * x 1 " x } " ) device fitted with a flint, a hard steel striker, a wick,
swd a fuel chamber by means of which one can produce a small flame*
The cigarette U g f a f f
to circle around.

(Tank, 141).
To encircle; to move in a circle; to move in circles

Bay began £A££jLldfi£ groun^., coming nearer and nearer with her recitation
(Cain, 57).
...Us were circling ^rp^pfl in our landing craft... (Pyle, 365).

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clralas
*■______ eves .
A condition in which the skin beneath the
eyes turns darker than one's other skin due to fatigue, worry, nervousness, etc*
The other, whose naste was Harold Soskin, looked very H a p , with d e e p
circles Mivttr his ares because he had been up all night*..
(Marquand, 419).
th e c i t y d e s k *
T he d e s k , o f f i c e , th r o u g h w h ic h a l l
f o r e d i t i n g b e f o r e b e in g p r i n t e d i n a n e w sp a p er*

l o c a l new s p a s s e s

• ••there newer was such an old so-and-so as old so-and-so back there on
the City Desk (Marquand, 197).
c ity
is

e d ito r.
p rin te d

in

T h e n e w s p a p e r n a n w ho e d i t s
th e n e w sp a p er.

a ll

l o o a l new s b e f o r e

it

The City M l t n r at that tine was Lew Brown, for whoa Jeffrey had always
retained a great respect and liking (Marquand, 278) *
The City y
in those days eight wary well hare been one of the worst
stinkers on Hewspaper Row*..
(Marquand, 197).
new cartoonists caws and went with new eanaging editors, city editor a. . .
(Marquand, 24)*
tj
The headquarters, or offices, for a city* In the city
hall sire the offices of the aayor, police chief, city Judge, and other
city officials.
•. .and eyen about the great aany unpleasant Individual s whoa he aay have
encountered at City BftH ***& a * Police Headquarters
(Marquand, 197).
city rooa*

The office for local reporters on a newspaper*

It was the month after Jeffrey had cone to Mew York and had taken a Job
in the City Rooa down at Hewspaper Row (Marquand, 277).
. ..Alf.. .called on Jeffrey at the City
of the old sheet (Marquand,
277).
Be always thought of the City Room when he composed on a typewriter
(Marquand, 414).
The boys in the City Rooa* •-called Lew Brown...
(Marquand, 278).
cjy<n*»Ti clothes*
(Also called civvies.) Clothes worn by civilians
as compared to soldiers' or sailors' clothes.
• ••be supposed you had to have that rank if you ran chad his age, but they
wore their uniforms like civilian
(Marquand, 571).
clwii lan Offlcar.
A reserve officer in the areed forces; an officer
called froa civilian life to serve in the areed forces.
...this Vest Point conceit, which every civilian of fleer hated, was apt
to cloak a distinct combative ability when you got into a fight
(Marquand, 543).

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to be

In*

To

dressed in; to bo clothes in; to have on*

.. . *1 tako it* this pationt Isn't wandering around el ad in a nightgown"
(Qardnor, 37).
to cfimMjt p pipe between
. £ftg£h*
To hold a tobacco pipe between
one's tooth. In one's south. (This implies that the jaw is firmly
closed.)
"Hollo," Barkler said, his
to slut up*
at all*

p Ip q

clasped between fell teeth

(Qardnor, 55).

To be quiet; not to say anything relevant; not to speak

If anyone asks yon anything, fijpg ap on then
clan of thnnrior.

(Gardner, 205).

A sudden loud explosive sound of thunder*

...the ring becomes something like an echoing clap of thunder (Tank, 188).
Then, like a elan of thunder, in the night club...
(Marquand, 424)*
to clatter down*

To naks such noise in falling or descending.

.• .big and little pieces of shrapnel tinkled and clattered down upon the
rocks around (Pyle, 151).
n t di«heeThe sound of dishes being handled one against
another as in setting a table, or in removing the dishes froa the table,
or in washing dishes*

the e i e t t e r

There, in the noise of conversation fluid the clatter of dishes. we had
a big breakfast... (Yank, 14).
d a y pigeon.

A target at which one shoots*

. . . 1 hwd been feeling pretty much like a clfliy piamon in a shooting gallery
(Pyle. 232)*
ft filfiflft bill of
A statement that one has no disease or ill
health usually written by a doctor. (Used figuratively at times*)
"1 resurrected 'em so I could give my clients
(Gardner, 215).

bills

health"

A condition of having regular features, of being decent
looking or having an attractive fact. (Usually applied to a asm or boy.)
cut.

'Oh, Gen. Marshall is such a clean-cut fluid good-looking man'

(Tank, 199).

- 22 5 -

la fl'mr fill*
To clear *i»jr in order to clean; to take off that which
ia causing s o ut h i n g to appear unkempt, or untidy.
• • *£lt£A off the tahlos and swoop tho floor (Tank. 230) •
...you'll got gigged if you don't find time to clean it off
They would hare to he cleaned off now, Just like the others

(Tank, 231).
(Tank, 231).

to clean out.
1 . To reaoTe to aake clean or tidy.
One day I talked with a soldier who said he had helped ^
out the
sewing naehine an Italian fanily had hurled in the hotton of the manure
pile (Pyle, 119).
On the e lore nth day the battalion was on the more again, filftftnlAC out the
hirouac area...
(Tank, 8).
Instead he began looking through the drawers of his desk which hare been
cleaned out long ago. •. (Marquand, 327) •
2. To reaoTe in totality, all of it.
If I left the claia to go and report to the authorities, and sons pros­
pector name along, he'd clean out the gold (Gardner, 114).
...it cost upwards of $5,000, and f i l f f out her personal cash (Cain, 242)
3. To restore those who are opposing by killing or capture*
"Our company is starting in a few silnutea to go up this road end nlaflA
out a strong poiz}t (Pyle, 399).
It wasn't safe until the snipers had been cleaned out (Pyle, 373).
One day I went along with an infantry company that had been assigned to
clean out a pocket..*
(Pyle, 398).
• * •stop—up squads came back
clean out all the holes they could find
(Tank, 252)•
Or we aight go through a woods and
it out. * ♦ (Pyle, 442J*
SSL fil£££L SB*
1 . To wash, bathe, share, put on clean clothes.
Engineer officers who hadn't slept for thirty-six hours went back to
their olire orchard to clean op.
(Pyle, 71).
The airplane business so astounded and impressed Jack's company commander
that he rlfTiTlftfl US., put on his dress blouse for the first time since
he had left America...
(Pyle, 127).
Eadman Just cleaned u p and loafed all the next day*. * (Pyle, 180).
...when shared end cleaned u p after battle he didn't look a bit older
(Pyle, 185).
iiobody could get him to clean u p
(Pyle, 411).
...when he cleaned up we could hardly recognize him (Pyle, 386).

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When
u p he could, hare passed for a Cossack
(Pyle* 446).
We all look sick after we're cleaned q p . we're so white (Pyle* 150)*
...they got thease Ires cleaned up .
(Pyle* 270).
• ••they aored baoic a couple of ailes* dug in* then jJLfiMkttL MS.
relaxed
for a few days*.*
(Pyle* 268).
2. To remove the opposition; to defeat*
•••they decided it wasn't worth cleaning up* .. (Pyle* 250).
•••new type of poison which cost a dollar a gallon* ..and you had them
all cleaned-up for good (Marquand, 501)*
• ••the team had
up two more
(Yank, 18).
it was the Rangers' Mission to clean up the defended ridges* ••
(Yank, 124).
3* To take away everything on (it) so as to appear clean.
•••the other half went to work with oil* ramrod and waste cloth
filwm
up and readjust the gon
(Pyle* 390).
It's unusual for men to clean up everything on the plates*•> (Gardner, 210)*
...an alley inhabited by a melee of Sicilians who screamed constantly
and never TililTiTTntl M L anything (Pyle* 90).
Mason finished his ssdad, cleaned up. his plate, lit a cigarette, and
sipped ooffee (Gardner* 99)*
We got Italian workmen in to clean up*. ♦ (Pyle* 250)*
4* To finish; to end; to restore to normal.
...he usually cleaned
to d e a r away*

up

the last order around half past 10*. •

(Yank* 183)*

To remove; to clean off leaving a clear space*

•••the steel-scarred trees werecleared away* ♦*
(Yank, 17).
• ••bed weather over the Channel
but the clouds had cleared awayover the
target (Marquand* 543)*
Somehow the clouds in those dispatches always cleared aws r . and the bombs
were dropped..• (Marquand* 543)*
.. .an Italian boy to clear the dishes away* •• (Pyle* 157) .
The dust had cleared av.ay but it was quite dark now* .. (Yank* 58)*
clear

down.

All the way back; the return to some starting point*

. • *he could
a full can of water to the top and be clearback down
again in two and a half hours
(Pyle *147) clear down*

Completely down; all the way.

...Torfu would*..slip out of his do^iouse, get into Colonel Clizbe's
sleeping bag, and burrow clear down out of sig^xt (Pyle, 221) •
Mildred let him get clear down the walk before she stopped him (Cain, 20) •

clear down i^o.
aental.

All the way to a certain point, either physical or

There were all hinds of warships clear down fcg. patrol boats
to d e a r ____ mind.

To free from confusion or uncertainty.

He could always think better lying down —
was rery, rery tired (Marquand, 419)*
%SL claar off.

(Pyle, 358).

it cleared his BiM. And he

To remora so as to leare a cleared space*

The waiters were oloa-rijy off the dishes (Marquand, 43)*
Will the waiters refrain from nltTlTlnf off plates from the tables during
the speaking period?
(Marquand, 38).

iSL
1. To clean out a space; to reaore from one place to another.
With 14 machetes and 180 bayonets, the company cleared out 25 acres in
three weeks
(Tank, 41).
So we always try to shorel the grub into the customers so we can clear
out the tables (Gardner, 150).
...I don't hardly get then
out before I got a college trade*••
(Cain, 175).
2* To go away; to leare.
I wanted to delay the diseorery of the body as long as possible so we
could clear out (Gardner, 171)*
Get dressed now, and we'll clear out. and leare her to her pie plates*..
(Cain, 253).
clear orer.

All the way from one place to another.

...we could hear him snoring clear orer in the gun pit

(Pyle, 387).

to clear _____ throat.
To rid the throat of anything that seems to
obstruct it, usually by giring a little eougi.
Store cleared his throat
(Gardner, 93).
Jeffrey cleared his throat again (Marquand, 441).
"Good-by," Jeffrey said, and he closured his throat a^tin (Marquand, 442).
He ft?mrti his throat (Marquand, 496).
He felt that his roice was choked and hoarse and he cleared his throat
(Marquand, 583).
And all at once there was a dull sor b of soundproof silence — and Walter
cleared his throat (Marquand, 122>•

-wo-

He paused and cleared his throat (Marquand, 301).
Jesse put...the tips of his fingers together, and cleared his throat
softly (Marquand, 268).
Uncle Judson cleared his throat (Marquand, 95).
"But sweet,N Walter said, and he cleared his throat again...
(Marquand, 120)
Walter blinked and cleared his throat (Marquand, 119).
Walter cleared his throat (Marquand, 47).
clear to.

Understandable; evident to; perceptible to.

But at night, when she thought about it, it all became clear to Mildred
(Cain, 257).
to filflOE. HA*
To explain; to clarify an idea or situation that has
been confused.
I expected to go batch and clear the thing h e . (Gardner, 118).
Look, Mildred, you slight as well get this thing clearedup (Cain, 8l).
This
up. something that has been bothering us sincetheearly days
of the war (Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 17).
clear

up

to.

All the way to; inclusive to a certain defined point.

An executive post night be anything from a telephone lying on the
ground under a tree,
up. l£L the luxury of an abandoned cowshed
(Pyle, 100).
His legs were blown off clear ap £& his body (Pyle, 103).
to clear the w a v .
To clean out the area ahead; to remove obstacles
so as to leave an unobstructed space.
...the guns of the destroyer force shifted their fire ahead of the troops
to clear the wav... (Yank, 250).
to climb down.
To descend, especially by using both hands and feet,
as from a tree, ladder, or the like.
...we climbed down
to climb in.

(Pyle, 429).

To enter, as a car, automobile.

He climbed in beside her... (Cain, 198).
He climbed in.end the truck
dissolved into the blackness
to climb out.

(Pyle, 198).

To leave a place or thing by climbing.

They had to be
soft, for ease in climbing out onto the beaches... (Pyle,
276).
But he went right into the flaming tank, disappeared a moment and came
climbing- <mt — withhis girl's picture in his ha nd
(Pyle, 267).

-2 ? 9 -

to

c lim b o u t o f .

To l e a v e , g e t o u t o f , a o a r , a u to m o b ile *

...wo climbed out of the Jeep*•.
to ellmb

up

.

(Tank, 218)*

To ascend or mount by climbing*

▲ major who had climbed u p to take a look*..
...the field engineering officer*. .had
(P y le ,

(Yank, 167).
u p to the wing...

1 7 5 ).

.. .he climbed up on the rock, farther than anyone had gotten before
(Tank, 167).
to cling to.
...but

To hold fast to; to adhere closely to.
to him

ft d i p o n
ftftC.*
b y a p e r s o n w ho i s

(Cain, 131).
A. s h a r p , q u i c k b lo w o n t h e
a n g ry a t th e v ic tim .

e a r , u s u a lly

Bow if you don't want ft d i p on the ear, you'll call me sir

clipped Toice.

A voice that enunciates clearlyand

s tru c k

(Cain, 135^.

precisely.

In the precise, clipped voice of a professional man who is preparing for
a grueling cross-examination..• (Gardner, 30).
ftlnek end award.
Excessively dramatic; melodramatic.
(Used to
describe a type of fiction or drama where the situations and characters
are flamboyant and romantic.)
...place ordinary incidents in fictional categories, and this was like
the fencing school in the doak-and-sword story.. • (harquand, 373).
the clack ernnnd.
The time it takes for a day to pass; twenty-four
hours.
(Sometimes used figuratively to mean more than twenty-four
hours.)
Bobody got any

rest the clock aronad (Pyle, 33).

to clock Jn.To check in, usually at a time clock in
place.
(Hequired of employees.)

a business

Everyone who took the elevator up to the sixth floor was clocked 1ft and
clocked out
(Gardner, 77).
to clock out.

To check out, at a time clock usually.

E v e r y o n e w ho t o o k t h e e l e v a t o r u p t o
c lo c k e d o u t
(G a rd n e r, 7 7 ) .

th e

s ix th

f l o o r w as c lo c k e d

in and

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c Io m

at hand.

Easily available; near at hand.

...a locker, riot guns and tear ga* bombs, close at hand
close b y .

(Gardner, 176).

Hear; nearby in space*

St. Barthelmy is close by Martain
A close s a U *

(Tank, 244).

A narrow escape*

Pfc* Clayton E* Hall of Strawn, Tex*, had a close n a n at his aachlne
gun on the right flank (Tank, 93).
They had a close nai 1 when they ditched (Pyle, 348)*
close cropped.

Cut short, usually used to describe rery short hair.

The stewards had all looked alike —
hair. • . (i4arquand, 2 2 5 ) •

clear skin, pale eyes, close-cropped

to close ______ down.
To shut; to bring to an end; to terminate.
(Used with a business' stopping, failing.)
She would have d o s e d the place down, but she was bound by a lease. •.
(Cain, 244).
tc d e s a ______ ears to.
to listen to.

Hot to allow oneself to listen to; to refuse

...if you close your ears tp reason, George, I can't tell you
347).
to close _____ eyes.

To shut one's eyes.

...while she closed her eyes *..
to

(Marquand,

(Cain, 139).

_____ cares to.
To refuse to see what seems evident to others*
This is used figuratively when one refuses to understand what is apparent
to others.

However, you close your gx£& iA that

(Gardner, 208).

Intimate friends; two or more people who are bound
together by feeling of love, confidence, trust, etc.

dose

friends.

Mathewson and Patrick were close friends. ..
to d o s e In.

(Tank, 44).

To shut in or surround; to encloseand obstruct.

...it would be easy for the enemy to close 1a

andtake them

(Tank, 195).

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The Rangers held. ..against every German attempt ip. cloae In and knock
the U«S. forces 'back into the sea (Tank, 126).
'Then they heard the patrol coming behind them, they prepared ifl. d o s e la,
(Tank, 192).
• ..the Japs had closed in behind them on the crest of the range (Tank, 191),
2. To become hidden by fog*
The other end of the runsay would close XR before they got there
336).
cloae

(Pyle,

Confined to a small space: near in space, time, or thought.

Meanwhile, the 12th Air Support Command bore the burden of the close-in
fighting here in Italy (Pyle, 157).
to close XR on*
To surround or shut in on all sides; to enclose;
to approach closely.
.. .and he was rery happy the Americans were closing Xr fill that city
(Tank, 106).
...we closed in on our second -victim (Yank, 254).
...other Dragons were still strafing the Japs and keeping them from
filQllftg XR OR Kimball (Tank, 1957.
"Hello," he said...as I closed XR fiR bis desk (Yank, 164/.
They're closing XR OR us
(Gardner, 185).
The relatives are closing XR OR the old man, that's all (Gardner, 14^.
close jgall,.
Haring the parts near together, tight woven.
(Some­
times used in reference to the ties of a family or friends.)
Those originals were close-knit. clannish.••
to close ______ gjjad to.
to change one's opinion.

(Tank, 242).

To refuse to accept an actuality; to refuse

...what's the use of trying, if you close your mind Is. itT (Marquand,
347).
"I'm not closing my Bifid. JtSL it," the first man said, "I'm Just waiting
for you to tell me" (Marquand, 247).
close order drill.
Formal practice in formation marching and other
movements, including handling of arms for ceremonies and guard.
They seemed to come in close-order drill

(Tank, 53).

cloae quarters.
Direct and confined contact in a fi^it, a cramped
space, or position.
The Marines suffered the worst casualties in the ititial cloae-qwurfrsy
struggling.•- (Tank, 41).

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closer looted

An Intent and scrutinising observation.

•••they went to take g. closer look at a soldier so nonchalant
close set eves.

(Pyle* 241).

Eyes that are placed closer than normal to the nose*

Jason Carril, a thin young nan in the thirties with high cheek bones*
dose-set eves, and a nop of coal black hair. •• (Gardner, 28)*
close ■he-ra.

A narrow escape; a d o s e squeak*

•••he too had had some closeAaves
(Pyle* 185).
He had some close shaves, but had never been hit
(Pyle* 276)•
There were correspondents there on the beachheads. •.who had do sens of
d o s e ehawee (Pyle* 232).
Joe had one close *hawe (Pyle* 65).
& d o n e saueak*

A narrow escape; a close shave*

The colonel himself had had many close squeaks
to be cloae to.

(Pyle* 282).

Very near to; near to in time* space or thou^it.

It was in a big* old building d o s e to the front.. . (Pyle* 311).
One Saturday c l o s e to the time for the final examination he went to the
Bragg Public Library*.. (Marquand* 178)•
But .then that autumn everyone was close to quarreling (Marquand, 534).
Mr. Jenks must have been cloae to seventy.. • (Marquand* 17).
close up.

Near or very close in.

In the olive groves through out that Casslno area there were pitiful
reminders of close-up warfare (Pyle, 123).
to d o s e up*

To shut; to discontinue; to stop activities.

We see everybody that comes in...partly because we don't want to close
the department altogether (Cain, 34^•
"Those Eye tie towns filfiJUL MB. early at night..."
(Yank* 25).
"Close it UR," Mason said (Gardner, 93).
It was closed up on a tipoff (Gardner, 97).
clothes

pr.

Dressed; in clothes.

And they airways slept with their clothes £R
clothes on _____ back.

(Pyle* 150).

The clothes one is dressed in. Often used
figuartively to mean all the clothes one (a woman) owns.

hr

"So you and your sister can eat* fluid hare a place to sleep, and a few
clothes on your hacks*1 (Cain, 72).
d rtg-fn.fi* time.
The hour a business or
day's work is done*

factory,etc.,closes after

•••hawing coffee with Mildred Just before « l n a W tima. ..
& eland of ■mele».
or gusts*

the

(Cain, 148)*

Smoke that rises from some burning object in billows

The Prince blew g. cloud of cigarette smoke and stared through, it at the
ring (U&rquflmd, 380).
d u b £££..
The parlor car of a train which is equipped with easy chairs,
tables, buffet, etc*
...1 don't like going out to the Coast alone, and I'm not good at pick­
ing people in club cars.. . (Marquand, 414) •
He fluid Jesse had come up on the club car of theoneo'clock*..
(Mar­
quand, 291).
to d u b to death.

Tobeat to death with some

sort

of improvised weapon.

Last week the mess sergeant was clubbed to death with empty cfluis*..
(Yank, 141).
to d u t c h at _____ throat.
to emotion.

To get an obstruction in one's throat due

Something seemed £& clutch at Jeffrey's throat
(Marquand, 438).
...she would hare time to think, and then her throat would clutch and
the street would begin to blur (Cain, 104).

4a d w t e h

Hand -

To hold tightly to one's hand*

...Mildred quickly clutched his hand to her cheek (Cain, 250).
Sitting beside Veda, clutching her bend, she said...
(Cain, 197).
the Comst.
nia.

The west coast of the United States, generally Califor­

Then sometimes I go out to Uig. Coast
the coast ja calmer.
is unobstructed.

(Marquand, 49).

The situation is free of difficulties;the way

...this meant the coast was clear (Yemk, 26).
But when the coast w a s clear, he would come back and share.. •

(Pyle, 184).

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coast line*

Outline or contour of a coast*

...we were in full view of the Jap-held coaat lino*..
...we petroled the coast Tin*... (lank, 254).

(Yank, 255).

coat of arms.
An escutheon; a shield on which is painted, embossed,
a hereldric device*
...suitable for a Spanish bungalow, and consisted of a crimson velvet
coat of rrrr- displayed against the wall*..
(Cain, 1).
On the tinted walls, in addition to the coat of arms, were three paintings
(Cain, 2)*
coat of w a n A medieval garment made of metal links or overlapping
plates used in battle.
A flak vest is a sort of coat of mail* ..
coat of
the sun.

A brown color given to the human skin by exposure

•..just to get a coat of tan
*7*111 3ZttUL*
...please
That's no

(Pyle, 336).
to

(Cain, 176)*

Incredible and absurd; not believable*

let up on the cock and bull and feminine propaganda(Yank, 214)
cock and bull story (Pyle, 413)*

To turn the head obliquely, usually as an expres­
to cock _____ head.
sion of derision or disbelief*
She stood back again, cocked her head to one side, struck an attitude*
(Cain, 17).
cocktail nartv*
A group of people meeting together to enjoy cock­
tails — mixed drinks consisting of spirltous liquors and fruit Juices.
...every cocktail party* »■ (Cain, 168).
. • .all sorts of people in the room whom he did know, whom he had seen
year after year at cocktail parties (Marquand, 343) •
.. .Ella always ^tve Sinclair a gardenia before a cocktail party
(Marquand, 344)*
...the arrangements went like clockwork because Ella and Sinclair under­
stood cocktail parties
(Marquand, 341).
• •.but you know the way Jeffrey is at cocktail parties
(Marquand, 358)*
• •.and that whole expression about writing what you want was the sort of
thing they said at cocktail parties*..
(Marquand, 326).
February was the time for cocktail partles
(Marquand, 326).
That was the time that everyone needed a stimulant, and then there were
the cocktail parties
(Marquand, 328).

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That was not their idea when they asked critics to Happy Rocks or to
their cocktail parties
(Marquand, 328).
...Blla could make them have a good time, and that was what eocktall
parties were for, wasn't itT (Marquand, 339).
Jeffrey and I have to go to a cocktail party (Marquand, 332).
coffee shop.

A public room or shop where coffee and food are served-

The radio listed.•-his favorite coffee shoos and the hours he visited them..
cold blooded.

Insensitive; unfeeling.

Mason said, "You are a cold-blooded little devil, aren't yout"
(Gardner, 78).
few European countries have suffered more cold-blooded cruelty from the
Germans than Greece... (Tank, 220).
We're cold-blooded about it (Gardner, 75).
cold eves.

Byes that show distrust, hate, or antipathy.

waily's eves became wary cold...

(Cain, 201).

cold feet.
Bear to do something after having agreed to doit;
to withdraw from some situation.
...Monty called up to know if she had cold feet

the wish

(Cain, 161).

a cold in the head.
A physical indisposition indicated by a stoppage
of the nasal passages; an upper respirator infection.
It was February and he was Buffering from ft, slight gold ift the head, so
he stayed in for the day to work, ... (Marquand, 326) •
cold U g h * of d a w n .

Early day light; break of dawn.

...they figure they'll get through somehow, then pick us off one by on e
in the cold light of dawn (Tank, 181).
cold lwnnh.
A lunch, meal, that has only cold food; i.e., sandwiches,
salad, fruit, etc.
That time she took care to have her pies out of the way early, and to make
a cold hmfth (Cain, 84).
cold shower.

Shower bath using only cold water.

After I took a cpld shower... (Tank, 227).
Jeffrey took a cold shower and a glass of Bromo—Seltzer

(Marquand, 77).

-Z3&-

cold sober.

Completely sober; not drunk or Inebriated.

▲t high noon this faint religious glow gave everything, even the coldsober bar boys, a dissipated aspect
(Marquand, 577T.
cold sweat.
dismay.

Perspiration and coldness caused by nervousness, fear,

...Mildred was in a cold sweat... (Cain, 244).
"I stood ri^it there with cold fflriftfrf breaking out all over me,"
said.**
(Gardner, 171J.

Leeds

cold w a r .
Contest waged for national advantage, conducted by diplo­
matic , economic, and psychological rather than military means.
After stating that Russia began a eold war on Britain and the British
Umpire after Russian diplomacy believed it had separated the two western
powers from each other...
(Baltimore Sun, March 11, 1946, 2).
ftnliflr ad.
An advertisement to sell men's shirts showing a fashionably
dressed and handsome man.
In the field*. .Stillwell is no collar-art for what the well-dressed West
Point man will wear this season.
(Yank, 129).
to collect_____ thought ■ .
one's Blind wanders•

To regain control of one1s thoughts after

Drake and Mason took charge without giving her an opportunity £& collect
her thoughts or take any independent action (Gardner, 1 6 0 ) .
to collect _____ wits.
of one's thoughts.

To gather one's thoughts; to regain control

...it took her a moment or two %SL collect her wits
ft college bov.

(Cain, 209).

A. youth who is enrolled in a college or university.

When he was a boy, ft. college boy, at the College of the City of New York...
(Marquand, 275) •
a college wen.
A man who has attended a college or university.
(Sometimes the idiom expresses a hint of snobbery.)
I am glad they are all college men (Marquand, 217).
. • .after a l l , though he hardly knew anyone to speak to after four years
in college, he was ft college JBftEL (Marquand, 184J.
After all, he was ft college man (Marquand, 184).

com bat f a t i g u e .
s ic k n e s s due to
TTe a r e a l l

B a ttle w e a rin e s s ; a p s y c h ia tr ic
s tre n u o u s b a t t l e a c t i v i t y .

B e v y m en w ho a r e

s u f f e r i n g fro m

te r m m e a n in g m e n ta l

com bat f a tig u e

(Y an k , 2 1 1 ) .

com bat w is e *
B a t t l e t r a i n e d a n d k n o w in g t h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f a c t u a l
fig h tin g ; b a t t l e tra in e d and n o t ta k in g u n n e c e ssa ry r is k s .

Six more combat-wise soldiers could hardly hare been chosen
to

com b ________ h a i r .

(Yank, 148).

T o s m o o t h b a c k o n e ' s h a i r b y r u n n i n g a co m b t h r o u ^ x

it.
. . . s h e . ••began combing her |££r...
to

(Cain, 254).

c o m b ______ h a i r s t r a i g h t b a c k .
T o co m b o n e ' s a h r i s o t h a t i t
f l a t a n d s m o o th o n t h e h e a d fr o m t h e f o r e h e a d t o t h e n a p e *

•••his hair is abundant and combed straight back
to

com b o u t .

lie s

(Yank, 247).

T o d i s e n t a n g l e a n d s m o o t h h a i r b y o o m b in g i t *

hedge was sitting in front of the dressing table combing out her dark
brown hair
(Marquand, 147).
to combine with.

To join with; to unite.

The red-and-whlte check of the linen combined pleasantly with the maple,
and with Arline's brick-red uniform...
(Cain, 116).
£
£
B
f
tf
t
f
i
T
p
g
g
-

1. To discover; to find; to see for the first time.
S/Sgt.. .Markham.. .apme across a blanket-covered body...
(Yank, 251).
• ••he doesn't come f«f»ss any kind of dog very often (Yank, 136).
...be doesn't
across such creatures very often...
(Yank, 136).
" Y e s ," J e f f r e y s a i d ,
" I c e - e a c r o s s i t , C h a rle y "
( M a r q t p n d , 507).
1 first ceme across this curious connection...
(Yank, 11).
...where immediately figjBCL across what appeared to be a seven-volume set
of Rudyard Kipling in a handsome m a h o ^ n y bookcase
(-New Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
• •• no one has amy worries about coming acrosa any women (Yank, 42).
2. To project the voice well; to be clear and understandable.
The voice SS3SL

clearly, with a slight dramatic pause

(Marquand, 138)

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coma a o l n . 2USS. that you've fmiri your say.
after one has made an initial visit*)
"Come a pa i n .n Milt said*
eoma flhff ~

"BfiX. that y o u ’ve

(An invitation to returh.
yonr way"

(An invitation to cone with one someplace*

(Marquand, 173)*
Imperative•)

If you want to go too* why, come ahead, hut I ’ve told you*..
562).
to cone a l l y .

(Marquand.

To seem* appear* real, actual.

... their guns became their pals* the enemy became real and the war came
alive for them*..
(Pyle* 8).
He resiembered the occasion when all that furniture had stood in the street*
suddenly naked and insignificant on its passage in and out of moving
vans* but when it was arranged in a new place* it all came alive again*. •
(Marquand* 58).
to come along*
1. To accompany; to go with.
Wanta come along with us tonigh*T
(Tank* 253) *
▲ little Trench shopkeeper came along... (Pyle* 377).
A cute little Trench maid fiftBB. »lQDg with her (Pyle, 462).
She said fififiS. right •!&&£• she’d be starting...
(Cain* 21l).
1 asked him to fifiBB.
(Gardner. 4).
• ..why don't you ooma «*1nng with me?
(Pyle* 400) •
2* To progress; to learn.
Mildred was delighted at the way the child was

alaflg...

(Cain, 181).

3* To arrive; to appear on the scene; to happen to be passing.
But when hot weather came along she got the mange
(Pyle, 42).
...easy meat for any German fighter that mi^it come along (Pyle* 162).
•. .vines had Just started when Prohibition cams along and he dug them out*
in favor of walnuts (Cain, 6)*
If I left the claim to go and report to the authorities, and some pros­
pector figjQB. along, he'd clean out the gold (Gardner, 114).
When the President
along and saw the patients, he stopped his Jeep...
(Yank, 200).
After a while a German scout car came along, passed over the mine and
blew up
(Yank, 71) .
A n officer camfl sJL&BM with a flashlight end they discovered that his legs*.
(Yank, 47).
Soldiers of the company were...Just lying and waiting till their officers
came along and said go.
(Pyle, 399).
Another convoy came along and pushed us out (Pyle, 357).

-239-

to eo—

alongside.

A rescue boat came

To more into place next to an object*
np^nids and took them aboard (Pyle* 347)*

come and ggfc
(An exclamation given with the idea of daring one
person to catch another*
Imperative*)
All right, you bastards, come

get me I

(Yank, 182).

to coma and go*
To arrive and depart*
(It suggests a succession of
people* events* etc* See:
coming and going.)
He has seen a lot of men come and go (Yank* 137) •
Patrols fiftai. a n d went (Yank* 49)*
New cartoonists came end went* ** (Marquand* 24).
You see* Jin comes and goes (Marquand* 322).
He cornea end goes as
he pleases
(Gardner* 24)*
"I don't know," Jeffrey answered* "They cone and they ga," (Marquand* 63)*
Now and then we stopped one and questioned him* but mostly they just fifing
ani went and nobody paid any attention (Pyle* 98).
to come a r n n n d .
1* To call on; to visit one; to appear on the scene*
So Bert fifing arnnnd. and Mildred was excited by him* mainly on account
of his dashing ways (Cain* 16)*
Because if it don't happen* he'll lose interest* and quit nn«ing around.
and you wouldn't like that (Cain* 24y •
And that'a having three star generals coming a r m m d to see what's the
matter with it (Pyle* 319)*
One day an Army photographer fifing around to take some pictures...
(Pyle*
256)*
The division commander came around this morning*..
(Yank* 244)*
'There ain't nobody going to see you that amounts to a damn unless the
colonel should happen ± q . come a ^ p ^ d
(Pyle* 109).
"Anything you want to know about girls*" Alf said, "or anything, just come
around and ask me* man to man, kid"
(Marquand* 155).
Jtivery morning a chaplain cane around with a big boxful of cigarettes*
tooth powder and stuff (Pyle * 47).
2* To arrive; to be sent
But word fifUBa a round this afternoon that six men were to be picked for
rest camp*..
(Pyle * 187)*
One time an order fifing arnnnd that everybody had to get his stripes on
(Pyle. 110).
...YANK will be oominr wrnnnd regularly to cheer your spirit...
(Yank, 212).

4

240-

to 90m* away*

To leave; to depart from*

•• .a photographer who went out to take some pictures sfijog, away without
any.*• (Pyle, 283)*
•••in talking with veterans as they fifijgfi. awar from the tellers' windows
we learned that***
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept* 13, 1937, p. 25)*
to cone hack.

1* To return, usually to a former position or situation.
The entire crew*, .gags. hack two days later (Yank, 119)*
...he would...ask when the men were coming hack (Yank, 229),
They
heen over the subject several times, hut Madge always SBBSL back
to it (Marquand, 562).
We
Vwc.lr to the claim, and went hack to mining (Gardner, 113),
I was only talking about
hack (Marquand, 436)*
When I came hack from the war — (Marquand, 436)*
He felt firmly that Ross would come hack* *. (Pyle, 303)*
"You feel what I mean,H Jeffrey said, "In just a smallway when you come
hack home from abroad"
(Marquand, 436),
At ten-twenty-one, the hlonde girl came hack again (Gardner, 63)*
When the major M a e back, he said I could take any place on the floor*..
(Yank, 59)*
...Loueila asked him if he wouldn't come back after supper...
(Marquand, 205]
Shrieks and yells fifing, hack from the field CYank, 92).
...they would never SS2BB. £fifij& (Yank, 229).
..■they would... cone hack in the evening (Yank, 229)*
...the fish-faced cashier sags, back to Inform her she had lost a check
(Cain, 48).
• ..you'll find them in the middle of Pierce Drive when you come hack
(Cain. 208).
It was pitiful to see them come back to their demolished homes and towns
(Pyle, 443).
...he dare not
hack to the state of California*.. (Cain, 202).
...all her self-ri^iteousness came hack (Cain, 168).
It looks as thougi you were running away and didn't intend to come hack
(Gardner, 117).
When Bert fifing, back he resumed his seat, took a meditative sip out of his
glass...
(Cain, 59) •
...he ordered her to...come hack with him...
(Cain, 172).
As she figfig. 'har»v with both desserts and the coffee, her heart ^ v e a leap...
(Cain, 67).
It always
hack to the same thing (Cain, 73) *
When she fifififi. hack with his orange juice, he grinned...
(Cain, 89).
But no sound
hack (Yank, 178).
"Whit'll he
hack with the ole bassar. Flump," Artie said (Yank, 103).
• •.when the corporal ffyn* hack (Yank, 226).
Her nerve fifing, back, her hands recovered their skill, as things began
moving a^iin (Cain, 124).

d

Soon Mildred, saw her come l&fifc, lay a dollar hill in the tin box, take
change* and go out
(Cain* 124).
...said to the figure which was sprinting down the corridor, "Cnma hack
here* Harold, and face the music"
(Gardner, 165).
• ••then there would he a little silence when he cans hack (Marquand, 219).
Now both of them are gone*--* .. .perhaps not to come hack to it at all
(Yank, 245).
Now both of them are gone — perhaps to come back to the outfit...
(Yank, 245).
...but he newer sSSSt. back (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 20).
"Come back .1
1 Mason said (Gardner, 165).
...she had come back, penitent.•• (Cain, 208).
...if you go out of that door I'm not going to let you r.nmt* back (Cain, 5).
We...were happy when they all came hack (Yank, 202).
When she
'bach *he had Scotch and WhiteBock (Cain,
126).
Is he coming back?
(Cain, 12).
...no use coming back here with them (Cain, 19).
When he £Aflfi. ~back he said our orchard was full of deadGermans (Pyle,371).
...let's say the Germans come hack next year...
(Yank, 22l).
It was only when you were back on the field, when you knew that all of
the other would not SSUSSL back (Marquand, 220)•
You weren't the same when you f.»mo back (Marquand, 195).
No one was coming back now...
(Yank, 230).
...some of the planes didn't |,nB* back... (Yank, 229)
The planes. •.pulled on in tight circles £ & corns back... (Yank, 242).
• ••mop—up squads cape hack to clean out all the holeB.. • (Yank, 242).
...he comes right hack and wants to tear one ofyours down I (Yank, 239).
It was like prying into the intimate possessions of someone who had not
come hank. .. (Marquand, 215) •
The same old men always come back (Yank, 148).
Come back to your mother's womb
And rest a while (Yank, 154).
She kept reminding Mildred that liquor, when it fififfifi. back... (Cain, 1491.
2. To return in memory; to be recalled to mind.
It had been another morning when they had been having breakfast, and every­
thing about that morning fi&Bfi. hack (Marquand, 587).
Of course it all SSUUL back to Jeffrey's mind at once (Marquand, 398).
...when he heard the locusts on the trees, a great deal about Willow
Road would come back to him again (Marquand, 260).
When it was finished, he knew the present would all come back — Madge
and Jim and Marianna, everything would come back (Marquand, 492).
...memories of the bombing gradually figg*. back into my consciousness...
(Pyle, 250).
to CfiBB. bgE£AU&£*
T o travel at high speed*
the traveler is advancing toward.)
.. .Italian tanks «««* b & w l l n g into town...

(The implication is that

(Yank, 124).

to. oaas. Iff*
1. To pa aa >>7 ; to happen to bo passing.
A. jeep fiABS. Iff with
three MPs and stopped (Tank,106) •
...some blonde etuaa J u in a oar...
(Tank, 209).
One afternoon a soldier oaae by to say hello...
(Pyle, 414)*

2 . To acquire; to obtain.
He sutt. Iff. his name In a peculiar fashion

(Pyle, 338).

to coma clean.
To tell the truth; to explain completely a situation
for one's own protection.
...that it's up to us to give you a chance Jm. fifing.
anything drastic (Gardner, 161).
Let then fifiatt. filflUL with you (Gardner, 175).
to come close to.

To show one's understanding;

before we do

to sympathise.

Merer once did he let Mildred fifiBfi. close to him in connection with it...
(Cain, 142).
to come down.
1. To descend; to fall down.
And finally the Mei-Kua S&fii. down to earth...
(Tank, 12).
Pour moles stood there in the moonlight in the road where the trail nAoa
down off the mountain (Pyle, 155).
"If you'll ask him to fiSJBft. down." he said, "he knows me" (Marquand, 572)
She used the telephone and she said yes, he was enmi«g down if Jeffrey
would wait rig£it by the desk...
(Marquand, 572).
You did not nead any longer to tell him to go upstairs for a minute and
then he could fifijgfc right down after he had been upstairs for a minute..
(Marquand, 68).
Rosie fiSJM. down throu^i the bomb bay to look orer his crew (Tank, 86).
Some Japs G£BL down a gully below Meuller's pillbox one night (Tank, 53)
He'll eo— down (Marquand, 572).
...since the sunshine in California fifiMAA. dQSA by the bucketsful.. •
(Tank, 155).
.. .and the sting had gone out of the breese coming down off the mountain
(Tank, 58).
More than 11 feet rain cane down each year (Tank, 42).
...his white tracers
slanting down out of the sky (Pyle, 427).
Time and again the rattle came down orer us (Pyle, 437).
Somehow as darkness comas down in a land of great danger a man wants
things hushed (Pyle, 427).
It hadn't been so steep when we gfi* down (Tank, 21).

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This boulder £ABft. tumbling down. .• (Tank, 167) •
...the bombs fiABft. down (Pyle, 435)*
"'ha ceilings had coae iftaa ttpon aen still in had (Pyle, 248)*
The rain kept
&£££...
(Pyle* 400).
The old B-26 ...f i A B f t booming down at the runway...
(Pyle* 330).
For a rocket going up sounds like a boab nnm\n*r down (Fyle* 305).
Only one parachute oaaa down (Fyle * 264) •
...then a heavy steel reap n t T H down so that trucks and tanka and Jeeps
can drive in (^rle* 229)*
••.the puptfcefcts kept <*<>■<«* down (Fyle* 395).
One of our planes pulled up and s a b & down at hia in a dive
(Pyle* 171).
Sometiaes the pilots flew so low they even had Oeraaa tracer "bullets
coming down at then from the hillsides
(Pyle* 167).
...he turned out of formation as he neared the field and s a b o .down wide
open and screaming...
(Pyle* 172).
The wild aen fiiH down from the hills weauring...
(Mew Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6. 1947, 24).
Fortunately it nnsm d a m on the deck of the smaller ship below* and was
rescued (Pyle* 287)*
That battalion fought constantly for ten days and ni^its, and when the men
finally A U i down lees than a third of thea were left (Pyle* 143).
2. To sake a visit, call* trip.
The co-pilot.. .fiftBO. down and did his pre-mission Job of checking equipment
(yank* 87).
Hosie fiABft. down to the line* put his suras around Mike's shoulders...
(lank* 87).
I'll look it over* see if it's okay, and leave the key at the desk when
I coae down (Gsurdner, 106).
...Serle called for Conway to coae down and put up the bail...
(Qardner*
...stick around and wait for me to call from the station. Jump in a cab,
fifiBft. down, and put up the bail...
(Qardner, 103).
I Just came down on the one o'clock.
I 'a going back...
(Marquand, 59).
Didn't you ever coae down on the one o'clock! (Marquand, 59).
...a friend of nine, who had also fiflBft. down by train (Yank* 116).
Shall I find you here when I coae downt (Marquand, 99).
.. .Iked could warm a toddy from it when they fiADft. down there in winter
(Marquand* 110).
Do you reaember the first time I met you there when you CMflfi. down to stay
with usT (Marquand, 92).
...he's quite a friend of nine — and I called hia up and he asked me
to coae down (Marquand* 579).
You coae down, but don't do it before ten o'clock (Gardner, 103).
It was not exactly true that Bill Swinburne had asked hia £&
dona
to Washington* but...
(Marquand* 568).
"He's asked me £& fiftlt down to Washington"
(Marquand, 568).
...it was entirely too big for most of the people who
flown from the
city Just to get a coat of tan (Cain* 176).
A private..fiAfld down here as a roller skating specialist...
(Yank* 201).

-2U+-

That was why Jeffrey M a t hia a wire*. .asking if 2111 could give hia
f Iftoon minutes if he should sStCC. down (Marquand, 564)*
I Just wanted to know if I SCML down, could you see aeT
(Marquand, 565) •
•. .they wanted Bell £ & GfiBC. down and wrestle one of those huge CUKL
aen (Tank, 186).
■I'a ^2llBd down to eee you," Jin said (Marquand, 367).
I'a Just telling you I'a ««■!«*• down toni^it (Marquand, 367),
Louis told hia la, CQMC. down and talk things ower (Gardner, 167).
He A m , down every weekend to stand outeide Barney's (hew Torker, XXII,
m . 15, 1947, 23).
...Here was Trewlse, telling me to coae down and see hia tomorrow.. .
(Gain, 232).
3. To go along; to adr&nce, usually implying to coae from a higher
situation to a lower, from front to rear.
...four Japs cans down the trail in their pa J a n s
(Tank, 55).
4s ws c a m down, the English Channel was creamed with forces
(Fyle, 358).
4. To request, ask, a lower price or cost than that originall y asked.
...I think you can nick her for one fifty if you gst tough* but you'd
better ask for two hundred and cone down (Cain, 40).
to come down to.

To state in essence; to state succinctly.

Uhen it CBCCM. right down to it, these armament guys really have the
toughest racket (lank, 207),
It
down to a straight question of collusion:
Is there any, or
isn't there? (Cain, 82).
to fifles. down with.

To become ill, sick, with*

In any event, it was only a natter of days before Tschopik m a n dfiaOL
x U h Jaundice and his wife with grippe (hew Torker, XXIII, June 28,
1947, 18).
On Bee* 22 Mae cans down with malaria... (Tank, 24).
It's going to gst the Oscar — and then you go to bedand coae downwith
a head in the morning (Marquand, 436J.
J u s t sifter Tunis feel he fiMML down with a s a v a g e r e c u r r e n c e of m a l a r i a . . .

(Pyle, 300).
to ease forth.

To coae; to arrive openly.

But he always kept trying until the wordhe wanted caneforth
to m a n

(Fyle,

?o move to , toward, the front •

Then the Germans cnin forward under a white flag...
£&5E f o r w a r d p l e a s e
( G a r d n e r , 58).

(Yank, 246).

121).

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to fififlft from*

To have originated at, la; to have been originally at,

la*

Captain Hollis*. .was a good friond of the lata correspondant Ban Bobertson,
who SMUR. from his home town (Pyla, 264).
Ton hare to coae from somewhere (Marquand, 133)*
• •*yat back there where he and Ttelter had
from you knew ererything
about everybody (Marquand, 55)*
So
*m where the two bucks £fta& X&2BL (Tank, 212)*
•. .althou|$i many of the people1a ideas about the States corns from the movies
(Yank, 69).
Their gun was named "Blip" which represented the first letter of Brooklyn,
Louisiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, where most of the crew flBJBft from
(Fjrle, 384).
He camp from Yinton, Iowa (Fyle, 411).
But where the devil he cane from before he contacted Leeds, is more than
I can find out (Gardner, 127)•
"All these newspaper men," Minot said, "are like anybody else who comes
from a small town and gets ahead"
(Marquand, 245)*
...the draft SAJ&ft. from the open photo hole... (Yank, 186).
It had to be Mr Newcombe who told me that you and he fi&OA from thesame
little town (Marquand, 132).
The men ...cannot say where they cam* from and where they are going
(Tank, 234)•
He's got a sun-browned face and hands, and he comes fyom England (Yank, 36).
The Partisans in Serrano's band came from all classes
(Tank, 27).
1 come from the backwoods of Horth Dakota (Tank, 173) •
...a few oak pleees with leather seats, which she identified at once as
having come from the shack at Lake Arrowhead
(Cain, 223).
to

ssbol from wnwHar.To
have no place of origin.

seem to appear as

if by magic; to seem to

The sun was turning the mountains gold and purple and the little clouds
had come from nowhere (Marquand, 489).
come hell or high mater.
everything.

Begardless of what happens; in spite of

But come hell or hlyh water. Minot must have believed that he would
always have his ear (Marquand, 73).
to come heme.
1. To return to one's home, house.
He thought he was like those pictures of officers he had seen on adver­
tisements and he was coming home on leave (Marquand, 525).
Tou felt that everybody likec* you when you were Jim's age, and Jim was
coming home
(Marquand, 530)*

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•. .he hisuelf had soafc hDMLfor a ten-day leare "before he reported to
hew York for his orders
(Marquand, 525).
.. .and what all the other Himmler employees did to the father when he
SUM. home from the cannery...
(Marquand* 553).
Ike, it appeared, hadn't come hOML last night (Cain, 50).
I'll "bring them direct to school Monday morning and they can come hfilttt.
from there (Cain, 19).
..•you get a little tight, and you fififlfi, home, and something happens,
and then whatT
(Cain, 24).
by night, when she fiAflfi. hfiBS.
Monty...
(Cain, 245) .
2. To return to one's Ip l s s ; to return to one's headquarters.
Her crew & S L hfififi. to a sudden, unrestricted, crasy holiday greeting
(Tank, 85).
It was Capt* Charles H. Colwell.. .coming home from a strafing mission...
(Tank, 194).
1SL ggfjft iA«

1. to enter
Mr. Hand, one of her regular customers, came in early with another mem..(Cain, 66).
"Emily Mill cent just fififfifi. lA>" she said (Qardner, 48).
His captain. ..fiCML I n after awhile.. • (Tank, 193).
"I just
iA»" Msdgs said, "to see if you were comfortable"
(Marquand, 328).
"Sam
. on 1& and get me,” said Hewbrough (Yank, 7).
”£figg on 2A » m he- said.. * (Tank, 193).
Della Street
i A with the three clean glasses (Gardner, 48).
...the next time he fifigfi. AA» 1 put the gun on the wall... (Yank, 125^.
Ssm. on 1a (Tank, 25).
Jeff, what were you and Jim talking aboutwhen we fi&BS. AA^ (Marquand, 66).
In a short time she saw many bills in the box, as Ida repeatedly s a b s . in.
made change, and sent dr line out with it, so she would get her tip
(Cain, 124J.
The big mo ocher comes in here and busts ay ci^rettes...
(Gardner, 9).
...you thought when you came in I'd just throw it at you (Tank, 132).
She's just talking as you caste i n (Marquand, 80).
Veda began dancing up
down, and Bert came
followed by Wally...
(Gain, 125).
John fifiofi. 2a and shook me a couple of games of twenty-six (Gardner, 72).
Let 'em f
i
f
i
n
g
,on 1 &
(Marquand, 388J.
The platoon found the town espty but met a Jerry patrol
lA as
they went out (Tank, 49)•
...Mr. Eldridge
Mr. Hichols would come in from the
editorial rooms
out front...
(Marquand, 202).

Guess who Just SJUML l A 1
(Cain, 125).
A couple of customers c a m e 1a and pretty quick they were shooting craps
(Qardner, 72).
"I ««>— 1a here under a mimtapprehendison," he said (Tank, 103)*
Jeffrey had Just finished, washing with his knitted wash cloth when Alf
fiflffift. lA (Marquand, 1 5 3 ) •
Arline fififlt. l A from the d i m i n g room (Cain, 125).
Do you want to know the p e o p l e who came 1a during the evening?
(Gardner,
"Is she like the first s e r g eant when he nnm»H 1a And sees you sitting at
his deskTM we asked
(T'atnk, 98).
...when I saw you and M a d g e and then when Jim came 1 a , I thought it was
particularly swell
(kcorquand, 75).
No, Paul Drake would nnnff i n here — unless something important has happen
ed...
(Gardner, 66).
He always used to oomm I n a nd order a drink... (Yank, 205).
Madge had Just fifing. 1 a f r o s "bridge or lunch. Judging from her dress...
(Marquand, 519).
In a minute or two Veda
in.. ♦ (Cain, 195).
• ••one afternoon he told tier to come 1a
(Cain, 204).
...as I fifing dashing 1a
(Yank, 239).
Whistle for some more W h i t e iiock, honey, and come in and close the door
(Marquand, 457).
•..there was a rap on t h e screen door, and Mrs. Gessler, who lived next
door, fifing 1 a
(Cain, 8 ) .
Well, 1 told hia to come i n
(Gardner, 141).
He was a supply man who h a d Just come 1a across the stump flat with a
40-pound case of C ra t io n s. . .
(Tank, 196).
And Lilly s a b s . 1a all h o t said steamy... (Marquand, 158).
He was pretty noisy a b o u t it, perhaps hoping she would hear him and c o b s .
in there, begging him t o change his mind (Cain, 5).
A voice yelled, ’Ca m in *
(Gardner, 145).
...I*d come 1a , maybe a n h o u r and a half late (Tank, 187).
A breath of warm air c a m e in throu^i the open window. •• (Marquand, 158).
...Mre. Geseler came In. . .
(Cain, 150).
Della Street...figmg l A w i t h the detective intow(Gardner,
154).
•..the men who
1 a w i t h us (Tank, 243).
Come 1a and look at him
(Marquand, 158).
Not one thing in it — u n t il the piano fifiBfi. lA*but that1srecent —
ever meant a thing to y o u - . • (Cain, 228) •
He wanted me £& coae 1 a a n d give you a message (Gardner, 58).
There's no way in the w o r l d . . . o f keeping the Japs from coming 1a at night.
(Yank, 145).
Do you remember when y o u
1a to say good-by?
(Marquand, 195).
The boys couldn't belie-ve it when they saw me coming 1 a
(Pyle, 249).
■Co m * 1a ," she said
(Gajrdner, 18).
While I was visiting hiss t h e second time, a corporal...figmg 1a and asked..
(Pyle, 121).
• • .a breesy man from t h m West fisfifi. 1a and got an estimate...
(New Yorker,
XXIII, June 28, 1947, 2 0 ) •

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2. To arrive*
When the train saUBB. lUt it was all eo vivid that it seemed to he he gat­
ing off that train, not Jim (Marquand, 526),
-••then I told you about a time when I was coming la on the train from
Sragg's...
(Marquand, 588)*
He knew that she must have applied it in those last leaden moments before
the train came in (fctarquand, 528)*
• ••(they had Just
la from an all-night session...) (Yank, 15&)»
• ••they cane in from different directions
(Yank, 124).
• ••when you jbbB8l 1& I was to be notified immediately (sew Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 1947, 22).
...when she fipfiftfe lfi. from her tour of news sources
(.New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 1947, 22).
Later he was talking about the paratrooper who used to come la* •.
(Pyle, 422) •
The night shift was Just beginning la come in and his Job was nearly over
(Marquand, 279)*
A few Christmas packages were coming in (Yank, 202).
And through it all they kept working and supplies kept coming in (Pyle,
285).
I hate to look at them when the new ones
la (Pyle, 195).
One night Muncy was in bed when one of his soldier friends came in from
town*..
(Pyle, 219)*
...some people...had fiflBt. XlL with some of their guests.•• (Marquand, 30 ).
...the Jessups had come Aft with some more guests. .. (Marquand, 30).
At seven-forty-one, Serle comes in again (Gardner, 62).
At six-twenty-nine, John Mllicant comes l a (Gardner, 62).
Hogarty
got acquainted with Emily coming in on the boat
(Gardner, 112).
Most of the prisoners coming in were from a captured German hospital
(Pyle, 376).
Three weeks later two of them c^mo la...
(Pyle, 424).
..•four companies
IXk from the rear
(Yank, 122).
"The officers will pick up your mail as it comes in." Mason said (Gard­
ner , 101).
So I noticed particularly the time when the order came in. and kept hurrying
the cook up to get it out (Gardner, 147).
"If he cornea in for lunch,M Mason said,
"tell him that Perry Mason, the
lawyer.. .“ (Gardner, 94).
...when the Germans QSEA lfi. they took the parcels away from them (Yank, 27).
...they really went to town when the Germans came in (Yank, 26^.
They were comlng In from all sides now...
(Yank, 15).
••.the first echelon of the Army came in and took over half the front
(Yank, 39),
I've seen lots of them come la fresh from the States...
(Yank, 205'•
We don't like rookies coming In here and telling us how to run things
(Yank, 166).
She was a little stunned when the bills began to come in.•• (Cain, 190).

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3* To cone to one* it, out of something else*
We s a w 1 8 b i g T i g e r s , . . c o m i n g l a
(Y a n k , 1 2 4 ) ,
That night the Jap, more sure of himself, came In (Yank, 6),
Two litter bearers had Just come la* • • (Yank, 197),
Thousands of prisoners came l a as a result of this leaflet barrage* ••
(Yank, 128),
"...every time a shell would come in* ■.11 (Yank, 245),
It was a ptrol coming l a (Yank, 245),
"That sonuwabitch has waved that flag for a half hour and he still isn't
coming in." Brusic said (Yank, 107),
This was the kind of stuff we loved to do — coming la under fire* • •
(Yank, 123).
The boats are com! ng In (Marquand, 422)*
Hours would go by without a single shell comir.g la* •• (Pyle, 235),
The biggest ones lay far off, salting their turns Jfca come la Cfyle, 23)*
The only way to unload supplies was to come in as close as possible with
a power barge*..
(Yank, 203)*

4, To fly toward one, as an airplane*
...the squadron comnander himself had to get out and act as traffic manager,
deciding which planes were in greatest danger and should be allowed to
come frp. first (Pyle, 170),
Another time a plane OSSSL iSL full of holes, but not basically damaged
(Pyle, 171).
The crew's request to the pilot that morning, ..had been for a "beautiful
buzz job" coming in (Yank, 85).
When a low-flying strafer comes la everybody. •.shoots at him...
(Pyle,
384),
Two Jap,..planes were coming la
3,000 feet (Yank, 203),
We came la fast,..above the end of the runway (Yank, 119),
There was only the one plane coming in — actually half a plane* ••
(Yank, 86).
•.*B-24s, B-26s, P-40s, P-39s and P-38s £fi£l£ l a * * *
(Yank, 2C2),
Will they be ccming in soonT
(Yank, 229).
• * .he would walk out to the field to watch them come in (Yank, 230) .
5, To be received after being transmitted as by radio, telephone, tele­
graph, teletype, etc*
e

He wished that he were there, or at any rate in someplace where the news
was coming in. but he was not (Marquand, 79).
Something's coming la over the other telephone (Gardner, 60),
•..were Jarred away from their positions at the 'scopes but voices
fi&Bfi. i n over the phone (Yank, 44)*
Directions for course and bearing stopped coming l a
(Yank, 44),
Then Mr* Fernald sat down and asked if President Wilson's message to
Congress were coming ip., .» (Marquand, 198).

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6*

To visit* call*

• ••ha had been obliged to pay for the nurse himself and & woman named
Battle had come 1a by the day (Marquand, 304) .
If he would come 1a tomorrow and fill out an application end meat Colonel
So-andeso• •• (Marquand* 574).
They were visitors whom she must hare asked to corns 1a after dinner
(Marquand* 136)*
7.

To join; to become a part of.

So many of them oams 1a with armor on bat boy* oh boy*
cracked (Tank* 89).
The rotation plan of sending one per cant per month of
America also figBt. l A for a lot of discussion (Fyle*
-.-and kept up tracer bursts until our heavy artillery
the target pointed by--*
(Tank, 55).
"Thaes what I came 1a the Army for" (Tank* 100) •

how fast they
each outfit back to
115).
could come 1a on

8- To join as a musician joins others in an orchestra when themusic
calls for him.
..•she repeated the last part of the air he had been playing* so that when
he SAHL 1 & again, it joined up quite neatly (Cain* 136).
.. -she repeated the long figure* thumped her baas. counted* and he cams 1a
again (Cain* 136) •
After a bar or two by the orchestra* Teda came 1a again-•• (Cain, 213)9*

To receive, earn* get money.

Ton'll have something
10-

1a

(Cain, 50)•

To be enclosed in for delivery, for protection.

It ftrnn»« 1 a a round metal can**.

(Pyle* 242) •

Som e o f t h e t e n t s h a d w o o d e n f l o o r s — m a d e b y k n o c k i n g a p a r t t h e
t h a t f r a g b o m b s c o rn s 1 a * * «
(Fyle* 207).

to come 1a contact with-

lo n g b o x es

To meet; to reach; to touch and be touched by.

Those are trivial matters and he may never come 1a contact with any of
them. -• (Tank* 142) •
to come l a lABdZ*

To b e useful; to b e of use.

It might come In tordr to light a fire with (Tank* 97) •
The 00 figured that with enemy on three sides a little security might ££££.
in
(Tank, 48) .

%SL fiSML into J^f. conversation.
ioa; to be talked about*

To be node a subject of the oonversat-

It wa* hard to find anything to talk a'bout until the telegraph room fiftfflt.
into
oonrereatlon (Marquand, 19)*
to coat into(wifmprrl

To inherit; to receire aea gift.

"The kid cones into H a n A on hie twenty-first birthday. •" (Cain,200) *
to cone into existence.

To he horn; to he originated; to he inrented.

...the real organisation didn't £££& tBtfl
(Tank, 190).

■tono^ until Bor* 19* 1941..•

To hoc one a part of one; to hare an effect on
to fifijgfc into ______ life.
one; to become necessary to one.
. ..insisting bitterly that if Ur s. Biederhof had fifiML lnto hielife,
was entitled to some peace... (Cain, 5).
to come into
fiLuL*
thou^its, unexplalnedLly •

To he thought a'bout; to enter one's mind,

It's Just one of those things that come jfttp your
to come into the open.
being secret.

a guy

(Msrquand, 588).

To come out of hiding; to become known after

Then we talked of the Branch underground, which had Just been
the open during the previous few days (Pyle, 409).
. ..the underground began onminw into the open (Pyle, 416).

into

to fififiS. tBt* ___ own.
To he recognised for one's true worth; to enjoy
the benefits of one's talents, abilities, etc.
That was when the Foreign Correspondent at last came into his jott (Mar-,
quand, 25)•
Ee spoke good Italian, and after hitting Italy he came into his own (Pyle,
259).

to come into f i i A t . riew).
To be seen; to be seen as though it mores
toward one while in reality one stores toward it.
••.the home field "nw* into Q**ht (Tank, 119)•
. *.your salesman was likely to disappear suddenly in mid-purchase as the
local policeman come into view.•• (Tank, 115) •
...as it was a molar, required a deal of cheek-stretching before it fiflM
clearly into riew (Cain, 54).
A person would hare to go halfway across the beachhead acres from the sea
before the other half of it caste into riew (^rle, 236).-

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fiflM. SAX*
(An exclamation indicating ona does not fully believe what
•no hears*)
"Oh, cons now.■
to ssSUL fi£»

Jesse

Fine n a n s a i d ,

"hardly that”

(Msrquand, 283).

To result from; to happen as a result of*

I suppose nothing will l>nlM a t it, if we're really honest about it
(Cain, 137).
Well, nothing fiUHL flX. it (Gardner, 145)*
h u n g a r o u n d t h e p l a n e s * . . b u t n o t h i n g fiM lfi. q£_ i t e x c e p t t h a t 1 g o t
a l a r g e q u a n t i t y o f d i r t b l o w n i n ay fane
( P y l e , 22)*

...1

lA. £SBB
1.

to

b e re so w e d ;

to

be

ta k e n o f f *

As gun after gun cans off the stack I looked to see what was the natter
with it (Pyle, 423).
So the costune ££BW off*» • (Cain, 129)*
2* To h a p p e n ;

to

o c cu r,

to

The t r a d e d i d n ' t fiflBB off** *
to cone on*

go a s p la n n e d *

(Pyle, 414)*

To a c c o m p a n y one; to go away with one*

(imperative*)

G e e , I w i s h 1 could go to A r r o w h e a d *
"&2M. fi&N ( C a i n , 89)*
<?rrr o n . Della* We go to within three blocks of the place**. (Gardner,
Sflfift. fill* let's talk with her (Gardner, 159)*
fifiOB flft* Phyllis* I have to rush to keep an appointnent*
(Gardner, 24).
Drake said, "Well fifiBB fiA then* Let's go and get it over with”
(Gardner, 158)*
M£SA& on. Jeffie,” Bill Swinburne said (Marquand, 573).
"Well, don't tell her,” Jeffrey said, "cone pa"
(Marquand, 363)*
”£fifiB fiA*" Minot said, "one, two, three — ” (Marquand, 71).
"CfiML MU* you, ” he could hear a sergeant calling,
”take a reef in your
pants* Let's go” (Marquand, 76)*
£fiAB fiA to the Bulldog nseting* * • (Marquand, 33) .
on. kid (Marquand, 280)*
It is one o'clock* fifijBB o n * Elsie (Marquand, 445)*
n£ sjBB on.” Minot said
(Marquand, 367)*
”1 wish I were going with you now*” ”Cono o n !! Minot said* "No...not
yet” (Marqusuod, 460)*
"C n w o n . Jeffie*” They crossed a room*..
(Marquand, 574).
Corns on . Della* We have nothing more to do here
(Gardner, 166).
Cn— o n . we got each other, haven't wet
(Cain, 260)*
"Come on*” Mason said. ”Hurry u p ” (Gardner, 165).
. *.Come on. Della. Let's go (Gardner, 174).

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Coms on. folks* Lot's go (Gardner, 172).
Oo— on. let's go J (Marquand, 567).
"CftJML on. everybody." he oalled, "cocktails in the Bnapus room"
(Marquand, 126).
"Sfiflfi. 0&»N the of floors announced, grabbing Mason's elbow and half pushing
him through the doorway... (Gardner, 42*43).
"Qftlflf fiA* Jesse,■ Alf said, "It's tlas for that spin In the park"
(Marquand, 285).
"Coas on." Jla said, "let's go V
(Marquand, 548).
"rfpBt on." Jla said, "let's go" (Marquand, 547).
"All right," he said, "come on. Gloria, and let's see what the town looks
like at night — Just you and ae"
(Marquand, 369).
Co b s on. Jeff, Mother wants to aeet you (Marquand, 257).
"ffprr °n »" Minot said, "Air corps headquarters, boy" (Marquand, 566).
Cone on. Let’s go (Marquand, 556)*
Get the soup, and fifigfi. fiA (Cain, 48).
Coae on. Dslla, we're going to see Paul Brake (Gardner, 68)*
"Keep going," then, turning to Bella Street, "Pome on. Della" (Gardner, 65).
Coae on* Let's go (Gardner, 17).
2. To enter, appear , as on a platform, stags, table, market*
...Pleasant, a new brand of mentholated cigarettes that was Just
on the market (Cain, 235).
Just as the clear soup was coming £&, he remembered — » Louella Barnes
(Marquand, 320).
They were all seated by the time Beckle had finished telling them about
the ducks, and the soup was cowlb j
(Marquand, 129)*
After 1
fiA it goes smooth anyway (Tank, 133).
They still got all that stuff before I coae fiA to rehearse (Tank, 133) •
...get me razzed off the stags when I come onT (Cain, 238).
3. To approach; to draw near.
Three Japs mowed toward them. Vhen the first Jap reached thehole Bay
quietly spitted him on a bayonet* The second went down undera hand
grenade. The third fifififi. fiA (Tank, 19).
■
on." Bred said, "stop necking, and meet the company" (Marquand,
115).
"fififfifi. QA» * Be could hear Mo not calling to him on mornings after
(Marquand, 221)*
N£fifl)& o n ." Jeffrey said, "I'll tell you a poem" (Marquand, 362).
tie knew it ]a hemorrhagsj was earning fiA (Cain, 181).
Come on. you little bastards (Tank, 93).
Vinter was coming op (Gardner, 182).
4. To continue; to go on.
They cams on with a terrible slowness

(Pyle, 434)*

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"Come on. c o m qa," Drake said* "Lot's have it"
(Gardner. 162).
fioma o n . Mildred, tifhat are yeu getting at? (Gain. 4)*
£fiBA aft, baby* Something's srong (Cain. 9)*
Cone o n * flfhat else?
(Cain. 168)*
5* Please*

(Imperative).
•

"SflEB.
Drake said* "Let's order"
(Gardner, 146).
Cone on. be a good girl, and tell ne about the clients (Gardner. 1)*
"Tee." Milt said, "cone jul and stay. Jeff"
(Marquand, 173)*
"Cone on." Jeffrey said, "pftfmr on. don't fight" (Marquand. 363)*
6* To discover; to find*
"...I've fififiC. fl& * natter that I shall hare to ask you to keep confi­
dential* *." (Cain, 215)•
• • .he was reading the Mew Tork Tines, avidly skinming over each dispatch
with the hope that he might c o m on something reassuring between the
lines (Marquand. 543)*
7. To begin one's daily work as at a certain hour*
He said that when the generators came on in the morning. •.it made him
dreaa they were being attacked in the air (Pyle, 223)*
I uasn'tsupposed to come on until eleven, and he got me upout of ay
beauty
sleep (Gardner, 95)*
to come out*
1* To c o m e f r o m

in s id e a n o th e r p la c e ,

ro o m ; t o

e x it.

• ..Chief turret
Capt* Bowman came outfrom
inside
and passedtheword
for the group to move along (Tank, 46)*
Mo parachute SABB. out (Pyle. 34)*
•• .where the shells fiaofi. out there was only one hole (Pyle, 424) •
The back hole was where it SAQB.
after going through the arm
(Pyle. 261).
...after her dosenth or so reappearance, she «w i m out followed ty Mr.
Treviso**.
(Cain, 241)*
Veda saos. out for bow after bow*..
(Cain, 241)*
As part of the program a girl came out and sang (Pyle. 120).
"Awright,* we could hear the sergeant shouting, "come out wit* yer light
combat packs far lig£it combat" (Touak, 102).
At sin-fifty-seven, a blonde baby* * .went in, and five minutes later
caa>a out (Gardner, 62)*
•..stamping of feet on the wooden floors, and the Companies and the
Batteries.
m4rmr out to form their ranks in the evening light
(Marquand. 581)*
Also, they had corns out wearing their leather crash helmets (Pyle. 405/*

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It had a gash in the front tiro inehea long and a smaller ona at tha laft
roar where tha fragment s#ML flUl (Faria* 121)*
They wouldn't fiflBB. SB& until 1 drowe off (Saw Tor leer, XXIII, Sept* 6,
1947, 23).
•••in tha meantime sewen parachutes haul come out of tha Fortress (Pyle,
174).
fhen the boys came out after tha first show ended, they ware laughing*.•
(Pyle. 245).
How Tada oama out, and said...
(Cain, 241)*
•••the situation is radically different, and she comas out with her shoulders
squared... (Gardner, 64).
She came out looking happy (Gardner, 64).
She want in, and than cams right back out at ten-thirty-two (Gardner, 64).
I Jess want yer £ & coma out an do a extended order with tha boys (Tank,
103).
...I saw flames
out around the gas tanks...
(Tank, 125).
Monty cane out, in tweeds..• (Cain, 254) •
Ida put her head through the door and beckoned, and Anna s ab ML out (Cain,
65).
•..the woman came out and motioned them in (Cain, 184).
Ur. Ho sen...fifiOB. out to tell us she would be ready in a minute (Tank, 132).
"Breryone came out in a hurry, and they hustled Phyllis Leeds off in the
sheriff's car"
(Gardner, 40)•
They
out into the hot glare of the West Coast sun*..
(Marquand, 426).
One of the* ..models fiftML flBi wearing a coat.*. (Tank, 228).
He was the only one who fiftML out to watch. •• (Tank, 229).
When she got home, Bert came out to meet her, and took her into the den**.
(Cain, 104).
When she salt. out with the little suitcase, the Pierces decided it was time
to go (Cain, 109).
...wear in the kitchen, and slip off when she came out to greet the cus­
tomers. •• (Cain, 119).
Now, what did you do when you QAJBft. out? (Gardner, 78).
They sent in word for John Jut cons saJ, (Pyle, 412).
Then he SAM, flfli*** (Cain, 223).
...the two South Africans fifijHL out (Tank, 116).
When be s a b s . out, he crouched ower his teammate... (Tank, 17).
There are some fighter detachments in the Tillage and they fiBBA. out on
the double.•• (Tank, 71).
...the kids would start*• .hollering for us to come out (Tank, 188).
2.

To come into the open as from a hiding place, refuge*

Shortly after that. Bill Hogarty SAUL out (Gardner, 65).
Sometimes they wouldn't fifiJBB. sxdL
all...
(Pyle, 441).
Not a soul mowed a muscle for about fire minutes, and then they all suddenly
MBS. out as though shot from a gun (Pyle, 332).
•*.lf he didn't hear anything he would
out (Tank, 245).
•••the crew s a b a .fittS.*** (Tank, 124).

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...then they'd fifiM. flat, ®nd start shooting again after tha bombs h*d
exploded (Pyle, 161)*
Suddenly thraa German soldiars q s *L out a aide road... (Pyla. 449)*
..•tha Americans oaaaad firing and fiJUHl oat in the opan, too (Tank. 53)•
Gradually wo laft tha fox-holaa and sprawling plaoe and
out to saa
what tha slqr had in stora for us (^rla. 437)*
Sonatinas tha raaaining Qarnana SJUKL oat of thair holes... (Pyla. 441).
"Qoaa g & fijil, and fight", yallad tha Jap, tossing a rook (Tank, 7).
3* To ha published, printed, as in a newspaper, aogasine; to be broad­
cast over tha radio•
..•ha's rieh, and good-looking, and all tha girls Just wait for his picture
to cone gjifc. 1a tha paper (Cain, 125) •
Tha paper cane oat today (Tank, 72).
I had to hare sons plaoa to stay after tha book fiyg, out (Marquand, 43)*
Tha rough, nala roioa that cane fiyt of the amplifiers wasn't quite what
Pleasant had contracted for...
(Tank, 356).
It sounded like an inartistic whine when it all figgfi, out in words (Mar­
quand, 373).
That this elegant announce went should fifiBfi. out in tha paper, she knew,
■want a great deal to him (Cain, 87).
"Suppose we fifigfi, out in Town and Country,” Madge said, ”as Secretary and
Mrs, Stinson of tha Mary"
(Marquand, 342).
Tada did a great deal of telephoning about tha "releases” , as she called
then, and then when the first itea about her fifiafi. ask* • • (Cain, 238) •
4,

To sound so ae to be heard as a roioe, musical instrument, etc*

He would try to say something like "boat” and a completely different yet
related word like "water" would come fijafc (Pyle, 121).
Caruso. ..hare music in a soul is figjflfi. out erer1 note 'a sung (Cain, 218),
...Tommy Dorsey's arrangement gagg. out soft and smooth...
(Tank, 342).
...when his t o ice changed it gggg. out low, deep and throaty...
(Tank, 243).
5*

To be made known publicly; to become known generally.

"Even now, these little things fifigg. out" (Marquand, 7).
...all the tine her oholer was gaining pressure, and she knew that before
long it would hare to come gjjfc (Cain, 58).
Then it all figgg. BUfc* •• (Tank, 166).
6.

To have (good, bad) fortunes.

"Maybe ya don't know where ya
» oat" (Cain, 336).
...she.•.probably knew where she was «omin^ out (Cain, 178).
It would come out all right in the end, Milton always said (Marquand,
401).
Por in any throttled country the farm people always come out best (^rle,
145).

7.

To appear; to eow*

■I eaa't fiflM. fiat looking like both Gish sisters*
(Coin, 237)•
■I was flrlif with a — chins gun at one fallow, sad dirt w— SfifilfiC oat
all tha ti— ■ (Tank, 54)*
Tha boys showad — all tha littla leprove— nts that had £&■(. oat in tha
newer boabs (Pyls, 265).
■Tha appla blossoas will ba aai*n*r ou,t whan you get ho— ,” Madge — id...
(Marquand, 410),
.•.what there wots in you that aaounted to anything sail sat wary quickly
(Marquand, 221),
8*

To appear on one's body as sores, rash, skin discoloration, freckles.

...the beard — tted on your face, and the sores
(Tank, 48).
9.

oat on your feet...

To — he one*s debut as a girl; to be introduced to society.

...he could not explain then to her clearly any — re than she could explain
to hie what had happened to her the year she had sfiM fiSl (Marquand, 32).
10.

To aanage to reaaln;

He got sixteen slu&i in his
alive (Pyle, 138).
11.

to be able to be*
leg during

that adventure,and barely as— out

To be produced; to be node; to turn out.

The little oabi— t — ker in the little Tillage had been surprised
well the little desk fifiM. fl&l* •• (Marquand, 107).
12*

at how

To survive an ordeal.

...four flutters — nt roaring up the valley into the grey veil. • Only one
P A H oat (Tank, 181).
Two battalions went into Clsterna; 26 Rangers & ■ £ OttS. (Pyle, 126).
13.

To visit.

Sqm. oat n.,yi g«« my new turning lathe, Jeff (Marquand, 115).
The executive off leer...ca— oat to see us...
(Tank, 196).
Sonetl-s they would figBfc oat to a softball ga— ... (Tank, 1B5) •
to spat oat o f ♦
1.

To co—

fron.

■it was SABlJML oat of trees and water faucets”

(Pyle, 120).

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...pretty soon a medic g g g g
fl£ a doorway...
(Pyla* 406)*
Thay told fiuuy stories a'bout haw four and fire aaa fiBII. «^t of a burning
tank all at once...
(Pyla, 264)*
When tha eospany s u i q b | q X tha linaa, aoaa of tha aaa could barely walk.*,
(Pyla, 363).
Both captains want through Off tear a 1 Training School at Fort Banning..•
and "both SAgg right out of tha offlcsra1 aohool into hia family (Pyla,
309).
Bat aa tiaa want on othar typaa of merchandise fifigg out of hiding and want
on aala (Pyla. 119).
A. yalp SA gg JB&i fi£ har aa aha atappad off tha running board..• (Cain, 173),
Than two naraaa cams out of tha rooa, than ona of tha doetora, than tha
donor, and aoaa ordarliaa (Cain, 101).
Whan wa AUM. fit!
our ignominious aprawling. •,wa know tha arror had baan
caught and chackad (lyia, 438).
It aaama inoradibla to aa that any German could bare fiflgg out
that
bonbardnant with hia aanity (Pyla, 438) •
And than wa could aaa a flara fifigg out of tha bally of our plana..• (Pyla,
438).
Whan thay first
gggg, out of thair blanksta... Cfyle, 150).
Whan aha figgg, out of tha eloaat • aha piokad up har drink. •• (Cain, 59) •
••.a roies
out of tha darknaas aald yaa (Tank, 168) •
Two w a la nurasa £ g g g out o;f tha aanitariua and atart dragging his out of
tha oar (Gardner, 32),
••.tha soldier flggg out of tha house...
(Tank, 247).
Shortly after supper a lieutenant figgg. out of a farnhouae...
(Pyla, 443).
1 almost ran into his whan ha flg g g out of tha barbershop (Marquand, 217).
« ..the Japs fig g g out of one of than at about 15,000 feet... (Tank, 203).
Two blondes...gggg out of a little doorway... (Tank, 227).
...Thera's a bunch of Japs
qu,t of tha Jungle and into this grass
across tha riwar (Tank, 92)•
Mr. Coggeshall, tha warrant officer, sggg. °ut of tha head buttoning hia
trousers (Tank, 89)•
It would be batter to gat to tha woods, for no ona would think thay had
coae out of tha plana allre (Marquand, 232).
...a dreadful croak...gyg, out of har south(Cain, 255).
•• .not stand up
a sandwich and looking aa thoughsomeone ware
going to fifigt out of tha fnrs on tha hill and chase than (Marquand, 545).
Wa saw this Geraan fifig g out of his foxhole for a sinuta...
(Tank, 126),
They had Just fifig g out of tha lines...
(Pyla, 251).
2.

To atop, quit, cease.

£ g g g out of it, lorely

(Marquand, 530).

if i. fifig g g.TBE
1. To crosa, aa in soring, traraling, to; to approach from soma dis­
tance.
Jack Sills figgg orar with another regiment...

(Tank, 243).

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Veda c * m orir. .• (Gain. 156) •
Ha lit a clg&rstta and
o w to my bunk... (Yank, 14) •
... get out of the sack early — or do I have to come over and get you
upT
(Yank, 88).
There in London I was having lunch in an officers1 club when an American
colonel.. .came over (Pyle, 304).
...a young lieutenant.. .came over to us...
(Pyle, 399).
Lieutenant Shockley came over with a nap...
(pyle, 400).
He flajBfc over to me and said...
(Yank, 186).
While he was talking the handyman stUBB. pver and sat down (Yank, 70).
Hey, Krnie, fifiSfi. over here (Pyl#, 288).
But Mrs. Boole held up a finger, smiled and fiftSB. over (Cain, 33).
When Mrs. Boole finally came over, she began to talk...
(Cain, 33).
Seeing the cake, Mrs. Gassier gave an exclamation, and
over to look
(Cain, 9).
.. *a Had Cross mam who served in the brigade
over and introduced
himself (Pyle, 411).
"Jeffrey,11 Agnes said, "come over here and talk to me"
(Marquand, 489).
...Veda.. .came over, took her in her arms...
(Cain, 230)•
She was relieved when Ida
over, demanding that the kitchen be cleared
(Cain, 126).
As soon as Arllne came over to get their orders, she went back to the
kitchen...
(Cain, 121).
Be
over, put one arm around her...
(Cain, 170).
• ••the lady turned, then came over beaming, with outstretched glove...
(Cain. 192).
We jMSfift over with a light ack-ack outfit...
(Yank, 217).
2. To visit; to make a call.
...Christmas day...when Crusher's sister Bertha
over from Jersey
with her husband Frank... (Yank, 183) •
Gunner Sergeant Alban Petchal...said that if I would come over to their
tent after supper they'd see if they couldn't drum up a snack before
bedtime (Pyle, 214).
Maybe I better coae over (Cain, 209).
In the afternoon one of the Yugoslavia's champion soccer players fiftBfi.
over to give the staff some material.•. (Yank, 69).
Cpl. Billy MacIntyre. *.fiBJQft. over to tell a few Jokes...
(Yank, 34).
...Mrs. Gessler figjgfi. over to invite her to a party that ni^it (Cain, 22).
They want us to come over for a cocktail tomorrow afternoon.. • (Marquand,
567).
Next Sunday, when the children were invited to dinner by the Pierces,
Mildred knew Bert was CPF>tn*r over (Cain, 81) •
A minute or two After Mr. Murock left, Mrs. Gessler came over and Joined
them in the den (Cain, 107).
Around ten, Mrs* Gessler came over. with the black dress..- (Cain, 111).
Wally BBBSL over one afternoon...
(Cain, 150).

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”We 11, it*s mo nleo you cflfift fiZtC.*" Mrs. Sarnes said

(Marquand, 208).

3* To pass oTorhoad, aa In an airplane.
Gornaan ‘bombers oame over but we Just stayed put (Fyl*, 47).
...the German raiders fiAES. over at ni^it..*
(Fyle, 234).
...when air raiders came over, they turned out the fires...
(Pyle* 245).
At nlgit when the raiders £AS& over, a mighty bedlam of aek-ack blasted
away on shore.•> (Fyle, 2 7 2 ) •
...hours would go by without a single shell earning over (Fyle, 232).
Petchal was flying as gunner in a flight of bombers anm-ing over from
America (Fyle, 217).
The first planes of the m i s onslaught came over a little before 10 a.m.
(fiyle,
German planes came over one by one (Fyle, 370).
Our planes always oame over. .. (Fyle, 371 )•
...the first German planes of the night SABfL over (Pyle, 370)•
N0n the way" shouted a fellow at the phones, and then theshells cane over.
crackling like ripped newspaper
(Yank, 53).
When German planes came over they ran and hid and quivered with absolute
terror
(Fyle, 98)1
Mot five minutes later our dive bombers J2AJ5A over (l^rle, 168).
• ••there was the drone of planes, and then a whole ^roup of Liberators
came over (Yank, 69).
•••this bastard fiABA
strafing...
(Yank, 125).
About 30 German planes oame over, looking for a village on the other
side of the mountain...
(Yank, 71).
Then when the Japs eSBtL QTar here...the Dragons are already up there
waiting for them (Yank, 194).
The Japs &ABA over the next morning. •. (Yank, 203) •
. . .when the plane
over (Yank, 168) •
Two Jap float planes came over. .. (Yank, 202) •
••.Jerry SABA fllfiLt dropping big-stuff bombs... (Yank, 244).
4. To take possession of, as an emotion.
Then that old pursuing thou^it SABA over him again as he pickedup an
embroidered washcloth (Marquand, 260).
...a great inner feeling of calm and relief saba over us..*
(Fyle, 463).
"It's Just a feeling,” Jeffrey said, ”lt SBBS. over mo out there on the
lawn” (Marquand, 12A) .
Outside of the occasional peaks of bitter fighting and heavy casualities
that highlight military operations, I believe the outstanding trait
in any campaign is the terrible weariness that gradually fifiMLQXfiZL
everybody (Fyle, 84).
As she picked up the phones a horrible feeling s a b a over her that God
had had her number, after all
(Cain, 97).
...a sensation
over him that was fierce, insistent, discordant, as
he sat there comfortably under the tree (Marquand, 218).

• ••tut now nil nt oaen it fiUI orer bin tbnt Minot hnd boon everywhere,
but bn bad merer bnnn around (Marquand. 74).
"It Just flaML over aa,M Minot said (Marquand. 76).
5. To bo rocoiTod after being transmitted by naans of telephone, radio,
teletype, or the like.
Around our farmyard men with stars on their shoulders almost wept when the
word fiflgP. arty the portable radio (Pyle. 4 3 9 ) .
Vo were sitting in the gun pit one dark morning when word&UBt. orer the
field telephone that ••• (Pyle. 106) •
• ••a t o doe out. orer the interphone (Tank. 118).
6.

To engulf; to poeeeee; to hold*

▲ cessation of notion seemed to ppBR.
to come sflllL*
a topping*

thecountryeide...

(Pyle. 463).

To pase by; to more by; to approach and continue without

A few ninatee later a friend•••fifiBt. fifcftjt,*'* (Pyle. 444)*
Soon after. Dick Hottelot from London p p m .fifiRfc u d eaid a startled hello
(Pyle, 92).
S2U.
riTolntiftB.
When, if; the rerolution cones (this became
popular after the Russian rerolution and was used Jocularly) •
Then oame the Rerolution— "pan. Ifcft. Rerolution* for the prince— and the
Prinoe fought••• (Marquand. 372)*
That was what they always eaid. "pppp. jfep. rerolution.* and you were meant
to laugh.•«•
(Marquand. 73).
That was what they always eaid. "come the rerolution." and you were meant
to laugh. ppjBfc the rerolution (Marquand. 73).
•••she hefl bought it so that they could hare someplace to lire. ppML £hd
Rerolution (Marquand. 210).
Jeffrey could trace phases of this thought trend. "Gome Hjg Rerolution."
through most of hie adult life (Marquand. 210)*
Then
the depression and that was when they all began saying "fipflft Ifed
Rerolution" (Marquand. 210-211).
Too aany winters.•.and business men who wanted to get away somewhere— pppg
tho BfiTftlntinn,— and nice young couples...
(Marquand. 111).
1 won't hare it long, cone ifcp. rerolution (Marquand. 73).
to rows
1.

-

To penetrate.

One o f t h e
i24) .
We

G e rm a n kids w ho p&flp.

s e e m e d terribly depressed

o n o u r h e a v y c o a t s b u t t h e c h i l l pfiRfi.

(P y le .

1 9 8 ).

(Pyle.

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He. ••turned to signal others jfcq s u m t h f « n A (Tank, 21).
She shell £fiBft t h r t m A at exactly deck level (Tank, 46) .
Pfc. Wayne A. Hutchinson...the fourth nan in the prow when the 40-mm
shell SMB. 4feEfl0jfe.« • • (Tank, 144) •
2*

To he delivered

(this implies being handled by ■any persons).

In England half of ay nail £AML tshr/wgh in a week (Pyle, 302).
At 2035 orders to fire fiftBB. IbEfiflfll*** (Tank, 133).
•••secret orders s m trhT^P^ (Tank, 23).
When a command gfiBB. thrnwifh. Chuck carried it out, then returned to his
reading (Tank, 47) •
The orders usually sfiJBB.
in the evening when everyone was sitting
around the table. •• (Marquand, 319).
...he was pulling WP when his discharge papers SAML t>gMufc—
(lank, 244)*
They cans separately, were wonderfully packed, and the bottles SfiML through
without a break (Pyle, 126).
3*

To pay; to nake payment*

Tou tried to get Hogarty $£. fifiM. through with bail (Gardner, 199) •
"He wouldn't co— t h m « g h -* Mason said (Gardner, 199).
4*

To survive in good condition; to reaaln in good condition.

They found that a new pilot, starting in to build up the required Missions
for going hone, had about a seventy-five per eent chance of
thrnngh safely.•• (Fyle, 170).
...Be conjectured
ive (Pyle, 353).
our own house
We
accepted that not everybody would fifiBB. JfchEfiHZh alive (Pyle, 363).
The better the Gun does its work the more chance it has of coming through..,
(Tank, 32).
5.

To show up; to be apparent.

...the qualities of strength and decision s u m . thrnw**>
to

t*—
tins to;

to (infinitive).

It fiBMB. l i M for ne 4ft go...

(Tank, 248).

The time has cone for one, it, to; it is

(Pyle, 402).

To awaken to surrounding circumstances; to become
iS . fifiBB. 4ft
aware of the immediate situation.
Mildred.. .fiABfi. 4ft horself with a start...
to coae to (infinitive).
1. To happen to; to chance to*

(Cain, 219)

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Sergeant ( I want you to tall me Ilka a good fallow just how you
fall on your bayonet (Tank, 193)*
3*

» ta

After tha passaga of tlaa ona gradually ha gins to*

I JSABBL £ft. Ilka Sargaant Car tar a graat daal

(Pyla, 363).

li fiSM it.*
1* To approach; to draw near to*
I was

to that

(Cain, 194)*

3* To rarIt s : to regain consciousness*
After a while ha caae to. •• (Tank, 134) •
Than I cams to* thay ware shelling all around as

(Pyle, 454)*

3* To become; to develop into*
Tha Japanese would make no trouble unless it came to a matter of face
(Marquand, 510).
to fiSML %SL attention*
Instructions •

To beeome at tent ire; to be attentive for further

...the orchestra cane to attention
to ooas to bt

To

(Cain, 339).

named after a passage of time.

The say we caught S/Sgt. Morgan, or "Mad Morgan" as he came la be called*..
(Tank, 181).
to come to call.

To visit; to make a call.

Awd when she looked at Jeffrey he felt as he had that tine when he had
first come to call (Marquand, 94).
to cons to & conclusion*
To conclude; to decide after thinking it
through to decide after reflective thought*
* .. they.. .cams to the conclusion* ..that they had to "go through with it"
• ••she ££££. Is. the conclusion that what he wanted wasn11 a research
assistant, but a sweetie (Cain, 33)*
to corns to tha door*
To stop at the door of a house, apartment, or
the like; to stop at the outside of a door as if to ask admittance*
If anybody o«nna to the door we'd jumpto our feet*..

(Yank, 187).

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to fiftftft 1ft ML flfift*
• ••*11 things had to

Toend; to finish; to stop.
eons to £ft snd sometins* • •

To coae to a head.

(Cain, 160)*

Toelinax; to arrive at the crux of a situation.

The natter fiftftft 1ft head during the battle when a Karine darted forward.. •
(Tank, 527.
to ceme to Jgutft*

learn to know; to get to know gradually.

Within cycling*•.distance were sereral Snglish Tillages...and our fliers
bad fiftftft 1ft Jq u z e them intimately (Pyle, 320).
And if Z hadn't eons to Infix. them in training camp (Tank, 91).
We got started that we^r and in the days that followed I fiftftft 1ft JOkfiX
hia well (Pyle, 194)*
1ft fiftftft 1ft life*
or lifeless.

To show life, liveliness, after appearing in&ctlre,

• ••the second one fiftftft 1ft life and shot cannon and machine-gun bullets
our way (Tank, 225) *
The whole ship gftftft 1ft life with a scurry and rattling, sailors dashing
to stations before you'd hare thought they could get their shoes on
(Pyle, 7).
to fiftrtr to wind.

To come into one's mind; to bethought of •

There was no reason why such an anecdote should hare come Aft his eind
as he stood there looking at hedge asleep (harquand, 3087.
to fiftftft 1ft nothing.
worthlessly.

To amount to nothing; to be fruitless; to end

He was wondering a&tln why it had all fiftftft 1ft nothing, and why he had
not been able to go on with it...
(harquand, 591).
to

to order.

To be quiet and attentive to business in a meeting.

• ••"The court willfiftftft 1ft order11
to fiftftft Aft pass.

(Gardner, 140).

To happen; to occur.

secretly hoped, as mothers often do, that one day it might
pass" (Cain, 226).
to

to the rescue.
assistance.

To rescue; to sare; to give aid; to giro

It was as though he hoped someone would coae Aft his rescue. that he
might wake up...
(Gardner, 165).

1ft

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to fifiBB. JfeSL BSB*

To

"You never coma to

sea us •"•••ha heard hedge saying (Marquand, 98).

to cons

visit; to make a call.

To become pernanant; to 19000010 fixed.

to stay.

Tha Army had cons to

••

(Yank, 146) •

to cosy to fi stop.To stop; to and;

to finish.

• ..ha nade his say to tha center of tha stage and fifiBB. £0.fi stop by a
table that held a stack of diplonas...
(Marquand, 166).
to fifiBB. jifi.
to

about It.

After having thought tha matter over.

think about it. nark that latter "Registered".. •

to fifiBB. Ifi. think of it.

(Yank, 173).

After having thought tha matter over.

Presently she said,
(Cain, 60).

"Well come to think fi£ it. perhaps 1 took that key"

to come

To go to work.

to work.

She hnd her put am apron on, over the wash dresses she fifiBB. ifi. work in...
(Cain, 60).
to fifi^, trim.
"planning" •)

To happen; to occur.

(This implies "wishing", "hoping",

• ••the dream that hnrf come true was a thousand times rosier. •• (Cain, 214).
It was the coming- trim of all she had dreamed for Veda. • • (Cain., 214^.
Bert at least had plans, grandiose dreams that he thou£it would come
true (Cain, 95).
to fifiBB. «ndm r.

To be subjected to.

JSven loneliness fifiBB, under pronpt attack
to fifiBB. Bfi&IS. the heeding of.
category of.

(Yank, 40).

To be categorized by; to be in the

I don't believe one of us was afraid., .of dying...the emotion is...one
of almost desperate reluctance to give up the future* Z suppose* *•
that it really
imder the
fiJL fear (Pyle, 5).
When rl accused the doctor of duping me he grinned and said, "Well, it
r»m h « imrtmr the hefidlng fif keeping the patient happy by pretending to
humor his whims"
(Fyle, 47)*

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to ffin pp.
1* To cons to one; to approach one.
As we were waiting for a jeep to come for us* a British captain I'd known
months Before flaps. pp and asked if he could ride into town with us
(Fyle, 92)*
Finally he came up and smilingly handed me a rose
(Pyle, 376).
Another worried-looking Frenchman cams up (Pyle, 377).
Around 10:30 Major General Lucian Truscott, commanding the Third Division,
fiADft. B £ to see how the work was coming along (Pyle, 68),
Another Ohioan SUM . SSL a&d introduced himself (Pyle, 346).
French people kept coming up and asking us for instructions (Pyle, 377),
*• .the crew chief oame up and pulled a clipping out of his pocket
(Tank, 228)•
An acting MP came u p and I thought for a minute that I was hack in Basic
training (Tank, 52).
People will come up and say, "Remember meT"
(Fyle, 344).
He fiasc. ufi. and introduced himself (Pyle, 344) •
A colonel from the Corps Sfljgfl. UP* •»
(Tank, 167).
We fignfl. W2. 0X1 them By a circular route*.*
(Tank, 124)*
Then Opt* Edmund Torkelson of Seattle, Hash*, figy&EL OfiL and Began cutting
the wounded man's pants so he could administer first aid (Tank, 108)*
...she ftnm« up as close to me as a nun ever can*. . (Tank, 188)*
The three mortarmen came p p and we moved out (Yank, 20)*
One of them fiMML U P to me***
(Pyle, 399).
More Jerries were coming u p
(Tank, 21).
Then two more Japs fiBfli. UEL» •• (Tank, 146)*
••.whenever our Jeep turned a corner and cams p p unexpectedly on the rear
of a column*•• (Tank, 57)*
Then four more flflML Bfi. and joined the party (Tank, 194)*
One nl£it a truck driver from a 01 convoy came u p . .* (Tank, 34) •
*..I am sitting on a rock gnawing on my iron rations, when the lieut.
&SMUL SB. and says• »• (Tank, 162),
. >*a little Italian farmer fifififi. u p and started speaking English (Tank, 11)*
Patrick remembers squaring for battle and from his high perch seeing the
Jap ships come u p
(Tank, 43)•
*.*a secret-service man came p p and told them*.*
(Tank, 199)*
.. .a colonel fifins. u p and asked if he could go in to use the latrine (Tank,
201)*
2*

To arise; to happen.

Dozens of times a day the subject of galoshes
U K (Pyle, 104).
One night...the question j&Bft UEL whether or not it was a good idea to yell
when making a close-in attack (Pyle, 193)*
Something SBBB. up, a little trouble over a title, I thought maybe he could
help us out (Cain, 20)*
To get the money,
cover one or two other things that had corns go by
then, she dipped into the reserves of the corporation (Cain, 242) •

Just in case anything
gn. vhilt you're in Hollywood— ...not that
anything will fifiBB S B ( a a r q u a n d , 403)*
Milton waa always sure that nothing would fifiBB tm. "but than, you narar
could tall (Marquand, 403)*
You could newer tall whan it might coma u p
(Marquand, 410) •
Whan Madge waa with hia, something fifiBB SSL that mingled discordantly with
duadrua detail (Marquand, 408) .
•. .ha had often thought what ha would tall Madge if tha natter ewer fifiHk
u p ...
(Marquand, 520)*
The sights and sounds of tha place Mffy gg to hit hia now almost tha way
the ground did.«. (Marquand, 232).
Something’s coae u p . so Z dropped you that card (Cain, 40).
Welly said ha had been trying to sea him for a couple of aonths now, orer
sobsthing that had fisn,UL**<
(Cain, 58)*
3*

To more forward; to go to a forward position,

Ha and J e s s e had coae gfi. on tha d u b car of the ona o ’clock..,
(Marquand,
291).
...waiters already ware
u p with bowls of ice, and milk, euod tomato
Juice and sandwiches (Marquand, 291).
He wished thay had not fifiBB SSL the Post Hoad, and Madge suet have been
the same thing (Marquand, 92).
...you pray for a tank to fifiBB SB. And start blasting with its guns (Pyle,
442).
...then the
would coae g p and blast out the bad spots of the opposit­
ion (Pyle, 443).
I fifiBB a a on a late plane (Gardner, 66).
Two young natives fifiBB S B the beach... (Yank, 147).
He told me to fifiBB SSL* And I'd get action (Gardner, 102).
...Pfc. Hollis S. Johnson of McKensie, Ala., fiefiB gfi. to cover hia with a
BAH (Tank, 7).
The ammunition had fifiBB S B during the night (Yank, 239).
4.

To visit; to make a call.

▲ few evenings after mr arrival, I had a phone call from a man who said
Albuquerque was his hone town too, and could he fifiBB
(Pyle, 95).
She s a b B S B (Gardner, 112).
Sill wrote her to fifiBB an g&» and he thought he could get my consent...
(Gardner, 112).
"We asked Jim to
up and take Gloria to the Harvest Ball," Sthel said
(Marquand, 364).
She sent hia $50, asking if he fifiBB SB And see her...(Cain, 257).
He fifiBB S B the next weekend *** (Cain, 267).
Leeds was to fifiBB S B around ten o'clock— evidently with another twenty
grand (Gardner, 87).
He said he was gnminv up and surrender and make bail, and left ri^it after
that (Gardner, 87)•

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Then you eo— gfi to qr apartment and we'll talk things orsr (Gardner, 102).
Be handsd as three one dollar hills, and said, 'That* 11 pay you for eoslac
up'
(Gardnsr, 145)*
Give aa a ring, and I'll 1st you know whan to fifiBB SB. (Gardner, 102)*
5*

To nor# upward; to go upward.

As wa came p p out of the Delancey Street suhsay station.•• (Hew Yorker,
XIIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
Charley was wearing gray Oxford shorts* stockings which pant. S B to his
hare knees, and a hlue Jersey...
(Marquand, 212).
He dreaaed that a hullet fi&BB SB through tha fuselage and hit hia in the
throat (Fyle, 224)•
Mildred, you can't trust Wally Burgan, not even till the sun pftfrn S B
(Cain, 251).
I put in the call and the dinner fifiBB S B (Gardner, 191).
Hot a single f i l t e r fifiBB p p (*ank, 119) •
...Jap fighters had not fifiBB S B to M e t us...
(Yank, 118).
6.

To hegin; to start.

Mr. Boson...reminded her that there was a rehearsal.. .of the last act **>■*w -qp p (Yank, 133).
Fortunately, this little foray
p p so suddenly there wasn't time for
much anticipation (Pyle, 400TI
It's like a thunderstorm
p p when you're outdoors and you know you're
going to get wet (Marquand, 271).
Damn it, here the Mediterranean had heen like a millpond for a solid month,
and now this storm had to fifiBB S B cut of nowhere!
(Pyle, 19).
Then he got going at one thing the next would "ny p p and when the next fifiBB
pp, the w o M & would holler to him from the house (Marquand, 502).
7.

To open; to offer an opportunity, as a Joh.

"There's nothing open right now...and if anything comes pp. at least I'll
know where to get hold of you"
(Cain, 33).
8.

To rise in popularity and esteem.

...the resort was fififilfigL SB* n°t only for sununer trippers, hut for yearround residents as well (Cain, 176).
9.

To he nominated;

to he a candidate.

...when Mr. Roosevelt fifiBB S B Yor reelection...
10.

(Cain, 180).

To he vomited; to he regurgitated.

Jimmy had the ll^xt v e r m o u t h . * .when it fifiBB S B suddenly and spread all over
the har (Yank, 165).

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Yhe milk, the sandwich, the tea, all past. HB» while moaning sobs racked
her (Cain, 51).
to £&■!. SB, M w l na t .

To meet, as in combat; to run into.

...those critics s&ML B B hgftiABi. * pley that was so fine•• .there wasn’t
anything they could write in praise would add to it (Tank, 132).
to coae

up

to.

To nest; to he Judged worthy of.

Any girl who would hare relations with a fellow...is not the type «*■■!
u p to ay level and caliber
(Yank, 210).
to fffTM upon.

To discover; to find.

...ambulances and trucks rolling forward came upon a warning in red:"Danger.
Steep Hill. Low Gear"
(Tank, 52).
...they SUML UBfifc two coconut-log pillboxes.•• (Tank, 251).
way.

To travel, go toward one.

Our own artillery was banging nearby, but nothing was
395).
coas what

our wav (Pyle,

Regardless; in spite of everything.

"Coas what may. ..you’re still the best piece of tail 1 ever had..."
145).
ftnmiiLg
to come

Appearing and leaving; arriving and departing.

(See

gfi.0

AnA all night long the litter-bearers would be gnniag and
wounded (Pyle, 47)«

«n«4wg on.

(Cain,

with new

Approaching, coming near.

"Ears I was, with a dead partner, out in the middle of the north country,
a claim that was lousy with gold, and winter
on (Gardner, 114).
f.na<nxr

hp.

(4

statement that anothez% wish or order is beingfulfilled.)

hr. Roberts' car, hr. Roberts' car, coming sp,

(harquand, 72).

fiflC*
A car used by a commander of a U.S. Argr unit, usually
armored and armed and equipped with a radio.
...an American fifiSSBfidh car which I followed...

(Tank, 31).

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fiSIBBBdU, 1 & sblil*
Sit officer commanding all tha armed forcaa; tha
officer in command of a large segment of the army or navy; the President*
• ••the German ftflflnaftdtE. i A

in Athens* ••

(Tank. 221).

SaflB&BA narfor-rm ^ A performance of a play, etc., before a ruler,
usually at his request.
Den come a decoration from the King of Belgium-first a fijuuAfld. uerforMBfift* • • (Cain, 217) •
...first a qqqm^nd
Theatre de la Monnaje...
(Cain, 217).
fiftHttML post.
The usually mobile, headquarters of a regiment, battal­
ion, or company.
Bach gun was connected by telephone to the battery
post in a dugout
(Fyle, 389).
They took him to a small dugout which had been scooped from a cut in the
side of the road, the
post of a battalion.«• (Marquand, 238)*
to comment on.

To make critical or explanatory remarks, about, concerning

He oommented on the fact that from the state of the body, as he had discov­
ered it...
(Gardner, 129)*
.
— TTfTllfflltUl on how lovely Veda looked (Cain, 209)*
to

a

SXLlMft*

To perform, perpetrate, an illegal act*

Her only flElBft, if she had
too well (Cain, 259)*
to

woimiU

^

b

U l&SZL*

one, was that she had loved this girl
perform the act of murder;

to kill another*

•• .nevertheless, a man who had iTTTlffllttfll ft deliberate
always tries
to provide himself with an alibi (Gardner, 210)*
"The attitude of the prosecution," he said, "is that they don’t care so much
about who f f P F * f t P P * * * ns about keeping ms from winning a case"
(Gardner, 209).
While a man who has a genuine alibi can't have committed & murder, neverthe­
less, a
who has committed...
(Gardner, 210).
common gdBlZML*

Common experiences, habits, traits, etc.

They had a friendship which seemed to Jeffrey very agreeable, for there
was no pqpnon
excdpt the story...
(Marquand, 427—428).
lebor.
training.

Unskilled; labor which requires little or no preliminary

Before Joining up he did common labor at Army camps and fruit farms
40).

(Pyle,

j&£.
aaa*

MA*

X nan of the people; the average aaa; aa undistinguished

The third-class cars were "built by firm "believers ia the Spartaa life for
jjjg, ftftmwftTi wiw-w (Tank, 115) •
ssase*
Good reasoaiag; logical thiakiag (This implies no school
traiaiag sub a v e r y ignorant aaa may have "common sense") •
That's policy and it's plaia ««n>pw" asnsa (Taak, 89)*
Hid idea was purely impulsive "but his
told him that he could
aot reach Jia that day*.*
(Marquand, 563)*
la spite of aay sort of hope, or amy iadividual belief that you would never
get it,
and the law of averages told you that you would
(Marquand, 220)*
Eventual
senss
(Marquand, 405) •
"Because 1 believe ia
sense." Milton said (Marquand, 405)*
Jeffrey wanted to get it down to
sense and reason*•• (Marquand, 237)*
Before Jeffrey was fully awake his «««»"" sense told hia that the sound that
had wakened hia was from one of those thunderstorms*-*
(Marquand, 533)*
...but her *t*Tffyw/T sense. pluB an industry that never seemed to flag...
(Cain, 129).
His Bommnn a»naa told him that he ought to take it casually..* (Marquand,
182)1
Some of the boys Just don't have
sense..* (Tank, 149).
Jeffrey’8 fifUUDfipi
told him that it was ridiculous to be annoyed (Marquand, 63)*
to communicate sJLih*
get in touch with.

T<> ""rite to, talk to, phone to, or the like;

...Mildred didn't w r m n n r m n i with Monty at once
ftftsmimlasttng doors*
other*

to

(Cain, 220)*

X door which allows passage from one room to an­

Sometimes it seeaed tragic to Jeffrey Wilson that his past.. .divided it­
self into compartments each completely separate from each other and with­
out ftAm m «4rA M n g dflflTi. (Marquand, 30) •
wnmmnnltT UlBg*
X song feet; a group of people not trained in singing
gathered together to sing*
Generally, he leads a oowimnnitv
to

about*

—

(Yank, 34).

To make coaqplaint concerning*

"...he often coaplains about it" (Cain, 158).
...in the days when Monty had complained about it (Cain, 190).
...one of the men complained about the ban on pets at the post (Tank, 130)*

Aft
To say nice, polite, things to one for his being,
baring done, something.
Tou are to be complimented ftft haring the courage to print...
comrades A a suras«Those assisting in
working together
forsome cease.

a war, battle,struggle; those

...the wrong done to our s&US&SJL Aft, a m . back in the States
to concentrate on.
He concentrated on
concentration saflEL*
in great numbers.

(Yank, 213).

(Yank, 216).

To gire attention only to; to focusattention
ioe cresua and cake...

on.

(Cain, 152).

large prison where political prisoners are kept
(This implies brutality, murder, starration, etc.)

They had been in a «ft«ftAr>tr&tlon SSJB. for three years, and finally escaped
and made their way to the Partisans
(Yank, 69),
to be
about.
the problem concerning.

To be worried about; to be attempting to noire

In the first place, several of them were concerned about how and where to
keep bonds
(New Yorker, 3QCIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
to conduct services.
To preach, marry, bury, baptise, hold communion;
to perform the functions of a minister, a church.
Services were Afl. 3ml conducted at the house, by the Bev. Ur. Aldrua, whom
Mr. hurock said he knew very well, and would call at once (Cain, 106).
to c o n f i r m ________ ■ w m i e i n n i .

To discover what one believes to be true

is true.
He ftriTMrPTfl ker f«s~»ioin;ne that there were about a hundred different
different ways to lose money on steaks
(Cain, 177).
to c o n f o r m to.

To be alike in respect to; to be similar in re^-rd to.

Those leaders*, .all conform to pretty much of a pattern...
to be confronted with.

(Yank, 216).

To be shown; to have evidence presented of.

It is as though Alden Leeds, having murdered Bill Hogarty in the Klondike
in 1906, wa« subsequently confronted with the body of a corpse which...
(Gardner, 123).

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Congress3«-,nei Medal.

Tha highest military decoration of the U.S.

He's teen recommended for the Gongvafffrpnej Medal
12. conjure

m e ..

(Tank, 149).

To tring to mind; to force to remember.

•••he could conjure up no recollection of what he must have been like
himself (Marquand* 196)*
to conk off.

To stop, to quit, as an airplane motor.

•. .I*t. Melvin Kimball.. .made a belly landing in Burma after his engine
off during a fli^it from China...
(Yank, 194).
to be connected with.

To have relations with; to be associated with.

The girl he SUL
with there said it had, and was on nightly
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 21).
iS. connect HE-

1. To show the relationships; to Indicate the associations.
"Eis testimony will be connected u p ." Kittering said (Gokrdner, 131).
Your Honor, we expect £& connect, this H E (Gardner, 138).
"You will have sin opportunity to connect u p your evidence,M Judge Knox
said (Gardner, 142-3) >
Some of these witnesses have asked to be excused, and it will be necessary
for me to connect some of these things he. later (Gardner, 142).
HTFe'll not try to connect it h e . for the present," Kittering said.*.
(Gardner, 146).
• ••the court will receive it on your statement that it will be fifiBBfiSlSil
u p and that it relates to some particular aspect of the case...
(Gardner, 46).
If you wish to connect it u p . the court will receive it on your statement.
(Gardner, 146).
"I offer to connect it HE*M Kittering said
(Gardner, 137).
2. To join; to put together as water pipes, electric wireB, etc.
They'll deliver anything you want, and connect it h e ^or you* fc°°
to connect

with.

(Cain,

To show relation, association to.

...those papers were papers which fiPPftiftgtftfl him with the attempted murder
of Bill Hogarty...
(Gardner, 202 )•
tower.
The place from which a submarine is operated; the nerve
center of the submarine.

r.nrning

-27**-

.. .Bufus Mathewson Y2c took: hia post as a tallcer in the SfifiEABfi tower
(Yank, 44).
rights.
Those rl^its and privileges guaranteed to every
U.S. eitisen hy the Constitution of the U.S.
..•the defendant has previously been advised of his constitutional rights
(Gardner, 128).
to he gnns-ppffl h y.
To feel that one la being burned by; to be able to
think of nothing else for.
...she was ooneTunfd by a fury so cold...
&

nr passion.

(Cain, 208).

A passion, love, which obliterates everything else.

. ..practicing. • .might mean a
passion for music...
(Cain, 132).
...it might mean & ftntnimipg -passion for letting the whole household know
she was around (Cain, 132).
contact lens.

(See citation)•

A paper-thin shell of glass or bakelite, its center a tiny lens made to
optical prescription.
Attached by suction to the eye itself and
moving with the eye.
(Reader's Digest, iaay 6, 1939, 5).
pnntwnmt
court.
A crime, illegal act, which consists of a person's
disregarding an order of a court.
...any attempt to communicate with the sanitarium.•.will be considered
as contempt of court (Gardner, 35).
You will be ordered to
appear and show cause
why you shouldnot be found
guilty of contempt of court
(Gardner, 39).
...it's unethical; it's...I believe it's a contempt of court
(Gardner, 204)
...it is perhaps not only a contempt &£. the court, but a flagrant vio­
lation of professional ethics"
(Gardner, 205)•
to contest & will.
To atteugpt to have the will, testament, of a dead
person legally declared to be void.
...that you were not a natural heir of his, and therefore, not in a posi­
tion to share in hisestate or contest his will.- - (Gardner,
134 J.
to continue o n.

To

continue going; to keep going.

...nothing happened, and we coptinned on to the next field (Yank, 197).
Many of the refugees were too weak to continue flfi to India...
(Yank, 178).
^ coptpfljy a^palr.

A character trait, characteristic of contrariness.

He's got that contrary streak in him

(Cain, 83).

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to c on r Tg i fifl.
To be moving so as to mast at ona point.
implies that all ara moving; that none ara stationary).

(This

Two plain clothss men, who had been standing near the door, converged on
tha group of officers (Gardner. 119).
rtpnlcin pusher»

(See citation.)

Cookie pushers is newspaper man's term for thwarted 'career men' in the
State Department in Washington, D.C., who wear striped trousers and
know the proper gambits for unat tract ire wires of foreign secretaries
(Bennet Cerf, "Trade Winds", Sat. Rev. of Lit*, July 24, 1932, 18).
to cook _____ g o o s e .

T o ruin one; t o

impede so a s to cause one's ruin.

"Their growers. •.all signed up with the Exchange, and that was what cooked
Monty's goose" (Cain, 141).
cook's night out.
free.
"Thursday.
to cook

The erening which the family serrant, the cook, has

The cook's night out"

up.

(Cain, 96).

To cook (this implies a large quantity).

They. •.use a hip-pocket store to cook
to cook with (aas. electricity).
to be popular.

up

sourdough flapjacks...

(Tank, 192).

To do well; to do (something) so as

how you're cooking with electricity (Kansas City Star, Feb. 23, 1941).
kany a student of U.S. patent 'law and practice figured that, at that point,
Thurman Arnold was ffoolrftag with gg ft. (Time, April 27, 1942 , 8).
to cool off.
1. To regain emotional control after being extremely angry.
...after she cooled off she thought about it (Cain, 189).
he's cooled off a little, so now it oan be told (Tank, 186).
2. To spend ti*e in prison.
Tou might get grabbed for hocking government property and Bent to Leavenworth
to cool off for a few years (Tank, 97).
to be cooped

up.

To be confined in a very small space.

Once in a while there was a tankman who had a feeling of claustrophobia
about being cooped ]]£.••* (Fyle* 264).

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111. eoftTxrat> with*

To work In cooperation with; to work in close relation

with.
And you didn't discuss with the other two relatire who co-operated with
you in that action...
(Gardner, 134J.
Coppery red.

A red the shade of copper; a dull* dark red*

Her hair, still a soft, coppery red...
to copy off.

(Cain, 190).

To copy in writing; to make a written oopy.

...and the mother at whose house they had convened copied off the rules*.,
(hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28* 1947, 20)*
copy paper.
copies.

Second sheets; the thin lightweight paper used for carbon

Jeffrey picked up a piece of yellow copy paper and a pencil
to corner the mgfh-et.
tain kind).

To buy all of the existing articles of (a cer­

They'd corner the TfrfrfT*1 on shoes-••
corn fed.

(fclarquand, 198).

(Yank* 26).

Fattened on corn (maise) before being sold or butchered.

He did raise fine chickens, honsetly corn-fed, not milk fed, ...
116).
a corporal »a guard.

(Cain,

A very few; not many.

A corporal1a guard of white coated urchins pads along the rows. ..
(Yank, 73).
cop-png delicti.
(Latin*
crime has been committed.

"the body of the crime")

The fact that a

I am not proving the corpus delicti in the regularly accepted order
(Gardner, 142).
to correct _____ on.
about *

To point out errors concerning; to give corrections

...and Mr. Pierce correcting Mom pa a number of points of ritual
09).

(Cain,

correspondence
An educational course carried on through the
mail whereby the student need not attend regular classes. He reads
certain books end stakes written reports to his instructor who in turn
advises him by mail of what to study next.

.. • is busy on his c o r r e sp o ndence course in automobile mechanics (Tank, 39) •
When a convict.. .signed up for correspondence conraa Bnglish lassons wrote
• ••that ha was studying English in order to write a hook... (Haw Yorker,
XXII, Pah. 15, 1947, 21).
to eorraipond zllfe*

To ha in agreement with; to ha similar to.

•••final version of what happened at the lake, making it
Mrs* Gassier's version*.• (Cain, 110)*

with

corrugated H a *
Sheets of iron strengthened hy alternating grooves
and riges, waves* Called "tin" because it is most frequently galvani­
sed with sine which gives it the appearance of tin*
Some were spider trenches. • .with wftrn><atai tin under the fronds* ••
(Yank. 251).
to cost B C M Z > (Used to intensify financial
expenditures, spending
am contrasted with the expenditure of effect, love, etc.)
She's the one that's costing you money..•
jewelry.
costume, clothes:

(Cain, 250),

Jewelry which harmonises with or enhances a woman's
ear rings, necklace, bracelet, breast pin, lapel pin.

.• .known technically as a cocktail dress, with a heavy necklace and a
bracelet, known as costume jewelry (liarquand, 342).
to

cash.

To count, add up, money.

Then she counted h&£ cash

(Cain, 126).

eonntar box.
A boy or man who works at a soda fountain; a soda jerk.
One who works at a quick service lunch room.
• • .the white ooats of the cennter hors were spattered with chocolate end
butter and coffee (liarquand, 240)•
fiJUtfjcflLC pf •fannive.
A method of defense hy which the defender strikes
at the one on the offensive.
• ••this was nothing he had invented, as a sort of counter-offensive
167).
to noses•

(Cain,

To enumerate people; to take a census.

noses. he notes something that never fails to interest him...
(Yank, 148).

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to on«n* fift.

®o roly on; to depend on; to have faith in.

. •.we couldn't rtrmvt± on. the advantage of surprise... (Tank, 254).
You never can «m»wt on Bert (Cain, 81).
...and nay he counted on to endure (hew Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 1947, 21).
•••we can always <wr»nt on a nan getting through,.•• (Yank, 197).
What I was mainly ftn«ntin» on was that he'd heen too emart to leave finger­
print e (Gardner, 153)•
•••they weren't
on it too much (Pyle, 443)•
There wae even one whole bridge the Germans didn't
on our having
(Pyle, 59).
to

_____ out.

To exclude one; not to include

"Listen, Chief, you can he aa goofy as you want, hut
ner, 41).
"Then nrmnt as out"
(Cain, 3)»

one.
me out"

(Gard­

to «wnwt out
1* To count items one gives another so that the exact number will he
known.
Horseshoe nails were so scarce and so precious in Italy that
thenails had
to he a w n n t ^ out to the civilian blacksmith (Pyle, 145).
• ••throwing an extra suit of underwear to one side, after count ing
the
number he thought Hosie would need...
(Yank, 88).
2.

To count; to add up; to total.

The unromantic finance officer counting out his money...was hardly more
safe...
(Yank, 236).
Sfi. £& able to count a a
many.

fiaeara &£

h&D&*

...with casualties so few they can £& counted
(Yank, 254).
& e m m l s of .

Two

q&

To
the fingers

®ot to he
q£

SAA haaL

(However, it may mean "a few").

We nosed out to sea for a mile or so then dropped anchor for a couple
hours.•• (Pyle, 230).
"Then I want a connla of leather seats..."
(Cain, 151).
to

HSL*

q £.

Vo connect; to Join.

Then,
in, m the hose, he attached the revolving nozzle, so they were
gently refreshed hy the edge of the whirling spray (Cain, 108).

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court XM. la ■•■•Aon*

The court is open for trials, oases, etc.

The bailiff mechanically intoned the formula which announced that court
lBt ip tfljflloft.» » (Gardner, 26).
court aX Justice.A court; a legal court.
It is to he borne in mind that the contention of the authorities that
Alden Leeds is the murderer is as yet entirely unsubstantiated in any
SfiB£l fi£ JuwttOff (Qardner, 124).
& court MdtAJhiL*

A military court trial for a crime.

Wick said he would be glad to appear at my court-nnr^lril and put in a plea
of insanity for
me
(Pyle, 239).
...refusal to submit to...medical operation in time of war may result in
court
(Tank, 170).
to oourt
court.

To try one under martial, military, law in a military

They wanted $£ court-martial him right there for cheating...
(Tank, 166).
I hare been court-ma^ t t h r e e times.•• (Tank, 174).
.. .the Army doctor said I could be court-wy* ™ * m a for refusing (Tank, 170)
...I want to know whether it is true that I can be court-wartialed if I
refuse (Tank, 170).
& court order.

An

order issued by a Judge ofa court.

...you must show your CO a certified copy of thecourt order (Tank,
T h e c o u r t o r d e r w a s t h a t y o u p r o d u c e h im h e r e
(G a rd n e r, 2 9 ).

172).

covered wagnn.
A horse drawn wagon covered with a tarpaulin stretched
over 2 shaped staves providing protection from the weather. Used prim­
arily in the nineteenth century in the expansion of the U.S.
...and one of a covered-” *™™ train, plodding through an alkali flat
(Cain, 2).

$SL QSSS3L 02*
1.

To cover so

cm

to hide.

Tou don't cover jjp dead men in the combat zones (Pyle, 155).
The dentist made him a false plate £& cover up the gaping hole in his
mouth...
(Pyle, 173).
All the vital mechanisms are covered u p ...
(Pyle, 351).
We lay all day covered u p with weeds. •• (Pyle, 254).
...he peeked at us from under the blanket, then covered yp his head (Tank,
192).

-2 9 0 -

She ooTsrid it as> herself and then sat down at a safe distance to watch
(Tank, 71).
There was the Dutch oven In the Bumpus Boob* .. .which had 'been, all covered
u p with plaster...
(Marquand, 110).
2.

To divert attention from; to hide.

Anything £& cover u p ... the love affair you'd been having with your mother's
husband...
(Cain, 259)*
Then, you did the best you could £& cover u p evidences o f what happened...
(Gardner, 179)*
The boys made wisecracks
cover q q , their distaste for the Job (Pyle,
372).
It most have been, for him to have covered u p that felony conviction
(Gardner, 119).
Mason said, "Here's something Alden Leeds wanted to cover u p " (Gardner,
76).
...I thought I would cover u p by going on sick call
(Tank, 217).
...saw Jason Carrel when he left your apartment, so there's no good trying
to cover un
(Gardner, 162).

crab grass.

Dig! tar la sanvui«t?ilt-

-*> common weed found often in lawns.

There was nothing in the way of shrubbery, only a stretch of sand and crab
grass in the front of It...
(Marquand, 481).
cracked ice.
Small particles, pieces, of ice used for cooling drinks,
ice bags, etc.
...on the floor beside hers was a tray on which was some cracked ififL and
a bottle of Scotch..• (Marquand, 457).
& crack ia the defenses.
dlstroyed.
The first
362).
crack of <m

A place, spot, where the defenses have been

4ft the haach jfillSISli was finally accomplished...

b

.

Dawn; the first light of day.

• ••I got out at the r-r^/»fc of dawn...
to crack & iotas.

(^rle,

(Pyle, 417).

To tell a Joke; to say something funny.

Mjr patients lounge about the place
Cranking jokes and such...
(Tank, 157).
to crack open.

To burst; to open with violence.

This patrol of 10 men., .was the one that cracked the thing wide OPtB
(Tank, 18).

k

ft crack ihfijfe.*
<*• splendid marksman; an aeeurate marksman; one who can
shoot a rifle or pistol exceptionally well*
I'd been joking and bragging on the way down about what a crack rifle-shot
I w a s * * • (Pyle* 188)*
& crack

u p*

▲ dissolution; destruction; great diasention.

Bat he said there were no signs of internal crack-up and little organised
sabotage in the factories (Tank, 70).

ifi. sr»<?fc U&1* To wreck; to erash*
Veil* we crack up when we land here* I suppose*
anything to happen (Pyle * 92)•

It's our last chance for

2* To become useless; to become worthless*
Then his lungs cracked tap*. *

(Cain* 132).

3* To lose mental stability; to become insane*
How and then a soldier would crack

up

before he ever went into action

(Pyle* 189).
On the other hand, comparatively few men do crack op, (Pyle* 154)*
He got to talking about soldiers who cracked up. in battle* *• (Pyle, 254).
to rt-rs^tk- the whip*

To hold power; to give orders which must be obeyed*

The hand that holds the money cracks the whip
to

(Cain* 158).

style*
To be inferior to one socially, financially,
or the like so that one feels inhibited*

I suppose she thinks I r‘
-'rnitm your style

(Marquand* 148)*

to ££ft£ft _____ gft£]£*
To bend one's head for a better view; to gst one's
head in an odd position to see better.
•••I'd stand down there* • .and
ny neck* * * (Tank, 188)*
...Chinese...e r » M H their necks. *.to see an American film (Tank, 121).
crap gftmft*

A gambling game played with two dice; dice game*

My operative got in a crap game with him, and won three dollars
128).
Crap gftsgtft are rough on money (Yank, 233) *

(Gardner,

-23a-

You’ve dropped a fast duece in a friendly cran game, and 'before you know
It, the e v e n i n g 1 a spent
( Y a n k , 65),
I had never seen a crap fififflft. until I entered the service (Yank, 173) •
Got in a crap game when I was a little high, and lost two thousand tucks
(Marquand, 216)*
1 understand you asked Phyllis to bring him, and asked him some questions
about a crap gaffifi. (Gardner, 51).
• ..one of them...was telling how he had asked the king to sit in on a crap
fame (Marquand, 36).
crap shooting.

Playing oraps; a m b l i n g with dice.

I f i a l that O s c a r Baker has been winning money c r a p s h o o t i n g lately and

losing it on ponies
to crash in f l a w * .
an airplane.

(Gardner, 126).
To wreck and to catch on fire simultaneously, as

...it was the Nazi who gave ground and crashed 1b f l m » on the next hill
(Yank, 134) •
to crash land To land an airplane with its landing mechanisms,
wheels, etc., not working*
(This implies the possibility of a wreck).
That time he got away, to crash-land safely
to crawl along.

(Time, Feb. 23, 1942, p. 88).

To move by crawling.

...the infantry all around them were crouching and r-jra'wHTYI’ along. • •
(Pyle, 388).
to crawl back.

To return by crawling.

“Bagby decided &&. crawl back and bring up some grenades"
to crawl bar.

To

Time had crawled by
to be n.rawllng with.

(Yank, 192).

pass slowly; to move extremely

slowly.

in the last 15 minutes

15).

(Yank,

To have very many of; to be alive with.

Yet the Ridge was literally crawling with Japs...
(Yank, 17).
London was
*fkff with Americans. •. (Pyle, 297).
to crawl out.

To emerge, to come out crawling.

They crawled out. ..and patched up their wounds as best they could
217).

(Pyle,

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ifl. crawl out a£.

To get out of bed; to get up (from bed); to rise.

▲ few unfortunates had ifi. crawl out of their sacks at 4 A.M ....
(Pyle. 208).
to crawl

u p.

To approach by crawling.

...two Japs crawled
to be crazy about•

up

(Yank, 146).
To be fond of; to like; to be enamored of.

Y o u know, the one he's been so crasy about, the one called Sally Sales

(Marquand. 311).
Lovely people.
I'm just crasy about them (Cain. 108).
The soldiers and sailors were crasy about him..*
(Pyle, 227).
He's quite crasy about me (Cain, 205)•
Everybody was crasy about him (Pyle, 412.).
The corporal had a girl back home and he was crasy about her
(Pyle, 267).
to be crazy for.

To want badly; to desire greatly.

"People are just crasy for a drink, a decent drink..."
cream of

(Cain, 148).

A tomato soup made with cream or milk.

She s tax ted her other soup, the cream of tomato. and put Pancho to preparing
vegetables
(Cain, 117).
not & creature Is stirring.
any noise.

Everyone is quiet, asleep? no one is making

.. .all through the barracks not a creature was stirring, not even the CQ,
(Yank, 183).
& credit to.

An honor for, to; a source of honor, glory, to.

She looked like a successful woman of business.. .& credit to that curious
world that had produced her. Southern California (Cain, 221).
to credit with.

To add to one's account in one's favor.

The Marauders were credited with killing 2,000 Japs in six weeks
to creep out of.

(Yank, 17i

To emerge from, to come out of, slowly.

Other Italians crept out of hiding timidly...

(Yank, 11).

to creep over
To
cover one, slowly; to en&ilf one gradually
(This implies an emotion or feeling.)

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She wept, then sat with a dismal feeling creeping oror her, for she was
as far from settling the main point as Bhe had ever te e n (Cain, 73).
to cyeep

up*

To approach hy creeping.

Holliday and Stumfoll crept
the creBt ££•

u p.

..

(Tank, 145).

The high point of a ridge, hill, high place.

At the crest of the ridge, Massacre Creek, West Fork, trickled a thin line
1,000 feet below on the left
(Tank, 180).
& crew cut.
A hoy's or man's hair cut whereby the hair is cut so short
on the top of the head that it stands erect.
His hair was done in a crew cut
(Marquand, 221 )•
Jim would be in his
dinner coat with his hair in a short crew cut, and with
his tie sliding a little off center (Marquand,
441).
a,

nfltnra.

Bad; wrong; not correct.

I think it would be & crime wa&inat nature for a girl like her to wear such
a coat (Tank, 228) •
critical
situation.

A situation Involving a crisis; a very important

.. *you have failed us in the most critical
to face us
(Tank, 210).

which had ever risen

crooked dice.
Dice which have been so constructed that they will most
often stop rolling and indicate one number.
If

bed any
dice from Conway, he waswise enough toditch
them...
(Gardner, 126).

to cron jjjg.

To appear; to be discovered.

Shortly after that, I take it, I ’d sorta disappear, and then those Dawson
hospital records would crop u p (Qardner, 217).
to be cross abrmt.
over something.
I don't sant ifi.

To be mildly angry concerning;

to be irritated

cross about it, and I hope you won't be

(Marquand, 217).

to cross
the lights.
To cross a street at an intersection when
the traffic li^it is green for the traffic moving at ri^it angles to
one; to cross illegally.
"O.K., she's crflninp' against the ? iflfots...•

(Cain, 180) «

-<co>

a, cross between.

A combination of characteristics of*

..•tools, & cross between a pick and a shovel (Tank, 120).
...he is a cross tetwsen Ur. Anthony and King Solomon...
(Yank, 54).
cross f-ftimtry.

Through the fields, woods, etc., and not on roads.

...then marched cross omiptTnr tor twelve more miles
crossed

u p.

(Tank, 123).

Confused; disturbed; agitated.

This greeting left Mildred badly crossed u p *..
cross eraalnation.
in a trial at law.

(Cain, 192).

An examination of a witness by the opposing attorney

N0h, you'd be surprised at what a good lawyer can do on cross ftTnminfltinn."
Mason observed affably (Gardner, 100).
You will proceed with cross-f^rmn^-hin^i 0f the witness, Mr. Mason
tGardner, 139).
Do you mean to say there's to be no cross-ftflpp^pa.frflnp 0f this witnessT
(Gardner, 190).
Mot proper cross
nutir»n (Gardner, 195).
Mason went on with the cross-eipmj ppt ir»p. calmly, casually (Gardner, 195) •
I'll admit my cross-ftlf*"1n**11
wa® irregular, but what's wrong with itT
(Gardner, 206).
The subject matter would seem beyond the scope of proper cross-examination
(Gardner, 198).
"Mo cross iTTfnrtiyti!f*r->l Mason announced urbanely (Gardner, 129).
"You couldn't drag that in on cross-tya«inatinn anyway," Serle said
(Gardner, 100)•
to cross flzSSlfifi.
To examine, question, a witness for the opposition.
This examination is usually done by a lawyer.
Cross—
(Gardner, 148).
"Cross-fT y H -" Kettering flung triumphantly at Perry Mason (Gardner,
192).
...said abruptly, "C r o s " (Gardner, 190).
"You may cross-examine." Kettering said (Gardner, 138).
'•You may cross-examine.* the attorney said to Perry Mason (Gardner, 31).
You aren't
niPP* on the question of identity?(Gardner, 190).
a cross flaSffiiEflU*
opposing side.

A lawyer who examines, questions, a witness for the

You are, of course, the cro8a-efipm;ipftr, and, therefore, have the ri^it
to ask leading questions
(Gardner, 198).

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cross l*gg«A«

With legs crossed one over the other.

The artist sat cross-legged on the grass...
to cross

. lega.

(Pyle. 447).

To rest one leg on the other.

has on seated himself comfortably, crossed his lags. took a deep drag of
his cigarette...
(Gardner, 205).
Under his stare she he came hau^xtily indifferent, eroatlng one "bored leg
over the other, and fingering the tiny cross...
(Cain, 112).
Mason hitched his chair around. ..crossed his long legs, and smoked...
to cross _____ oath.

To meet accidentally.

I can just visualize us on some far day when we cross each other's oathp
hack America. .. (Pyle, 259).
to cross over.

To go from one side to the other; to go over.

At the look on Mildred's face, Bert quickly crossed over, took her hand
(Cain, 210>.

& CTOSS
1. A section of something cut away from the rest of it at right angles.
... the "beachhead was so dug up that an underground cross section of it
would have looked like a honeycomb
(Pyle, 257).
2. Individuals representing all different groups, races, or the like.
...cocktail lists, so that they should represent & cross section of
thoughtful, intelligent people...
(Marquand, 339).
cross street.
of traffic.

A street which goes perpendicularly to the main stream

First he passed the restaurants on the cross street west and the windows
of second hand shops..• (Marquand, 226).
...too much traffic in the cross streets, to many people, too much of
everything (Marquand, 591).
to

to.

To move from the opposite side to*

...he crossed to the door, and opened it...
to cross & trail.
another.

(Cain, 215).

To he where another has been; to hear often about

I had been crossing his trail ever since...

(Pyle, 242).

But nerer have I crossed
trail of any nan as beloved as Captain. • •
(Pyle, 154).
•••he hadn't supposed our trails would ever cross
(Pyle, 384).
When our trails crossed again their paunches would he gone (Pyle, 350).
to he cross with.

To he mildly angry with.

•. .nohody had the heart is Jjft cross with Uncle Harry...
to crouch down.

To crouch low; to stoop.

Terry and Prey crouched down
to crowd arrninrf.
around.

(Yank, 19).

To form a crowd around; to gather closely together

...the sergeant's friends were crowded
to crowd

up .

them in the dark

(Pyle, 456).

A lookout, observation post, located high in the rigging

We could see from a spectacular crow's-nest view...
to ennmlft

(Yank, 226).

To form a crowd; to gather closely together.

...thousands of people crowded u p .•.
crow's nest.
of a ship.

(Yank, 183).

(Pyle, 369).

To cause to wrinkle; to press into irregular wrinkles.

up.

He plumped the thing on Jeffrey's knees, so that it crumpled us. the news­
paper
(Marquand, 213).
to crush in upon.

To gather around one so closely as to seem to crush.

Gradually a crowd of eager and curious people crushed is upon us.. •
(Pyle, 376).
to crv about.

To be sad and weep concerning, over.

Perhaps she had something to cry about
to cry for.

(Cain, 259).

To need; to want; to be in need of.

That town is Just ffrvinir for a place that will put out a real Hine of
ready desserts (Cain, 175).
to crv in _____ hear.
with self-pity.

To become maudlin; to reveal one's difficulties

They meet weekly to exchange condolences and cry is their beer. **

(Yank, 31

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£2. cry a a
shoulder.
To unburden oneself of his troubles,
problems, to another who listens willingly.
Captain Mac talked a lot about Boss...but he didn't do any M r i n o on ay
shoulder (Pyle, 303).
...we aust provide willing ■hnniriiy to cry upon... (Tank, 35).
to err out.

To yell; to shout.

...we heard voices cry put warnings in Ifrench and English and sometimes
in Italian (Tank, 57).
...the tears were largely induced by our violent efforts to refrain from...
«wwtn.w out in anguish (Pyle, 378).
to cry out 2g2£fift£.*

*o protest vigorously; to speak in protest of.

...made Mildred want to cry out
the injustice that one so small,
so helpless, should have to bear such agony (Cain, 103).
to cry over.

To weep because of.

"What do you want me to do, Williams," he said quietly, "cry over this gay
Harveyt"
(Tank, 89).
to cry ________ Jfcp. sleep.
emotional exhaustion.

To weep, cry, until one goes to sleep from

...Pfc. Shea did not cry himself £2 sleep Christmas Ere
to curl 2 2*

To bring one's knees up towards one's head while lying down.

. .>at ni^bthe curled
2

(Tank, 183).

pp, in an ammo dugout... (Pyle, 387).

A speech
made to an audienceafter
play in front of the large curtain of the theater.

the end of a

It had occurred to him that lately Jesse was always making
(Marquand, 268).
to 2BUL the day.

speeches

To be sorry that.

.. -he tapped away belligerently on his little typewriter, pqffsjpg £h* d££
he ever started the book... (Pyle, 301).
to Q g £ ____ out.

To curse greatly at.

...Opie, she don't cuss me out (Cain, 236).
...they would not weep over it but simply SBMJL SBJl th* days they would
have to wait for another (Tank, 32).

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enit word.

i cars*; an oath; a profan* word.

••.scrambled to tholr fe*t( stood along th* rlrer hank
word* at th* Jap* (Tank, 93).

shouted

q

u

custard pit.*
* P 1* th® filling of which is mad* of eggs, milk, sugar
and flaror*d with ranilla or nutmeg.
It's like a S*nn*tt Comedy a llttl*— custard ui**. a h*arty laugh when
there isn't u y t h i a g to laugh about
(Marquand, 474)*
Utdl*
A label, sticker, fastened to baggage showing it ha*
cleared customs.
...a small, battered cheap suitcase cowered with old
quand, 457).
custom H d t *

Made especially to order;

(Mar­

not mass produced.

I uent you to go in town and get one cuato- M i l
• ..Monty's shoes sure custom BBdft (Cain, 157),
to cut across.

label*

(Marquand, 529).

To go diagonally; to go by a direct route*

Tou could aroid it now sod saw* twenty-fire minutes by gutting across town
to the Meet Side Highway (Marquand, 90).
6, cut back.

A curtailment of production of raw materials or good*.

More than 90 percent of prime contractors•• .are now operating. ..below cap­
acity because of recent
in ordnance contracts... (The Iron -Age,
May 6, 1943, 152).
to cut back.
1.

To curtail;

to reduce in rolume.

...the day will approach when, if the Army call back a program, it will not
r*0 4Ed the steel for some other program...
(Sat. Sre. Post, Hot. 6, 1943,

112).
Before long the Mary...aspects to g d back this program. •.
1944, 18).
2.

(Time, June 36,

To trim; to trim back.

Two gardeners were flatting back the shrubbery and a third was mulching the
rose bed (Marquand, 94)•

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Aft sal SftitiLE*
To ^uoble by picking up a part of a dock of cards and
taking tha bottom card of thoso pickod op. Tha one with, tha highest
card wins*
The boys* Incidentally, cut carda to see who would go on tha Haplea
junkets (Pyle, 114).
to cat down
1* Co kill; to destroy.
He wee cut dSXA on a aoaay Attu alopa by a aniper'a bullet* •• (Tank, 191)*
•••four Jape •••ware out down by a aquad on that aide
(Tank, 145)*
2.

Co raduoa In also or volume.

Tha aoldlara cut down extra u n i f o r m and clothed than...
(Pyle. 243)*
•••the growth had bean cut down to about knee hei^xt (Tank, 9)
The bade themselvea were old apool bedateada cut down and waxed and oiled
(Marquand, 123)*
3*

To fall aa a tree*

Soae traaa were cut clear down by ahella (Pyle, 123)*
•• *now that tha traaa ware cut down, our advancing troopa ware
(Tank, 197),
4*

left uncovered

Co cut and let fall aa a hanged nan la 'cut down1*

• ••until the at ink waa ao bad that they had to be cut d o w n
(Tank, 49).

and buried

5* To reduce in alcoholic etrength, volume; to reduce an Ingredient by
volume by adding aomethlng alee*
• ••it'll make a swell cocktail; be aure you cut it A s m plenty with ice
(Cain, 24).
to cut down o n .

To reduce; to make leas, lower.

Ton got to cut down on your overhead. • • (Cain, 248).
•• •they draped camera hoods over tha machines to try to ££& down q a tha
noise (Tank, 199)•
Vis're all buying War Bonds and cutting down fig meat and butter...
(Tank, 84
a cute little trick-

A n attractive young person, usually a woman, girl.

...and after the citation was issued, g cute little ftrlgfc showed up at tha
traffic department and paid the fine (Qardner, 155).

. •.and after the citation was Issued, & cate little trick showed up at
the traffic department and paid the fine (Gardner, 155).
cut riftlfl.*
Glass ware with designs which have been cut into it in
contrast to designs moulded into it.
On the tray she carried was a pitcner of real cut glass and two tall gob­
lets (Marquand, 185).
On the tray...was a pitcher.•.and a cut-glass sugar bowl...
(Marquand, 185).
Jeffrey could not take his eyes from the tray and the cut
(Marquand, 185).
He could see himself with a horrible clarity afterwards, seated there by
the cut-glass pitcher... (Marquand, 188).
He could see himself.. .seated there by the...QltrriMl. goblets...
(Marquand, 188).
She looked at the empty cut— ■p-1
pitcher
(Marquand, 189).
to cut grass.
Out the grass

To mow grass; to mow a lawn.
(Cain, 3).

to cut _____ heart out before.

Would never; would die before.

▲ lady would have cut her heart out before she let Qfi. know the money meant
anything (Cain, 170).
to cut in.
1. To interrupt to say; to intrude to say.
"What I did was perfectly legal," Mason cut la, "but tapping our line
was manifestly illegal"
(Gardner, 208).
When Veda cut in with what Mildred had neglected to mention. •• (Cain, 184).
2. To receive a share of; to get a part of.
...whoever is married to him at the time cuts in for share of the community
property (Cain, 200).
to cut _____ ip on.

To divide, share, with one.

Say, who cut you la £&. this deal?

(Gardner, 18).

Is. £U& lQQ-Se.
1. To begin viciously; to begin suddenly and savagely.
action already stated or to be stated.)

(This implies

Everything in the vicinity cut loose on him at once (Pyle, 34).
...the Yanks, cut loose at the Jagged sky line (Yank, 191).

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All the machine gun* on the ship* lying off the beaches cat looae with
their red tracer bullets...
(Pyle, 382).
...when the turret gunner nudged him in the behind he was to cut looae
with all he had (Yank, 186).
Then, in a tone of virtuous indignation that the whole street could hear,
krs. Floyd cut looae
(Cain, 97).
I was standing one morning with a bunch of cannoneers when a rotating
band of the wfaipped-dog type cut loose from another battery...
(Pyle,
115).
Then we'd cut loose
(Yank, 145).
2. To free by cutting ties, bonds, or the like.
The pontoon would be cut looae if the ship sank...
to cut & motor.

(Pyle, 357).

To turn off the motor; to stop a motor.

Our skipper.. .ordered the engineer £& cut the motors to idling speed...
She...had hardly cut the motor when Monty popped out of the door.. •
(Cain. 163).
to cut off.
1. To isolate.
Our Ninth Division cut off the Cherbourg peninsula...
(Z^le, 374).
Once a hole was broken, the Armored divisions would...turn rl&it toward
the sea behind the Germans in the hope of cutting them off and trapping
them (Pyle, 431).
...battalion would have wheeled to the flank and cut off the Germans from
their main route of escape
(Yank, 48).
.. .to keep the wounded men who had been cut off there (Yank, 47).
Player's unit had been cut off for ten days while the Japs shelled...
(Yank, 177).
American soldiers, cut off behind the line, came wearily to rest...
(Pyle, 375).
When our whole battalion was cut off for three days at Mount Maggiore, the
new men almost died of thirst
(Yank, 150).
One b a t t a l i o n . . .waa. . . cu t off on a cliff and blasted mercilessly
(Yank, 245
2. To stop* to end; to finish.
There was a lawn around it, and a high wall cut off the wind (Marquand,
447).
They were a third rate military power and now that we had cut off shipments
of gasoline and oil..*
(Marquand, 510).
...listening to the legal bricks being dropped into place in a wallwhich
was designed to cut off all hope of the defendant's
escape (Gardner, 152)
uovr the QUB has cut off ay mother's allotment entirely (Yank, 171).
They have also cut off ay 6—year—old son's allotment
(Yank, 171 )•
I can't understand why...the allotments were cut off
(Yank, 171).

3* To stop another1s speaking, talking.
Ida cut her off, had her issue Mildred a new hook (Gain, 46).
Then he was in front of her having swum under water to cut her off
(Cain, 94)•
The driver gave a start, and the voice was cut off in the middle of a
syllable
(Marquand, 241).
Bert pu,t her off with a gesture (Cain, 199).
. • .the look from the bed cut her off in the middle of a sentence (Cain,
4* To sever by cutting.
I...tried to cut off the sleeve of my coverall (Yank, 10).
▲ few soldiers..>had partly solved the problem by cutting the rim off
(Fjrle, 243).
.. .Marianna Miller and all that he associated with her was gone for good
cut off by time, while Jim was still a part of him (Marquand, 537).
...a man I knew had his leg cut off (Pyle, 445).
The Jap had machine-gun fire on the supply trail, cutting it QjiX.-• •
(Yank, 6).
The years had been cut off one by one without his knowing where they had
gone (Marquand, 533).
Instead his time had been cut off bit by bit without his having noticed.
(Marquand, 533).
There would be light stuff in the Skagerrak, already, shooting up the
German transports and cutting off the supply lines
(Marquand, 78).
•. .Mr. Gorman was wearing seersucker trousers and a blue shirt with the
sleeves cut off like a tennis player's
(Marquand, 511).
First, she cut off the necks, then cut the chickens in half (Cain, 117)
5. To extinguish an electric appliance; to turn off*
.. .as they were eating the last of the chicken, Mildred went to the
switchboard and cut q^f the sign (Cain, 126).
a cut out.A valve which allows exhaust to escape directly
going through the muffler from a gasoline engine.

without

...said "woof, w o o f , and charged around the sofa with the cut-out open
(Cain, 57).
to cut out.
1. To remove by cutting, as from a piece of paper or cloth.
Cabin bulkheads had been cut out to form big wards
(Fyle, 288).
• •.they cut out a plug with slanting sides...
(Pyle, 424).
...festering sore was cut out... (Yank, 213).
All you had to do was to cut it out.and the postman would deliver the
book at your door.
(Marquand, 191).

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Another prisoner eat out the characters in am American comic strip and
decorated his tent with them (Yank, 56)*
2* To stopi to end
Out out that 'well* stuff (Cain, 81)•
...you got to cut out this running around,. •
to cut _______ out.

(Cain, 248),

To secure the affection of amother's fiance,

Bemember the fellow who was trying to cut you out with Mary Lout
(Yank, 160).
to cut prices.
She cut prices,

To reduce prices; to lower prices*
and that didn't help

to cut short.
one is doing),

(Cain, 244 )•

To stop abruptly; to stop without have completed (what

...the coming of daylight cut short the examination of the barge
to cut speed.

To reduce, lower, the speed; to go slower.

They cut speed somewhat as they turned into the main artery
to cut ft stancil.

(Yank, 2i

(Gardner, 42)

To prepare a stencil for a mimeograph reproduction*

Tfhy not sit down right now and cut ft, stencil...urging the full glamor
treatment for all of our boys in the serviceT
(Yank, 175).
to cut ft swath.
lot of pleasure.

To act, behave, wildly; to sow wild oats;to have

a

Mason said, "Your nephew, Harold, apparently has been cutting ft wider
swath than he's been given credit for"
(Gardner, 1837.
cutthroat conmatltlon.

Vigorous, hard, thorou^i competition.

Sinclair was not that sort of person, even thou^x there was a good deal
of cutthroat competition in publishing (Marquahd, 335).

la sal Itirsadi1. To force through; to get through by forceA few months later it was cut through to the Burma border (Yank, 178).
...the German artillery was trying to cut through to split our forces...
(Yank, 244).

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2* To cut an opening for it*

y*i-

Of course, we had to sn&. a door
- so that both of them opened into
the old secretary's office (Cain, 121)*
cutting edge.
cutting*

That part of a knife, ax, etc., which actually does the

• ••the tools used by the dramatist hare a different cutting edge and a
different bevel
(Marquand, 345).
to cut fro -pieces>

To destroy; to make a finish of;

•••each time the attack was cut to pieces
to cut to ribbons *

(Tank, 6).

To destroy, to end; to finish*

Shelter halves that had been stretched above foxholes were cut to ribbons*
(Tank, 6)•
&£. £lit SS-

1* To cut into pieces; to make small pieces out of a large piece by
cutting*
I saw a roomful of butchers cutting u p meat*-.
(Pyle, 341)*
The fciblets she c u t up and put in a pan, for ^ a v y
(Cain, 117).
The boys c u t up his parachute to make scarves* •• (Pyle, 264)*
2. To destroy symmetry.
...Little mounds and gullies, and groves of trees cut
(Pyl3, 236).
to cut _____ wav out*

up

the land

To fight with a knife and escape*

Then I'd pull out my razor and cut my way out

(Tank, 178)*

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dalay fliialn. A chain made "by tying daisy stems together; hence, "by
extension anything resembling a •‘daisy chain".
They shot all kinds of wire and link "daisy chains" into the air to
snag our propellers (Byle* 163) .
JLfi damned ^£.

(Used as an emphatic negative).

... Paul, Xla damned
I know whether this is Just a hunch or whether
I*m naturally getting suspicious of my fellow men (Gardner, 23 ).
dance arrvtmd.
area.

To step, walk, Jump, move sprightly within a limited

She began dancing around. pretending she was going to poke her finger
into the cake...
(Cain, 12).
dance band. An orchestra which plays for dances; an orchestra special­
izing in popular dance music.
...a talk from Berlin on the senselessness of aerial warfare, an HAT
dance bend from London, and a talk from America...
(Tank, 71)•
dance hall. A room, hall, used for dancing (this usually implies a
commercial establishment).
Emily went into the dance hall. and didn't like it (Gardner, 112).
Of old saloons, of a d a n c e hall in Dawson City, of hotel registers...
(Gardner, 75)•
They had some wild dance halls in Dawson, didn’t theyT (Gardner, 57)•
Drake said, “There were two dance halls. the 'M and N* and the 'Flora
Dora*
(Gardner, 47).
i

dance hall girl. A girl, young woman, who makes her living by dancing
with men in a public dance hall.
(this implies a voman of little or
no virtue, a prostitute).
She was a Dawson dance hall girl

(Gardner, 168).

Dance hall girls were all kind, straight and crooked

(Gardner, 112).
Tes, he said it was over a dance hall girl (Gardner, 138).
"I was a dance hall glrl." she went on (Gardner, 112).
That dance hall girl was Emily Milicant (Gardner 121).
Hogarty and Leeds had a falling out over a dance hall girl (Gardner, 121)
"Know any of the dance hall glrlsT" Mason incuired (Gardner, 57)•
She used to be a dance hall girl (Gardner, 47).

dance music.

Music written especially for dancing purposes; music comn 08ed with dancing in mind.

She must have been opening the door of the telephone booth, for he could
hear the dance music playing louder (Marquand, 440).

to be rianywr _q £.

To be risk of; to be peril of.

...there wee no danger $ £ their running short e.gain
dark day a.

(Pyle, 388 ).

Times of great trouble, anxiety, distress.

Grimly confident, even in the 19^2’s d a r k d a y s . he said he would go back
to retake the ground he had lost (Yank, 131)the dark hniirn.

The hours of darkness; night.

When the talk wanders aimlessly on the affairs of the nation in the dark
hours between Chicago and Kansas City...
(Marquand, 19?)*
the dark of tha moon. The time of the month when the moon does not shine
brightly; the time of the night when the moon is not shining.
(most
frequently the former meaning holds).
It was the dark of the moon...

(Pyle, 200).

dark rimmed g l a s s e s . Spectacles, eye-glasses with rather thick dark
colored rims around the lens and dark colored pieces fitting over the
ears.
One of the girls, another brunette who wore dark-rimmed glasses. asked
the MPs... (Yank, 105)*
to be darned JX*

(Used as an emphatic negative.)

"Earned AX I know," Mason said

(Gardner, l).

dash clock. A clock installed in the dash board of an automobile, usu­
ally installed in the door of the glove compartment.
It was fourteen minutes tc twelve, by the dash clock, when she whirled
up the drive (Cain, 90).
to dash off.
1.

To leave hurriedly; to rush away.

I*m awfully busy all the time and I must dash off witn Mrs. Jason...
(Marquand, 5r5)•
Taen he rose ana dashed off on some other call, and the wardboys went
about their duties (Pyle, 51)•
2.

To write hurriedly and without careful thought.

He wondered whether she had simply dashad off that note or had written
it as many times as the one he had written her (Marcuand, 317).

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ifi. riftail out*

To leave a room* house, enclosure, hurriedly, quickly.

When she turned
d*«h .2111. Veda was at the door (Cain, 205).
Guys clad only in long gray underwear dashwd out... (Pyle, 208).
Ho sooner had it hit the ground than a big black d o g . . . daahftd out...
(Pyle, 191)*
to date back to . (of. back to) To originate, begin, had its foundations,
in a time in the past when, during, at.
His perfect conditioning dates back
West Point, where he was a track
star...
(Yank, 13°) •
...the house was one of the dearest old salt boxes that Eeckle had e v e r
seen...and it dates back to the Revolutionary War (Marquand, 106) •
to dawn on.

To occur to; to come into one’s mind; to be thought of.

She stood 8miling as the dreadful truth dawned on him, and his face
sagged numbly (Cain, 60).
...it dawned on her now that his system was the ancient system that any
restaurant must use if it is to run at a l l
(Cain, 7 5 ) *
...the reality behind this visit was beginning
dawn
Mildred...
(Cain, 195)*
...it dawned on Mildred what he had done, and why (Cain, 185)*
At last it began to dawn on h im that something was wrong (Pyle, 169).
day after dav.

Interminably; endlessly; seemingly without end.

Day after day of shooting every weapon a man can carry...
(Yank, 190).
It is doing the same filthy job dav after day with a kind of purposeless
insanity...
(Yank, h8 ).
...they sometimes went both morning and afternoon, day after
(Pyle,
21^).
Hour after hour, dav after day. the Gun kept throwing its 33—pound pro­
jectiles (Yank, 33).
... talking the same kind of small talk day after dav after day (Pyle,
11*+).
dav and night.

Interminably; without stop-oing; almost constantly.

A man who went dav and night on an urgent job under the constant strain
of danger finally began to feel a little punchy..• (Pyle, 282).
Even in a land rocked dav and night by the thunder of Long Toms...it was
a pip (Yank, 167)*
They worked dav and night... (Yank. 202).
...marching
and night over mountaixis••• (Yank, 2h9)»
Of course everyone had left Post Road years before, because of the roar
of traffic which continued dav and night along it...
(Marquand, 90).
Electric-light bulbe are kept burning jiay and n i g h t . . . (Yank, 233).

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...the Ansio-bound shells seemed to come in a groove right past our ears
dav and night (Pyle, 247).
2ven your own artillery can "be wearing as its"baruin,banimH ...day
and
night for weeks on end..
(Yank* 42).
...I had to hike day and night for whatseemed likemonths... (Yank,
247).
So, he always...had a fire going in the fireplace day and night... (Pyle,
153).
...like every other hotel lobby in Washington* so filled v/ith people dav
and night th&t there was hardly time to clean the caxpets (Marquand,
555) •
Day end night. a. thin, black line of tiny boatB moved constantly back
and forth...
(Pyle, 274).
And dav and night the men on both sides were splattered with artillery
... (Pyle, 252).
He wa.8 at the front only a few hours of the day, instead of dav and night
for months on end (Pyle, 157)*
All the highways north from ITaples were thick with speeding convoys of
supplies dav and night (Pyle, 13l)•
...some 8 8 s...shelled It spasmodically dav and night
(Yank, 135)*
The men in the First Division, for instance, were in tne lines twentyeight days — walking end. fighting all that time, dav and night
(Pyle, 84).
day bed.
a bed.

A couch, divan, sofa, so designed tnat it can be converted into

...a day bed with a dull—green flowered cover (Yank, 247).
We can put you up in the living room on the day bed (Yank, 160).
the dav before.

Tne day previous to tne one indicated or mentioned.

The fiav before, an Infantry battalion had fought a bitter action here...
(Yank, 133).
He had gone up the mountain the £ay before. .. (Pyle, 151).
dav before yesterday.

Two days ago; two days previous.

MI w ?8 with him day before yesterday.11 she said, "when his bank telephonedM (Gardner, 5)*
dav breake. The light of the sun begins to appear; it begins to get
light, daylight.
As the gray day broke...
dav by dav.

(Cain, 174).

3 ach day; every day; from one day to the next.

...the wreckage grew dav by dav under the German shelling...
(Pyle, 2?4).
little by little, dav by dav. those cities were reduced to destruction...
(Pyle, 235 ).

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They could l o o k at It, and translate the activities of the past three
months day b y d a y ... (Pyle, 285)•
day tirawnpy - One who day dreams; one who allows his mind to make rever­
ies and f a nc i es and illusions
usually of a romantic character; one who
builds ca s tl e s in the air; one who builds castles in Spain.
...but what k i n d of planning; can you do with a dog, pnd a. sleepy one at
that — a
Qjreaffler•. ♦ (Yank, 137).
never £. day g o e s b y . Every day; each day (this intensifies the daily
repetition o f the action stated later).
He said that
n o repairs are ever made by dayand that never £ dav goes
that w i r e s aren't torn up by shell fire (Yank, 60).
that day hp.n pp.figed. Tne fashion for that sort of thing has disappeared;
it is no l o n g e r fashionable.
Strange t hough it seems now, it used to be
the fashion to sneerat the
engineers,
b u t that day has passed (Pyle,78).
dav laborer.One who worfes by the day; an unskilled laborer;
works at c o m m o n labor.

one who

One summer he worked as an ordinary dav laborer with a coolie gang build­
ing roads i n Shansi Province (Yank, 13l) •
S dav or t w o .

A few days; several days (Used to avoid being specific).

She answered, and was excited a day or two later v'hen she got a note,
signed b y a man...
(Cain, 32).
You* 11 hear p l e n t y about it in £ iey
two (Gardner, 17).
(Verb) tha davl irhts out of.
has no m e a n i n g in itself.)

(This is used to intensify the verb and

Th?t worked the daylights out ,&f the boy... (Pyle, 397).
...he already knew about the other side of the job — which was
the dayll^riits out of Portress Europe
(Pyle, 315) •
A dav off.

A

to bomb

day of vacation; one's free day each week.

...of visits to antique siiopB when they had money, of
nurses'daysja££,
of restaurants on the maid's night out... (Marquand, 3^^) •
"Her dev o f f t w he asked (Gardner, 95) •
isy room.

A recreation room for enlisted men in the rnned forces.

run! in t h ei r dav roam I found as many officers as soldiers playing
pool t og e th e r
(Yank, 2l6) •

dax
The twenty-four hours of the day are divided into three peri­
ods for work: 8 AM to 4 FM is the ‘day shift*, 4 PM to 12 midnight is
the 'night shift', 12 midnight to 8 AM is the 'graveyard shift'.
It was time for the Fifth Air Force to take over the day ahift
days pass.

(Yank, 255).

Time passes; tine goes on.

Day a are passing, ana look at this girl's conditiontVe can't wait I
(Cain, 212).
dead ahead.

Immediately in front (of); straight ahead (of).

Damned if there isn't a third one dead, ahead (Yank, 254).
They always keep the air dead ahead of you full of shells, just
(Pyle, 163).
to

in case

dead ant3
, not know it. To he out of date in one's opinions; to "be
reactionary; to he lacking in vision.

He remembered what he had said to Madge —
didn't know it (Marauand, 137).
dead broke.

that they all were dead and

Completely without any money; penniless; without funds.

...and though a lot of them were aleo dead or dead-broke, end thought the
old paper had folded up...
(Marquand, 18).
dead nontnr.

(in) the exact center; (centrally).

If Button hadn't been expert enough to hit the soft-wood banyan dead cen­
ter . Terry figure^ he might have added two more men to his score...
(Yank, 19).
At the dead canter of our course, the home field came into sight (Yank,
119).
a dead duck.

Helpless; an epsy victim, target.

Without it he would have been £. dead duck
to be dead from the neck
clearly.

up

.

(Pyle, 336).

To be stupid, dumb, foolish, unable to think

They must be dead from the nect up —

and down

(Yank, 214).

dead or alive. Whether dead or alive (this Implies someone wants to
capture another very badly).
...they got 3,000 lire for every prisoner they captured, dead o£ jalAlfi*
dead pan. A face witn no expression in it; showing no emotion wnatever
in the face.

,

-jJ02—

...the wounded wanted the jive even if they did come ashore with deed
pans (Yank, 223).
...there wasn’t a dead pan aboard (Yank, 223) •
dead p a n n e d .
sion.

State or condition of a face showing no emotion or expres­

...the last dead-panned German soldier marched out of the city... (Yank,
218

).

dead shot.
fectly.

A perfect marksman; one who shoots perfectly or almost per­

The paper boy...was a dead shot (Yank, 225).
...he was a. dead shot. too (Yank, 224).
dead silence.

Complete silence; total silence, quiet.

The whispered conversation died to a dead silence, broken only by the
breathing of the attentive audience...(Gardner, 186).
There was dead silence in the soundproof room (Marquand, 425)*
dead up o n .

Exactly upon; centered on; aimed at.

The lights swept back and forth across the dark water and after a few
exploratory sweeps one of them centered dead upon us and stopped
(Pyle, 21).
dead weight. A body or form having no animation so that the weight of
the object or body seems actually to be heavier than it is.
A dead weight lay across his chest, pinning him
dead whita.
white.

(Yank, 43).

Pure white with no other colors or tints added;

perfectly

His face was dead white end his voice was very faint (Marcuand, 234).
...while the dead white of her skin, drawn tight across the forehead and
wide cheekbones, made her seem peculiarly exotic (Gardner, 160).
to deal out.

To give; tc administer.

...was facing another girl, and even as Mildred looked, proceeded £&
deal out a second loud slap (Cain, 44).
to deal with.

To handle; to be concerned with; to have to do with.

She felt a throb of gratitude to Mrs. Gessler for dealing vrltfr something
she would have been helpless An dfifll wltfa herself (Cain, 108).
...Mr. Levinson revealed an unexpected ability Afl deal iJJkJl such situa­
tions himself (Cain, 236).

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• • • Z f o u n d n y s e l f w r i t l a s l e t t e r s t o TASK o n a r e g u l a r b a s i s , a l w a y s
d tfiU & ft w i t h t h e m * t o p i e . . .
( T a n k , 212),
. . . w o b o t h f o r g o t w ho w o ' r o
4 ry r w i t h .
(O a in , 2 5 1 ).
. . . lo n g e x p e r ie n c e a t flfftH flf u i t h p e o p le —
(G a in , 2 2 6 ) •
• . . a h a k n o w e x a c t l y h o w o h o w o u l d A g ftk w i t h h i m . . .
(O a in , 1 5 9 )•
. . . t h a t m o a a t t h e w h o le t h i n g h a d to b o d e a l t w i t h f u n d a m e n ta lly
(G a in , 7 1 ) .
J e f f r e y f e l t . . . t h a t h o w a s b e i n g I t * ’1,* w i t h a c c o r d i n g t o t h e b e s t r o l e s
o f h o s p ita lity ...
(M a rq u o a d , 9 5 ) .
a tlll.

A b s o lu te ly

O u r g rO T e w a s
1 9 9 ).

q u ie t;

h a rin g no n o is e ;

c o m p le te ly s i l e n t .

s t i l l , a s th o u g h n o one e x i s t e d i n

i t...

(P y le ,

O t f iS k I U k *
a a a s k a a d a o f p l a s t e r o f P a r i s o r t h e l i k e fro m t h e f a c e
o f a p e r s o n w ho i s d e a d .
B y e x t e n s i o n a s a n a d j e c t i r e m e a irl n g a f i x e d
e x p r e s s i o n o n o n e 's f a c e .
M r. T r e r i b o . . . . l i s t e n e d w i t h h i s d e a t h - a a a k s m i l e . . .
d e a th o f c o ld .
in fe c tio n .

A T o ry b a d c o ld ; a

s e re re a tta c k

(G a in , 2 1 5 ).

o f u p p er re s p ira to ry

. . .y o u h a r e n 't g o t a m u f f le r o n — y o u ' 11 g e t y o u r d e a th o f c o ld
(N a rq u a n d , 2 0 5 ).
d e a th s e n t« w « e .

9 x e o rd e r f o r th e d e a th o f a c r im in a l Is s u e d b y a c o u r t.

His c a r r i e s o u t a d e a t h s e n t e n c e w h e n h e h a d t o ,
o ffic e
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 9 ).
D e a t h X ftU flE *
.. .if

A d e se rt in

of

s o u th e rn C a lif o r n ia .

h e 'd h i t g o ld i n f itf tlk T a l l e r . . •

t o d g g ld l. o n .
m ent a b o u t;

a s p a r t o f h is d u tie s

(G a in ,

2 3 2 ).

To m ak e u p o n e 's m in d c o n c s m i n g ,
t o s e t t l e i n o n e 's m in d a b o u t .

a b o u t;

t o m ake a J u d g ­

T h e y d e c i d e d o n t h e w h i t e d r e s s B ay h a d w o rn a t t h e s c h o o l p a g e a n t . . .
(G a in , 1 0 6 ) •
She
d d e c id e d on w h ite , b u t n o t th e s le e z y w h ite o f th e n u rs e u n ifo rm s
t h e n b e c o m i n g s o com m on ( C a i n , 1 1 9 ) .
to

d e c i d e in c o m p e te n t.
To i s s u e fro m a c o u r t o f la w a s t a t e m e n t b y a
Ju d g e t h a t one i s n o t m e n ta lly a b le to c a r r y on h i s b u s in e s s .
(T h is
im p lie s t h a t a n o th e r p e r s o n w i l l b e a p p o in te d b y th e c o u r t t o h a n d le
o n e 's b u s i n e s s i n h i s n a m e .)

30b-

Y ou h a v t a d a l t t s d t h a t y o u a t t w p t a d to
p o te n t a n d p la c e d i n on
in o titu tio m T
to

h a r t j o o r u n c le d a e la r td
(G a rd n e r, 135) •

d e d ic a te ( l i f t . d ay s, e tc .) to .
To d e c id e t o d o n o th in g o th o r th a n ;
t o g i r o o n o * o o n o r g io o and. a b i l i t i o s a o l a l j r t o .

T h a r o v a n • o n e t h i n g u n n a t u r a l , a l i t t l o u n h e a l t h y , a b o u t t h e w ay a h a i n ­
h a le d . Y eda* s e a e l l a n a h a d e d i c a t e d t h e r a n t o f h e r U f a t o t h i s c h i l d
...
(G a in * 1 1 5 ) •
I t w as th e c o n in g tr u e o f a l l ah a h a d d re a n e d f o r T a d a .. . d e d ic a te d
U f a to
(G a in , 2 1 4 ) .
. . . h i e d e ars w a r s d e d i c a t e d t o p l s o r . . .
(G a in , 1 4 4 ).
to

deduct fro n .

A fte r th le

is

To ta lo e a w a y f r o m ; t o

d e d u c te d f r o n

& d a a na b r e a t h .
A b re a th
d ra w £ b r e a t h . )

th e

s u b tra c t fro a ;

o r e r p a y m e n ts .. .

of a ir fillin g

to

ra a o re fro n .

(Y a n k . 1 7 1 ) .

one* a lu n g s c o a a p le te ly .

. . . a h a . . .d r a w d e a n , tr e m u lo u s b r e a t h s
(G a in , 9 4 5 ) .
M a ria n n a d re w a d e a n b r e a t h o f th e f r e s h a i r , a n d r e a c h e d u p t o
h e r l i g h t b lu e c lo a k n o re t i g h t l y
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 6 ) .
S he d re w a d e a n b r e a t h a n d c a n e i n s i d e
(G a in . 1 2 0 ).
. . .M ild r e d d re w a d e e p b r e a t h . . •
(G a in . 2 0 0 ).
a d e a n « h e e t_
I

A la rg e

see d ees deep

& dean d is h u ie .
th ic k p ie .

c h est c a rlty ;

d e e s b ig b o s o n .. .

fa s te n

c h e s t.

(G a tin . 2 1 8 ) .

A p i e n a d a i n a p o m tw o o r n o r e i n c h e s d e e p ; a r e z y

So M ild r e d n a d e h i s p ie * a
c u n n in g ly c a n d ie d w ith s u g a r .
d eep dow n.

a la rg e

( o f . £&

c re a tio n ,
(G a la , 8 4 )•

f i l l e d w ith o ra b a p p le s

T a r b e lo w ; d e e p ; v e r y le w .

E a s t Y o rk n e a a d e r e d d e e p dow n o n t h e r i g h t

(Y a n k . 1 8 0 ) .

Am*ny

dow n i n
I n o n e 's i n n e r t h o u g h t s ;
d o e s n o t q u ic k ly r e v e a l t e o th e r s .

in

o n e 1s t h o u g h t s

th a t one

M i l d r e d h a d l i t t l e a p p e t i t e f o r t h e w r a n g l e , f o r d e e p d o w n 1 * fcftE h t & E l
tihm H a * a p r e m o n i t i o n t h a t B e y w a s r e a l l y s i d e ( G a tin , 9 9 ) .

dftSB. ift1.

In ;

f a r in .

( T h i a i m p l i e s m uch d i s t a n c e

in s id e .)

-305-

. . . t h ^ f g o d o w n .. . t o b r i n g u p g o l d t h a t s o o n e r o r l a t e r g e t s b u r l e d d e e p
i f t th e e a r t h a g a in a t T o rt K nox
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 . 1 9 4 7 , 2 9 ) .
A d v a n c e s u r v e y i n g p a r t i e s h a v e m e t J a p p a t r o l s d e e p I n t h e B u rm a J u n g l e s . . .
(T a n k , 1 7 7 ).
D eep j f t t h e c a v e , h e fo u n d p o o ls te e m in g w ith c e n t i p e d e s . . .
(H e w Y o r k e r ,
X X III, S e p t. 1 3 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 6 ) .
2.

In v o lv e d i n to th e e x te n t t h a t o n e
g o in g o n a r o u n d h im .

i s h a r d ly o o n s e io u s o f w hat

is

. . .w e f o u n d o u r s e l f d e e p i n c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h a g o l d e x p e r t f r o n
J o h a n n e s b u r g ...
( l e v Y o ric e r, X X III, 8 e p t . 1 3 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 9 ) .
deep iftfiift.

T ar w ith in ;

w e ll w ith in .

. . . t h e O ff l e e r s ' O lu b , d e a n i n s i d e a s i n g l e - s t o r y b u i l d i n g . . .
He r a n g t h e b e l l a n d h e a r d i t s o u n d in g d e e p
in s id e th e b u ild in g
Y o rk e r. X X III, S e p t. 6 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 0 ) .
deep in to .

T ar in to ;

w e ll in t o .

. . . a f t e r w a lk in g f r o n th e A d r ia tic C o a s t d e e p i n t o
to in te rv ie w T ito
(Y a n k , 2 4 7 ) .
T he m en h a d d u g o a v e s d e e p i n t o t h e g u l l y b a n k s . . .

lib e ra te d

deep s e t e v e s .
B yes t h a t a r e p la c e d d e e p ly i n
to b e sunken in to th e s k u ll.

s k u ll;

th e

te rrito ry

(Y a n k , 1 9 8 ) .
syes th a t seen

H i s s y e s w e r e d a r k a n d d e e p —s e t a n d h i s m o u t h w a s v e r y f i r m . . .

221

(T ask , 2 0 5 ).
(H ew

).

(M a rq u a n d ,

T i t o 's e y e s a r e s e t d e e p a n d w id e a p a r t . . .
(Y a n k , 2 4 7 ) .
...y o u n g T exan w i t h .. . d e e p - s e t e y e s ...
(Y a n k , 1 4 8 ) .
D eep S o u th .
T he D eep ( d e t p ) S o u th u s u a l l y i s th o u g h t o f c o n s i s t i n g o f
th e fo llo w in g s o u th e rn s t a t e s ;
S o u th C a r o l i n a , G e o r g i a , A la b a m a ,
M is s is s ip p i, L o u lsa a a .
. . .m o s t o f t h e s e p e o p l e a r e
delighted a t .

P le a s e d w ith ;

L a u g h in g a l i t t l e ,
to

fro m

t h e D eep S o u th

(Y a n k , 2 1 3 ) .

h ap p y w ith , a b o u t.

o b v io u s ly d e lig h te d

a t h e r c o n d itio n ...

d e m o n s tr a te how t o ( i n f i n i t i v e ) .
So show how t o (d o
d e m o n s tr a te t h e m e th o d , m a n n e r, o f ( d o in g s o m e th in g ) .

W h ile w e w a i t e d f o r t h e t r u c k
c o l l o f b a rb e d w ire
(Y a n k ,

to a r r iv e
6 7 ).

(C a in , 1 5 3 ).

s o m e th in g );

to

h e d e m o n s tr a te d how £ o c a r r y a

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to deliver to. To taka to; to oarry to.
. . .h a v u
P Ia rc a .

fu rio u s a t th a p ia a
In c .
(G a in . 2 5 8 ) .

I,* n r,lft4i f t h t>

th a t v a ra b e in g d e liv e r e d

A c c u s a tio n o f ;

...▼ • d a h ro k a i n t o
1 3 3 ).

t o >»*■» b y M l l d r a d

s tig m a tIx a tio n o f.

a T i o l a n t d e n u n c i a t i o n 2 i M is s b h l t t a k e r . . .

(O a im .

d a n o a rta a n t a t o r a .
A a t o r e w i t h m any d i f f e r e n t d a p a r tm a n t a ; a a t o m v h i c h
a a l l a m any d i f f a r a n t k ln d a o f a r t i e l a a f r o n c l o t h i n g t o r a d i o s . f o r a n
e x a m p le .
. . . l i k e a p i o t n r a i n a d e n a r t m e n t - e t o r n a d v e r t i s e m e n t . w h ic h a t a t a d t h a t
t h a e m p o r iu m h a d a c o r n e r f o r l i t t l a t o t a a n d b i g g e r t o t a
(M a rq u a n d .
2 2 3 ).
to

depend on.
1.

To b a c o n tin g a n t o n ; t o b a s u b je c t t o
m a in ly o n th a c o n d itio n o f .

th a c o n d itio n o f;

to

m at

It
2A w h a t t h e y v a r a a c c u a a d o f ( T a n k . 2 6 ) •
I t d a u a n d a d m a in ly o n th a c h a f . . .
(G a in , 1 7 8 ).
I t d a o a n d a o n t h a c ro w d
(G a rd n e r. 1 4 9 ).
D e p en d s o n w h a t you. c a l l w ild
(G a rd n e r. 5 7 ).
2.

To r e l y

on;

to

tru s t;

to have f a ith

in .

S h e h a d som a £ o d e p « « ^ o n h e r t a l l . t h i n , p r o f a n e b a r t e n d e r a s
pended on nobody a l e a ...
(G a in . 1 7 6 ).
3.

To r e c e i v e

s u s te n a n c e

. . . t h a m any l i v e s
to

fla m riv a o f .

. . .s h e
& d e p th o f .

fro m ;

to

be

s u p p o rte d f i na nc i a l l y b y .

t h a t d e p e n d e d 2& h e r . . .

To t a k e a w a y f r o m ;
T eda o £ h e r

A w id th o f ;

to

she de­

( G a in ,

189) •

w ith h o ld fro m .

"m eans o f l i v e l i h o o d " . . .

(G a in . 2 5 7 ) .

a th ic k n e s s o f .

b e a c h h e a d h a s £ fle n th o f f o u r m ile s r a t h e r th a n f o u r f a s t . . •
(T a n k . 3 9 ) .
to

d e r i v e s a t i s f o p frro m .
h a p p in e s s . fro m .

To r e c e i v e p l e a s u r e

fro m ;

to

g a t p le a s u re ,

S h e. .s u b m itte d t o h i s e m b ra c e s , J * r tT liu r a c u r io u s s a t i s f a c t i o n fro m t h a
k n o w le d g e t h a t h i s a o e s s s t o t h e v e r y h o s t l e g s w as r a p i d l y d r a w in g t o
a c lo s e
( C a in , 1 6 8 )*
d e se rt r a t .
▲ m an w ho l i v e s
p e c to r o r a m in e r .)

la

th e d e s e r t.

(Hie i s

o fte n tim e s a p ro s ­

▲ If h a d b e e n g r o w i n g o n e f o r t h e o c c a s i o n a n d h e w a s g o i n g t o l e a d a
b u rro in th e p a ra d e and b e d re s s e d lik e a d e s e r t r a t .
(M a rq u a n d , 4 7 5 ) •
dtSfek JLSQl.* A J o b , p o s i t i o n ,
w h ite c o l l a r e d jo b ,

s i t u a t i o n , w h ic h i s p e r f o r m e d a t a d e s k ;

a

...m a y b e h e c o u ld g e t y o u a g o o d d e s k J o b o n t h e p o s t . . .
(T an k , 1 6 3 ),
B e 1s h a d a d e s k J o b t h e r e . . .
(T a n k , 3 4 2 ) •
I s u p p o s e a n y o n e c a n d o a d e s k J o b h e r e , b u t I d o n 't w a n t t h a t
(M a rq u a n d ,
5 7 8 ).
d e s p ite th e f a c t
fa c t th a t.

Zn s p i t e

o f th e

fa c t th a t;

n o tw ith s ta n d in g

th e

We w e r e f i v e h o u r s a h e a d o f s c h e d u l e , d e s p i t e t h e f a c t
h a d b e e n s to p p e d h a l f o f th e t i n e
(P y le , 359) •

t h a t o u r e n g in e s

& d e ta ile d
a tio n .

e x p o s itio n ,

p ic tu re .

▲ s ta te m e n t i n

She c re w s g o t ft d e t a i l e d

p ic tu re

d e ta il;

a d e ta ile d

o f w h a t th e y w e re g o in g t o d o

e x p la n ­

(V y ls , 2 0 9 )

to b e d e ta in e d on b u s in e s s .
To b e d e la y e d o n th e a c c o u n t o f b u s in e s s n a t ­
te r s ; to b e h e ld up b y b u s in e s s .
. . .s h e h a d b e e n d e ta in e d on b u s in e s s . . .

(C a in , 2 4 8 ).

d e t e c t i v e QggBBBLs <*> p r i v a t e p e r s o n o p e r a t i n g a d e t e c t i v e
p l a c e o f b u s i n e s s w h e re o n e m ay h i r e a d e t e c t i v e .

b u s in e s s ;

Z f Z 'd t a p p e d a n y o n e 's t e l e p h o n e l i n e o r h i r e d a d e t e c t i v e
i t , y o u 'd h a v e h a d me a r r e s t e d . . .
(G a rd n e r, 2 0 8 ).
d e v i l 's

ow n £ 1 b i «

M rs. G a s s i e r h a d t h e

▲ v e ry d i f f i c u l t ,
d e v i l 's

ow n t i n e

h a rd ,

s tre n u o u s ,

f i ndin g l i q u o r ...

to

a

do

tim e .
(C a in ,

1 5 3 ).

+.v^ d e v i l w i l l g e t y o u .
( T h i s i s a s t a t e m e n t s o m e tim e s m ade t o l i t t l e
c h i l d r e n t o f r i g h t e n th e m i n t o d o i n g s o m e t h i n g o r t o p r e v e n t th e m f r o m
d o in g s o m e th in g .
A ls o u s e d J o c u l a r l y . )
n«h. d e v i l w i l l g e t y o u f o r

ta lk in g

lik e

th a t

(P y le ,

1 0 0 )•

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to

d e v o te tim e £ o .
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g i v e m o s t o f o n e * a e n e r g i e s a n d a b i l i t i e s to *

. . . s h e . . . q u i t h ig h s c h o o l*
(C a in , 1 8 0 ).

to

s p e c ia liz e

in ;

e o s h e c o u ld d e r o t e h e r w h o le tim e t o

t o d ie dow n.
T o d i m i n i s h "by d e g r e e s t o
u a l l y e n d t o s to p *

a c o m p le te e n d ;

to

to

m u s ic

s u b s id e g ra d ­

I t w as o n e o f t h e l a r g e r a r t e r i e s , a n d a s h e tu r n e d th e
b lo o d k e p t s p u r t­
i n g , b u t f i n a l l y t h e s tr e a m d ie d dow n
(M a rq u a n d , 2 3 4 ) •
. . .w h e n t h e i r p a n t i n g h a d d i e d d o w n . M i l d r e d b e g a n t o f e e l a s h a m e d . . .
(G a in , 1 7 0 ) .
T h e f a c e s i n f r o n t o f h im w e r e b l u r r e d i n t o o n e f a c e a n d t h e a p p l a u s e w ee
d v in g dow n. . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 6 5 )*
T he w in d w as d y in g dow n
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 6 ) .
A t l a s t th e so u n d d ie d dow n. . .
(P y le , 4 3 7 ).
So w h e n t h e f i r i n g d i e d d o w n a l i t t l e w e s n e a k e d u p t h e s t r e e t . . .
(ty -le ,
4 0 6 ).
. . . g r a d u a l l y t h e a c k - a c k d i e d d o w n .. .
(P y le , 3 4 8 ).
l f e l t e r H ew coobe s t o o d . . .w a i t i n g w h ile t h e a p p la u s e d ie d dow n
(M a rq u a n d ,
5 9 ).
to d ie f o r .

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I t ' 8 w hat we l i v e

o n e 's

life

fo r;

to

o ff*

to d ie
1*

m ade;

o u r d ie w as c a s t .

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T h e n t h e m u rm u r

s a c rific e

f o r a n d w h a t we d i e f o r

t h e £4_e Xjt u s - a t .
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t h a t i t becom es a fa c t*
O ur g u a r d w as o u t ,
(P y le , 1 2 ).

to

to

life

fo r*

(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 2 ) .

th e a c t i s

so f a r

a c c o m p lis h e d

How t h e r e w a a n o t u r n i n g b a c k

becom e l e s s

o ff a l i t t l e

o n e 's

i n v o lu m e .

( C a in , 2 3 9 )*

o u t.
To s u b s id e g r a d u a l l y :

to

s to p b y d e g re e s*

The f e r m e n ta tio n
o u t w i t h i n a fe w m o n th s
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X II I , J u n e 2 8 ,
1947, 1 8 ).
E s 8Q.tr t h o o n a g e r
o u t o f h o r o jr o s a n d s h o lo o ik o d t u i p r i s o d
(M ftr^QAiidy
5 2 4 ).
The l a t r i n e ru m o r i s
out as a re s u lt
(Y a n k , 6 6 ) .
. . . th e f i r i n g s to p p e d
t h e f l a r e s d i e d o u t s lo w ly r e t u r n i n g th e s k y
to th e n ig h t
(Y a n k , 7 1 ) .
The b u g le r p la y e d , t h e o f f i c e r s s t o o d a t s a l u t e .
W hen t h e n o t e s d i e d
o u t , t h e r e w as n o t a so u n d
( ^ r le , 1 1 ).

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2.

To d i e

one b y one and n o t b e re p la c e d ;

T he fa m o u s B i k e r 's
g a rb a g e t h e r e . . .
to

d ie y o u n g .

M ay b e I

I s l a n d r a t a . . . d i e d o u t a f t e r t h e c i t y s t o p p e d d u m p in g
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 . 1 9 4 7 . 1 8 ) .

T o d i e w hen, o n e I s y o u n g I n y e a r s ;

s h o u ld h a r e d ie d

d iffe re n c e

to becom e e x t i n c t .

o f o p in io n .

fro n .

d ie w h ile a y o u th .

(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 9 ) .
A d iffe re n c e

In Id e a s,

o p in io n s ,

H e 's a l w a y s a f r a i d o f a n y f l & f i f t r t l W t
e n tn io n
" T h a t* , M ason s a i d , " i n v o l v e s a n o t h e r d i f f e r e n c e
3 0 7 ).
d iffe re n t

to

U n lik e ;

n o t lik e ;

th o u g h ts .

(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 0 ) .
o f o p in io n "
(G a rd n e r,

d if f e r e n t th a n .

M i l d r e d e n t e r e d a s t u d i o t h a t w a s r a t h e r d i f f e r e n t f r o n M r . H a n n o n 's
(C a in , 1 8 4 ).
H e. ..h a d a b r o o d in g , h a n g -d o g lo o k t h a t w as r e r y
from t h e J a u n t y
a i r h e h ad once h a d
(C a in , 2 2 2 ).
I n s id e , t h i s T o rt w as d i f f e r e n t f r o n th e o th e r s
(T a n k , 1 2 7 ).
to

d iffe re n tia te
o th e r.

b e tw e e n .

To d i s t i n g u i s h d i f f e r e n c e s b e tw e e n o n e a n d th e

He e o u l d n 't d l f f e r ^ p t i ^ t t b e tw e e n r i g h t a n d w ro n g ,
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 0 ;.
to

d ig dow n.

To d ig I n d e p th ;

to

e x c a -ra te i n

a n d h e d l d n 't e r e n t r y

d e p th .

N i n e t y - f i r e p e r c e n t o f t h e m e n I n my c o m p a n y a r e
d u g dow n t h e f u l l s i x f e e t
(T an k , 1 4 9 ) •

a liv e

to d a y b e c a u s e th e y

to d ig i n .
To d i g a h o l e i n t h e e a r t h I n w h ic h o n e c a n h i d e , c a n
b e p ro ­
t e c t e d f r o m o n aay a r t i l l e r y , s m a l l a rm s f i r e , b o m b s , a n d t h e l i k e .
(A ls o
u s e d a s p a r t i c i p l e a n d g e ru n d .)
T hey
i n w h ile y o u ' r e s h o o tin g a t th e m .. .
(T an k , 5 4 ) .
T h e y ...h a d t a g i £ o a * l i t t l e s lo p e th r e e s d le s b a c k o f th e p e r im e te r

( ly ie , 2 5 1 ).
The m en w e re jQ g
a lo n g s id e a c le a r in g
(T a n k , 1 4 5 ).
...t h e y h a d to s ta n d s tr a ig h t up and d ig t h e ir g u n s
( ly le , 3 8 8 ).
I t t a k e s a b o u t twelve h o u r s o f g o o d h a r d w o rk t o
i & th e g u n s ...
( ly le , 3 8 8 ).
,
N
A ta n k c re w a lw a y s
i £ J u s t a f e v f e e t fro m th e t a n k . . •
( ? / I s , 2 5 7 ).
O u r m e n w e r e dfi&
a ro u n d th e e d g es
(T an k , 1 0 7 ).
T h e D e a d T " * X i d s w e r e d B fi i a o n a b l u f f a l o n g t h e r l r e r b a n k . . .
(T a n k ,

9 2 ).

-3 1 0 -

. ..s o m e f i r e w o r k s b y n o w , c o n s i d e r i n g t h a t p a r t o f t h e J a p 1 8 t h D i v i s i o n
v u dug In on one s i d a ...
(T a n k * 9 1 ) .
. . . h a a lw a y s d u g I n t h e f i r s t t h i n e
(P y ls , 4 4 8 ).
P i n a l l y t h e y w o u ld g o t a n o r d e r t o s i t w h e re t h e y w e re a n d d i g i n
(P y le ,
443) •
T hey dug i n a n d Ir w in f i n a l l y fo u n d th a n th e r e
(T a n k , 3 2 ) .
. . . e v e ry b o d y w as d u g i n
(T an k , 24 4 ) •
Ve £gg,
28 d a y s * ..
(T a n k , 3 4 )*
The J a p s w e re d u g i n 7 5 y a r d s fro m u s , b e n e a t h t h e r o o t s o f a b a n y a n t r e e
(T an k . 5 2 ).
I t w as s u r p r i s i n g to s e e B a n g e rs d u g i n l i k e I n f a n t r y
(T a n k , 2 1 )*
I f t h a m en a r e p in n e d dow n o n t h e b e a c h , d u g i n * . . th e y m ig h t a s w e l l n o t
be th e r e ...
( ^ l e , 3 6 3 )*
T h e G e rm a n s w o u ld b e d u g i n a l l o v e r t h e w o o d s . . .
(P y le , 4 4 2 ).
. . .n e a r l y e v ery b o d y w as ja g .
••
(P y le , 265) •
T h e f i r s t t h i n g h e d i d w a s ., . t o s t a r t t h e e n g in e s o f h i s ta n k w h ic h w as
d u g i n a b o u t tw e n ty f e e t fro m h i s d u g c u t
( P y le , 2 6 3 )*
T hey w e re w e ll
and liv e d f a ir ly n ic e ly
( P y l e , 2 8 3 )*
. . . t h e y m oved b a c k a c o u p le o f m ile s , d u g i n . th e n c le a n e d u p —
(P y le ,
2 6 8 ).
A m ong t h e B e a d A i d l i d s , t h a n k s t o t h e n a t u r a l p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e h i g h r i v e r b a n k a n d t o t h e d S f i- lA o u tp la c e m e n t s . . .
(T a n k , 9 3 ) .
. . . B d 's o u t f i t h a d b e e n h e ld u p b y f i r e fro m a d u g -l a p o s i t i o n
(T an k , 2 4 4 ).
T hey w o u ld .. . s t a r t
i n f o r a new l i n e
( ^ r l e , 4 4 1 )*
. . . t h e s i t u a t i o n o n H a s t i n g s B ld g e s e t t l i n g dow n t o a p e r i o d o f c o n s o l i ­
d a t i n g , £ £ £ g i£ g
a n d b l a s t i n g w ith th e m o rta rs
(T a n k , 1 9 ) .
W hen d a r k e n s 8s c a m e t h e b a t t a l i o n h e a r d h im
*■ i n ( T a n k ,
5)*
. . . t h e r e w e re n o J a p s d ig g in g i n
(T a n k , 9 )*
To d o t h i s m e a n t c a p t u r i n g 2 0 m i l e s o f j u n g l e a n d th e n d ig g in g i n b e h in d
a b a rb e d -w ire p e r im e te r . . .
(T an k , 4 1 ) •
W h at c a u s e d t h e m o s t c o m m e n t a m o n g t h e A m e r i c a n s w a s t h e J a p k n a c k o f £ l g l n g i n a n y w h e re , a n y tim e
(T an k , 5 4 ) .
12.
l a

2& 1»
To re m o v e b y d i g g i n g ;
fig u r a tiv e .)

to d ig

so a s

to b e a b le

to

re m o v e .

A ls o

L a t e r w h en we
o u t my s l e e p i n g b a g w e f o u n d t h e s t e e l f r a m e o f t h e b e d
b r o k e n ..•
( P y l e , 2 4 7 )*
. . . w e d u g o u t mar s l e e p i n g b a g . . .
( ^ r l e , 2 4 7 )*
I t to o k t h e o rd n a n c e b o y s f o u r h o u r s £ o d i g th e w ood o u t w ith c h i s e l s a n d
re a m e rs
( t y ’l e , 4 2 4 ) *
...I
th e m o u t f r o m u n d e r t h e d e b r i s * • •
( P y l e , 2 4 8 )*
. . . v i n e s h a d J u s t s t a r t e d w h e n P r o h i b i t i o n c a m e a l o n g a n d h e &ML th o rn £ £ & ,
i n f a v o r o f w a ln u ts
(C a in , 6 )*
B u t n y re g im e n t
g o n e s n i f f i n g i n t o c e l l a r s i n a d e p o p u la t e d hom e a n d
t u r n e d u p w i t h a l l k i n d s o f e x o t i c l i q u o r s w h ic h th e y d u g o u t o f t h e
d e b ris
( P y l e , 1 8 3 )*

d

. . . m o s t l y th e h e d g ero w p a t t e r n w as t h i s :
a h e a v y m a c h in e g u n
at
e a c h e n d o f th e f i e l d a n d in fa n try m e n h id d e n
a lo n g th e h e d g ero w
w ith r i f l e s a n d m a c h in e p i s t o l s .
V e h a d £j> d i g t h e n o u t .
( ly le . 4 4 0 ).
2.

To s e a r c h am ong m any t h i n g s

o r p e rso n s to

fin d .

T h e n we w a lk e d a rc n an d a c o u p l e o f h e d g e r o w s t o o u r m o to r p o o l a n d d u g o u t
P r i v a t e L a w re n c e V e d ls y O ogan fro m t h e c o m f o r ta b le l a i r . . .
(P y le . 4 0 8 ).
3.

To g e t o n e o u t o f b e d .

Vo m a t t e r w h a t w e a s k e d h im t o d o . o r w h a t t i m e o f n i g h t i t w a s . o r i n
w h a t w e a t h e r w e d u g h im o u t , h e d i d i t g o o d n a t u r e d l y . . .
(ty ie . 409) •
12. d i d S £ ‘
1.

To b r i n g

to

th e

su rfa c e

o f th e

e a r th a f t e r d ig g in g .

I d u g u p t h e g o l d , u s e d th e p r o v i s i o n s I ' d g o t a s a s t a k e , a n d m ade i t
th ro u g h to I h l t e H o rse
(G a rd n e r. 1 8 1 ).
▲ o re s o f d i r t w e r e d u g u p w i t h
i r o n C h in e s e t o o l s . •• (T a n k . 1 2 0 ) .
The p e o p le d u g u p a l l th e v i n o . . .
(T an k . 2 8 ) .
The a r c h b i s h o p .. .h a d t h e b o d ie s d u g u p
(T a n k . 2 2 1 ) .
. . . t h e b e a c h h e a d w as s o d u g u p t h a t a n u n d e rg ro u n d c r o s s s e c t i o n o f i t
w o u ld h a v e l o o k e d l i k e a h o n e y c o m b
( ly l e , 2 5 7 ).
2.

To f i n d ;

to d is c o v e r.

. . . h e dug up a c a s e a n d a h a l f o f l i n e c o g n a c . . .
( ^ r l e . 2 4 2 ).
To g o w i t h t h e p i n k s t o v e , t h e b o y s h a d d u g u p fro m somewhere a h u g e o v e r s tu ffe d c h a i r ..•
(P y le . 2 5 0 ).
. . . o u r a t t e m p t s to d i g u p s o m e m u t u a l a c q u a i n t a n c e or e v e n a b u i l d i n g w e
b o th re m e m b e re d f e l l k in d o f f l a t
( ^ r le . 3 8 7 ).
. . . a good scrounger could d^r up a f e w e a c h d a y . . .
(lyle. 4 1 6 ) .
Thf boys
a fe w b u r e a u s a n d t a b l e s th e y b o u g h t o r d u g
f r o m so m e ­
w h e re
( ^ r le . 3 2 0 ).
T h# p o l i c e jy g . ] |£ a p h o t o g r a p h o f L e e d s a n d sh o w e d I t t o a y o p e r a t i v e s
(G a rd n e r. 8 5 ).
S o m e w h e re s h e h a d g j j g u p a p r a y e r b o o k * a n d i t w a s a m o m e n t b e f o r e M i l d r e d
r e a l i s e d s h e w as r e a d in g r e s p o n s e s . . .
(C a in . 1 1 3 ).
k-nA t h e n h e
^
s p i a n o s o m e w h e r e .. .
(T a n k . 3 4 ) .
P in a lly . I
^ t r u n k I b a d s t o r e d w hen I w e n t t o .A f r ic a . ••
(P y le .
2 9 8 ).
I t to o k d a y s to s c o u r
t h e c o u n t r y a n d d i g up s h o e s f o r th e m ( ^ r l e . 1 4 5 ) .
. . . a Y a ld te u fe l w a its
M r. T r e v i s o hadd u g up f o r h e r . c a l l e d
(C a in , 2 4 1 ).
xtp s o m e g e n u i n e s a m p l e s o f L e e d s ' h a n d w r i t i n g
(G a rd n e r. 5 1 J.
to

d ila te p u p ils .
Toc a u s e th e p u p i l s
a s w ith b e lla d o n n a .

of

th e

syes

t o b e co m e w id e o p e n ,

-3 1 2 -

I t d ila te d

th e n a n lls

o f o u r a g re e . • •

(P y le ,

3 5 8 ).

f t d im e a d o s e n .
1.

C heap; c o s tin g v e ry l i t t l e .

T h e s e a r e q u a l i f i e d e e e r e t a r l e s — f i d im e f i d o s e n t o o , h a t t h e y r a t e a
d iffe re n t f i l e .
(C a in , 3 8 ) .
fiie s e s te n o g r a p h e r s — a d in e a do s e n , h a t a t l e a s t th e y c a n do s o n s th in g
(C a in , 3 8 ) .
2.

X c p e n d a h le .

L t . B o s s I s h e a d o f t h e D in e - a - D o so n C lu b , a 1 0 aw n g ro u p o f v o l u n t e e r
A m e ric a n s n i p e r s
(T a n k , 5 5 ) .
. . . t h e D l n e - a - P o s e n C lu h l o o k e d f o r l a u g h * e r e n o n P a t r o l
(T a n k , 5 5 ) .
. • .w h o s a i d h e J o i n e d t h e D l n e - a r- P o s e n C l u b t o e a r n t h e d o w n p a y n e n t o n
a r in g f o r h la g i r l , a V a e ...
(T a n k , 5 5 ) .
On o n e p a t r o l t h e D im s —a > -D o so n C l u b , p l u s a l a r g e p a r t y . . .
(T an k , 5 5 ) .
dims s t o r e .
A s t o r e w h ic h s e l l s lo w p r l o e d a r t i c l e s ;
f i r e a n d te n c e n t B to re .
(A ls o a n a n a d j e c t I r e . )

a fire

•B e s t h o y ' w as a d l m e - s t o r e p r o d u c t , w h ic h c o s t 5 c e n t s a g ra m
Ja n . 31, 1938, 3 6 ).

the
fu tu re .
able f u t u r e .
. ..th e ir
3 4 7 ).

A som e u n s p e c i f i e d tim e i n t h e f u t u r e ;

s t u f f m i g h t c a t c h u p w i t h th e m s o m e t i m e i n

f t flJ A o m t .
A r e d u c i n g o f t h e T o l u m e , d i m m in g ,
f i c i a l lig h t o u t o f d o o rs.

an d te n ;

a

(* e w sw e e k ,

I n th e u n fo re s e e ­

t h e d im f u t u r e

of e le c tric

lig h ts

(P y le ,

or a rti­

M o d if ie d b l a c k o u t s o r "d i m o u t s * f o r A m e ric a n c i t i e s w e re s u g g e s t e d b y
S. C. H l b h e n , e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r , a t a m i l i t a r y p r o t e c t i v e l i g h t i n g
s y m p o s iu m i n Yew T o r k
( S c i e n c e Y ew s L e t t e r , P e b . 2 1 , 1 9 4 2 , 1 2 3 ) .
to

d in e a t .
o c c a s io n .)

To e a t a t ;

to

. . . B u s s l a a d a n c e r w ho o f t e n

ta k e a m eal a t .

(T h is im p lie s r a t h e r a s p e c ia l

d in e d f i t l a g u n a .. .

ro o m .
T h a t ro o m t h e p r i n c i p a l f u n c t i o n
t h e ro o m w h e re f o o d i s s e r v e d .

(C a in , 1 8 8 ).
o f w h ic h i s

. . . s h e w e n t i n t o t h e fljp fF T £ 2 S B ...
(C a in , 1 5 3 ).
A r l i n e cam e i n , fro m t h e
p jm ff ro o m
(C a in , 1 2 5 ).

f o r e a tin g ;

-313-

▼ sda v e n t t o t h e o u t d o o r , p e e p e d , e n d d i s a p p e a r e d I n t o t h e d i n i n g r o o n
(G a in , 1 2 5 ).
. . . S h e s l i p p e d o f f h e r a p r o n , p i n n e d on h e r o r c h i d s ,
v e n t in to th e
d i n i n g ro o a i
(G a in , 1 2 6 ) .
M o n ty g a v e h e r a l i t t l e p a t a n d v e n t t o t h e d l A l S S r o o m
(C a in , 1 2 6 ).
M r, O h r i s s a i d " h o k s y , h o k e y " . a n d v e n t i n t o t h e d l n l n s r o o n
(C a in , 4 9 ) ,
They s t a r t e d f o r t h e d ln ln jc r o o s . h a t g o in g th ro u g h th e k lte h e n I d a k e p t
ta lk in g in to h e r e a r
(C a in , 4 6 ) ,
T h ey r e a c h e d th a J L & lS E r o c s , a n d I d a p o i n t e d o u t t h e s t a t i o n
(C a in , 4 6 ) .
I t w as h a r d to g e t a t a x i c a b , a n d e a r ly a s i t v a s y o n h a d to v e i t to g e t
a t a b l e i n t h e h o t e l d lA lf ld ro o s t (M a rq u a n d , 5 7 0 ) ,
The
ro o n v a s a b i t o f o l d S p a in , a n d t h e r e v e r e t h r e e J a p a n e s e
h o o a e b o y s .. .
(M a rq n a a d , 4 3 2 ) .
H e c o u l d s e e t h e d lA lJU C r o o n a t h o n e a g a i n a n d t h e b r e a d b o a r d a n d t h e
b a tte r d is h ...
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 2 ) .
. . . t h e g o ld e n ^ o a k c h a i r s i n h e r l i t t l e a i n i p g ro o n J u s t o f f t h e k i t c h e n
and th e r a d io ...
(M a rq u an d , 3 6 2 ) .
T h e d lfilfifi. r a o i l o o k e d n o r e p r e t e n t i o u s t h a n u s u a l . . . a n d t h e t a b l e v a s
s e t to o e la b o r a te ly
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 3 ),
T h e U b IB C r o o n u p s t a i r s h a d b e e n e n l a r g e d f r o n t h e o l d f a r e v i n t e r k i t ­
chen. ..
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 8 ) •
The d ic in g ro o n v a n j u s t o n e v a s t s p a c e
(P y le , 3 3 9 ),
. . . a c l u s t e r o f s n a i l fliiH w g r o o n s —
(C a in , 1 7 8 ).
fl* ra rr c o a t.

S in n e r J a c k e t ;

tu x e d o c o a t •

M ild re d f l o a t e d i n , s e e i n g f a c e s , f l o w e r s ,
p o s ts , p ap er h a t s ....
(G a in , 2 3 0 ) .
. . . B e r t , .u n u s u a lly h a n d s o n e i n h i s
c o a t . . . (G a in , 2 3 0 ).
He v a s i n a a im m r c o a t a n d L a u ra v a s i n a d in n e r d r e s s
(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 1 ) •
d £ B £ i*

p o rty

c o n s is tin g

o f a d in n e r a n d d a n c in g .

• . . l i k e o l d p e o p l e v h o n h e u s e d t o k n o v v h o i n s i s t e d o n g o i n g t o d lf if if iL
d£B £££ I n s te a d o f r e c o g n is in g s e n s ib ly t h e i r in f ir m itie s
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 8 ) .
d re ss.
He w as i n

A f o r m a l e v e n i n g d r e s s , g o w n , f o r a w o m an .

a d in n e r c o a t an d L a u ra v as i n

d in n e r p a r ty .
A d in n e r g iv e n f o r
a re s e v e ra l g u e s ts .
I t v a s n o th in g y o u c o u ld

ta lk

a

d re ss

(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 1 ) .

s e v e r a l p e o p le ; a d i n n e r a t w h ic h t h e r e

about a t a y

nnmr

p a rty

(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 ) .

th g .
tim e
o f d a y a t w h ic h d i n n e r i s s e r v e d .
(T h is tim e v a r i e s
fo r d if f e r e n t fa m ilie s
f o r d iffe re n t lo c a litie s .
U s u a l l y am ong c i t y
p e o p le d in n e r i s i n t h e e v e n in g a f t e r s i x o * c lo c k , w h ile i n th e c o u n try
d in n e r i s u s u a l l y e a t e n a t m id - d a y .)
I t v a s d £ g n £ £ tim e b e f o r e
eat
(C c d n . 9 9 ) .

sh e g o t a n o th e r r e s p i t e ,

a n d t h e n s h e c o u l d n 't

3iu-

%SL dJLfi.

1&&&*

So ta k e

nonay fro n ;

To g e t t h e n o m e y . . . s h e
(C a in * 2 4 2 ) .
to d lo
lik e

o a t.
So l i f t
s u b s ta n c e ; to

d ip p e d i n t o

t o w ith d r a w m oney a " b it a t & tim e *
th e r e s e r v e s

o f th e c o rp o ra tio n

o u t a s n a i l p o r t i o n a t a tim e f r o n l i q u i d
ta k e o u t w ith a d ip p e r I lk a in s tr u a e n t.

o r liq u id

He t o o k tw o o n e - g a l l o n e a n a o f e g g p o w d e r * p o u r e d I n s i x t e e n c a n s o f c o n ­
d e n s e d n i l k a n d f o u r q u a r t s o f w a te r* n i x e d i t u p I n a b a t t e r * th e n
d ip p e d I t o u t w i t h a l a d l e a n d f r i e d I t I n b o i l i n g l a r d
(P y le , 1 1 4 ).
to

d i p soup. T o l i f t s o u p f r o n a p o t * c o n t a i n e r , w i t h a l a d l e *
o r th e lik e * (a n d p o u r I t In to a d is h ) .

d ip p e r*

S h e d i p p e d soup I n t o t h e d e s s e r t d i s h e s * d e a l t o u t s p o o n s w i t h o n e h a n d
and c ra c k e rs w ith th e o t h e r .. .
(C a in * 1 2 4 ) .
t o d i p up. To l i f t o u t a s n a i l p o r t i o n a t a t i n e f r o n a l i q u i d o r l i q u i d
lik e s u b s ta n c e ; to ta k e o u t w ith a d ip p e r o r a d ip p e r l i k e I n s tr u a e n t.
S h e h a d F a a c h o s e t a l l t h r e e f r e e z e r s o n a b e n c h , w h e r e th e g r c o u l d e a s i l y
b e r e a c h e d , a n d s h o w e d A r l l n e how £ o d i p I t g g . . .
(C a in * 1 1 8 ) .
S h e r e n i n f le d A r l l n e s h e w a s n o t t o c a l l s o u p , b u t d i p I t g g , h e r s e l f . . .
(C a in , 1 2 0 ).
Q lre c t ]£ £ •
S he s u c c e s s f u l s tr ik in g o f a ta r g e tw ith a n
- a bom b, a r i f l e s h o t* a n d th e l i k e .

a rtille ry

s h e ll*

...t w o b o n b s d ro p p e d o n a J a p a n e s e b a rg e o n th e T a n g ts e h a d s c o r e d d i r e c t
U L l l .* »•
(T an k * 1 8 6 ) .
Vo dl£S& JL UUUL ^
b e e n s c o r e d o n S a t t I I b u t f l a n e s , e x p lo s io n s an d e s­
c a p in g s tm m th re w t h e p la c e i n t o d is o r d e r
(T a n k , 4 5 ) .
Otoe o f t h e t h i n g s t h e b a t t a l i o n i s a o s t p r o u d o f i s t h e t i n e i t s c o r e d a
o n th e t u r r e t o f a T ig e r ta n k fro st 16*000 y a rd s
(T a n k * 1 3 4 ) .
S h i s c e r t a i n g u n . . .m a d e a d i r e c t h i t o n o n e o f o u t C u b s I n t h e a i r . . .
(P y le , 2 4 0 ).

to

in d iv id u a ls

J u s t b e fo re

95).

T h a t 's t h e

ra th e r

th e w a r,
th in g

d i r e c t t f r r y ft* th o u ^ it.

to

I

S h e a d v e r t i s i n g t h a t I s n a i l e d th ro u g h th e n a i l s
b e in g p u b lis h e d I n th e n e w sp a p ers o r n a g a x in e s .
m anaged a d l r e c t - a a l l a d v e r tis in g c o n c e rn

re m e m b e r w i t h d l r o c t - n a l l a d v e r t i s i n g

Thought th a t is

,

(C a in *

u n c lu tte r e d w ith ir r e le v a n o le s ;

(T a n k ,
1 2 2 ).
c le a r

d ir t flo o re d .

floor of

A

I n s i d e t h e d o o rw a y w as a
4 0 4 ).
d ir t tra d e ,

d irt,

e a rth .

s o rt o f s tre e t- le v e l c o lla r,

d a u n p a v e d , u n im p ro v e d , l i t t l e

P r e s e n t l y th e y n o s e d dow n a ro u g h d i r t
(C a in , 9 2 )*
d irty b a s ta rd .
(In
m e iu r ln g n o t h i n g * )
H e 's
(G
...a
(G

d irt-flo o re d

s e ld o m u s e d ro a d *

tra d e ,

tw is te d th ro u g h h u s h e s .. •

e p i t h e t c a r r y in g a d e ro g a to ry

c o n n o ta tio n s ,

a l l r i g h t , h u t h e 's a d i r t y b a s t s i r d . a n d t h e y 'r e a l l
a in , 1 0 )*
g a s s w id o w w i t h t w o s a a l l c h i l d r e n t o s u p p o r t .
She d ir t y
a in , 1 0 ) .

th e ( d ir ty 1 en d o f th e
ra w d e a l .
V e il, c h u rc h ,
d irty

e ra y .

He w as a
d irty

d irty

s a e ll

end o f & s tic k

G ra y w h ic h lo o k s d i r t y ;

ra t.

O ne w h o i s

b a s ta rd s
h a s ta rd f

9 0 ).

ta a n is h g ra y .

s o rt o f a d irty
bad,

(T an k ,

a ril;

g ra y

(T an k , 2 4 5 ).

a w ro n g d o e r*

n o t g o in g to h a re a n y o p e r a tio n , n o t to
r a t t h a t to o k a d v a n ta g e o f h e r . . .
(C a in ,

w o rk a f o o t .

a c tu a lly

S h e c o n d i t i o n o f b e i n g im p o s e d , u p o n ; a

th e d i r t y

s o rry -lo o k in g g o a t,

little

. . . s h e 's
littis

I

s tic k .

(P y le ,

8 o s ie i l l e g a l o r p r o h i t i t e d

m ake i t e a s y f o r a d i r t y
1 9 9 )*

a c tio n s b e in g c u r r e n t.

H r t h i s tim e M ild r e d knew t h e r e w as d i r t y w o rk a f o o t , p r o b a b ly a t r i p
th e b e a c h ...
( C a in , 1 9 )*
to

d is c u s s w ith .
to s ta te th e ir s

To t a l k o v e r w i t h ;
i n c o n v e rs a tio n .

to

s ta te

o n e 's

. . . y o u 'l l have £o
i t w i t h me
(C a in , 2 1 5 ).
. . . d e e s i s s u b j e c t w 'i c h I c a n n o t d i s c u s s w i t ' y o u
d is g ra c e £ 0.

A sham e t o ;

. . . I th in k th a t th is
(T an k , 2 1 3 ).
t o d i g ^ l u t 12AS&*
...K L o h e d i s h e d i t

a d is h o n o r f o r ;

in c id e n t i s

®° r e t u r n ,

to

r i g h t b a c k a t h im

o th e rs

(C a in , 2 1 5 ).

a d is c re d it to .

a d is g ra c e

g iv e i n

o p in io n a n d a s k

to

to

a d e m o c ra tic n a t i o n . . .

r e t u r n , v i t u p e r a t i o n , h a r d w o rd s.

(T a n k , 1 6 ) .

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ladUfe 11 sal*
1*

To bo vocal; to bo fltuftt 1b a vlttgr, vituperati v e , or elovor M a ­
nor; to toll aaothor what ono
rm about him.

■Joff ," ho said, "you can always dioh It out (Marquand, 244).
It's got nothing to do with. ..any of
tho stuff that nothor
boon diablag out (Cain, 200)*
2.

To inflict damage, injury, hurt.

On four raids on tho "Big B", American bombers had dished it out, and they
had taken it. too (Tank* 87)*
...and not got half a dozen non with
tho guts to tako whattho Yukon
Alahod out in thoso days (Gardner, 115) •
dishonorablo discharge. ▲ separation, discharge, fron the ansed forces
narked dishonorable. This indicates that tho f o n e r service nan had
been found guilty of soae serious crime. It prohibits him from receiv­
ing any pensions or other extra t sarinsrations which the government may
choose to give servicemen.
...you have not been dishonorably
(Tank, 174).
...the sentence of tho court martial also orders a dishonorable mifTtyiTfft
... (Yank, 174).
dish towel. ▲ towel, often made of light weight muslin, used to dxy dishes
after they have been washed.
And Lilly came in all hot and steamy, wiping her hands on a dish towlo
(Marquand, 158).
to dish

up

.

To serve; to give; to exhibit.

MacIntyre..-d* ■>»>■

a different floor show every ration night

(Yank, 34).

dish gafhSE* A n automatic device which washes dishes, rinses them, and
dries them.
...I can do it all with...a dish-washer
person.

(Gain, 175).

(See citation.)

m e real difficulty was and is the care of the sieve laborers, men, women,
children the Germans
imported from all over Bur ope to do their
work for them. Siese we call Dienlaced Persons and for brevity refer to
DP's (The Broadcaster, June 7, 1945, 7).
to dlsnljor advertising.
public.

To place advertising where it can be seen by the

...agreed
iSL

aiarttew no
Ail*

except the aeon sign

(Cain, 174)•

To got rid of; to throw away.

...to a small area where garbage froa Biker's Isload Penitentiary is dis•poaed s ii. (Vow Yorker, X Q I I , Juno 28, 1947, 18).
ditty Bag. A. saall cloth hag, usually not over twelve iaohos in loagth,
with a draw string for dosing, in which a soldior or sailor or othor
serviceman can keep his porsonal belongings such as a razor, tooth brush,
and tho Ilka.
.•.porsonal belongings in little Bod Cross ditty fegflL* ••

(Tank, 223) •

iS i Bg. dlxA
To bo tho target of dire boabors; to have bombs dropped
towards one by diring airplanes*
I *t s luutt &LXBrBSBbfid» and I 1re boon without water. ••

(Tank, 116),

to diva down. To aako an airplane go almost porpondieular to tho earth
downward with tho aotor or notors on*
An late one afternoon a lone Italian — • Z really believe ha aosthave gone
aad, for what he did was desperate and senseless — dove right down into
the aidst of a hundred ships (Fyle, 34)*
to dive for cover.

So hurry, to scurry, for a covering protection.

Xhe old aan dives for cover

(Yank, 148) •

to dire
To come out of the sky in an airplane almost perpendicularly
toward the earth.
lEha first plane

and dropped its bombs

(Fyle, 168).

to
out. To leave a roon or building or the like hurriedly, as fast
as possible.
But the five Aleutian die have already obeyed his first command, by Alvins
out through the B e n c h window (Yank, 160).
to divide

u p

.

To divide into groups, parcels, aad the like.

|FHe rest of the program was
George (Fyle, 244).
...each group was to be

up

between the chatter of Solly aad

later...

(lyle, 354).

fllTflflf l M H u e . A dsaaxkation line; a line, usually imaginary which divides
one place froa smother.
. ..the American flag planted on the dividing line between India and Burma
(Yank, 177).

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318-

diwlng I M k *
A a u k , usually mad« of rubber, which has a largo glass arsa
for ttas ayes* which also carers aost of tho faco, that is used for tha
purpose of dlrlng for quite long periods below the water.
01 s in dl-yin*- m l B L study the beautiful colors of underwater coral
234).
to do about.
(Often used with BTMttM nf Mflrftim- ASLfcUjUL*)
action concerning* regarding* relating to.

(Tank*

wake an

•. .1 won*t be able 1st £&. IBdhlBft about it... (Tank* 170) •
... all these things you earn j g afittilft about (Task* 212) •
And what was she going
&2. about itt (Osin* 263).
••.but decided there was no tine S i &S. i B E l l l M about it now and took up
the trail right behind the captain (Tank* 56).
And as Z don't see anybody else
about it —
(Cain* 72).
not to do m
rood. Tot to help; not to be of assistance; not to be of
▼slue; not to be of worth.
It BHSX. A 1 A 9BBL good to explain to her that nothing was ewer like that. •.
(Marquand* 104).
I don't know what put it into her head* and it doesn't do §gsL good to tell
her that I'a not in a wheelchair yet (Marquand* 679).
It
s i amr good (Gardner* 113).
■Tow* listen"* Jeffrey said* "it doesn't do
good to worry about JlaB
(Marquand* 311).
But that won't do
good. .. (Gardner, 79).
But — that yTflUVl"1 do Teda BH3L good (Cain* 199).
That daasate do ne m
good at all (Cain* 3)•
They AidAlJL £o fiflE good either (Tank* 167).
I're tried writing to the COBB...but it doesn't do amr good (Tank* 171).
to do
in the world.
dearly; to want badly.
I'd ^o a

To nake any sacrifice; to be willing to pay

in the world to get that erldeace

(Gardner* 112).

(not) to be able to do y ythine on earth. To be unable, unwilling, to do
anything well; to be cluasy about all things; to be extrsnely aulrwrd.
A receptionist is a lasy dane that can* t do anything on earth, and wants
to ait out front... (Cain, 36).
to do the best s m *
ability.
...so I

To do one's best; to perform at the best of one's

best I oould

(Cain, 147).

319-

to d£, bit.

So do one's share, one's port; to give one's assistance.

Z serred in tho last war and an trying to do war hit in this one. and I do
not like the way your outfit Is trying to do (Tank, 111).
I hell ere In doing ay hit to help the servicemen..• (Tank, 83).
... Just one of countless other cockney tommies who were doing their hit
out there (Marquand, 349).
to do business. So aake hue 1ness transactions; to buy and sell; to ar­
range to buy or sell*
.. .1 don't like the way he does business (Cain, 202)•
...she could no longer £ & business under her own name (Cain, 256).
H l a and Sinclair did not want anyone to think for a minute that they were
Pi» business over gin...
(Marquand, 338)*
to do the diyfcir work.

So perform something bad, erll.

...the resulting explosions had done the dir tar work.
documentary proof.
the like*

(Tank, 197).

Evidence, proof, by means of documents, papers, or

.. .where there is not even documentary -proof of the divorce
to do double service.
to double in brass.

(Tank, 174)*

So serve in two capacities; to have two functions;

.. .a waitress named Irllne, and a Filipino, tg. £o double service as dish
washer aad vegetable peeler, name Paacho vCaln, 115)•
to do duty. So do that which one Is obligated to do; to do that which
one should do.
I've done a y duty

((tordner, 96).

to be able to do everything but talk*
doing many different things*

So be versatile; to be capable of

"I wouldn't if**** any cook ruining ay electric stove. I wish you could see
It. It's a 1941.■ "I know, thoy can do everything but talk", Madge said
(Marquand, 359)*
to do £TfiQ£th&Bg
eow^d be j figj. So do all of the things that mif^it
a p p l y to the situation; to try many different things searching for the
correct one or the effective one*
Me both d i d everything that could have
to do fine.

So do well; to be well.

dS&fi

(Gain, 104)*

-3ZO-*

Vord cans 'back that they ware
fine..• (Pyle* 202).
When he had finished the chaplain added, "John, you're doing fine, you're
doing fine (Pyle, 50).
to do for ( oneself). To improve oneeelf financially, mentally, morally,
or eplrltnally; to make one's position, situation, better.
...they made her remember how much he had done for
end she said
that It always save her a new respect for him (Marquand 364).
dog faced bar. A human child resembling a dog, often found in the last
century aad early in this one in the side shows of circuses aad in the
side shows of carnivals, as a curiosity.
They had to bring out the python aad the man who
faced boy but only for a moment... (Marquand,
fi d-og fffffr*1-

A*1 aerial fight between airplanes.

.. .we wanted to see & dog fight
fi dog's ace.

chewed nails aad the dog­
348).

(Tank, 203) •

A long time.

He said he had not seen Jeff for a dog's age

(Marquand, 173).

dog sled. A sled used in the far Horth, Canada and Alaska, palled by dogs
over the ice and snow.
1 got Indians and a dog sled

(Gardner, 114).

fi dog's
A miserable life, existence; a life devoid of luxuries
comforts; a life of worry and frustration.

aad

It had the security of walls aad doors, but It was a dog's Ilfs at that
(Pyle, 158).
dog tags. Two small, Identical, brass tags on which is embossed the ser­
viceman's name, rank, serial number, blood type, nearest of kind, aad
religion. Ivexy serviceman must wear two of these around his neck like
a necklace at all times.
...and man caught without hie dog tags will be given extra duty (Tank, 137).
He was wearing lieutenant bars, but his dog tag showed him to be a sergeant
(Pyle, 140).
to do in ^ q s M
sive, manner.

waar.

To perform, act, do, in the grand luxurious, expen­

Unless he
do things in a grand way, he's not living, that1b all
(Cain, 83).
”

to do tha honor of.
another by*

To honor one by; to Indicate reapect aad honor for

Tell the police that you're in lore with Bnily Kllicant* that you hope
ehe doe a you the honor of marrying you* that you had no idea... (Gard­
ner, 117)*
to do g. job on.

To perform some action well.

...we did a iob on a Jerry convoy...
to do justiceone.

(Tank* 27).

To be fair to one; to be Just to one; to be becoming to

But thiB didn't quite do her luatice
to do «*. 1H
of Idndneaa.

To

(Cain* 16).

do eomething worthwhile foranother; to do an act

Mildred was pretending to herself that she was doing Veda a Idndneaa. but
▼eda wasn't one to let such a spot go to somebody else (Cain* 114)*
to dole out*

To distribute parsimoniously; to giro away carefully*

The little remaining ammunition was doled out equally
to do a little (bit) of everything.
form many different functions.
.. .there on the beachhead
(Pyle, 265).

everybody

(Tank* 93).

To do many different things; to per­
had to do a little of everything

to do llttia $2£figs (for). To do small acts of kindness for; to exhibit
kindness and friendliness through small deeds.
He was one of the most thoughtful men about doing little things for people
(Fyle, 314).
She was able to do this because Fred could remember where the money went,
and he was always doing little things for Beckle, always (Marquand* 104).
dollar day. A type of sale* usually city wide* in which many items are
offered for a dollar each. Other items are sold quite cheaply also*
...from Glendale* and its dollar days...
to £og4fifi££ over.

(Cain* 207).

To be arbitrary with; to be overbearing towards*

..•she had become so accustomed to doadneerlng over the many lives that
depended on her...
(Cain* 189)*

to

dona for.

So be injured fatally; to be killed.

Hie legs were blown off clear up to hie body. • .raised himself up on hie
elbows aad said; "I'm done for, so don't waste time on me. Go help
the other boys" (Cain* 103).
to be done In.
1.

So be decorated, adorned, by us lug.

...the walls done in delicate kalsonlne
2.

So be eoapletely tired, worn out. exhausted.

They're plumb done In .
to be done
1.

(Cain. 227).

u p

They can't go another foot...

(Pyle. 203).

.

So be completely tired; worn out, exhausted.

When Sosoy finally left the lines he was pretty well done u p and his ser­
geant wanted to send him to a hospital. •• (Pyle, 448).
Oat in the darkness, one of the mole skinners kept u p a long monologue on
the subject of the mules being eoapletely done u p
(Pyle, 203).
2.

So be wrapped up. cowered, as for shipping.

...Mr. Bewccmbe's manuscript...all done
carton. •• (Marquand, 27; •
to be done

up

in a cardboard hot-water bottle

To be finished, ended, stopped.

...the Saropean war will be over and done with by the time you read this
book (Pyle, 464).
to do
mood to. (Infinitive) So be of no value to; to
to; to accomplish no results to.

be of no worth

...it did no good to tell himself that
he was a
cynic (Marquand, 106).
It's hard not to, but I know it does no good to tell you
(Marquand, 415).
It did
good to tell himself that he
was in a group of exceptional...
people
(Marquand, 37).
It did no good to tell himself that he should not dislike those people
because there had been a war...
(Marquand, 226— 7).
I know it does no good to tell you that — y o u can't pass on experience
(Marquand, 414;.
Tour mother says it does no good to worry about the war, and maybe she is
right...
(Marquand, 4147.
don't be & fool.
be stupid.

Do not act foolishly; do not say foolish things; don't

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■Darling, * she said, "don't he such £ fool*
fron't hell ere everythin^ Ifliat you hear.
is the truth} Do not be credulous.
Don't hell eve everything you hear*

(Marqnaad. 142).

(Not everything that one hears

(Cain, 163).

don11 ret started on. So not ask one to talk ahout a subject because he
nay talk a long tine about it, or he nay he violent in his opinions.
And then there van the Dunkirk show, aad then London, hut don't get ne
started on that (Marquand, 121).
"Jeff", he said, M o n 11 get ne started on that* (Marquand, 121).
don't take any yooa-i (nlckles).

Be careful; he watchful for one's welfare.

"Veil, keep your shirt on", Jeffrey said, " and don't take
(Marquand, 583).
don't tell me.
infer.

wooden money

Z can hardly believe it to he possible but from what Z

Don't tell ne you have gone in for plastic surgery

(Tank, 156).

don't
was born yesterday. Do not think that one is naive; do not
make a mistake by thinking that one is easily fooled, duped.
Hell, don't think
to fro over.

z

was born yesterday

(Gardner, 98).

To do again; to repeat.

.. .as though Z were doing over what Zshould have done a long time ago
(Marquand, 470).
■Take that thing aad fro frjj, over". Mr. Mints said (Marquand, 425).
to fro -part.
To do one's share; to doone's bit;to do
obligated to do.

that which

one feels

Hot that Z didn't fr& a0r 'Part (Cain, 167).
...we are...doing our -part to help win the war... (Tank, 213).
They are
more than their part to win this war (Tank, 213).
to be doped u p . To become insensitive to pain through the use of narco­
tics; to have had narcotics administered (to one).
Z figured they were just doped u p or dared or something from so much shell­
ing (Tank, 53) •
Occasionally they gave a local, hut usually the wounded man was so doped
u p with morphine by the time he reached the station that he didn't feel
much of anything (Pyle, 53).

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fcfl. dSL etoflOL*
do.

To do one's part; to do one's bit; to do that which ono should

You've i m Tour abflES. (Cain, 140).
You did your ifcAES. (Cain, 250).
to do. stuff.

So perform ono's part well; to do something veil.

She hoys hadn't had such chance $£. flfi. their stuff in the Italian war...
(I*le, 261).
Shis ship oust &SL her stuff (Pyls, 10).
Generally he...invites ambitious aeahers of the audience up
<|o their
too (Yank. 64).
to do naallllC-

To wash one's clothes,clothing.

One day some of us correspondents were
our washing whenone of the
Sicilian woa»n cane up and took it away fron us and washed it herself
(Pyle, 77).
Soldiers...got the Italians to do their ]f£s}yyBg (l^ie, 238).
to do worst.

So perform, act, do something, of a had, evil, nature.

...so he slumbers peacefully in his cot above ground as the Mitsubishia
do their worst (Yank, 41).
& doorbell xliga.. The electric doorbell makes a ringing soundwhen the
button is pushed (Shis implies that someone is at the door.).
She doorbell rear

(Cain, 258).

do °f flit- The condition of doing everything la one's power, of glTing
all of one's strength aad ability; of giving one's all.
So thing could be more typical of the vaunted Japanese do-or-dle technique
than the 45 minutes in which they stormed the battalion's defense
(Yank, 6).
door
opened.

She handle which is attached to a door by which the door is

...she held on to the door handle...
a door is alar.

(Cain, 173).

A. door is slightly open; a door is not tightly shut.

The door was slightly alar, an inch or so
a door opens.
to open.

(Gardner, 170).

Someone opens a door; someone or something causes a door

.. .Just as that thought came to him the front door opened aad there was
Louella, carrying a tray (Marquand, 185).

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door pluti. A metal plats, usually rectangular, n a i l , attached to a door,
also usually the front door, on which is often engraved tho name of the
occupant of the house.
.. .white marble steps and the shiny brass door
a door si ana.

(Tank, 187).

A door is shat with such for that it causes a loud noise.

Then she heard £ ear door slam, aad turned to greet her new customer
(Cain, 122).
When the taxi door
- • (Cain, 259) •
A door tlTrfR~
■trained her eyes to see (Cain, 172).
to do £ -pretty mood -1ob of it.

To do well; to do something in good manner.

...as far as X could see he did a -prottar good .lob of it
do re m l .

(Pyle, 237).

Money.

It1s nothing but the do-re-ml —
to do the right thing.
ly correct.

the old a n y game

(Cain, 200).

To do that which is proper and accepted as social­

If he's a decent boy, he'll do the rirfHr *->htut on his own initiative.. •
(Cain, 200).
Jeffrey wanted to say the right thing and do the ri|ght t M a g (Marquand,
570).
Saying she has talent and doing the
thing about it are two different
things (Cain, 131).
to do the same for. To offer to do the same kindness for another that ha
ham done (this is really the equivalent of saying: thank you).
Sometime when you're not 0.3)., I'll £o the same for you
to dose out.

(Tank, 156).

To administer in the form of a dose am medicine.

We'd raid the She cist headquarters and grab their stocks of bottled cas­
tor oil. Then we'd dose it out (Tank, 26).
to dote on.

To love excessively; to be overly fond of.

...Mildred...permitted herself £o dote on the desmre, pathetic little fig­
ure pouring all this elaborate fretwork out at the stars (Cain, 240).
But Veda. doted on her father, for his grand manner and fine ways...
(Cain, 12).
Mildred doted on her, for her looks, her promise of talent, and her snob­
bery. .T (Cain, 12) •

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to do the trlok.

To do something itricato, difficult*

Thau they scat him back after a crowbar, and that finally did the
(Fyle, 429)*
double breasted. (A fashion term used for coats and Jackets when a coat
may be buttoned on either side in the front, fixe material overlaps in
front and usually two rows of buttons are down the front too. Attribu­
tive.)
Jesse had been wearing a blue double-breasted coat and a shirt with a blueand white striped collar. •. (Marquand, 283) •
Jesse lineman put his pockstbook away Inside his double-breasted coat
(Marquand, 285).
.. .pretty slender, bony features, pinkish blonde, gray-eyed, wears doublebreasted suits (Qerdner, 16).
...long straight nose, thin features, red hair, thin lips, always wears
double-breasted suits (Qerdner, 90)*
...exactly as a host should be - in a blue double-breasted coat with white
stripes... (Marquand, 344) •
...double-breasted suit... (Few Toxkar, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).
a double cross. An act to cheat, swindle, betray, another with whom one
is associated.
Apparently, Milicant really is HOgarty, and the sister's given you a dou­
ble cross (Qerdner, 175).
Serle thought Conway had given him & double cross, and he was so damn mad
he could hardly talk (Qerdner, 88).
to double cross.
sociated*

To cheat, swindle, betray, another with whom one is as­

And double c r o s s l y 1* no good, coming from anybody

(Cain, 30)*

to double date. Two couples composed of two boys and two girls accompany
each other (this implies that the couples are enjoying themselves by
riding, dancing, attending movies, etc.)'*
A girl who used to double—date with Jane and me...
&21&JLS. decker.
other*

(Tank, 188) •

Something having two of the same kind, one on top of the

There was a double— ^»t»v-er bunk in one corner of the room

(Tank, 59)*

to be doubled up with laughter. To laugh t with great enthusiasm; to be
greatly amused; to l*Tigh so much that one seems to become doubled with
the effort.
Jeffrey saw that his sister-in-law was doubled up with laughter
483).

(Marquand,

to double flat.

To close the fingers of one's hands ao as to fora a flat.

Ha doubled hi a flat, bruahad bar chin with It
& double handful.

(Cain. 86).

Tiro handfula; both of one's hands fall*

Mason, handing ®ht a double

of cigars, aald..•

(Qerdner, 44).

to double la braaa. To be required to do two different Jobs; to bare to
do different thinge regularly.
Practically every Man In an engineering company bad i £ double In half a
doaen braaaea (Pyle, 79).
& double U f a .
A altuatlon in which one baa two entirely different aeta
of aaaoeiatea uaually one aet la n o n a l , legal, and abore reproach while
the other la uaually Immoral, Illegal, and degrading* (Veiy often thla
la aaaociated with a man1a haring a miatreaa*)
.. .why do y o u keep thinga from aa though you led a double life.• •
(Marquand, 7)*
to double space. To leave a line empty between linea of printing or typing*
(cf• single apace, triple apace.)
Bnn it in display type, or double apace it, or whatever la necessary to
attract attention (Qerdner, 120).
double atop. Placing of fingers on two atringa of a stringed musical in­
strument (for example, the violins) so that both at rings may be played
simultaneously*
.. .violinists sawing briskly in double stops

(Cain, 163)*

double
Meaningless speech, language, which may seem to have meaning
to the listener*
You
to butter everybody up and talk the strange double talk of the
theater at a time like that*..
(Marquand, 293).
It was going to taka more than aa enamel lion, and the Britlah and every­
one else were
double talk (Marquand, 248),
to double ua.
down*
...he's
to double

To bring one's knees upward towards one's chest while lying

oi^b^aA 2 2 under blankets in a tent...
up

fiat.

(^rle, 391)*

To close the fingers of the hand ao aa to form a flat

Then he doubled 2J1 his fist and gave...

one sharp blow

(Yank, 221)»

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&

fllSEBE*
who is habitually doubtful; one who doesnot
eaally be H e r e .
(From the etory in John zz, 24-29, of the apostle
Thomas who refused to bell ere the reesurectlon of Jesus until he had
seen the soars of Jesus' hands.)

.. .Z't s been plagued by doubting Th?T*TtT when I told them what Z did in
civilian life... (Tank, 172).
to do

tip

hair.

To make a coiffure; to arrange hair in a coiffure.

...the light of the window.. .made a glow on her yellow
which was
&2BA BB. in a tight uncompromising knot... (Marquand, 179).
Ziissie'e face was firmly set...and her Ju&r>..was done u p in the same
tight knot that Jeffrey remembered (Marquand, 94).
to do what can.
can do.

To do that which one is able to do; to do as much as one

Bat they did what they could to make him comf ortalbe...
to do what says.

To obey instructions; to be obedient.

...Z loved her greatly...and Z always did what she said
to do with.

(Tank, 13).

(Tanks, 187).

To handle; to be responsible for.

...Z told him Z had nothing more £ & & & with it... (Oaln, 258).
Z feel that it's Dhole Aldan*s money and he can £o with it Jtuat as he
pleases (Gardner, 3).
down across.

Ziower than (one) and over to; down and across.

•. .a perch 30 feet above the river from which he could look down across
a grassy clearing on the other bank (Tank, 91).
down ai on*1.

Away from (this point) and beside; away from and along.

Thumbing a ride, you are driven down along the beach a couple of miles...
(Tank, 39).
down and out.

Without funds, money; broke; penniless.

...he was so down ajg& out that the Blederfof had to keep him...
206).

(Cain,

doga a£.
1.

Below at; beneath at.

Going along we were
startled to hear some magnificent cussing
down at one side (Fyle, 201).

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She was pointing to a latter beside his plats, sad hs looked down at It
and picked It up (Marquand, 586).
She looked down at her Ohlnese slippers for several seconds then raised
her eyes to Nason..• (Gardner, 20).
...a moment later. Judge Treadwell looked down at Perry Mason and said...
(Gardner, 26).
.. .he stared down at the street (Cain, 185) •
Mr. Treviso...stock looking down at the street (Cain, 185).
Judge Xhox said*..and looked down at Nason as though expecting aa objection
(Gardner, 187).
He glanced down at Perry Nason, frowned, and said... (Gardner, 188).
Judge Xhox looked down at Perry Mason (Gardner, 190).
judge Xhox glanced down at Perry Nason (Gardner, 195).
She took Mildred's hand, held it a moment or two while she looked down at
the street, many stories below...
(Cain, 34).
2.

To the south at.

The last time I had seen General Doolittle was some sixteen months before,
down at the desert airdrome of Biskra... (Pyle, 316).
...he was their 00 down at Ghilkoot (Tank, 190).
3.

Same distance away at.

...I'm going to open a special account, down at the bank... (Cain, 140).
He was down at the pool room by nine o'clock (Gardner, 88).
He said he h*d 26 badly wounded Germans down at the railroad station..•
(Pyle, 377).
down below. Below; beneath,
subject of the sentence.)

(at a place lower than the speaker or the

The shock cases were down below in smaller wards (Pyle, 289).
Bach hold
a dozen or more men working down below... (Pyle, 279).
X could lean over and watch the men down below... (Pyle. 279).
Down below everything was a mess (^rle, 248) •
After a couple of days down below they began to pick up (Pyle, 150).
Unidentified vessels down b elow (Tank, 15).

&2H& 5Z>
1.

At a place lower than the speaker or the subject of the sentence
and by.

..Most of the correspondents...lived in the part of the house down }Q£ the
water...
(^rle, 246).
2.

Some distance away by.

Assemble down by the kitchen tent... (Pyle, 200).

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Aown £AUJUl*

Down into the collar*

...at four o'clock in the afternoon he would so down cellar again, hie
Jog empty, and replenish it (Marquand, 107)*
the down car.
to descend*

An elevator which is to descend; an elevator

is about

•••I waa watching you step into jjjfe d£Mft car. I was adniring your figure
if you have to know wby... (Cain, 34)*
down deep*

Deeply; far down*

He shoved his hanfls d£KA deep into his trousers pockets, lowered his chin
to his chest*.• (Gardner, 175)*
down fros.

Descending from; going to a place lower than*

...she waa driving down fron Arrowhead*..
(Cain, 129)*
She colonel cane down from the bridge (Pyle, 357)*
They slid him down fron the mule..• (Pyle, 154).
down the
(A n expression used as a kind of toast before drinking
alcoholic beverages, as also: here1s how, here's mud in your ere.
a a » ®t c *)
Down the hatch and happy days
down here.

(Marquand, 70)*

Here (at this place as compared to a place some distance away)

Veil, I guess I'm down here for what you're down here for (Marquand, 578)
• ••that little bitch*..from Los Palis Boulevard, had moved down here
(Oain, 244)•
Down here, put down everything they order*.. (Cain, 46).
Well, I'm sorry, Mrs. Peirce, if Z got you down here about something that
.... (Cain, 35)•
...he used to be on the old sheet down here too (Marquand, 7)*
down in.
1*

Below in; beneath in*

During Battle, he was the head of a crew down in a magazine of big shells
Tapon orders passed more ammunition up to the gun batteries above
(Pyle, 38).
...a whole ship full of casual officer coming back, and those of us down
in the hold were pretty sore (Marquand, 436).
• ••and he could see his old friend*..the -producer*..down
the front row
(Marquand, 79)*
I tell you there wuz some scraablln' down in there (Tank, 8)*
T’hj* men (LSSEBL
engine control couldn't tell the difference...
(Tank. 47)

2.

Downward into, within.

.. .Manon...pushing his hands down In his pocksts
3.

(Gardner, l).

To the south in; at a place to the south of this In.

He was carrying a canvas kit hag which the post tailor had sold him down
In Texas (Marquand. 526).
...he's down In the Islands with a Jungle-training unit... (Tank. 243).
"How was it, ■ she asked, "down in Washington!" (Marquand, 580)*
Tan is way down In Texas and Charlie is a quartermaster clerk in Georgia

... (Tank, 84)7
The coxswain of the boat...was Pfc. Arthur Handy of Tallows, California,
down in the oilfield district near Taft (l^rle, 278),
4.

At a lower degree, rank, station. In.

I was with Hatch down in 7 Company..• (Tank, 242).
There's Hatch, down in the 2nd Battalion... (Tank, 242).
down Into.
1.

Downward into, within.

...after they were in the air he opened a trap door and swireled his ma­
chine gun down into the open hole.
(I^rle, 213),
Barkler sat down, pushed the tebaoco down Into the bowl of his pipe with
a horny forefinger...
(Gardner, 55).
Jeffrey walked to the stairs and looked down into the hall (Marquand, 587).
Mason pushed his hands down deep into his pocksts (Gardner, 155),
She broke Into tears, shook her head, and dropped down into a chair
(Gardner, 74).
Wauling down Into Sagle Hook, she was halted by two men..• (Cain, 162).
Leeds tamped tobacco down into his pipe (Gardner, 111),
Mason folded the message, and pushed it down into his coat pocket
(Gardner, 116).
...Nason, folding the menu so she couldn't see the name on the back, shor­
ed it down into his pocket (Gardner, 157),
2.

Within; inside of.

....it seemed to reach down into the ritals of the piano, and find sounds
that were rich, dark, and exciting (Cain, 136).
down the
ing of.

of.

Over the distance contained in; at a distance consist­

Madge glanced at him down the length of the waxed mahogany table...
quaad, 364).

(Mar-

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dona j&ft, lino.
1.

To the roar from ona to another; away from the front from one to
the next one*

... the word was passed hack down the line that the street had been cleared
... (Pyle, 403).
Word was passed d om t he lime... (Pyle, 406),
2*

TFram one to another throughout a list, group; including everyone.

I ’m going right on down the H a t - Paul
down the ■

»

*

(Qerdner, 47),

In the middle; through the middle; on the middle.

... freight yards at one end, open country at the other, and a car track
down the
rMi« (Cain, 6).
down on.
1,

Downward toward, to, om,

.. .when I Jumped for a pear I accidentally came down on my hay one t..
(Tank, 193).
...she was forced hack, until she plunged down on the sofa (Osin, 205).
• ••little clouds of dirt came rolling down on us Qty-le, 383),
...she felt herself, with suitable roughness, being dumped down on the
same iron bed. .• (Cain, 224),
They took turns diving down on the Jap troops, •• (Tank, 194),
Judge Xhox... gazed down on the crowded courtroom... (Gardner, 128),
• ••two streams squirting out of her eyes and cascading down on the marooon
sweater...
(Cain, 137).
In the mirror they were flawlessly slim and straight, but as she looked
down on them direct, something about their contours made them seem bowed
(Cain, 17).
...shooting the water all over the tress, down on the spaded circles of
earth, over the tiled walk, and finally on the grass (Cain, l).
I smacked ay face down on the ground (Tank, 21).
Prom the ground it sounded as through they were coming directly down
xu>
(Pyle, 160).
2,

Some distance away on, at.

The carriers and the heavy ships would be charging down on the Norwegian
coast*. • (Marquand, 78),
The house was a huge, rambling affair with four stories down on the beach
.... (Pyle. 246).
A little
makes it down on Sroad Street, to order (Marquand, 393).
ip dawn we
the casualties down on the beach...
(Tank, 169).
Most of the time at the Home Kitchen Cafe down on last Sanches ter
(Gardner, 89).
Down on the 'Canal he got acquainted... (Tank, 24),

...Waldo Berg v&a on* of tho Sports writers on the paper where Jeffrey
had worked down on Park Bow (Marquand, 32) •
"Down on the paper", Jeffrey said, "they think we're going to get into the
war (Marquand, 206) •
Down on the dock was a l>lg, boxllke cart*..
(Pyle, 274)*
Down on the heach...
(Task, 234)*
down on £a&&£
- In a crawling, creeping, position; in the posi­
tion of being on one's hands and knees.
Mason latch-keyed the office door to find Gertrude down on
and kBBSfi.
scrubbing at the charred carpet (Gardner, 44).
He draped the belt over his head again, got down on his hands
jgBMSJL*
said, "woof-woof"... (Cain. 57).
He was down on his
knees, still watching the spot where I had
dived out of sight (Tank, 19l).
down onto.

Doward toward, to, onto.

The nile-hlgh Bougainvilie mountains scoop cool air down onto the beach­
head, so that you need a banket at night... (Tank, 42).
down over.

Downward covering; downward so ao to cover.

...pulling the bottom flap down over the thighs..•
down the road.

Some

(Tank, 118).

distance away on the sane street, road.

Soon there was a terrific clanking down the road and I was sure... (Tank,
57).
Some of the boys from the ack-aek outfit down the road were over one night
... (Tank, 139).
She
JTed weren't idiots enough to think they could do it all themselves
as the Waldrons down the road had tried to do... (marquand, 108).
My wife is Sfcteh, and I have two children, aged nine and five, and live in
ay own home, th^rik you, down the road from the palace (Hew Torker, XXIII,
Sept. 6. 1947, 23).
down. South- in the South; south of the Masoa-Dixon line; in the southern
states south of the Ohio river and east of Missouri, Arkansas. and
Louisana, including those states.
How do you-all like it living down South?
down

street.

Some distance away on the same road, street.

Guess I'll take a walk down the street
down there.
1.

(Tank, 160).

In a place below, beneath.

(Cain, 3).

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. ..I'd stand down there.. .«id crane ny neck until the planes war* little
silver winks way out to tho west (Tank, 188) .
The hoys wore toft down there fron sway fron anything hut a direct hit
(Pyle, 388).
2*

At a lower place*

We're got an electric clock down there, and I figured Conway — Hilicant
— night get sore if Z didn't get the grub up to him in tine (Gardner,
147)*
I see that the T—5 down there In the fifth row with the Good Conduct rib­
bon and the whistle has a question (Tank, 96).
3.

At a place to the south*

You see when I saw the hoys down there. X nean the young officers, there
didn't aeon to he such I could do right now* (Marquand, 581)*
"I'm glad Z went", he said, "hut there wasn't such down there*. Madge"
(Marquand, 680).
Z can*..get someone on the Job down there by telephone... (Gardner, 157).
I've been down there myself, Just now (Marquand, 579)*
4*

At a place some distance away*

As nost of the trouble seemed to he at Laguna, how would she like to meet
then down
the folloidng nightT (Cain, 245)*
And I've studied the business down there, everything I could think of..*
(Cain, 77)*
...a hell of a lot of colonels down there (Tank, 238).
to he down this way.

To he here; to he at this place*

And, if you*re down this war again, will you drop in on net

(Cain, 34).

down
1*

Downward through*

The second round dropped right down £££oggh 'the turret
He yelled down throush the open hatch... (Yank, 254).
2.

(Yank, 135)*

Away fron a point mid through*

...the regiment...fought down thvenefc the hedge rows toward St. Lo
(Tank, 243)*
down t o .
1*

ITom a higher place to.

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Bach man la Giulio's patrol had a Bren machine gun, part of a supply the
British had dropped dona to as (Teak* 28)*
.. .a sort of "bucket brigade" member who passes cardboard cases dona £ &
the galley below (Tank* 171).
.. .unsxpec tantly facing the door of the elerator which. was to take him
down to the Jail (Qerdner* 183).
Leeds* shaking Ink down to the point of his fountain pen..• (Gardner* 215)•
She pattered out and around* then ran straight down to the little Jetty*
with Its small float (Cain* 93).
Mason hnag ugp* vent down to the lobby* paid his bill* and caught the plane
south (Gardner* 122).
.. .got In the ear* and drove down to San Bernardino for a steak* which she
offered to broil (Cain* 94).
...two ammunition carriers handed them down to a carrier waiting below..•
(Pyle, 389).
Once straightened out of the dive* they went on down to "the deck"* Which
means flying close to the ground (Pyle* 1600).
It took me five trips* lugging all I could carry, to get it down to the
boat (Gardner* 114).
2.

Thom a higher rank, degree* station* to.

Wert day al 1 the argument was relayed as such things usually were* down
to the gun pit* nl^ the soldiers thesiselves got into the same discussion
(5rle, 110).
Regimental handed as down to battalion, and battalion on down to the com­
pany I was to stay with (Pyle, 181).
So we had alot of feme about ay sad tumble from a long kinship with the
common soldier down £o the depths of associating with a general (Pyle,
313).
...someone at the QP would call down to us in Company M... (Tank* 239).
3.

Some distance to.

•• .and he quickly went to Bloomlngdale...and down to Altman. .. (Hew Yorker,
XXIII. Sept. 6, 1947, 21).
So how would it be if Nr. Wilson Just forgot shout it, and let Mr. Gorman
go down to Mason's and stock tq>... (Marquand* 516).
...I walked down to that boathouse by the river... (Tank, 209).
With a couple of others, I felt ny way from our pigshead down to where we
thought the kitchen tent was (Jyle, 200).
I went down to 692 Herrod JLvenue (Gardner* 11).
Began...gave him some baggage to carry down to the dock (Tank* 226).
So she walked down to the gas company office and paid the bill,carefully
saving the receipt (Cain* 19).
I left there right after we'd eaten, went down to a poolroom I knew* and
hnag around there... (Gardner, 103).
go down to Jail, be booked, put up a cash bond* and walk right out
(Gardner* 102).
haggard, griping crew of Bosie's Bivoters went down to the Munster
briefing that morning..• (Tank, 86) •

...you go down to Maxon* s and get anything you need (Marquand* 517)*
"Going down to the Monitions Building". Minot said (Marquand* 517)*
Around six o'clock Emily Milicant goes down to that apartment house
(Gardner* 154).
Della Street* who had gone down to Drake's office to notify him.. •
(Gardner* 154).
...she went down to Mrs* Bledexhof's corner*•• (Gain* 198).
He could think of Iked going down to that bureau ad telling someone of
his experiences* •• (Marquand* 578)*
4.

Ikon north to south to; in a sourtharly direction to*

He went down to the Southwest Pacific* •• (Tank* 343) *
• ••thsy had flown down to Cairo...
(Tank* 118)*
Share was a general impression that Gassier trucks often dropped down to
Point Loaa* where certain low* fast boats put into the core (Cain* 9).
•••newer could hare rolled bones all the way from the Tukon down to South"
era California like you done (Gardner, 218)*
So Mildred was directed to drive down to Wilmington and see if any of the
Chandlers there would take this stuff off his hands*.• (Cain* 18)*
5*

In* with* nothing except.

...he was down to his red underwear
6*

(Tank, 166).

Completely to; wholly to*

They had their heads clipped down to the skin. ..
down to earth.

(Pyle, 449)*

Unpretentious; common; usual; ordinary*

General Joseph V. Stillwell...is a regular and down-to-earth as the scuffed
GI shoes he wears. •• (Tank* 129)*
down toward.

Away from (a place) toward to.

Bosie went out
walked down toward his hut in the dark (Tank* 88)*
Sh*T -waTirefl down toward Mrs. Gassier18 flowers... (Cain* 213)*
down upon.

Downward upon; upon; heavily on*

The rattle was right down upon tie
to be down with.

(Pyle* 437)*

To be ill with; to be sick with.

... it seemed to me they should all & £ down with peneumonia inside of a
week (Pyle* 253) •
to do a wrow-r.

To perform a wrong, bad* evil act* action* thought*

She had done Tead £ wrong...

(Cain* 257).

a dozen different wagrs.

Many different ways; several different way*.

They could have thrown the hook: at him & dozen different ware
a dozen or nore.

(Gardner• 8

Many; several.

.. .he looked down and directly under hin saw an airfield with a
og
nore email O e m a n planes lined up alongside the runway (Pyle, 169).
The sane thing was heing done in a dozen or nore places...
(Pyle, 147).
to doze off.

To fall asleep; to go to sleep; to drop off to sleep*

...at the field across the river others dosed off in their foxholes...
(Tank, 93)*
draft hoard. A local committee; serving voluntarily and without pay, to
select men for the somed services. This is not the hoard for volunteer
enlistment in the services, hut rather a hoard which selects men fron
civilian life aa the services need nan.
.•.when the draft hoard caught up with hin.
to drae along.

(Tank, 184).

To proceed, novo, slowly.

The federal men work fast, and murder eases usually drag alone...
(Gardner, 100).
to drae SXSSSA*

®° cause to accompany; to take with.

.. .he...found her an amusing exhibit Jfco drae around
to drae down.
of money.)

To receive; to earn; to get.

(This implies the receiving

She's dragging down $500 a week from Pleasant...
to ££§£ down.

(Gain, 147).

(Cain, 846).

To degrade one; to cause on to lose his moral acruples.

He'd have dragged her down and down and down

(Gardner, 110)*

to drae in. To introduce, inject, into a conversation, discussion, argu­
ment, or the like.
court doesn't want to embarrass other parties by drae*H^g in their
names — unless it's necessary (Gardner, 195).
You couldn't drag that in on cross-examination anyway...
(Gardner, 100)•
to

on.

To pass, move, proceed slowly, interminably.

Tho hours jjfggyi on and a heavy fog set in
The afternoon
on (Cain, 48)*

(Tank, 93) •

&

on * cigarette*

A n inhaling once of cigarette smoke; a poll; a

puff,
She interviewer took a drag on his cigarette...

(Tank, 166) •

f *i editor. A. writer for a newspaper, magazine, or the like, whose
business it is to write about plays, dramatic presentations. He is
expected to criticize them and to form Judgments about their worth*
Hew cartoonists came and went with new managing editors. .* dramatic edi­
tors...
(Marquand, 24).
dramatic moment.

A time of emotional stress; a moment of importance.

And to cap it all a lone donkey at Just the right
? moment in this
hideous cacaphony would let loose a long sardonic heehaw that turned
our exasperation into outraged laughter (ftrle, 76).
effect.

An effect of surprise, astonishment, suspense, etc*

He pauses to let the
to draw around.

f effect of these words sink in* (Tank, 204).

To pull something, as a coat, so as to cover, enclose*

She drew the coat TT*i"Tfld
to draw awav from.

(Cain, 170)*

To leave slowly; to move, proceed, away from*

Gradually we drew awar from them***

(Pyle, 202)*

to draw back*
1*

To open, as with curtains, drapes, and the like*

I drew back the blackout curtain* *.
2*

(Tank, 14) •

To cause to return to an original position*

The executive officer pushed aside one of the men to look out the slot
■ti/S grew back his hand covered with blood (Tank, 45)*
3*

To move to the rear; to proceed to the rear*

...the outfit drew back for a rest...
(Tank, 124)*
Thy troops were drawn back out of harm's way (Tank, 167)*
to draw & bead (on).

To aim a rifle, pistol, gun (at)*

He draw £ bead and shot down the burning Jap (Tank, 192).
He saw a Jap and was drawing a bead on him*.*
(Tank, 145).
. ..there he was*• .Just drawing
22L ® e (Tank, 180)*

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to draw the blinde.

To shut, close, draperies, curtains,

orthe like.

He remembered...the mgr the blinds were drawn so that shafts of light
mads a ladder across the carpet (Marquand, 257).
to draw a breath.

So Inhale; to take air into one's lungs.

She drew a breath to say he was Just like the rest of them, and then add
Mrs. Qessler's phrase. .• (Cain, 30).
...she...drew deep, tremulous breaths (Cain, 245).
Marianna drew a deep breath of the fresh air, and reached up to fasten
her light blue cloak more tightly (Marquand, 446).
She drew a deep breath amd came Inside (Cain, 120).
• •.Mildred drew a deep breath. .. (Cain, 200).
to draw £ gbtSiE.*
out.

To write a check; to fill out a check; to make a check

She drew herself a check for $2,500 and marked it "bonus"

(Cain, 243).

to draw & conclusion. To come to a conclusion from facts or opinions; to
conclude from the basis of information or opinion.
from all this you might draw the conclusion that war isn't hell, after all
(Pyle, 258).
to draw the curtains.

To shut, close, draperies, curtains, or the like.

••.everything had a weary look, and the curtains should have been drawn
and the lights turned on... (Marquand, 385).
to draw feet

To place one's feet under one's body.

He watched Stan draw his feet
him and stand up, but something gave
way and he sat down (Marquand, 232).
to draw fire. To expose oneself or something to the enemy so that he fires
a gun at that which has been exposed.
Do you want £g. draw fire on yourselves?

(^rle, 401).

drawing ynom. x reception room; a formal room for entertaining guests,
type of room is not common except among the wealthy class).
...the very best legs are found in kitchens, not in drawing rooms

(Cain,

157>*
••.nolonger a (^rawing room, but a big living room (Cain, 228)•
in * how about the best legs being found in kitchens, not in the drawing
room? (Cain, 167).
...she looked into the great dark drawing room... (Cain, 164).

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drawing room comedy. A comedy of manners; a society comedy; a comedy of
artificial life supposed by the writer to exist among the wealthier
classes.
He remembered her in a drawing-room comedy, one of those English impor­
tations which were Just lines, lines, lines (Marquand, 448),
It had always seemed to him that there was nothing more sterile than aa
Jkigllah
ry^-room comedy. •. (Marquand, 448) •
drawing table.
work.

A specially designed table for drawing, sketching, art

▲ drawing table stood at the center. ••

(^rle, 258).

to draw the U B S l* S o indicate, show, tell, a position, situation, condi­
tion, beyond which one will not go, proceed.
(Used figuratively.)
Veil, I don't know Just where Uhcle Alden would draw the line
(Gardener, 172).
to draw ££££•

So approach closely; to come close; to come nearby.

...the day drew near that all the men had been waiting for
When the hour drew near. .• (Cain, 212) •

(Tank, 202),

& drawn face. A face which shows that one has suffered emotional stress
or physical pain.

• ••his face was drawn and hard (Cain, 169).
...Pvt. Lloyd Pringle, his face drawn and a little haggard..• (Tank, 175).
Judge Knox glanced swiftly at Serle's white, drawn face, then looked back
to Perxy Mason (Gardner, 199).
to draw off.

To withdraw; to drain; to ciphon off.

He used to go down-, .and draw off a gallon of hard cider. ••

(Marquand, 107).

to j£S£ £ & reserves. So use that which has been held in reserve; to withrdraw from the reserve.
Lately he'd had £o draw on reserves from the antitank c o m p a n y

(Tank, 198).

to draw out.
1.

So withdraw; to take out.

All the slips were put in a German shell case, and the brigade commander
drew out two number (lyle, 112).
The Prince reachd in his pocket and drew out aa enameled cigarette case
(Marquand, 377).

2.

To olielt information from a parson through adroit questioning.

...and after dinner I want you to help me draw out Mr. Hewcombe..•
(Marquand* 127).
Don't draw him out now on an empty stomach (Marquand* 122)•
to draw -people. To he liked by people; to be popular to people; to be
attractiTe to people.
...the kind of a boy who drew -people to him
to draw a £&&& around.

To encircle;

(Tank* 244).

to enclose.

We were drawing a ring
them* now that the Philippines and the East
Indies were being reinforced...
(Marquand* 510).
to draw & salute.

To cause to salute; to be the cause of a salute.

On the front bumper of the general's Jeep was a red-and-whlteplate dis­
playing three stars, and of course this drew a salute from every offi­
cer and soldier...
(ty-le* 500).
to draw -fcVif
cover windows.

To close, shut, the curtains, blinds* draperies, which

The lfea&ss. were drawn and there was a bowl of daffodils on the piano
(Marquand* 398).
to
to & close.
ping.
“

To Approach* come to* aa end; to be near to a stop­

...hie access to the very best legs was rapidly drawing to &, close
158).
to be drawn £og£j&f£.

(Cain*

To be collected voluntarily; to come together.

...somehow those bright days would come back and they would all ££, drawn
together (Marquand* 18).

1° t e a S£1.

To prepare; to write out; to compose.

They spent the next half hour thoughtfully drawing u p a set of rules for
it (Hew Yorker. XXIII, June 28, 1947 . 20)1
Mr. B. ££££ up plans and figured out costs for him...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 1947, 20).
It was you that had the papers drawn u p . and explained the law to me
(Cain, 247).
2.

To approach and stop; to come near and stop.

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"Hov", Bella Street asked* as they draw up la front of the apartment house,
"trill you find out what apartment she's In, ChiefT" (Gardner, 158).
3,

To pull; to drag; to move*

Bill S w i h b u m sat down behind one of them and Jeffrey drew a chair £ £ be­
side it (Marquand, 573).
drawn u p in a knot. The condition of haring one's knees next to one's
knees next to one's chest, one's heels against one's huttock; one's
arms bent so that one's elbows are against one's sides, and one's fits
are against one's chest*
I...lay there all drawn
to dream for*

in £ knot

(I^rle, 255).

To plan for and to hope for*

•. .all she had
a dream house.

up

for Teda...

(Cain, 214).

In ideal house, home, with many comforts and conveniences.

That dream house that Bert built, so we could take the prospects in there
... (Cain, 78).
& taMft glxi. ▲ beautiful, lovely, adorable, sweet, charming, gracious,
kindly, girl, young woman; an ideal girl, young woman*
Mr dream moll. She's like a sunset over Platbush.
beer at Tim's Grill.
(Tank, 98).
not to dream of.
about.

She's like the third

Hot to know about; not to hare heard of; to know nothing

Ve hare been torn from the soil where we grew............................
To a land we merer dreamed of (Tank, 189).
to A-rmmm m . To inrent; to originate; to concoct.
use of the imagination in the invention.)

(This implies a great

... aside from being well-born and well-to-do, Ambassador Winant is about
as far from the conventional picture of a. ..diplomat as Jfranklln Roosevelt
could have drspmed jjjb. (Life, March 3, 1941, 23)*
Pondering Stanford's lack of a liberal arts school. Professor Dodds dreamed
tp one which would avoid the failing of most liberal arts colleges (Time,
March 23, 1942, 60).
Who got drunk last night and dreamed this one HE? (Tank, 87).
In order to find out what fiend £££a££& it j£, I reached for the History
of the United States ▲ ray (Tank, 236).
...the prune—picker who first dreamed u p that colorful catch-phrase. • •
(Tank. 193).

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to dress for 41A&SSL* To
on, don, formal waning, dinner clothes prepatory to eating the w a n i n g meal.
"One more drink," he called, "and dress for dinner"
to dress In.

(Marquand, 122)•

To he clothed in; to here on, as clothing.

She was dressed In black

(Marquand, 257).

gown. A long, loose, coat lik e garment for men which hangs usu­
ally below the knees. Zt is worn only in the house and never v o n when
others are there than the immediate family.
He opened the second drawer, and disclosed a neatly folded a ^ e e i n * gown
on top of which were pajamas and slippers (Gardner, 27).
"He was wearing pajamas, a dressing gown, and slippers,", Dr. Londonberry
said (Gardner, 37).
...the playboy, comical and whimsical, after a hard night of it, was in
his
ng gown, trying to get down his orange Juice... (Marquand,
423).
Jeffrey was wearing the Burgundy silk dressing gown which he always felt
he had to wear... (Marquand, 585).
dressing room.
1.

X small room for dressing or undressing, for applying make-up, for
arranging one's hair. This is not a common room in most American
homes.

...she assigned a bedroom to him with bath, dressing room... (Cain, 235).
Teda...headed for the dressing room... (Cain, 254).
Monty went to his
room... (Cain, 253).
There were a cellaret and a dressing room where Jesse could relax...change
into w a n i n g clothes if he had to... (Marquand, 267).
2.

A large room for athletes to dress and undress in.
similar room.

...we later discovered when we stripped in the
red underwear (Tank, 166).

Hence, any such
room, he wore long

dressing table. A small table resembling a desk with drawers on either
side of an opening in the center behind which there is a mirror and on
which a woman keeps her toilet articles, perfume. Jewelry, etc., and
at which she sits while applying make-up and the like.
She kept switching the skirts
132).
she sat down in front of
hair (Cain, 15).
Out of the corner of her eye.
dressing table for a period

of her dressing table over her lap... (Tank,
the dressing table and started combing her
she could see her, camped in front of the
of primping... (Cain, 72).

BVom her dressing table she took a comb.. .

(Cain, 90).

dress u p . Tho cleanest* newest* best looking, most impressive.
usually refers to clothing).

(This

Those officers had been living in a civilized existence with dress-up

uniforms...

(jyle* 354).

to dress up.
1.

To put on* don, good, clean* neat clothing.

The enlisted men didn’t have
to dress up. .. (Pyle* 337).
...Letty following two pacesbehind* all dressed u p in uniform*
and cap, and carrying the swimsilng bags (Cain* 70).
I can't be dressed u p I Oohl It would be so provincial
What are you dressed u p forT
(Pyle, 354).
2.

To put on, don* a costume not normally worn by one as for a masquer­
ade* play, or the like.

He dressed
3.

apron*

up

and played Santa for them at Christmas

(Pyle, 220).

To make attractive; to improve the appearance of.

When such solemn homes served £0 dress up period furniture, the effect
seemed to have a vague* if dismaying* congrulty... (Few Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 1947* 20).
dried

up

.

The condition ofhaving all moisture removed; dry.

...Walt found three small bones and a dried-up rattlesnake akin
to drift a£oggd.
to another.

(Yank* 138).

To go rather aimlessly from one place, position, situation

He's Just a punk kid who's drifted around, flunky in a lumber camp, wed.ter*
dishwasher... (Gardner* 126).
to drift away.

To leave quietly* unobtrusively, unnoticed.

When it is over, they drift ouletly away.
to drift in.

To enter; to come in.

(Yank* 69).

(This implies a rather casual entrance.]

...sprinkling sulfanilamide into the fresh wounds of soldiers who drifted
in periodically (Yank* 52) •
to drift over.

To come* walk approach, aimlessly, without intent.

Another Banger drifted over rather aimlessly...

(Yank, 122).

-3*5-

to drink dry.
tities.

To drink so that there Is none left; to drink great quan­

We could drink your island dry if you would let us
To

(Tank, 189).

heavy (heavily) • To drink large quantities of alcoholic lever­
ages ; to consume a great deal of alcohol in drinks.

H e 1s been
pretty heavy, and. all of a sudden, he straightened up
and threw the whiskey bottle to one side (Qerdner, 113).
to drink in.

To absorb; to get into one's system;

...for a lonesome walk in the nearby fields, f l r f ? W ^
your last few
glimpses of .American landscape.•• (Tank, 65).
She. •.went out into the lobby* .to diHpir in the awestruck comment of the
public (Cain, 234).
...after listening to two of these broadcasts, and flririHng in Veda's
singing... (Cain, 214).
For a few minutes she lingered, drinking in the picture with her eyes
(Cain, 116).
d^inlrtug £o 2g£al&. A specially designed device which emits a stream of
water for drinking purposes.
...in the corner bed, next to the d-riwiring(Tank, 183).

was Pfc. Crusher Shea

a drl"kiTg man. A man addicted to the use, drinking of, alcoholic bever­
ages; a man who drinks much liquor.
...he wasn't & drinking man... (Tank, 165).
It's a shame I'm not a drinking man (Tank, 165).
& d£isk
called fog. Under the situation an alcoholic drink would be
polite, well offered, usual.
...under the circumstances, when friends touched on such a subject, a
dr! nlc was <^.11 »d for in the book of rules (Marquand, 247) •
a d-M w^r stand. A booth, email building, at which cold drinks, softdrinks,
drinks containing no alcohol are sold.
They were approaching the Giant Orange Drink Stand before Marianna spoke
again. .. (Marquand, 477) .
to drink

ut >.

T o consume by drinking; to drink all or nearly all.

The Germans had jynJfik

up

all his stock..•

(Pyle, 378).

-3*6-

to drive

To travel In an automobile; to go in a ear.

Aa ve drove along. gigantic naaaea of waring and Bcreaalng humanity clappad
their hands. •• (lyle, 458).
to drive ££ 2HB&*
taka another to dlfferant places in an automobile; to
operate an automobile for the convenience of another.
They ware the enlisted men...who drove us correspondent a
and looked after us (Pyle, 293) •
to drive awaar.

a.
i»omt ^

and fed us

To force to leave; to cause to leare.

...tropical white birds, driven away by the battle...

(Tank, 234).

to drive back.
1.

To force to move to the rear; to force back.

Chinese, British and American tropps must drive back the Japs...
2.

(Tank, 177)

To return by riding in an automobile, car.

...when she drove me back to camp (Tank, 209).
Then they drove back to their gun... (Tank, 24).
to drive a car.

To operate an automobile; to run a car.

...the young man was driving one of his stepfather*a cars...

(Cain, 204).

to drive crazy. To annoy one greatly; to bother one very much; to irri­
tate one; to vex one.
It drove me c r a w the way he used to stand and look over my shoulder while
I was writing... (tyle, 119).
Pruitt drove the rest of the crew crazy by shooting his tail gun at unex­
pected times (^rle, 332).
The mosquitoes, fortunately, didn't give us malaria, they merely drove us
crazy (Pyle, 413).
His job would have driven anybody c r a w
(Pyle, 146).
to drive down.
1.

To ride in an automobile from a higher place to a lower one.

As soon as we drove dovra...I introduced myself...
2.

(Pyle, 275).

To ride in an automobile in a southerly direction to a place.

She £ C 2ZS. down a number of times and looked it over

(Cain, 176).

to drive

T o talc* one to hie home, house* in an automobile.

He drove them home, and Mildred made drinks..•

(Cain, 87).

to drive an idea into head. To force one to understand; to make one see
and understand through forceful assertions.
(This implies that the one
is rather stupid.)
And old Ned Barkler would hate to have it said that a lawyer guy had to
take a hammer to drive an idea into his head (Gardner, 217).
drive in. A kind of cafe situated adjacent to a road and offering ample
space for the parking of automobiles at which one is served his food
and drink in the car.
It was near the filling stations and the drive-in luncheons and the drlg
stores...
(Marquand 455) .
to SjlZfi. £&•
1.

To enter riding in an automobile, car.

They passed the places where you could drive in for a light luncheon from
a tray...
(Marquand, 428).
As we drove in the sentry said, "Coffee's a waiting at the mess tent"..
(Pyle, 430).
•. .then a heavy steel ramp comes down so that trucks and tanks and Jeeps
can drive in (Pyle, 229).
2.

To ride into a city from the country.

We might drive in tomorrow

(Marquand, 529).

to drive
To cause one to become Insane; to cause one to lose one's
mind; to cause one to become crasy.
,
...are you trying to. drive me igsageT

(Cain, 187).

to drive nuts. To annoy one greatly; to bother one very much; to irritate
one; to vex one.
These guys are driving the Japs nuts... (Tank, 194).
Elise said that it drove her nuts there, listening to the waves, and it
drove her friends nuts (Marquand, 431).
It dldn't drive me nuts like Tokyo (Marquand, 433) •
It would drive me nuts (Marquand, 300).
I should think it would drive you nuts.. . (Marquand, 300).
They were in their glory at our clearing stations; in fact they almost
drove the doctors nut b
wg questions all the time (Pyle, 49).

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to drive off. To ride away front a place In an automobile, car; to leave a
placeriding In a car,
I piled into a jeep with three other correspondents...and we drove off
(Tank, 106).
...she heard Teda drive off... (Cain, 208),
The woman gave them the address and the MPa drove off (Tank, 105).
They wouldn't come out until I drove off (Hew Torker, XXIII, Sept, 6,
1947, 23).
Probably the two outstanding features of our handling of supplies were
the duck, or amphibious truck, and our system of carrying regular trucks
fully loaded aboard many ships so they could be driven right off then
they reached the beach (Pyle, 274),
Act 11 ek a sany when 1 drive off with you at night and don't bring you
back until the next morning? (Cain, 166),
...then ran back to her car and drove off (Cain, 214),
to drive on.
1,

To continue riding, driving, in an automobile,

. ..finally a sergeant came back and said for us £o. drive on up the road
about half a mile (l^rle, 429).
We drove on for about fifty yards and stopped (lyTe, 427),
... she... told Tomsy to drive on... (Cain, 214) •
...it was impossible to drive the jeep on until Greek Partisan soldiers
opened a path...
(Tank, 218).
...we drove on out of town... (iyie, 452),
The smell of death washed past us in waves as we drove on (^rle, 427),
2.

To force to continue; to impel continuation,

...Mildred f elt... coldly brave, as the feeling within drove her on
(Cain, 207).
to drive out. To ride in an automobile away from a place. (Often this
implies the riding out of, from, a city into the country.)
We drove out to one of the ration dumps...
(^rle, 281).
...five of us drove out in a jeep,..
(Pyle, 250),
.. .she.. .took the wheel, and drove out again into Orange Grove Avenue
(Cain, 248).
He drove out to Bragg because lie wanted an excuse to get away from Jesse
lineman '8 suite...
(Marquand, 169).
to drive out (of).

To force away from; to force out; to cause to leave.

Leeds
hit
a terrific blow on the head in the fight which preceded
his being driven out of camp (Gardner, 168).
Jap motar shells finally drove them out after three days (Tank, 53).
He beat up Hogarty and then drove him out of camp at the point of a gun,
without blankets...
(Gardner, 168).

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to drive over.

To ride in aa automobile, car, some distance.

Would she care £ 0, drive over thereT (Cain, 222).
.. .drive over with me while I put on g y mockery ot elegance...
to drive past.

(Cain, 225).

To ride by in an automobile and not stop.

One day an ammunition truck drove past and it had a little black-and-white
dog standing on top of the hood (Pyle, 115),
to drive
1.

u p.

To ride in a vehicle to a place or toward a place where the speaker
of the sentence or subject of the sentence is and stop.

...Mildred saw the Engel's drive
let them in (Cain, 111).
He watched the automobiles drive

up

with her mother, and sent her out to

up

and the chauffers get out...

(M a rq u an d , 2 5 6 ) .

Then a ruddy-face man. . .drove up in one of those one-horse, high wheeled
work carts...
(Pyle, 37777
... some one drove a a ia a Jc«P*♦• (Tank, 241).
It was around eleven when she drove up to the house... (Cain, 248).
While they worked they could hear the Japs digging, diHwinf up more trucks
full of men... (Tank, 92).
•. .he shouted to Pvt. Thomas Caaqpbell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was
driving u p . . • (Tank, 24) •
Meanwhile the British Eighth Army was <?rt'ir<TVT BZ> rapidly from the south
(Tank, 12).
2.

To drive to, toward, the north, northward.

Meanwhile the British Eighth A n y was driving up rapidly from the south
(Tank, 12).
A Drive Yourself.
chauffer.

A rental automobile; a car which is rented without a

He rented a Brlve-Touraelf car from a garage near Park Square and drove
through Somerville (Marquand, 170).
a d£lvlflg license. A license issued by the state which legally permits
a person to operate, drive, an automobile.
I call your attention to the fact that there is no wallet, no
license. no business cards, and no currency... (Gardner, 129).
The cashier made her show her driving lcense. and an envelope addressed
to her at that address (Gardner, 7).
a driving rain.

A very hard rain; a rain that falls with exceptional force.

.. ^|gto tjig^nipht^a cold driving rain that went through you and out the

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to flrflUft on.

To continue monotonously; to 50 on dully.

Tims droned on ondlsssly while ths todious proeoss of identifying each
photograph, wont on (Gardner, 150).
And so tho afternoon droned on with the state remorselessly piling up an
avalanche of fingerprint evidence...
(Gardner, 151).
She words droned on. and no one listened... (Marquand. 39).
to drop anchor. To allow an anchor to go to the sea bottom; to anchor a
ship by means of an anchor.
He visited every ship as soon as it dropped
in Anzlo waters...
farle, 276).
We nosed out to sea for a mile or so then dropped anchor for a couple of
hours...
(Pyle. 230).
to drop TiTrn,rfl-

70 flolt; to make a call.

Just thought I'd drop
for a little visit, and maybe pick up a
couple of things l left in the desk...
(Cain. 53).
He
dropped a r o » ^ one night, after the children had gone to bed....
(Cain, 52;.
They're clean and fresh and she can have them any time she drops around
(Cain, 61).
...she said she was awfully glad he dropped around, and wanted him to feel
welcome...
(Cain, 61).
They kept her bust ling ly busy, and she kept thinking what she would say to
Bert, when he dropped around to see the children...
(Cain. 18).
to drop back. T o move toward the rear of a line; to allow a line to move
faster than one does so that he nears the rear of the line.
•.. the captain dropped back and showed me where a shell had landed right
in the path (Tank. SI).
to drop b v .

To visit; to make a call.

...whether Wally noticed this, or like it, or didn't like it, she cared
no more than she cared whether he ^popped bar or didn't drop bar (Calnm 93).
There after he dropped bar rather often, arriving usually around nine...
(Cain. 53).
They'll hand you a line
tell you they'll have a radio car d^rop bv for
an inspection...
(Gardner. 79).
to drop down.
1.

To fall earthward; to fall to the ground.

Colwell dropped down and looking the situation over, immediately radioed
headquarters (Tank, 194).
He dropped down on the steps... (PYle* 282).

He dropped down beside her, took off his glasses, massaged his face to
kesp it from Jerking (Cain, 103)*
The Cub could drop down and land immediately (Pyle, 240).
2,

To place; to put*

He might have been dropped down at a new field in any old country,
within a week he would hare known half the natives in the adjoining
Tillage (Pyle, 213)*
to drop down dead*

To die suddenly; to die quickly and without warning*

...nothing could put off the moment when he must speak wunless he dropped
down dead or ran away (Marquand, 165).
a drop-front desk. A desk, usually found in homes, whose writing surface
folds upward and eloses over the interior of the desk*
The book lay on the maple drop-front desk in the little formal parlor*..
(Marquand, 107)*
to drop in.

To make a call; to -visit; to drop by*

Pilots from the various fields dropped in there whan theywere in town on
leare (Pyle, 164).
I drop in once in a while (Gardner, 22)*
Don't bother, we Just dropped in (Marquand, 484),
It's Just a matter of dropping in and seeing the 'Lisslmoand Mel...
(Marquand, 458).
They'll be dropping in now (Cain, 107)*
I might have anticipated Leeds would drop in. and been ready for him
(Gardner, 63).
It looked as though she'd dropped in. fixed things up with Milieant, and
was back for a longer visit*.. (Gardner, 64).
Thought I*& drop
for instructions (Gardner, 12)*
I dropped in to say hello...
(I^rle, 350)*
She received him as usual when he dropped in at the restaurant... (Cain,
158).
Mason said, "Think I'll drop in there for lunch*. (Gardner, 90).
■Mhy is it", Jim asked him, "when I drop in you always ask me that?"
(Marquand, 59).
Many people dropped in... (Cain, 229)*
You may have d£2EBS& JL& for a cup of chocolate*. • (Cain, 192)*
Let's drop in at the USO
knock off a couple of letters (Yank, 209).
■You drop in". Eazz said (Yank, 209).
a drop in the bucket. An insignificant amount; a very, very small amount;
practically none at all.
An officer said, "At home, where gas is rationed, that would seem like an
awful lot, but up here it's Just a drop in the bucket and makes no dif­
ference at all (I^rle, 230)•

to drop 1a £&•

To visit; to make a call on; to go to see.

(See to lirtm

laO
And, if you're down this way again, will you drop in on me? Cain, 3*0 •
We hope that you will drop Aa m us...very soon... (New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 19*+7. 22).
Lead the way, Doctor, and please remember that we wish La drop in on the
patient unannounced (Gardner, 35)•
L2 dron into.

To visit; to make a call on; to go to see.

One day I dropped into a prisoner-of-war collecting point and picked up
a little lore about the super race (Pyle, 122).
to drop into lap.

To receive, get, unsolicited; to get without trying for.

Shortly, as a result of the neighborhood trade, there dropped into her lap
another restaurant contract (Cain, 68).
to drop a line.

To write a letter,

note, postcard to one.

...slipping into something more comfortable, I though I'd drop you a line
(Yank, 83 ).
.a drop of water.

A drink of water; a small

amount of water for drinking.

He had not had a bite to eat or a drop ££ water
to drop off.
sharply.

(Pyle, *+33)•

To slope precipately; to fall away; to extend downward

•. •cliff 8 that dropped off into $00 feet of nothingness

(Yank, 178).

to drop off. To let one get out of an automobile; to take
and let him out of a car.
...Mildred dropped him off. ..
to drop off 1Ike fliea.
pear quickly.

one toaplace

(Cain, 20*4").

To die rapidly; to die quickly; hence, to disap­

In fact, in the last weeks of the campaign, the correspondents themselves
dropred off like fllae with malaria (Pyle, 87)•
to drop off to sleep.

To fall asleep; to go to sleep; to sleep.

...she wriggled into his belly quite possessively, and flrOPPOA Pff
with a sign of (deep content (Cain, 95)*
...sometimes we would drop off to nlagp...
(Pyle, 383)*

Biflgp

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& jflJCaH Ji£ Xfllfl.

A small amount of rain; a little rain.

There wasn't £ drop of rain
1 & drop over.

(Pyle. 91).

To visit; to make a call; to go to see.

Ask him if he can drop over, will you? (Cain, 20).
...a major, who has dropped over to see what the shooting was about.•
(Yank, 204).
I'll drop over there this afternoon.•• (Cain, 250).
Next morning, Mildred was glumly washing the dinner dishes when Mrs. Gassier
dropped over, to give an account of the party (Cain, 31).
£ & drop past.

To visit; to make a call; to

...I introduced myself, and said I'd like
see his stove blow up (Pyle, 219).

go to see.
drop past thatevening and

JL2 drown out. To make so much sound, noise* that other sounds cannot be
heard.
(Also figurative.)
The sound was like that of a machine thatincreases in speed until its
noise drowns out all else (Pyle, 376).
......... "Seig Hell", "Hell Hitler", (Head "Theft" and "Rape" and
"Murder") Drowned out the cries in Holland, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Prance.
(Yank, 153)•
£ drug store. A chemists shop; a pharmacy.
(This store, however, sells
many things other than drugs. It may well sell tobacco, candy, pipes,
cosmetics, postal cards, cold drinks, sandwiches, meals, clocks, toys,
medical supplies, and many other items.)
.. .Bert told her to get him to £ drug store... (Cain, 203).
Well, yet — in the local version of » ding store there is a Juke box like
none other you've ever heard (Yank, 75)•
£ dram ma.lor. A band leader; a man who marches in front of a band to di­
rect their marching and to direct the music.
The sergeant began to swing the umbrella the way £ dram raw.lor twirls his
baton...
(Yank, 29).
to .dXUBl u p .

To find; to look for and find; to make an effort and get.

Gunner Sergeant Alban Petchal..•said that if I would come over...they1d
see If they couldn't
up a snack before bedtime
(Pyle, 21h).
We got a friendly mess sergeant to
us up some cans of Vienna sausage
...
(Pyle, *4-08).
On the strength of her new contract, she had a phone putin, and began Ac.
up more trade with the neighborhood customers*. • (Cain, 68).
If a person wanted to be romantic he could jlXUBL
kis imagination an
artillery crew absolutely falling in love with its gun (Pyle, 108).

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ifl ih drunk with. To "be Intoxicated, with* to he filled with; to he ex­
tremely* unusually, happy ahout*
She was drunk with the glory of the Valahalla she had entered... (Cain, 233)
dry-goode hox. A large wooden packing hox In which cloth, clothing, le
shipped* (In this citation it Is used to mean a piano that is old and
upright.)
...she never misses a day on that drv-goodw hox at her grandfather's...
(Cain, 132).
dry humor.

Keen shrewd, humor which appeals to the Intellect*

He had a dry Scottish humor, and he took the Navy in his stride
A dry .1oke.

Ironic humor; irony*

...nobody laughed at what might have seemed
stances (Yank, 160).
to dry out.

(Pyle, **0).

a

dry ioke in other circum­

To become dry; to lose wetness, moisture, by drying.

The water was cold, hut a high wind dried them out in less than half an
hour, all hut their shoes which kept squishing Inside for the rest of
the day (Pyle, 28)*

A drv run. That which is done for practice; a rehearsal*
She had to locate his pulse, get her watch ready and make a couple of dry
winn (Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 27, 19**3» 12)*
They spent the next three months making dry r»nw (Yank, 32).
And they never ought to have a dry jam (Yank, 1**9)*
Then there were more dry runa and maneuvers...
(Yank, 32)*
not

a

dry thread on.

All one's clothing is wet, soaked*

...by evening there wasn't a dry thread All us
dry toftflt.

(Pyle, **00).

Toast which is not buttered; toast without butter on it.

Orange Juice, oatmeal, bacon and eggs, fried on one side and not too much,
drv toast. and large coffee (Cain, 89)*
to duck in. To enter by lowering one's head. (This implies that the open­
ing, door, or the like is quite low so that one must lower his head to
get in.)
•••I would duck in and talk for a moment and put down a name or two
(Pyle, **0**).

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to du«*lr behind.

To go behind quickly for the purpose of hiding.

I ducked behind the well...

to duck down*

(Yank, 125).

To lower one's body, but to remain on one's feet or knees*

I'd duck down until he passed, praying he wouldn't see me
to duck out.

(Yank, 25)*

To leave hurriedly, quickly; from; to get away rapidly from*

She ducked out the screen do or, ran across the yards, and presently was
back...
(Cain, 2h).
dude ranch. A ranch, farm, usually in the Vest, which takes paying guests.
Some are principally cattle ranches but take guests for extra money,
while others are principally hotels*
It was the same sort of motivation that caused city girls on dude r m e h e «
to fall in love with cowboys*.. (Marquand, 236).
due to.

Owing to; because of; on account of*

...his success was all luck, due to the location of his land rather than
to his own personal qualities (Cain, 7)*
It was due. I think, largely to the fact that the whole organization had
been made into a real team (Pyle, 321).
He thought humbly that this w p b d u e
his natural stupidity... (Marquand,

176).
This wasn't entirely due to her ideas of social superiority (Cain, 63).
...When I explain that due to our recent retrenchment program...I have
had to put off this memo (Ifew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7» 22).

&

cluck.

A stupid person; a dull person; an unimaginative person.

In addition to being dirty bastards, and very numb clucks. they are also
goddam liars (Cain, 23)*
to ducm down.

To drop uncerimoniously; to drop carelessly.

...be dumped her down on the hunr-rocky bed

(Cain, 171).

to durrm in Inn. To give one the responsibility for it; to let one have
the responsibility of it*
"That", he said, "dum-rw it right in Marcia Whittaker'e lap" (Gardner, 8 5).
to

qwfrrv*‘
before eating it.

din a doughnut into coffee or cocoa, hot chocolate

We must get a picture of you boys du-nkieg pcugnuutr with the girls. ••
(Yank, 159).

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the duration and alZ (noat^a)» (The term of the enlistment of the civi­
lian eoldiere in World War II was for the duration of the war and six
months thereafter.)
Not for the duration and elx you can*t

(Yank, 6h ) .

duat jacket. A paper covering ueed to protect new hooks from dust, dirt,
and damage in handling.
...the human and warm thumbnail biography of Walter Newcombe that appeared
on the rear of what is known In the publishing trade as the 11duet jeclret*
(Marquand, 22).
duet storm.

A wind, breeze, which carries an enormous amount

...we had driven all night in a dust storm
Dutch can.

of dust.

(Pyle, 393)»

A small, cloth cap worn by women.

She went to Bullocks, and bought sharkskin dresses...and had little
cans made to go with them (Cain, 119)*

d »tch

Dutch oven. An oven constructed of bricks in which a fire is built and
kept until the oven is hot; the fire is then withdrawn and the heat in
the walls of the oven furnishes the heat for cooking.
There was the Dutch oven in the Rumpus Room, for Instance, which had been
all covered up with plaster... (Marquand, 110).
duty calls.

One recognizes one's duty; one understands one's duty.

But dntv callad, and I made a forced march...
to dwindle off.

(Yank, 228).

To diminish gradually; to cease, stop, gradually.

Finally the Italian fire dwindled off. Then the two destroyers went in as
close to shore as they could get...
(Pyle, 2h).
dyed in the wool.

Whole hearted; thoroughly convinced.

Some of the German officers were pleased at being captured, but thed££&ln-the-wool Nazi was not (Pyle, 379) •
It was only the dvad-in-tha-wocl Nazis who got on their high horses and
refused to talk (Pyle, 123).
dvlnf* B t p t a m e n t . A statement made by a person who is dying. This is usu­
ally accepted as fact by the courts in as much as a person about to die
is ‘cresumed to have no reason for lying.
. ..should not be admitted in evidence unless it is shown the.t it was a
dying statement (Gardner, 189) •

to l>e dying to (infinitive)*

Eut I
We're
We're
...he

To want hpdly to; to desire greatly

suppose you111 is. dvi ng to go*..
(Marquand, 206).
all so d v l n g to know (Marquand, 121).
all dvlng to aea you (Marquand, 331).
was really dvlng to get into a fight (Yank, 12h).

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each other.
One another; one and the other; one and the others.
(This implies reciprocation.)
The men on the bridge looked at each other
(Yank, 44).
We tried...to tell each other whaj...wh. knew of the men...
(Yank, 243).
Men asked each other who was hurt, where w*=s the ship damaged, how high
were the flames
(Yank, 45).
But they had faith in the armor, faith in the engine, faith in each other
(Yank, 4?).
...as soon as they saw each other they would hurry toward each other
faster...
(Marquand, 286).
Maybe the Japs like each other1s company (Yank, 52).
He wondered if all the people...repeated those stories andlessly to each
other...
(Marquand, 135)*
...one thing about the Hew Dealers annoyed Jeffrey — they were always
calling each other by their first names...
(Marquand, 211).
He thought oi it wken he read about the couples kissing each other care­
fully, lingeringly, or tbought fully, or hungrily
(Marquand, £07).
We stood and stared at each other over the big pile of gold...
(Gardner.
113).
Two boys about eleven or twelve...were chasing each other and shouting on
the lawn (Marquand, 171).
They meet weekly to ochange condolences and cry in their beer while telling
each other the mournful story...
(Yank, 35).
You two kids like each other quite a lot, don't
yout (Marquand,552).
...exchanged those same remarks for a long while without knowing much
about each other
(Marquand, 397).
They did not look at each other, but he knew what they both were thinking
(Marquand, 290)•
Members wre required
to give each otherthe needle...
(Yank,
35).
...when you get a whole house 'full of the townspeople reading the sub­
titles to each other... (Yank, 29).
The German plan is to fill the plants with different nationalities and
keep them suspicious of each other.. . (Yank, 70).
...one day he and Louis ran into each other in the elevator
(Gardner, 167).
...they swore riprling oaths at each other...
(Yank, 122).
...we looked at each other in disbelie?
(Pyle, 437).
...they had run
onto each other for thefirst time in
more than twoyears
(Pyle, 441).
We stared, and couldn't say anything about it to each other
(Pyle, 452).
...we got each others haven't we?
(Cain, 260).
All we
do i8...be as tolerant with each other as we can (Pyle, 566).
While we could now see each other plainly...
(Pyle, 324).
Our only words to each other were "Take it easy"
(Pyle, 354).
They had faith ih each other (Pyle, 344).
...they razzed each other constantly about their home states
(Pyle, 422).
...the ordnance companies began leapfrogging each other...
(Pyle, 420),
Those five knew each other...
(Pyle, 416)•

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He and Uncle Alden stumbled onto each other years ago...
(Gardner, 8).
It's important for men...to know each other.. . (Tank;, 1^9).
...when these guys started humping into each other their helmets fell
off (Yank, 185).
The Japs were stumbling and falling over each other (Yank, 185)*
The men finger their rifles.. .looking around at each other (Yank, 20h-).
They were just knocking around, throwing stakes at each other... (Yank,
182).
.. the later comers ran, beckoned to each other. and followed hurrying
ushers...
(Cain, 239)•
Artists should call each other by their first names (Marquand, 120).
At the moment Sidney and Marianna were themselves, probably quarrelling,
because they did not like each other...
(Marquand, 78).
...men bumped into each other
(Pyle, 393).
They played jokes on each other.. . (Pyle, 22^).
Finally everybody stopped and called out to each other in order to get
reassembled (Pyle, 200).
...the rats began eathng each other... (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7,
18).
All we could do was wink at each other. (Pyle, 13*0*
We could hear the shells chase each other through the sky across the
mountain ahead, making a sound like a cold wind blowing on a winter
night
(Pyle, 99)*
eaeer beaver.
An overly anxious, helpful, person; one who works,
tries too hard.
Pft. May reacted like the eager beaver he was (YankJ.86).
Capt. Harts and Lt. Haddow looked plenty different from the
who had coaxed the K-26 off the ground so many hours ago
(Yank, 119
early sugpe£.
A supper prepared and eaten before the usual time
a family eats in the evening.
Then, after an early supper. she had Letty take Veda to a moving picture
show (Cain, llh).
the early thdrtisl,.

The period between 1930 and 1935.

In the late Twenties and even the early Thirties, a lot of good writers
had taken a crack at it...
(Marquand, 231).
tp earn a liXiSfe*
To earn money which one spends for living; food,
shelter, clothing, etc.
...she wanted to know if it was fair that she be penalized for wh-t she
had done, and denied the right tg. earn her livlngtlike anybody else
(Cain, 37)•
...but he should probably have reminded Jim that he was in his second
year of college and that he would have to. earn his living. (Marquand,
62).

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"Well." Jeffrey answered, "it's one way tg. earn your H tHp p "
301).
to e a r n
own way.
financially*

To earn one's living; to support oneself

I had t£ earn nor own way
—

(Marquand,

(Gardner, 52)*

ears b u m .
(When "one's ears burn", that is, when one's ears
feel exceptionally warm, it is supposed that people are gossiping,
talking about one.)

...his ears burning from the derision at headquarters
to ease off on.

(Tank, 167).

To reduce the pressure, strain, stress on*

Then she eased off £ little on the gas, breathed a long tremulous sigh
(Cain, 62).
to e a s e
pain.
suffering.}

To reduce one's pain; to take away one's pain,

They murmured on, and her lips began to twitch as she realized they were
mainly for her benefit, £2. ease her pain (Cain, 113)*
to ease the -pressure.

To reduce the pressure; to relieve the pressure.

...that would kind of ease the nressure all around
to ease

up.

T o raise gently, carefully, and slowly*

The ramp was eased up onto dry ground...
easy chair.

(Cain, 2^7).

(Pyle, 356).

A comfortable, overstuffed chair*

We sat in easy chairs...

(Pyle, 350).

to he easy on —— •
To allow one much freedom of choice; to let one
do much as one pleases*
They might be too easy on them

(Tank, 28).

an eafly -point.
In dice, crap games, the sum of the numbers shown on
each die is a point. An "easy point" is one which very frequently
appears.
One of the boys told me this was an easy point to make...

(Tank, 173)»

np eas£ tline*
An abundance of pleasure, and a lack of difficult,
strenuous work*

I a l w a y s had a pretty damned good time, a pretty easy time Oferquand,
578).
easy way — —

has about (one).

Poise; savoir fairs.; ease.

•.•the exotic Q-Ie with 50 missions.•.their medals and the quiet easy
way they had about them (Tank, 187).
to eat it up.

To enjoy; to be very well pleased with.

All agreed that the people were eating it up
(Cain, 2*4-0).
...these people were
^ng it up (Cain, 2*4-0).
to eat the last of.

To eat all of; to eat every bit of.

By nine o'clock there were only two customers left, and as they were
eating the last of the chickens...
(Cain, 126).
to eat like a kin-:.

To eat good food very well cooked.

...there was one thing about having Hegro stoops —
■- Sin* (Pyle, 281).
to be able to eat off the floor.
floor, isT)

you always ate aike

(Said to indicate how clean a house

It was so spotless you could have eaten off the floor

(Pyle, 263).

to eat out.
1. To eat at a place not one's residence, home; to eat at a restaurant
We traveled continuously, moved camp every few days, ate out, slept out,
wrote wherever we could... (Pyle, 85).
2. To reprimand; to scold; to speak harshly.
They wear clothes best adapted for Jungle fighting, without fear of
being eaten out by some very G-I superior (Tank, 129).
sat outdoors.
a picnic.
I know why it is —
to eat out of.

To eat one's meal out-of-doors, in the open, as on
she's never had £o. eat outdoors

To eat from, as a plate, dish, messkit, etc.

These officers ate out of a mess kit...
to eat

(Marquand, 5*4-8).

up.

1. To eat all of; to eat every bit of.

(Tank, 216).

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"And were you so hungry," he aeked, "that you ate up everything off
the plateT"
(Gardner, 202)#
"Don't he such a greedy pig," Louella said, "and eat up all my fudge"
(Marquand, 20^4-) .
2. To look at and he favorably affected by; to he highly Impressed by,
• ..I see the little nun who let me In eat u p the gunner's wings and the
service ribbons
(Tank, 188)*
...the crew ate it u p
(Tank, 15)*
eegnoe party.
A party, usually near Christmas or Hew Tear's Day at
which eggnog is served.
(J&gnog is a mixture of cream, eggs, sugar,
cinnamon, nutmeg, and whiskey*)
Then before you got over Christmas there was Hew Tears
parties g iven by people who...
(Marquand, 326)*
to egg on.

with eggnog

To persuade; to needle; to irritate; to push*

...Veda egged Mr. Teviso on to more stories (Cain, 185)*
...could sit in his pyramidal tent at division CP and eg^ on his
regimental reporters by phone...
(Tank, ^0)*
eight day clock.
A clock which will run eight days after being
wound; a clock that needs winding once every eight days*
There was a table beside the bed with books on it and... an eight— day
clock in a leather case
(Marquand, 359)*
electric chair.
The device used in prisons to electrocute, kill with
electricity, prisoners condemned to death.
...as though walking to the electric chair, she turned around, headed
for the kitchen (Cain, 45)*
electric clock.

A clock operated by electricity.

And this was an electric clock in the restaurantT
(Gardner, 1^8).
We've got an electric clock down there, and I figured Conway...might get
sore...
(Gardner, 1*4-7)•
"These electric clocks are always rightT" Mason asked (Gardner, 1*4-8)*
electric drill.

A drill, bit, auger, operated by an electric motor.

...the end of an electric drill.♦»
electric iron.

(Pyle, *4-22)*

An iron for pressing clothes heated by electricity.

He made the hot chocolate on an electric iron... (Pyle, *413) •
Put the reason I 1m writing about Jjamparty was his electric iron
^13).

(Pyle,

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electric raior*
A derice for removing whiskers operated by electricity.
(Alsocalled an "electric sharer".)
...he repaired fountain pens, radios, electric razors... (Pyle, lUl).
They were heaped up beside a display of electric razors and electric
heating pads
(Marquand, 2^4-0)•
electric sign.

Advertising signs illuminated by electric lights.

The electric signs stood nakedly against the sky like the frames of
elaborate fireworks displays
(Marquand, 266).
...the traffic and the electric signs around Times Square confused him...
(Marquand, 281).
an element of.

A bit of; a portion of.

...there was an element of Justice in this arrangement...
(Cain, 247).
...their element of surprise was so great that a small fort...was taken
with a minimum of casualties
(Yank, 122).
elevator indicator.
is.

A dial which shows at which floor the elevator

There*s an elevator indicator over the elevator shaft
to embarrass --- before.

(Gardner, 77).

To embarrass one in the presence of.

I literally can’t open my mouth in a theatre...that she isn't there...
embarrassing me before people...
(Cain, 253)*
emergency hospital.
A hospital which treats people seriously,
dangerously, injured, ill, from accidents, etc.
They keep the names of persons injured in automobile accidents and
persons taken to the emergency hospitals
(Gardner, 82).
enchanted life.

A luxurious, hs.pry, exciting life.

...it would jeopardize the enchanted life that Yeda now led...

(Cain,

I**?).
to encourage

to.

To try to get one to; to

He encouraged her tn talk...
the end is in sight.

one to.

(Cain, 246).

The end is foreseeable; the end is aporaBching.

“Why, it means the end of the war ie. in sight"
happily (Yank, 95).

Cpl. Starker said

-36U-

the end JxntlflM the means.
The result is what is of importance;
the methods of attaining the result can he had or good.
It*8 a case where the ends .justify the means
to end --- life.

(Gardner, 209).

To kill oneself; to commit suicide.

.. .Sonny Boy phoning me ...that if I didn't marry him he'd end his young
life..♦ (Cain, 196).
an end man.
One who assists another in telling a funny story. Joke.
(From the negro minstrels in which there was the interlocutor and the
end men who sat at each end of a semi-circle of men.)
A guy named George served as Sally's end man
the end of the world.

(Pyle, 2 ^ ) .

The end, finish, of everything.

"It's just a sort of feeling," Jeffrey said, "like the end of the world"
(Marquand, 125).
the end of the rainbow.
An enchanted place at which superstition
says there is a pot of gold.
On the night of the tenth day they came to the end of theirrainbow
(Pyle, 21?).
end over end.

Head over heels; over and over.

.. .Jerry.. .was about 20 feet in the air, turning end over end
anaend run.

A wide circling movement.

(Yank, 126).

(Football term.)

The Marauders had just completed a 75-mile end run around enemy positions
...
(Yank, 91 )•
to e n d

suffering.

To kill one.

He wasn't killed instantly, and they had to end his sufferings
an end to.

A finish to; a stopdng of.

Monty, pleading for an end to "this damned nonsense"...
end to end.
and so on.

(Cain, 265).

Lengthwise; an end of one adjoining an end of another

Finally, there were five lying end to end in
to end u p .

(Pyle, 2^-0).

To finish; to corns to an end.

a long row

(Pyle, 155).

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.. .when Jeffrey had called in Mr. Gorman to go over the matter, he and
Mr. Gorman had ended mi hy telling each other jokes (Marquand, 500 )•
It always ended u p with him and Ma d g e
(Marquand, 1*4-8).
After all those other people, they would always end u p irrevocably alone
(Marquand, 1^8).
...he ran the Washington Bureau f o r another paper, and ended tip. ..as a
syndicated columnist with an income of fifty thousand a year (Marquand,
273).
Then he knew that the whole thing w a s ending up in nothong (Marquand,
310).
...no matter how self-conscious and silly they might have been at first,
always ended up by having a good time together...
(Marquand, 339).
In all their encounters he always ended up hy not being fair to Charley
(Marquand, 506).
...and the Macduff in a British repertory performance of ••Macbeth"
"laid on" with such gusto that Macbeth also ejxded up in a hosoitsl
(New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19^7, 21).
...she had pictured a vague scene, which would end up with "Mother’ll
tell you more about it some day"
(Cain, 12).
to enga^te in.

To take part in;

to participate in.

...his destroyer was also engaged in amphibian landings...
...actually engaged in combat
(Yank, 173)»

(Yank, 170).

England expects every man to do his duty.
(Said by Lord Nelson at
the battle of Trafalgar: "England expects that every man will do his
duty".)
One was a British Tommy, saying that England expected every man to do
his duty...
(Marquand, 180).
to engineer a deal.
To promote; to act *8 an entrepreneur• (Thi6
implies a 'shady deal1, one which, may be legal, but unscrupulous.)
Wally we8 engineering a little deal
engineering feat*
and ability.

(Cain, 2*4-7)*

A remarkable accomplishment of engineering skill

That brief military ceremony marked the completion of the first phase
of an engineering feat that rivals the Aleska Military Highway...
(Yank, 1??).
an enlisted man.
officer.

The common soldier, sailor, airman; not a commissioned

It was hard to think of him as an enlisted man (Pyle, 3^?)*
Patrick was the only enlisted man o f the crew who was recommen ed for
the Navy Cross (Yank, I'h).

-366-

Yesterday an cull at ed man was bitten by a dog.. . (Yank, 137).
We're ever eo glad that you're enlisted men... (Yank, 150),
...I also bring tidings from the American enlisted men (Yank, 31).
en route.

On (one's) way. Journey, to.

Bn route the kit was pieced by considerate stevedores between the engineroom boilers and a shipment of Grant tanks
(Yank, lhO).
...Lt. William A. Wendt who had been bailed out near Jap territory en
route home...
(Yank, 195).
to enter ——

mind.

To be thought of; to come into one's mind*

...when this thought entered her nfad... (Cain, 208).
...something that hadn't entered her mind (Cain, 189).
It didn't even enter my mind (Cain, 165T.
to be entitled to.

To have a right to; tobe deserving of.

...looks like we're entitled to a little consideration too, don't itT
(Cain, 2h6).
...we're all entitled to our opinion
(Cain, 219).
. . t h e creditors had furnished her with goods, and were entitled to
payment...
(Cain, 2^7).
He wasn't entitled to something that would make things so much easier
for her...
(Cain, 53).
There had been visits to Los Angeles Street, to order the equipment her
precious credit entitled her to...
(Cain, 88).
escort carrier.
A small aircraft carrier; a ship designed to carry
air planes and launch and lend then, used to protect the convoys of
ships.
That beats a previous high scorer; the escort carrier *B'..., another
•baby fist-top', and her escorts
(Time, JTov. 22, 19*0, 26).
esprit de corps.
The spirit, unity, of a group; a feeling of all
members of a group that they belong together and they should work
together.
If yer a good fighting man you got esprit de corpse
(Yank, 103).
They's nothing the matter with this man except esprit de corpse
(Yank,
103).
evaporated milk.
Milk, sold in cans, which has had a large amount
of the water content evaporated, withdrawn.
...a conscious effort to be very sure that everyone had the sugar and
the evaporated milk
(Marquand, 220).

an even break.

A fifty-fifty chance; a chance without odds.

from now on we get an even break with the people who make up packages
(Tank,
).
even features.

Regular facial features; proportinate features,

Charley's even features,..resembled rather more closely his mother's
than his father's...
(Marquand, 506),
even if.

No matter if; in spite of the probability or fact that,

liven if you have all of those papers, there's going to be an investigation
(Gardner, 119)•
Yon knew that even if you were bailed out, you'd never be allowed to
reopen your business
(Gardner, 199).
Sven if they hadn't seen this, they could look as though they had
(Marquand, 36),
evening; bag.

A small handbag carried by a woman wearing evening dress.

...she opened her evening bag, took out a crisp $10 bill,..

(Cain, 170).

evening clothes.
Formal dress.
(Tuxedo, tails, stiff shirt, etc.,
for men and long formal dresses for women.)
...car...filled with people in evening clothes... (Cain, 173),
"How are you fixed for evening clothes?" the clerk asked (Marquand, 255)•
There were a cellaret and a dressing room where Jesse could relax on
a couch or change into evening clothes if he had to...
(Marquand, 267).
evening dress.

A formal, gown, dress, for a woman,

...Mrs. Gassier appeared...in a bright red evening dress...
In the black evening dress... (Cain, 230),
evening gown.

(Cain, 229),

Formal evening dress for a woman,

...models disporting themselves in static groups, decked in the latest
evening gowns
(Marquand, 2^0).
...gone into Bullock's and picked out an evening gown (Cain, 159).
even monejr,
A condition of a bet without odds,
pay a dollar; no more, no less.)

(A dollar bet will

It's an even money bet that John Milicant has either committedsuicide
or has been murdered (Gardner, 68),
I hear oldsters offering to make bets at even money th?t we wouldn't
get hit at all
(Pyle, 6),
even so.

No matter; in spite of everything.

The trees on each side had been marked...but even
couple of times...
(Pyle, 202),

so we did get lost a

-3 6 8 -

They were only medical students, "but even so there was a gratifying
sense of triumph (Yank, 20*0 .
Even so. civilians of any race are the exception (Yank, 76).
...even so. the qualities of strength and decision came through (Yank,

2h8)7
even though.

Although; granting that; notwithstanding that.

He knew those Japs were there even though he couldn't see them (Yank,
1^5).
He was fond of telling his roommate that even though he had never been
to college...
(Yank, 89)*
ever since.

At all times since.

He had been with the ship ever since Uhe was commissioned...
(Pyle, 39).
When X came back from Germany, my mother-in-law gave us her apartment to
live in, and our kid's been wrecking the place ever since (New Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 19*47, 26).
I've known it ever since I first laid eyes on her
(Can, 13).
Ever since, they had a wonderful time...
(Pyle, 3*4-8).
Ever since he can rdmember, Mac has gone rabbit hunting in the winter

frank, 22).
"Ever since the last war,” Jeffrey said (Marquand, 375).
Ever since you knew for certain that you were going overseas, yoxi've
somehow resented the cadre...
(Yank, 6*4-).
Ever since my induction...
(Yank, 215).
...she had used him for her special purposes ever since she had met
nim (Cain, 253)•
ever so.

(This is used as an intensive for the word that follows.)

...I'd notice them grinning to themselves and dancing ever so slightly
as they went about their serving (Pyle, *4-0).
We're ever so glad that you're enlisted men...
(Yank, 160)*
every bit.

All; all that; all of#

They made every man eat every bit he took.
every cent.

(Pyle, 3*4-0).

Every bit of the money; all of the money*

...beg or borrow enough money pronto to pay back every cent,.. .
173).
every day.

(Yank,

Each day; all the days.

...the sup -lies to the boys...still went through every day...
(Yank, 179).
You, lying there every day, dreaming about rainbows,
(Cain, 187).
...the owner of the P a p e r ...appeared at his office every day (Marquand,
2*4-).

369-

every day or ,50,

Frequently; often; sometimes; (at daily intervals).

Every day or so somebody brought up the suggestion that the cook was
putting Italian dogs in the chow (Pyle, 115).
every few minutes.

Frequently; often; at frequent intervals.

"Every few minutes a shell would smack a few hundred yards away
251).

(Pyle,

every hour on the hour.
Hourly at the beginning of each hour, for
example at six o'clock, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, and so on.
.. .they shell this b a m every hour on the hour

(Pyle, 428).

every inch of the way.
All of the way.
(This is used as an intensive
emphasizing the importance of the smallest part of the way.)
They marched almost 170 miles in nine days, fighting every inch of the
way... (Yank, 24).
every little thing.
importance.

Things, situations, rules, etc., of small, little

...she "didn't believe in beating children for every little thing"
(Gardner, 73).
every minute of it.
All of it; all the time it lasted.
used as an intensive to emphpsize the completeness of.)
I enjoyed every minute of it
every now and then.

(This is

(Marquand, 147).

Frequently; occasionally; often; sometimes.

Bvery now and then the lieutenant would phone battalion heedquarters...
<Pyle. 1997.
Bvery now and then he would miss the stake...
(Pyle, 396).
Bvery now and then snipers would pick off a man (Pyle, 397).
...every now and then all four motors would stop...
(Pyle, 348).
...they filtered to either side of the road, stopping and squatting down
every now and then to wait a few minutes (Pyle, 401).
Every now and then I would run in to take a shower bath, like a child
Pi ying with a new toy (Pyle, 3)«
every once in a while.

Frequently; occasionally; often; sometimes.

They said th- t every once in a while he would start singing

(Pyle, ?3l)«

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We could hear their trucks "Dulling up, and every once in ^ while we
could spot a few of then...
(Yank, 91).
One of the little services we perform for our readers is checking every
once i& a while on the scientists
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7)
17).
everyone else#
Bvery one, all the people except the one mentioned
in the sentence.
Jeffrey had a feeling that everyone else at the party was like him...
(Marquand, 32^-) •
every other.
1. Alternate.
(Tor example: in the series 1 ,2 ,3,^,5.6,7,8,9.10,
every other one would he 1 ,3 ,5 ,7 ,9 , or 2 ,h-,6 ,8 ,10.)
And I thought — well, down where I work practically every other order
is for chicken...
(Cain, 77).
2. All of the others; all of#
.. .to keep the gunners in touch with every other part of the heach head
... (Yank, 39).
every size, shape, and kind.
of all varieties.

Of every conceivable kind; of all kinds;

...he bagged some twenty-eight thousand bugs of practically every sixe,
shape, and kind... (New Yorker, XXIII, Seot. 13,19^7, 26)#
every so often.

Frequently; occasionally; now and then; off and on#

.. .a spot along our route that the Kraut sprayed every so often in the
hope of catching Just such a party as ours
(Tank, 587*
Some walls had shell gaps every so often.♦. (Pyle, 18*0.
every time.

Bach time#

...every time a shell would come in this goat would dive for a foxhole
(Yank, 2h5).
Bvery time transport planes roared over to drop rations...
(Yank, 176).
He went to see the beast every time he could get a p Pss (Pyle, 3^6).
every which way.

In all directions; in no one direction; aimlessly#

And going around like she does with her breasts wobbling every, which way
so any man's got to look at her, whether he wants to or not
(Cain, 1^0.

except for*

Without; had it not teen for*

•..they vould never have found it excerpt for the help of a friendly
farmer (Tank, 25).
to exchange glancee*

To look at each other, one another, knowingly.

Another minute went by, and Mildred saw glances exchanged between nurses
(Cain, 103).
The officers exchanged glances and sized Mason up (Gardner, *4-2).
to exclaim at.

To speak with strong emotion concerning;

Bert.. .exclaimed at, the "rottenness1' of a dirty wop that would treat a
young girl that way (Cain, 198)*
to be expected of.

To be hoped for; to be looked for as due*

•..for the bar...had outdone all that had been expected of it

(Cain, 152),

to expect the worAt.
To look forward to the worAt possible things
happening; to be pessimistic.
I'd expected the worst during the ride but nothing had happened and now
I remarked,..
'•Yank, 57).
expense siccount.
penses.

Payment for expenses involved; reimbursement for ex­

Drake said, "I always like to eat with a client who's on an expense
-" (Gardner, 124),
expert eye.

The observation of an expert; expertly; expertness.

With an expert eye, she noted what whuld have to be done to it...

176

).

to explain to.

(Cain,

To make clear to; to clarify to, for.

He...turned to her as though he had to. explain something 12. a child
(Cain, 1*4-6).
to explode a bombshell.
To make a startling disclosure; to uncover,
make well known, an unbelievable secret.
When he had finished with some forty-two exhibits, he started exploding
his bombshell, a bombshell which was legally powerful...
(Gardner, 151)
expression on -— face.
The arrangement of the features on one's
face which indicates emotion felt by one.

37 2 -

H a lay there with a dogged, shocked expression, on his face...

(Tank,

1 9 3 ).

extended period of

time.

A long time; a time longer than usual.

... specialist8 who "are and have been for an extended period of
critically needed by the Army"
(Tank, 171).
eye dropper.
A
a time; medicine

time

device which is used to dispense liquids one drop at
dropper.

Wescott... spent the afternoon feeding them condensed milk through an
eye-dropoer (Pyle, J+12).
-—

eyes are on.

One's glance is at;

"A small ring makes "better training," he
on the horse
(Marquand, 375)•

one is looking at.
said, hut his eyes were still

eyes are filled with.
(One's emotions are shown clearly in one's
eyes.) One's eyes show the emotion of.
...when we place the tent over his heed, his eyes were filled with
anxious, despairing fear (Tank, 193 )•
eyes "blame.

an

Strong emotion seemed to he shown through one's eyes.

Mildred Jumped up, her eyes "blazing...

(Cain, 205).

eyes get heavy.
One's eyelids seem to become heavy; one's eyelids
tend to remain closed.
(This implies sleepiness.)
Then my eyes got heavy too
-—

(Pyle, 392).

eyes l i g h t u p .
The expression on one's face indicats pleasure or
anticipated pleasure.

Mason's eyes lit up

(Gardner, 155)*

eyes m e e t
•
One looks at another who in turn looks at him; to
look at each other, one another.
His eyes met hers before she was through the kitchen door...
__ eyes are on the floor.
floor.

(Cain, 90).

One looks downward; one looks toward the

...her eyes were on the floor...

(Cain, 253)»

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face breaks into a smile.
not having smiled.

One begins to smile; one smiles after

Bill Svlnbnme looked at him in the way in which acquaintances of their
age always regarded each other, and his face broke into a quick...
smile (Marquand, 572)•
His face broke into a sunny smile... (Cain, lh-8 ).
Ta-ce drone.
One expresses surprise, astonishment, bewilderment,
or the like in one's face.
Artie's face dropped as though Lefty Gomez had thrown it when he was in
his prime (Tank, 99)•
to face an em eau r.
enemy, as in war.

To come into combat with an enemy; to fight a n

It was the first Negro combat outfit to face the enemy in Trance
13*0.

(Tank,

to be faced with.
To be compelled, forced, to consider, to think about
to hove forced upon one's attention.
...when faced with the necessity of overpowering a sentry...
(New Torker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^-7, 25).
...the Japs on Bougainville were faced with the choice of starving because
their supply lines had been cut...
(Tank, 5l).
Suddenly faced with a three cent basis for his folding money, extravagance
becomes rife
(Tank, 66).
to face the fact.
the fact.

To consider the fact; to acknowledge and think about

Jeffrey was facing the fact that nothing which Milton considered perma­
nent v?ps going to be permanent.
(Marquand, h06).
- face freezes.
fixed, immobile.

The expression of emotion on one's face becomes

His face froze for a moment, but then he picked up his cue with sur­
prising convincingness (Cain, 58).
to face front.

To turn one's body toward the front.

It's all right, turn around, face front, but oh, no, they back out all
the way to door
(New Torker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7» 23).
face grows hard.
The expression of emotions on one's face in­
dicates controlled anger.
The squint appeared, and her face grew hard

(Cain, 205).

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face g r o w red.
one ‘blushes.

One's face ’becomes dark pink from bmbarrasmmenfc;

In the second's silence that followed, Jeffrey felt hie face grow red
(Marquand, 2$8)•
to face it.
To acknowledge an unpleasant problem or situation and
accept or deny responsibility for it.
He would h^ve to tell Madge in the evening and he did not like to face
it,... (Marquand, 575).
The self-revelation of it was painful, but he h^d to, face it
(Marquand,
**97).
face lights u p .
One's facial expression indicates, shows,
pleasurable anticipation.
The girls' faces had lif:hted u p when Alf 's name was mentioned
365).
"Tee," Jesse Fineman said, and his face lighted up(Marquand,
When she saw Jim her face lighted u p and she m i g h t have been a
whom he had asked to a college dance (Marquand, 65).
Marine buddies meet on the street and their faces light u p and
start off by saying...
(Tank, 76).
...for one flash his face lit up... (Cain, 225).
His face lit u p and he bellowed "YesI" (Cain, 126).
H i s face l i t up. .. (Cain, 16**).
It was pathetic to see Fred's face light up (Marquand, 579).

(Marquand,
270).
girl
they

to face the music.
To acknowledge an unpleasant problem, situation,
and attempt to solve it, or remedy it, or to place responsibility for
it.
You'd have stayed and faced the music (Gardner, 180).
Don't leave Inez to face the anisic alone (Gardner, 165).
Come back here and face the anisic (Gardner, 165).
...Come bpck here, Harold, and face the music
(Gardner, 165).
to face odds.
to lose.

To be in an unfavorable position; to seem to be sure

Our troops faced such odds that our getting ashore was like my whipping
Joe Louis (Pyle, 360)•
face of a check.

The amount of money for which a check is wretten.

"That's the face of the check, isn't itt"

66).

Mr. Leeds asked

(Gardner,

face sags.
One's facial expression indicates, shows, slow
realization of something unpleasant.

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She stood smiling as the dreadful truth dawned in him, and his face
sagged numbly (Cain, 60),
face to face.
Vis a vis; in theposition, condition, of being so
that the faces of two are toward each other*
(Also attributive.)
...he went into full particulars as to...what hewould saywhen
he had
him face to face... (Cain, 198).
And there are face-to-face classes in shorthand, grammar...
(Tank, 23*0*
face to face with*
1. In such a position so that one faces another, one's face is toward
smother's face.
All at once he was face to face with Marianna Miller (Marquand, 35*0.
One said, "Think of hitting the beach tonight, seasick as hell, with your
stomach upside down, and straight off you come face toface with
an
Italian with a big garlic breath
(Pyle, 20).
Finally Buck stepped around one corner of the house, and came face to face
with the German...
(Pyle, 197).
How that he was face to face with Mr. Qorman, there seemed
moreways than
he could specify (Marquand, 513).
...he never knew how it happened, except that he could not have been
looking, for suddenly he was face to face with Louella Barnes (Marquand,

168

).

2. In such a position that one must acknowledge and recognize an un­
pleasant problem or situation; (this implies a necessity for remedy
or solution.)
... she woke up to th^ fact that she was face to face with one of the
major decisions of her life (Cain, hhY.
There was no time at all now, since you were face toface with something
that was very close to zero (Marquand, 22o7I
to face u p .

To be in a position so that thefront, face,

.. .upper—teeth lug facing u p ...
the fact of the matter.

is upward.

(Yank, 121).

Actually; truthfully; honestly; really.

Fact of the matter. Pop wants to stand the expense, anyhow

(Cain, 106).

a factor enters into.
An element, factor, part of something, which
is, becomes, important.
I have told you what factors entered into my diagnosis
facts and figures.

Statistics.

(Gardner, 33)*

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We have gathered some facta and figures about the Brooklyn.-Battery Tunnel
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7, 27).
the facta of life.
The methods and operations of human reproductionv
Hence, by extension, common, useful knowledge*
I suggest Sgt. 0 *Bar a . ..learn the facts of life....

(Yank, 21*0.

to fade out.
1. To diminish in intensity gradually; to cease slowly.
And the studio orchestra faiding softly out: and the room.... (Yank, 72).
It faded out with the rifle shots and Marianna Miller watching, wideeyed (Marquand, h23).
2. To disappear purposely; to hide oneself; to go away surreptitiously.
Prom childhood Jim had always faded out when there was anything to do
around the house (Marquand, 131)*
"No,” Charley said, "I guess he's faded out1* (Marquand, 50*0.
to fade out of the picture.
remain a part of.

To disappear; to leave unnoticed; not to

...Nancy had faded out of the picture during some European tour of duty
(Marquand, 20).
fagged out.

Tired; exhausted; worn out.

We saw a fagged-out soldier tug a case of rations to his shoulder...
(Yank, 197).
faint Breeze.

A very slight, slow, breeze, wind.

...with a clear hot srunner's day and with Just a faint breeze stirring
from the water...
(Marquand, 260).
& ffi-ir break.

An even chance; a fifty-fifty chance; an equal opportunity.

She said, "I didn't give youa
(Gardner, 71).

fair break the first time I saw you"

a fair fight.
A fight conducted according to accepted customs. (This
implies no hitting in the groin region, no biting, no gouging out of
eyes, no hitting in the region of the kidneys, etc.)
I don't think you're the type who would run away from a killing an a fair
fight... (Gardner, 180)•

fair sized*

Moderately sized; not large but not small.

...Maastricht, a fair-sized town...
a fairy tale.

(Yank, 24-2),

Fanciful stories; romantic improbable stories*

...it all showed the inherent lovable quality possessed by the Germans,
like Christmas trees and Grimm's fairy tales (Marquand, 2?-5)*
to fall apart*

To disintegrate; to break into pieces.

But it sank before it had a chance to fall apart
to fall asleep.

(Yank, 4-7)*

To go to sleep; to sleep*

Then, after staring at the ceiling for a time, shefell
As I finally fell asleep the wind was still howling and
pounding and falling through space (Pyle, 20),
Gradually the boys wrapped up in their blankets and lay
of the pit and fell asleep (Pyle, 392).
...Mildred went to her own room, on the chance Veda had
for her, and fallen asleep... (Cain, 252)*
to fall away*

asleep (Cain,
the ship was

18)

down on the floor
gonethere

towait

To lose parts, elements, gradually*

...like an eroded hillside gradually falling away

(Yank,

2^3)*

to fall back*
To move backward, to the rear due to pressure of
or circumstances.

events

A platoon of paratroopers...was falling back at the same time (Yank, 135)
Emily Milicant fell back in dismay (Gardner, 106).
They were fighting a stubborn delaying action from well chosen positions,
falling back from foxhole to foxhole, pillbox to pillbox (Yank, 91)*
to fall back on.

To have in reserve for use; to have as a supplement*

So you'll have something to fall back on —
well in Hollywood (Marquand, 4-0*0 •
to fall back upon.

well —

when you don't do so

To rely on; to ose as a supulement*

...when faced with the necessity of overpowering a sentry with aphonetic
barrage, they are obliged to fall back upon the tongue of the army they
have just trounced (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 194-7, 25)*
to fall behind.
To become slowed down; to move slower than the others
of comparable nature*
Occasionally sickness or wounds would keep one out of the air for weeks,
and we fell behind (Pyle, 173)•

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. ..it fell ’behind in the race
to fall. dead.

To die suddenly; to die quickly and without

He raised his rifle,
to fall down.

(Pyle, l?l)*

started forward and fell dead (Yank,

warning.

17).

To fall*

The previous fall Lieutenant Shortlidge had fallen down, knocked out his
upper front teeth and cut his shin (Pyle, 172).
Well, ole hoy, I got to go fall down on me gut for a while
(Yank,103),
...they fell down into the cowshed below (Pyle, h32).
We all fell down on the ground (Yank, 203 )•
...she spun around until she wad dizzy and fell down, in a paroxysm of
delight
(Cain, 56)*
to fall down and die.

To fall in death; to die quickly;

If we try to go on, they'll fall down and die

(Pyle, 203),

to fall flat*

1 . To fall so that all of one's body is flat on the ground; to fall and
lie so that little of one's body projects upwards.
...we saw the giide fall flat and we fell, too...

(Yank, 197),

2. To he unsuccessful; to be worthless; useless*
...our attempt b *..fell kind of flat
to fall flat o n

(Pyle, 387),

face.

1 . To fall with one's face downward*
He took a couple of steps, then fell flat on his face...

(Yank, 182)*

2. To fail; to he unsuccessful*
...selection of an architect was a very crucial problem and one which had
made many of her friends...fall perfectly flat on their faceB at the
start
(Marquand, 108)*
to fall for*
1* To become enamored of; to come to like, love, quickl; *
Recently he met 3Smily Milicant... He fell for her hard (Gardner, 3).
I guess I've fallen for you (Cain, 97)•
He fell for her hard, and kept writing to her
(Gardner, 112)*

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2. To be trapped 1)7 ; to 1)0 ensnared by; to become a victim of*
He's lying, Snily, tr ing to get something out of you.
(Gardner, 107)•

Don*t fall for it.

3. To come quickly to agreement with; to agree to readily*
That '8 why when Doc Gale began talking hospital I fell for it so quick
(Cain, 110).
to fall head over heels in love (with).
To become enamored; to fall
deeply in love; to love another suddenly.
I looked at her, and fell head over heels in
to fall ill.

love with her (Gardner,

112)

To become sick, ill.

One of them had fallen ill and had to be taken back to Africa

(Pyle, 229)

to fall i&.
To take one's position in a military line with others
preparatory to marching.
When we fall in again, I was marching behind Sergeant Vincent Conners...
*yle, 200).
to fall in behind.

To get into a line behind, in back of.

Mason fell in behind (Gardner, hi).
...the crowd fell in behind us like a parade
to fall in line.
To accommodate oneself
agree to (something).

(Yank, 29)•
to the will of another; to

...as state after state fell in line for Hepeal...

(Cain, 150).

to f a y in love(with).
To become enamored of (another); to begin to
have love for (another)• (This implies the normal, healthy, love of
man and woman)
It was the same sort of motivation that caused city girls on dude ranches
to fall in love with cowboys, and vice versa...
(Marquand, 286).
"There isn't any trick about it," Jeffrey said, "you Just meet and you
fall in love" (Marquand, 283).
Harold and I fell in love (Gardner, 167)*
You have a tone like a zylophone th^t fell in lovewith a hand organ...
(Cain, 136).
...I immediately fell in love with it (Yank, 2h.).
If a person wanted to be romantic he could drum up inhis imagination an
artillery crew absolutely falling in love with its gun (Pyle, 108).
How do they fall in love (Marquand, 288).

I don't think there's such conflect when people fall in love (Marquand.
288).
...the quarry and the bait had fallen in love... (Cain, 253).
He had no way of knowing that they would fall in love (Marquand, 262).
I never heard of a soldier writing to his real girl to break off the
engagement because he had fallen in love with a picture (Pyle, 150)*
It's where they fall in love (Marquand, 287)*
I want to get the fed of It, where they fall ip love (Marquand, 28?)•
to fall into a (deep) sleep.
completely, without waking.
...she fell into §. deep sleep

To go to sleep soundly; to sleep thoroughly
(Cain, 17*0*

to fall into ttep (with).
To put one's left foot forward simultaneously
with another as he puts his left foot forward, and the same with the
right foot.
Out in the corridor, Della Street fell into step with Perry Mason
(Gardner, 153)•
to fall into a mood.
by others.

To accept and become a part of a mood indulged in

...If Mariannahad heard him being silly, exchanging superlatives with
Jesse ...she would have fallen into the mood and she would have lived
it for the moment...
(Marquand, 269)•
fall into a trap.
ensnared.

To become a victim of a scheme, plan; to become

...she knew she mustn't fall into any traps. mustn't divulge any of her
arrangements with Veda (Cain, 27*0.
to fall in with.
quite well.

To become acquainted with; to come to know; to know

During my time with various parts of the thirty-sixth Division I fell in
with one of the regimental surgeons...
(Pyle, 152).
the fall of France.

The surrender of France to Germany in World War II.

...still he had indigestion, and now since the fall of France it was getting
very much worse
(Marquand, 276).
It was beyond imagination, what w^s going to happen after the fall of
France... (Marquand, 239)•
to fall off.

To fall down; to disengage from something.

We spread our feet and leaned far back trying to look straight up, until
our steel helmets fell off (. yle, ^ 35)*

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...I've seen boys fall off in a ditch.. .andbreak their lege
We shall see our dear friend fall off. ehT
(Marquand, 37*0.
...their helmets fell off (Yank, 185)*
to fall out.
(Army usage).

(Tank,

l*+9).

To assemble in a place preparatory to formal assembly

All personnel will fall out wearing only shoes, raincoat and gas mask
(Tank, 181).
to fall over.
1. To be caused to Btumble by; to stumble through the agency of.
The Japs were stumbling and falling over each other (Tank, 185)*
...Jeff, dear, you*d better sleep in the study in case you fall over
things...
(Marquand, 71).
2. To fall to one side.
...be kept falling over into the water and waking tip (Pyle,

253)*

3. To be astonished; to be surprised.
...I almost fell over at the return address on one envelope

(Pyle, 313)«

h. To fall so as not to be upright; to fall from an upright position to
land on one's back or side.
A chair fell over as Mr. Jacoby stepped to the microphone

(Marquand, 39)*

to fall short.
Hot to be of sufficient distance; to be too short; to
be unable to reach a goal.
The first round fell short
to fall to sleep.
fall asleep.)

(Yank, 135).

To sleep; to go to sleep; to fall asleep. (Cf. t£>

And quiet, falling to deep in the silence.
You with your cheek soft on the ultimate pillow
to fall to (gerund).

To begin; to start; to happen; to chance to, be.

We fell to talking with her one morning...
to fall t o
duty.

lot.

(Yank, 2*f6).

(Marquand, *f-l).

To be one's obligation, responsibility; to be one's

It fell to his lot to be the guy who went in...

(Pyle, h09).

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to fall with a floi«
To make a noice upon falling and hitting some­
t h i n g . ( T h e flon is rspresentatiTe of a sound.)
...when he tried to shift it over, it fell with a flou on the brown
linoleum floor
(Marquand, 180).
false alarm.

Hot a genuine thing; a dry run.

From the ice that was forming around her heart, Mildred knew it was no
false alarm this time (Cain, 102).
false teeth.
Those teeth which are manufactured and substituted for
one's real teeth; dentures.
...the dentists were calmly making false teeth at an average of one set
a day (Tank, ho).
False teeth are not considered "property" in the usual sense of the word
...
(Tank, l?l).
...the Jolt bounced my false teeth into the Pacific (Yank, 17l)«
a familiar ring.
Something which sounds familiar; something which one
recognises as having heard before.
And there w as a familiar ring to the blurb...

(Tank, 176).

family affairs.
The family's financial condition, attitude toward
each other, the family relationships, etc.
...the court is trying to find out something about the family affAArs
and the general, situation of the parties
(Gardner, 27)*
family doctor.
The physician, general practitioner, who cares for the
ordinary illnesses of members of the family.
Ee was a tall, stooped man who had been the family doctor ever since Veda
was bora (Cain, 99)*
family of nations.
A group of nations which border on one another
and among which there is international intercourse of trade, culture,
etc.
...President Roosevelt guaranteed the natural development of the German
people as a member of the European family of nations. (Tank, 127).
a family ulot.
A bit of land in a cemetery, graveyard, owned by a
family, in which members of a family are buried.
The grave could be dug in the Pierce family ulot in Forest Lawn cemetery
...
(Cain, 106).
a fancy price.

High price.

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When the Germans were there they bought all the Norman hatter, and at
fancy prices. too*
(Pyle, ^15).
...hy buying up Senora Meeeeee' crop in advance, at a fancy -price (Hew
Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7. 18).
fan letter*
fan*

A letter written, to a celebrity by an admiring person, a

Do GIs write you fan lettereT

(Tank, 133)»

to fan out*
To move forward as a group and to separate from each
other progressively*
Began and a dozen friends fanned out and started moving up the slope*..
(Yank, 226)*
We fanned out, knowing exactly what to do without orders (Yank, 21).
You could hear them moving in the bushes maybe 20 yards away, fanning out
to see if we were an isolated unit or the main line (Yank, 21).
...the Urth fanned out in opposite directions*..
(Yank, 125)*
far and away.

Hy all means; truly; really; wholly; completely*

Transportation is by droshky and the droshky driver is far and away the
ler-st cooperative citizen (Yank, 66)*
...and did much to back up the Marine Corps contention that he is far end
away the most expe t mortar sergeant...
(Yank, 110)*
far away.

Indifferent; disinterested*

It was the same cold far-away voice and looking across the open grave, with
the casket over it*..
(Cain, 113)*
After a long time when she thought she would scream if she didn't get som e
relief from her woe, the far-away voice stopped*•• (Cain, 113)*
far be it from me to (
^r>itive).
tend to; I am not going to*

It is not for me to; I do not in­

.. .far be i^ from me to intrude on herlife*..
a far cry from.

(Cain,

215)*

Greatly different from; a great distance from*

He was a far cry from the farm boy**.

(Pyle, 260)*

the Far Bas£,«
The Orient; the eastern countries of the world as:
China; Japan; Burma, Indo— China; India; Siam, Tibet, Borneo, etc*
•..having recaptured Northern Burma in the only really successful Allied
offensive yet staged in the Far Bast (Yank, 131)*
the far £nd*
sentence*

The end away from the speaker or the subject of the

-38*+-

When Mason’s cigarette was half consumed, a door at the far end of the
room opened...
(Gardner, 177)*
far fetched.
Tenuous; unsubstantial; thin.
(This usually applies to
the thought, reasoning, processes in bringing a point which does not
seem pertinent, or does not apply.)
That he should bring up his perfunctory connection with the Episcopal church
struck her as pretty far-fetched (Cain, 82).
far fr om.

At a great distance away from.

They began firing immediately from a field not far from the beach

388)
.

(Pyle,

St. Barthelmy is...not far from the base of the Cherbourg peninsula
(Yank, 2M+).
The Victor Hugo.. .opened a place not far from Mr. Gessler’s place, and...
did a thriving trade (Cain, 2*+I)).
...she was as far from settling the main point as she had ever been (Cain,
73).

Everybody felt far from the war
far into the night.
morning.

(Pyle, 92).

Chtil late at night; until the early hours of the

Leaving Italy, we flew most of the day and far into the night

(Pyle, 295) •

farmer 1s daughtei?.
The daughter of a fanner*
(She is Jocularly
supposed to be a beautiful, shapely maiden susceptible to the wiles of
a man.
"Parmer, have you a daughter fair, paries—vous; Farmer have
you a daughter fair, parlez-vous; Farmer have you a daughter fair with
lily white tits and yellow hair; Hinky, dinky, paries-vous"•
Mademoiselle from Armentieres. World War I song.)
We hoped someday to buy some from a fanner 1s dmurhter

(Pyle, *+16).

to farm out.
To place one with someone else’s family for rearing;
to p l a c e at another’s responsibility and yet to want it returned and
improved.
In fact, when I was three months old, my father farmed me out to an Elfish
lady in Singapore
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19**7. 22).
Tremendous families out my way, °nd farming out is
thecustom (New Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7, 22).
the far North.
230 3 0 ’ North.

That country, region, north of the Arctic Circle,

...as the result of thirty-three years’ internment in an icy grave in
the far north (Gardner, 123).

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far off.

Blatant; remote; distantly; remotely*

...the sinewy names
Of far-off lands they never hoped to see...
(Yank, 151).
Walt heard the faint far-off slam of the door
(Yank, 138).
The "biggest ones lay far off. waiting their tunr to come in

(Pyle, 23)*

£, far off look*
An eacpression of the face which seems to indicate
that a person is not really looking at anything, "but is thinking*
They gave...a far-off look out of the window at the chimney pots of London
(Marquand, 26)*
far out.

A great distance away from a place.

There were also frequent warnings against venereal, disease, and one sign
far out in the country said...
(Pyle, 132).
•■
ou^
sea the ships themselves let go at the groan and grind of
German rotors in the sky (Pyle, 272).
It was our invasion fleet, formed there far out at sea waiting for us
(Pyle, 11).
Sometimes a unit got so far out ahead of those on either side that it had
to swing around...
(Pyle, /^'2).
You could see
far out to
sea (Pyle, 369).
far removed from*

At a great distance from, away from;nowhere

near*

He would "be put in some "backwash job far removed from eombat

(Pyl*, 33*0*

the far side*
opposite to

away from,

That side away from the
the group, or person*

majority;thatside

...we'd parked our jeep in a wooded lot on the far aide of the flat
(Yank, 196).
We came to a lane at the far side of the pasture
(Pyle, 428)*
farther on.

At a distance beyond; farther*

He hit the other two a few yards farther on
far rrpf

(Yank, 251)•

For a long distance up.

...you could see far up the trail, and even part way across the valley
below (Pyle, 15*0*
the Par West.
The western part of the United States; specifically,
California, Washington, Oregon.
...and their runes were scattered from the Sastern seaboard to the Far
West
(Yank, 86).

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& fa-flt colors

A dye, color, which does net fade*

...her dress had fast colors in it

(Tank, 155)*

fast and furious*
Sxciting due to a great amount of action; full of
activity; noise, excitement*
It was all fast and furious...
a fast one,

(Pyle, h3*0.

A drink of alcoholic beverage; a quick one*

...after a fast one with the boys at the corner tavern...
fast stuff.

(Yank, 183).

Illegal machinations, maneuvering, business*

...I've dealt with the government enough to know that if some fast stuff
like that was pulled, we*d all land in Jail (Cain, 80)*
a fat chance.

No chance whatever; no opportunity at all.

She has a week's wages coming — fat chance she stands of getting them
now (Gardner, 95-96).
"Fat chance you'll stand," Drake said gloomily (Gardner, 86 )*
fate hangs upon*

The destiny depends upon; the fate rests upon.

It is the story of a few minut s in which the fate of the ship hggg. w o n
the whim of the enemy (Pyle, 210)*
^ favorite dish*
A favorite food; a food one likes especially; hence
by extension, something one enjoys,
...they feed him generous helpings of his favorite dish —
(Tank, 19*0.
fear comes over*

Pear envelopes; fear takes possession of •

A sudden paralyzing fear had come over her...
a feather bed*

dead Japs

(Cain, 186).

A mattress which is stuffed with feathers.

...the driver of an M -19 could carry ten thousand feather beds and never
know the difference (Pyle, ^+26),
One driver even had a feather bed... (Pyle, h26).
a feather i n

hat.

A worthy achievement; something well done*

...Mr. Wilson must have heard that she could be like a clam when she
wanted to be, no matter what a feather in her hat the story might be..
(Marquand,*4-53)•

&, feature writer.
A newspaper writer who writes stories of special
Interest other than strictly news stories.
...at the same time one of the feature writers wanted to see Mr. and Mrs.
Breakwater for Just a minute...
(Marquand, 292).
New cartoonists cane and went with new managing editors...and feature
writers for the new women*s page (Marquand, 24).
fed up .

Disgusted; a condition of repugnance; satiated.

And the way Bert got fed up (Cain, 1*0•
...But I might as well tell you, Bert wasn't the only one that got fed
(Cain, 14).
I got fed u p too (Cain, 14).
I'm fed u p with the Army (Yank, 101).
This fellow w a s pretty fed u p with it all
(Pyle, 400)•
to feel about.

up

To have emotions and ideas regarding, concerning.

...Bert felt about it as she did (Cain, 257).
As a matter of fact, I felt exactly about it
you do, and I certainly
would never have taken this job... (Cain, 74).
I've come to talk about our children...our babies...because that's the
way I really feel about them (Cain, 193)*
to feel -— •
To feel normal; to feel in one's usual health and
emotional stability.
Shed a tear for some poor colonel
If he doesn't feel himself...
(Yank, 154).
to feel at home.
To act with little or no more restraint than one
does at home; to consider oneself as though in one's own home.
...the lad from Seneca Falls was feeling right at thome (Yank, 3*0*
It was all new and in bad taste, hut Jeffrey felt at home (Marquand, 267).
He called her dear because he wanted her to feel at home (Marquand, 530 )•
to feel close to.
To have the feeling of intimacy with; to have a
feeling of camaraderie with.
It was curious that he felt closer to his sister than he did to Madge at
the moment.
to feel good.

To be in good spirits; to be happy, contented.

But little things like that do sort of make you feel good...
to feel indignant.

To be indignant; to be almost angry.

(Pyle, 376).

-388-

Mildred...felt Indignant that she should now claim Glendale as her own
...
(Cain, 238).
feeling runs high.
strain is tense.

People are tense with emotional strain; emotional

Feeling runs high and all that is needed to create a reasonable facsimile
of an American football game is a sextette of co-ed cheerleaders
(Tank, 66).
to feel like a heel.
To he disconsolate; to feel badly; to feel as
though one has failed to do one's duty.
Tou feel like a heel if you are able to be here and aren't

(Pyle, 261).

For a man, usually, to run his hand over a girl's
to feel -leg; to caress her leg.
...Hans felt Arline's leg... (Cain, 152).
Hans...got the party started with a bang by feeling Sigred's leg
152).
to feel an obligation.
obbligation.

(Cain,

To realize an obligation; to accept an

After a few minutes Veda evidently felt some obligation to be friendly...
(Cain, 13)*
to feel out.
To discover an opponent's strength or position through
stealth or cunning.
...at night we sent out patrols to feel out the German position...
(Pyle,
252).
On the second day the Yanks sought to feel out the hill...
(Yank, 17).
to feel proud (of).

To have pride (in); to be proud (of).

She took them both through, and felt proud when Bert admired everything
profusely...
(Cain, 122).
...Mildred began to feel proud of the house...
(Cain, 229).
...she would stroll among them, smelling them and feeling proud... (Cain,

178).

to feel sorry for.

To be sorry for; to be regretful for.

We don't know whether to feel sorry for this guy or just laugh the thing
off...
(Yank, 211).
She felt sorry for him...
(Cain, 1^2).
to feel sure.

To be certain; to be sure; to be positive.

-389-

They felt sure that none of their copy had reached America (Pyle, 265),
She took three boxes...feeling sure that these would he enough for her­
self...
(Cain, 238)*
to feel towards.

To have an emotion or emotions regarding, concerning.

It permitted her to sit beside Bert without any sense of deceit, and really
feel friendly toward him (Cain, 87)*
to feel warm inside.

To be happy; to be contented; to be well pleased.

.. .if he had written a book that made 311a and Sinclair feel warm inside
(Marquand, 339)*
to f e e l

way.

To move cautiously and slowly as well as uncertainly.

You can’t realize how nearly impossible it is to arrive in the dead of
night at exactly the right spot with a convoy, feel your way in through
the darkness...
(Pyle, 26).
With a couple of others, I felt my way from our pigshed down to where we
thought the kitchen tent was (Pyle, 200).
One by one the platoon leaders felt their way up to the head of the column,,
reported their platoons ready in line, and felt their way back (Pyle,
200 )
.
.. .we left Pambouillet and decided to feel our way timidly toward the
very outskirts of Paris ^Pyle, ^55)•
to feel welcome.

To know one is welcome; to realize one is wanted.

...gl^d he dropped around, and wanted him to feel welcome any time, not
only for the children's sake but for her sake*
(Cain, 6l).
to feel well.

To be healthy; to be well; not to be sick.

...some unknown GT who looked after my nother when she wasn't feeling
well... (Yank, 212).
to fell at one blow.
easily.

To knock down with one blow, one strike; to fell

It was large and heavy enough to fell a kulak or a prime minister a£ one
blow (Yank, 132).
fellow man.

Any man; men in general.

...whether this is just a hunch or whether I'm naturally getting suspicious
of my fellow man (Gardner, 23)*
felony charge.
A charge of having committed a serious crime for which
one can be imprisoned or punished with death.

-390-

Have you ever 'been prosecuted on that felony chargeT (Gardner, 193)*
...you were arrested the night of the murder on a felony charge...
(Gardner, 193)*
felt hat.

A hat made of felt.

Water wae pouring off an old felt hat...
a fence row.

(Cain, 172).

A fence; a line made by a fence.

(Also attributive.)

A man could hide in the thick fence-row shrubbery...
a festering sore.

(Pyle, 373)•

A sore which is infected.

...high time that this festering sore was cut out...
to fetch a good -price.
price.

(Yank, 213).

To be expensive; to cost much; to bring a good

...Jeffrey was an important piece too, like...a piece that fetched & good
price even when business wae bad (Marquand, 305).
•goatling Buropa.
(German).
Nazis in World Ward II.

Portress Europe, soconsidered by the

Before long Portress Europe fPoatnpg Buropa) will be as familiar a term
as Blitzkreig or the second front
(Nation, Dec. 19, 19^2, 682).
few and far between.

Very

few; infrequent.

...letters were few end far between
^ few years back.

(Yank, 202).

A few years ago, in the past.

I bought the land a few yearB back...
2 0 ).
~

(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^-7,

field Jacket.
A short coat with blanket lining, of heavy cotton
material for soldiers' use, not a dress blouse.
You oughta whar a muffler under that field Jacket. corporal (Yank, 225).
His UB-ual uniform is a mudstained field Jacket with no rank insignia...
(Yank, 129).
I packed ay field Jacket... (Yank, 20).field kitchen.
food.

A kitchen set up out-of-doors to prepare soldiers*

In another corner of the pasture was a mess truck with its field kitchen
under some trees
(Pyle, *4-20).

.. .they would he glad when the service hoys and the field kitchens caught
up with them (Pyle, 385)•
field manual .
soldier.

A handbook of information, principles, data for the

With the Gun came a field manual...

(Tank, ?2).

field officer.
Army officers above the grade of captain; major,
lieutenant-colonel, colonel, hut below brigadier general.
Vhen you were young...all field officers seemed very old and...far
removed from the realities of military life...
(Marquand, 5^3)*
field niece.

A cannon.

Not until they were upon it did they realise that, instead of a field
niece, it was a dual-purpose anti-aircraft gun...
(Yank, 8).
Fifth Avenue.
An exclusive street in New York famed for its expensive
and luxurious shops.
Jeffrey and Madge used to meet sometimes near the Library on Fifth Avenue
...
(Marquand, 286).
fifth column.
Subversive enemy agents acting in coordination within a
foreign country.
Prudence...counsels the government to forestall as far as possible the
activities of this 1fifth column1 (New York Times, Oct. 17, 1936, 9)»
fifty-fifty chance.

An even chance; a chance with no odds.

...if shot down he had almost a fifty-fifty chance of becoming a prisoner
(Pyle, 170).
to fight back.
To force back through fighting; to fight in a superior
way so that the enemy must move back.
...the Chinese fought back the attacking force...
to fight down.

(Yank, 178).

To quell; to subdue; to hold within.

...a sick, nauseating, physical jealousy thet she couldn't fight down
(Cain, 196).
to fight for.
of.

To engage in a struggle for; to fight for the purpose

Vhy, that's just what we are fighting for., the freedom not to be drafted
for labor (Pyle, 110).

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to fight for breath*
To try to retain a breath and normal breathing
after one's diaphragm h«,s been temporarily paralyzed by a blow*
...Jeffrey staggered beneath his weight, drenched with perspiration, still
fighting for his breath (Marquand, 233)*
the fight game*

Professional boxing*

"What garnet" Jeffrey asked...
(Marquand, 9)*
the fighting front*

"The fight game"

the stranger said...

The area, zone, where the actual warfare is*

Reports from the fighting front are that Pvt* Floyd Pringle is a "swell
fellow"...
(Tank, 1757•
to fight it out*
To fight until one wins or loses; to fight until one
wins or is killed*
The Germans would stand and fight it out*..
to fight like a wildcat.
They fight like wildcats

(Pyle, k 51 )*

To fight furiously, savagely, wildly.
(Yank, 55)*

to fight off*
1* To drive away by fighting; to defend successfully by fighting*
...I looked forward to going back to the old soldier's routine of sleeping
on the ground, not washing before breakfast, and fighting off fleas
(Pyle, W+).
...she fought him off... (Cain, 17l)»
But the night shift at the power plant... fought them off and saved the
plant•..
(Tank, 219)•
to fight on.

To continue fighting; to go on fighting.

The 4th Battalion...fought on after Cisterna...

(Tank, 126).

to f i g h t
way.
To struggle through almost insurmountable
difficulties; to struggle*
From below came the noise of damage control parties, fighting their way
through with hose and extinguishers (Yank, b-6)*
a figure of speech.

A figurative expression; an idiom*

I t ’s just a figure of speech

(Marquand, 390)*

-393-

to figure in*
action, etc.

To be included in; to be a part of, a situation, plot,

"Does ehe figure in itt"
to

fig u rs

Mason asked

(Gardner, 90).

on.

1. To plan; to anticipate.
She hadn't figured on having to give her name at a bank (Gardner, 10).
T h a t ’s why I figgered on doin' somethin' in a little different line (Tank,
132).
His sister was figuring on marrying into a rich family
(Gardner, ?2).
2. To solve; to work for a solution concerning; to make inferences about.
...but that's where they figure on body temperature, rigor mortis, and
things like that (Gardner, 8*4— 85)*
to figure out.

To solve; to calculate; to come to a conclusion about.

Mr, B. drew up plans and figured out costs for him...
(New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 19^7, 20).
As far as I could figure it out he had captured them all himself (Pyle, 377).
...everything is ready for human flight in rocket ships as soon as
somebody figures out how to get the passengers back to earth (New
Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19*47, 17).
It took the pilot and his squadron commander two hours of intense map
study to figure out what field we had shot up so beautifully (Pyle, 169).
...they've got th^t figured out too (Pyle, 163).
He figured out that the Germans had pulled a tank of the woods...and were
trying to shell the hillside ahead of us (Pyle, 192).
He had the next war figured out (Pyle, 33*0*
I finally figured out that he walked on his handB so much because it
was easier than walking in those gigantic shoes (Pyle, 227).
If our pilots did think of a novel evasive maneuver one day, the Germans
had it figured out by the next (Pyle, 162).
...I w a s back in Gafsa, studyinga map of the Southern Tunisian terrain,
trying to figure out what happened... (Yank, 31).
But Schulte figured out a system (Yank, 55).
They h^d it all figured out by percentages... (Pyle,280).
I played a game of pool and gigured things out (Gardner, 103).
So they're covering him with e thick coat of whitewash; and. ..Serle was
smart enough to figure that all out (Gardner, 127).
When he secs those papers, I don't want him to have time enough to figure
out what they mean (Gardner, 128).
...for some reason I can't figure out, Americans like to sleep with a
blanket.. .over their heads (Yank, 1*49 ).
.. .the people will know what your thoughts are. ..instead of trying to
figure out what they think your thoughts are (Yank, 1*49).

4

-39**-

Must 1)0 10 times tougher than usual ftgnriny out ration points for all
them Christman orders (Tank, 184)*
1 "believe I could figure the whole thing out in not more than an after­
noon (Tank, 137
The idea that generals are the only kind of Army personnel capable of
figuring out ways and means and all that stuff is unsound (Tank, 137).
"...I can't figure you our.11 he said (Yank, 230).
...you don't even have to be a musician to figure that out(Cain,
132).
Sergeant Jack McCray had his own chances all figured out (Pyle, 115).
Figure it out for yourself (Cain, 206).

7.

to figure

u p

.

To total; to add; to solve.

Ho matter how they figure it u p . when you're selling goodB you get paid
on commission...
(Cain, 50)•
to file in.
To enter; to come in.
one of a group•)

(This implies the entrance one by

...crews filed in for early chow at 4 p.m.
(Tank, 241).
When we filed in for our IQs...
(Tank, 166).
The Kiwis filed in with the rations while we left the barbed wire outside
(Yank, 58).
to file out.
To exit; to go out; to leave.
singly of a group.)

(This implies the exit

The crews, looking sober, filed out and got into their trucks (Pyle, 209).
The platoon, wearing light packs, dutifully filed out of the hut (Tank,
102

).

to file u p .
To walk toward, to, a place, one.
moving in single file, singly.)
...as the men filed un the draw toward our house...

(This implies a group
(Tank, 241).

f<n p g cabinet.
A large box, metal or wood, with a drawer which is
used to hold, file, papers, documents, etc.
(Most often the cabinet
has four drawers one on top of another and each drawer constructed to
hold 8"xll1' paper.)
She
acquired a memory like a llling cabinet... (Cain, 230 ).
Drawers were pulled out of the desks and the flllng cabinets were open
(Gardner, 49).
filing case.

(See; filing, cabinet-.)

...where Drake had contrived to place a small desk, a swivel chair, three
telephones, a filing case, and a steel safe (Gardner, 60).
to fill the bill.

To be satisfactory, useful, of use.

-395-

...she didn't quite know what a dietician wae, hut she felt she could
fill the hill
(Cain, 35).
Astrologers, she reflected unhappily, didn't quite seem to fill the hill
at this particular time
(Cain, 106).
to he filled with*
thoughts full of.

To he emotionally charged with; to have one's

I was filled with the spirit of adventure, and wanted to go places and
do things (Gardner, 112).
filet (fillet) of sole.
for food.

A boneless slice of sole, an excellent fish

One was filet of sole and haked potatoes, the other roast lamb chops,
peas, and baked potatoes (Gardner, 198).
...eating fillet of sole with her there at the Echelon (Marquand, 320).
a fill in.
A couplets explanation of those things guessed or surmised;
a complete exposition.
...the general always came to our correspondents' camp and, in front of a
big map, gave us a complete fill-in on the situation (Pyle, 308).
...we'd been given a general fill-in on the invasion plans
(Pyle, 1).
to fill in.

To fill completelyr wholly; to cover by filling.

...had been so churned by shell-fire that no one had tried to touch it or
fill In the remains of caving trench systems...
(Marquand, 227)*
to fill in the gaps.

To clarify; to explain; to give an exposition.

"In that event," Mason said, "I'll fill in the gaps as best I can, and do
as I see fit"(Gardner, 180) .
filling station.
A kind of store at which one can buy gasoline, motor
oil, accessories for an automobile, at which one can have one's car
greased, the oil drained and replaced, have his windshield cleaned,
and where there are rest rooms for the public; service station.
She...could slip into a filling station and inquire in a self-respecting
way...
(Cain, 42).
But here there were no filling stations, nobody she could ask, nothing
but miles of deserted pavements.. . (Cain, h2).
e've pas ed the big signboards with the cigarette advertisement, and there'
the filling station (Marquand, 111).
to fill a need.

To

do that which is essential, necessary, to be

done.

...the men in our little repair shop worked all hours trying to fill the
need (Pyle, ^21).

39h-

to fill out*

1. To answer a questionnaire in writing*
beside e*ch question for the answer.

Most often there is a space

...Hot Jeep had Sgt. Hardfeet fill out the requisition slips for our out­
fit •• PX sup lies (Tank, 139 J.
It was then that Mrs. Books had her fill out the card (Cain, 33)*
...she waved Mildred to a small desk, and without looking up, told her
to fill out a card (Cain, 36).
At only one store was she permitted to fill out a card (Cain, 3r>)*
If he would come in tomorrow and fill out an application and meet Colonel
So-and-so...
(Marquand, 5?4).
We sat in the plane a couple of minutes while Chief filled out some
reports...
(Pyle, 325)*
But fi voting meant that soldiers would have to fill out long questionnaires
...
(Pyle, 137).
At the bank, she drew $30, fllllne: out the stub quickly, and trying not
to think of the 7 she had to write under "Balanced Forward"
(Cain, 116).
2. To become plump, fat; to put on flesh; to gain weight.
Gradually life began to flow into him again, his face filled out. ..and
the famous MacDonald smile...began to return (Pyle, 301).
And her figure had filled out. .. (Cain, 190).
...their faces vrere filled out...
(Pyle, 349)*
You're certainly filled out since you got in the Army (Yank, 160).
to fill to capacity.

To fill completely; to fill full.

The base theater. ..was filled to capacity that night...

(Tank, 206).

to fill u p .
1. To fill; to become full; to be filled.
His main job there wae filling u p shell craters (Pyle, 241).
...the upper tiers of seats already filling up... (Cain, 238).
If they're just phorfes, brought in a hurry to fill up. it'll look like
that living room (Cain, 228).
2. To tell many things; to lead to believe.
Because you were filling her up with all this foolishness... (Cain, 167).
3. To satiate with food and drink; to feed one completely.
yill him uo on it —
to fill a want*

much as he wants, and more
To be useful, necessary.

(Cain, 24).

...it evidently filled at want, for he had sold thirty hy the time the
war called a recess...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19*4-7, 19)*
final w a m .
Examinations covering courses taken in a school for a
term's or year's work*
"I suppose you have to work pretty hard, now," Louella said, "with final
exams coming" (Marquand, 185)•
the final touches*

Those things which are the last things do he done*

Only one man could do the final touches of bracing and balancing*
(Pyle, 7*0.
financial affairs.
do with money*

Those affairs, problems, transactions, having to

I'm living in his house, manage most of his financial affairs. end corre­
spondence (Gardner, 3).
to find fault.
for bed things.

To criticize adversely; to make criticisms; to look

"Darling," Madge said, "I'm not finding fault"(Marquand, 535).
to find it in -—
to desire to*

heart to (infinitive)*

... I could find it in my heart to.. .
to find out.

To

be willing to; to want to;

(Cain, 216).

To learn; to discover; to get to know about*

Fellow called the Times last Friday to find out whether a certain new
radio urogram had got under way yet (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^7,
21 ).
You go on your way and never find out the answer
(Pyle, 231 )•
...they find out that in the clinches it's not
the planes or the ranks,
i t '8 the Infantry that wins wars (Yank, 2*4-).
She had run a dozen numbers without finding out anything...
(Cain, 97).
When the examiners strike a case like that, they try to find out the
trouble...
(Pyle, 12*4-).
I want to find out about some papers (Gardner, 23)*
The minute they find out I speak Italian they start giving me a sob story
...
(Pyle, lid).
...we never did find out who the general was
(Pyle, 239).
When they find out you're not going to serve them that drink...
(Cain, 1*4-8).
The GIs heard more noises inside the pillbox but didn't bother to find out
who was causing it...
(Yank, 1h5).
How you founfl out what I was doing I don't know...
(Cain, 72).
We sent a destroyer through the fleet to find out how the ships were
getting along (Pyle, 20).

-398-

We never did find out for sure why the Italian "big guns didn't let us
have it (Pyle, 22)•
It was my jot to find out who was out there...
(Tank, 123).
.. .Phyllis said you wanted to find out something about Alden Leeds
(Gardner, 21 )•
They found out later they were a long way from Sherwood Forest
(Pyle,
327).
That's one of the things I've found out about the sea...
(Pyle, 230).
It seems to take any nation a year or two to find out through experience
all the little things needed at the front...
(Pyle, 2h3).
I did a little investigating and found out your telephone line to the
office and hers at her apartment were tapped (Gardner, 125).
But where the devil he came from before he contacted Leeds, is more than
I can find out (Gardner, 127).
What's all this about Milicant being Hogarty...and how did you find out
about the frostbitten foot?
(Gardner, 128).
I managed to find out who her favorite hairdresser was...
(Gardner, 15*0.
He only found out later that he was in no man's land, and that the
lines were very fluid (Marquand, 235).
When not writing a poem, he's writing a letter to find out why his last one
wasn't used (Tank, 36).
The major called his forward platoons by radio to flnd out whet had caused
all the noise (Yank, 59).
It never occurred to me to find out the reason (Gardner, 86).
It'll be a long time before they find out from me where the boy is
hiding...
(Cain, 207).
I went to my first sergeant... to find out about getting the allotment to
stop...
(Tank, l?h).
Well, that's okay — or so I thought until I found out...he got frostbite
...
(Yank, 173).
...it's a good thing I found out what you were up to...
(Cain, 207).
She had found out...where Veda was staying (Cain, 208).
...the guys what owe me the money find out I am charging interest
(Yank,

162).

Bow...will you find out what apartment she's in. Chief? (Gardner, 158).
But when she found it out. she knew enough about Conway to know where to
finu him (Gardner, 83).
During the invasion of Sicily we would often say to each other that we
wished we were back in New York so we could find out how we were doing
(Pyle, hi).
...that interview required considerable preparation, like finding out which
chaplain in camp had the highest rank...
(Yank, l6h).
I'll find out who's responsible for this and start turning on the heat
(Gardner, 185).
I've found out white a bit of family history (Gardner, 121).
He'd found out Milicant was going under the name of Conway, and found out
about the twenty grand (Gardner, 183).
...Veda, would find out she had once actually apolied for a servant's job
(Cain, 192)•
I was so darned afraid they'd find out about my frostbitten foot that I
slept with my shoes on all the time they had me in the cooler...
(Gardner, 217)*

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Next morning I fmmri out that the dice were crooked (Gardner, 216)•
...Leeds found out Hogarty wae on hie trail, and ran away...
(Gardner,

168).

Then when Harold found out that Alden Leede had made a hig check in
favor of L.C. Conway...
(Gardner, 167).
Mason said, "Finding out things is our business. Miss Colton"
(Gardner,
l6h).
To him, you were a red-hot mamma the second he fotmd out about you (Cain,
22 ).
.. .should begin making advances the moment he found out she had no hus­
band any more (Cain, 21).
...an agent, or a talent scout, who had found out that for a dollar and
a half's worth of newspaper space he could have a day-long...
(Cain,

32).
In Dyersburg, Tenn., Rosie had quietly canvassed his crew to find out
how they felt about combat (Tank, 86).
But we want to keep the district attorney from finding out what we're
doing...
(Gardner, 121).
The telephone man was checking up to find out which wires he'd have to
repair that night
(Tank, 60).
There are two kinds of boys. I've found out..
(Tank, lb-9).
She thought up little schemes to find out their names, remembemd all their
little likes...
(Cain, 63).
Then I'll find out what he pays
(Cain, 6b-).
Who asked you to go snoopii^ around my closet tofind outwhet here there
was any liquor theT*e or not? (Cain, 55)•
to find time.

To take the time; to have time*

The previous two weeks had been a made scramble in which it had seemed
she would never find time for all she had to do (Cain, 87).
A lieutenant, wounded on the patrol action. ..found time to have it dressed
2 hours later (Tank, 7).
to find a trace.

To discover

No trace could be fg«pd
to fln^ a way out of.
of.
I found a way out of thiB
to find the way.
to a place.

a trail,

spoor*

(Pyle, h2h).
To discover a solution for; to solve the problems
^Pyle, 3^-2).

To discover, learn, where to

go; to learn how to

I am sure that I never would have b e e n able to find the, way myself

31).

go
(Tank,

I'll find my way, thank you (Cain, b-3).
...I am astonished that the good general ever managed to find his wa,£
here...
(Tank, 31)*

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12. i l 2 &
2SZ
To ‘be able to know how to go and come in a
place without getting lost; to know directions*
Men who have been away six weeks have trouble in finding their wav a r o u n d
when they get back (Tank, 75) •
to find work.

To get a position, Job; to become employed.

She talked about money, and his failure to find work...
a fine time*

(Cain, 4).

A good time; a pleasurable time; fun; pleasure.

...he always said, of course, that he had £ fine time, but even then he
did not entirely believe it (Marquand, 175)fingemrlnt expert.
One whose profession it is to know about finger­
prints, how to match them, how to identify them, how to photograph
them, how to record them*
Pitner proved to be a handwriting and fingerprint expert who qualified
himself as an expert in his profession...
(Gardner, 150)*
to finish off*

To kill; to cause to die.

...a hand grenade, thrown into their hole, finished them off.
to finish u p .
To finish; to end; to stop.
of something in addition to the stopping.)

(Pyle, 441)

(This implies a completion

Then having little do do until Arline, Pancho, and Letty finished u p . she
slipped off her apron...
(Cain, 126).
to finish with.

To be through with; to stop doing (something).

What are you going to do when you*re finished with college?

(Marquand,

187).
When he had fini shed with the trees, he raked the twigs and dead branches
into a pile...
(Cain, l)*
to fire away.

To fire repeatedly; to shoot repeatedly and often*

...the infantryman1s lot, firing away from their shallow mudslots.

(Yank,

181).

They had been firing away at a pillbox ahead...
(Pyle, 405)The other PT tagged along behind us and fired away... (Yank, 254).
to fire back.
shot at.

To shoot, fire, in return; to shoot after having been

He 81i11 wouldn't fire back (Yank, 148).
They drop to the ground and Just lie there; won't even fire, back
148).

(Yank,

fire bomb

An incendiary bomb; a bomb designed to start fires*

By cable to the Reader's Digest comes this vivid firsthand account of the
experiences of an American reported on the night that fire-bombs rained
on the ancient cityof London (Bead. Dig. Mar., 19^1, 6)•
fire extlngulsher*
A device filled with any of several substances de­
signed to put outy extinguish, fires.
...run to the spot with equipment that includes everything from fire
extinguishers to monkey wrenches
(Tank, 46)*
to fire off.

To shoot; to cause to explode, as powder.

They said it sounded as if somebody had fired off a dozen shotguns in
the cockput
(Pyle, 163)*
to fire on.

To shoot at; to fire at.

Whet if they fire on u sT

(Tank, 21).

fire power.
Size of the caliber of the guns in relation to therapidity
with which they can fire as well as the weight of the shell which is
shot.
(This implies a gre^t amount of power.)
The purpose of a mechanized force is to provide a powerful, fast-moving
weapon, capable of wide maneuverabilit,- , which combines f 1re—power.
speed, and shock to a much higher degree than now exists in the older
arms or in any one combatant arm (Congressional Record Proceedings
and Debates
72 Congress Session Vol. 75, Part 9, 9930).
to fire a round.

To shoot one shell, bullet.

The battalion once fired 1,500 rounds in 2h hours...
(Tank, 13^)«
The battalion fired its first round a few hours after debarking on
Cherbourg Peninsula...
(Tank, 13*0*
to fire a salvo*

To shoot

many guns, cannons, at once, simultaneously.

He was lazily watching them when they suddenly fired a salvo with a
deafening roar (Tank, h6).
fireside chat.
A radio speech to the public by an official on the
state of the country, or some national problem.
(This was employed
extensively by Franklin D. Roosevelt who radio manner seemed to many
to be quite conversational.)
You listen to the "Fireside Chats" —
call them — ...
(Marquand, 271 )•

and that's a dam n funny thing to

-402-

a firing squad.
A squad, group of man, armed with rifles and designated
to kill a prisoner* A firing squad is now usually military*
...the Hazis made their victims eweat it out waiting...a flogging or the
firing BQuad... (Tank, 220)*
We had.. .narrowly escaped the firing so-uad
(Tank, 221)*
& firm hell ever*

A staunch believer; one who believes thoroughly*

...I was a firm believer in the New Tork subway (Tank, 12).
Lieutenant Gray was a firm believer in the flak vest
(Pyle, 336)*
a firm mouth*

A mouth, lips, which indicate a strong willed person*

His eyes were dark and deep-set and his mouth was very firm...
221 ).

(Marquand,

first aid*
Emergency hedical treatment given to a victim of an accident
while waiting for a physician's care* The person giving first aid
need not be a medical doctor*
(also attributive.)
They give what first aid they can on the battlefield...
(Pyle, 51).
There were first-aid kits...
(Pyle, 36?)*
I also drew...first-aid materials... (Yank, 117).
They are the first aid men in the Medics
(Tank, 212).
I didn't know anything about medicine or first aid... (Tank, 125)*
first and last*

Only; single; unique*

So Pompeii was the first and last real sightseeing I got to do in Italy
(Pyle, 133).
first class*
1. Superior quality; prime quality; excellent; very good*
...what they needed was a first-class bombing raid (Tank, 217).
...I realize what a first-class heel I was...
(Yank, 215)*
2. In the best transportation facilities; in the best available
accommodations*
The generals and lieutenants it carried first class

(Tank, 115)»

first degree murder*
Murder that is wilful, deliberate, premedjfeted;
or murder committed while in perpetration of; rape, robbery, arson, or
mayhem*
(Also murder in the first degree.)
The Judge is going to bid you over on a charge of fir si degree murder
(Gardner, 152).

-40 >

•..would have been the conviction of an innocent man of first degree
murder
(Gardner # 509)•
If you don’t follow my instructions, one or both of you is quite apt to
get a first degree murder rap pinned on you (Gardner, 119),
first draft*
The uncorrected, unedited, manuscript; the first writing
of a paper, book, play, poem, etc.; a rough draft*
...he came across the first draft of a play, Jammed between some old
checkbooks and some scenarios from Hollywood (Marquand, 327)*
"Of course," he said, "it’s a first draft. Marianna" (Marquand, 496).
first floor*

The ground floor* the floor at or near the ground level*

...one gigantic studio, with all the first floor...given over to it
134).
first hand.

Coming from the original, the authority, the genuine, etc.

...they get a first-hand glimpse of our racial discrimination
They’ll assure you first-hand
That there's many a missing link
In the chain of command
(Yank, 153).
first light.

(Cain,

(Yank, 213).

Barly dawn; the break of day*

We got a camouflage net over in preparation for the first light next
morning (Pyle, 370).
In the Jungle the first light of dawn always brings heavy fire... (Yank,

).

6

the first
knows of (it).
knowledge of it.

The first intimation of it; the initial

The first _I knew of it was when blood ran down my chin and dropped onto
my hand...
(Pyle, 248).
first look at.
A preliminary cursory examination of; a first sight of;
a first impression of*
When we got our first look at Sicily we were all disappointed

(Pyle, 31).

first name.
The first of one's given nnames.
(In the U.S. people are
usually given three names; two given names and a surname, or family
name, as John Henry Doe, in which John is the first name. This, however,
is not always the name by which a person is known since one may be called
Tjy the second of the given names. It is still called a first name.)
(Also attributive.)
...they knew every man on our side by his first name

(Yank, 167).

.40 4-

...they were always calling each other by their first names, or what was
worse, by nicknames...
(Marquand, 211).
I hope you'll excuse my calling you by your first name, but I think of
you that way because Jim has told me so much about you (Marquand, 315).
Mildred was so startled at hearing herself addressed by her first name
that it was a second or two...
(Cain, *i2).
Then, if I ever get to know you well enough to callyou by your first name.
I'll call you that
(Cain, 91)*
He knew bartenders and policemen by their first names... (Marquand, 32).
It interested Jeffrey to learn that the Hewcombes, who must have been
there all day, had not achieved a first-name basis yet
(Marquand, 116).
first night.
or the like.

The first performance of a play, musical comedy, opera,
(Also attributive.)

Then came first nights and dinner parties and it would not be polite
unless you stayed...
(Marquand, 326).
...it had been panned unanimously by the first-night wolf packs...
(Yank,
132).
first of all.

Chiefly; primarily; principally;; in the first place*

First of all we checked with each other...
(Pyle, 36*0.
First of all. the Luftwaffe wps weak over there at that time
He was first of sill an artiBt
(Pyle, 138)*
first one and then (another).

(Pyle, 161)

Repeatedly; one after another; many.

...he hurled first one and then a second gasoline-filled plasma bottle...
(Yank, 19)*
first rate.

Very

good; excellent; superior.

But now he was going to the Munitions Building to see his old friend Bill
Swinburne, who must have been a first-rate fellow.
(Marquand, 571).
the f i r s t

sees of.

One's first sight of; one's initial glance at.

The first he saw of them then was over his right shoulder when Shenley
Rhett had shouted to him (Marquand, 230).
first taste of.
one's beginning in.

One's initiation into; one's introduction to;

They were having their first taste of war..
the first thing.

(Pyle, 385)*

Before anything else; at first; firstly.

They would be...rsad by everyone first thing in the morning (Yank, 181).
...he always dug in the first thing (Pyle, W±3)«
...why do we have to go into this the first thing in themorningT
(Marquand, 13)*

-405-

Always that

w m

the first thing to do

first thing you know.

(Pyle, 23).

Suddenly; quickly.

...first thing you know. I stripped to my shorts...
first time.

(Yank, 209).

The initial time.

Westcott was at war for the first time...
(Pyle, 370).
He l a u g h e d when he told me ahout his first time in "battle (Pyle,189).
...he wanted to go into business for himself for the first time in his
life (Pyle, 449).
fish eyed look.

A dull, unseeing look, expression, in o n e ’s eyes*

...her face fashioned to the fish-eyed look that marks the last stages
of such rites
(Cain, l6l).
to flah out.

To hunt for and "bring out; to get from among many others.

Just as soon as a division advances to the edge of the territory covered
"by maps, the map
officer hps to dig into his portable warehouse
and fish
out thousands of new maps (Pyle, 64).
to fish out of.
To lift, extract, from water; to pick up from out of
water or other liquiC.
.. .many guys had "been fished out of the water
(Pyle, 3^9).
A flier was fished out of the Horth Sea...
(Pyle, 349).
fist fight.
A fight "between two or more peo le in which "blows are
struck with the fists.
It sounded as if Congress were practically in fist f jghts about it

(Pyle,

1 3 7 ).

to fit into th« background.
To be, or seem to be, a natural, usual,
ordinary part of the background.
Though the sounds were too dull to disturb him, they f it ted into the
background of his thoughts, making him already a part of the city
(Marquand^ 306)•
to fit into a uatshwork.
of a large area.

To place, inat, assign, to a specific spot

In June, 1943, when our military and naval forces began fitting the war
correspondents into the great Sicilian invasion patchwork...
(Pyle, 1).
to fit into the pattern.
of.

To be a part of; to be an integral division

-406-

It was hard even for Jeffrey to recall...how they had ever fitted into
the -pattern of his life (Marquand, 32).
to fit into the picture.

To he a natural part (of); to belong (to).

Pieare, too, fitted into the picture
to fit in with.
of.

(Marquand, 73).

To be natural to; to be in place with; to be a part

He spoke self-consciously, because it made him sound like a retired army
officer, and somehow it did not fit in with Jim or with anything...
(Marquand, 63)*
not a fit n ight for man (n)or beast.
(Jocular).

A stormy night; a hitter night.

It won't be XJ2. fit night out for man nor beast
a fit of coughing*
for some time.

A coughing spasm; a spell of coughing; coughing

His chuckling started a fit of 9oughiqg
to fit out.

(Cain, 23).

(Gardner, 56).

To prepare; to supply; to furnish.

Hach command ship had been specially fitted out for the purpose, with
extra space for "war rooms"
(Pyle, 15)*
The old inn had been renovated, all fitted out with a taproom (Marquand,

).

112

fits and jerks.
Spasmodically; at random intervals*
no rhythm pattern.
Our guns kept up their booming in fits and jerks
five dollar word.

off and on with

(Pyle, 370)*

A pretentious, seldom used, word; a big word.

'Geopolitics'... this five-dollar term

(Life, May 25, 1942, 89)*

five will get you ten.
To be willing to bet two to one; to be willing
to give two to one odds in a bet.
Five will get you ten that windbag won't let up till morning...
Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).

(New

fixed price.
A set price; an established and agree on price; a
price not subject to change.
...this had first started his doing work on collaboration at a fixed
price on every job (Marquand, 304).

to ta fixed for#

To "be •'applied with; to have in reserve*

■How are you fixed for evening clothest" the clerk asked
to he fixing to (infinitive)*

(Marquand, 255).

To he starting, preparing, to*

If we wasn't climhing a hill, we was fixing to climb one

(Tank, 232)*

to fix U P *
1. To prepare; to get ready*
We tiptoed into the place gingerly, suspecting booby traps, but finally
decided it had not been fixed up.
(Pyle, 76)*
In action the officers Just flopped down on the hard rocky ground Just
like everybody else, but when they went into reserve they fixed up
bedrolls on smooth places under the trees, with blankets and mosquito
nets
(Pyle, 63).
He had it fixed up with sponge rubber cushions...
(Pyle, 308).
Some of them spent their time fixing up their tents...
(Pyle, *t25).
I can have Lucy fix u p a special table*.
(Cain, 189).
I ' H fix that up. for you (Cain, 150)*
Some of their tents were fixed up inside even nicer than the officers'
(Pyle, 21*0.
They fixed up stoves and lights and shelves...
(Pyle, 176).
The men had their places fixed up more comfortably and kept them neater
(Pyle, 175).
They had fixed up their offices and quarters (Pyle, 28*0*
...Bert had fixed it up. with a sofa, comfortable chairs, and photographs
...
(Cain, 25).
...how did you like that little surprise I fixed up, for you?
(Cain, 117).
They had fixed it up. nicely for him...
(Pyle, 395).
...he had orders fixed up for me...
(Tank, 171).
2* To make; to change;

to cause to become.

General Ifaker lived in a wooden Dallas hut, fixed up with a big fireplace
and deep lounges...
(Pyle, 315).
General Bradley lived in an Army truck which h^d been fixed up like a
tourist trailer
(Pyle, 310)*
It made him think of the radio in the room in the apartment which Madge
had fixed u~p f-s a study (Marquand, 4-90)*
That used to be an Itie railroad but the Engineers have fixed it uj^ into
a road...
(Pyle, 196).
3. To arrange; to settle by an agreement*
Fow can we fix it up 60 it seems casual?
(Gardner, 89).
And one of the officers said th?t that might be fixed up...
197).

(Gardner,

-U 0 8 -

To care for; to take care of.
I fixed up those trees

(Cain, 3)*

5. To come to an -understanding; to agree; to come to an agreement.
...told me everything hPd been fixed up. and that he'd returned all hut
two thousand dollars to you (Gardner, 109)*

6 . To repair and adjust.
The Navy sent salvage parties of Seahees ashore right behind the assait
troops and began reclaiming the Sicilian harbors and f i x i n g u p beaches
for -unloading (Pyle, 35)•
Our morale sure was low this morning, but that Frenchman we captured
fixed it aj> (Pyle, 37*0.
"Jeff," she said, " w h y do you wp^ste your t i m e f i x i n g u p t h o s e rotten
playsT"
(Marquand, 85).
to fix things up with.
agreement with.

To make arrangements with; to come to an

It looked as though she'd dropped in, fixed things
was back for a longer visit...
(Gardner, 6*0•
to fix things with.
ment with.

up

with Mill cant, and

To make arrangements with; to come to an agree­

...she thought she hpd fixed things with a certain Senora Meneses...
(New Yorker,XXIII,
June 28, 19**7, 18).
to f i x
u p .
To arrange for an engagement, date, for a boy, young
man, with a girl, young woman.
(This implies the finding a girl and
asking her if she wants to go out with the boy.)
Fix me ujd — a little girl
with eyes of baby blue...
(Yank, 156).
I fjy each one u p »s they come in person orby phone...
to be fixed with.

(Yank, 156).

To be settled with; to be arranged with.

She blew up, said everything was fixed up with Alden Leeds and that it
would ruin the play...
(Gardner, 73)•
to fizzle out.

To come to nothing; not to occur; to peter out.

He added that it left him Jumpy and nervous ao get trained to razor
and then have the Job fizzle out
(Pyle, 27).
fizz water.

Soda water; carbonated water.

edge

-409^

Ae soon as she got half of her fizz water down, she Jumped up
spinning around... (Cain, 56)1

"began

a flag stop,
A place where a train stops only when there is a
passenger to get on or get off; hence, a rather unimportant place.
The clearing station was a small tent hospital of the Forty Fifth Division,
a sort of flag stop for wounded on the way "back from the lines (Pyle.
^ 5 ).

a flair for.

An aptness for; an ability for,

...Silver City cigarettes that showed the Jap flair for imitation

(Yank,

176).
flak vest.
A vest, coat like garment, reinforced with steel to protect
aviators from flak, anti-aircraft artillery "bomb fragments,
A flak vest is a sort of coat of mail,..
(Pyle, 336).
He vae a firm believer in a flak vest (Pyle, 336),
£ flsnne thrower.
flame of fire.

A military device which shoots an exceptionally long
Itis used to turn and kill by burning.

Flame throwers were brought up in an effort to heat the Japs out of the
ground...
(Yank, 1?).
Since fl'-me frhrowera had been unsuccessful three days before, he sought
another method
(Yank, 19)*
Another colonel, inventor of a Rube Goldberg glame thrower agreed to
demonstrate it
(Yank, 53 )•
...the Japs were afraid only of flame throwers (Yank, 5*0•
...that broke up
thedemonstration of the home-made flame thrower,leaned
to the theory that the Jap 6 were bomb-happy (Yank, 53)*
to f i u p .
momentarily.

To increase in size or volume suddenly; to increase

When the flame flared

u p

. ..

(Cain, 170).

a flash back.
The presentation of an earlier occurance in the middle
of a drama, play, movie, etc.
It was like the technique of a damatic flash-back, fading lights, and
twenty yesrs earlier...
(Marquand, 281) •
§. fla-sh flood.
A flood which comes unexpectedly and very, very
rapidly.
(They usually occur in the western part of the U.S.).
Flash floods.. .will raiee a stream 12 fert in 12 hours...

(Yank, 233)*

-ilO -

to flash I n t o
out reason*

mind.

To occur to one suddenly; to be thought of with­

A suspicion flashed into h er mind
a flash of lightning*
lightning*

(Cain, 258)*

One occurrence of lightning; a streak of

As Jeffrey listened a f1°sh. of lightning lit up the room where he and
Madge were sleeping.”
(Marquand, 533)*
to flash on*
at once*

To turn on, as an electric light suddenly; to light up

The searchlight flashed on again but from then on they were busy fanning
the beach itself (Pyle, 22)*
to flash —
a glance*
To look at one quickly; to look at one for a
brief instant*
(This often implies that a person is trying to com­
municate with another through a glance*)
Brake flashed him a sidelong glance
to flash over*

(Gardner, 17)•

To fly over rapidly, quickly*

*..a lone Zero flashed over and zoomed away again*..

(Pyle, 1^6)*

to flash a story*
To send out, distribute, a newspaper,story, article,
over the telegraph wires*
...the press would flash a story...over the wires*..
to flash thrrvngh
to one1s mind*

mind*

(Yank, 175)*

To occur to one suddenly; suddenly to come

But at that moment it flashed through her mind that perhapds the real
remedy was to get the pie contract herself
(Cain, 6^0*
flashy clothes*
Gaudy, extreme in fashion, too striking, to apt to
cause notice, clothing*
Pancho, it seemed, was addifcted to flashy clothes. and thus had incurred
the enmity of Archie...
(Cain, 115)*
a flask o n
hip*
A flask, small bottle usually holding a pint or
one-half pint, of alcoholic liquor carried most often in a man*s hip
pocket*
Here lies a GI where he longs to be
With a flask on his hiu and a blonde on his knee...

(Yank, 152).

flat feet*
(Pea valgpplanus) A condition in which one or more of the
hone arches of the feet have collapsed, fallen.
(Also: fallen arches.)
...he was once rejected by the Army for flat feet

(Tank, 16)*

flat heeled shoes.
Shoes whose heels sure not over three—quarters of an
inch high; shoes whose heels sure like men's shoes*
(This ■usually im­
plies women's shoes*)
...end flat-heeled shoes

(Cain, 133)*

flat on —— hack*
Supine; on one's hack with one's face upward and
with one of one's limbs projecting upward*
Sgt... .Toner* . .lay flat on his hack. ..
flat o n
ward*

fa e e .

(Yank, 250)*

Prone; lying so that the belly and face are down­

...the ground moved so uncertainly thet he stumbled and fell flat on his
face...
(Marquand, 238)*
to flatten out*
To level an airplane after diving; to turn an airplane
from a nearly vertical movement to a horlsontal one*
...he was only thinking of flattening out from the dive (Marquand, 220)*
Fe must hj»ye loosened his belt and he must have flattened out. but he had
probably drawn a blank...
(Marquand, 230)*
Si flat tire*
An insipid, dull, unsuccessful person; a person without,
or lacking in, vivacity.
It's his fe-r of being a flat tire

(Cain, 8*0*

a flat top*
A ship used as an airplane carrier; a shap carrying air­
planes which can land them ?s well as launch them.
Scratch on 'flat-top1.Commander Dixon's voice had shouted...through the
ship's radio...
(Pratt, The Navy Has Wings, Harper A Bros., 19^2, 190).
a flat voice.
rhythm, rate,

A voice devoid, or almost devoid of variety of tone,
and volume; a monotone*

•..Wally wenton, in a cold, flat voice...
a fleeting instant.

(Cain, 248)*

A brief moment; a very, very short time*

.every once in a while we could spot a few of them for a fleeting
instant as we moved through the dense jungle (Yank, 91)•
to flick u p .

To cast up quickly and suddenly.

-412-

•..little divote of moss were flicking u p all around ue

(Tank, 180)*

to f l i n g
down#
To relax one's muscles quickly and to fall; to
fall carelessly and suddenly; to throw oneself down*
Presently Veda got up, staggered to the sofa, and fiunp herself down in
tragic despair (Cain, 73)*
to flip a coin*
To gamble by means of a coin; to cause a coin to turn
over rapidly by a quick blow given by the thumbnail and to catch the
coin so as to cover it with one hand* This is gambling device with
many variants*
I was given a chance to flip a coin with a British civilian correspondent
for the last seat (Tank, 117/*
to flip over*
To turn over suddenly; to overturn quickly; to turn
turtle rapidly*
The 88 wavered, flipped over, and Sweeney and Tex saw the German catch
fire.. . (Yanlp, l 6 ).
to flirt with sja idea*
To consider an idea; to give thought to the
possibilities of an idea*
For a short time she flirted with the idea of getting it from Mr. Otis,
a retired butcher...
(Cain, 76)*
to flit through --- mind*
To occur rapidly to one's mind; to be thought
of rapidly and hastily and without thorough consideration*
All sorts of things now began to flit through Mildred's mind*..
258).

(Cain,

to float on air*
To be so preoccupied with one's thoughts or emotions
that one is not conscious of the world about one*
She floated to the bus stop an air, rode into Hollywood without seeing
what she was passing (Cain, ^3)•
floor lamp*
An electric lamp which stands on the floor, about five
feet in height, which has a shade which covers the light bilb.
...a long oak table holding a lamp with stained-gloss shade; two floor
lamps, of iron, to match the overhead spears*..
(Cain, 2)*
a floor show*
A show, revue, series of individual acts and music
presented in a night club*
...he had organized a new amateur acts and put on a floor show

(Yank, 34).

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Maclntyre...dishes up a different floor Bhow every ration night
Floor show lousy...
(Yank, 212).
floor 8T>ace»
floor.

(Yank, 3h).

Tha amount of square feet of floor; the area of the

...Persian rugs which were a little too large for the floor apace. all
from Minot's mother's house...
(Marquand, 385)*
to flop down.

To fall quickly and purposely and unceremoniously.

...he stood up, riddled them with fire and flonued down again (Yank, 93)
In action, the officers Just flonoed down on the hard rocky around like
everybody...
(Pyle, 63)•
the Florida Keys.
Florida.

The small coral islands off the southern coast of

His te th looked whiter and more even than usual because he was tanned
from a fishing trip off the Florida keys (Marquand, 370)•
to flounce out.

To go, le^ve, exit, hastily, and huffily.

...she suddenly gathered up her gloves and started to flounce out, without
being interviewed at all.
(Cain, 33).
to flounder around.
To stumble; to go about clumsily; to walk, move,
awwkwardly.
(This implies there is something on the ground to cause
impediment s•)
It's bad enough to be floundering around on the ground and mud, but now
it'll be like groveling in a barnyard (Pyle, 202).
flower bed.
of flowers.

A section

of ground given over, devoted, to the raising

The houses there had striped awnings in the summertime and there were
round flower bede on the lawns.
(Marquand, 1?7)«
flower garden.
flowers.

A garden gi t»n over, devoted, to the growing of

...surprising thing to Mildred was the flower garden.

(Cain, 178).

to flow in.
To enter, come, in a seemingly steady stream; to
come regularly and in quantity.
Postal service h?>d regular mail flowing in within two weeks...

(Yank, h0).

to flow out.
To go, leave, in a seemingly steady stream; to go
regularly and in quantity.

-^114-

Mare and more guests ahd flowed out of the hig room of the penthouse
into the dining room...
(Marquand, 354).
to fluff out.
full.

Wot to he closely confined but rather to he loose, soft,

Her hair,..was fluffed out softly,..
flush in.
...a piece

(Cain,l 6l)«

Directly in; immediately in,
of shrapnel caught him flush in the temple

flush up.

(Yank, 243),

Directly on; directly toward*

It was a brash maneuver, coming flush up the obvious approach, at 23000
hours
(Yank, 125).
to fly around,
1, To fly in an airplane from piece to place seemingly aimlessly.
You read about the little Cub planes that flew slowly around over the
Anzio front lines
(Pyle, 240),
2, To be in the air; to pass through the air as sound.
They said that often when a prisoner w?s brought in and heard nothing
but good old German flying around the place he was utterly bewildered
(Pyle, 124).
to fly in,
1, To arrive by means of an airplane; to come by air.
General Doolittle flew in one afternoon from the far forward airdrome
of Youks Les Bains
(Pyle, 316),
In two weeks the latter was having mo>fes flown in by officer courier
(Yank, 39).
...the jragons flew in from the morning Jap hunt in Burma...
(Yank, 195)
They had just flown in from Italy (Pyle, 3^1 )•
2, To explore, V-e blown, inward,
fy,!11anl.y one whole wall of my room f l w w in...

(Pyle, 247).

flying line.
The concrete pavement in front of the hangars where the
airplanes are parked,
(also: f1 l.?:ht line)*
The boys had to go about a mile to the flying line

(Pyle, 337).

-415-

flying trapeze*
A trapeze set very high from which a person jumps or
is thrown to another such trapeze*
TTow for the flying trapeze
to fly into £ rage*
angry.

(Cain, 213).

To "become very, very angry| to get terribly mad;

Mrs. Gessler, when she heard what Mildred was up to, flew into a rage...
(Cain, 176).
to fly off*

To leave and float through the air; to sail off.

A few buildings would go down, or the corners would fly off some of
them (Pyle, 235).
He heard his helmet fly off and strike a bulkhead 30 feet away, then roll
arounn the floor
(Yank} 36)*
to fly off the handle*
To lose control of oneself through enger; to
say things in anger one would not normally say.
...he flew off the handle and accused us of depriving him of his personal
comfort (Pyle, 380*5*
to flZ out(of)•
1. To go away in flight; to fly to another piece.
...the pilot who flew out to battle was the one of their family who
really took it (Pyle, 170).
We left Japan...and flew out over the Yellow Sea (Yank, 119)*

2 . To leave violently; to withdraw forcibly.
The stick vibrated
fog lifts.

so violently that it flew out of his hands(Pyle, 165).

3Tog disperses, goes away, is evaporated.

When the fog lifts. there is a chatter of machine-gun fire
folding

cot*

(Yank, 180).

A type of narrow bed which can be folded up for easy

They slept on folding cots between blankets...

(Pyle, 279).

to fold --- hands.
To place one of one*s hands over theother;
cover oneof one's hands with the other*

to

...she closed the parasol...and folded both hands over its rather high
handle (Caih, 239).

-416-

money.

Paper money; currency; banknotes.

Polding money is the proper term here, for all values except the half
real are usBued in banknotes...
(Tank, 66).
Suddenly faced with a 3— cent basis for his folding money, extravagance
becomes rife (Yank, 66).
...he won’t be short of folding money (Tank, 28)•
folding stool*
A chair, stool, which can be folded up for ease in
carrying or storing.
An enlisted man ran to the mess truck and got a folding canvas stool for
the general to sit on (Pyle, 433) •
folding table.
A table whose legs can be folded up for economical
storing or easy carrying.
...two officers worknd at folding tables....

(Pyle, 419).

to fold u p .
1. To collapse; to fall in ruins.
It seemed to fold

up

amidships in a pall of smoke...

(Yank, 254).

2. Carefully to arrange in a small space by placing parts of the whole
together in an economical fashion.
Jeffrey felt that it could all be folded up and trucked away at any
time...
(Marquand, 431).
3. To fail in business; to go broke; to go bankrupt.
...and though the old paper had folded u p . somehow those bright days would
come back and they would all be drawn together (Marquand, 18).
to follow around.

To go where another goes; to follow*

He followed her around like a puppy, his cocktail glass in his hand
38).
He followed Wescott around everywhere...
(Pyle, 412).
to follow i n
footsteps.
another’s example.

To do as another had done; to follow

Merely following in my mother’s footsteps
to follow Instructions.

(Cain,

(Cain, 206).

To obey orders; to do as one is told to do.

If you d o n ’t follow my instructions, one or both of you is quite apt...
(Gardner, 118-119) •

-h-17-

to follow suit.

To do as another does; to follow another's example.

The British have always "been against it*..and America has more or less
followed s u i t
(Pyle, 158).
If Wally elected to "believe Bert still lived here, Bert evidently pre­
ferred to follow suit (Cain, 58).
to follow

u p

.

To do as a supplement; to do afterwards.

We were instructed to.. .follow them uj> one every four hours (Pyle, 357)*
...they'd follow up with a number of clever references to the b6th Street
Front...
(Yank, 236).
to he fond of.

To

like very much; to love; to be enamored of.

...you were very fond of him...
a food dump.

(Cain, 183)•

A military food depot, storage place.

Near what used to be a Jap food dump...
to foti around with.

To

(Yank, 235)*

work with, at; to work at in order to be perfect.

I t ’s a pie you've been fooling around with, and you want his opinion 6n
its commercial possibilities (Cain, 8^)*
& fool question.

A foolish question.

...he asked me all kinds of fool questions...

(Yank, 217)*

a fool's paradise.
A position, situation, of seeming security where
danger of some kind actually lurks.
For a day or two after Bert left, Mildred lived in a sort of fool ' s
paradise, meaning she got two orders for cakes and three orders for
pies.
(Cain, 18).
to fool with.

To bother with; to give one's time to.

...than I wouldn't have to fool with all those a la carte prices...
(Cain, 77).
football field.
A playing field for the game of football 100 yards
long and 53 l /3 yar~s wide covered with grass.
Consequently battlefields were often only the size of a football, field
or even a couple of tennis courts
(Yank, 52).
...there might be room for a football field, certainly nothing larger
(Yank, 17).

hl8-

fpnthal| fl«a>on.
The fall of the year; September through Thanksgiving
Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
...what the college football season was going to be like this year
221

).

to foot the bill.

(Yank,

To pay; to furnish the money.

...the corporation was to be placed on a sounder basis, and Veda was to
foot the hill
(Cain, 2h?).
foot locker.
A small trunk about two feet wide, three and a half feet
long, and a foot high.
In an obscure corner of his foot locker Sgt. Kevin A. McCarthy keeps a
small tin box...
(Yank, 22).
the foot of.

The bottom of; the lowest part of.

When they reached the foot of the slope and could go no farther, they
pulled back... (Yank, 5).
T 'd just reached the foot of the stairs when the door of the apartment
opened...
(Gardner, 169T7
foot of a bed.

The end of the bed nearest one's feet.

...Monty handed her a kimono, from the foot of the bed

(Cain, 25^)*

for — - benefit.
As a benefit for one; in order to be of assistance
to one; for one's help.
They murmured on, and her lips began to twitch as she realized they were
mainly for her benefit, to ease her pain (Cain, 113).
for

dough.

One believes* one is certain; one bets.

And for my dough, he's a regular g u y
for the hell of it.

(Yank, 200)•

Tor no good reason; for no apparent reason.

...the Nazis had the habit of slapping their bleeding victims...just for
the hell of it,...
(Yank, 220).
for instance.

For example; as an illustration; as an example.

When you were young, for Instance. all field officers seemed very old...
(Marquand, 5^3)*
If they were making toast in the kitchen, for instance, when the co-dple
was out...
(Marquand, h08).
Who, for instance! (Cain, 131)•

-419-

There was the Dutch oven in the Rumpus Room, for instance. which had been
all covered up with plaster...
(Marquand, llo).
For ifiatance, the question is frequently asked a witness, 'How old are
youT ' (Gardner, 187)•
The men of the 37th Division headquarters detachment, for instance, have
seen only one white woman in nine months...
(Yank, 42).
For instance, the fight might be in a woods instead of an open field
(Pyle, 442).
Beckie was not sure, for inHUnp.^. that she agreed entirely with Dr. Cardy'
taste....
(Marquand, 100).
for an instant.

Momentarily; for a moment; for a short time*

For an instant he had a wild sense of guilt
f o r -----keen.

For

(Marquand, 520).

one's room and board; for one's food and lodging.

...wouldn't you be justified in deducting an amount to nay for her keen?
(Cain, 247).
for keens.

Earnestly; in earnest; with serious intent.

...they were firing for
...for all the Bporting
and for keens (Yank,

keens. (Yank, 32).
flavor, this pocket-sized warwas the real
53 )•

for the life of m e .
intensive.)

Really; truly; actually;

(This is used

For the life of me. I can't see anything surest ive about it
for a living,.

game
as an

(Yank, 214).

As a means of earning money on which one lives.

Came a day when Major Ed Bland got fed up with flying for a living...
(Pyle. 133).
for long.

For a long time; lengthily; for some time.

You could get away from the war for a little while, but not for long...
(Marquand, 15).
...he could not live for long (Yank, 13)*
...they laiew he could not live for long (Yank, 13).
...it cannot be put off for long (Pyle, 464).
Rot even such things as a toothache...were neglected for long. (Yank, 40).
He was not even sure that he cared much now for those attributes in his
friend which he had admired for so long (Marquand, 68 ).
It seemed to him that his attitude toward people whom he had known for
long w*B always \mdergoing alterations ...
(Marquand, 97)*
Jeffrey wondered why Alf had asked him there at all, but not for long.
(Marquand, 285)*

-h20-

for a long time*

For some time; over a long period of time#

We eat and talked for a long time about things in general (Pyle,
215)*
One of the Partisan dead is a woman fighter, who had also been in the move­
ment for a long time (Tank, 20).
For a long time we didn’t move at all (Pyle, ^03).
Buck had wanted some German binoculars for a long time (Pyle, 197)•
to form a chain.

To hold hands in a row, line.

The soldiers formed a chain between barges and shore...

(Yank, 202).

to form an exhibit.
To make an exhibition; to make something so that
many people can see it.
...a collection of Mildred Pierce, Inc...all effectively framed, all hung
together, so as to form a little exhibit
(Cain, 228).
for miles around.
near by.

In the neighboring area; in all places close by,,

...the whole valley for m^les and miles around became one fast fountain of
flying lead...
(Pyle, l 6h).
Sure enough, Just as the first faint light was beginning to show, bedlam
broke loose for miles around (Pyle, 22).
for a minute.

For a short time; momentarily;

for amoment.

?or a minute or two these filled him with poignant regret, and made him
very sad (Marquand, 591).
If you put your head down somewhere for a minute while you are washing
your feet or pressing your pants...
(Yank, 9' )•
Hang on for a minute (Marquand, 60)•
...Hold the line for .lust a minute (Gardner, 60).
Could you come up here for a mlnuteT (Marquand, 567).
for a moment.
minute.

Momentarily; for an instent; for ashort

time; for a

...I thought for a moment wer were being briefed for Austria (Yank, lh).
She w r s silent for a moment (Marquand, hTO)
Each one must have felt for a moment that the other was a stranger
(Marquand, 256).
When Marianna handed him the glass he sat staring at it for a moment, and
then he drank it very quickly (Marquand , -hh) •
For a moment I wasn’t listening (Cain, 195)»
...for a moment her fingers were over his...
(Cain, 1F1)
...for a moment she thought he was going to weep (Cain, 198).
Mildred...stared for a moment...
(Cain, 193)•
Fe looked on the shelves for a moment...
(Cain, 135).

The blasted skull was like a cross section from a book of physiology, and
for a moment. Jeffrey could not take his eyes from the spectacle...
(Marquand, 23*+ )•
Jeffrey did not answer for a moment because there was no way of telling
her exactly why he h&d thought of it (Marquand, 538)*
for the moment*

For the time being; for the present; for the while*

"I'm going to reserve a ruling on that question for the moment .11 he said
(Gardner, 188)*
I'd prefer to have you pass this question for the moment. counselor, and
lay some foundation*..
(Gardner, 195)*
for

money*

One believes; one is certain*

...for my money he can pack up and go to some other post*..
for the most part*
cases*

(Yank, 137)*

Most often; generally; usually; in the majority of

For the most part, the pinball machine was used by officers*...
(Yank,
22*+) *
For the most part., he wears disreputable clothes, but occasionally he
spruces himself up and steps out (Gardner, 127)*
to form
unit*

u p

To get into a unit, a w h o l e ; to s h a p e up; to b e c o m e a

*

I went ot the open-air deck*..to see how a convoy formed up at night
(Pyle, 230).
for once.

One time; for one time; once*

"Cecily," and Sidney's voice rose, "Let's be frank for once"
82).
Look at it, for once, the way he looks at it (Cain, 83)«
for one*

(Marquand,

If no one else; for exanple*

...and I for one had a lump in my throat
(Pyle, *+33) •
?uin ing the Italian war was a headache of terrific proportions, and I
for one do not think it was General Clerk's fault that the campaign
went slowly (Pyle, 31*+)•
for one moment*

At all; in any event*

I shall not hesitate for one moment. for I 've quite reached the U n i t of
my patience (Cain, 195)*
for --- own good*
interests*

For one's sake; for one's welfare; for one's

I Aid that for his own good (Gardner, 13*0•
"It's for your own good." the sergeant said apologetically
for one thing.

(Pyle, 427).

For example; for instance.

For one thing:ehe had discovered... (Cain, 129).
For one thing, the Japs' tactics were to concentrate all their force at
one point...
(Tank, 52).
For another thing, the Bougainville beachhead in four months of occupatio
had. become so American...
(Tank, 52).
For one thing, there's the Biederhof (Cain, 84).
For one thing. I'm go ing to take those papers off tour hands (Gardner, 7
For one thing, they had to rid upper France...of German fi ht.ers as far
as possible...
(Pyle, 321).
They were short of ammunition, for one thing (Pyle, 233)*
For one thing, he did not want Madge to think, or anyone else, that he
had ever been like David Copper fi eld... (Marquand, 257).
Their families had both owned houses on Willow Road, for one thing...
(Marquand, 100).
“For one thing, my friend, the Sultan is expected to live in the palance,
he said (New Torker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 23).
for the -present.

Presently; at the present time; now.

"We'll hot try to connect it up with for the -present." Kittering said
scowling across at Perry Mason (Gardner, 146)•
...for the -present something had to be done (Cain, 188).
for ——

-purposes.

According to one's needs, desires, wishes.

It was not a specially good beach for our purposes, for it sloped off
too gradually, makin the boats ground fifty yards or more from shore
(Pyle, 28).
for relief.

As a relief for another; as a substitute for another.

I put a man on him when he left your office, and got another man to tag
along for relief
(Gardner, 46).
for rent.

Available to be rented; to let.

...she moved out of the Beragon mansion and advertised it for rent...
(Cain, 256).
for the rest of.

For the remaining part of; during the rest of.

The water was cold, but a high wind dried them out in less than half an
hour, all but their shoes which kept squishing inside for the rest of
the day (Pyle, 28).

for

eake.
welfare.

Tor the sake of one; for one‘s benefit; for one's

You've sot to do It, for your own sake (Cain, 51)*
...wanted him to feel welcome any time, not only for thechildren's sake
"but for her sake
(Cain, 6l).
Yeah, for their sake (Cain, 86 ).
For their sake (Cain, 86 ).
for the sake of.

For the benefit of; for the welfare of.

...it will be better, for the sake of the record, if you refer to him as
Hogarty (Gardner, 191).
for sale.

Available for selling, buying; to be sold.

Anyway there's a big sign on the lawn, 'For Sale. Owner Must Sacrifice'
...
(Cain, lhl).
...to give a little reminder of thehomemade pies
she had £gr saj.fe...
wouldn't they like to take homeone... (Cain, 122).
He had never noticed how many of them were unoccupied, how many were
for sale or to let (Marquand, 383)•
Its windows were dull and dusty and litter was blown upon the steps, and
it was for sale, like other Murrey Hill houses...
(Marquand, 289)*
for a second.

Momentarily; for an instant; for a moment.

For a second the Jealousy wps so overwhelming...
Tor the simple reason that.

(Cain, 19?).

For the reason; because; for.

He had not been there since his Aunt Martha's funeral...for the simple
reason that no one wanted it any more (Marquand, 169)*
for some reason.

Oddly enough; for no reason.

Salad, for some reason, is served first in California
for some time.
period of time.

(Cain, 121).

For a while; over a period of time; during quite a

Let me see, I haven't seen you for some time (Marquand, 96).
She...shot appraising glances at Mildred for some time before proceeding
(Cain, 193).
I had been awake for some time...
(Yank, 1h).
They must have talked for some time, for all at once when he looked at the
clock. ..
(Marquand , 206*K
And talked for some time (Gardner, lhl).
I've known he claimed to be Hogarty for some time... (Gardner, 196).
. ..and for some time she had heard them talking out there, while she
worked
(Cain, 1?5)»

-424-

for a amall fortune#

In return for money; for a lot of money#

...a lot of frontline people would not voluntarily return to the hot
Anzio-Nettuno area for a email fortune (Pyle, 240)#
for a starter#

For the first; as a ‘beginning#

"I've picked out you for a starter." he said
for sure#

(Yank, 190)#

Surely; certainly; absolutely; positively#

The point w&s that we on the scene knew for sure that we could substitute
machines for lives...
(Pyle, 36).
They said they...never knew for sure (Pyle, 4i6),
...we couldn't tell for sure (Pyle, 429).
We'd have got it for sure if some infantryman in his trench hand't held u p
a lighted match (Yank, 180)#
Hardly anyone knows for sure just how many Japs he did kill
(Yank, 234),
...we hadn't knovoa for sure till after breakfast whether it was on or
off again (Pyle, 432).
This Tommy Clayton, the mildest of men, had killed four of the enemy for
sure... (Pyle, 449).
. . .when he tried that next summer, he could not find the place,
certainly not for sure (Marquand, 550).
He said he didn't know for sure..• (Pyle, 453)*
He never did find- out for sure why the Italian big guns didn't let us
h^ve it (Pyle, 22)#
for -—

taste.

For one's fancy; for one's likes; according to one's

68e

It vent entirely too fast for her teste# except the slow part in the micdle
...
(Cain, 185).
for that

matter#

As for that; for that.

Not even such things as a toothache or, for that matter, an embarrassing
missing incisor in front...
(Yank, 40)#
...all eight thousand of them for that matter, could have sent officers
to his door (Cain, 197).
Fortress Burope.
Europe considered as a fortress
able.” So calledby the Namis during World War II.

which was invulner­
(Cf. Fe_st_ujag.

E u ro p e. )

...it was the Italian press which first launched the idea of Fortress
Europe... (Nation, Dec. 19, 1942, 682).
forwarding address.
A new address to which one has his ifiail forwarded,
sent, from an old address.

-**25“

...the girl hadn't left any forwarding address and all that

).

(Gardner,

10

...it had moved out suddenly and left no forwarding address
11

).

(Gardner,

Meaning a forwarding address had "been left at the post of iceT
(Gardner,
11).
We coiildn't get the post-office to kick loose with a forwarding address
so we sent twenty-five "bucks on a chance (Gardner, 93).
forward inarch.

Military command for servicemen to "begin marching.

Forward mach I (Yank, 6**).
Nobody says "Forward march"

(Pyle, 200).

forward observer.
A solder stationed well forward of an artillery
position to direct fire and to report on the success of firing missions.
They were forward observers for the Ninth Division...
for weeks on end.

(Pyle, 375).

For many weeks; seemingly endlessly.

Hven your own artillery can be wearying as its "barum, barum, ... * day
and night for weeks on end, sends shells overhead...
(Yank, 52).
gor a while.

For a time; for some undetermined time.

They hnd such a battle getting the place that they decided to live in it
for a while (Pyle, 185).
He started his beard then because he couldn't shave for a while...
(Pyle, 172).
He had not
seen Minot so happy for a
long while
(Marquand,557).
He did not
speak for a while as they
drove down ConnecticutAvenue
(Ma-quand, 557).
For a while there two ships were running a neck-and-neck race for the most
missions flown (Pyle, 171)•
For a little while there was a sudden burst of fleres in the distance
CPlJfi. 199).
Why wouldn't it be a good idea to fool them about once every two weeks by
Just flying straight ahead for a w.-ile? (Fyle, 163) •
...was a coal miner for a while... (Pyle, 138).
...thinking of things which they would never tell anyone, and no one said
anything for a while
(Marquand, 283).
They thought about this for a while (Yank, 182).
He had not
thought of his fat her for
a long while (Marquand, 592).
"He must be better for a while," Jeffrey said, riif he wants five
hundred dollars"
(Marquand, 586)
...he sounded impatient, as though he had been on the line for a long
while
(Marqu®nd, 582).
...he could liek down for a while...
(Yank, 138).

-426-

I want you to try to take it easy for a while (Marquand, 415).
Jeffrey would "begin to feel very hungry after motoring for a while...
(Marquand, 545)•
For a while I hung around with one of the mule-p^ck outfits
(Pyle, 143).
...from which the Japs were firing 77a and 4?a for a while, taking
advantage of the jungle cover..
(Tank, 55).
"Ho," Jeffrey answered, "not for quite a while1* (Marq .and, 96),
for the worse.

Becoming worse; worsening,

"Uverything is changing —
(Marquand, 97)*
for years.

for the worse," he said, "for the worse"

For a long time; during many years,

Archie...had been wasted for years in a second class place...
(Cain, 178),
The paper was worn and musty, because he had not looked at it for years.
and now it filled him with a sensation of defeat (Marquand, 327)*
...she could add, if she wanted to, thet he hpd known Miss Miller
for years and years
(Marquand, 453).
...Mr. Fisher for Tale had announced that stocks had reached a permanent
high level which they would maintain for years and yea-s (Marquand,
397).
£. foul up,

A mix upj a mess; a state of confusion and disorder.

This is a fine foul—up for you
to foul

u p

.

To

mess

(Pyle, 44-5),

up; to ruin; not to do well; to do poorly.

He was scared to death he would foul

up

bn his first Mission

(Pyle, 205).

fountain man,
A man, boy, who works as a soda fountain preparing soft
drinks and sandwiches,
...I can do it with four girlB, a fountain man.. .

(Cain, 175).

a fountain pea.
A writing pen with its own reservoir of ink which is
supplied automatically,
Kittering said, "I observe th-t there is a fountain pen, a handkerchief,
a jackknife..."
(Gardner, 129).
There were all sorts of things in the shop on the B r e m e n
beautiful
cameras and fpuntain pens th°t always worked (’;-rquand, 2^5),
He hauled out the few items I possessed; a broken pencil, a fountain pen...
(Tank. 12).
...Della Street, catching up with her fountain pen on the rapid-fire con­
versation...
(Marquand, 17l)»
He pulled out his fountain pen (Marquand, 50).
...he repaired foixntaln pens, radios, electric razors... (ryle, 411).

-

427-

Walter signed the check with a streamlined fountain can...
four hits,

(Marquand, 48)

Fifty cents; half a dollar*

...Go down to the all-night drungstoro and get me four hits * worth of
chewing gum (G-ardner, 69)*
four lane highway,
A highway wide enough for four cars to pass
simultaneously; a highway with four traffic lanes*
...then motored inland along a four-lane all weather highway...
four leaf clover.

(Yank, 39)*

A lucky charm, since most clover has three leaves*

In the center of each was a design like a four-leafed clover (Pyle, 366)
They wouldn't trade it for a dozen four-leafed clovers (Pyle, 350)•
four star general,
A full general; the second ranking general
the general of the army*

next to

Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell, the U.S. Army's newest four star general...
(Yank, 129).
to fox around*

Togather information slyly, surreptitiously.

That's why you "been foxing around

(Cain, 67),

fox hole,
A hole In the earth up to dix feet in depth in which a
soldier remains to protect himself from enemy fire*
Things like doing uuahups in fox holds during shellings...(Yank, 76),
fox hole circuit.
A
to the fighting front

route, circuit, :'or
in World War II,

traveling entertainersclose

The performers who
were selected to make up
the first entertainment...
wage, as part of USO-Camp Shows 'Foxhole circuit * are not famous in
the ordinary sense (Newsweek, July 31* 19^4, 60).
® fraction of asecond.

A mement; a split second,

...the "pop" of a bullet over his head preceded the actual rifel report
by ^ fraction of a second... (Pyle, 450)*
framed motto.
flourishing

A motto printed on a large card and decorated in a
style and framed for hanging on the wall of a room.

...there were some of those comical old framed mo 11oes_ on the wall, such
PS "God Bless our Home 11. .. (Marquand, 123).

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a frame of mind#

An emotional state; an emotional condition#

...so she'd be in a frame of mind to welcome the New Year in the way it
deserved (Cain, 165).
to trame 11 quest ion#
carefully#

To prepare a question; to make a question

If you think the conversation is pertinent, frame a question to show that
fact
(Gardner, 198)#
frazzle haired#
Hair which has lost its liveliness usually from too
many permanent waves and is bushy, unattractive#
It '8 a fr?zzle-haired blonde that works...
Free French#
the Allies#

(Cain, 177).

Those French who in World War II fought on the side of

...the other was selling handkerchiefs and cigarette cases for the Free
French (Marquand, 296).

Sl frog hand#

Independent

action; unrestrained action#

I had to talk my head off in order to get a free hand, and now you start
getting hard (Gardner, 99)#
"All right, Mason," he said, returning to the table, "I have a free hand"
(Gardner, 99)•
free lance.
Condition of one's not being under contract to any one
concern; as
for exa pie a ^ree lance writer is free to sell his
writings to any publisher#
You're a free-lance. hapoy-go—lucky, carefree, two-fisted fighter
(Gardner, 70)•
free -parking#
The right and a place to park an automobile without
having to pay a charge.
She had had the free -parking located in the rear, so she could see
exactly how many customers she had...
(Cain, 120).
Mildred Pierce Chicben Waffles Pies Free Parking (Cain, 79).
Dump a little gravel on one side — free parking for verybody th«t comes
in.
free play.
unimpeded action; unhindered movement#
the rider '8 weight was right on the withers, allowing the animal's hind­
quarters necessary free play (Marquand, 372)#
free time.
Time not spent on work; off hours; time for which one does
not account#

-i+29-

I don't seewhy you don't writemore often,
hoys have
(Yank, 160).

with all the free time you

to freeze to death*
1. To die

from freezing, from the effects of the c61d.

Put he could have...frozen

to death by this time

(Yank, 226).

2. To he very, very cold.
It's not like last winter in Tunisia when we lived on British rations and
damned near froze to death... (Pyle, 212)*
to f r e e z e

u p

To b e c o m e s o l i d w i t h frost; to f r e e z e solid.

.

The ground was freezing up hard

(Cardner, 182).

freight yard.
That area in a railroad yard where freight cars are
switched from track to track to form a train and where surplus cars are
stored.
...a pretty scrubty village at that, with a freight yard at one end, open
co\<ntry at the other, and a car track down the middle (Cain, 6 ).
French— Canadlan -

A Canadian of French descent; a Canadian who speaks

French.
Private Provencher, of French-Canadian extraction, was the only one of
our crew who spoke French...
(Pyle, 386).
I had always heard that the French-Canadlan brand of French was unintelli­
gible (Pyle, 386).
French postcards.

Postcards with obscene, pornographic, pictures.

...he could use the mashed-up goo for pasting French postcards...on his
barracks wall
(Yank, lho).
fresh air.

Clean air; pure

air; unpolluted air.

Marianna, drew 3 deep breath of the fresh air, and reachedup to fasten
her light blue cloak more tightly (Marquand, 4h6).
fresh from.
I've
Just
Vhen
is

Just arrived from; new from.

seen lots of them come in fresh from the States...
(Yank, 205)•
fresh from London (Marquand, 2h8T^
the communique mentions a "beachhead", a G-I freshfrom the States
likely tp picture a strip of sand...
(Yank, 39).

fresh out of.

Newly from; Just from; just out of.

The observers were...Pfc. Ferrell, fresh out of 'business college in
Bri 8ton, Okla.* (Tank, 33 )•
fresh troops..

Virgorous,well rested soldiers.

The dead Japs were big men...all evidently fresh troops...

(Yank, 145).

fried chicken.
Chicken which is cut into parts: legs, wings, hack,
breast, etc., covered with flour and fried. A favorite American dish.
She was going to serve half a fried chicken, with vegetables...
117).
a friend of.

(Cain,

A friendto; one's friend.

...that's why he's such a very good friend of yours (Cain, 158).
Many people dropoed in; friends of Monty's, mostly...
(Cain, 229).
Most of the guests were Pasadena people friends of Veda's and Monty's...
(Cain, 230).
frightened at.

Scared ofj afraid of.

As Mildred subsided, a little frightened at Veda's tone...

(Cain, 202).

from above.
Downward in direction; from a place, point higher than
something else.
In addition to water seeping up from below, it rained from above all the
time
(Pyle, 252).
Her black eyes, staring out from above the hollo'-ed cheeks...
(Gardner,
h)

.

73very time a package of crackers went down from above. they scrambled
and fought over it...

(Pyle, 226).

from all —— heard.
Inferring from the things, talk, one had heard;
the inferences one m^kes based upon what one h*»s heard.
...from all I've heard...I always felt you were the one wife for Monty...
(Cain, 226).
from all sides.

From

everywhere around; from everydirection.

They were coming in from all sides now, but not too close
from beginning to endx
line.

(Yank, 15)*

From first to l».8t j all through; all along the

It's her fault from beginning, to end

(Cain, 13)•

from "behind.
1* From the rear; from the "back.
They would be shooting at u b from behind and from our flank (Pyle, 442)
It was usually the plan for units to be inland, attacking gun positions
from b^aind.. . (Pyle, 362).
The beach wire, meant to stop a seaborne invasion, was cut through from
behind
(Yank, 9).
We...hit them from behind... (Yank, 124).
2. From in back of; away from behind*
Stepping from behind the tree he hurled first one and then a second...
(Yank, 19).
A scout named Herbert Hanson of Lincoln, Ark., stepped out from behind a
tree...
(Yank, 1?).
She whipped the envelope from behind her back, and literal'y pushed It
into his hands (Gardner, 77)»
We were pushed through the ropes from behind
(New Yorker, }^XIII, Sept.

6 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 2 ).

...the auxiliary helmsmen, had been thrown from behind the wheel and...
(Yank, 45).
from below*

Below; at a place lover than something else*

From below cane the noise of damage control parties,..
(Yank, 46)*
...shooting 1400 yards from far below us on the flat beachhead...
(Yank
52).
Not until flames from below made the deck almost red hot and set...
(Yank, 45).
from the bottom o f

heart *

Truly; really; wholly*

...I want to tell you that I ’m sorry from the bottom of my heart
104).
from dawp to dusk.

(Cain,

All day; from sunup to sundown* from sun to sun.

...Chinese laborers, working from dawn to dusk. ..built the vast system
of forward airfields in China...
(Yank, 119).
from day to day*
whole time*

Each day; considered as a day in itself and not the

the average guy...didn't real y fare too badly from day to. day.
462).
from a distance.

At a distance; some way away, off*

(Pyle

• ..he was waiting for his tip, which he would necessarily have to turn over
to his sergeant, who watched him sharply from a d i s t a n c e
(Marquand,
228).
from the flrst.

From the beginning; at and

Then again, the evidence showed right from the
empty (Gardner, 210).
from head to foot.
o n e 's body.

since the very first.
first that the plates were

All over one's body; from head to toe; up and down

...a Russki secret-service man who gave me a puzzled look from head to
foot...
(Yank, 199).
from head to heels.
head to toe.

All over one's body; from head to foot; from

...she was dizzy from her head to her heels...(Gain, 156).
from head to toe.
to heel.

XI1 over one's body; from head

to feet; from head

There was hardly a square inch of him, from head to toe. that wasn't
touched
(Pyle, 55) •
from here on in.

From now on; from this time into the future.

...you almost certainly will be let alone from here on in
from inside.

Inside; within.

He was firing from inside a house
from miles around.

(Yank, 1?0).

(This implies action toward the outside.)
(Yank, 12*0 •

From places everywhere around; from all around.

Then all day and all night vehicles of the regiments from miles around
lined up and filled their cans, tanks and radiators
(Pyle, 60)7
from now on.
From this time on; from the present into the future.
(Cf. from that time on.).
From now o n . I'm nothing but ears
(Cain, 28).
From now on. you're fast
(Cain, 22).
From now o n . I'm a. business woman (Cain, 96).
Things will move fast from now on (Gardner, 83)*
I'll be on the job pretty much from now on (Gardner, 9*0.
From now on we get an even break with the people who make up packages
( Y a n k , 1*4-0) •

You'll be carrying plenty of dead ones from now on

(Pyle, 372).

-*33-

From now o n . that car *3 nine (Cain, 61).
Only now I feel it, now I know it, that from now on things are going to get
better for ue (Cain, 75)"VTe'll give 'em hell from now on.n he said (Pyle, 205)#
from off.

Off; coming from.

The emell of gardenias

wrs

strong fr m off Florida Island

(Yank, ^+5)#

from onB to another.
To each and every; going from one to another
and then to another, and so on#
The shifting light...charged the texture of all those buildings from minute
to minute so that they seemed to have a life of their own (Marquand,
585TT
...they used anywhere from twenty-to three hundred men a night
(Pyle,
V'- ).
...They had gained anywhere from ten to. forty pounds (Pyle, 3*9)•
They vary in length fr m five to 15 days (Yank, 172).
Mildred's mind was leaping wildly from cashier to hostess to d^etJLtJjgx.. .
(Cain, 35).
But I could see the captain going from men to man to check whether they
were all okay (Yank, 58).
The Captain's eyes would move from face to face...
(Marquand, 219).
The attack had been delayed from day to day... (Pyle, h32).
All of us here at the Old Company, from the office staff up to me.
are thinking of you...
(Yank, 8*7.
It'll be a perambulator th ng that I'll wheel from table to table...
(Cain, 150).
...we got to be pals and eventually we adjourned from one place to another,
as Damon Bunyon would say...
(Pyle, 320),
The colonel went from one battalion to another... (Pyle, ^ 6 ) m
from one to the other#
remaining.

From one to another; to the other; to the

Jim moved from one foot to the other (Marqpand, 6l)#
Dividing the table, running lengthwise along it, and fr m one end of the
room to the other, stretched a meshed screen of heavy wire...
(Gardner, 176).
from out of.

From; from the inside of; from within#

...we could go back to shooting at the darkness from out of the dark
(Pyle. 392).
from the re»r.

In the rear; at the rear.

Our men circled machine-gun nests and took them from the rear,#
363).

(Fyle,

-**34-

from right to left«
left.

Going right to left; in a direction right to

The man was looking filraily from rl~ht to left. and 3311a was shouting
at him above the voices
(MarquAnd, 3^2).
from somewhere.

From an unknown pla.ce.

...they h''ought out a sup .ly of Jap bamboo gin from somewhere

(Yank,

1 9 2 ).

from the start.

At and since the first, beginning.

Can’t Bhe do that right from the start
from start to finish.

(Cain, 119).

Prom beginning to end; all through.

One GI who had a ringside seat at the conference from start to finish was
Cpl. Matt valenski...
(Yank, 199).
from (that time, then) on.
from now on.)

Since that day; after that day,

From that day on, the crew wouldn't chalk anythin^ on the shell

(Cf.
(Pyle,

25£U
Prom that moment on. the Big Bastard and the rest of the U.S. task force
saw plenty of action (Yanklh3).
...we were designated G-2 from that point on by the boys assigned to the
other floors
(Yank, 2367*
And from that moment on I was a firm believer...
(Yank, 12).
The searchlights flashed on again but from then on they we e busy fanning
the beach itself (Pyle, 22).
Prom then
the Yanks were headed west...
(Yank, 190)•
...Stillwell ordered that the Burma dateline could be used from then on
(Yank, 130).
Prom then on, Mildred began to feel proud of the house...
(Cain, 2?9).
Prom then on, he was host to the numerous guests, master of the house...
(Cain, 235).
Prom then on Ida had a ride, and Mildred had a better station...
(Cain,
5 5 ).

Prom then on, pies became a feverish conspiracy between Mildred and Ida. ■
(Cain, 6^T.
From then on there was no hope (C in, 103)•
Prom then on, Mildred knew die had to get a job (Cain, 3l)»
I*rom then on for an hour and a half...the bombs came down (Pyle, h 35 ).
Prom then on, the war got progressively tougher for the Rangers (Yank,
““ 12U 7:
...from then on the crew had tolook after the Gun's care
(Yank, 33)*

-*4-35-

From then on they go into a sort of second-wind daze (Pyle, 8h).
From then on that first day was just a normal one of unloading ships on
the "beach, as fast as possible (Pyle, 27)•
From there o n. they toasted all the Allied leaders...
(rank, 165)*
from time to time*

Occasionally; now and then; off and on*

Why I suppose every sister helps out her "brother from time to time
(Gardner, 52).
That brings us to the ojuestion of what you mean by 'from time to time1
(Gardner, 52)*
In the days that followed the landings our headquarters vessel patrolled
back and forth between the American sectors...and from time to time
scurried in swift circles when planes ap eared in the sky (Pyle, 33)•
from under*
1* Being under; being below*
...I dug them out from under the debris...
(Pyle, 24-8).
. . .Hetherington saw a Jap rise up from urvriar the leaves... (Yank,
...he peeked at us from Tinder the blanket...
(Yank, 192).

250).

2. Away fro m Tinder; out from i n u n d e r .
At other times we would start so suddenly that the ship would almost jump
out from under us (Pyle, 3*0.
It was a little like standing on a carpet on a polished floor, and having
it slip from under him... (Marquend, 270)*
from u p *
From up there

From a place above; from a higher pl^ce.
you could seefar up and down the beach...

from w h a t
secs*
observation*

(Pyle, 269) •

According to one's observation; inferring from one'

And from what
I saw of our enlisted men in Cairo they would...be an asset
to any of the. .. clubs. .. (Yank, 212).
front and center*
up to an officer.

A military order for a men to step from the ranks

Front and center. George

(Marouand, 2^7)*

front door.
The main door of a house or apartment; the door of a house
nearest the street*
She...let herself in the front door (Cain, 252).
...Mr. Murock was carrying flowers in the front door. to place them on the
wire racks...
(Cain, 112).

-4 3 6 -

front, door 'bell*

A bell which can be rung at the front

I ring the front-door bell
the front end.

door.

(Yank, 188).

The forward end;

that part atthe front.

Suddenly the front end of the jeep
dropped about three feet and everything
stopped right there
(Pyle, 191).
front li n e .
That place where the fighting is actually going on; where
the fighting is.
(Also attributive.)
...that's pretty well along in years to be a front-line infantryman

449

).

(Pyle,

You always tried to in war, that is, if you weren't in the front line...
(Marquand, 353)•
He was a front-line infantryman of a rifle company...
(?yle, 448).
The second Jap...asked permission to broadcast a message to his
comrades over a front-line public-address system (Yank, 56).
The front line was around the peak and several miles uo the valley...
(Yank, 196).
In front-line pill boxes a popular subject for debate was whether the JapB
were (a) crazy...
(Yank, 52).
...the fancy term, logistics, becomes merely a weary private's aching
back and the slimy path up a front-line -peak (Yank, 1 9 6 ).
front office.
offi cials.

A superior office; the office of high ranking officers,

...a nephew of somebody in the front office above the rank of captain...
(Yank, 236).
front porch.

A porch on the front of a house.

And a robin nesting under the front-porch eaves...
(Yank, 151).
His mind went back to the Barnses' front porch that first time he had
called on Louella...
(Marquand, 260).
front row seat.
A seat in the v >ry first row of a theater; hence, a
close observation spot, place.
There we were in a fr >nt—row seat at a great milit^ ry epic
front seat.

(Pyle, 359).

The forward seat of an automobile, c-r.

When he sat alone in the front seat he tried to think of Jim and Sally
as being there with him (Marquand, 549)*
front steps.

Those steps at the front of a house*

There was the same iron fence and the same tar w^lk leading up to the front
steps...
(Marquand, 171).

front yard.
The yard at the front of a house; the yard between the
street and the house.
The stone wasl in the front yard had been knocked down...

(Pyle, 432).

frozen food.
Food which is packed in air tight containers
and very quickly frozen solid, end which is thawed for preparation.
Quick-frozen food that retains its flavor end nourishment
Guide, 9:848,1935).

(Reader's

fruit salad.
A salad composed
of a variety of fruitsplaced on leaves
of lettuce and accompanied by a salad dressing.
They want...the fruit salads...
fuddy duddy.

(Cain, 175).

Ineffective; effete; prissy.

A great many people...regard the American Army as backward and resistant
to new ideas. They believe itsofficer class is caste-ridden and
fuddy-duddy
(Harpers, vol. 182: 1087, Dec. 1940, la).
a full colonel.
A colonel as compared to hie inferior officer, a
lieutenant colonel; a chicken colonel (so-called because the insignia
designating the rank of colonel is an eagle).
...at twenty-five, he was a full colonel
full day.

(Pyle, 321).

A whole day; the livelong day.

The first bivouac had shots ringing through it for a full day. ..
373).
full details.

(Pyle,

Conplete details; facts and figures.

...you send full details of your case to its office at...

(Yank, 174).

full dress.
A very thoroughgoing affair; an affair planned on and
well executed.
(Also attributive.)
In London, where Prime Minister Winston Churchill
a full dress
debate in Parliament
(Progressive, Jan. 24, 1942, 2).
full flafeed.

A mature; all out; complete*

We all knew now that it was a full-fledged German assault on the main
American lines
(Yank, 21).
the full force of.

The total of its force; the sum of the strength of.

-438-

When the Germans turned, the full force of their magnificent Panzer
divisions toward Greece,..
(Yank, 213).
a full house,

A crowded room; a full room.

It is always full house at Spiedel's when a raid is under way

(Yank, hi).

full length mirror,
A mirror ahout 5*6" high; a mirror in which one
can see a complete reflection of oneself,
Mildred stood "before the full-length mirror, ..

(Cain, 161).

full lj-ps.
Lips that are well developed; well rounded and well shaped
lips, (Often considered a sign of sensuousness.)
...the limpid, dark eyes, the very red, full lips. the smooth lines of
her neck...
(Gardner, 160),
full moon.
The moon when it is completely round, or nearly so, and
shines "brightly at night.
He kept wondering if th»t month of October, 19h0, were as clear in Europe
as it was in New York, with the same full moon and the same high tides
(Marauand, 2 3 9 )•
...the moon was full. ..
(Pyle, 272).
full of fun.

Humorous; jolly; funny.

Mr. Wilson is always full of fun
fu"l 1 of steam.

(Marquand, 269)•

Sxcited; emotional; very nervous.

Just at dawn, as the raid ended, he came running up to me full of steam
and yelled, "Did you see that plane go down smoking...n (Pyle, 8),
to "be full of stories.
stories, anecdotes.

To know many stories; to be able to recount

...his aides were full of stories about he stayed in the background rather
than call attention to himself...
(Pyle, 30?)*
full of tricks.

Tricky; sly; cagey; cunning.

As I have said,

the Germans were full of tricks

full price.

The asking price; the price marked onsomething.

We had expected to nay the full price . ..
full set of.

(Pyle,

(Pyle, ^08).

A complete set of; a whole set of.

168),

-*oy-

. ..I'll need a full set

of cocktail...glasses...

(Cain, 151)•

full speed ahead.
A naval command which orders the ship tomove
forward as rapidly as it can.
And then, as a pleasant

afterthought,

"Full speed ahead" (Yank,

4h).

full time.
1. Time wholly, completely, taken up; time with no rest periods.
(Also attributive.)
They figured one day for moving, one for settling down and four days of
full-time work, then forward again
(Pyle, h20).
2. (worker) One who devotes his working time to one specific job.
P f c . ,.Langley.,.one of the 'Canal's full-time chauffeurs...
(Yank, 233)*
The 'Canal has a full -time boxing promotor...
(Yank, 233)3. Solely; all one's vprking time; all the time one works.
...Pfc. Orval HJermstad works full time as a soda jerk

(Yank, 233)»

to fumble for words.
To h*=ve an idea and be unable to express it; or,
to try to talk to cover embarrassment or lack of ideas.
"Am I, Jane?"

I gulp, fumbling desperately for words

to fumble wi t h .

To work clumsily with; to do something clumsily.

He was fumbling with the zipper...
to fume a t .

(Yank, 189)*

(Cain, l?l)»

To speak to in anger; to speak angrily to.

...Mildred fumed at the way Mr. Treviso treated them
a funny feeling.

(Cain, 185)*

An odd, unaccustomed feeling#

I asked Joe if he had a funny feeling about fighting his own people...
(Pyle, 65).
the fvrnny side o f .

That which is funny in; the humor in.

They saw the funny side of life...
funny thing.

(Pyle, 2h9).

An odd thing* a peculiar thing; an unexplainable thing.

Funny thing about how those people would roam around
to fuss around.

To bother with; to be annoyed by.

(Yank, 12^).

...if Toting meant that soldier8 would have to., .fuse around with reading
and writing out complicated lists...
(Pyle, 137)•
to fuss over.
To make special, careful treatment for; to give fond
treatment and care to.
They think they should he petted and pampered and fussdd over
the future holds.

(Tank, 217).

Theiemight he in the future; there is in store.

...whatever the future held... something had to he done...
(Cain, 188).
Mildred...was beginning.. .to hope that the future might hold more than
pain...
(Cain, 255)*

•Wi-l'

to gain --one is*

bearings*

To locate one's position; to discover where

Once I get over the hump on that one I'll gain my “bearings
to gain a foothold*
To get a purchase;
gives a fulcrum, a purchase, a hold*

(Yank, 20?).

to win a small victory which

...they gained a foothold, they fought all day end all night...
17).
to gain ground.
over ground won.

To

(Yank,

w i n territory from the enemy; to progress forward

"Your unit,'* he said, "made it possible for us to gain more ground
one week than we covered all last month
(Yank, 94).
to gain weight*

To

in

put on flesh; to get fat; to add weight*

She continued to gain weight
(Cain, 179).
We did manage to gain a little w e i g h t ...
(Pyle, 3*0)
gall bladder *
The receptacle for bile which is located on the under
side of the liver*
They had x— rayed his gall bladder
galloping dominoes*

(Marquand, 276).

Dice*

Well, I sort of owe Eog^rty one for the trick he played on me with those
galloning dominoes
(Gardner, 21?).
a game of p o o l .
balls and cues.

A pool game; a game played on a billiard table with
(The variations of the game are almost endless.)

He played a game of pool for about ten minutes, then he called police
headquarters...
(Gardner, 87).
I played a game of pool and figures things out
(Gardner, 103).
to gand.er around.
To go sightseeing; to look at things as a tourist.
(Cf. to take a gander*)
Another term was ”eyeballingn which meant viewing and gendering around...
(Pyle, 150).
garbage p a i l .
A large can, container, usually holding five or ten
gallons, into which the garbage, waste food, is placed in storage until
the time it is taken away by the garbage collector*
They emptied anything left over into a gerbage pail

(Pyle, 337).

gard.cn hose.
A rubber or plastic hose about an inch and a half in
diameter with a 5/8 inch interior diameter used for the purpose of
carrying water from a faucet to some other pl'-*ce in the yard*
His backbone, seeming to have no more rigidity than a piece of garden
h o 3 e . looped his chin close to his upthrust knees
(Gardner, 9 )•
garden p a r t y .
A party held out of doors on the lawn next to a house.
(Also attributive.)
...it gave a sort of garden-partv effect

(Cain, 237)*

garden spot*
A place where the earth, ground, is extremely rich and
fertile; a lovely place*
The garden spot of the world —
a garden w a l k .

in a pig's eye

A paved walk through a garden, lawn*

The same hut had a tiny little garden walk...
garrison cap.

(Cain, 156)*

(Pyle, 3^8)•

A soldier's dress cap, made of cloth without a visor*

He was wearing a garrison cap which was a little too tight...

525).

(Marquand,

The garrison cap was not at the right angle
(Marouand, 257).
He had been wearing a garrison car-. which he never wore a g a i n . ..
(Marquand
215).
Louella Sarnes was waiting for him and he had taken off his garrison
cap w ith his left hand...
(Marquand, 526).
gas attack.

A loosing during w^-r of poisonous gasses*

...our clothing was impregnated against gas a11 a c k ...

(Pyle, 35*0 •

the gas chamber*
An air tight chamber, cuite 3mall room, in which a
person sentenced to death by the courts is excuted by means of a very
poisonous gas*
If they find those papers on you, it means the gas chamber
(Gardner, 77).
He claims that new gas chamber is worse than the r o p e ( G a r d n e r , 179).
Suppose that in the event of hie death — either by ..atural causes or
in the gas chamber at San Quentin — you stood no chance of profiting
...
(Ga-dner, 133).
gas fixtnres.
Any device which burns either n a t u r a l or artificial gas.
(This usually implies a device used in a house.)
...she could see a little two-burner gas fixture... (Cain,

165)*

gas ho g .
Anyone who need more gaBoline than he was entitled to
during the rationing of World War II,
The Office of Price Administration made things unpleasant for 11gas h o g s w
tonight
(Topeka Capital, May 16, 19^2, 7)*
gas mask,
A device covering the face whose purpose is topurify
the
air being breathed or to neutralize poisonous gases which a person may
breathe*
...notices the small of the gardenias and had started to put on
mask before a talker on the bridge told him...
(Yank, b-6),
I considered leaving my training gas m a s k ...
(Yank, 20),
...I had left my Army gas mask behind
(Pyle, 9)*

his

w b

gasoline shovel,
A power shovel operated by a gasoline motor; a de­
vice similar to a steam shovel only operated by a gasoline motor.
...two *+0-ton gasoline shovels. ..
gas tank.

(Yank, 232).

The tank on a vehicle or airplane which holds gasoline*

There were no self-sealing gas tanks. no mptal wings, only yellow fabric,
and there was no way of bailing out
(Marquand, 230).
Then the tracers must have hit the gas tank
(Marquand, 230),
to gas u p .
To fill a vehicle’s g»s tanks with gasoline; to fill up
with ga8oline.
Machinists’ mates...were gassing up the boats...
to gather about.

(Yank, 253)*

To c :ne together at; to form a crowd at.

...little girls who were gathered busily about her feet
to gather around.
to come together.

(Yank, 198)*

To come together to form a crowd; to become * crowd;

The whole crew gathered around and studied
it
(Pyle, 107)•
A group of us had gathered around to he^r about a Jap trick that cost us
four dead and 22 w o u n d e d . ~ ( Y a n k , 52),
But when the girls saw Mildred, and divined what she was there for, they
gathered around. . . (Cain, b-5).
The soldiers occupying the house gathered -round the carrying party to
get all the latest news and rumors from capm
(Yank, 59)*
We all gathered around and listened
(P.vle, -28).
The men gathered around., . , (Yank, 2 ^ 1 ).
to gather the Impression.

To infer; to

receive an implication.

You gathered the impression that there were people in the bedroomT
(Gar dne r , 1*4-9)•
to g a t h e r

Into

arms.

To embrace another;

to hug another#

Ray's voice was a wall, and Mildred wanted to gather her into h er a r m s .
but she merely look one of the little hands and patted it
(Cain, 101).
She began to cry, and Mildred gathered her into her arms and talked to
her as she h*d wanted to talk in the first place
(Cain, 12)•
to gather up,
1, To collect; to gather; to bring together,
Pella Street gathered up the empty glasses
(Gardner, *4-6),
She said she was sor y, gathered up the last of her dirty d i 6 hes, and
went back with them
(Cain, **9 ),
Next morning they were gathered u p ...
(Pyle, 339)»
...she stiddenly gathered u p her gloves and started to flounce out, without
being interviewed at all
(Cain, 33)•
Then some of them gathered
the empty shells...
(Pyle, 390),
...the mess sergeant gathers up another 10-day supply...
(Yank, 3*0.
...we...gathered u p my scattered stuff...
(Pyle, 280),
Some smart operator had simply gathered up a batch of empty cans and lids,
put sand in the cans, and then nearly crimped the lids back on
(Pyle,
135).
2. To form a bunch;

to become humped up.

"It gathers up too much in front," Sally said,
(Marquand, 529)•
general confusion.

"doesn't it, Mr. WilsonT

Confusion in general; a confusion of everyone,

...there was a general confusion of British Tank Corps men...
general effect.

(Yank, 115),

The effect in general; no special effect.

It's just for the general effect

(Marquand, *^96).

general officers.
Army officers in the rank of: brigadier generals,
major generals, lieutenant generals, generals, and generals of the
army.
But I noticed that on informal oc asions such as at dinner, all the
general officers called him "Brad"
(Pyle, 312),
general quart ere.
(also GQ,)
A condition of alert aboard a warship
in which each and every man aboard ship goes to his battle station.

-445-

When general quprters sounded at 9*30, no one aboard the Big Bastard
knew the size or strength of the enemy
(Yank, 43),
Buck's duty at general quarters was after-battery lookout
(Yank, 46).
general staff*
The staff, complement, group of officers, who serve a
general as his advisers.
Knowing Minot, he imagined that Minot would already be on some General
Staff. and Jeffrey did not want to be on any Sta'f
(Marquand” 563 ;•
general store.
A store which does not specialize in any particular
com. odity; a store which sells many things,
(This usually implies a
store in the country as contrasted with a city store,).
The village had the general store with its wide front stoop,,.
112

).

(Marquand

gentleman farmer,
A rather rich man who owns a farm and lives on it,
but who does not expect to earn hie living fr m the farm; a man of some
wealth who owns a farm from which he expects little or no income but
who farms for the pleasure of it.
Then a ruddy-faced man of middle age, who looked like a gentleman farmer,
drove up,..
(Fyle, 37?).
to get action out o f .
To get someone to do something ueiielly after
procrastination or delay.
...the time had come to get action out of V'ally...
to get adjusted to.

(Cain, 20^).

To become accustomed to; to become used to,

...Mildred,..trying to get adjusted to the,. .unexpected turn the inter­
view had taken.
(Cain, 216).
to get ahead.
1. To prosper; to be successful; to advance in one's profession or
vo cation.
Occasionally in the evenings, when Jeffrey was back from College, his
father would talk to him about getting ahead
(Marquand, 179)•
...like anyone else who comes from a small town and gets ahead
(Marquand
245).
She was implacably determined to gat ahead. somehow
(Cain, 74),
But a. good man could get aheod at the Palace...
(Yarik, ?36).
2. To move to a position in front (of); to get in front
...I slowed down, to let him get ahead

(Cain, 231)•

(of),

-446-

to get ahead of .
To accumulate; to pile up; to build up.
(This im­
plies that certain tasks, jobs, which one must perform are being left
u ndone.)

He had let it get ahead of him because it did lawns good to be let go for
one stimmer
(Marquand , 501) •
...he didn't want Mr. Wilson to think that it had gtt ahead of him, even
if Mr8 . Wilson thought so
(Marquand, 501).
to get alarmed.

To become alarmed; to become scared, frightened.

Row I don't want you to get alarmed
to get all set.

(Cain, 100)•

To get, become, preperred, r e a d y .

We got all set to shoot at the lights, but then we waited

(Pyle, 22).

to get along.
1. To

make out; to manage; to continue.

I asked him if he didn't have trouble eating, and he said;
"No.
I get
along fine"
(Pyle, 275)•
...you couldn't tell her...that anybody couldn't get along, even if there
was a Depression...
(Cain, 131)•
...the average gay who just gets along no matter who is there — didn't
really fare too badly...
(Pyle, ^-62).
He got along fine until his third trip
(Yanh, 186).
We get along
(Yank, 29)•
We sent a destroyer through the fleet to find out how the ships were
getting along
(Pyle, 20).
...and wants to help a plucky little
woman get along
(Cain, 148).
...that many countries have found they can get along without such a re­
serve (New Yorker, OCIII, Sept. 13. 19^7, 29
Captain Allaman spoke enough
Prench to get along
(Pyle,153)*
He got along fine in Italian
(Pyle, 21^).
He wasn't entitled to something that
would make things so much easier
for her, and that he could get along well enough without
(Cain, 58).
It's easier to fight when you know what the other fellow is doing and
how he is getting along
(Pyle, 179)•
Sergeant Tonguma...spoke fluent Spanish and therefore got along fairly
well in Italian
(Pyle, 215).
"
"Don't make fun of us," he said, "we're just poor boys tryin-- to ret along
(Marquand, 24- ).
"I make a noint of it," I f srld, "that's how I get along"
(M.- quand,
154).
...they marvel at hov; the American Army...gets along so well
(Yank, 213).
Oh, ye're getting along all right — no need for you to worry
(Cain, 18).
And the awful time we h^d getting along
(Cain, 14).

-447-

2. To fare;

to feel; to to in (good, bed)

The youngster who was put
along?
(Pyle, 50 )•

health.

down beside me said,

"Hi,pop,

how you getting

3. To be friendly and remain so; to live in harmony.
If she can, then they ought to get along f i n e . because that's exactly the
way he's built
(Cain, 10).
4. To go; to start going*
All right, let's get along

(Pyle, 200)*

to get along w i t h .
1. To be friendly with; to live in harmony with.
Why, they get along with TJncle all right — that is they did...
(Gardner, 2 & Y i
How do you get alone- with your uncle?
(Gardner, 27).
Very well...but anyone would get along with him
(Gardner, 26).
How do you get along with your uncle, Miss Leeds?
(Gardner, 26).
Oh-oh, you can't get along with 'em and you can't get along without
(Marquand, 515)•
2. To use; to utilize; to make use of.
faction w ith.)

(This implies not full satis­

...I'll have to get along with a portable
to get annoyed.

'em

(Cain, 150).

To become an. oyed; to become irritated*

Mildred began getting annoyed but it wr.s Veda who put an end to the
discussion
(Cain, 112)*
to get anywhere.
1. To succeed; to be successful.
Then, too, there was Mrs. Leland Hanscom who sold antiques...whose
husband never could seem to get anywhere...
(Marquand, 112).
She doesn't think she's getting a, y.-'iere (Cain, 131).
If he's dead, th»t'o not getting her anywhere
(Cain, 199).
2. To come to the point; to make a point.
You talk end talk and you don't get anywhere at all

(Marquand, 4?6).

to get around.
1. To move, go, from one plrce to another; to travel; to move about.

-4 4 8 -

We had. e. hell of a time getting around.. .because we had no special
passes...
(Yank, 199).
As far* a s a.iiyone could tell, he never seemed to get around anywhere, but
he k n e w the city inside out
(Marquand, 2'78).
H e ’s b e t n in circulation for a while, and he seems to get aroufid pretty
fast , once he starts moving
(Gardner, 50-1).
...most of them are sourdo\rgh trappers. ..who know how to get around in
Alaska...
(Yank, 190).
2. T o

spread, go, from one person to another*

.. . r u m o r s get around. . .

(Pyle, 357) •

3. T o go different places and to have conversations with different
p e o p l e ; to learn from travel and observation.
"Say h o v ; do you know all this?" Mason said, "Oh, I get around"
19).
to g e t
1. T o

(Gardner,

a r o u n d to.
"bring oneself to; to get to slowly; to come to circuitously.

When I got around to it, I fig ered it was maybe too "Biblical...
(Yank,
132) f i n a l l y v.'e got around to :ny host...
(Pyle, 217).
I d o n ' t k n o w if the general ever got around to seeing the other Caotain
Doolittle
(Pyle, 318).
Then, f a t h e r casually, he got around to Yeda, had a look at the music she
h?>d b r o u g h t . . . (Cain, ll'^T•
Mr. G o m a n was -frank to say that he never got aro :.n ' to the flower garden
a. 8 ia\ich
he would like to...(Marquand,
501) •
I...did. not get around to reading it (Pyle, 301).
He boix-~ht the boat with the idea of making an entomological expedition
aioa.rd her, but he hasn't got
ro.xnd to that yet...
(New Yorker, XIII,
S e p t . 13. 194?, 26).
.. .let h e r get her bearings before she actually got around to pickin^ out
a house?
(Cain, 221).
The "bottle was getting low now, but he poured himself another drink, and
got a» r o und to what he had comefor
(Cain, 60).
2. T o

come to; to arrive at.

Petch^.l h a d be^n wounded by ene-y flak, but we never got around to that
( P y l e , 213).
They "became bosom frien Is and somehow the talk always got around to pies
( C a i n , 64).
3. T o

get; to obtain; to purchase.

-^ 9 -

One of the moat practical pieces of equipment ovir Army got around to was
the little Coleman stove for cooking
(P. l e t 242).
to get a t .
1. To mean; to hove as the core of meaning; to have as the central idea.
"What I'm getting at," he said, "is, it's a little like being given a
second chance...
(Marquand, 470).
Drake frowned and said, ""hat are you getting a t . Perry?
(Gardner, 23).
"I don't quite see what you're getting a t . Gorman," Jeffrey said, hut
he knew that he was going to see, and Mr. Gorman knew it
(Marquand, 515).
Come on, Mildred, what are you getting at? (Cain, 4).
2. To begin to work on; to start working on.
They were anxious to get °t it and get it over with and go hack home
(Pyle, 345).
Furthermore, it seemed that after the hugs and catercil.h-s had -really
£o£. at il and were not expecting anything...
(Marquand, 501).
The Monday ries, however, were on her mind, end she knew she had to get
at them
(Cain, 95)»
Then get at it
(Cain, 84).
3. To reach; to a rive ct; to find; to locate.
Captain Doran liked to get at the seat of a
man's ills(Pyle, 45).
...our troops couldn't get at it with their guns
(Pyle, 159)«
...it was almost impossible for artillery to get at them
(Pyle, 4h0).
4. To fight; to injure through fighting.
...they could bet back to the front and "get at them sonsmbitches"
(Pyle, 421).
5. To gain the confidence of; to understand end receive sympathy from;
to get on friendly relations with.
When the examiners strike a case like this, they try to find out the trouble
other than the normal depression over being captured.
But they couldn't
seem to get at this boy
(Pyle, 124).
to get at tentionx
notice.

To receive, obtain, attention; to cause others to

There wasn't much of a battle but it was getting a lot of at tention
(Yank, 147).
to get away.
1. To leave; to depart; to get out.

-^ 5 0 -

...we went ‘back into the Jungle and got away without a shot being
fix-e<3 at us
(Yank, 9).
...this Itie...tried to get away on a motorcycle
(Yank, 123).
Now th^t it w e 8 over, she wanted to get away
(Marquand, 99).
Don't let him get away
(Gardner, 6l).
Aren't you doing it because you'd like to get awa.v T
(Mar qua m 1, 569).
You'd like to get away
(Marquand, 569).
It was growing dark outside and he wanted to get away
(Marquand, 173).
If they were behind the German lines it was time to ~et away
(Mp.rous.na,
232).
...instead If experiencing the acme of happiness, he wanted to get away
(Marquand, 209).
Jeffrey felt very anxious to get away before anyone saw them from the
house, before the telephone rang...
(Marquand, 5^8).
2. To escape; to get free; to

elude capture.

"Three of them got a w a y ." White
said, "but theother three went
to Heeven"
(Pyle, 27).
"Most of us got a w a y ." says Serrano, "but five were caught"
(Yank, 27).
We chased the Jerry, but he got away
(Yank, 125).
to get away from.
1. To leave; to depart;from; to get

out of.

She wentod to get away from the
Sound and the Post Rosd andmemory...
(Marquand, 99)•
Lest she show resentment, she started for the kitchen,
but it seemed
impossible to get away from Ida
(Cain,
h8).
...she waited miserably for them to get it over with, so she could get
away from Ida, and the Piliplno dishwashers..
(Cain, h-9).
To the best little woman that any guy was crazy enough to letget away
from him
(Cain, 127).
...let's get away from there as soon as we can (Marquand,
89)*
2. To escape; to get free of; to elude.
Uven Tolstoy could not get away from it
(Mrrqu&nd, 151).
You could get away from the war for a little while, but not for long,
because it was everywhere...
(Marquand, 15).
Clearly he wished to get away from his Aalad days
(Marquand, 19).
...personal satisfact;on —
that it's just a sortof excuse to get away
from her and home and the kids
(Marquand, 579).
He could not even tell what he wanted to get away from unless it were a
sort of insincerity...
(Marquand, 138).
...with enough money, I can get away frm y o u . ..
(Ca in, 207).
They were just like all the people that they were trying to ~et away
from...
(Marquand, 210).
Ry jinks, you couldn't kind of help things gettirv; away fr m y o u when
there was good stuff u n d e r n e a t h
(Marquand , 515).

-451-

You could either starve the ground...or else you could have it nice and
rich and kind of let it get awa.y from you
(Marquand , 516).
to get away from It all.
To escape from the unpleasantness of ev->ry
day life; to leave the humdrum.
...who had "built a good many ranchos for friends of H a l ’s who had also
wanted to get away from it a l l . ..
(Marquand, 132).
As Hal had said, when he had decided to get away from it a l l . he was
very tired, much too tired...
(Marquand, 4 3 2 ).
Later he admitted that perhaps he had made a mistake in not asking Elise
whether she wanted to get away from it a l l . t o o . ..
(Marquand, 431)*
...a "bushy and lonesome hurro who had come out there to get away from it
all
(Yank, 31).
to get away w i t h .
reprimanded for.
unconvent ional.)

To "be successful in, with; to he undetected and not
(This i-rplies some action which Is either illegal or

When he was hiding from the Gestapo in Belgrade or Zag-eh, he posed as
a wealthy "business man.
And he always got away with it.
(Yank, 248).
...makes passes at the pretty ones when he thinks he can get away with
it...
(Gardner, 1 2 7 ).
...you couldn’t always get away with everything just because you were
lucky
(Mnrquand, 20).
So you thought you could get away with it, eh?
(Ga^dne;', 160).
"Mow tell me...how does he get away with it?
(Marquand, 21).
.. ,w*=s a great actress, «s critics always did if a girl could take on
a Shaw play and get away with it
(Marquand, -48).
You c a n ’t pull that stuff and get away with it...
(G-rdner, 204).
to get h a c k .

To return; to

-o hack; to come "beck.

When did you get hack to the cahin?
(Gardner, 181).
I ’ve got to get hack to the Tanana country
(Gardner, 117).
The men at the well got hack safely, though I never tho .i-dit they would
(vank, 59).
...Veda's desire to get hack with the rich Pasadena people...
(Cain, 2,?0).
... thet l^st step he took to get hack to the States
...phone and ask them to hold it up until we get V ck
(Yank, 195).
Will we get h ;jck in time to see "Wake Island2...
(Yank, 195).
...he wouldn't get hack to his old company, so they let him go to a reBt
camp instead
( F i e , 449).
I have just got heck from two and a half year's service in the South
P a c ‘fic...
(Ya^k7 216).
When the men of the carrying party got hack they threw themselves down...
i'Yank, 59).
I played possum until he got hack
(Yank, 192).
. . g-'hen she got ha c k to he-' room she c o u l d n ’t hear it that Monty should
"be there
(Cain, 233).

-^52-

When she got back she caught her breath at what she saw
(Cain, 116).
He tried to get back to the subject of Welly, and she shrilled him down
(Cain, 83).
Now w h y don't y o u get b a c k to the b a r r a c k s . . . (Yank, 139).
Jeffrey knew th->t he would have felt better if he had stop ,ed for a cop
of coffee, but he wanted to get back to fa n i l i a - surroundings
(Ma -quand, 3 0 2 ).
Mason said, "Get b a c k here just as quickly as y o u c a n ”
(Gardner, 6 8 ).
She would have to get beck in time for dinner, back where her winter
house was on Murray Hill...
(Maraaand, 586).
Stick around the office, keep in touch with devdopments, and eat after
I get back
(Gardner, 93).
...we'll do all so"ts of things when you get back
(Marquand, -10).
...Madge and the apartment might not be there when he got b a c k , though
what might happen to them he could not remotely imagine
(Marquand,, b07).
Men who have been away six weeks have trouble in finding their way around
when they get beck
(Yank, 75).
...1 began to think less of the British Eighth Army and more about getting
back to my bivouac
(Yank, 31).
It was high time for Mildred to get b a c k to the kitchen,
but she lingered
/..
(Cain, 123).
When did you get b a c k . Walter?
(Marquand, 120).
He would give me strength and p rotection
to get b a c k (Yank, ll).
We wondered. ..if things v 'old be changed
when we getback
(Yank, 2b).
But I guess I'll wait till I get back to
Brokklyn... (Yank, 2?).
He splashed in after it, got it back on his shoulder... (Yank, 198).
Wh en he got b a c k , all he could talk about was the strange and wonderful
thing that had h a p pe ne d to h i m
(Pyle, 222).
He was pleased to get b a c k to the small and in* imate familiarity of a
squadron
(Pyle, 2 0 5*T!
He'd skin her aline when he got back
(Pyle, 335).
When they got beck it was late, but they gathered pine knots
by the
car lights..*!
(Cain, 9^).
When they got back it was cold, »nd they decided to build a fire of pine
knots
(Cain, 9^-).
I feel lot8 better since I got back
(Pyle, 26l).
Arlie just pointed his gun at him and kept it pointed till the officers
got back
(Pyle, 120).
...yet he was cena »le of nlaying swell football when he got back into
civil life...
(Pyle, 177).
It was in the summer of 1919, just °fter he got bock from the w a r . ..
(Marquand, 8).
...end now she was striving to get b a c k into a wo r k a s a y w o r l d through the
magic that those words had wrought
(Marquand, lb-7 ).
I'll step on it and get bac k to the office in time to hear what he has
to say before we go ba ck to court
(G- rdner, b-0).
rhen he took to the side streets to get back to his hotel...
(Yank, 201).
...if I ever got back tothe States 1 was 'to "be sure and make a visit to
the convent
("Yank, 138).

-*53-

"All right,” Mason said, "now ~*etting hack to what you did after you
left Hogarty's apartment
(O-nrdner, 197)*
"I 've got to get back to town," he said
(Marquand, 300).
Finally he got strong enough to get back to Algiers...
(Pyle, 230).
One explanation we heard, and discounted heavily, was that a good many
veterans had gone away for the summer and h a d n ’t got back yet
(Hew
(Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 23, 19*7, 25).
Whenever any of the old crowd spoke of Walter afterwards, in spite of
all the years between, they would somehow get back to the statue
(Ma -'quand, 18 ).
...she knew she would have to get Veda back
(Cain, 21*).
He splashed in after it, got it back on his shoulder...
(Yank, 198).
Some nights William was up till 3 A.M. seeing that all the
skinners got back down the mountain
(Pyle, 1*6).
to get -— back up.

To become excited, angry, mod.

Yet at the
back up

mention ofthe word "gold" the whole United States gets
(Hew Yorker, XX!II, Sept. 13, 19*7, 29).

to get —
poised.

balance.

To become balanced;

to become righted;

its

to become

It never gave them a chance to reassemble or get their balance
397).

(Pyle,

to get --- bearings.
1. To locate oneself in relation to others, or to the earth; to locate
oneself in relation to north.
They decided to back up in order to get their bearings.♦.

(Pyle, *05).

2. To adjust oneself to a situation and to learn what the conditions
are.
...would he...let her get her bearings before she actually got around to
picking out a house?
(Cain, 221).
...for a time his land lay idle, while he tried to get his bearings in
a dizzily spinning world
(Cain, 6).
to get the benefit of.
ironic.

To receive, obtain,

the benefit of.

(Often

The windshMLd was down, so I got the benefit of the cold night air
(Yank, 57).
to get the best o f .
to.

To get the control of; to master; to become superior

Imagination occasionally got the best of some of our letter writers
(hyle, 1 3 7 ).

-^5*4—

to get the better of.
superior to.

To get the control of; to master; to become

Don't let taut nerves get the better of you, just sink down and relax
(Marquand, ^4-12),
to get bov/1 ed over,
be Jostled,

To be knocked down; to be pushed around; to be

I always froze wherever I was for about five minutes,
bowled over in the rush
(Pyle, 33 )•

to keep from sgfcLLng

to get a break,
1, To be given a rest period, a recess.
When we got a break we lit K-ration cigarettes...
2. To receive a chance; to
Ike's all right,

(Ya k, 2h2).

get an opportunity; to have

if he gets half

a break

achance,

(Cain, 2^1- ),

to get — — breath.
To regain one's normal breathing rate; to breathe
normally after some physical stresr.
When I got my breath I started for help...
(Yank, 169)*
...she and Monty burst into howls of laughter, and when she could get
her breath she gasped: "Oh Mother J We saw the Biederhof 1 (Cain, 128).
;et bumped off,

To bekilled, murdered.

If I'd known he was going to
get bumped off. I'd have listened,
I wanted to know,..
(Gardner, 103)*
to get busy.

To go to work;

but all

to start to work; to begin working.

Then he told them to get busy and gather some stakes
(Yank, 182).
Go ahead and get busy on the Conway Appliance Company
(Gardner, 14),
to get b y .
1. To passy by;

to go by; to pass,

...my orders says nobody's car*, not even a general's, gets by here
today
(Yank, 179)•
2. To manage; to get along;
well; to do passably.

to do well enough but rot exceptionally

-*^55-

When they say someone is a good soldier it means he really might have
got “by at the Point nnfl that he ought to be wearing one of those rings
(Marquand, 555).
It's all right to talk about respectability if you've been educated so
you can get J& and be respectable...
(Gardner, 73)*
...in the Old Army he managed to get by that way...
(Yank, 216).
to get a call.
telephone*

To receive a teleohone call; to be c; 1 ’ 1 to the

Because right in the middle of rush hour you wonderful little homemakers
have a habit of getting a call that Willie's got the crovp, and out
you run, and maybe you come back*..
(Cain, 38)*
to get a call through*
To get a long distance telephone call through;
to place a long distance telephone call and get the pers n one vrishes
to spe-k to.
I think we can get & call through
to get caught.

(Gardner, 173)*

To be caught*

...South Se?,s feeling that wanted to dawdle, to play, to get caught half
dressed, without any shame whatever
(Cain, 93)*
to get caught up in*

To become involved in; to be snored in.

Soon you find him trying to answer your truths and getting caught up in
his own lies
(Yank, 129)«
to get

chance*

To receive, obtain, have a chance, opportunity*

...she»d got this chance on e
I didn't get any cha n c e . that
to get --- clothes o n *

big national hook up (Cain, 210).
I noticed (Cain, 96)*

To put on, don, one's clothes, clothing*

He asked Mildred to v;ait until he hot his clothes on * ..

(Cain, 2^-9)*

to get cold fe t *
To become frightened; to become scared.
(This
implies that one does not wish to continue with some project because
of his fright.)
You getting cole1 feet?
(Cain, 81)*
Do you mean you're getting cold feet? (Cain, l6l).
h-ett ing cold f e c t . Della?
QC-ardn^r, 30).
to get e_ crack at.

To have a chance at; to have an opportunity at-*

If I can go out there and get

one crack at them...

(Marquand, 569)*

-* 5 6 -

They were eager to "get a crack at the J e r r i as"

(Pyle, 3*3)•

to get c re d i t .
To receive credit;
on credit; to charge.

to borrow

to be able

money; to buy

...that's all they want to know — you can get all the credit yo u want,
more than you cpn use
(Cain, 79 )•
to get d a r k .

To become evening;

to become night.

...and told them
50).

to be ready to move out as soon as it got dark

to get a divor ce .
To receive, obtain a divorce;
spouse; to have one's mairiage legally dissolved.

(Yank,

to divorce one's

...my wife and I agreed to separate, but we didn't get a divorce
(Yank,
173).
...put an end to this mistake and get a divorce
(Yank, 173).
So, it looks as though ve*ve got to get & d i v o r c e . Bert
(Cain, 32).
to get d o n e .
To finish;
complete a thing.

to stop after having

completed

something;

You'll trot all day and you'll never get done 4 (Cain, kQ).
Then all right, and w h e n you get done with that, if y o u want the bath,
it's right beyond you...
(Cain, 23).
So you got done early
(Cain, k).
...he would get his wo r k done...
(Marquand, k).
But he never got it done
(Pyle, 59).

to get down.
1. To descend;

to go downward as from a hill or mountain.

Others got down und er their own power, agonizingly
2. To land after having been in an airplane;

(Pyle, 1 ^ 9 ).

to get to earth.

A fr'end of mine...felt so good the night he got down that he canceled a
-5CO debt another pilot owed him
(Pyle, 172).

3. To lower onseelf;
i8.

to g -t close to the e^rth or surface on which one

I got down behind a little b u s h . . .
k. To swallow;

(Pyle, *02).

to eat; to drink.

But Jack couldn't quite get it down

(Pyle, 21b).

to

-2*57-

...the playboy, comical and whimsical, after a hard night of it, was in
his dressing gown, trying to get down his orange juice...
(Marquand,

^23 ).

5* To go south; to go southerly*
VHien the Navy expedition got down to the Antarctic, it discovered thot
it had forgotten its two hundred and seventy xiairs of skis
(New
(Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19^7, 21)*
6. To fell; to cause to descend; to fall.
...no matter hov tough the tree, Alexander and Shipman usually got it
down in about half an hour...
(Yank, i'32).
to g e t

down.

1. To tire one physically; to wear one out*
"The drills getting you down? n we asked
(Yank, 100)*
C-etting up at three every day and not getting any sleep in the daytime
almost got me down before it was over...
(Pyel, ^2),
"That old base^r of a extended order is getting me dovra" . Artie said
(Yank, 100).
...the main thing about farming was to take it easy and rot let it get
you down
(Marquand, 502).
2. To depress one emotionally; to cause one to feel badly*
H e ’s not wor ri ed about Bex to the extent of letting it get him down
(Yank, 36).
Maybe it's this room that gets me down
(Marquand, 125).
It Isn't getting yo\x__dowji, is it, rahly, rehly?
(Marquand, 353)*
to get down on —
knees.
To lover oneself so that one
one's knees; to stand on one's kaees*

isstanding on

VThenever he lost anything he just got down on hjg knees and felt in the
straw...
(Pyle, 266)*
to get down to bedrock*
crux, the maint points.
C-et right down to bedrock

To get to the essentials;

to come to the

(Gardner, 71 )•

to get down to brass tpcks.
crux, the main points.
Let's get down to brass tacks

To get to the essentials; to cone to the

(Gardner, 71).

-b-58-

He was a roly-poly little man, and a.fter seven seconds of purring
condolences, he got down to trass tacks
(Cain, 105)•
Puor people get right down to brass tacks: love, hunger, nrurder, forgery
. ..
(Gardner, 102).
to get down to business.
To begin to work; to start to work in
earnest; to cone to 5he essentials of the business.
He...casually got down to business
(Cain, 200)•
Then they both laughed, and he rot down to business

(Cain, 89).

to get down to work.
To begin to work hard; to work in earnest; to
work with o n e ’s best ability.
And y o u ’ve got to cut out this running around and get down to work
(Cain, 2'- 8).
to get dressed.

To become dressed;

...I've got to get dressed and get out
to get dressed u p .

to dress.
(Marquand, lb-).

To put on, don, one's good clothes.

You.♦.got all dressed up

(Cain, 163)*

to get drunk.To become drunk; to become intoxicated*
But to Hay, it was
56).
to ret even.

a chance to "get drunk", ps she called it...

(Cain,

To get, obtain, revenge; to averge oneself.

...you had to say what you just said to me, to ret even

(C^in, lb-6).

To bee :me excited., nervows.

to get excited.

I know, but before I get too excited abo ..t it, you'd better make sure
(Cain, 80).
...Mildred viewed the dovnpour
an annoyance... but nothing to get
excited about...
(Cain, 160).
to ret fed up.
Came a day when
133).

To become disgusted, thoroughly annoyed, vexed.
TCd Bland got fed

To get the feel of*
to become used to.

up

w ith flying for a living...

Pyle,

become accustomed to; to become acclimated to;

I was thankful for the delay because It game me time to get the feel of
warfare at sea
(Pyle, 2).

-i* 5 9 -

What she wanted, was to get the feel of a town that he knew a great deal
better than she did
(Cain, 221)•
Hal made a grasping gesture at the air in front of him to show how he
wanted to get the feel of it
(Marquand, 287)*
I want to get the feel of i t . where they fall in love,
(Marquand, 287),
to get a fire going.
fire to b u m well*

To start a fire; to li ht a fire; to cause a

He...finally got the fire going
to get --- fixed u p *

(Pyle, 26h),

To get it arranged; to make preparations.

Hide out until I have a chance to get things fixed
(Gardner, 102),
to get fried.

up

the way I want

'em

To get drunk; to become intoxicated.

And you and ’alt and I ought to all get fried
(Marquand, 3^-3),
"Afterwards," Mrs. Newcombe said, "let's go up to our room and get
fried" (Mai'q u a n d , 1 2 3 )*
to get from*

To be ?way from; to go from*

The farther Madge m d Jeffrey got from the city along the road the more
familiar the si hts became
(Marquand, 90).
to get the ga t e *
To be fired; to lore one's .Job, position; to be dis­
charged from a position.
They didn't get the trad it lona.l Arrvy b^vlin -out from him, but they
get the gate
(Pyle, 308)*
to get going.

id

To start; to begin.

When he got going a t one thing, the next woild come up and when the next
ca.r.ie up, the women would holler t ^ him from the house
(Marquand, 502),
All you've got to do is to take over that property and get going quick
(Cain, 79).
Put et goin.
(Cain, 8l).
••.get going now
(Cain, 150),
fioi ng on it...
(Cain, 150),
...when the kitchen celebration finally got gcing. . . (Cain, 152).
We'd bet -ter .ret going
(Marque nd , 232),
to get a good n i r h t ♦s s l e e p .

To sleep well.

Get a good night *r. sleep now, and le^ve the worry to us
to get a hand.

To receive apvlause; to be ap-lauded.

(Gardner, 153).

-b-60-

When...Veda entered the living room, one night, as she would enter the
Bowl, she got a hand
(Cain, 23?)•
to get — — hands on.

To receive;

to possess; to get*

The employees spend their drachmas »8 soon as they get their hands on
them...
(Yank, 219).
to get the hang of*
To bee'.me familiar with; to become accustomed to
the operation and performance of; to l e - m how to operate.
After they got the hen--’- of it,
to get the hell (somewhere),
intervention or interruption.

they liked it...

(Pyle, 277),

To go somewhere quickly and without

Uncle Joe's one ambition is to win the war and get the hell home as
quickly as possible
(Yank, 131)*
to get the hell o\it of*
To leave auickg ; to get out of; to go off;
to go away.
(This implies rapid and unceremonious departure.)
I cot the hell out of there the next day
(Yank, 30)•
In other words, vry don't yo\' get the hell out of here and let working
men get a decent ni ht 's sleep?
(Gardner, 63),
V/e wanted. . .to get the hell out of there
(Pyle, h-28),
"Let's get the hell out of he -e," said Cla\is?on
(Yank, 135).
"Bills, Bills, get me the hell out of here
(Yank, 21)*
to get h i t .

To be hit; to be struck by a bullet, skrapn 1 or

the like.

...T>roT>le who cer e to visit them. . .were alv.-a.ys the ones who gothit
(Pyle, 256).
to get hold of *
1. To get possession of; to obtain; to get control of*
Fe bec?me a trusty in the prison office and was shrewd enough to get
hold of his ovn fingerprints..
(Gmrdrg r , 110).
The only chance of saving himself vos to get hold of that stick again
(Pyle, Iff)•
S'vonosc the district attorney should get hold of Farold Leeds?
(Gardner,

m).

...1 got hold of another tommy gun for our boat today
O

fT

(Yank, 253),

o fin'.; to loc-te.

...if anything cones 'in, at le^st I'll know where to get hold of you
(Cain, ?3).

-461

to get hold of --- •
To gain, ^et, control of one's emothons; to
control one's emotions*
Get hold of yourself, Madge
to get home.

(Ife.rqun.nd, 433)*

To go home; to cone hone; to arrive at one's home*

"It's time to "be getting h o m e .11 Jeffrey said
(Marquand, 353)*
I'll "be clad to get ho m e , see :ny wife and get a job (Yank, 95).
He was tired .after a number of nights in a hotel and he wanted to get
home
(Marquand, 302),
This was a Saturday mornin,
and when she got h o m e .s. e found Mrs, Fierce
t v - ( C a i n , 19)*
-h-- '-•kola business of getting b ck home was just...as simple as that
(Yank, 223).
...I'll give you a dr irk for that when we get home
(Marqu-:>nd, 234).
We had all been oversees 18 to 2b ninths at that time and we wanted to
get home
(Yank, 91).
They ->11 wanted to get home
(ryle, 3).
He was lucky to ret home at a]1
(Pyle, 16?),
When she got home,, Bert came out
to meet her, and to>k her into the den.,
(Cain, 101).
Mildred waited a minute or twa, «o her departure vouldn11 s«’»»n quite so
point ed, then s® id she had to get t 'ng the children hone
(Cain, 15)•
’.Then she got home t'-e -e -;ps a not ice hanging on ti e do >r, asking her
to call for a paid telegram
(Cain, y ).
"If I lived out hero,' Jeffrey answered, "I'd want to get back home"
■’I'r *q ian ’, 1 29 )•
He anted to win it and get home. .. (?y e, 394),
When she got h o n e . the chill ren lv-d just arriv'd from, scho 1 (Ca Iji ,
~?).
"The apple blof-v - is will be con'ng out v:hen you ;et hone. " Madge said..
('larquand, 110),
"vou pee, I wanted get h ome." he sa.id (iferquan^l, ?1?),
3very day we don't advance is one day Ion er before we
*et home
(Pyle,
111).
When I got home,...
I didn't know arythin-- ribout the book's -oin • so big
...
(Marquand, 14) ,
It was like gettLug home to be with people who we^e all doing the same
sort of w o rk...
(Ma"quand, ho).
The lieutenant was anxious to get home...
(Pyle, ^^6).
He tried, to get me to hoy a performance but I toll him I'd we.it till
I got home again and ee>- it in a carnival for two bits
(Pyle, 106).
'.h<->n she got ho m e . . . (lain, 123),
He hod so,- their b^by only once — ho got home for a few hours
(Fyle,
165).
...but there 'wasn't a m«->rk on it when he got home
{ y l c , 163).
She tried, to tell them that their sweethearts would marry somebody else
while they were overseas fighting a phony
r for the "Jewish" F.oosevelt,
and that there would be no jobs for them when they got home
(Pyle, 42).

-462-

to g e t
hooks Into.
To get c o n 1rol of another usually through
subterfuge; to get another In one's control.
She told John h e '5 have to becone respectable.. .unt 11 she'd got her hooks
Into Allen L e e d s
(Gardner, 72).
to get h o t .

To becone physically dangerous;

to he full of denser*

One ni.ht, however, while I was with his division, it got too hot even
for him.
Pragraents from shell bursting nearby started hi thing the top
of the truck, so he got out
(Pyle, 39iL) •
to get h u r t .

To be hurt.

How and then, some youngster would get hurt...

(Pyle, 2f6).

to ,--et an idea i n
head.
To accent and believe an idea; to ha\re a
belief; to believe something.
When he once ge ts an idea in his he- d . you can't blest it out with
dynamite
(G-rdne^, 25).
to get an idea out o f
mind.
To quit, stop, thinkin-- about some—
t in;T; to cease considering something.
He w ished he co u l d get the. idea out of his mind th- t Madge and the
apartment might be there...
(Marqu-ji' , 0 7 ).

to get in.
1. To enter.
They went out together, and got in the car.
(Cain, 61 )•
...the station w a gon wa.s out by the front do g already with the oicnic
in the back seat and with Sally waiting to get in
(Marquand, 5^7).
.. .she would not h^ve got in to see Jes e unless so u-.ne hud given her
a. very s;u*clal letter
(Marqoend, 267).
The rain sounded just lik *? ghosts tryiu to get in, and she asked Jeffrey
to sit still...
(.Ma-'qu'-nd, 2 0 5 ).
It seems to me they don't give a damn whether they live or die so long
as they get ill...
(vank, 53).
...you saw it in Top*?!'- , back when you got in for half price ^s a minor...
(Tank, 73).
...the ghosts knock in.: on the wind ow didn't nr»ke a crowd, because she
kn w the Jeffrey would se- th* t they didn't get in
(Marquand, 205).
Get in
(Cain, 91).
...she said; " e t in, 3e -t " (Cain, 19S).
2. To h.-’ve; to do; to make.

-1*63-

...I got In the last shot

(Yank, 55)•

3. To return; to cone to a place; to go
implies arrival.)
"Wh'-t tine did y o u get in?" Madge asked...

to a pl?ce.

(Thisusually

77) •

(Marquand,

to get In —— blood.
To "become a part of one; to cause one to be
vigorous, excited, nervous, happy; to affect o n e ’s emotions.
Being shock troops got in their blood
to get in on.
to do with.

(Yank, 122).

To participate in; to take a part in; to have something

]?d w e s n ’t there to get in on the little ceremony...
(Yank, 2 hh).
...we all wanted to get in on the liberation of the city
(Pyle, b6l),
to get in shape,
To develop a good physique; to harden and develop
muscles; to develop physical stain’na and strength.
Ten-minute breaks, go to town every ni ht
that way
(Yank, 1^9).

— t h e y ’llnever get

to ~et in there and..
To be allowed to participate;
take part in.
(This implies vigorous action.),

in shape

to be allowed to

I just want to get in there and take a. sock at somebody

(Marquand, ^73).

to g e t
iri to (infinitive),
come to,

to hire one to

To cuese one to come;

Ve got Italian workmen in. to_ clean up...

(Pyle,

2 5 0 ).

to get into.
1. To enter; to go into;

to t w

up as a profession.

Just before I got into the j*r:ny. . . (Yank, 170).
After the v'e.r he hoped to go to Harvard and then get into the pxtllisking
business
(P.le, 33)•
Ye h-d been talking together.. .and he told me how he'd studied journalism
...and how he wanted to get into it after the war
(Pyle, 8),
2. To put on;

to don.

7>To v , she h ur ri e dl y -^ t into one,put on ha
little cap
(Cain, IIP).

■ Tip-Top shoes,

3. To enter; to participate in; to take pa t in.

stuck on the

-JU-6^—

ThoT*e was no way of knowing whether aid to Britain would keep
.get us into war that October morning (Marquand, 88).
to t~;et into bed.

us out or

To retire; to go to bed*

...one of the lieutenants cotild switch off the li-ht after he .:ot into
bed
(Pyle, 258).
They went to her bedroom, and she undressed, ana got into b e d , and took
Veda
into her arms
(Cain,
11'').
...read current magazines, saw a movie after surfer, and fine.lly got into
bed with a real mattress
(Pyle, 2).
to get into a conversation, with.
versation with.
to talk to.

To talk with; to carry on a con­

Invariably he got into conversation with people
To understand;

-

to get-i n t o h e a d .

to know; tolearn.

’’Just ret this into your h e ' d .11 Jeffrey said,
(Mar qua nd ,506 ).
to get
into -- mi n d .
occur to one.

(Pyle, 213).

"we're not in the war yet"

To be thought of; to come to

one's mind; to

Jeffrey wondered how it had ever got 1nto Charley's m i n d . and then he
realized. . . (Marquand , 2 2 8 ).
to get into the suirlt of.
disposition of.
"Ho," Jeffrey said,
(Mar qua n d , 82-2 ) .

To put oneself into the mood, temper,

"the only thing, to do is to

et into the sririt of 11 "

to get in touch with.
1. To have conversation with; to talk with; to discuss thing's with.
Mar-on said, "I want to get in touch wi th this bird"
(G-*^dner, 89)*
Leeds got in touch with you?
(O- -dner, 56).
Al.;en can jet in touch with you if he wants to
(!• rdner, 58 ).
If he gets in loach wi th you, tell him that
(Gardner, 3?).
Pe told B 1Crenzo to tell the girl to get in touch with the civil author­
ities about the metier
(Yank, 50).
Go home, sit tight, '-rd see what your Uncle Alder gets in touch with me
(Gardner, 8 h ).
2. To be intimate with; to l e jrn about and >now about.

-465-

A few days after the Sicilian cai’ipaign had

a c t u a l l y - erded I vent "back
to Palermo to get in to ich w i t h what we jokingly call ed civil i zat ion
(Pc
vle, 90) *

to ret into t r o u b l e *
trouble*

To co something w r o n g and be c a u ht; to be in

...when we did disregard a bulletin we rot, into trouble
to ret in the w a y .

To interfere;

to hincer;

(Yerk, 131)*

to impede;

to block.

Few of their freer, had much exprec-ion, *-x\c they keyjt getting in the
way of traffic, Just like the Arabs
(Fyle, ?l).
...hr.d been scooping tip all the ber.t souvenirs and even getting in the
w ay of shooting
(Yank, 52).
If you hang them on your « unit ion belt, they get inyour way w hen
youfce crawling along the ground
(Yank, 150)*
...slop buckets and ‘rash. .. got in the •v-y on the dock front
(Pyle, 2 7 k).
to ret i t .
1* To receive punishment;

to be struck.

"Yes," Jeffrey answered , "London's rettinr it"
The town
ot it fr m both sides
(Pyle, 1177:
2. To be killed;

(vr r q u a n d , 96).

to die*

There were so many cases of men "rett ing 11 " on the.r last fli ht that
the leaders w e r e
nervous about it »s the pilots
(Pyle, 1 ? 2 ).
It's always the best oner that get it
(Pyle, 19?)*
7. To unc’e r s t m c ’; to comprehend ; to precei-. e.
Oh, nrw I get i t
(Cnin, 212).
"I'm Just b eg i n 1-ing to get i t ." Jeffrey said
It was Monty who cot it
(Cain, 1?6).

(Marquand,'22).

to get it down to *
To reduce it to; to take out the non— essentials;
to bring to the essentials.
Jeffrey wanted to ret
237).

it down to c o n ■on sense and reason...

(Marquand,

to get it over w i t h .
To do it and finish with it; to do and make
end of.
(This irmlies s me thing distasteful; u n p l e a s a n t . )

an

There had
even beer, some sort of graceless, perfunctory ide-- of getting
It over
w i t h . now that they were there
(Mrrou'-nt , •:50) •
Let's go and -Tet it over with
(Iprdner, 155).

-466-

...verdict, was unfavorable, p.nd she waited miserably for them to yet it
over vi th . so she eoulc -et "-wa; from...
(Cain, 9c).
They exp-cted it to be rough when the invasion st--. ted , butthey v.ere
anxious to "et it over •■•1th
(Pyle, '32 D).
T h e y were anxious to -et It over with. . .
(Fyle, ^ 5)»
We mi ht js well si-n then no- -nd ret over with
(rlarquend, ^0 3 ).
Since Sicily v>s new t err? in for me I figured I mi r.tas veil
-et sick
rirht --way and --et- it over with
(Pyle, 9).
to get the .job done.
To f ;nish with something; to c one to a con­
clusion with something.
We wanted t_c> get ti e job done. . .
to ret jHriKy-

(Pyle, -2?).

To become nervous.

excited.

Put by noon I be re n t o -et junr.y. . .

(Tyle, r<0).

to ret a kick out of.
he*e f un fro1n*l•

sneci al enj->ymer't. from;

To receive

to er.jov; to

Put he pc c read to ret a great kick out of l o s i r . (> rdrrr, 21).
Un c 1 e ■
:.lden re ts a yreo t kick out of John
( k r d n e r , 2?).
He was ar. e b u ’lient fel ' ov who rot
yre- t kick out of everythin.- he did
(Pyle, 2*??).
Over there end r i; ht then was •••hen >•cund ar.d «ervi c-e eti* lr.es woulc have
given a yuy a ch- nee
t_o. ret a little kick out of weorinr hi f- record on
his sleeve
(Pyle, 1?6).
to ret a 1 a u g h .
Sure,

To c m r e

it rot s. laUjoh.

n-'userr.f n* ; to be funny.

(Fyl^, r"~).

to ret a l a u r h out o f .

To

be ^rrused by; to be caused to laugh at.

ITo a^tter what, you -Iways ret a. lrugh cut of Alf
(ikrcuanc, b °L ).
I oIveys --et a laurh out of Alf/..
(Va qua r.d , 3 ) .
to ret I eft b e h i n d .
v:hpc o the r s ro .

To

h've others

~o -va;

and le- ve

>ne; to re-ain

...seeing he •■"-s about t_o ~et 1 ef t b e h i n d . he just salv^ed his bo mbE and
vent streaking to cc tch up wit h the formation
(Pyle, ?Cf).

to ~et l i g h t.

To become day1 lent;

to cavn.

It v«s Ju l t be-'i r.rirr to re t 11 h t ar:' Fooe \r. • s-id it w^s five
(Tar/, 59).
t o ret lie uo red u p .

To ret crunk;

to become intoxicated.

o'clock

d

-467-

It w^B somrthirv , Minot often said, to get the Prince a little llouored
up in the eve ing ®nd hear him tell about...
(!'r
- rnwnd, ',7l).
to get a look r
- t,

To look at;

to see;

They felt no exuberance about recelvin
coin-' tp get a look at it and m s s it
19^7, 76).
to r~et lost.

To "become lost;

to

lance at.

the money since they were merely
on
(Yew Yorker, XXIII, Sept, 1°,

to "be lost; not to know where one is.

I knew that lieutenant '-as get t inc. lost
(Pyle, 4-^5).
All they vent is t_o .,et l o s t . •=s so n
s possible
(Yan , ?6).
I happen to be an expert on ~ettlng lost
(Yar. -, 96),
The first thin.- to remember if y m v»nt to, at lost in a jungle is not
to lose your head
(Yank, 96).
He ec vised wh't route to take home '"f anybody got lost
'Pyle, 209),
.. because two -c jr-cent passes in the mountains locked exactly alike he
t -ok the v t '-e c ;ne and got lost,...
(Pyle, 169).
to get the lowdown on.
cbout, concerning.

To le- rn + he gossip about; to le- rn the truth

"I've rot the lowdown on yours,"
to -et- m.- d .

Drake went on.

(Gardner, 184).

To becone angry.

.. .when they got mad their lips quivered.. . (Yank, 2^5)*
...he gets mad when he he-— s anyone else tell it
(Yank, lp6).
holy c ul.i possibly get mad at him
(Pyle, 712).
to get me"rled.

To n n m y ; to become me • -led.

If Sammy gets married, he'll be. c ompletely on hisown... (Cain, 1?4).
...I went ahead and got married. . . (Yank, 1?4).
She dr ore to Phoenix. . .end -o t married
(Cr- i.i, .779) •
Thy don't you forget eboat a job, hook yourself a man, and get .marr
again?
(2a*n, 79).
A lot of r -lot?.. .g 11 r e led •s so;n r s they hit home
(Pyle, 180).
tp get the meaning of.

To understand;

to c mprehend.

The guards, we gathered, didn't ,gt the 'leaning of General Iraham *s barks
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. l p , 19i 7, 75).
to, get the mea -re home.

To n jke others underst"nd, comprehend.

...’•/ere trading on anxiety, trumping o e r the blood of battle "ields to
get the sordid anticlimax of their racr age home
(Xarquenc , p35)»
to g e t

mind off.

To forget;

to leave off th" king about.

-*68-

ie 5--ve ‘he envelope to the porter in the lounge car to mail, "but he
still C'-J-d r.ot yet his mind off Jim
(Marquand , bl 6).
t; y e t

mind on.

o n e '3

To con-'e. trate

nn; to think on". y no v a 4 ; to give

ino t o •

Mildred tried t_o_ met h e r

-jnd

n

this,

but

couldn't

(Cs 1*., 1 0 5 ) •

It v'-.9 often difficult f or Jeff re.' t_o, --at his :in - > n any rent of v. .— k
after l-inchl-.-.y t the Clinton
Club
(M--rq.ua.nd, 26y).
...if i t ’s nil the sane to you, w oul d y o u r et your nind
n so net' in.: else?
(It-r pus nd , 7 6 ) .

s £ o o d •'s y o u , -o'-., be, w h e n you've mot y our

lot

to net

oi' a i nr

in.

To t e c o o ^

involved

in;

-.ini _ n it
to b e c o m e

(lair.,

T--3).

a

of.

p°rt

The Crayons an e «lv-ys pet t in: mir ed u- in incredible stunts
(Yah *, I?-',
w v the trouble with pet t inn rr.i r ■-d nr, in “e::lnl?:-nce. . . (M- r q u a d ,
■“V

- A-

\

• -

J•

.. i* found a nest of hid iry Jar ~h ip? and .ot mired un in m e of the
roughest r.i -ht surface e:.-- me rents ever fru^jht anywhere
(Yar.k,
?)•
to. ret mlx-d up wi th.

To become confused with; to become irvolved vlth

.. .where he would put them, so that they would r.ot r et mixed up wlth his
shi rt e . . . (i-Garq.uan d , i>C9 ).
...he portable typewriter is cont inu- 1 ly net t ing xi red ur with, two
dachshund pups,•.
(M -quand, C?)»
to. net

o:ney out of.

To obtain run-y from; to receive

But juc t to -oretend you loved him,. .t o
you do itT* (Cain, 206).

oney

.et - o y ; - o ut of him —

to n e t
money *s worth.
To --et value for one's m o n e y ;
roods or services equal to one's money.

from,
hov could

to receive

But you, before I h'-d even **ifty buck? out of y u, you had to make a
chauffeur -ut of me, didn't you?
To -ret your mon»y's worth?
(Ca 'r.,
170 ).
to

et the mo st out of.

m

frrv.; to receive benefits from.

.e -ay the b o y s got the nost out of it, and they am- reciated. it

^ *■ » =
\ —

To benefit

— ^

f

— u>

y •

y :t t in - t r.e most out of a n i n t e r e s t in
visit
( M . .-o --nd, 22 3),
..."he -Iwayc a n t e : to
evecyt
in* ar.' t_o. ~e t t r.e most out of cv^rythir.-- when, she t r a v e l e d , . .
'ib- -pua.n:, 2 7),

She

to

f

t nervo us .

To become r.erv us, excited.

A lot of soldiers met nervous when t h e y find themselves in a Jungle

-i+69-

to get the nod.

To receive permission; to obtain permission.

...Col. C a s t o n e r g o t
...
(Yank, 1 9 0 ) .

the

to get n o w h e r e .
To
to be u n s u c c e s s f u l .

n o d to

make

expand his

l i t t l e or

Scouts

to a p l a t o o n o f 2 ^ m e n

no p r o g r e s s ;

to p r o g r e s s

but little;

I t1? all right and I like it all right but it's a rough life °nd it don't
get you nowhere
(Eyle, 195)*

to get off.
1. To le- ve;

to d e s c e n d

f r o m ?.s f r o m a t r a i n ,

bus,

car a n d t h e l i k e .

. . . t h o s e p u n k s w h o a r e a c t i n g l i k e d a m n f o o l s . . . w h e n t h e y g e t o f f the
boat
(Yank, 2 1 7 ) .
The f u n n i e s t t h i n g a b o u t t h i s w a s tha t w h e n e v e r a t r a i n a p p r o a c h e d a
t u n n e l it s t o p p e d in o r d e r to l e t the h a n - o r s on g e t o f f . so t h e y
w o u l d n ' t b e r a k e d o f f b y the t u n n e l vails
(Fyle, 135) •

He remembered the faces turned up toward him as he got off the train
(Marquand, h26).
...act'n'> like real soldiers when yo u .^et off that boat...
(Yank, 217).
...when they had stopped at Cherbourg, he had wanted to get off
(Marquand,
225).
Whea t h e t r a i n c a n e in, it w a s a l l so v i v i u t h a t it
get ♦ in g o f f t h a t t r a i n , not J i m ('ia -nuand, 5 2 6 ) .

seamed

to b e h e

He could sea the station pi ‘tform
when he got off the train, early in the
afternoon
('-'a quand, 25?).
I didn't waste any time gett inf: off the boat...
(Pyl*3 , 272).
.. . t h e a d d r e s s w a s u n f a m i l i a r to her , and she h a d to a ? k
v'here t_o get o f f
(Cain, 1 l).
...the t r a i n s t o p p e d and. v e got o f f . ..
(Yank, 1 1 6 ) .

the c o n d u c t o r

I should have got a cup of coffee
when I got off thetrain
(Marquand, 713)
Bu' when she found she had got off too soon, and had to walk two blocks..
(Cain, 3 ).
.. .except a fat l -ciy w i t h a. s m a l l C a i ^ n te r ier,
f l o o r by p l o u g h i n g a p a t h . . .
(Marquand, 7^0).
...this is w h e r e I g e t o f f ..
(Yank, 1 3)*

who

got

o f f at

the

fourth

2. To leave; to go away from.
...the m e d i c B

6).

could

not

get o f f the

g r o u n d to a t t e n d th e w o u n d e d

(Yank,

H o w o n e a r t h d o y o u e v e r e x p e c t _tq r e t o f f on t h a t l e a v e t o m o r r o w ?
(Ya.-'.k, PS).
It w h a t t i m e d i d y o u get o f f T
(l-.rdne ', 1^3)•
...t wo o t h e r m e n . . . w e r e d e b a t i n g w h e t h e r t h e y ' d e v e n get of f t h e g r o u n d
tint m o r n i n g
(Yank, 2 C 8 ) .

7. To move away; to step aside.

-470-

w i s h w © t h r e e c o u l d get o f f s o m e w h e r e u n d e r a b u s h w i t h a. h o t ti e
(M«rquand, 120 ).
e r g e a n t B o h n ^o t o f f a s f a r a s h e c o u l d a n d t h r e w a l i g h t e d n a t c h a t
the stove door
(Pyle, 2 2 0 ) *
4.

To h a v e a v a c a t i o n ;

to h- v e

free

time;

to h e

relieved

fron work,

..the K P s w e r e . . . w a i t i n g to s e e w h e t h e r t h e y c o u l d g e t a c o u p l e o f h o u r s
off
(Yank, 2 2 9 ) .
c a n get o f f e v e r y o t h e r w e e k e n d
(Yank, 84) .
’o u ' r e g e t t l n g 1 0 d a y s o f f y o u r s e l f
(Yank, 8 9 ) .
'he O l d Man l i k e s to see p e o p l e get a c o u p l e d a y s o f f b e f o r e g o i n g
o v e r s e o e . ..
(Yank, 89).
5. To

tell

a

j oke;

n d I got t h a t o f f —
[e go t t h i s o f f w i t h
6.

To

escape

to t e l l

a

funny

story;

to

w h o t y o u ' v e jus!t q u o t e d
a nervous rasping little

da..ma.ge; to

come

make

a pun.

(Cain, 1 6 ? ) .
laugh...
(Cain,

through.

'he c o r n e r s w e r e k n o c k e d o f f a f e w b u i l d i n g s a n d s ^ n e
w e r e g o u g e d in the streets, but on tie w hole, L icata
pretty nicely
(Pyle, ? 0).
7.

To

take

''Tow g e t
So t h e

off.

Tow I c a n

clothes;

To

assist

get h i m p a c k e d

■,o get o f f
talking.

do

one's

to

remove

the

air.

you're

toni-u.t
To

finished,

to
■ nd

leave,
get

go

why

to

no t

get

To t e l l
confide

can be

comfortable,

subject.

To

hnd

got

off

him off

the he l l

for —

" je t

it

o f f ."

t o n o -row
the radio;

off

the a i r T

another about
in .another.
and get

"

»wry.

stop broadc a s t i n g on

get — —
off — - c h e s t .
b o t h e r i n g , a n n o y i n g one;

Bit d o w n w h e r e y o u

one

good s i r e d h o l e s

clothing.

it o f f . 11
"Oh, I ' m n o t m u c h in the h u m o r
costume came off...
(Cain, 1 2 9 ) .

3-et

7ov» t hat

off

1^5).

it

to

quit

(Gardner,

sometv ing w h i c h

off

your

ohest

20)

is

(Gardner

166).
bo g e t o f f o n
sxibject.

th e

begin

to

discuss,

3e g o t o f f o n t h e sub.jact. a n d o n e of t h e i r b o y s
rakes, stop t a l k i n g about o v e r s h o e s . . .
(Pyle,

write,

said;
104).

"Oh,

talk about

for

God's

a

They shaved, and washed, and got on some fresh clothes,..

(Pyle, 270),

?. To ascend; to mount,
(This implies the mounting of a vehicle of
some sort as a train, bus, car, etc,),
,. .the same crowd got on at TTorton...
(Marquand, 8),
Maybe Jeffrey wouldn't mind helping you get on the train

(Marquand, h63).

3, To leave; to go; to continue on one's way.
He got to his f e*^t • . .said , "’’ell. I'll be ge 11 1ng

on

(G--rdner , 58—9) •

ft. To fasten, sew, on; to secure.
One day an order ca e around th-t everybody had to get his strines on
(Pyle, 110).
5* To succeed; to become a success; to do well.
I like to think of the boys in the old shop getting on. but Walter — how
could he call the turn on a;ything?
(Marquand, 21),
You've got to be careful about little things like that...That'sthe way
you get on (Marquand, 15*0*
6, To be friendly; to be h«rinonioti9.

(Cf. to. get on with.)

You and Jim always get on so well...
(Marquand, 250).
There was no use pretending that Gwen and ^-loria could get on,, .
359).

(Marquand

7. To obteln a place, position, for oneself.
An1 the enemy had four men on shore for every ti.r^e men we had approaching
the shore. And yet we got on (Pyle, 362),
to get on the ball.

To work diligently; to concentrate on one's work.

Let's get on the ball out there, Pvt. Durkee

(Yank, 138),

to get on --- feet.
To become a business success; to becone financially
independent; to have enough money to live on.
It was to the interest of all th t she got on her feet ngain...become the
A 1 customer she had been in the p-st
(Cain, 2L6).
to get. on --- nerves.

To irritete one; to make one nervous; to vex

Bat the little jokes helped to keep us from get t ing: on each other’s
nerves
(Pyle, 298).
The gaiety and charm and big-eityness of Peris somehow had got a little
on our nerves
(Pyle, b-63).
to get —

on the phone.

To telephone one; to call one on the puone.

When Brusic got the heavy weapon? company on. the phone. he gw>ve them
fire directions
(Yank, 108).
to get on a subject.
about a sub j ec t •
...oh well, let's not

To begin talking, thinking, writin ,, hearing,
-et on that subject

(Cain, 191).

to get on w i t h .
1. To be friendly with; to be in harmony with; to hr>ve good personal
relations with.
He always could get on
He always could get n
You know damned well I
I always like your old
(M° qua.nd, 13).

with Jim
(Marquand, 552).
with Jim (Marquand,529)•
can get on with anyone
(Marquand, 2h-5),
friends, and I alwevs get on v ery well with them

2. To continue with; to go on with.
He had that old urge .to get on with it, because he knew that there was
always a moment at the end...
(Marquand, ^92).
He wants to. get on with his job
(Yank, ^6).
Let's et on with it
(U-rquand, 31).
How about getting on with it?
(Marquand, 81) •
get out I
come now.

(An exclamation)

"let out I" Jeffrey said.

I don't believe it; it can't be true;

"You don't own a c-r J"

(Marquand, 280).

to get out.
1. To go fi-"g v". ;’
• 'li t jl ce; to go to the outside from within a place.
Mr. Beragon set his brake, started to get out. and then said as though he
had just thought of it...
(Cain, 92).
A United 'Nation* c.r pull'd up in fr^nt of a mid town hotel one afternoon
1: st week and four Par Eastern delegates got out
(Now Yorker, XXIJI,
Sept. 13, 1 9 7 . 27).
...all be and the other gunner could do was try to get out
(Pyle, 215).

-**73-

Veda got out. . . (Cain, 182).
That was when the hoys got out (Pyle, 1'05)•
...they didn't get out
(Yark, 16).
...they never h-^d time to get >nt (Yank, R).
"Minot” , he said, "you've got a ho If hour yet; let's get out and walk”
(i&rouand, 55° )•
Five Japs were dead erd e sixth was at the far entrance, trying- desper­
ately to /get out
(Yank, 8).
Fragments from shells bursting nearby started kilting the top of the truck
so he got out
(Pyle, 39*1) •
...the sous.dron commander him?elf had to et out and ^ct as s traffic
manager
(Pyle, 169).
The errand was to see that the model hone was locked after the painters
got out. hut she didn't go into that
(Cetn, 90).
The gene al walked up to a plane from which the crew hrd just got out
(Pyle, '318).
...a man would he all ri \ht if he coiild get out in thirty seconds
(Fyle,

318).

...ahe cut the motor, /rot o u t . . .
(Cein, 22?).
When they got o u t . Colonel Cli7be was a changed
ma,n (Pyle, 205).
They speculated on their own. chances of getting
out (Yark, *>-6).
I'm r c 'nr to get out
(G- drier, *‘2).
...he said good-bye, end got o u t , -.nd started inrice...
(Cain, ??2).
Fe watched the a u t o n o t f I r s drive up and the chauffeurs get out a n d the
t>8-&f,s£e trucks roll down the p>l-tfo;m with the mail (Me~quand, 256).
It seen.d they all wanted to apt out at the same time...
(YanV, 53).
Watch your step get 4ire: out
(Ma o u a n d , 56).
f-et out . I ruy him...
(Yank, 187).
Then come the bust— un. . .and out he g o t . through
the hack d or ne? r U r g e . .

(:•: rqiiwd, 372).
...he, savagely ordered her to 1 ock the c a r , c t o u t . and come b- ck with
him...
(Cain, 172).
...tiey got out
(Cain, 155).
He got o u t . began tramping \tp and down beside the car (Cain, 198).
He hollered "Jump" ^nd got out
(Yank, 1*4-6).
An AT c o m m a n d e r e d . ..killrd the crew...as they tried to get out
(Yank,

2**5)
Secure and. get out if there's nothing else y u can do
(Yarik, *4-5).
...urged it forward a foot or two, and then got out again (Few Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 6, 19i!7, 22).
...I didn't even try to yet out
(Pyle, 3^8).
2. To bring out; to prodiice; to bring from a storage place.

She got out her~key and ran to the door, her feet crunching on the gravel
(Cain, 96).
He got out some grapefruit juice
...the boys all got out paper...
ot out a violin c.ase
walked
over to the shelves again
• • •be
«
W
135).

- 4 ? *»-

...Carter told me about hie folks at home and ^.ot out pictures of hie
father...
(Pyle, 262).
The moving over, he ^,ot out a coil of hose, screwed it to a spigot...
(Cain, l).
Then he got out a mower -^nd mowed the lown
(Cair, l).
... Collins...got out some cigarettes and we all lit up...
(Pyle, 242).
Then she got out silver, glassware, and napkins, and arranged them for
two
(Cain, 23).
She ot out the chickens, vent over the* carefully for t infepthere...
(Cain, 116).
3verybody ca ried pictures of hie own family aryvn.y, and got them out on
the slightest pretext
(Pyle, ISO).
So I noticed particularly the time when the order cane in, and kept
hurrying the cook up to get it out
(Gardner, 1^7).
In the afternoon the evening war conn uniques would come over the A.P. and
Mr. Jenks w'>uld -et mt his maps...
(Marquand , 202).
3. To leave; to

o away.

...those in the rear...want to get up into the fight, wrilethose in the
lines want to, get out
(Pyle, 150).
"Listen, kid," Alf said, "why don't you get out?" ('ia rquand , ^3°).
...this guy wa.s about to, get out...
(var:>, 123)•
Then get out, keep under cover, and write me at my office where you are..
(Gardner, 1 1 6 ).
Pownen yelled at them to, get out...
(Yank, 8).
Then get out. Now.
(Cain, 208T.
...I've got to get dressed and get out
(M-arquand, 1L).
...they had a chance of getting out if they stayed there until dark
(Marquand, 235)•
...telling the people in Carrino about the terrible destructionthat ley
ahee.d. ..end warning ^vory m e to. get out
(Yank,127).
Why don't I Just quietly get, outT
(Cain, 39)*
L. To go to a place; to arrive et a

pl-ce.

Yo\i can take off that hat and get out there and sell piss
(Cain, 124).
They sure wished they could get ou£ Tn the open c o u n t r y and Just once
shoot at something that didn't have a hill in x’ront of it
(Pyle, 93).
"If I can get out," .Teffrey said, "where I car. hear a gun go off"
\

quancf")

569 ) •

5. To escape; to escape charges.
It. i3 like seeing it after you've got out frmr, somewhere(M-rquand, 529).
The natural wayr for you to. get out is to try to ;in the murder on him
("«)■dner, 75).
The natural way for him to, get out is to try to r.in it on you
(G-ardner,
75).

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6. To withdraw one's associations; to quit something.
But we're in it now, and we can't get out witho\it some loss of life
(Pyle, 312).
Eis own f-TRP.t post war ambition — he s a i d he was goinr to no it in the
first six months after he got out — was to buy a cabin cruiser big
enough for four...
(Pyle, 38).
Then Louie wanted to_ get out (Gardner, 100)•
7. To prepare by writing; to publish; to edit.
Throughout the invasion period we iis?rd getting out our paper only one
day (Pyle, 41).
When we
got out that war rant, th:t
showed we meant business
(Cain, 202).
8. To

remove; to take away.

By the time they got it out. events have swirled on...
Our 2d Battalion...helped get them out
(Yank, 245).
9. To

(Pyle, 365).

get out of bed; to get up; to rise.

...I got out at

the crack of dawn...

to get out ahead of.

(Pyle, Ll17).

To get before; to ^o to the front of.

At Constance it got out ahead of the infantry and captured a town

(Yank,

134).

to get out the band.
To have a bend come to play music; to arrange for
a band to play.
(Jocular)
When I won a Boy Sco ;t medal once t h e y got out the band and had a
celebration (Pyle, 334).
to get out from under.
sequences .

To avoid responsibility; to evade the con­

...Wally had had his fun and now he w^s getting ready to get out from
under
(Cain, 29).
to get out in front of.
front of.

To get before; to get ahe-d of; to go to the

After that it moved into the fight for La
bloody Moneastre Forest battle, where C
the infantry...
(Yank, 1^ ).

Eaye u Paits and on to the
3attery got out in front of

to get out into.
into another.

to get away from a place

To go to a, niece in;

and

. .be never knew what happiness w a s unt il he got out into the hills

(Pyle, 221).
o, get out of.
1. To get away from; to leave.
'here were only two places t£ get out of the rain
(Pyle,
198).
[e yelled, 11Gat out of there...” (Pyle,373).
rive me your bag, and let's get out of this(Marquand, 256).
1 et out of here 1" he shouted (Yank, 90).
ret out of that damn sun before it fries your brains out (Marquand,
457)•
..he used to get out of the store ^ro'und 10 minutesof 11
(Yank, 183) •
Teffrey wanted to. :et out of the sunlight
(Marquand, 233).
fe got out of there
(Yank, 100).
le could never understand why Madge had wanted to. ~et out of it before Jim
was born (Marquand, 303)•
lis nind and body felt filthy dirty, and he wanted toget
out of there,
but they had to wait for ni^ht
(Marquand, *36).
ie wanted to. get out of there and to find Madge...
(Marquand, 353).
le did not give a da.mn abo it anything, exceut to. get out of there
(Marquand,
236).
Tinelly they got out of the danger z6ne... (?yle, 375).
2. To go away from the inside of; to ‘-et out from within something.
,\Then he got out of the hospital from his second wound he had a week's
leave.71
( P y l ~ 261).
The general got out of the jeep...
(Yank, 179).
The boys said that more than half of them got safely out of damaged tanks
...
(Pyle, 204).
I feel certain he must have written it after he got o t of the sanitarium
(G--rdner, 50).
...they could fire over the hed e without getting out of their holes
(Pyle, 41.-0).
Alf got out of his chair and wal ke d carefully down the ste-os...

(Maroiand,

4 8 7 7 7 -----In trying to get out of the orchard we lost our v-rious places
(Pyle, 200).
He broke hTs leg gettTng o ;t of the cockpit...
(Pyle, 186).
...the chairs were so large tEat it v.'ps difficult to et out of them
(Marqua n d , 432).
...to build a brick well around the swimming no 1 later so he would not
shake his teeth out shivering when he got out of the water
(Marquand,
432).
3. To sever connections with; to withdraw from.
He intended to go to college as soon as he got out of uniform
...not ?b a way to get out of the Army...
(Yank, l?l).
Hilton got out of the Army...
(Yank, 242).
...I co Id get out o ? the A r m y . ..
(Yank 170).

(Pyle, 33*0-

k. To

rise, cause to rise, from (one's ted); to get up.

Ordinarily I didn't get out of ted during a raid...
(Pyle, 2^ 7 ).
I had got out of ted at 3 A.M. as usual to stumble sleepily up to the
radio shack to go over the news reports...
(Pyle, 7).
Perhaps the worst part of the almost nightly air raids is getting out of
the warm hammock and into the damp foxhole...
(Yank, h2).
Boy, it was cold getting out of our cots and into our clothes
(Pyle, 322).
It's at 9 o'clock, so you better get out of the sack early...
(Yank, 38).
Lot8 of time when I was a kid he'd get me out of bed at two or three in
the morning...
(Pyle, ^ 7 ) *
We went into a garrison and got them Frenchmen out of bed (Yank, 123).
5. To aid, help, one escape from; to rescue from.

You'll be lucky to gdt out of it that easy (Pyle, 316).
Would you do anything in the world to get Alden out of that old charge?
(Gardner, 118).

6 . To take off; to remove; to doff.
She thought of her dress...she wanted him to rip if off her...so he got
her out ftf it (Cain, 171)•
to g e t

out (o f).

1. To remove from incarceration; to take one from a prison; to remove
one from a pl^ce ’/here he cannot leave by oneself.
...and sent to a concentration camp. Dollfuss of Austria got him out after
seven months
(Pyle, 138),
After we h^d finally got him out. . . (Pyle, h-5h).
It took us almost an hour j^o get him out
(Pyle, h5^).
...he even apologized for talcing up our time to get him out
(Pyle, ^53).
I strap-ed on the old persuader and went down £o get him out — figured
I might h=>ve to get rough (Gardner, 57).
2. To remove one; to eliminate one.
The Germans would be dug in all over the woods, in little groups, and it
was really tough tl get them out (Pyle, L42).
3. To move one away; to have one go elsewhere.
...if I can just get him out of here...

(Cain, 177).

to get — - out of -— .
To obtain information from another often in a
sly, roundabout, manner.
He's lying, Emily, trying to. get something out of you

(Gardner, 107).

-**78-

Ve never get anything out of you," said Capt. Callahan gloomily (Tank,
87).
...I knew something was wrong, hut I tried for half an hour to. get it out
of him and he wouldn't tell me (Pyle, h.3 ).
to get out of control.
control.

To be tinder control no longer; to

be free from

...the little shower-bath building they built for themselves had been
destroyed three times byducks
which got out of control...
(Pyle, 233).
to g e t

out o f

To quit th .tiTt1n«g about it; to forget it.

I wish you'd get Mariana out of your head. Minot
(Marquand, 558).
...Jeffrey could nev°r get it out of his head that 1915 v*p.s only yesterday
(Marquand, 353).
"Well, get it out of your head."Mrs. ITewcombe said
(Mar~uend, ; 59).
to get out of -patience with.
To lose patience with; to be patient with
no longer; to be annoyed by; to be vexed with.
This court is getting more than a little out of patience with persons who
feel that a .Judicial order...
(Gardner, 3^)*
to get out of sight of.
one cannot be seen by.

To hide from; to get in such a position that

...runniay up them two at a time as they got 0 :t o f sight of the m-nager
(Gardner, 159).
to get out of the w a y .
struct, prevent.

To take a position thrt will not hinder, ob­

...we attacked again, then spurted ahead to get out of the way (Yank, 255).
By fast maneurering, the American pilot got out of its way, but he did
lose his he m a n
(Pyle, 163).
to get —
one.

out of the way.

To remove one; to eliminate one; to kill

We knew Leeds woul^ be gunning for Conway, trying to_ yet him out of the
way...
(Gardner, 192).
to get oat .n the wrong side of the bed.
a bed, nasty, disposition; to be cross.

To be in a bad humor; to have

He mueta got oat on the wrong side of the bed this ..ornin

(Pyle, 73).

to get over.
1. To recover from; to -et well from; to recover normalcy from.

-*+79-

. ..they were sometimes seasick, "but they got over that
(Pyle, 278).
But Jeff, I think he's getting over it, about that girl
(Marquand, doB).
It will take a while
for him...to, get over thatfeeling...
(Yank, 223).
Ihen before you got
over Christmas there was New Years with e r nog parties
...
(Marquand, ?2t).
Madge should have seen th°t you could not get over loving a girl simply
by going to bed with her at odd moments
(Ma-quand, 5<"2).
Perhaps if you just told Jim it would b^ all right to — live with her.. .
then he might get
over it
(Marquand, 5 *<).
Anything ^o, get him over it (Marquand, 522)*
2. To become used to; to get accustomed to*

He could never get over the idea that the rent for it had been very
high,
but he had liked it in the village
(Marquand, 303)*
And I can't get over my b m c h that John Mil leant is really L.C. Conway
(Gardner, ho),
fours she simply can't get over
(Cain, 166).
But you get ov r it
(Marquand, -29)*
3. To go overseas; to go over the ocean.

A whole lot didn't get over. Fred

(Mar^uanr', 5?9).

h. To transport; to carry.

When you count the re-t proce of the big modern guns, trainin
all the shipoing to get everythin ~ over,...
(Pyle, 11').

the men*

5. To finish; to end; to stop.

We discussed not only plans for getting the war over,... (Yard”, 201).
...he...said they might as well get the horrible partover (Cain,
13*0.

to get over the hump.
To go through thw worst part of something; to
re-ch a climax; to do something for the first and most awkward time.

Once I get over the hump on that one I'll

to

et the point.
of the matter.

ain my bearings

(Yank, 207)«

To understand the implications; to infer the crux

Jeffrey got the point
(Marquand, 155)•
...Mildred helt a hot resentment against the pair she hod just left, not
only for their complete failure to get the point, but also for...
(Cain,
15).
...he got the point
(Cain, 211).
"Nov," l!r. Gorman said, "you're goin to get ~y point. Mr. Wilson"
(M? rquand, 515).

•^30-

Chicken feed for chickens — do you get the pointT (Marquand, 155),
Do you get the point? — e.s Willie said when he put the tack in teacher’s
chair
(Marquand, 155)*
to get possession of.
to obtain.

To get hold of; to get into one's possession;

Because Leeds paid twenty tno sand and didn’t get possession of the
documents
(Gardner, 76).
to get read .justed to.

To become adjusted to; to become reconciled to.

While she was trying to, get readjusted to her surprise...

(Cain, 213).

to get ready.
1. To prepare; to melee plans

-nd preparations.

He sets his gun by those figures, raris in the shell, pulls the lanyard
end then gets ready for the next one
(Pyle, 98).
And when they got re.- dy to le-ve, a veteran For4ress pilot we Iked up to
them (Pyle, 319).
I spent all my other money getting her ready to merry me
(Hew Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7, 26).
...Mildred was helping Ida get ready for the Beverly luncheon ruBh...
(Cain, 182).
2. To want to; to wish to; to feel like it.
Then when he got ready, he ditched them so neatly that it wasn't even
funny (Gardner,b-6) .
Ee'll show up when he gets ready (Gardner, 53).
to get revenge.

To get even; to have revenge, to obtain vengeance.

...and I did get my revenge. for that day when he closed the piano on me
(Cain, 232).
to get rid of.

To remove; to discard; to throw away; to send away.

fou may have arranged _to get rid of the waitress, but you perhaps failed
to notice...
(Gardner, s o i t :—
...she was bound by a. le! re, unless she could get rid of it...
(Cain, 2hb).
...there's no use trying to kid me about houses, end how to_ get rid of them
(Cain, lb-7).
...in danger of being swamped by solicitous citizens anxious to advise him
how best to_ get rid of it
(va h , 66).
[ got rid of my '"I clothes...
(Yank, 12).

-9 3 1 -

The best way to ret lost in a jungle is t<J ret rid of your conrnass
(Yank,
96).
I thirJc all they're v:?itin^ for is to, get rid of some more nillbo' ee and
th~t 83 over the:-?
('.'auk, 109).
...she felt col- , -r.d sva.Ho- • d -ui ckly to ret rl? of a forlorn feeling
in her throat
(Cain, 15).
On those other properties, even if they c id ~et rid of one, the federal
r linos le-v? then worse o ' ’ than they we e "before...
(Cain, '9).
Ju°t gett ine rid of the cops
(>>rdner, 99 ).
...and was b^ck for a 1-rger visit after :iilic^nt hrd got rid of all the
■business (Gardner, 69-) .
They ~ot to, get rid of it
(Cain, "'3).
They've got £o_ ret rid of it, and if you'll take it over and put this
chicken mlaee in it, it's yours
(Cain, ”3).
...the i:e~ of goin - - round trying to, get rid of a truckload of anchors,
struck her ad indescribably comic
(Cain, 16).
They savored too m ch of Bert's methods in getting rid of Pierce Hones
(Cain, 32).
Vfe finally -ot rid of the Ities...
(Yank, 129).
But le-ve it there we did, and c a m glad to get rid ofit, I assure you
(Pyle. 930).
10 get rough.

To become cruel, herd,

dangerous.

I strao ed on the old persuader and went down toget him
mi-ht have to get rough
(Ck-rdLner, 57) •
^ot to get a scratch.

figured I

hot to be injured, harmed, hurt.

...he didn't get a scratch
10 -et the seeds in.

out —

(Pyle, 9hg).

To sow; to

...I'm go'ng to see that M r . for run
910).

plant see?s.
gets the seeds in right (Marquand,

to get set.
To get prepared; *0 become prer-red; to be re^dy; to make
prep^ rat ions.
...I got all set for the plane...
(Pyle, 192).
...h~ was getting set to do altering end mending for division headquarters
( y l e , 19057
...our o tf it . . .would get s et for an at~ack (Yank, 292).
to get settled.
Atay there.
...I finally
169).

To settle down; to a.rrive •t a pl^ce and deci'e to

et set tled in a good town with a good congregation

(Yank,

hS2-

to get shot a t .

To "be shot at; to have someone shoot at one.

...he was out in front getting shot at before ;,’ou could say scat
1?9).

(Pyle

to get shot up.
To be shot up; to be riddled with bullets; to be hit
with many bullets.
One plane got shot no over the target
to get shunted off4

(Pyle, 338).

To be sent away; to be side-tracked.

He was with us back
in the first days at Oran, then got shunted
another job and missed the fighting in Tunisia (Pyle, 83).
to get sick.

off to

To become ill; to sicken; to take sick.

I asked if a lot of men didn't get sick from exposure...
I didn't hear of a single man who got sick (Pyle, 353).
You Just don't get sick — that's all
(Pyle, 233)-

(Pyle, 233).

to get sick of it all.
To become irritated by everything; to become
highly nervous, irritable.
(Pyle, 8h).

To sum it all tips A man gets damned sick of it e.l
to get

so.

To develop to a point that; to change to a condition

that.

It wound up that I stayed three days and three nights with those boys and
got so I felt like a cannoneer myself
(Pyle, 97).
Moat of the cannoneers got so they could sleen through anything
(Pvle,
101
He took as much pride in our little paper as I did, and it got ao he would
sort out the stories by subjects before v:aking me at 3 A.M.
(Pyle, hi).
She used tin plates, weighting them with stones from the garden, and got
so that she eould snread three on the fingers of her left hand
(Cain,

).

62).

to get some air.
To breathe some fresh air;
to breathe unpolluted air.

to le ve a crowded place;

After the third one he decid d t_o get some air

(Yank, 201).

to get some ~pea.ce.

To obtain ov.iet, rest, pe-ce.

...we should have to go back with the armies t_o
to get some •place.

at some peace

(Pyle, b-6^).

To make some progress; to become successful.

Mason said, "kail, now we're commencing to get some -place"

(Gardner, ^7).

-b-33-

to get some sleep.
asleep.

To obtain some sleep; to £0 to sleep; to fall

...ve may as well .
‘'et some sleep then...

(Yank, 205).

to get something for — - money.
To get, receive, obtain, value for
one's money; to get value; to tret a fair return.
...manager of some business, and when I recommend one, I know somebody is
gett:ng something for his mon e£ (Cain, 3°).
to get something on —— .
To obtain evidence against one; to get in­
formation which is detrimental to one.
Because you were getting something on me, you were perfectly willing...
(Gardner, 20S).
to get somewhere.
goal.

To become successful; to succeed; to attain one's

At last she knew they were getting somewhere
...she'll be getting somewhere
(Cain, 132).
to get sore.

To

(C^in, 203).

become angry; to get mad.

All of this finally succeeded in waking up the Japsor getting them sore
(Yank, 53).
The colonel will get sore if he sees a lot of guys together
(Yark, 52).
Don't get sore
(Marquand, h86).
to ret a spot.

To get, obtain, a position, job.

...the kid had stuff in her...to, get a snot like that with a oig jazz
band...
(^ain, 210).
t
to get a squint at.
To get, obtain, a look at; to sec; to take a
glance at.
But once the doctors hot a squint at me they beamed, rubbed their rubber
gloves, and cried out...
(Pyle, 1+5).
to get a stake.
To obtain f i n n c i a l becking; to obtain a grubstake.
(This often implies getting money for prospecting for minerals.)
...said he'd used the Conway connection to get a stake out of Aldan Leeds
...
(Gardner, 73)*
to get started.

To begin; to start.

It's the first... chance he's had to. get started again in a legal way...
(Cain, 177).

-48U-

She had tjo get started, but on whose money she didn't know
(Cain, 76).
Ke wanted to get started, she insisted she . d to take her car home
(Cain, 90l.
It was six o'clock when they drove over to the tavern for an early '-inner,
and seven before t h e y got started
(Cain, 95).
The publishing world was changing when Sinclair Mer?-iwell got started on
his own (Marquand, 337).
We got started that way and in the days that followed I came to know him
veil
(Pyle, 19*0.
to get stinko.
drunken.

To become intoxicated} to get drunk; to become

Yes — let's get stinko
(Cain, 260).
Let's get stinko
(Cain, 260).
to get —

straight.

To understand clearly; to comprehend thoroughly.

...he would go into a few technical and elan-y details and then hewould
ask if everyone h d got it straight
(Marquand, 219).
He heard himself sigh, and he suddenly felt moiet and limp, but there was
no time to. get any of it straight
(Marqumd, h35).
His name, Eersgon, he h a to spell for her before she got it straight...
(Cain, 91).
"V.hen ITorraan is tired," Hal 311 ss seid, "he can't ever get anyt ing straight"
(Marquand., h 27 )•
"There isn't anything to. get straight.11 Jeffrey said
(Marquand, 39*0.
I guess I've got this straight now
(Marquand, 39*0.
let me straight on this
(Gardner, 97).
to get straightened out.
sure of oneself.

To become adjusted; to became certain and

Here's three reds and three whites, just because I love you, and want you
to get straightened out
(Cain, 2h).
It took an hour to. get it straightened out
to pet 8tuck.

To be unable to

(Pyle, lho).

continue;to

develop a mental block.

...but he got stuck when he came to the word for envelopes
to get switched back.

(Yank, 29).

To be returned; to be sent back; to be reassigned.

But that summer he got switched back on the main track again...
83).
to get through.
1. To finish; to end; to stop.

(Pyle,

-4-85-

Before he got through, he mPde five trios to the cf.ve...
(New Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 1?, 19^7, 26).
Don't bother them v/hile they're eating, but stay ne r the showcase and
when they get through see whet you can do
(Cain, 12b).
VJhen they got through ell of them had me sign their letters
(Pyle, 387).
When she got through there were cheers, end she be;*an a whole series of
her radio numbers...
(Cain, 2bl).
...by the time the Germans got through stealing everythin worth while,
it was poorer still
(Yank, 26).
I wish this guy weren't so popular*, so we could
get through(Yank, 87).
...he knew th-t he would have the time — someday — when he could get
through with what he was doing
(Ma-q.Tia.nd, 325).
...you'll get leave when you get through there
(Marquand, ; 2).
...it looked as if they might not get through in time to cat h the next
convoy (Pyle, 280).
...it'll look...the way this lawn looked when my father got through
showing how much money he hrd
(Cain, 2~9).
He worked -t it several minutes, and when he got through he said...
(Pyle, 121).
2. To go through something to a. place on the other side, beyond; to
pierce; to penetrate.
hot long before that some German raiders did get through and a bomb
explosion killed three men and wounded nearly a dozen others(Pyle, 103)
His gun corporal...managed to get through to him with ammunition...
(Yank, 2 ).
Trucks get etucj.. .but ve can always count on a man getting through
(Yank, 197).
Furthermore, the Australian armored cars were not able to get through...
(Yank, 31).
...she got through the ghostly rooms, down the stairs, and to the front
door
(Cain, 17*1).
You can't get through
(Cain, 162),
3. To continue; to go on to the end,
I don't know what I said, because it was the second time in my
ever done such a thing, and I was so sea ed I can't remember,
I got through it and the recording was later broadcast to the
there
(Pyle, 9^)•
After the first few bars, when she sensed that "Veda...would get
to the end, Milrred relaxed...
(Cain, 2bo)»

life I'd
but anyhow
troops over
through

b. To pass; to go by, through.
Some of them slept two together for warmth, and they got through the
night that way (Yank, hQ).
...nobody, not even a general, is t_o get through
(Yank, 179).

-i+86-

to get through —
■understand*

heed.

To understand; to comprehend; to cause to

It was ten minutes before ?Tildred could ret through her head the
ramifications of community uronerty...
(Cain, 50).
But one thin-r you'd better get through your heed. . . (Cain, 14?).
...presently she got it thrr ugh her head that this time...was different
from all other times
(Cain, 208).
Mother, it's about time you got it throi gh your head that...I...am the
main figure in this little situation...
(Cain, 201).
She had got it through her he°d at last that something catastrophic had
happened...
(Cain, 188).
...she couldn't get it throrygh her head that she couldn't vote for him
this year...
(Cain, 256).
Mildred, you might as well get it through your head you got to do these
things
(Cain, 2^8).
'^e...finally got it through his head that all we wanted w^s something
to eat
(Pyle, 375).
What I'm trying to, get through your head is: you haven't got a. chance
(Cain, 39).
to get

through ——

mind.

To understand; to comprehend.

I wish you w>uld et through your mind that ail this war talk and
everything else is not as imr^di?te =s you think
(Ma.i-qvia.nd, hlh).
to get

through with.

To finish with; to end with.

(Cf. to

get through).

It was like run; in a race,simply to, et through with it, but he was not
aware that his voice slowed it (Marquand, h98)•
It's not; ing to what she'll be doing before I get through with her
(Cain,
138).
to get time to (infinitive).
have free time to.
The reason I got time to write...

To have time for doing something; to
(Tank, l6l).

to get tired of.
To become tired of; to become weary with; to be
fatigued a.8 a result of.
After five straight days Kelly, Goldstein, end Stetson began to ret
tired of practicing beach landin s (Yar_k, 182).
In a. short time they got tired of that, too
(Yank, 132).
We got tired of walking..
(Yank, 209).
...the medical department attendant was beginning to, =~et tired of the
whole thing
(Yank, 201).
Most of them were getting tired of the ship life
(Yarik, 202).

-h87-

to get to.

1. To arrive at; to cone to.
One hit the end of the stone mole just before ve got to it
(ryle, 231).
...she started to talk.. .!Vhen she got to Mr. Treviso...
(Cain, 198).
2. To begin; to start.

(Usually followed by a gerund.)

He ashed where she lived, and she told him, but then she got to thinking
(Cain, 96).
He got to talking 3b nat soldiers who cracked nr in battle...
(Pyle,

25*
0

.

If I get to oing too fast for you, just yell...
(P;le, lh8 ).
After a while they got to talking and she learned that he v©s thirtythree years old...
(Cain, 9*0 .
...we got to talking and then we got to be pals...
(Pyle, 320).
Th n they got to laughin^- over the charges she wo .Id have to bring,
and the cruelties he had been guilty of
(lain, 36).
They te.lked low and close for a Ion* tine, ncl then got to laughing over
the way he looked when she hit him with the dough
(Cnin, 86).
I ~ot to thinking on the train...
(Marquand, h.50 ).
A regular fighter would get to going to fast...
(Pyle, 159)•
to get to be.

To become; to come;to be.

...we got to talking and then we got to be_pals.. . (Pyle, 320).
You don't see much of boys when they get to be Jim's age
(Marquand, 398).
to get to (infinitive).
to

To have an opuo ti-nity to; to h^ve a chance

I got to know a great many of the sailors personally... (Pyle, 3).
She gets to now everything he knows, but that's not much
(Yank, 132).
As I got to know the A-20 gunners better and better, they began to tell
me their inner feelings...
(Pyle, 223).
A person gets to know voices very ouickly (lyle, 201).
After I got to k. ow them they told me some of their own number who talked
too big...
(Pyle, 2 1 k ).
Then, if I ever get to know you well enoiv-h to call you by your first
name, I'll call you that
(Cain, 91).
I didn't fret to_ meet ^11 the sergeants...
(Pyle, 3*^0).
to get to bed.

To go to bed; to retire.

It was three o'clock before she got to bed, and she was exhausted
99).
to g e t to fir B t base v lt h
and a c c e p t a b l e t o .

(Cain,

To be successful with; to be accepted by

-*<•88-

GIs weren't getting to first tonre with Wac officers, anyway
a get together.

(Yank, 130).

An informal assembly; an informal meeting; a party.

So YA2TZ had a get-together in a field tent...
(Yank, 1^8).
There was no general get-together after I got there...
(Pyle, 101).
to get together.
meet.

To assemble; to come together; to congregate; to

We happened to get together because he used to read my col jnn.. . (Pyle,
151).
The Army occasionally got the correspondents together for instructions
(Pyle, 352).
They can ~et together in a corner
(Marquand, 56?).
After the i n d n e w?s over I ot the team together...
(Yank, 186).
...a few of us occasionally called each other up =nd got together for a
me.al (Pie, ?0l).
to get to know.
patterns.

To know one well; to ler-rn one’s habits and thought

Fe was so fabulous, a m~n might have been justified in thinking him a
phony until he got to know him
(Pyle, 138).
to get

to

——

feet. To rise;

to stand up; to get up.

He got to
his feet(Yank, 102).
Mason scraped back his chair, and got to his feet
(Gardner, 183).
...Veda got to her feet... (Cain, 255).
Kittering got to his feet. and said...
(Gardner, 195).
Veda received her drink, with its two drops of Scotch, without any tricks
and Bert suddenly -ot to his feet
(Cain, 127).
He got to
his fe'-'t.crossed overto the cuspidor,tanned ^shes out of
his -nipe. . . (Gardner, 5Q)«
...Shorty got to his feet... (Yank, 137).
to get to a phone.
telephone.

To go to a telephone; to obtain access to a

...they've got her there, where she can't yet to a phone
to get to the point.

(Cain, 210).

To arrive et the point, condition, situation.

...you get to the point where you know you can't make it
(Pyle, lh3).
The. finally got to the point where they couldn't stay awake...
(Pyle,
252 ).
to get to --- seat.

To go to one's seat, place.

-489-

...other thousands racing up the rarroe and a' on"; the aisles, Jfco get to
their seats (Cain, 239).
to ret tough*

To become obstreperous, belligerent, hostile, obstinate.

In case they get tough (Cain, 205),
If he gets tough, you spring that Biederhof women on him, and he's got
to give way...
(Qain, 81),
to get trimmed.
To be victi lized; to lose money to another in an
illegitimate manner.
If the suckers wanted to get trimmed, that was up to them
to get --- under control.

(Gardner, 72),

To bring under control; to obtain control of,

...be began to get himself under control

(Yank, 221),

to get under way,
1. To start sailing, =s on a ship.
When we finally got under way for good, I went to the open-air deck...
(Pyle, 230).
2. So start; to begin; to co mence,
...the grand pssan.lt got under way
(Yank, 6),
Fellow called the Times l^st Friday to find out whether a certain new
radio urogram had got uncer way yet
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sent. 6, 19^7,
21) .
to

:et up.
1. To rise; to stand; tlget to one's feet; to cause to rise,

Mildred got ujo. . . (Cain, 156).
...h e ...got u p . then turned to her...
(Cain, 1^6).
...Milored got up
(Cain, 219).
She got up abruptly...
(Cain, 213).
He ot up and she got up (Cain, 21).
Veda had got up now, her eyes hard, and she cut in...
(Cain, 73)•
She got up (Cain, ^5).
...Veda got uu heavily arid suoke ouietly (Cain, 181).
I have seen big men...get up with misty eyes...
(Yank, 137).
K=rvey got up (Yank, 90).
"let up. you sunuvabitch," cracked the driver...
(Yank, 176).
...one day an officer got tip end said the time had come...
(Pyle, 352).

-490-

And everybody gets up and starts
(Pyle, 200).
He just got up and walked out f o r h a l f a day
(P.\3e, 337).
Then, as they eot up, the general said, "Soldier, whatPs your name?"
(Pyle, 396).
The three Sermans went down, never tjo get up
(Pyle, 450).
...I got up and went with him (Pyle, 440).
...then he got up and walked away...
(P le, 156).
The next one got up and said...
(Pyle, 179)•
When the intelligence officer had finished the flivht leader got ug
(Pyle, 209).
Mildred's eyes blazed as she spoke, ^nd Veda got up very ouickly
(Cain, 57).
Veda got up from her untouched turkey...
(Cain, 258).
3ut when he sat down beside her and put his arm around her, she ~ot up
and made one of her little speeches
(Cain, 52).
He.♦.got u p . found a piece of music
(Cain, 135).
Don't get up
(Cain, 59).
The old woman got u p . walked back to Partisan headouarters...
(Yank, 71).
Milcred got u p . handed over Miss Turner's note, and sat down while
Mrs. Forrester read it (Cain, 42).
...but when he torched her hair with his finrers she got up
(Cain, 28).
...a man got u p in front of the merry throng...
(Yank, 227).
When he got up to ko she pulled him down beside her
(Cain, 1-3).
The hair finished, she got u p . nut her hands on her hips, and surveyed
herself in the mirror
(Cain, 17).
He got u p and ran out (Gardner, 181).
Presently Veda got up, st^g red to the sofa, and flung herself down in
tragic despair
(Cain, 73).
She got up suddenly, vent over, anc put her arms around him (Cain, 85).
...v:e could hear him clawinv with his feet and getting partway u p . then
hitting the mud again...
(Pyle, 201).
'ir. Chris was at his desk, in the corner, end presently got upand went
over to the out door
(Cain, 66).
She 'Ot up angrily and threw down a brush (Cain, 72).
Mr. Murdoch got up
(Cain, 106).
Then they got up and left
(Yank, 27°).
About ten extra men went along to help get the mules up__if they fell...
(Pyle. 143).
She got up from the chair, and walked into the bedroom (Gardner, 76).
Although he was busy at the moment, he got up right away and walked to
the uncomfortable cubicle...
(Marquand, 279).
falter sat down in one of the armchairs but almost imm- di^tely he ot up
and oulled a tortoise-shell cigarette case from his pocket
(Marquand,
4-7) •
There simply wasn't room inside for men and mule too, so Buck got u ■ and
shooed the critter out the door
(Pyle, 195).
Her mother, a small, worried—looking woman, yot up and kissed her, as did
her sister Blanche
(Cain, 111).

-491-

Harry Engel, the unfortunate possessor of the anchor inrentory, got u p and
shook hands, awkwardly and self-consciously (Cain, 112).
Mildred got up ^nd put on her hat
(Cain, 207)•
Then, getting up and goin- over tohim... (Cain, 167).
She -rot u p . hut he... "lung her heck in her chair (Cain, 169).
Wally...got u p and merched u p end own in front of Mildred...
(Cain, 201)
Mildred got u p . something haughty in her manner...
(Cain, 153).
Mrs. Lenhardt...got up and swept out (Ca in, 195).
Mr. Levinson got u p . . .
(Cain, 236).
...he will vet u p . . . and slowly wag his tail
(Yank, 1?7)«
2. To get out of hed; to rise from "bed; to cause to rise from bed.
...presently she had to get U £ . .. (Cain, 152).
It only goes out "before you get U£...
(Yank, 207).
...or do I have to come over and get you ^
(Yank, 33).
Private Vanhorn got up very quickly (Pyle, 372).
We all got up...
(Pyle, 371).
Finally he began to. get himself ug, (Pyle, 364).
I said, "Pet u p you lazy so-and-so."
(Pyle, 364).
...she...had another "breakdown, and couldn't get u p for some days. (Cain,
256).
...if he would got u: at a quarter to eight in the morning...
(Marquand,
4) •
I got up sleepily and went back to the deck above...
(Pyle, 231).
I...was just lying there for a few minutes before getting u p
(Pyle, 247).
.Sergeant C-rter got up at six ev ry morning
(Pyle, 263).
... Collins...Arnold...and I were the only ones in our hut who had to get
UP (Pyl^, 322).
It was tou h getting u p two hours before daylight... (Pyle, 158).
...many of his staff had to. get up at five o'clock to collect the reports
(Pyle, 315).
For days he lay listless, with strength eno . h only to, get up for meals
(Pyle, 300).
Those not flying get up just in time...
(Pyle, 337).
It w=s so early I hadn't...expected anybody else t_o get up (Pyle, 292),
The morning I left Italy I had to. get up at dawn...
(Pyle, 292).
I wasn't supposed to come on until eleven, and he got me u£ out of my
beauty sleqp
(Gardner, 95).
Officers were getting up
(Pyle, 354).
And we h d two real fried eggs too. It was almost worth gett ing up for
1Pyle, 322).
Then he threw them into the skillet and Muncy had to_ get u1^ ^nd share
the feaSt (Pyle, 219).
Other people's families get up in the morning...
(Marquand, 5).
It'3 time he got u p ...
(Marouand, 5).
She used to tell him th=t tf he would vet up at a quarter to eight ...
(M~ r q u a n d , 4).

...as she got up and dressed...

(Cain, 153)*

-492-

I couldn't °;et myself ujd in time to m^ke Willow Run (Pyle, 342),
The general elso likfd to. ret up at four o'clock...
(Pyle, 395).
In the morning when Colonel Clizbe got ug.. . (Pyle, 221).
The only thing th^t bothered ue about the raid was getting up so early in
the cold
(Yank, 202).
And then have yourselves a nice sleep, and then get up and see if there's
some cold chicken in her icebox...
(Cain, 4).
This little chore involved getting up at 3 A.M.,working about two hours...
(Pyle, 3).
Gwen's door was closed though it was time for her to be getting up to
prepare herself for Miss Spence's school...
(Marquand, 306).
...I stayed in bed...because I was afraid to.
getup (Pyle, 255).
It w^s dark when they got up. and they drove over to the tavern for dinner
(Cain, 94).
...Veda was just getting up (Cain, 199).
Then she got u p . ..
(Cain, 254).
...I'm gonna tell him to get me uj> at two o'clock in the morning...
(P.Yle, 332).
They got us up at two in the morning (Pyle, 322).
3. To prepare; to get ready.
"I'm coming at it hind side before, Mr. Wilson," he said, "but I'm
getting up to it"
(Marouand, 515).
...she took the statements to an accountant... and asked him to, get
up another set, which she...would swe-r to...
(Cain, 24h)#
4. To go to a higher place.
...others took three hours and longer just t_o get up
(Pyle, 148).
They h-^d .to get up into it via a steplP.dder...
(Pyle, 184).
The squadron intel igence officer got up on a low platform and started
talking
(Pyle, 208).
I finally got u p to the deck...
(Yank, 169).
5. To got to a place forward.
One of the paradoxes of war is that those in the rear...want .to get up
into the fight...
(Pyle, 150).
Our admiral had the reputation of always getting u p close where he could
hsve a hand in the shooting...
(Pyle, 21),
to get --- t£.
To dress and adorn oneself well; to make oneself
attractive through dress end cosmetics*
The women h^ve an art of retting themselves up. fascinatingly
get up and get,

-Slnergy; ambition; initiative; eagerness.

Podney was all git-up-and-git

(Pyle, 48),

(Pyle, 458).

-493-

to get unset.

To become upset, anroyed, disturbed*

Well, Father, I don't really see why you should get so upset about it
(Cain, 57)*
to

~et up with the sun.
sun rises.

To rise, get up out of bed, et dawn, when the

...the 60 EM get un with the sun...
to get used to.

(Yank, 232).

To become used to, accustomed to.

You'd better get used to living on partial payments...
kYank, 171).
Steady firing, even fairly close, didn't keep a man awake after he got
used to it
(Pyle, 101).
to get well.

To become veil; to get over a sickness, illness*

He didn't say, "I'm going to pray for you to. get well." he just said he
was go in-- to say *> prayer...
(Pyle, 50)*
to get wet*

To become wet; to be wetted.

I was the only one in the crowd to. get his feet wet.
to get wind of.

(Pyle, 356).

To hear about; to learn about rather accidentally,

A homeless fellow got wind the
(New Yorker, 1XIII, June 28,

other day of.a
19^7, 19).

nice furnishedapartment...

to get wise.
To understand, comprehend, the full meaning and rami­
fications of something,
I was afraid to make any inquiries without consulting you, for fe^r she'd
get wise and then take another powder.
(Gardner, 15^0*
to get word.

To receive information; to learn; to hear,

...the CO got word that a boat hed docked at Oran...
(Yank, 139)*
Leter we got word that he was a nrisoner
(Pyle, 166).
to get — — wrong.
Now don't get me wrong

To misunderstand one; not to understand one.
(Yank, 30)•

a ghastly smile.
A sickly smile;
face; a forced smile.
;..a ghastly smile on his face...

a smilewhich one forces

(Cain, 185)*

on one's

a. ghost of.

A trace of; a faint hit of; only a little of.

The ghost of a twinkle appeared at the corner of his eyes

(Gardner, 207).

GI Joe.
An American soldier, sailor, marine, or other American
service man.
G-I, GI Joe. n. An American soldier. G-I is to the army as a whole what
doughboy is to the infantry.
(Britannica Book of the Tear, 19Uh)f pp.
770-1).
In the first issue of Yank. June 17, 19^2, the comic strip G.I.* Joe made
its debut...
(Time, June, 17, 19^-2, p. 7) AS
of gab.
blarney.

Fluent speech; eloquence; facility with spoken language;

...he figured his gift of gab w ould carry him through...
gin rummy.

A kind of

(Pyle,

182).

card game; a kind of rummy played by two people.

The captain had time on his hands and played gin rummy with me when I was
worn out with writing
(Pyle, h^').
the girl b?ck home.
home town.

A man*8 sweetheart who remains at home, in one's

The Photograph.

Usually sent by...the Girl Back Home...

girl friend.

A man's fiancee; a

(Ysnk, l^'l).

nan's sweetheart.

...you'd better sit down
in ahurry and write that girl friend a long
letter
(Yank, 173).
What can they do to the girl friend? (Yank, 173)*
...what can they do to the girl friend? (Yank, 173)•
I saw your old girl friend out dancing the other night
(Yank, 1600.
...he was waiting for his girl friend to show up
(Yank, 26).
the ^lrls.

Women; a wompn's female friends.

Some of the girls axe coming to lunch
to give advice.

(Marquand, 5)*

To advise; to tell another what he should do.

...it *8 not up to me .to give you any advice
to give an account o f .

(Cain, 131)*

To tell about; to inform another concerning.

...end calmly gave an account of her piano practice
to give an advantage.
position.

(Cain, 11).

To be advantageous; to get an advantageous

- 1+95 -

And you were shrewd enough to realize that this might give you an
advantage. so y o u m a d e some statements... (Gardner, 197).
give and take.

Reciprocation; the giving and receiving.

...there were single rifle shots and the give-and-take of machine-gun
rattles...
(Pyle, h28).
to g i v e

an argument.

To argue with another*

George tried to, give the topkick an argument

(Yank, 200).

to give away.
1. To yield ownership to pnother; to hand over to another; to give up
ownership.
Chief gdve me his combat pants, as I had given mine away in Italy

322

).

(Pyle,

Now it must have been given away long ago, or else it was in the attic
somewhere... (Marouand , 5 ^ !)•
He took his cigenette rations and gave them away
(Pyle, ^07).
2. To reveal; to show;

to make known that which is secret.

When the planes came the Gun shut up, so as not to give away its position
(Yank, ?3).
To reveal another's secret; to indicate where another
to give -- away.
is hidden.
(See: to. give away.)
One man can give you a.vay if he doesn't know how to pick up his feet and
walk on grass and rocks
(Yank, 1^9).
...when an attacker yelled he just gave his position away
(Pyle, 193).
to give back.
To
give that which one has received again to the one
who first gave it; to return something.
"Give me back the money J" Leeds said in surprise
(Gerdner, 109).
And then lasV night, J o h n ■:Ave you b- ck the money, didn't he, Alden?
(Gardner, 109).
Major Rrankel hunted up the Italian owner...and gave him back everything...
(Pyle, 2^2).
...a large bundle...and was lost... before he c rid give it back...
(Yank,
218).
...not once had he offered to give it back (Gain, 1^-8).
to give one the benefit of the doubt.
To allow for the possibility of
error in judging one; not to hold against one that which is not factual.

-*+96-

. ..they gave him the benefit of the doubt and. marked him 110
to give birth to.

(Yank, 166).

To beer offspring; to heve a baby, child, offspring.

In 19*+0 she g^ve birth to a baby boy...
(Yank, 170).
... she...will give birth
to
his b^by (Yank, 170).
to give — - a

break.

To give one a chance; to give one an opportunity.

We wanted to_ give you a break
(Cain, 2*+6).
...it did look as though Treviso vro lY want to.
(Cain, 2*+0).
Let's give her a break (Gardner, l6l).
Just give him a break
(Yank, 89).
to give ——

a chance.

ive the kid a break...

To give one an opportunity; to give one a break.

...and that it's up to us to. give you a chance to come clean before we
do anything drastic
(Gardner, 151).
It never gave them a chance to reassemble or .-et their balance
(Pvle,
397).
Pleasant, the company that g-^ve you your first big chance (Cain, 259).
to give --- a

cleaning.

To clean; to remove dirt and filth.

They were to. give the place a thoro gh cleaning, as soon as the front room
was done, tley were to hangthe percale drapes...
(Cain, 115).
to give the command.
command•

To say the command; to irrue a. command; to

...this officer gave the command: to the rear march
not to give a continental (damn).
different; not to care.

(Yank, 185).

Hot to be interested; to be in­

The soldier did not give a continental whether or not Jeffrey had fought
for La Prance
(Marquand,228)•
to give --- credit(for).
To admit something in another's favor; to
admit another's good point.
I even gave you credit for something (Cain, 169).
...it does seem to me you could give me credit for some kind of decent
motives...
(Cain, 201).
Ke had done nothing that anybody couldn't have done that knew the child,
so why give rim any credit?
(Cain, 138).

...he woe a little better salesman than she had given him credit for
(Cain, 222).
You never give me credit for any finer feelings, do you?
(Cpin, 73).
Don't give me sny credit for that....
(Gardner, 11),
To give one an eerie feeling; to cause one to
to give -- the creeps.
feel that
there is something very odd, -unusual, supernatural.
...what gave our men the creeps was to be sitting on a ship full of
ammunition...
(Pyle, 70)•
to give a cry.

To cry out; to shout; to yell.

Then suddenly the showcase lighted up, and she gave a little cry. and
went running out
(Cain, 118).
not to give
terested.

b_

damn.

I don't give a d a m n ...

not to care; to be indifferent; not to be in­
(Yank, 207).

I don't give
damn what youmeant...
(Gardner, 207).
I don't give a damn what he fi ures...
(Gardner, 20b).
It se ms to
me that don't rive a d^nn whether they live or die solong
as they gfct in...
(Yank, 53).
When you started moving, you did not give a damn, for there never had
been anything like it again...
(Marquand, 220).
Them prime movers don't give a damp what they hit
(Ya.lz, 225).
I didn't .rive a damn b-ck in the camp...
(Yank, 5^).
...the Jars acted "sort of hap•y-go-lucky, as if they didn't give a damn"
(Yank, 53).
If the guy wasn't n love or just didn't give a damn...
(Ys-k, l^O).
Vie did not give a damn about anything, exceot to get oat of there
(Marquand, 236T.
But they didn't give a_ damn (Ya:2c, 91).
to give — - the (day) off.
To allow one to have one day's vacation;
to allow one not to work for one day.
She had given Letty the day off...
(Cain, 153).
Their respective corn .anding officers g--ve John and Vldward the next day off
(Pyle, hi2).
to give everything —— has.
abilities, facilities.

To do soinet-.ing with all one's energies,

...A Company g-.ve nver.ut_.lng it had
to g i v e
the eye.
another carefully.

(Yank, 2~2).

To look ot another appraisingly; to look at

Purcharrae gave them the eye and fixed his hat...

(Yank, 209)*

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I doubt if they ever watched a ball game or gave a girl the eye with the
complete intentnesa which they used to follow a distant plane in the
sky.
(Pyle, '*3)«
to rive a good account o f
successful.

•

To do well in a struggle; to be

The s p e c i a l Ports were heavily armed and rave good accounts of themselves
in battle...
(Yank, 127).
to give good measure.
To do th^t wrich one is expected to do and then
more too; to do more than one is obli ated to do.
...I always like to give them good measure...
to give ground.

(Gardner,

217).

To retr«=>=>t; to ^dmit defeat.

...the division struggled and gave ground but never broke
(Yank,244).
...it was the Nazi who ,
y v e ground and crashed in flames on thenext hill
(Yank, 134).
to give half a chance.

To give an opportunity; to offer a chance.

All th«t the Negro is asking for is to be given half a chance...

(Yank,

213).

to give —
another.

a hand.

To resist another; to give another help; to aid

The only time American planes heve been able to try tjo give us a rand on
the Massacre 3ay side...
(Yank, 131).
Give her ^ hand. Della, if you will please
(Gardner, 71).
to ~1ve — - a herd start.
to let enother begin.

To allow one to

et ahe d of s meone else;

Frankie lay...long enough to, give the guy & head start...

(Yank, 122).

to give --- hell.
To annoy one; to punish one; to hurt one; to bawl
one out.
(Th* meaning of this idiom comes from the context of the
sentence.)
Give 'em hell, boy (Yank, 84).
Give 'em hell for me, old fellow (Yank, 34).
"I really gave those boys hell", L t . Col. Verheck recalls
(Yank, 190).
...when they disc ivered he was Dutch they would give him hell
(Yank, 136)
We'll

give

'em h e l l

f r o m n o w o n...

(Pyle,

205).

This is Just like being out there and givtn •_ 'em hell

(Yank, 224).

-h 99-

to give —

hope.

To offer hope; to be the grounds for optimism#

...it n v e s me new hone to realize...
to give --uppers of
match and
victim of

(Yank, 213)•

the hot foot.
To place a match between the sole and
a shoe worn byan unsuspecting person and then
to li-ht
allow it to burn so that it suddenly causes pain to the
the joke.

the
the

...so I gave this guy a hot

foot

(Yank, 162).

to give the impression.
that.

To imply; to seem to indicate; to be indicative

...I stood before the door of a chaplain dressed neatly in patched
fatigues to. give the inrpres sion of a poor but honest...GI
(Yank, l6h).
to give in.

To submit; to yield; to agree.

...when Veda slipped it on...and begged to be allowed to keen it, she
g^ve ip (Cain, 190).
to give it up a-8 a b a d j o b .
to -dnit defeat.

To admit thvt one is ujable t

do something^

You tried your best to find them, and finally hod to give it up as a bad
job
(Gardner, 173),
to give —— a kick.
To caus*- one to feel good, either physically or
mentally; to -ive elation to one.
You can't guarantee to be 100 percent
you are (Yank, 36).
to give a laugh.

ight but it gives you a kick when

To laugh.

Mildred clipr-d her on the cheek, but she gave a short laugh. and brazenly
finished: - "gods and little fishes i" (Cain, 72).
to give a lesson.
but one person.

To te-ch, as to a pupil; to hold a class often with

I'm giving h er another lesson in the theory of nusic...
(Ca in, 137).
I'm giving her ane lesson in piano — my rate is ten dollars an hour...
(Cain, 137).
...paying 50/ a week to give Veda lessons...
(Cain, 133).
to give — - life for.
To sacrifice one's life for; to give one's life
in place of; to die for.
...one who would gladly give his life for t.-.is our wonderful country...
(Ysnk, 213).

to give — — a lift.
To carry ©rother in an automobile; to have another
ride with one; to ^ive one a ride,
...some olon*''e came by in a car and gave me a lift
...she h«d to, P’ive her e_ lift home
(Cain, 127).
to give a lift to.

(Yank, 209).

To raise; to inmrove; to help.

Those posters -j^e a tremendous lift to the Italian national spirit
(Yank, 128),
to give —— h line on.
tell one about.

To give another information conceriiing; to

Now can you give me a. line on the other relatives without seaming to
point them out?
(Gardner, 55) •
to give -- a name,
1, To state

one's name; totell one's name.

She then called ?n agent, ^nd without givin~ h er n a a e . got the latest
asking price on the Beragon mansion (Cain, 220),
2. To allow ® child to use the name of his father,
(V.'hen a child is
born o t of wedlock, illegitimately, it uses itsmother's n j.me, for
the father to allow the child to use his name is for him to p.dmit
parentage which in turn makes him liable for the financial support of
fhe child.)
Isn't there someway I can give my son ay name without having to marry his
mommy?
(Yank, 1?0).
After he's -lven the child a name, then he can do his run-out
(Cain, 19'~0.
to g i v e
readiness,

a nod.

To nod at another person indicating ar” roval,

etc.

...but •.’:.en the reconstructed, sandwich v-ae bach on the counter he gave her
a c'irt nod (Cain, ^5)»
given the time and the -place.
in light of the conditions.

According to the conditions, situation;

f'e always thou ;ht later that he h- d done
time and -place (Marquand, 2jU0.
to be given to.
accustomed to.

s well - s he could, given the

To be '-•^dieted to; to be in the habit of; to be

Shorty is small, lazy end given to a bitter attitude towa-d civilians.
(Yank, 136).

-501-

to g i v e
the old business.
is hardly "believed*

To repeat an often told statement w; ich

The top kick always gyve us thet old business about the T/0 when any of
the rest of us asked about ratings
(Yan'r, 139)•
to give — —an opportunity*
To give one a chance; to allow one to have
an opportunity; to give one a break.
Not that I don't give her the opportunity

(Cain, 16?)«

to give onto.
To open on to; to be adjacent to and- have an opening to;
to h?»ve a door lea.ding to.
There were two wrought-iron shoescrapers on the stone front steps, and
open iron grilles giving onto a shadowy hall, framed the doorway, (New
Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7, 20).
to give orders.
make a command.

To issue orders; to issue a command; to command; to

When Tojo gave his orders
To kill us one by one...
(Yank, 176).
And hereafter, remember I'm giving orders around here, not Miss Veda
(Cain, 69).
to give out.
1. To issue; to pass out; to hand out; to give; to cistribute.
Those tailors were buzzing around like flies when they g^ve out the
comni-sions
(Mnrouand, 503).
bp aboTre d.ecks the wounc ed Patrick was giving out morphine (Yank, ^7 ).
2. To fail; to wear out; to become useless.
aJvery now and then I heard a story of a wreck catised by the brakes giving
out
(Pyle, 2?6).
Ye waved until our arms gave out...
(Pyle, h58).
'.'[hen the poems gyve out.
When it ’.wasn't enough
To sing of freedom
He fought for what he wrote for...
(Yank, 152).
to give out with.
instrument•

To produce music,

fr m a dance band or a solo

Cpl. Jinny Martim, a sax "layer who used to. give out with the dream stuff...
...his lips puckered into a low whistle and he gave out with the all too
famous "Call of the Wolf"
(Yank, 155)«

to give over to*

To devote to; to allow to become used. for.

...one gigantic studio, with all the first floor...given over to it
(Cain, 13k).
to give --- a pain (in the are).
cause one mental discomfort.

To annoy one; to bother one; to

...he's dter old chap, and whether he's friend of yours or not,
me a pain in the —
(Marquand, 129).
That kind of talk gives me a pain (Pyle, 118).
to give a party.

To have a peaty; to hold

aparty;

he gives

to entertain.

...suggested that Veda call up some of her friends and give them a little
party (Cain, 188).
She ain't giving no party...
(Cain, 189).
Them m o v i e p e o p l e g i v i n g p a r t i e s e v e r y n i g h t . . .
(Cain, 1 7 5 ) .
to

■ive --- a pat .

To p^t one; to slap one gently.

Monty gpye her a little pat and went to the dining room
to give -—

a place.

(Cain, 126).

To arrange room for one; to allow a place for one

The ack-ack was given a place in the very early waves...

(Pyle, 383).

to give prominence.
To consider as of importance; to consider im­
portant and treat as if it were important.
...he didn't give undue prominence to these things
to give ——

a riding.

(Cain, 2:8).

To te^se one; to banter with one.

Cavanaugh gqve the capt-in &. riding over the interphone...
to give --- a ring.

(Yank, 16).

To telephone another; to call another on the phone

Give me a ring, and I'll let you know when to come up
to g i v e
a. run for his money.
for money ha has lost.

(Gardner, 102).

To give one some sort of satisfaction

...he isn't going to take a chance on cashing a post office money order
without giving the sucker some sort of «_ run for his money
(Gardner,
1 2 ).
to give --- the score.
happened.

To give one the results; to tell one what has

...Lt. Jack Irvin of Phoenix, Ariz., gave us the score —
hits on Jap barracks...
(Yank, 195).

three direct

-503-

to g i v e
for one*

a seat.

To show one to an empty seat; to arrange a seat

... jumping up to give her a se-1

(Cain, 212).

not to give a second%thought to.
Hot to beconcerned with;
bothered by; not to be disturbed by, with.

not to

be

ITobody but a v&rlet would give a second1s thoxight to what you've been
t-lkim about toniuht
(Cain, 169)•
to give a sense of.

To indicate; to imply.

Veda was determined she must h^ve one..."to give somesense
a gain in intimacy"
(Cain, 237)*
not to rive a snap of --- finfers for.
care about; not to be concerned about.

To be indifferent to; not to

Th-t price, I wouldn't give a snap of my finger for it
10 give a start.
surprise.

of progression,

(Cain, 52).

To juimo involuntarily; to jerk one's muscles from

The driver geve a start, and the voice was cut off in the middle of a
syllable
(M«=rn\i»nd, 2b-l).
not to -rive
thought.
ot to th‘nlr about it lonaer; to be indiffer­
ent to it; not to be distrubed about it.
Don't give it another thought

(Marouand. 520).

not to give a thought to --- .
To be indifferent to oneself; to be
more concerned with others then vith oneself; to be unselfish.
...and the beaut if \il way she's looked after averybocy, without giving one
thought to herself i (Cain, lid-).
to give --

a thrill.

To thrill one; to rive one pleasurable excitement.

...There was just one
thing about that kind of fighting — bydamn, it
gave you e_ thrill. (Yank, 122).
Fell, nobody wants to
get killed and I was plenty scared sometimes —
but it gave you a thrill. the way v:e fought (Yank, 122).
to g i v e
to a man.
For a woman to have sexual intercourse with a
man; for a woman to have coitus.
I'm no angel, but I never in my life gave myself t_o a man just for money
(Gardner, 112).

5 o4-

to g i v e - —
q . trial.
o n e c a n do s o m e t u i n g ;

To let o n e h a v e a n o p p o r t jiity to s h o w w h e t h e r
to t r y o n e out; to g i v e one a t r y o u t *

. . . C h e f t h i n k s y o u ' l l <io, so a g p i n s t
g i v e you a t r i a l
(Cain, d 9 ),
to g i v e
...a

trouble*

dual-purpose

To c a u s e
antiaircraft

our better

trouble;

judgment

ve're

going

to be of t r o u b l e ;

to b e

troublesome

g u n that w a s g i v i n g u s

trouble

(Yank,

to

1^5)

to g i v e up.
1.

To c e a s e u s i n g ;

to r e l i n q u i s h .

I'd g i v e it a l l u p if I'd
w r i t t e n W o r l d A s s i g n m e n t ( M a r q u a n d , ^9) *
Tu t h e n e v e r g a v e up h o p e
(Pyle, ^ 5 * 0 *
. . . s o m e dol l w h o h'-d m a d e t h e s u p r e m e s a c r e f i o e of giving: u p h e r l a c e —
trimmed undies...
(Yank, 2 1 h ).
. . . w i t h the m o n e y g one, h e w a s u n a b l e t_o g i v e v.p the old w a y of life . . .
(Cain, 1
Cert p e r s u a d e d Xrs. K i d g e l e y to, g i v e u p the i d e a of a P i e r c e H o m e for
b o a r d i n -house purposes...
(Cain, 16).
I d o n ' t b e l i e v e a n y of u s
.as a f r a i d of dyinr. . .The e o t i o n is e i t h e r
one of a'.most d e s p e r a t e
reluctnn< e t_o r i v e uu_ the f u t u r e . . .
(Pyle, 5 )»
k o m a s t e r w h t I sag, n o t m a t t e r w h a t a..ybooy s a y s , n e v e r g i v e u p that pri
that way y o u h a v e of l o o k i n g °t t h i n g s
(Cair., 7 5 ) •
I w i s h I h a d it , and —
n e v e r g i v e it up j
(Cain, 75) •
•.1l u r e d . . .g y v e u p ® 11 t h o u g h t o f a li* tie li.ht t w i t t i n g o n the s u b j e c t
o f "Sir"
(Cain, 1^3).
.. u n a b l e t_o g i v e up the i oea t h a t Yeda w a s t a l e n t e d . . .
(Cain, 193).
Before Ion
the s q u a d r o n h a d to m o v e and g i v e u p its r i c e h e a d q u a r t e r s
(Pyle, 1 3 0 ) .
J o h n w o u l d n ' t g i v e rae u p
(Gardner, 73) •
2.

To

stop;

to cease;

to quit*

. . . w e do e v e r y t Ing w e can.
We can't give up
(Cain, 1 0 3 )*
Y o u m e a n w e o u g h t t_o g i v e u£. . .
(Marnue.nd,"”t 0 5 ) •
T h e r e s u l t w a s that t h e d e t e r m i n e d a m b u l a n c e b o y s d r o v e n e a r l y h a l f w a y
acr-'ss S i c i l y b e f o r e they f 'n a l l v g a v e u p an d s t a r t e d b ? c k
(Pyle, h.5 ) .
I've s t a r t e d s u c h a. b o o k s e v e r a l times but h ~ v e a l w a y s g i v e n it u p a.8
hopeless
(Hew Y o r k e r ,
X III, dept, 17,
19--7, 26).
.. .Pf c. S h e a o.lways snic he h a d gi v e n u p a. Sl50-a-v.'eek job as
a big
exec: tive. . .
(Yak193)«
But o n the w h o l e th e l i t e r s s h o w e d no -ere al tei.de* cy to
ive up
(Pyle, 12h).
T h e n some
up, a n d p u l l o d out a n d r a n f o r m i l e s
(Pyle, ^.5 1 ),
T h e ^ e w e r e a lot of t h i n g s w h i c h y o u f i n a - 1 k n e w yo* c o u l d n o t do, so
t h a t it '-'as l o g i c a l t_o g i v e u p t r y i n g to do t h e m
(Mrrauand., 63)*
a l t D u r k e a 1p f o o d w a s b e g i n n i n g to r u n low, bu t h e w o u l d n ' t g i v e u p
(Yank, 1?8).

-505-

..."between French captions, Iran's cut-ins and English dialogue, you may
ae well give u p
(Yank, 7 3 )•
Veda had to be made to accept this job she had taken, else her days
would be dull misery, and in the end she would have to. give it ujo
(Cain, 7 ? ) .
And if you think your nonsense is gring to make me give up the job,
you're mistaken about that, t o
(Cain, 72).
"Dearie", Jeffrey told her, "just give up trying
(Marquend, 101),
3*

To

surrender;

to

admit defeat and

to

stop.

Even the commanding general just threw up his hands and gave up (Pyle,
*4-11).
I've c o m e to give myself u p ...
(Yank, 1 3 9 ) •
Or would you give up and say what the hell is the use,..
(Yank, 221),
Punishment will be much lesr- severe if the guilty party will give himself
u£. .. (Yard , 192}.
Ye t old t h e m .to g i v e u p or w e ' d k i l l t h e m
(Yard, 12 5 ) .
They
o, b u t h e g a v e h i m s e l f u p s o m e t i m e b e f o r e h e w a s b o o k e d (Gardne?',
93).
S e r l e v e n t d o w n ~n& g a v e h i m s e l f up, o n th e s t r e n g t h o f it
( G k ^ d n e r , 87) •

to give --- up for.
something

because

To believe one to be; not to expect one to do
of b e i n g ,

.. .they had given us ug. for lost

(Pyle, 25^),

to give way to,
l.To cea.se, stop, resisting (something); to surrender to;
T h e n c a m e t h e t o r r e n t i a l s h a k i n g sobs, eg at
t h !ng she h a d b e e n f i g h t i n g of f . . .
(Cain,

l ^ s t she g a v e
115)*

w a y to

this

2. To change to.
Eut by the time it h a d cascaded in big blobs to the floor, dignity had
given wa to hot anger, a n d he began to talk (Cain, 93),
It
s a picture of one generation giving way to another...
(Mn.rcua.nd,

b2 ) .
to give way,
1 . to collapse; to lose support.
Re w a t c h e d b t e n d r a w his fr^t Tinder h i m p nd
w a y a n d h e sat d o w n
(Mrrquanr, 2 3 2 ).

2. To allow anothe

“t e n d

up ,

but something; g a v e

to h a v e his way; not to stand on one's opinion.

-506-

Mildred gave w a y , but on the day of the opening she almost fainted
(Cain, 175).
If he gets tough, you s-nring that Bie&erhof women on him, and he's got
to give way, because on infidelity he can't block it (Cain, 81).
to give — — a whirl.

To attempt to do something; to try to do something*

Mussolini was the last one to give the marshes fi whirl. snd as far as I
could see he did a pretty good job of it (Pyle, 237).
to give --- the willies.
nervous, irritable.

To cause one to be nervous; to make a person

It gave me the willies
(Pyle, 37*0.
...the passage of the afterno n shells over our house really gave me the
willies
(P. l e , 250).
to give --- word.
To promise to another; to make a p" mise to another
thrt something is true; to affirm.
Mildred, I give you my w o r d —
to give --

(Cain, 30).

the works.

1. To p u n i h one severely; to reprimand one with vigor.
Try to slip anything over on him, and I'll give you the works.
77).

(Gardner,

2. To do s^metring with *>11 one's ability ^nd force that one h^s
available.
...so our pilot gave it the works —
pillbox (Pyle, 163).
a glad hand.

and thus destroyed a brand-new

Applause with pleasure.

There's always a glad hand in the crowd for someone who can sing
(Mar quand , 15*+ )•
glad rags.
Good clothes; one's most fashionable clothes; Sunday go to
to meeting clothes.
Buy y urself some glad rags
gledstone bag.

(Gardner, 72).

A suitcase with flexible leather covers.

Mercia Whit t a k e r ...cs.me w e a r i l y into the room, lugging a Gladstone bag
(Gvrdner, 70).

d

glamor “boy.
Glamorous, romantic, man; a man conscious of his effect
on others through his apnear-nce and actions.
(Also attributive.)
KnO'-n among his men as Vinegar Joe or Uncle Joe, he is no glanor-boy
general
(Yark, 129) •
Those Minute Men ore just n bunch of glamor boys —
(Yank, 237)•
to glance around.
directions.

To look in several directions;to look in different

He even glanced around to be sure that no one noticed him particularly
(Me r quand, 57fT*
to ^lance at.

To look at casually; to look at

L eds knitted
his frosty eyebrows for - moment in
up at Meson with a smile
(Gardner, 215)*

briefly and hurriedly.
thought, thenglanced

to gl-nee u p .
To look upward; to raise one's eyes and look at
quickly, hurriedly.
(See; _to glance at.)
The boy
2

.).

-lanced u p . smiling painfully

a glass of.

briefly

(New Yorker, XXIII, Seut. 6, 19^7,

A glass containing; a glass with; a glass full of.

Placing silverware, a butter dish, and g. glass of water before Serle...
(Gardner, 96).
a glee club.
A group of people who sing to -ether; a chorus; a choral
group; a choir.
The s t a t i o n h a d a g l e e club . . .
to glory in.

(Pyle,

2 3 9 ).

To have pride in; to be proud about.

I knov; you'd kill

him, 3ert...and I

lory in you for it

S gliprose o f *

A quick look at; a brief glance

( O i n , 19B).

at.

...Mildred.. .had e^en had a glimpse of rim once or twice...

a glut on the m •rket.

(Caiu, 220).

A surplus for sale; too much on hand, available

3ut even thoo gh it was a gl-..t on the market: the ?re;:ch still asked sixty
cents a u und for it (Pyle, “ 15T7
to gnaw a t .
To be constantly in one's mine]; to bother; to annoy.
(Tv.is implies a worry which bothers one.)
.. ,?-iildred kept waking with the jealousy gnawing at her

(Gain, 19?).

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to gnaw o n
mind.
To annoy one mentally; to "bother one; to "be on
one 18 mind; to gnew a t .
But it kept gnawing jn her mind...
go.

go

. go.

(Cain, 133)#

Constant movement;

the seemingly everlasting

traveling.

It's the perpetual, choking dust, the muscle-racking herd ground,the
snatched food sitting
ill on the stomach, the heat and the flies and
dirty fe-t and the constant roar of the engines and the perpetual
moving and the never settling down and the £ 0 ,g o . g o . night and
day, and through the night again
(Pyle, 85T*
to go about.
1. To go here and there; to travel around; to go around; to move about#
(This inrr'lies traveling within a nrescribed area.)
...we m-rde it a pr-ctice to Ri:op for eggs
(Pyle, hi6).

ve went about the covmtry

2. To do (something); to work at; to perform.
The gun crew went about
firing the round rmietly e.nd methodically (Yank,
I33_h).
Sometimes I had to laugh — when the wardroom radio haur ened to be playing
a hot tune during meals I'd notice them grinning to themselves and
dancing ever so slightly as they went about their serving
(Pyle, ho).
to go about — — business.
to one's normal affairs.

To do that which one normally does; to attend

Of course, he made a beautiful build—un by never looking behind him,
never acting ^t all suspicious, and going right on about his business
(Gardner, d6).
He went right Ion-; -bout his business
(Gardner, b-6).
to go after.
1. To follow; to trail.
We decided t o...£0 after the others

(Yank, 168).

2. To hunt; to search for.
Our only chance is to mix this thing all n y , so the T.A. doesn't know Just
what to co '• tf-r. .and then rah the f-cts...
(Gardener, 83).
° . To go to get; to obtain; to get.
The lieutenant went to -et his gun, a.nd by common consent the little circle
of veterans went after theirs too
(Pyle, 1^8).

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to go ahead.

1. To go forward; to go to the front.
Mine Scouts. ..went ahee(i of the main landing forces at Amchitka. ..
(Yank, 191).
So the officers left Ortie waiting in the jeep while they went ahead on
foot
(Pyle, 120).
2. To continue; to go on; to keep on (with).
We carnot go ahe d with other targets...
(Yank, 1— ).
All right, go ahead, get personal
(Yard:, 89).
Drake grinned at her, and said, "Do ahead, folks, have your fun"

(Gardner,

61 ).

Then it's up to the lawyer to. go ahead and protect them anyway
179).
'Go right ahead with your shoving.. . (Gardner, 29).

(Gardner,

8. To begin, start, to talk.
l>To v , go ahead (Marquand, 160).
So I urged him to go ahead
(Pyle, 2fh).
Go ahead . tell me (Yark, h5).
"Go ahead. Madge," he said, "what about Jim?"
(Marquand, 521).
Go ahe d. Talk with her, Paul...
(Gardner, 159).
Go ahead. What else is wrong with her?(Jkrouend, 533).
"Go ahead." Jeffrey said, "what little things?
(Ikrquand, 536).
Go ahea d . Vfe're ready with your call to Mr. Mason (Gardner, 66).
to go ahe-d and.
It is all right to; to feel free to. (This is an
intensive urging the action expressed in the verb that follov'?.)
...he would probably have canceled it himself, but when the junior officer
suggested it he sort of had to go ahead and, go
(Pyle, 318).
Go ahe-' d. and bite it, fella...
(Marquenc .“ 97.
Go ahead and get busy on the Conway Appliance Company (Gardner, lh).
Go ahead ?rd answer it...
(Go -dner, 139).
I say to all you "uys, ^o ahe-- d and bitch and gripe...
(Yank, 213).
I say... to pli y u other guys, go ahead and smack 'em down for it (Yank,
21R).
'
'
Oh, go ahea d and, shoot your golf, you big bluff and don't breathe a
word of this to anyone
(Gardner, 93).
Go ahead and tell him, Ned (Gardner, 216).
cK, go ahead ark tell him, Harold...
(Gardner, 168).
Go ahead and call...
(Gardner, °9).

-510-

Go ahead, and tell me what you've found (Gardner, 6h).
®mily Milicent said, "Go ahead and tell him, Alden"
(Gardner, 111).
Go ahead and ask it, Jeff...
(Ma.rqtia.nd, 391).
But
ahead and try it...
(Marquand, ! 79)•
"Go ahead a.nd call him that,11 Jeffrey said, "if that's the way you feel
about him"
(Marcuand, 5^9).
Drake grinned and sain, "Oh, ao ahead and put them in the drawer, Perry"
(Gardner, h£).
All right, go ahead and tell me
(Mar^rand , Gl?).
"That's all ri h t ," Jeffrey answered, "go ahe.ad and cry"
(Merauond, 99).
to go all out.
To do one's utmost; to do with all one's strength,
energy, ability.
(See: all out).
Major Cochran was the perfect example of a man going all-out for his
country (Pyle, 2.21).
to go all right.
It went all right

To do well; to behsve normally; to set -s expected.
(Marnuand, 161).

to go along.
1. To go in the company of others; to go; to

company.

Well, if this is the way it is, they must get you sooner or later, but
I'll £ 0 p l o n r until it catches up with me
(Yard:, 86).
I went along to heer it
(Pyle, 339).
lots of things... can go along w ith a war
(Pyle, ~'59).
One day I went along with an infantry company... . (Pyle, 393).
...Bagby and I went alon : for the hell of it
(Yard':, 192).
As Rosie stepn d out and went along in the am ul-nee with is men...
(Yank
86).
*.7e steamed out...past sailors and soldiers on land i-dio weren't olng along
and who waved goodbye to us
(Pyle, 11).
..so he went along (Yank, 25)*
...they jumped in the car and went along to show us
(Pyle, 379).
The children went along of their free will, of course
(Pyle, 2^3).
...Cmdr. Bulkeley...would be going along on the night's patrol...
(Yank,
253).
2. To go; to ’.relk; to travel; to ride.
I was going along without paying much attention...
(Yank, 126).
Going along we were suddenly startled to hear some magnificent cuffing
down at one side
(Pyle, 201).
to go and.
To proceed to; to (infinitive); to go ahead and.
(In this
instance and seems also to be the sign of the infinitive.
It is of
interest to n&te that in one of the examples the infinitive may be in
the past.)

Some of the "boys went and had a couple of drinks... (Pyle, 337)*
.. .vhen he realized it, would kiss
the girl good-bye and would £ 0 and
fight for freedom (Marquand, h20).
"Welj, well," ,ralter said, "you'd better £o and finish it now, dear..."
(Mar nuand, H 6).
He wrote me end. said to. £~o_ and ^ee my chaplain
(Yank, 170).
not to be able to go another foot.
to be unable to go farther.
They can't go another foot

To be unable to travel further;

(Pyle, 203)•

to go around.
1. To go about; to go here «nd there; to go from pl-ce to pl^ce.
In a few minutes everybody was going around with a French Tricolor in his
buttonhole
(Pyle, 377)•
And going around like she does with her breasts wobbling every w: ich way...
(Cain, 1UV.
As we went around the ship our trip turned into a kind of personal-aprearance
tour (Pyle, 233).
...she went around meditating about it, and thinking how she could a p l y
it to her restaurants
(Cain, 2:‘3).
I couldn't go around carrying a rose in my fcand allafternoon...
(Pvle,
376).
They can't go, around hammering on the a p e ■tment doors of all the men in
the city...
(G-ardner, 79).
Fe went around poking his herd o t from hunched-up shoulders with a
quizzical half --rin >n his face (Pyle, 332).
He we..t around every day
or so and inspected...(Pyle,
3^0).
Nobody with a nug like mine h-s a ri ht to go ~3*ound scaring wounded men
(Pyle, 233).
He had some iodine, and was going around- painting up those who had been
scratched...
(Pyle, 2h-9).
...block him off from a job he wa.s entitled to h-^ve, and then go around
playing all the noli tics you knew how, to get it for yoxirself (Cain,
30).
...the idea, of going around, trying to get rid of a truck-load of anchors
struck her as indescribably comic (Cain, IB).
...I v:ent around nicking up tank lore
(Pyle, 26h).
His nickname was "S^teh", and he went aro-nd in the green two-piece cover­
all...
(P.vle, 259).
2. To be divided amons; all; to be shared equally.
...food...there wasn't enough of the fancier kind .to go_ around (Yank,
203).
It wc-s quite natural, since there were usually just enough cots to go
around. and I slept on whichever one w^s empty
(Pyle, 177).

A

-512-

3. To go past; to "by pass.

Often in esses like that we just went around the voo^p,..
(Pyle, U U 2 ).
'.ve couldn't go around them through the fl^t peaceful valleys, "because the
Germane were up there looking flown upon us...
(Pyle, l^l).
h. To go

to visit; to v i eit; to m^ke a call.

Madge used to say, "We'll g o around tosee So—and-so
and have a cocktail"
(Marquand, 326)•
He told them to. £2. around and tell their men (Pyle, 3^5) •
5. To go

from person toperson.

But she also knew, from the look that went ground, that now it was
squelched, once and for all
(Cain, 108).
to go around with.

To associate with; to go in the company of.

She "began -ping around with
They tell me Alf used to. go
193).
...with that p.wful girl she
I went around one day with

cheap, awful people
(Cain, 211).
around with Pinky Harris ouite a lot

(Marquand,

goes around with...
(Coin, 191).
a teem...
(Pyle, 210).

to go ashore.
To go onto the land after h^vin-to the land from a ship.

"been on a ship; to

go

...the same sort of gong that used to tell visitors to le»ve ship and
go ahore
(Marquand, C6).
to go at it.

To do something.

When you rot good
I'd say they're p

end ready, g o at it., all at once(Marquand, 502).
poor class of fighter the way they go. ^t, ft...
(Yank,

53).
to go away.

To leave; to depart;

to go off.

...I excitedly went away and left my helmet and shovel lying under a half­
track...
(Pyle, 25977
One explanation we he^rd, and discounted heavily, wae th^t a. good many
veterans had gone away :'or the summer and herd't got hack yet
(New Yorker.
XXIII, Sept. 13, 195 t T 25).
It drove me crazy the way he used to stand and look over my shoulder while
I was writing, but he was so eager and kind Ico’ildn't tell him to go
away
(Pyle, 119).
Pred and Heckle had danced five dances and then they h^d gone away some­
where
(Marquand, 105).
"No," he said, "don't go away"
(Marquand, 551).
a

-513-

Jeff, d o n ’t ^22. away
(Marquand, b-3)*
They were go jpg away '-’or a ye?r; that wes all (Yank, 22).
Some of us went away..♦
(Pyle, 353).
...the restaurant is losing money every time anyone finds the
joint filled and goes away
(Gardner, 150).
But I'm sure old Mr. Pierce would know, and ifthey're gone away, why —
I think...
(Cain, 20).
He went awa.v (Cain, 20).
I am -oing away
(Yank, 17*0.
...toward the Gessler's, but the shades were all down, they apparently
havin' &one away for the weekend
(Cain, 90).
Go away with that camera, will ya?
(Yank, 160).
After the captain went nway...
(Yank, 198).
Then the planes went awayand thefiringstopped...
(Yank, 71).
...whether she might not bewaiting in the house,hoping that he would
go away...
(Marquand, 185).
to go AWOL (awol).
To leave a military establishment without official
permission; to take French leave.
At Christmastime they went AWOL in droves...
(Yank, 91)*
...Marine brig...whose first customers included two felloes who went AWOL
from a supply detail...
(Yank, 39)*
... if none of my men went AWOL
(Yank, 138).
to go back.
1. To return to a place; to go to a place at which one has been Before.
.\nd soldiers like Tommy Clayton went back to them...
(Pyle, h5l).
We went back to our equipment...
CYank, 20).
...she was about to...go back to her room...
(Cain, 252).
After that he went back to "Burope and studied art
(Pyle, 138).
After the invasion he had orders to go back to America (Pyle, 37)•
He said the way things were going"~Ke would get his five days in Naples
around the following July, "nd he would get to go back to America
seventeen years from then
(Pyle, 115)•
...he could go back to the mainland (Yank, 2 h U ).
I went back to the ship and stayed aboard almost a. week before going
ashore more or less permanently
(Pyle, 32).
The rest of us went b^ck into the cowshed...
Pyle, 156).
As the loudspeaker blared,..we went back to the auditorium...
(New
Yorker, .XXIII, June, 23, l ^ T ^ T ) ' .
I didn't meet him because he had completed his aLlotedmi Ions and gone
back to the States (Pyle, 159).
He survived a n d went brck to America in rotation...
(Pyle, 186).
But he loved to fly and was torn between flying after thw war or going back
to Colorado and settling down to enjoy the mountains
(Pyle, 165)•
...he could go back and take flight training and hardly be missed
(Pyle,
126

).

-51**-

After the war Back wanted to. go hack west to the land he loved
(Pyle,
195).
Corporal Vore.. .went dashing hack to the tank (Pyle, 267).
...I went hack to my shattered room...
(P.vle, 2*4-9).
...Lt. Sullivan had gene hack to America...
(Pyle, 350<).
He might go hack tomorrow, and like Bill Swinburne, pretend that he was
in it...
(Marquand, 575).
I went hack to where I had dropped the wire
(Yank, 58).
They were going and there was no way of going h>ck (Marquand, 583).
They were anxious to. go hack home (Pyle, 3*4-5).
I suppose we'd better go hack now...
(Marquand, l*-3).
He...went hack to his motor and found it would still run...
(Yank, 12h).
I'm going hack tomorrow (Marquond, 59$.
So Cash went hack to the company...
(Yank, 18).
Back left and went b^ck to his post
(Yank, *4-7).
They hadn't called, so I went hack (Gardner, 1*4-6).
.. .we went hack into St. Barthelmy (Yank, 2*J-/:).
.. .he said he would go hack to retake the ground he h«d lost
(Yank, 131)
I'll never do this when I go hack...
(Yank, 2~3).
...she went hack and resumed her
seat... (Cain, 165).
He had evidently gone hack to his car...
(Cain, 172).
Miss Jaeckel...went hack to her little office...
(Cain, 2^*4-).
So the flustered captain went hack to his company...
(Yank, 167)*
I didn't feel like going hr>ck to hed and decided to look around the place
(Yank, 59).
I went hack to the doorway...
(Pyle, *4-0*4-0.
I took a few pictures and then decided to go hack (Yank, 60).
I went hack ahout a quarter of an hour before I was scheduled to go off
duty (Gardner, 1*4-6) .
Bid you go hack for the dishes? (Gardner, 1^-6).
^ went hack and stayed with that
pocket(Gardner, 11*4-).
I expected to go uack and clear things up (Gardner, 118).
I went hack to camp (Yank, 209).
...and next day we'll go hack and do it all over again (Yank, 55)•
He didn't want _to go hack Just yet... (Yank, 230).
There was nothing to do so I went hack in to catch a nap
(Yank, 6l).
He stayed straight for a week or two,and then went hack to the old life..
(Gardner, 7 2).
She went hack to her own flat, and as I get the story}, called police
headquarters...
(Gardner, 81).
I know it's too much to a.sk — Well, I'm going hack home
(Marquand, 579)
2. To return to; to begin again at.
Before the war Joe was a travelling salesman, and that's what he intended
to go hack to
(Pyle, 37).
But ^fter a week's rest he went heck to the Job...
(Pyle, 282).
He had served from 1931 to 1935. 8J*d went hack again in 19^4-1, hut he hs.d
no intention of making it a career (Pyle, 38)1

-5 1 5 -

Too, that ta.ste of civilized living h-d been a strange delight, end yet in
a perverse way I looked forva d to going back to the old soldier's
routine of sleeping on the "round, not washing before breakfast, and
figrit ing off f l e a s .
(Pyle, hh).
He hp,d been in the hosoital nore than o month and was just abo it re-dy
to £0 back to duty
(Pyle, 130).
The year before he went br ck to the ITavy he soldmorepancake
flour th.an
anybody else in America, and won himself a qyOO bonus
(Pyle, 37)*
He went b^ck to the Navy in 19^1 when he w=s forty-five ye-’ b old
(Pyle,
37).
They were up early, they work d all day and aftersxxpper
they wentback
to work far into the ni ht (Pyle, 306).
Everyone v~s goin.g back to what he hud been doing before...
(Marou-nd,
92).

...- hen they returned to Na.nlrs they went beck to their regular dock jobs
there
(?. le, 279).
He had had two yes '8 at Mar achusetts Institute of Tec nolo -y, and he hope
to go b-^ck and finish
(Pyle, 331) •
He didn't know whether he would go b-ck to the insurance job or not ^fter
the -or
(P; le , 230).
...the outfit. . .went back into action...
(Ya k, 121).
He...hod to_ £0 b- ck haul in an .unit ion (Ya23).
Then ho pulled the
casualty tag off hie jacket, hitcheda.ride on a
passing jeep and
went b?ck to the fi t (Yank, 19).
I left Seattle and
went back to my real
inertity of AldenLeed.s
(Gardner,
115).
I went back to the very first — the double stretch of infantry training
...
(Yank, 16*0.
Yon't think I'll £o_ back to college
(Yank, 95)•
...we should have to go back with the armies to ret some neace
(Pyle,

9-6^) •
...it went right b?ck into • ction
(Pyle, 129).
...’•e could go br ck to shooting at the darkness...
(Pyle, 392).
...he caift £0 bock to college... (Cain,
202).
Vfhen it's all over we'll mo back to our 1-c^-trimned undies..,(Yank,
'.'le came back tothe claim, went bo ck to minium (krdnr -, 113).
3. To go beck

215)

to a pl-ce in the rear; to go to the re?r,

...we decided ^o go beck ,jnd report...
(Yank, 9)»
...we went b^ck for instructions
(Pyle, 372).
...the jeep he was riding in was strafed by an enemy fighterand hewent
back to the hospital...
(Pyle, 173)•
One afternoon Buck's turn came to go beck to rest camp...
(Pyle, 197)»
I went back and lay down on the ground among my other friends...
(Pyle,

1937.

You can proso the button, °nd the top goes right back...
(!k rquand, -9).
As soon b they
reached the other siae of the Channel he went backand
took over the top turret gun
(Pyle, 331)•
Ye wore just ready to turn around and go back. . . (Pyle, 9 52 ).

-516-

He went, back, ■rot two more bottles and aporoached from another angle

(Yank,'~19T.
He left the patrol, went back to the medics...
(Yack, 19).
..."Col. Bush" got the lay of the land and went back to coordinate
the action (Yank, 18).
Cash went back to brin.- up the battalion commander...
(Yank, 18).
Hulstein went, beck to b" ng up the weapons...
(Yank, 8).
The other one who went be ck is a twin
(Yank, 2^-5) •
Both went b-^ck with fatigue...
(Ya i>, 2h5).
As soon as Arline came over to get their orders, she went bp ck to the
kitchen, to start more chicken
(Cain, 121).
Mildred w ent be ck to the kitchen, lit the oven, and st.- 'ted the w ? :fie
irons to heat
(Cain, 120).
She said, she was sow y, gather Ad un the 1-st of her '‘!irty dishes, and
went back with them
(Cain, ^9)»
I could £0 back to a tent for the ni--ht...
(Pyle, hoo).
'Then I v/ent back to talk with the cook, I fornd out we did,although
they weren't on the bill of fare that night
(Gardner, I'M’),
h. To begin at a tine in the p^st; to deuend on ajmethin- that hp>s
happened in the p s t .
The tale goes back to the time when he v;;--s still a buck privpte...
(Yank,
186).
...one chain of rel"-tionshi'os and rick up another when she saw IDthel —
she did not have to go b^ck to a half forgotten life
(Marquand, 356).
"how," Mason went on calmly, "let's £ o back to the ni ht of the murder"
(Gardner, 201).
•. . oy tealing one—hej.f of his fort’mn, that it a.ll went bp ck t6 the time
when Leeds was in the Klondike...
(Gardner, 167)*
5. To remember; to think about that which is past,

gone.

His mind gone further b-ck to a time when he was younger even than Jim...
(Mar quand , 5^-6 ).
...his mind would go back to a morn'n- at the square house on Lime Street
...
(Marnoand, 15217
...his min •-ent back to his efforts with ' L i a n a of the Crossways' up in
the hall bedroom...
(Marquand, 178).
to go beck to sleep.

To return to sleep after one has been awakened.

"Over there in that nile of 9 t u f f , I reckon," Muncy said, and went back
to sleep
(Pyle, 219).
to go bareheaded.
h at.

To go without a hat* head covering; not to wear a.

Ke nearly always v/ent bareheaded even in the danger zone
He simply liked to. go bareheaded
(Pyle, 26l).

(Pyle, 261)•

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to go below.

To go to a lover deck on a ship; to go below decks.

...the crew went below when the PTs entered friendly waters
(Yank, 2 55)•
Snail groups of us took turns go in. -below to the tiny galley...
(Yam':, 2b ).
Patrick ordered the two le st woun :ed t.o ^o below and then put tourniquets
on the other two...
(Yank, ^-3)»
a gob of tobacco .juice.
chewing tobacco#

A large amo unt of sali

mixed with tobacco,

Pfc. George Fisher Jr....spit a gob of tobacco .juice every time his HI
got a Jap
(Yank, 92)#
to go bust .
credit.

To become bankrupt; to go broke; to l o s e all wealth and

...when Beragon Brothers... founded in 1393 —
didn't help any, either
(Cain, 141).

when they went bust. thAt

M £2. SZa.
1. To p-ss; to go past and not stop.
The strip unfolded like., a hv’ve belt of p. factory motor, going by in
slow motion...
(Yank, 117).
.. .there ip a c lonel out of 'Bscuire* goIn - b y . smoking a cigarette in a
six-inch holder
(Yank, 49).
I've heard a lot of bullets go by
(Yah:, 116).
A Cadillac car went
and than a. Ford with p brass radiator and brass
lamps...
(Ha quand, 185)#
He siiovlr have bo f t s vet ing "S he went ..y. but. he dir rot
(Harquend,
296).
As we wen1 by, he was, as u u a l , out of patience
(Yard:, 110).
.. .she went by without stopping
(Ca.in, 21!':).
.. the battalion went bZ* • • (Yank, 2- l).
The pe.trnl went by silently
(Yah-, 245).
...a whole platoon of photo rauhers went by (Yank, 14?).
2. To pass, move, as time#
Three weeks went by before they hit it rough
(Yank, ?.-■3) •
A couple of months went by fi,nd nothing hspoened...
(Pyle, 262).
At other t i m e s t hour after quiet hour vent by without a sin le crack...
(Pyle, 273).
He did not want to impose on Jim; be only wished that he were not
st endin'--- looking w- lie the time v/ent by...
(lia.rnv.enb , 5^-2) •
Several days v/ent by. and there were no orders
(Cain, 13).
Another minute v/ent by, and Mildred sa.w glances exchanged between nurses
(Cain, 103).
Precious time ic .'■•coin-- y and somethin,1: h~s to be done
(Ca.in, 199)•

-518-

Some little time vent by... (Cain, 22k),
Hardly a day went by witho t casualties
(Pyle, 2-0).
3. To be guided by; to follow, as instruction0.
I always ^o b£ that in tel ing the tim<-- (Gardner, Ik 8 ).
If we just went by wh.-1 w- s our business, we'd have rone to court already
...
(Cain, 2d6 ).
to go by the nane of.
To be loiown by the name of; to be called as a
name; to h ve ae a n-ne.
(This inplif s th,jt perhaps this name is not
one 1s real name. )
He v/ent by the n-.me of fill Hogvrty (Gardner, 121).
Ca- tain Jackson went by the r.ickname of "Br *rk"
(Pyle, *-09) .
They all v/ent
the, name of the "Diesel Boys" (Pyle, d-25)*
This one magnificent beast...went by the name of Tray
(Pyle, 333).
Fe v/ent by the nickname of "Old Man"
(Pyle, loh).
to go call on.

To visit; to make a call on.

(Cf. to call on.)

Let's eat, and then uo call on Miss Colton, and see whet she has to say
(Gardner, 156).
to go counter to.

To be diametrically opuosed to; to be opposite to.

...broached the subject of an opereton. .. it went counter to everir
instinct in her wholly feminine nature
(Cain, 199).
God awful.

Bad; terrible; no good.

Bert's hooch ve.s God-awful
(Cain, 26).
The technique is simply God-awful
(Cain, 136).
God bles3 you.

May God bless you; God's blessing be upon you.

God bless you and goo luck
God knows.
Only
sjn uncertain.

(Fyle, L 33).

God knows; God alone knows; it is ?>. mystery to me; I

God knows what it is...
(Cain, 1690
"God knows.11 Jeffrey raid, "Maybe none at all"
to go dead.

(Marquand, L-qL).

To die; to cease functioning; to stop going.

The tissuies .-Tadually seen _to go dead. and sores break out
to go down.
1. To descend; to go to a. lower tlsce.

(Pyle, 149).

-519-

A little "blond kid. . .st- rted asking for volunteers to
down and help the
poor bastards "below deck (Yank* 168).
He used to £0 down at six in the morninr; to the cellar in "b^ck of the
summer b°semant kitchen...
(Marquand , 107 )•
Yvery time a package of crackers went down from above, they scrambled
and fought over it...
(Pyle, 226 ).
It was one column wide and went down about sixlines...(Marauend,
20).
So down he went in a surprise dive...
(Pyle, 169).
When the leader made sure he had spotted the target he wiggled his wings,
raised his diving brakes, rolled on his back, nosed over, and down he
went
(Pyle, 160).
After he'd gone down in the elevator, I went to the Conway axiartment
(Gardner,
170).
...and the major was out trying; to arrange a mule
train _to£0 downand
get some rations
(Yank, L3)#
He kicked himself loose and went flown to the main deck...
(Yank, d?).
If it went down a couple of inches, I knew Pete had stepned into a hole
(Pyle, 201).
If it went Awn fast. I knew he had struck a slope
(Pyle, 201).
If it went dowq sideways, I knew his feet were sliding on a. slippery
elope (Pyle, 201).
...go down neer"y two miles into the earth...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept.
18. 19^7, 29).
2.

To fall.

On the third step I went down into a ditch,.. (Pyle, 200).
The three Germans went down...
(Pyle, h50).
...when he fell there was a lot of him to go down (Pyle, 201).
Both of the Jerries went down (Yank, 21).
He goes down, clutching his shoulder (Yank, 180).
A few buildings would go down...
(.yle, 235).
The second went down under a hand grenade
(Yank, 19).
He had etepued right off into a nar ow ditch...and gone down on his back
(Pyle, 201).
...dumped more soup bowls on the pile, which went down with a crash,
three breaking
(Cain, 12?).
?. To fall, as in an airplane.
was shot down.)

(This often implies that the airplane

One by one the planes of the groxip had gone down
(Yank, 86).
Capt. Putnam, a, close and good friend , had gone down a few weeks before
(Yank, 88).
He went down on a ra.id (vank, 205).
If a plane went down in No Man's Land, more than half the troops on the
beachhead could see it fall
(Pyle, 236).
...it went down in flames...
(Pyle, ?91)•
...Hilton's kid brother...had gone down over Prance
(Yank, 2h2).

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4.

To g o t o

a p la c e

som e d i a t a n c a

aw ay.

H a ro ld w a n t dow n t o h i e a p a r tm e n t
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 7 ).
A nd y o u w e n t d o w n t o s e e M i l l e a n t o r H o g a r t y o r C o n w a y , w h a t e v e r y o u
w ant to c a l l h im ...
(G a rd n e r, 1 6 9 )•
■ If y o u * re g o in g dow n t o t h e f o r w a r d " b a t t a l i o n , " a y o u n g l i e u t a n a n t w a rn e d
m e ...
(T an k , 1 0 6 ) .
O ne a o l d l e r . . . w e n t d o w n t o r e l i e v e t h e m a n a t t h e r a t i o n p i l e
(T a n k , 2 0 2 ) .
T h ey w a n t dow n t o t h e l i n e
(T a n k , 8 7 ) .
So I w a n t d o w n a n d i n t r o d u c e d m y s e l f t o a g u n c r e w a n d w a r n e d t h e e i I
p r o b a b l y w a e g o i n g t o c a u B e th e m t o o v e r w o r k , f o r w h i c h I a p o l o g i s e d
(P y le , 9 7 ).
. . . p i l o t a w a n t dow n t o t h e e n l i s t e d m a n 'a m a ss h a l l e v e r y e v e n i n g . . .
(P y le , 1 7 9 ).
. . . b u i l d a l i t t l e h o u se on a c o rn e r o f th e p la c e f o r a r e a l fa rm . ..a n d
e v e ry b o d y c o u ld
dow n a n d lo o k a t i t . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 8 ) .
I s t r a p p e d o n t h e o l d p e r s u a d e r , a n d w e n t dow n t o
g e t h im
o u t — fig u re d
1 m ig h t h a v e t o g e t ro u g h
(G a rd n e r, 5 7 ).
S e r le w e n t dow n a n d g a v e h im s e lf u p o n t h e s t r e n g t h o f i t
(G a rd n e r, 8 7 ).
O ur s q u a d ro n h a d flo w n t h r e e m is s io n s o n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r d a y , s o t h r e e
p i l o t s w e n t dow n t h a t n i g h t — o n e t o d e s c r i b e e a c h m i s s i o n
(P y le , 1 7 9 ).
. . . w a r n e d h im w h a t y o u w e re d o i n g , a n d b e g g e d h im £ o g o dow n a n d
p u t h is
c la im i n , a n d h e w o u ld n ’t do i t . . .
(C a in , 3 0 ) .
5.

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su rfa c e

o f th e w a te r,

. . . t h e s h i n w e n t dow n
(P y le , 3 5 6 ).
. . . a B r i t i s h d e s t r o y e r . . . f i n a l l y g o e s dow n i n
(T an k , 3 2 ) .
6.

To g o a w ay ( o n a

He s a w h i s u n c l e l e a v e
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 5 ).

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th e a p a rtm e n t,

ocean,

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G od w i l l i n g .
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C ity .

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th e

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e x c e p t w hen h e w e n t B a s t i n

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to

as a

a l i t e r a l b la s e

t o g o dow n t h e l i n e f o r — •
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a s s is ta n c e , a id ; to back one u p .
■ T ou k n o w .
2 4 6 ).

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if

th e

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s u p p o rt,

(M a rq u a n d ,

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p le a s e s

(C a in , 1 7 0 ) .
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to

go to

th e v i c i n i t y

i n P a lo s V e rd e s w h e re h e
su m m e r
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 8 ) .

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S e p t . 1 3 , 19**7

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p ro v e .

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t o h e w o rk t o h e d o n e
(C a in , 1 8 ) .
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(C a in , 1 3 9 ) .
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to

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go f a r to w a rd e x p l a i n i n g t h e m a t t e r . . .
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 h )•

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1 . To l i k e ;

to

e n jo y ;

to h e p le a s e d w ith .

. . . l o t s o f m en w h o d o n ' t
f a r t h a t s o r t o f A rm y
(Y a n k , 2 1 6 ) .
A nd i f s h e w e r e n 't y o u r w i f e I c o u l d r e a l l y g o f o r h e r m y s e l f
(Y a n k , 8 3 )
T h e D .A . d o e s n ' t BS. f o r t h a t s t u f f
(G a rd n e r, 9 7 ;.
2.

To e a t w i t h p l e a s u r e ;

to

co n su m e a s fo o d w ith

re lis h .

They w en t f o r i t l i k e l i t t l e h a h ie s
(P y le , ^ 1 2 ) .
...h o w th e y w e n t f o r th A t c h i c k e n . . .
(C a in , 1 2 7 ) .
I h a d a h o x a lo n g on t h a t t r i p , so I g a v e i t t o S e rg e a n t C a r te r a n d
h i s t a n k f r i e n d s , a n d y o u s h o u l d h a v e s e e n th e m g q f o r i t
(P y le , 2 6 3 ).
3* To a t t a c k ;

to

s trik e

a t;

to

fig h t.

The r a i d e r s w e n t m o s tly f o r th e h e a c h e s , w h e re t h e b a rg e s w e re u n la o d in g
(P a rle , 3 3 ) .
S u r e l y t h e G e r m a n s w o u l d gSL f a r t h e s h i p s . . .
(P y le , 3 9 1 ).
4.

To i n c l u d e ;

to

"T h at g o es f o r th e
to

ta k e

in .

T on th e

g o f o r (-p e rio d o f t i m e ) .
p e r io d o f tim e .

s h o v e l,

to o ,"

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T h e y w o u ld g o f o r d a y s a n d m aybe w e e k s i n

328).

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tim e ;

to

a fre n s ie d

I n t h e m o u n ta in s t h e s o l d i e r s s o m e tim e s w e n t f o r
h a v in g t h e i r s h o e s o f f . . .
(P y le , 1 ^ 9 ).

(Y a n k , 1 ^ 9 ) .
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ro u tin e ...

(P y le ,

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to

gp f o r g w a lk .
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u s u a l l y im p lie s a w a lk f o r e x e r c i s s a n d p l e a s u r e . )

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12

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to

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(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 5 ) .

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becom e i n c r e a s i n g l y w o rs e .
w o r s e .. .

to

go to

(C a in ,
each in

2 0 8 ).
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fro m on e c o m e r £ 2 a n o th e r
...
(T a n k , 1 2 4 ) .
. . . t h e a r m o r e r s o f s e v e r a l p l a n e s fo rm e d th e m s e lv e s i n t o a te a m o f f o u r
t o f i v e m en, a n d w e n t fro m o n e p l a n e £ 2 a n o t h e r h e l p i n g e a c h o t h e r . . .
(P y le , 2 1 0 ).
▲ n e w c o m e r h u n t w e n t f r o m r oom t o r o o m u n t i l h e f o u n d e i t h e r a n e m p ty
h e d o r som e f l o o r s p a c e f o r h i s b e d r o l l , a n d r o v e d i n
(F T le , 9 * 0 .
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to go

a ro u n d .
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p

to g 2 g e t.

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g o g g le d e y e d .
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im p lie s a s to n is h m e n t.)

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w e re th r e e

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to

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to

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e y e s w id e o p e n .

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(T an k ,

1 8 ).

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c o u r s e i t k e p t a m an b u s y . Y .
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 6 ) .
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3 1 5 ).

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g o g g le -e y e d a n d h a l f a s le e p

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o n e s e lf

of

g o hom e.
1.

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o n e 's

hom e, h o u s e ,

re s id e n c e .

■ H e r b e r t," s h e s a i d , " i f y o u a r e n o t w i l l i n g
f u l l y , go hom e"
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t .

t o w e lc o m e t h e
6 , 19^7, 2 2 ).

boy g ra c e ­

-523-

T o u c a n £ 0 *><>«• n o w , . .
(G a rd n e r, 8 0 ).
. . . h e s ta y e d a l l e v e n in g a n d d i d n 't g o h o n e u n t i l h a lf « p a a t o n e i n th e
m o rn in g
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 5 ) •
. . .W ong w afl t h e C h i n e s e c o o k w h o a l w a y s w e n t h o n e a t n i g h t a f t e r h e h a d
done th e d in n e r d is h e s
( M a r q u a n d , **69) •
T h e n h e a s k e d s o m e m n ly i f s h e w a s r e a d y
g o hom e, a n d s h e s o le m n ly
r e p lie d th a t sh e w as
(C a in , 9 ^ ) .
. . . s h e c o u ld h a r d ly b e lie v e i t w as l a t e a f te r n o o n a n d t i n e to t o h o n e
(C a in , 9 5 ) .
She w ent h o n e , c o lla p s e d , a n d w ep t f o r a n h o u r
(C a in , 3 9 ) .
I c a n ' t g s . h o n e a n d f a c e my c h i l d r e n i f t h e y k n o w . . .
( C a i n , * + 1 ).
T hey w en t h o n e o n f u r l o u g h .. .
(T an k , 1 2 2 ).
D u rin g a l l o f h i s f o u r y e a r s a t H a r v a r d J e f f r e y w e n t h o n e f o r S a tu r d a y
an d S unday b e c a u s e i t w as c h e a p e r ...
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 5 / .
2.

To g o t o

o n e 's

c o u n try .

H is f r i e n d s h a d b e e n s y m p a th e tic w h en t h e y p a c k e d u p a n d w e n t h o m e ...
------------------(T a n k , 1 8 3 ) .
He w a s n e a r l y d u e t o g o h o n e
(P y le , 2 1 8 ).
How m a n y o f y o u G I s w o u l d l i k e t o go h o m e . . . ( T a n k ,
2 1 4 ).
H e h o p e d t o go h o n e s h o r t l y . . .
tP y le , 2 1 6 ).
Som e e v e n w o n d e r e d w h e t h e r t h e y s h o u l d g o h o n e i f t h e y g o t a c h a n c e
(P y le ,
9 3 ).
I n e v er h e a rd i t e ith e r u n t i l I w ent hone l a s t f a l l . . .
(P y le , 1 2 0 ).
I f U n c l e Sam e v e r t o l d m e t o f i g h t t h e B u s s i a n s ,
I ' d J u s t p u t d o w n my
g u n a n d go h o n e
(P y le , 106) •
. . .a n d h e w a n ts t o g o hom e s o h a d h e t a l k s a b o u t i t n e a r l y tw e n ty p e r
c e n t o f th e t i n e
T lP y ie , 1 0 2 ) .
A nd c e r t a i n l y i t ' s p o i n t l e s s t o w a i t t o g i v e th e m u n t i l e v e r y b o d y g o e s h o n e
f o r th e a v e ra g e s o ld ie r w ill g e t in to c i v v i e s ...
(P y le , 1 3 6 ).
"
I f I ' d h a d h i s w o u n d I wo I d h a v e g o n e h o n e a n d r e s t e d o n my l a u r e l s
fo rw e r
(P y le , 1 2 2 ).
T h e y f o u n d t h a t a new p i l o t , s t a r t i n g i n t o b u i l d u p t h e r e q u i r e d m is s i o n s
f o r g o i n g h o n e , h a d s e v e n t y - f i v e p e r c e n t c h a n c e o f c o m in g t h r o u g h
s a f e l y . . . “ T P y le , 1 7 0 ) .
T w e lv e h a d b e e n c a s u a l t i e s , a n d t h e r e s t h p d f i n i s h e d t h e i r m i s s i o n s a n d
g o n e hom e
(P y le , 1 7 0 ).
. .T w E T le ™ a T l h i s p a l s h a d g o n e h o m e h e w a s J u s t s t a r t i n g t o f l y a g a i n
(P y le . 1 7 3 ).
Som e p i l o t s f i n i s h e d a n d w e n t h o n e i n a s l i t t l e -=s f i v e m o n t h s . . •
(P y le ,
1 7 3 ).
O f t h e r e m a in in g t h r e e , o n e w as d u e t o g o hom e o n r o t a t i o n . . .
(P y le , 1 8 5 ).
T h e y a l l w a n t e d t o g o h o m e , b u t th e y " " E a A 'b e e n a t i t s o l o n g t h e y k n e w
h o w t o t a k e c a r e oY t h e m s e l v e s . . .
(P y le , 1 8 3 ).
We a r e m e r e l y l o o k i n g f o r a w a y t o g o h o n e
(T an k , 1 8 9 ) .
. . . t h e r e w as n o th in g th e y w o u l i n T do to g e t th e w ar o v e r s o o n e r a n d go
hone
(T an k , 5 0 ) .

-524-

. . . t h e c r e w m en h a d a l l r e a c h e d o r p a s s e d t h e i r a l l o t t e d n u m b e r o f m is ­
s i o n s a n d g o n e hom e
(P y le , 2 0 4 ).
• . . w e - w o u ld g o h o m e . . . o n l y t o f i n d o u r J o b s g o n e a n d o u r g i r l * m a r r i e d
to o th e r guys
(P y le , 2 0 7 ),

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e n te r.

T h e r e w a s a t a b l e a s y o u w e n t in , w h i c h a l w a y s h a d d o m e d e a d p h e a s a n t s o n
i t . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 3 )*
She t u r n e d th e knob a n d w ent i n
(C a in , 2 5 2 ) .
T he f r o n t h o le w as w h e re a p ie c e o f s h e l l fra g m e n t w en t i n
(P y le , 2 6 l) .
W hen X w e n t i n t o g o t o s l e e p . . .
(T a n k , 1 1 6 ).
J u s t g o in
^ G a rd n e r, 6 0 ).
L e t 's g o in and s e e th e g i r l s
(M a rq u a n d , 4 0 6 ) .
. . . a c o l o n e l cam e u p a n d a s k e d i f h e c o u l d g o i g t o u s e t h e l a t r i n e
(T e u ik , 2 0 1 ).
I o p e n e d th e d o o r an d w ent in
( G a r d n e r , 1 4 -5 ).
S h e w e n t i n . a n d t h e n cam e r i g h t b a c k o u t a t t e n - t h i r t y - t w o
(G a rd n e r,
64)
M aso n e a i d , "T he a p a r tm e n t d o o r w as c l o s e d w hen y o u w e n t i n t "
(G a rd n e r,
7 7 ).
A t s i r —f i f t y - s e r e n , a b l o n d e b a b y . . . w e n t i n . a n d f i v e m i n u t e s l a t e r cam e
out
(G a rd n e r, 6 2 ).
A t t e n —f i v e a m a n w e n t i n w ho w a s a s t r a n g e r t o o u r o p e r a t i v e s
(G a rd n e r,
63)V e l l , S e r le w ent in a t s ix -tw e n ty -n in e an d o u t a t s i x - t h i r t y - e i g h t
(G a rd n e r, fe ).
T h e r e w a s no w ay o f t e l l i n g w h a t t h e y m ig h t b e s h o o t i n g , b u t i f H a l l w e n t
w i t h , th e m , th e y c o u ld g o i n a n y w h e re
(M a rq u a n d , 4 2 7 ) .
T h ey w e n t i n w ith B ay f o r a fe w m in u te s a n d t h e n B e r t w e n t o u t t o lo o k
a t t h e flo w e rs
(C a in , 1 1 1 ).
She w e n t in
(C a in , 1 0 1 ) .
W h en t h e y w e n t i n . t h e n u r s e w a s J a m m in g th e m u n d e r t h e c o g e r s . . .
(C a in ,

.

102

).

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o f th o s e s o l d i e r s w ent in

th e h ouse

2 . T o go to th e p la c e o f b a t t l e ;
p u rp o s e o f fig h tin g .

to

(T a n k , 2 4 7 ) .

e n te r a p la c e o f f ig h tin g

fo r

th e

I t f e X X t o h i s l o t t o b e t h e g u y w ho w e n t i n . . .
(P y le , 4 0 9 ).
. . . t h e w a y t h e y f o u g h t a n d how t h e y w e n t i n a f t e r t h e J a p s a n d g o t 'e m
(T a n k , 7 6 ).
He h o p e d to . go. i n w ith a * f o * c a s u a l t i e s a s p o s s i b l e . . .
(P y le , 3 5 6 ).
T h e T r n s c h t a n k s t h a t w e n t i& a h e a d o f u s p u l l e d o v e r t o t h e s i d e w a l k s
(P y le , 4 5 8 ).
...th e
g i r l s f i n a l l y o b e y e d t h e s e f lL o r 's d e m a n d . . . a n d
th e y w ent
b a t t X i n g f o r b ro k e n c ra c k e rs
(P y le , 2 2 7 ).
...th e
1 s t B a tta lio n w ent in to a t t a c k . . .
(T a n k , 2 4 3 ) .

The l e a f l e t s p la n e s w en t i n o v e r B e r l i n w ith t h e b o m b e r s ...
(Y a n k , 1 2 7 )*
...c o m m a n d i n g o f f i c e r a s k e d f o r v o l u n t e e r s £& g o i n a n d g e t h i *
(Y a n k . 1 0 ) .
C o r r e s p o n d e n t s g o i a 2ZL
f i r « t Y«w d a y s o f a n i n v a s i o n . . .
(P y le , 3 6 5 ).
" T h e f o r w a r d b a t t a l i o n ' s g o i n g i n n o w , " s a i d t h e c o m m a n d in g g e n e r a l o f t h e
d iv is io n * ••
(Y a n k . 1 0 6 )*
l i v e r y s o o f t e n w e 'd p a s s s o m e i n f a n t r y r e p l a c e m e n t s gfiJLBfi—llfc» o t h e r s o n
t h e i r w ay o u t
(Y a n k . 5 8 ) .
. . . H o w a r d P a i r w e n t i n w i t h t h e 1 s t D i v i s i o n o n D -D a y
( Y a n k . 2*4-3)*
3* To j o i n ;

to

becom e a p a r t o f .

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th re e y e a rs
( P y l e , 10*4-)•
...a n d e n l i s t e d i n th e H avy, h e w ent in a s a n a p p r e n tic e s e a a a n
(Y a n k ,
*46)•
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we s e e w h at we c a n d o , b u t I t h i n k
w e ' r e g o i n g ijfr
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in *

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(Y a n k , 2 2 8 ) .
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(G a rd n e r, 7 1 )*
T h e y s a i d t h e G e rm a n s d i d n ' t g&
m uch f o r b u y in g s o u v e n i r s a n d
j e w e lr y a s m uch a s we d i d , b u t i n s t e a d b o u g h t c l o t h i n g a n d
fo o d to sen d
hom e t o t h e i r f a m i l i e s
( P y le , 1 1 9 )*
T h e G e rm a n s w e n t i n f o r s n i p i n g . . .
( P y le , 3 7 3 )*
S t e r n g o e f i n h e a v i l y f o r c a r d b o a r d d u m m ie s i n s t e a d o f b o o k s
(H ew Y o r k e r ,
X X III, S e p t. 6 , 1 9 4 7 , 2 1 ).
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t h e g o in g g e t s to u g h *
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a

s u c c e s s fu l e n te rp ris e *

6 9 )*

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s itu a tio n ,

• . . i f t h e g o in g g e t s to u g h y o u p r a y . . .
( P y l e , 4*4-2).
. . . t h e y w o u l d l i k e t o h p v e h im w i t h t h e m w h e n t h e
3 4 7 ).
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to

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got

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y o u know a b o u t w h a t i s g o in g o n
(P y le , 4 l ) .
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m o r a l e , s o h e d i d a l l h e c o u l d t o l e t t h e s h i p 1a c r e w k n o w w h a t w a s
g o in g on
(P y lo , 4 l ) .
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(C a in , 1 6 4 )•
. . . i t ' s t i m e y o u know w h a t w a s g o in g ; o n w i t h V e d a
(C a in , 1 9 1 ) .
Ke s i m p l y w a n t e d h e r t o s e e . . . w h y h e s o m e t i m e s d i d n o t s e e m i n t e r e s t e d i n
w h at w as g o in g o n a n d w hy h e l i k e d t o s i t a l o n e . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 4 9 2 ) .
. . . a g o n t s . . . t a l k . • . f o r a f e w h o u r s a b o u t w h a t i s g o i n g qp. i n t h e i r t a r g e t
a re a s
(Y a n k , 1 2 9 )*
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a n y th in g t h a t w .i g o in g o n i n th e w o rld
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 5 ) .
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(Y a n k , 7 5 )*
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(C a in , 2 4 9 ).
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to age o r tim e .)

to

be n e a rin g .

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is used

in

re fe m e c e

I am g o i n g o n t o my f o u r t h y e a r o v e r s e a s . . .
(Y a n k , 2 1 6 ) .
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o t h e r tw o w e e k s
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 4 ).
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( G a r d n e r , 1*4-3).
J u n io r w as g o in g o n t w o .. .
(P y le , 1 8 6 } .
T h e r e ' s a l w a y s a g i r l i n a b o y ' s l i f e , i s n ' t t h e r e , w h e n h e ' s g o i n g o ft
tw e n ty -o n e T
(M a rq u an d , 3 9 2 ) .
g o in g s o n .
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u s u a l l y im p lie s s u s p ic io u s , b a d , s u r r e p t i t i o m , c o n d u c t.)
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to

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( P y l e , 2*4-1).
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f o r C o lo n e ls , s t i l l lo o k in g e x a c tly a l i k e
(P y le , 1 2 0 ).

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g o in g t o b e im m e d ia te ly ...
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b e g o in g t o
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go.

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6 4 ).

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go

(M a rq u a n d , h o 5 ) .

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h e w ith

c h ild ,

B e r t I S h e 's g o in g t o h a v e a b a b y J ( C a i n , 1 9 8 ) .
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( C a in , 1 9 7 )*
to

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(C a in , h 8 ) .

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to

go in .

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s w im m in g .

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to

m ad,

T o s w im ;

s w im m in g ?

to

(C a in ,

go

(T an k , 2 0 8 ).

s w im m in g ;

to

b a th e ;

to

go b a th in g .

7 1 ).

go in to .
1.

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to

ta lk

a b o u t;

to

d is c o u rs e

on.

. . . t a l k i n g m a in ly t o V ed a, a n n o u n c e d th e y w e re g o in g i n t o th e q u e s tio n
o f th e u n ifo rm
(C a in , 7 0 ) .
. . . w h y d o we h a r e t £ g o i n t o t h i s t h e f i r s t t h i n g i n t h e m o rn in g ?
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 ) .
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(G a rd n e r, 1 1 1 ).
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n o t g o i n t o i t m o re t h e n t o s a y t h a t o n l y a g o o d h e a r t - t o - h e a r t t a l k
w i t h so m eo n e w o u ld s t r a i g h t e n me o u t
(Y a n k , l 6 h ) .
B ut h e d i d n o t w a n t £ o gg, i n t o i t t h e n
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 0 ) .
T he e r r a n d w as t o s e e t h a t t h e m o d e l hom e w a s lo o k e d a f t e r t h e p a i n t e r s
g o t o u t, b u t sh e d i d n 't go in to t h a t
(C a in , 9 0 ) .
I t a l s o p r o v id e s m a l a r i a m o s q u i t o i s .. .a n d n e t t l e s b u t t h e r e i s no n e e d
t o g o i n t o t h a t now
(T sL nk, 9 6 ) .
2.

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to

becom e a p a r t

o f.

( C f . £ £ gg. i n . )

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(F y le , 1 3 8 ).
Tom s a i d t h a t w h e n h e f i r s t w e n t i n t o t h e H a v y t h e s a i l o r s ' p r o f a n i t y
s h o c k e d h im . . .
(P y le , 3 8 ).
W hen h e w e n t i n t o t h e A rm y h e w a s d e t e r m i n e d n o t t o l o s e t h e w r i t i n g
to u g h . . .
(P y le , 1 2 7 ).
3.

To e n t e r ;

to

p a rtic ip a te

in .

. . . P v t . L a c k e y b e t t e r l i v e u p t o h i s l a s t nam e i f h e g o e s i n t o
w ith th e id e a o f ta k in g Ja p p r is o n e r s a liv e i
(T an k , 2 1 1 ) .

com bat

-5 2 8 -

. ..th e n
to

g o in g s t r a i g h t

go i n t o a c t i o n .
one i s su p p o sed to

in to

b a ttle

To w o r k ;
do.

to

(Y a n k , 2 b 9 ) .
b e g in

to

w o rk ;

to

do s o m e th in g w h ic h

. . . h u g e b o u ld e r s t h a t h a d t o b e b l a s t e d b y d y n a m ite b e f o r e t h e b u l l d o z e r s
c o u ld £ o i n t o a c t i o n
(Y a n k ll7 8 ).
The in f a n tr y m e n g o i n t o a c t i o n . . .
(Y a n k , 2 0 b ) .
W hen u n i t s w e n t i n t o a c t i o n , t h e y k e p t t h e c h i l d r e n i n a r e a s a s s a f e a s
c o u ld b e fo u n d
(P y le , 2 b 3 ).
. . . t h e com pany r u n n e r w e n t i n t o a c t i o n
(Y a n k , 8 ) .
to

go I n to b u s in e s s .
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b e g in t o w o rk i n b u s i n e s s .

to

b e g in a b u s in e s s ;

B e c a u s e e v e n i f i t w a s n 't f o r t h i s f e d e r a l t h i n g , y o u 'd h a r d l y
in to b u s in e s s , s t i l l m a rrie d to B e r t
(C a in , 8 l ) .
. . . h e w a n te d £ o g o i n t o b u s i n e s s f o r h i m s e l f . . .
(P y le , b b 9 ) .
to

go in to
d e ta ils ;

d e ta il.
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an ch o rs
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(C a in , 1 5 3 ) .

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to

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1 1 9 ).

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p i c t u r e s , t h a t 's

...w h e n th e f i r B t
(C a in , 2 3 8 ).

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to g o i n t o £ n u m b e r.
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2 5 ).
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§ of
n ...
(C a in , 2 b 9 ) .
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( P y le , 2 0 9 )*

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ra g e .

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p e o p l e ; t o go a w a y b y o n e s e l f .

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to

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t u r n e r me t r u c f c
(T a n k , 1 0 1 )*
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To l o s e c o n t r o l o f a n a i r p l a n e s o t h a t i t f a l l s
t a i l u p w a rd a n d t h e p r o p e l l e r s d o w n w ard a n d s p i n s

He d o t t h e p l a n e b a c k o v e r o u r l i n e s , b u t f i n a l l y
and he had to b a il o u t
( P y l e , 167)•
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it

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s h e 's t h a t w ay w h e n e v e r s h e 's o n t h e b e a c h
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 0 ) .
S a l l y h a d g o n e i n w a d in g
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 0 ) .
& k ° ld b r lc k e r .
o n e w ho t r i e s

to

and

O n e w ho d o e s n o t d o h i s s h a r e o f t h e n e c e s s a r y w o r k ;
g e t a n o t h e r t o do h i s w o rk f o r h im ; a s h i r k e r .

T h e r e wasn't a. . . g o l d - brlcker in t h e crew
A g o ld e n g lo w .
e m o tio n .

&•

A w o n d e rfu l f e e lin g ;

(P y le ,

387).

a v e ry p le a s a n t,

s a tis fy in g ,

W hen h e g o t t h e c h e c k a n d p u t i t i n t h e b a n k , h e w a s n o t c o n s c i o u s
w a lk in g ; t h e r e w as o n ly t h a t g o ld e n g lo w . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 2 8 5 ) .

of

g o ld e n o a k .
A g o ld e n , y e llo w is h , f i n i s h , s t a i n , v a r n is h , u s e d f o r
f in is h in g oak f u r n itu r e .
(L a rg e ly o u t o f f a s h io n a t th e p r e s e n t t i m e .)
He c o u l d s e e t h e h e a v i l y u p h o l s t e r e d s u i t e i n t h e p a r l o r a n d t h e g o l d e n
o a k c h a ir s in h e r l i t t l e d in in g r o o m ...
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 2 ) .
A l f w a s r e t u r n i n g t o t h e p o r c h c a r r y i n g tw o g o l d e n o a k c h a i r s w i t h
im ita tio n -le a th e r s e a t s ...
( M a r q u a n d , *4-85)»
£ g o l d m in e .
A m in e w h e r e g o l d
fro m t h e e a r t h .

is

d u g ; a p l a c e w h e re o n e e x t r a c t s

W hen a m an h a s a g o l d m i n e , h e d o e s n ' t g i v e h i s
th e c la im
(G a rd n e r, lO l)•
a g o ld r u s h .
c o v e re d ; th e
fo u n d .

frie n d s a chance to

g o ld

jiu q p

The r u s h o f p e o p le to a p l a c e w h e re g o ld h a s b e e n d i s ­
l a r g e i m m i g r a t i o n o f p e o p l e t o a s -o o t w h e r e g o l d h a s b e e n

.. . m u r d e r i n g B i l l H o g a rty , h i s m in in g p a r t n e r ,
t h e K lo n d ik e g o ld r u s h
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 2 ).

back in

th e l a t e r

days o f

-530-

ft g o ld
A d is c o v e ry o f g o ld ;
h e e x tr a c te d fro m th e e a rth *

a fin d in g

o f g o ld w h e re I t

can

I believe Leeds made the hulk of his fortune from £ gold strike u p in
the Yukon, did he notT
(Gardner, 5*0*
£ g o l f -p ro ,
A p ro fe s s io n a l g o lf p la y e r;
o r o n e w ho t e a c h e s o t h e r s how t o p la y *

a g o l f e r w ho p l a y s

f o r m oney,

HI b name was D'Crenzo and he h a d been £ golf pro and artist in civilian
life*..
(Yank, 49)»
to

go l i k e c lo c k w o rk .
To g o
tr o u b le s ; to o p e ra te w e ll.

s m o o th ly ;

to

b e w ith o u t d i f f i c u l t i e s

or

. . . h u t t h e a r r a n g e m e n ts w e n t l i k e c lo c k w o rk b e c a u s e E l l a a n d S i n c l a i r
u n d e rs ta n d c o c k ta il p a r t i e s
(M a rq u an d , 3^1 ) •
to

go a lo n g tim e .
tim e *

To e x i s t ,

liv e ,

f o r a lo n g p e r io d

W hen a m a n g o e s £ l o n g t i m e . . . w i t h o u t e v e r g e t t i n g
to

go a l o n g w ay to w a r d .
m uch a s s i s t a n c e t o .

To d o m uch t o ;

to

o f t i m e , m uch

h it* ..

(P y le , 2 7 6 ).

a s s is t g re a tly

in ;

to

le n d

. . . i f t h e y m a s s a g e d t h e i r f e e t w i t h i t o n c e a d a y , i t w e n t a itm jr w ay
to w a rd p r e v e n t i n g th e d r e a d e d t r e n c h f o o t
( P y l e , 2 4 *1)7
to h av e gone f a r en o u g h .
To h e e n o u g h ; t o b e m o re t h a n e n o u g h ; t o b e
tim e t o s to p , q u i t , e t c .
( T h is im p lie s t h a t s o m e th in g i s b o t h e r i n g ,
a n n o y in g , a n d s h o u ld b e t e r m in a te d .)

The court thinks this examination has gone far annyfr
a gong c la n g s .
A g o n g m akes a n o i s e .
o f t e n i n r e f e r r i n g t o a " g o n g " .)

...the shin's gong was clanging

(T h is i s

th e

(Gardner, 34*)•
te rm

we u s e m ost

(Cain, 212).

to go n u ts .
To g o i n s a n e ; t o b e co m e c r a s y , e m o t i o n a l l y d i s t u r b e d .
( T h is i s o f t e n u s e d t o r e f e r t o o n e 's b e i n g t e r r i b l y a n n o y e d , a g g r a v a t e d . )
. . . s o m e t h i n g h a lf w a y b e tw e e n t h e p r o c e s s
p la in n u ts
(P y le , 2 8 5 ).
L i k e e v e r y b o d y e l s e o n t h e b e a c h h e a d w ho
a - D o z e n C lu b
lo o k e d f o r la u g h s ev en on
1 am g o i n g n u t s r e t r e a d i n g t i r e s
(Y an k ,
M a rc ia W h itta k e r to o k a q u a v e r in g b r e a t h ,
I th in k o f i t . . . "
( G a r d n e r , ? 4 * ).

o f d o d g in g s h e l l s

a n d J u s t g o in g

d i d n ' t w a n t .t o go_ n u t s , t h e
D im e p a t r o l (Y a n k , 5 5 )*
1 7 1 ).
a n d s a i d , " I g o n u t s e v e r y tim e

My g r a n d f a t h e r w e n t m i t e r e a d i n g n e w s p a p e r s . . .
( P y l e , * * 4 7 ).
How n e n l i k e t h a t k e p t f r o m g o i n g n u t s le b e y o n d me
( P y l e , 3*4-5) .
I f h e e r e r d o e s h e w i l l p ro b a b ly g a n u ts
(P y le , 3 8 )•
good

SSA*

V e ry ;

ra th e r;

q u ite *

W hen B i l l f i n a l l y g o t b a c k i n l i n e h e w a s g o o d a n d m a d . . .
(P y le , 2 0 2 ).
I t w as goo d
d a r k a n d I w a s n 't q u i t e s u r e w h e re I w a s
(T an k , 1 6 8 ) .
J u s t a s h e w a s g e t t i n g g o o d a n d wo r r i e d h e l o o k e d d o w n a n d d i r e c t l y
u n d e r h im s a w a n a i r f i e l d . . .
( P y l e , 1 6 9 )*
good and e v il.

G ood a n d b a d ;

a f a l l k in d s *

The p a g o s a d d r e s s e d i n v o c a t i o n s t o a h u n d r e d a n d
good an d e v i l . . .
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 ,

&

good a s* la f f i.q i e n t re a so n .

A v e ry good re a so n ;

F o r th e v e ry good an d s u f f ic ie n t
in to i t
(G a rd n e r, 16*0•

J tts t a s

s p irits ,

a re a s o n a b le re a s o n .

r e a s o n t h a t w e w o u l d n 't a f f o r d

to b e good a t*
To b e p r o f i c i e n t a t ;
do w e l l ; t o b e s k i l l e d in *
He f e l t a l i t t l e p r o u d ,
(M a g q u a n d , 3 6 8 ) .

fo rty -fo u r
19*47, 1 8 ) *

to

be e x c e lle n t a t;

th o u g h h e h a d b e e n g o o d a t

to

it

to

m ix

b e a b le

to

h im s e lf

Bothering whatever, if I'm a n y good at guessing

( C a i n , 1*4-2).
...M a d g e h a d s p o k e n t o t h e F r e n c h s o l d i e r i n h e r f l u e n t a n d p r e c i s e
F r e n c h — M ad g e w a s a l w a y s g o o d a t l a n g u a g e s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 8 )*
I g u e s s h e 's p r e t t y g o o d a t i t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 6 7 )*
. . . I d o n ' t l i k e g o i n g o u t t o t h e C o a s t a l o n e , a n d I 'm n o t g o o d a t
p ic k in g u p p e o p le in c lu b c a r s . . .
( M a r q u a n d , *4-1*4-).
. . . i t wa s a l l t h a t h e w a s r e a l l y g o o d a t — m a k i n g a b a d p l a y b e t t e r . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 8 3 ) •
I t w as n e v e r w h o lly p o s s i b l e t o b e b o th a t o n c e , b u t h e knew t h a t h e
w as b e t t e r a t i t th a n m o s t ...
(M a rq u a n d , 8 3 )*

& good b a tc h .

A la rg e

n u m b e r; m any; m u ch.

I t w a s t h e u s u a l G e rm a n p a t t e r n t o
a tte m p ts in th e l a s t h o u r b e fo re
good b y e.

F a re w e ll;

a d ie u ;

g e t in a n o th e r good b a tc h
daw n
( P y le , 3 9 o )*

so lo n g ;

o f b o m b in g

b e s e e in g y o u ; a u f w ie d e rs e h e n ;

adios*
"G ood b y e . " h e
good bye now .
a d io s .
■ V e il, J e f f , "

s a id ...

(T an k , 1 5 6 ) .

F a re w e ll;

he s a id .

a d ie u ;

so lo n g ;

" G ood b y e now "

be s e e in g y o u ;

( M a r q u a n d , *4-65)#

a u f w ie d e rs e h e n ;

A good c a tc h .
o f c a tc h in g *

An e x c e l l e n t ,

I t m i a g o o d th ro w
£ good ch ance*

re m a rk a b le , p ic tu r e s q u e ,

ahd ^ good c a tc h

(P y le ,

Aa e x c e lle n t o p p o r tu n ity ;

c a tc h in g ,

act

2 2 8 )*
& s p le n d id

We h a r e . . . ^ g o o d c h a n c e o f c o m in g h a c k w i t h o u t a

s c ra tc h

chance*
(T a n k ,

1 1 7 )*

good d e a l*
1* V e ry m u ch ; r e r y

m any; a g r e a t d e a l ;

a lo t.

I 'v e b e e n t h i n k i n g a b o u t y o u q u i t e & g o o d d e a l a n d I w is h I c o u ld h a v e
seen you b e fo re I l e f t
( M a r q u a n d , U l5 7 *
E e a n d M ad g e h a d b e e n g o i n g o u t a , g o o d d e a l l a t e l y t o p a r t i e s a t W e s t p o r t
a n d G re e n w ic h ...
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 9 ;•
M e a n w h ile , w h a t w i t h t h e h o u s i n g s h o r t a g e a n d a l l , t h e P a l l i s t e r s f i g u r e
t h a t t h e y ’ r e a g o o d d e a l b e t t e r o f f t h a n t h e y ’d b e i n a s m a l l a p a r t m e n t
ash o re.
(H ew Y o r k e r ,
X I I I , S e p t* 1 3 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 2 6 ) .
...M i n o t h a d s p e n t a g o o d d e a l o f h i s tim e a n d th o u g h ta n d m oney i n n o t
b e in g a f r a i d o f d y in g . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 1 ) .
Y o u s e e , I ’v e g o t p a y t h e b i l l , a n d i t t a k e s & g o o d d e a l o f
m o n e y , w i t h t h e n ew in c o m e t a x e s
(M a rq u a n d , 3 8 9 ;•
2* L u c r a t i v e a f f a i r s ;
. . . I 'v e
to

lo s t

v a lu a b le p r o p o s itio n s .

o u t o n som e g o o d d e a l s

(T a n k , 1 7 2 )*

be good f o r *
1* To b e f i n a n c i a l l y

a b le to

pay;

to

be re lia b le

fin a n c ia lly *

S h e th o u g h t a b o u t W a lly , a n d e v e n a b o u t M rs. G e s s l e r ,
t h e y w e re g o o d f o r s u c h a s u m * ..
(C a in , 7 6 )*
2* B e n e f i c i a l f o r ;

a h e lp

to ;

He w a s o n e o f t h o s e g u y s w ho a r e
good f r ie n d s *

C lo s e f r i e n d s ;

b u t s h e d o u b te d i f

h e lp f u l fo r*
g o o d f o r m o ra le

(P y le ,

3 ^ 6 )*

frie n d ly *

W e 'r e v e r y g o o d f r i e n d s . . .

(C a in ,

good g o in g .

D o in g w e l l ;

w e ll done*

That w » s r e a l l y

good g o < Y

e s p e c ia lly

(P y le ,

1 5 7 )*

in

Ita ly ,

a n d t o p p e d my ow n r e c o r d

1 3 7 ).

good H eav en s.

fo r*

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n w i t h n o s e n t e n c e m e a n i n g . )

-5 3 3 -

*Q ood H e a v e n s I" s h e
G ood H e a v e n s . y e s 1
g o o d hum or ,

e x c la im e d
(G a rd n e r,
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 8 )*

P le a s a n t d is p o s itio n ;

8 1 ).

a p le a s a n t

f r a m e o f m in d *

M o n ty a g r e e d t o w i t h d r a w . . . w i t h m o r e g o o d hjiA SX * • • t h a n a h u s b a n d s h o u l d
s h o w ...
(C a in , 2 3 3 )*
M o n ty a g r e e d t o w i t h d r a w . . . w i t h c o m p l e t e g o o d hj3Bfi£* • •
(C a in , 2 3 3 )*
good lo o k in g .

H an d so m e; p r e t t y ;

a ttra c tiv e .

She w a s. . . e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y g o o d - lo o k in g
(C a in , 1 9 0 ) ,
M rs. B o o le w as r a t h e r g o o d |p n |r i
a n d seem ed t o know m o st o f t h e
a p p l i c a n t s b y nam e
v C a in , 3 3 ) •
He p l a y s p o l o f o r M ld w ic k , a n d h e l i v e s i n P a s a d e n a , a n d h e ' s r i c h , a n d
g o o d -lo o k in g . . .
( C a in , 1 2 5 )*
I t w a s a n e x c e p t i o n t o s e e a c h i l d w h o w a s n ' t s t r i k i n g l y g o o d —l c c i r i nr
(P y le , J tl6 ) ,
. . . m y w i f e , whom I t h i n k i s t h e b e s t - l o o k i n g g i r l i n t h e w o r l d . . .
(T an k ,

21*0

.

B e s id e s , y o u w e re v e r y g o o d - lo o k in g . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 * 0 .
O h, G en. M a r s h a ll i s s u c h a c l e a n - c u t a n d g o o d - l o o k i n g
(T an k ,
W e s c o tt w as g o o d - l o o k i n g . . .
( P y le , 2 6 9 )*
He w a s a g o o d - l o o k i n g g u y w i t h a f r i e n d l y s m i l e
(T an k , 2 0 5 ),
good lo o k s .

H an d so m en ess; p r e t t i n e s s ;

1 9 9 )•

a t t r a c t iv e n e s s ,

. . . * 0 n u r s e s w ho h a d a h i g h a v e r a g e o f g o o d l o o k s
(T a n k , 2 2 4 ) ,
. . . a n e m b a r r a s s in g m i s s i n g i n c i s o r i n f r o n t t h a t w o u ld s p o i l t h e g o o d
lo o k s o f th e J u n io r w a r r io r
(T a n k , 4 0 ) ,
a good m agg.

V e ry m an y ; s e v e r a l ;

so m e,

▲ g o o d m any o f u s f e e l we h a v e f a i l e d , . .
(P y le , 4 5 7 ),
<5ne e x p l a n a t i o n w e h e a r d , a n d d i s c o u n t e d h e a v i l y , w a s t h a t a g o o d
v e te r a n s h ad g o n e a w a y ...
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 25>},~
A g o o d m any w e re k i l l e d o n t h e i r l a s t a l l o t e d m i s s i o n
(P y le , 1 6 1 -2 ),
He h a d k n o w n M a r i a n a f o r a g o o d m a n y y e a r s a n d J e s s e P ln e m a n a g r e a t
d e a l lo n g e r ...
(M a rq u a n d , 7 9 )«
S o , H a l g o t a n a r c h i t e c t whom h e h a d m e t , . , w h o h a d b u i l t a g o o d m a n y
ra n c h e s f o r f r ie n d s o f H a l 's . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 4 3 2 ) .
I a s k e d a g o o d m any q u e s t i o n s
(P y le , 3 5 6 ),
I t o c c u r r e d t o h im t h a t h e h a d n o t b e e n b y h i m s e l f t h a t d a y o r f o r a g o o d
m any d a y s b e f o r e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 9 ) ,
good n a tu r e .

G ood, p le a s a n t,

d is p o s itio n ,

, . . h e r a d i a t e d t h a t c u r i o u s c o m b in a tio n o f o o m p le te g o o d n g -tp ra m in g le d
w i t h f a i n t s u r p r i s e w h ic h J e f f r e y h a d s e e n . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 2 5 1 )*

-534-

good a a tu r« d .

C h a ra c te riz e d

by a g o o d , p le a s a n t,

d is p o rt io n ,

. . . p r e s i d e d o t o t b y a g e n i a l , f a t m an w h o s e l i p s w e r e h e l d i n a g o o d n a tu re d g r in o f e a sy a f f a b i l i t y
(G a rd n e r, 9 4 ) .
He w a s a g o o d - n a t u r e d g u y
(P y le , 33*0•
. . . h e r s i x ro s y -c h e e k e d , g o o d -n a tu re d c h ild r e d
(T an k , 1 8 3 ).
M o s tly t h e y w e re r a g g e d a n d d i r t y , b u t th e y w e re g o o d -n n ^ T y f
(P y le , 2 2 6 ).
T h e t h i n g t h a t a l w a y s a m a z e d m e a b o u t t h o s e in h u m a n n i g h t m o v e m e n ts o f
t r o o p s i n w a r a r e a s w a s how g o o d - n a t u v e d t h e m en w e r e a b o u t i t
(P y le ,

201

).

H e h a d a l i t t l e h a b i t o f good-natu r e d l y r e p r i m a n d i n g p e o p l e . . .
4 4 6 ).
. . . h e d id i t g o o d -n a tu re d ly . . .
( P y l e , **0 9 ) .
good new s.
In

P le a s a n t,

th e a fte rn o o n
h a d ...
(T an k ,

good n ig h t.
"G o o d n i g h t . "

121

).

happy,

lo o k e d f o r ,

n ew s.

t h e g o o d new s cam e t h a t a n o t h e r u n i t o f t h e
9 2 ),
B on s o l r : buona s e r a :

M ason s a i d ,

and s tro d e

(P y le ,

M a ra u d e rs

n o c h e s : g u te n a c h t.
o u t in to

th e

c o ld r a i n

(G a rd n e r,

" G ood n i g h t . * X l i s e s a i d , a n d s h e p a t t e d h i s s h o u l d e r
( M a r q u a n d , **45) •
Then g o o d n ig h t
(C a in , 1 6 6 ).
T h a n k s f o r h a v i n g me h e r e , H a l . G ood n i g h t
( M a r q u a n d , ****5).
G o o d n i g h t - - I *m g o i n g t o b e d
(C a in , 7 2 ) .
" G ood n i g h t . J e f f , " H a l s a i d
( M a r q u a n d , ****5).

a g o o d n i g h t 's s l e e p .

▲ g o o d s le e p ! a goo d n i g h t 's
s l e e p . ( C f . £ 0 g e t & g o o d n i g h t 's s l e e p . )

...h e

h a d b e e n e n j o y i n g & g o o d n i g h t 1s s l e s r p . . .

good o r b a d .
or bad.

O ne w ay o r t h e

o th e r;

re s t;

a

sound

( T a n k , 1 8 * * ),

o n e o r a n o th e r ; w h e th e r i t

is

good

A t a n y r a t e , g o o d o r b a d , i t w as n o t h e r t a s t e , a n d sh e d id n o t w ant t h a t
o f so m e o n e e l s e im p o s e d u p o n h e r
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 0 ) .

&

good s c o u t.

L o u is —

John,

good s e n s e .
S o m e tim m , V e d a ,
good s iz e d .

A p le a s a n t p e rso n ;
is

—

alik e a b le p e rso n .

w as & g o o d s c o u t

Common s e n s e ;
I w onder i f

(G a rd n e r,

in te llig e n c e .

you have good sen se ■

L a rg e ; b ig .

7 1 )*

(C a in , 5 5 )*

-535-

T h e c o r n e r s w e r e k n o c k e d o f f a fe w b u i l d i n g s a n d som e g o o d s i s e d h o l e s
w e r e g o u g e d i n t h e s t r e e t s , b u t o n t h e w h o le ,L i c a t a ,
had g o t o ff
p re tty n ic e ly
(P y le , 3 0 ) ,

St g o o d - t h i £ £ »

W e ll; g o o d ; f o r t h e

b e s t*

. . . I t 1a a g o o d t h i n g 1 f o u n d o u t w h a t y o u w e r e u p
1 1 1 t h i s w o ts £ g o o d t h i n g
( P y le , 1 7 9 )*
a good

th ro w .

2 0 7 )*

A g o o d t o s s ; a g o o d e x a m p le o f th r o w in g *

I t w a s a g o o d , th ro w an d a g o o d c a tc h
a good tim e *

t o . . . (C a in ,

P le a s u re ;

fu n ;

(P y le ,

2 2 8 )*

e n jo y m e n t*

T h e y w a n t e d , a o m u c h f o r me t o h a r e a g o o d t i m e . . .
(P y le , 3 3 3 )•
. . . h e ' d h a d ' t h e b e s t t i m e t h a t e v e n i n g h e h a d e v e r h a d i n t h e A rm y
(P y le , * * 0 9 ).
He s o u n d e d a . e i f h e w e r e r e a l l y i n t e r e s t e d a n d h a v i n g a g o o d t l a f
(M a r q u a n d . . 5 8 ^ ) •
"H e s o u n d e d , a s i f h e w e r e h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e . " M ad g e s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 58*0
I 'v e a l w a y s h a d a p r e t t y dam ned g o o d t i m e , a p r e t t y e a s y tim e
(M a rq u an d ,
5 7 8 ).
A nd, o h , w h a t g o o d tim e s th e y h a d i n th e S h ea f a m ily C h ris tm a s E v e ...
(T an k , 1 8 3 ) .
" L i8 t e n , M a d g e , 1 h e s a i d , " i f J im i s h a v in g a g o o d tim e —
(M a rq u a n d ,

312).

"A g o o d t i n y . " M ad g e r e p e a t e d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 1 2 ) .
A re y o u h a v i n g A g o o d t i m e , d e a r ?
(M a rq u a n d , h h o ) .
H ave a g o o d t i m e . d e a r , a n d t h i n k o f i t t h i s w a y , . . .
( M a r q u a n d , h * + 0 ).
"A s l o n g a s y o u e n j o y y o u r s e l f , ” J e f f r e y s a i d , " a s l o n g a s y o u h a v e a g o o d
tim e "
( M ar* q u an d , 529) .
B i t I d o w a n t y o u t o h a v e a g o o d t i m e , a n d I w a n t t o know i f t h e r e 's
a n y th in g I
c a n do to h e lp y o u .. .
(M a rq u a n d , * H 5 ).
Y ou s o u n d a s i f y o u a r e h a v in g a g o o d tim e w i t h a l l t h o s e o t h e r a v i a t o r s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 7 ) •
T h e y Bound s . 8 i f y o u w e r e h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 7 )*
D id y o u h a v e a g o o d t i m e , d e a r ?
(M a rq u an d , 7 7 ) .
J e f f , y o u 'r e E i v i n g a g o o d ti m e , y o u know y o u a r e
( M a r q u a n d , 12*+) .
. . . a l w a y s e n d e d u p b y h a v in g a g o o d tim e t o g e t h e r , and i f t h e r e w as a n y
tr o u b le ...
( M a r q u a n d , 339)T
. . . i f t h e r e w a s a n y t r o u b l e , H I l a c o u l d m a k e th e m h a v e a g o o d t i m e , a n d
t h a t w a s w l x a t c o c k t a i l p a r t i e s w e re f o r , w a s n 't i t T
X M a rq u a n d , 3 3 9 ) .
I f i t w e r e n ' t f o r t h e w om en, h e a n d M r. W i l s o n w o u l d h a v e a g o o d t i m e
o n t h e p l a c e w ith h u s k in g b e e s . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 2 ) .
To show u s & g o o d t i m e , t o p r o v e t h e h ig h r e g a r d s t h e y h * v e f o r u s
(C a in ,
2 3 ).
~
. . . s h e a n d B e c k i e h a d b e e n t h e r e t o g e t h e r , J u s t l i t t l e g i r l s fro m
F a r m i n g t o n , a n d n e i t h e r o f th e m h a d h o p e d t o h a v e a g o o d t i m e . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 1 0 5 ) .

-5 3 6 -

good
n e n t due to

T in e s o f f i n a n c i a l p r o s p e r ity ;
f in a n c ia l p ro s p e rity *

tin e s

My d e a r . H r . W i l s o n a n d I h a v e s t o o d s h o u l d e r t o
good tin e s and had
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 8 )*

&

good- t i n e w a s had h r
e n jo y e d h in s e l f *

a ll*

o f ease

an d e n jo y -

s h o u ld e r th ro u g h

E v e r y o n e had a g o o d t i n e ;

ev ery o n e

. . .w e g o t t o h e p a l s a n d e v e n t u a l l y w e a d j o u r n e d f r o n o n e p l a c e t o
a n o t h e r , a s D am on R u n y o n w o u l d s a y * , . a n d a g o o d t i n e w a s h * d b y a i l
(P y le , 3 2 0 ).
~
good w ill*
a n o th e r*

G ood i n t e n t i o n s ;
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

good th o u g h ts

and a c tio n s

to w a rd o n e

. . . o f t h e J a p a n e s e p a v i l i o n , w ith i t s s ilk w o rm s , b o th s l i g h t l y
a o n o n e n ts to i n t e r n e t i o n a l g o o d w i l l . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 1 ) .
T h is g o o d - w ill b u s in e s s i s a to u g h l i f e . . .
( P y le , 3 7 8 )*
g o o d w o rk *

W e ll d o n e ;

c o m p e te n tly done*

M a s o n , o n h i s f e e t , s a i d , 11G o o d w o r k . M a r c i a "
" G ood w o rk . P a u l , " t h e la w y e r s a i d
(G a rd n e r,
to

d u b io u s

(G a rd n e r,
6 2 )*

7 0 )*

go o ff*
1.

To g o a w a y ;

to

le a v e .

. . . d i d y o u n o tic e h e re r o u ti n e a f t e r A lfre d o w en t o f f T
( C a in , 2 3 d )*
. . . i f M rs. G e s s le r h a d . . . n o t g o n e o f f o n h e r f o u r - d a y d r u n k . . .
(C a in , 2 3 5 )
T he s c r e a m in g a e a n i e s m ade a i r i g h t f u l n o i s e w hen th e y w e re c o n in g h e a d
o n , a n d e v e n w h e n t h e y w e r e g o i n g o f f a t a n a n g l e som e d i s t a n c e a w ay
t h e y m ad e a l o n g - d r a w - o u t m o a n in g s o u n d . . .
(P y le , 1 9 3 ).
S om ehow i t d i d n o t s e e m f a i r t o M a d g e , g o i n g o f f w i t h S a l l y a n d J i m . . ( M arq u an d , 5 d d ) .
A ll th e g i r l s a r e e i t h e r m a r r ie d o r g o n e o f f t o w o rk i n d e f e n s e p l a n t s
(T a n k , 1 6 0 ).
. . . I g o e s o f f in to th e j u n g l e ...
(T an k , 1 6 2 ).
T h = t w as th e ta n g e n t th e y w e re a lw a y s g o in g o f f o n i n th o s e d a y s
(M a rq u a n d
d 2 9 ).
---------------P r i v a t e C o g a n .. . w e n t o f f t o w a sh b e f o r e e a t i n g i n c i v i l i s e d f a s h i o n a g a in
(P y le , d 0 8 ).
A n d now s h e ' s g o n e o f f a n d b e c o m e a n u n
(T an k , 1 8 7 ).
T h e y w e n t o f f w i t h o u t h im o n c e a n d n e v e r r e t u r n e d
(T a n k , 2 0 7 ) .
. . . H u g h t h e f o o ts m m s a i d g o o d - b y e t o my l a d y , a n d w e n t o f f t o t a k e h i s
p la c e in th e T e r r i t o r i a l s
(M a rq u a n d , 1 5 1 ) .
T h a t ' s b e c a m s e w e b r i n g t h e m c r a c k e r s a n d b u t t e r a n d g g . o f f a n d l e a v e th e m
fo r a w h ile ...
(G a rd n e r, 1 ^ 9 ).
. . . H a l a n d H i s s h |t d g o n e o f f i n t h e r o a d s t e r t o m o t o r j u e t a n y w h e r e a n d
th e y h ad p a r k e d ...
(Marquand, **31)•

So they went off and panned it

(Yafck, 332-3)*

2. To discharge, to fire, as a gun, rifle, canon.
The gun didn't go off with a roar...
(Pyle, 193*
The guns lowered directly over his head and went off with a blinding
flash (Ya;ik, 46).
As Eagehbuch. griped his way back and forth the guns went off with another
mighty roar...
(Yank, 46).
Hot until the Big Bastard's guns went off did everyone's confidence return
(Yank, 45).
And the cannoneers said that sometimes a dog would Just stand and shake
all over with fright after a big gun had gone off (Pyle, 116).
When the Long Toms...went off...the earth on which we were lying trembled..
(Pyle. 263).
Finally they did go off (Pyle, 305)*
We saw am occasional cow deliberately walk up and stick her head in front
of a rifle Just as it went off
(Pyle, 239)*
Yvery gun threw up a fiendish flame when it went off, and the black night
wan pierced like a sieve with the flashes of hxmdreds of big guns
(Pyle, 116).
And on the third day ashore, an 88 went off within twenty yards of us
(Pyle, 232).
They made such a horrifying noise that everytime they went
off we thought we'd been hit by a bomb (Pyle, 7)*
"If I can get out," Jeffrey said, "where I can hear a gun go off — - ■
(Marquand, 569)*
3. To explode.
But Steve...unscrewed the fuse with his hands and then tossed it aside
Just as it went off (Pyle, 213).
The pay-off was that one bomb hadn't gone off and was still lodged inside
the Fortress's wing...
(Pyle, 175).
...the grenade never did go off (Pyle, 191).
It didn't goo off (Pyle,~"T9£}*
...the heavy ammunition was beginning to go off (Pyle, 207)*
I don't know what kept the ammunition from going off (Pyle, 406).
...as if it might go off in one's face, like a defective Homan candle
(Mew Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 1947. 21).
Then the gunfire ceased and within a minute the steam went off (Yank, 46).
The natural impulse would have been to run as fast and as far a" he
could before the bomb went off (Pyle, 213).
About six inches inside it went off and burned its way through the barrkl
(Pyle, 424).
It looked like a million tracers going off at the same time (Yank, 8).
Sometimes the Germans left a shell in the gun, rigged up to go off when
the tank was towed (Pyle, 429).
When pressed, they go off and fill the life belt with air (Pyle, 11)*
The exploding shell made a big boom inside the theatre, and Just as it
went off there was a pause...
(Pyle, 245)*

-5 3 8 -

. ..the mortar ammunition dump went off (Tank, 239)*
Suddenly a mine went off and killed the entire squad following Buck

196).

(Pyle

If the pilot wanted to salvo his bombs over friendly territory, where he
didn't want them to go off... (Pyle, 211).
h. To occur; to happen.
The first number, Cairo Nome, from Rigolett.o, went off well... (Cain, 2^0)
Tonight, although the switcheroo went off as smoothly as ever, the color
of the Scotch betrayed him (Cain, 55)•
5* To be extinguished; to be put out as a light.
When the lights gSL
again it's a snafu ibr the operator
(Tank, 73)*
...since the lights automatically went off when the door opened (Pyle, 7)
to gSL
the deep end.
something dangerous.

To get into a precarious position; to do

We're going off the deep end for you

(Gardner, 7*0•

to go off duty.
To leave one's work; to stop working;
of one's responsibilities.

to berelieved

I went back about quarter of an hour before I was scheduled to go off
duty (Gardner, 1^6).
to go off half cocked.
Not to be fully Informed;toknow
of the truth or story; to be ill informed.
No used going off half cocked
to go off the handle.
mad.

only a part

(Cain, 205)*

To become very angry and vituperative; to get

...you could give me credit for some kind of decent motives, instead of
going off the handle in this idiotic way (Cain, 201).
to goof off.

To err; to make a mistake.

But his heart wns heavy at the thought of having goofed off

(Tank, 186).

to go on.
1. To continue; keep on, talking.
...he went on to tell about the things he was afraid would happen to
women's fashions...
(Tank, 227).
Desperately she went ont "There's money in a restaurant, if it's run
right...
(Cain, 7^).

-5 3 9 -

.. .Mildred swallowed, aade a wild lunge at something, anything, and went
o n : "— that I had decided to open a place of my own,.."
(Cain, 7^)•
But before she could make the point, he went ont "And I'd have to know
more about this deal of Wally Beragon's" (Cain, 82).
Ida took no notice of Anna's interruption, but went grimly on (Cain, 88).
Then Mildred, after trying to keep quiet, went oni "I was at Lake
Arrowhead, if you have to know"
(Cain, 98)7
Mildred saw the look, and went on*
"You'll be able to take care of them,
if you get their orders" (Cain, 119)*
Mildred stared straight ahead of her, and he went oni "I loved her like
she was mine"
(Cain, 103)*
•..he sat in silence for some little time before he went ont "I got
plenty of pupils with talent in their fingers..." (Cain, 137)*
"Go on," Mason told her
(Gardner, 73)*
Mason said quietly, "I think it was," and then went on, "The last person
to enter..." (Gardner, 81).
"Paul Drake had operators on the Job all last night," Mason went on (Gardner,
------81).
...she waggled a stiff forefinger at Mildred as she went on.
"And I'm
quite sure..."
(Cain, 19*0.
"One of your most recent tenants," Drake went on, "1b a girl who's been
here before said ran up a bunch of bills (7rar3ner, 158).
?And, on the other hand," he went on, "it might be that someone who
suspected rather strongly...* (Gardner, 91-2).
I think you waited to get me out of the way, but there's no use going on
about it (Marquand, h39).
'
It looked for a moment as though Buchanan might go on, and he would have
...
(Marquand, 118).
"Oh, darling," Marianna said, "go o n , I love it so" (Marquand, 118).
Jeffrey listened.
Mr.Gorman was going on(Marquand, 515).
Fred was going on
(Ma quand, 578).
...telling someone of his experiences in the R.O.T.C. but Pred was going
on (Marquand, 578).
IfciT”— why should I go on when we have someone with us now who really knows
theater?
(Marquand, 258).
"Go on," she said, "don't stop"
(Marquand, h-98).
IT”must have been in the middle of the second act that he thought he could
not go on, and he paused for a moment
(Marquand, h98).
"Okay,""“ Mason said, "go on"
(Gardner, 62).
"Go on from there," Mason said (Gardner, 103).
"*o on from there," Mason said (Gardner, 171 )•
She went on to thebitter end (Cain, 153).
...it was some minutes before he went on (Cain, 132 ).
...that was nothing to bother about, buF her voice went on, still carefully
and hesitantly (Marquand, h77).
Mason went on casually, "Don't tell me that you don't know John Milicant
was murdered..." (Gardner, 107)*
He went on...flatteringly reminding her that she had always said Veda was
artistic...
(Cain, 139).
"Go on." Mr. Mints maid, "what else?" (Marquand, h25)«

-5 4 0 -

"Remember,” he went on. slowlyv "things were different in those days”
(Gardner, 115T*
After a few moments, Barkler went on. "That crowd sure mast 'a thought
Alden was getting eimple" (Gardner, 56).
"Yes, Xmily Hodgkins," Mason went on (Gardner, 20).
"Jeff," Minot went on (Marquand, 75)*
"Go on. tell me some more” (Cain, 177)*
...Jeffrey felt his own body relax almost somnolently as the writer's
roice went on (Marquand, *4-23)•
Ha stopped because he was afraid of being wheesy and portentous, and then
he went on (Marquand, 552)*
Jeffrey could see it vaguely, and Mr. Gorman was going on (Marquand,

516)

After a long pause she went o n . in a passionate, trembling voice (Cain,
146).
• ••Mr. Treviso went on: "sill a coloratura crasy for rich pipple..."
(Cain, 217).
•..looking Wally in the eye, she went ont "And what's more..."
"Well,” Madge asked, "go on. what el set" (Marquand, 10).
■I was a dance hall girl," she went on
(Gardner, 112).
"Half of Germany's ball bearings," the captain went on. "are produced
at Schweinfurt..." (Yank, 14).
Hobody answered him, and he went on... (Pyle, 203)*
Walter looked disappointed, but went right o& (Marquand, 52).
If they would permit him, Walter went on. he might take the
liberty of mixing metaphors...
(Marquand, *4-1).
He went on to point out that...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21)•
2. To continue; to keep on; to proceed*

(See: to go on with.)

Tor some of us the war has already gone on too long
(Pyle, 464).
This...business went on till the record played four
times (Pyle, 341).
You could not £0 on with that sort of thing forever (Marquand, 220).
...everyone would smile and shake hands, and then £0 on playing bridge...
(Marquand, 218).
...and ehe went on with her dressing...
(Cain, 226)*
...the part of him to which philosophers gave Greek names and definitions
and which went on loving and thinking was gone(Marquand,
192)*
Mr. Ternald went on talking (Marquand, 195)*
If Charley weni on kicking gravel onto the grass, it would dent the
lawxuaower... "Ola**quand, 223).
He had told Madge that it would be cheaper to £0 on renting a house for
the summer...
(Marquand, 221).
The fight went on for four days...
(Yank, 24*0•
...at the same Time she made you feel that she wanted it to go on forever
...
(Marquand, 147).
The short cook grinned...went on frying eg.^s (Yank, 208)*
to tell them about his meeting with Churchill and Stalin

The carrier righted himself on a piece of brush and went on up

(Tank, 198)*

We would £ £ SUL playing the part of poltroon* and coward*...
(Marquand,
203).
...but you know that something will, because it can't £2. 2 & this way
The other way, making the grand tour of all the speak's he knows, it could
SSL SUL *OT
years, and eren then you couldn't be sure
(Cain, 25).
Go on with your cross-examination, Mr. Mason
(Gardner, 196)*
...and the attack went on (Tank, 2UU-)m
Mason went on with the cross-examination, calmly, casually (Gardner, 195).
...the war Ts still going on...
(Tank, 137).
The artificial respiration went steadily on (Cain, 103).
This went on for a short time (Cain, 136).
...Veda should go w ith her music...
(Cain, 188).
...wait while the court made the necessary identification; and then the
process went on again (Gardner, 150).
She must hare known ...they would newer be able to afford it, but still
you went on hoping in that archaic way (Marquand, 93).
He sat there wondering how he could take up life and jgo on (Marquand, 167)
So we went on with it..
(Cain, 187).
.. .the tattaTion had gone on to fight in Italy (Tank, 28).
...Milton never would” since estates and investments lists must go on
forever (Marquand, 4+03).
"Maybe it's a good idea," Jeffrey said, "even if you know you can't, to
go on thinking that you can (Marquand, 588).
They seated down further, looked at each other and went on talking
(Tank, 5).
Methodically Big B went on firing (Tank, 4+4).
...she'd pretend she was peeved and go on with her Jigsaw project
(Tank,
187).
At the moment, approximately thirteen hundred men are employed on the
tunnel and work goes on twenty-four hours a day...
(Hew Torker, XXIII,
Sept. 13, 19^7, '2H7T
There wa* no use having them go on with it until he had completed the
revisions (Marquand, 84*).
The mountain fighting went on week after dreary week (Pyle, l4*3)»
...the shooting was still going on (Pyle, h60)«
...a pleasant guy with a sour puss went on shooting down fighters that he
was reluctant to claim (Tank, 86)•
The Job has to be done...so we'll go on doing it the best we can (Pyle,

22h).
And Rosie, the pilot, went on making his laconic reports to the interroga­
tion officers...
(Tank, 85).
Another one told me he felt he Just couldn't go on (Pyle, 224*)•
And there were such men as Sergeant Art Bveretl.. .who went on. ..doing
work of officer responsibility (Pyle, 29*0.
And still Walter went on talking (Marquand, hh)#
There simply wasn't time to be cautious. The ship loading had £ 2.SSL onso they let the harbor lights b u m
(Pyle, 2).
The fight went on for an hour and a half (Pyle, 7).
...the average man was not eager to £2. 2JSL (pT^-e* 223).
After the war he planned to settle again in the Southwest., .then £ 2.SSL SUL
doing cartoons of those same guys...
(Pyle, 130).

-542-

It goes on to say that the body had been tentatively identified as that of
an Alden Leeds...
(Gardner, 91)*
The memorandum goes on to say...
(Yank, 171 )•
Bit, say, this can go
2ft for a long time
(Tank, 172).
"Yes.. .okay.. .Go on from there," he said nothing but scribbled notes on
a piece of paper
(Gardner, 64).
Then cautiously... she vent on (Cain, 17l)*
They walked out to the corridor, came to an smgle, went on (Cain, 101)*
3. To pass; to go.
Time is going on 1 ...

We can't wait 1

(Cain, 202).

Go o n , B e r i
(C a in , 8 ) .
T u b T “— go on
(Cain, 8).

...and tne roller went on...
(Tank, 121).
Then he went on to another hut
(Tank, 14).
...he would explain to Madge that she w&s the one who had told him to
go on, and not stop there...
(Marquand, 545).
The lTTtle guy went on ahead
(Tank, 145).
The patrols had gone on ahead — too far, the lieutenant said...
(Tank.
1 4 4 ) . ------.. .our bed rolls had gone on ahead (Pyle, 35*0*
Some were still flying, anT”others had gone on to the breaking point...
(Pyle, 223).
If we try to go on, they'll fall down and die
(Pyle, 203).
...the men were Reeling better by then and time went on slowly (Pyle, 290).
We correspondents...went on again with the armies in TEe field (Pyle,
------463).
...I became fearful of going on into the unknown (Pyle, 452).
American soldiers came to...rest before going on back...
(Pyle, 375).
Once straightened out of the dive, they went right on down to "the deck",
which means flying close to the ground (!Pyle, 166) •
And yet the company went on into battle, and it was a proud company
(Pyle, 182).
...relieving forces went on into Naples...
(Tank, 125).
Cash burned his fingers puTling it out, then went on into the fight
(Tank, 18).
I swore that someday I'd go on away and never come back again...
(Pyle,
417).
The officers had gone on ahead (Pyle, 428).
She nodded, end Mason went on in to find the detective sitting in his
little cubicle...
(Gardner, 23).
Go on back home (Gardner, 24).
.. .7" went on up the street, still keepfcg close to the walls
(Pyle, 403).
They went on paBt us to the hospital
(Pyle, 407).
...as the summer had gone o n . Jeffrey began to believe, a.s he looked about
the place, that there might be something in what Madge said...
(Marquand, 502 )•
Go on home, sit tight, and don't worry
(Gardner, 83).
She asked for $10 in change, against the requirements of the evening, dropped
the rolls of coin into her handbag, and went on (Cain, 116).
^

-5 ^ 3 -

She's waiting for you, so ££ on (Cain, **)•
...‘but a* the years vent on. one thought of him as a
(Marquand, 197)*

gostalgic stinker

To operate; to be in operation, action*
...so long as this vent on*.. (Cain, 131)*
While the handshaking and congratulations vere still gniiu
-(Tank,
119).
There *as no need to talk as the songs vent on (Marquand, 187)*
It seemed unlikely that a naval battle could be
on out there
(Pyle, 230)*
...Mildred vanted to know how long this had been
going on*..(Cain, 209).
People on bicycles would...watch the firing that was going on right in
that block
(Pyle, ^60),
...in the same old vocalizing going on inside...
(Cain, 215)*
I doubt very much if he knows there is a war going on...
(Tank, 137)*
...when we have a little party going on. he asked her over...
(Cain,
193).
...another fashion show was going on (Tank, 228)*
...asked how people could enjoy themselves with all that yelling
on
(Cain, 153).
...the celebration in the streets had been going on steadily for three
days...
(Tank, 219).
This New Deal intimacy disturbed Jeffrey much more than the Revolution,
which, according to Edward Mace, was going on right now...
(Marquand,
211
The repair work... goes on only a few yards away...
(Yahk, 233).

).

5. To happen; to occur*
That went on perhaps a half hour*..
(Cain, 216)*
There was no way at all of telling what went on behind that pale facade
(Marquand, 98).
The conversation that vent on in our gun pit during a lull in the firing
...
(Pyle, 103).
But those in the most pain were listless and uninterested in what vent on
around them (Pyle, 289).
...and the same guys in bed getting some shut-eye while bedlam went on
around them (Pyle, 333).
A person would hrve had to make a long tour clear around the big pasture...
in order to realize that anything was going on at all
(Pyle, ^20).
"Say," im said, "does that racket still ^o onf*^ (Marquand, 63).
*. .no one had a very clear idea of what was going on (Tank, 32)*
...no one in the crew actually remembers what went on that day...
(Yank, 33).
...glorifying nations which had already fallen, while that fantasy was
going on — Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Prance (Marquand, 321)*
...hourly our reports on what was going on in Paris changed and contra­
dicted themselves
(Pyle, *h55).
While all this was going on...the sergeant was busy outside "making face"
with Chinese
(Tank, 29).

-5*f4 -

Their conjugal quarrels and their reconciliations, all going on at once,
formed an odd and slightly hysterical background (Marquand, 455)•
Time droned on endlessly while the tedious process of identifying each
•photograph went on (Gardner, 150).
He said he had friends, he knew what was g o i n g o n
(Cain, 8 3 ) •
•..ceaseless fighting went on around them (Tank, 146).
Anything to cover up, to hide what had really been
on... (Cain,
259).
...because of all the fighting that went on in Somaliland (Yank, 227).
...why does the Government allow such things to go onT
(Yank, 213).
Whet's going on over there in BuropeT
(Marquand, 53T»
6. To be illuminated; to be turned on*
Thus when the generators started again... our lights automatically went
on...
(Pyle, 208).
Just before dawn the portable generators...began to put-put and lights
went on everywhere (Pyle, 208)*
Then the door opened and the lights went on...
(Yank, 14)*
7. To speak, perform, on the radio, stage*
Promise me I don't h^ye to set eyes on Jesse Fineman before I go on
(Marquand, 294).
...an official Hazi commentator went on the German radio in an attempt to
answer the news stories in the three pamphlets
(Tank, 127),
S a l l y w e n t o n the a i r f i v e o r s i x t i m e s a d a y . . .
(Pyle, 2 4 4 ) *
8. To begin to use, consume*
The Third Division engineers went on K rations at noon but morning and
evening hot food was got up to them, regardless of the difficulty
(Pyle, 66).
9. To behave; to e.ct.

(This implies bad behavios)

She — she's a great artist and all great artists go oj± that way
(Marquand, 103)*
10* To use as a basis, foundation.
Furthermore, it was silly...not to give him a little encouragement £o. gp.
on (Marquand, 339).
We simply have a description Jto g p p a (Gardner, 154)*
11. To go ahe^d.

(This is an invitation or an intensive.)

"Go on." the stranger said, "...and bite my thumb
to go p a

on.

To continue for a long time*

(Marquand, 9).

-545-

H e w e n t on. a n d o n . f r o m o n e m i s f o r t u n e t o a n o t h e r . . .
(T an k , 1 6 4 ) .
T h is w en t on e n d o n . . .
(C a in , 1 8 4 ).
She w ent on an d o n . . .
(C a in , 2 1 3 ) .
I t ' s w h e n c a s u a l t i e s b e c o m e s o g r e a t t h a t t h o s e w ho r e m a i n f e e l t h e y
h a v e no c h an c e to l i v e i f th e y h a v e £ o g £ 2 3 a n d on ta k in g i t —
t h a t ' s w h e n m o r a l e i n a n a rm y g e t s lo w
(P y le , 1 0 5 ).
A nd y e t t h e a v e r a g e c a n n o n e e r w a s i n g o o d s p i r i t s a n d a p p a r e n t l y r e s i g n e d
t o g o in g o n a n d o n t h a t w ay i n d e f i n i t e l y
(P y le , 1 1 4 ).
B a t t h e m en w e n t o n a n d o n
( P y l e , 27 *4 ) .
The c h i l d 's s t r u g g l e w en t o n a n d o n . a n d th e n s u d d e n ly M ild re d t i g h te n e d
(C a in , 1 0 3 ) .
to

go on b o a rd .

...J u s t
to

to

s h ip ;

b e f o r e we w e n t o n b o a r d

go oa a

.. .a t

To g e t o n a

th e

g la m b fljfc e .
la s t

m in u te

to

(T an k ,

go o n to

to

a tte n d

t o g o ------ o a — —•
I

sa,y s o m e t h i n g t o
1 4 6 ).

to

g o o n a Party.

...if

o ffic e rs

(T an k ,

To a t t e n d

a p a rty ;

To a t t e n d

to

to

ta k e

go to

w ith th e

a p ic n ic ;

. . . n o t t o b e h a p p y w hen y o u h a v e a
go on a P ic n ic
(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 9 ) .
to

e n lis te d

to

go to

to

To becom e a v a i l a b l e

B u t a s tim e w en t on o th e r
on s a le
(P y le , 1 1 9 )•

ty p e s

fo r

m e n ...
(T a n k ,

o f m e rc h a n d is e

to

(Y a n k ,

2 1 6 ).

159).

a p ic n ic .

p la c e ;

s a le ;

(C a in ,

a p a rty .

ch an ce, and you have a

go og th e ro a d .
To t r a v e l f r o m p l a c e
p l a c e ; t o go f r o m to w n t o to w n .

go on s a l e .
(C f. on s a le . )

ta k e

o n new b e h a v i o r .

He f i r s t t h o u g h t a b o u t i t w hen t h e sh o w s w e n t o n t h e
k e p t c o m p la in in g t o h i m ...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 5 ) .
to

to

my o w n w a y , a n d w ham y o u g o . m o r a l g n me

w o u l d g o 0£ p a r t i e s

go on a p ic n ic .

(T a n k , 1 5 9 )*

o f b e in g a g u a rd ;

...how'd y o u a n d y o u r buddies l i k e £0 ga o ft a PartyT
to

e n te rta in m e n t.

2 0 0 ).

To b e c o m e s o m e t h i n g ;
you in

an

£ 2. 2 3 a c l a m b a k e w i t h L o o k

go on g u a rd .
To r e c e i v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
th e d u tie s o f a g u a rd .

T o u 'r e g o i n g o n g u a r d

s h ip .

1 4 4 ).

To g o o n a p a r t y ,
th e y h a d to

a b o a t,

to

c h a n c e w hen y o u

go fro m p la c e

ro a d an d th e

be se t

o u t to

to

cast

be s o ld .

cam e o u t o f h i d i n g a n d w e n t

-546-

to

go on th e s ta g e .
th e a te r a c a re e r;

to

To b e c o m e a n a c t o r o r a c t r e s s ;
ta k e up a c tin g .

Bob E a r r i n g a n w a n te d t o g o o n t h e

178

).

G o d fre y i s

th in k in g

&o g o o g g t r i p .
(C f. on a t r i o . )

s ta g e h im s e lf a f t e r

o f g o in g o n th e
To ta k e a t r i p ;

s ta g e
to

to

m ake t h e

th e w a r ...

(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 8 ) .

le a v e

o n e 's hom e t o

tra v e l.

She t o l d a f r i e n d s h e w as g o in g o n g w e e k -e n d t r i p
. . . I . . . w e n t o n a t r i p w i t h th e m
(P y le , 3 2 2 ).

(G a rd n e r,

to

fo llo w

go o n —— w ay.
in c lin a tio n s .

(P y le ,

To l f t v e o n e ' s n o r m a l l i f e ;

to

Ton g o o £ y o u r w ay a n d n e v e r d o f i n d

o u t th e an sw er

to go o g w ith .
To c o n t i n u e w i t h ;
(S e e x t o gp. o n . )

to

p ro c e e d w ith ;

(P y le ,
to

1 2 5 ).

o n e 's

ow n

231 ) •

keep on w ith .

H e h e id t o g o o n w i t h i t , a n d h e l o v e d h e r
(M a rq u a n d , 4 2 4 ) .
L e f t a l o n e , L t . R o s e n t h a l b a d d e c i d e d t o g o o n w i t h t h e b o m b in g r u n
(T an k , 8 6 ) .
T h e n J e f f r e y f e l t c o m p l e t e l y r e l a x e d a n d a n x i o u s t o gg. £& w i t h i t , a n x i o u s
to s o r t o u t ...
(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 l ) .
C p l. S te n k e r l i t a c i g a r a n d w en t o n w ith h i s f i l i n g
(T a n k , 9 5 ) .
" Go o n w i t h i t , " M a r i a n n a s a i d a n d s h e l a u g h e d a g a i n
(M a rq u a n d , 4 9 6 ) .
He w i s h e d t h a t s h e w o u l d n o t g o o n w i t h i t , a r o u s i n g o l d r e p r o a c h e s ,
o ld r e g r e ts . . .
(M a rq u a n d , 33oT 7
L e t ' s g o ojl w i t h y o u r d i a g n o s i s
( G a rd n e r, 3 2 ).
J e f f r e y w a s g o i n g to , g o o n w i t h i t , b u t w h e n h e l o o k e d
a t M is s A i n s l e y ,
s u d d e n ly h e f e l t s o r r y f o r h e r
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 9 ) .
H e wa s w o n d e r i n g a g a i n w h y i t h a d a l l c o m e t o n o t h i n g , a n d w h y h e h a d
n o t b e e n a b l e to , g o o n w i t h i t , b u t i t a l l e lu d e d a n a l y s i s
(M a rq u a n d ,
5 9 1 ).
T h e n a n o t h e r co m pany w o u ld p a s s t h r o u g h , o r a r o u n d th e m , a n d g o o n w i t h
th e f ig h tin g
(P y le , 4 4 3 ).
. . . t h e y p a s s e d o n th ro u g h th e c i t y q u ic k ly a n d w en t o n w ith t h e i r w ar
(P y le , 4 6 3 ).
H e h a d t c g o o n w i t h t h a t p r e t e n s e w h i c h s h a m e d h im
(M a rq u a n d , 4 2 4 ) .
T e n m en a l o n e . . . E e l d u n t i l t h e r e s t c o u l d g e t u p t h e r e , t a k e o v e r a n d
g o o n w i t h th e m
(T a n k , 1 8 ) .
A f te r th e w a r . . . C a r t e r w as d e te r m in e d to go on w ith h i s s c h o o lin g
(P y le ,
2 6 2 ).
. . w h e n M r. W i l k i n s d i e d , h e h a d g o n e r i g h t o n w i t h i t f r o m t h e r e
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 7 )•
to

g o <2& t h e w i t n e s s s t a n d .
w i t n e s s i n a la w c o u r t .

To a p p e a r i n

c o u rt a s a w itn e s s ;

to b e a

M ason s a i d ,
ru le th a t

is

" I f h e g o es on th e w itn e s s s ta n d . a Judge i s
i t ' s p r o p e r c r o s s - e x a m in a tio n a s s h o w in g ...

g o o se i s cooked*
o u t o f lu c k *

O ne i s

I t w as a s th o u ^ i h e s a i d ,
1* cooked"
( P y le , 5 0 )*

in

tro u h le ;

one is

in

q u ite a p t
(G a rd n e r,

d iffic u ltie s ;

" B r o t h e r y o u s ta y n o t k n o w i t ,

to
5 3 ).
one

h u t your goose

goose s te p *
A m i l i t a r y m a n n e r o f m a r c h i n g p o p u l a r i n G e rm a n y i n
w h ic h th e m a rc h e r r a i s e s h i s l e g w ith o u t b o d in g t h e k n e e a s h e w a lk s *
The B a s is
to

cam e w a l k i n g d o w n t h e

s tre e t —

goose

s te p

(M a rq u a n d , 4 2 1 ) .

go o u t*
1 * To e x i t ;

to

le a v e ;

to

go fro m w i t h i n .

T h e n we w e n t o u t a n d g r u b b e d o u t m o re g o ld
( G a r d n e r , 1 1 3 )*
T hey w ent o u t th e b ack d o o r ...
(C a in , 1 5 5 )*
I f e l t l i k e g o in g o u t a n d g ra b b in g a h o e . . .
(T a n k , 1 2 )*
T h e n e x t m a n . . . s t r u c k C o p e la n d i n t h e m o u th w i t h h i s h e l m e t , a n d o u t w e n t
th e to o th
(T a n k , 2 4 0 )*
. . . a s I w ent o u t
(T a n k , 2 4 9 ).
B u t w hen h e w en t o u t t o lo o k h e fo u n d t h a t th e t u r r e t w as s t i l l t h e r e . . .
(T an k , 4 ? ) .
A ll r i g h t , a l l r i g h t . . . a s lo n g a s I d o n 't h a v e t o b e t o n g u e - t i e d a n d
g o o u t so m e w h e re i n t h e h a l l
(M a rq u a n d , 6 )*
We w e n t o u t i n t o t h e r o a d
( P y le , 1 5 5 )*
O ne s e r g e a n t w e n t o u t t o s t a r t t h e w o rd f o r t h e com pany t o a s s e m b le
(P y le , 200 ) %
...s m u g g le d i t o u t o f t h e c a b in w hen I w en t o u t t o g e t w ood
(G a rd n e r,
1 1 3 ).
Tou can go o u t th e f r o n t d o or o f th e c h a p e l...
(T a n k , 1 8 9 )*
I ' l l g o o u t a n d f e t c h som e g l a s s e s
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 7 ) .
T o u g o o u t a n d f i n d M r. G o rm a n , w i l l y o u .
(M a rq u a n d , 5 0 8 ) .
We w e n t o u t i n t o t h e a l l e y . . .
(T an k , 1 3 3 ) .
W a rty w e n t o u t i n t o t h e y a r d . . .
(T an k , 1 3 7 ) .
The r e s u l t i s I m ust go o u t in t o th e y a r d . . .
(T an k , 1 3 7 ).
T h e l a s t s w i t c h w o r k e c T " th e o u t s i d e s i g n , a n d w h e n i t w a s o n , s h e w e n t o u t
to lo o k
(C a in , 1 2 0 ) .
She re m in d e d A r le n e s h e w as n o t to c a l l s o u p , b u t d ip i t u p h e r s e l f , t h e n
w ent o u t to g re e t h e rf i r s t g u e s ts
(C a in , 1 2 0 ) .
M r K e s s l e r l a i d h e r h a t b e s id e I d a 's and w en t o u t
(C a in , 1 2 4 ) .
She w en t o u t, a s k e d th e se c o n d p a r t y o f f o u r i f th e y
m in d e d w a i t i n g ( C a i n ,

12JTS o o n M i l d r e d saw h e r com e b a c k , l a y a d o l l a r b i l l i n t h e t i n b o x , t a k e
c h a n g e , an d go o u t
(C a in , 1 2 4 ).
T h ey w e n t i n w i t h B ay f o r a fe w m i n u t e s , a n d t h e n B e r t w e n t o u t t o l o o k
a t th e flo w e rs
(C a in , 1 1 1 ).

-5**8-

T hen s h e v e n t o n t i n th e c o r r i d o r a n d s t a r t e d w a lk in g u p a n d dow n,
q u i e t l y , s lo w ly
(C a in , 1 0 1 ),
They w en t o u t t o g e t h e r , an d g o t i n th e c a r
(C a in , 6 1 0 .
Mr a . G a s s i e r w e n t o u t a n d M i l d r e d w e n t h a c k t o t h e k i t c h e n t o m a k e h e r
som e t e a
(C a in , 5 0 )•
I J u s t h f l t e t o jgo o u t w h e n i t ' s c o m in g d o w n l i k e t h i s
(C a in , 2 6 ) .
S h e ...a t th e in te r m is s io n w ent o u t in to th e lo b b y .. .
( C a i n , 2 3 * * ).
W hen s h e h a d a l u l l , s h e s l i p p e d o f f h e r a p r o n a n d w e n t o u t
(C a in , 1 2 4 ).
A c c o r d i n g l y , a s s o o n As s u p p e r w a s o v e r a n d t h e c h i l d r e n h a d g o n e o u t t o
p la y , sh e g o t g rim ly a t i t .
(C a in , 1 3 )*
He w a s .. . t e l l i n g h e r . . .n o t t o g o o u t i n t h a t s to rm
(C a in , 1 7 l ) .
He w e n t o u t . . .
( C a in , 2 1 5 )*
M ild r e d .. . w en t o u t
(C a in , 1 9 2 ).
...M ild r e d w ent o u t. . .
(C a in , 1 8 8 ) .
She w ent o u t. . .
(C a in , 2 0 8 ).
She w ent o u t. . .
(C a in , 2 0 8 ).
He w e n t o u t . . .
(C a in , 2 3 9 ).
R o s ie w e n t o u t a n d w a lk e d dow n to w a r d h i s h u t i n t h e d a r k
(T a n k , 8 8 ) .
. . . h e w e n t o u t t o p i c k th e m g o d d a m f l o w e r s I ( T a n k , 2 2 6 ) .
The s e r g e a n t w e n t o u t
(T a n k , 1 0 3 ) .
2.

To g o a w a y ;

to

go to

a n o t h e r p l a c e w h ic h i s

n o t th e

c u s to m a ry o n e .

. . . H o t J e e p w o u l d gg> o u t a n d p i c k u p e n o u g h t o m a k e u p t h e d e f i c i t . . •
(T an k . 1 3 9 ).
T hey w e re t h e r e w hen y o u re a d th e n e w sp a p er o r p a id th e b i l l s , o r w ent
o u t to d in n e r
( M a r q u a n d , * * 9 2 ).
O ne d a y o l d M r. J e n k s . . . h a d g o n e o u t t o l u n c h a n d h a d n o t c o m e b a c k
(M a rq u a n d , 1 9 8 ) .
. . . r e c o r d s w o u ld sh o w H o g a r ty h a d g o n e o u t a n d r e a c h e d S e a t t l e , w h e re
h e 'd d i s a p p e a r e d
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 5 ).
. . . L e e d s , my p a r t n e r , w a s s t a y i n g i n t o w a t c h t h e c l a i m , t h a t I w a s g o i n g
o u t to g e t s u p p l i e s , a n d b a n k th e g o ld
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 4 ).
" D o n *t g o o u t n o w , " M a d g e s a i d , " s t a y h e r e , d a r l i n g "
( M a r q u a n d , 563).
W e n t o u t w i t h so m e p a p e r s t o a h a n d w r i t i n g e x p e r t
(G a rd n e r, 5 9 ) .
. . . a n o t h e r b o y a n d m y s e l f w e n t o u t a n d g o t t h e l i e u t e n a n t a n d t o o k h im
in to th e p e rim e te r
(T a n k , lO jY T
. . . I 'm g o in g o u t a n d t r y to l o c a t e S e r le , D e lla
(G a rd n e r, 9 3 ).
" Im J u s t g o i n g o u t , " J e f f r e y s a i d , " t o l i c k a n y o n e my w e i g h t i n t h e
w o rld "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 9 ) .
W e ll, l e t ' s g o o u t a n d s h o o t a t s o m e th in g
(P y le , 1 8 7 ).
...C o l o n e l C liz b e g o t a p la n e an d w ent o u t an d p r a c t i c e d . . .
(P y le , 2 0 5 ).
. . . a s s o o n a s h e f i l l e d tw o m o re a p p o i n t m e n t s h e w o u l d g o o u t f o r a h a l f hour rid e
(P y le , 3 0 6 ).
I w ent o u t to th e h o s p ita l s h i p . . .
(P y le , 2 8 6 ).
I ' v e g o t t o go_ o u t a n d s e e J i m
(M a rq u an d , 2 9 5 ) .
. . . I h a d a c h o ic e o f g o in g o u t b y a i r p l a n e . . .
(P y le , 2 8 6 ).
T h e r e w a s e v e n a n e w s p a p e r l y i n g o n t h e c a r p e t J u s t a s t h o u g h M r. B a r n e s
h ad gone o u t so th a t th e young p e o p le ...
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 1 )#

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It

m u s t b e h e l l o n th e m t o l o a d u p a n d t h e n h a v e t g g o o u t a n d u n l o a d . . •
(T an k , 2 0 7 ).
. . . I ' m g o in g o u t t o th e c o n v e n t to s e e h e r
(T a n k , 1 8 8 ) .
" T h a t ' s a l l r i g h t , " J e f f r e y t o l d h e r , " I 'm g o i n g o u t "
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ) .
" L e t ' s g o o u t a n d s e e h im
(M a rq u a n d , 4 7 3 ) .
T ou c a n go o ^ t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 1 ) .
. . . w h e n 8h e w e n t o u t . . .
(C a in , 1 9 0 ) .
T hen w as w hen I h a d th e id e a o f th ro w in g th e a u t h o r i t i e s o f f th e t r a c k
b y g o in g o u t a s B i l l H o g a rty
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 2 ),
3.

To g o l b r e n t e r t a i n m e n t ;

to

go fo r p le a s u re ,

e n jo y m e n t.

M ay b e y o u w e r e r i g h t a b o u t n o t g o i n g o u t
(C a in , 2 7 ) .
I s u g g e s t S g t . O 'H a r a S3, o u t a n d l e a r n t h e f a c t s
o f l i f e , . . (T a n k , 2 1 4 ) ,
I 'm g o i n g o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 6 2 ) ,
" J e f f , " s h e s a i d , " h e 's g o in g o u t so m e h e re "
(M a rq u a n d , 6 7 ) ,
"W hy, J e f f , " M ad g e s a i d , " a r e y o u g o i n g o u t ? "
(M a rq u a n d , 6 6 ) ,
He w a s
s u r e h e h a d t o l d h e r t h a t h e w as g o in g o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 6 6 ) .
He w a s
s u r e h e h a d t o l d h e r t h a t h e w as g o in g o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 6 6 ) ,
I w o n ' t g o o u t w i t h a m an e x c e p t i n u n i f o r m
(T a n k , 8 3 ) .
On h i s a f t e r n o o n o f f h e
hopned a t r a i n o r b u s an d w ent o u t by h im s e lf
s e e in g th e c o u n try
(P y le , 2 1 3 ).
" A n d g i v e my l o v e t o H a l B l i s s , " M ad g e s a i d , " a n d d o n ' t g o o u t t o t o o m a n y
p a rtie s "
(M a rq u a n d , 4 l l ) .
J i m c a m e i n t o t h e l i v i n g ro o m r e a d y t q g q o u t . t o o
(M a rq u a n d , 7 1 ) ,
J e f f an d I h av e to go o u t t h i s a fte rn o o n
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 1 ) .
He a n d M adge h a d - S e e n g o i n g o u t a g o o d d e a l l a t e l y t o p a r t i e s a t W e s t p o r t
a n d G r e e n w ic h ...
( M a r q u a n d ,' 5 0 9 ) .
I d o n 't m ean I d o n 't w a n t t o
se e th e fa m ily , b u t Ic a lle d up S a lly and
w e 'r e g o in g o u t s o m e p la c e
(M a rq u a n d , 6 l ) .
Why d o n ' i y o u g o o n o u t a n d m a k e w h o o p e e T
(G a rd n e r, 6 8 ).
B ab y , b a b y , y o u g o o u l' w i t h h im , a n d h e b u y s y o u a d i n n e r , a n d y o u g e t a
l i t t l e tig h t.. •
((J a in , 2 4 ) .
W e l l , my g o o d n e s s , I n e v e r e v e n d r e a m e d y o u ' d w a n t t o g o o u t o n a n i g h t
lik e th is
(C a in , 2 6 ) .
Why c a n ' t I f i x y o u s o m e t h i n g , a n d m a y b e w e c o u l d g o o u t s om e o t h e r
n ig h tT
(C a in , 2 6 ) .
I d o n ' t s e e w hy y o u w a n t t<> g o o u t w i t h t h a t g i r l t o n i g h t
(T a n k , 1 6 0 ) .
. . . t h a t s t a t e o f s e m i - t r a n s p a r e n c y t h a t a w om an s e e m s t o a c h i e v e w h e n s h e
i s r e a l l y d re s s e d t £ go o u t
(C a in , 1 6 1 ).
I 'v e g o t to go o u t t o n i g S t , k id
(M a rq u a n d , 1 5 5 ) .
. . . t h o s e b o y s w i l l go o u t on th e w eek e n d s a n d c o n ta c t o u r g i r l s a g a in
(T a n k , 2 1 0 ) .
4,

To g o t o

a p la c e o f d a n g e r, p e r i l .

. . . t h e c o lo n e l and th e a r t i l l e r y
(T a n k , 5 0 )•
T hey h ad gone o u t to o b se rv e th e
(T an k , 4 9 ) .

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(Y a n k .

1 s o t p e r m i s s i o n f r o m my l i e u t e n a n t £ 0 g o o u t a n d s e e i f I c o u l d f i n d t h e
s n ip e r
(Y a n k , 9 )*
T h e m a jo r w e n t o u t t o m ake t h e r o u n d s o f h i s f o r w a r d p l a t o o n s
(Y a n k , 5 9 ) .
On o n e p a t r o l t h e D i a e - a - D o z e n C lu b , p l u s a l a r g e p a r t y t h a t h n d g o n e o u t
w i t h th e m o n t h e j o b . . .
(Y a n k , 5 5 ) •
T he f o u r t e e n t h w e n t o u t y e s t e r d a y a n d bom bed t h e J a p f i g h t e r s t r i p s . . .
(Y a n k , 1 1 9 ) .
T he p a t r o l s w e n t o u t a n d t h e b a t t a l i o n s e t t l e d dow n t o w a it
( Y a n k , 1 * 8 )•
. . . t h e h eav y w re ck e rs th a t w ent o u t to h a u l b a ck c rip p e d l t a n k s ...
(P y le ,

^23).

The p a t r o l w en t o u t , f o u g h t
On s u c h a m i s s i o n a f l i e r
1
o u t one d ay w ith a ta
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212

).

s h a r p l y a n d w i t h i n tw o h o u r s w a s b a c k a g a i n * .
w en t o u t " lo o k in g f o r th in g s "
(P y le , 1 6 6 ).
n k -d e s tro y e r u n it
( P y l e , 3 * f3 ).
th e p la n e s n e v e r w ent o u t a f t e r a l l
(P y le ,

. . . t h e y c o u l d g o o u t o n a b o m b in g m i s s i o n a n d b e b a c k i n t e n m i n u t e s
(P y le , 1 6 9 ).
S t i l l a n o th e r tim e a p i l o t w en t o u t o n a r e c o n n a is s a n c e m is s io n
(P y le ,
1 6 9 ).
A' t f r u p l e o f s a i l o r s . . . a l s o a s k e d p e r m i s s i o n £& g & o u t o n t h e m i s s i o n . . •
(Y a n k , 2 5 3 ) .
S o , a l t h o u g h t h e y l i v e d w e l l w h en a t hom e b a s e , t h e y w e r e n 't o n a n y
p i c n i c w hen th e y w e n t o u t t o w o rk
(P y le , 1 6 * 0 .
. . .b u t h e h ad f e l t o b lig e d
ga, o u t a n d o b s e r v e a s a m a t t e r o f fo rm
(Y a n k , 4 9 ) .
. . . I ' m g o i n g t o e a t s o m e b o d y 's s t u f f o u t i f w e d o n ' t g a o u t t o m o r r o w
(Y a n k l2 0 6 ).
Too b a d I c a n 't gg, o u t i n t h e m o rn in g
(Y a n k , 2 0 6 ) .
...w e w ent o u t on a Job
(Y a n k , 2 6 ) .
A f t e r a l l , i t ' s n o t a q u e s t i o n o f y o u a n d me g o i n g o u t , i t ' s a q u e s t i o n
o f w in n in g th e w a r
(Y a n k , 8 8 ) .
J i m w a s g o i n g and h e k n e w t h a t f e e l i n g b e c a u s e h e had g o n e o u t o n c e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 8 3 ) .
5.
In

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to

be

tu rn e d o f f ;

to

go o f f ;

to

cease

to

fu n c tio n .

t h e t o p o f t h e h u t , w h e n t h e l i g h t s w e n t o u t , I c o u l d s e e tw o h o l e s
w ith m o o n lig h t s tr e a m in g th r o u g h
(P y le , 3^7 J •
T hen o n e b y o n e , e r r a t i c a l l y , th e o th e r s w en t o u t to o
(P y le , 2 2 ),
• . .w h e n t h e d o o r w a s o p e n e d t h e l i g h t s i n s i d e w e n t o u t
(P y le , 9 ) .
T h e l e a d e r k e p t s h o o t i n g f l a r e s , w h i c h f l a s h e d for a f e w m o m e n ts a n d
th e n w ent o u t
(P y le , 3 2 3 ).
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(P y le , 1 5 8 ).
T he g e n e r a t o r s t o p p e d .. . a n d th e l i g h t s s im p ly w e n t o u t
(P y le , 2 0 8 ).
The e n g in e s s t a r t e d g o in g c l e a r o u t , t e e b y o n e
( P y le , 3 ^ 8 )#
The l i g h t s w en t o u t
(C a in , 239) .

H is p i p s v a t o u t . s a d h s s c r a t c h e d a m a tc h t o l i g h t i t
5 6 ).
...s n a p p i n g h e r c i g a r e t t e e n d w hen i t w en t o u t l i g h t i n g
(C a in . 1 5 7 ) .
I t o n ly g o e s o u t b e f o r e y o u g e t u p . . .
(T a n k . 2 0 7 ) .
The l i g h t s w e n t o u t
(C a in , 1 7 2 ) .
6.

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to

b e ta k e n

a g a in

a n o th e r o n e ...

o u t.

T h ree h u n d re d th o u s a n d i n v i t a t i o n s w en t o u t
(H ew T o r k e r ,
28, 19*7, 2 1 ).
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t o F a n c h o , w ho w e n t t o w o r k a t o n c e
(C a in , 1 2 1 ) .
to

go o u t o f .

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to

le a v e .

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X X III, Ju n e
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go o u t o f f r v i a t . n r . [

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th e

t o g o o u t o f ——
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to

e x is t;

to

d is h e s

o u t o f)

S f t s . P lu m p a n d C r e e d w e n t o u t o f t h e h u t
(T an k , 1 0 3 ).
. . . a n d t h e s t i n g h a d g o n e o u t o f t h e b r e e z e c o m in g dow n o f f
(T an k , 5 8 ) .
to

(G a rd n e r,

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m o u n ta in

be.

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(P y le , 4 3 8 )•

w a r.

to

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to

go

to

tro u b le ;

m ake s a c r i ­

W e 'v e g o t m o r e t h a n t h e y h a v e a n d , b o y . I ' d g o t h r e e m i l e s o u t o f ay w a y
to s h a r e s o m e th in g w ith a s o l d i e r
(P y le , 4 ) .
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h e lp m e ...
(P y le , 1 9 2 ).
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go o u t r

A m an,
3 2 ).
to

|

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o

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go o u ts id e .

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to

wi t h h s

nephew

go o u t.

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P re s id e n t p a ss by
(T a n k , 2 0 0 ) .
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to

(G a rd n e r,

to

w a tc h t h e

(T a n k , 1 9 3 ).

go o v e r.
1.

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to

go.

(T h is

in ro lie s

th a t

I w ent o v er th a t n ig h t
(P y le , 2 1 9 ).
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1947, 2 6 ).

th e re

is

s o m e th in g

(H ew T o r k e r ,

X X III,

in te r v e n in g .)

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[ gave P le tr o s a k a c ig a r e tte and w ant o v er to th e ahack
(T a n k , 1 6 9 ) .
. . . t h e f a l l o w s s a i d i t w a s my d u t y t o . g q o v e r a n d t a l l h im t h i s w a s a
s o f t h a l l gam e n o t b a s e b a l l
(T a n k , 1 8 5 )*
...w e w e n t o v e r a n d s a t o n a r a t i o n b o x
(T a n k , 1 6 8 )*
t o . . . w a n t o v e r a n d d o s e d th e d o o r
(C a in , 2 1 6 ) .
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...
(C a in , 1 2 2 ) .
Some o f t h e r e s t w e r e t £ &Q. o v e r l a t e r
(P y le , 3 5 2 ).
r u s t a l i t t l e m o r a l s c h a r g e , a n d som e a f t e r n o o n , c o u p l e o f t h e b o y s w e n t
over to se rv e i t
(C a in , 2 0 ^ )*
...th e y d id go o v e r. . .
(C a in , 1 6 8 ).
, . . a n i n v i t a t i o n t o g o o v e r a n d b u y d i n n e r i n t h a t P i e W a g o n ...
(C a in ,

168)
,

She w e n t o v e r a n d s a t d o w n . . .
(C a in , 1 8 2 ).
fh e n s h e sa w h im s h e w e n t o v e r a n d s h o o k h i s h a n d ( C a i n ,
w ent o v er to in v e s tig a te * ..
( P y le , 3 ^ 1 )*
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( P p l e , 2 1 5 )*
2.

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to

m e a su re ; t o

lo o k

c a re fu lly

2 * + l) .

a t*

[ h a d t o g e t o u t o f b e d a t 3 A .M . a s u s u a l t o s t u m b l e s l e e p i l y u p
to th e
r a d i o s h a c k t o gg. o v e r t h e n ew s r e p o r t s w h ic h t h e w i r e l e s s h a d p ic k e d
up
( P y le , 7TT
Phe r e g i m e n t a l c o l o n e l s t o o d i n t h e c e n t e r o f t h e o f f i o e r a n d w e n t o v e r
th e o r d e r s i n d e t a i l
( P y l e , * + 3 2 ).
She g o t o u t t h e c h i c k e n s , w e n t o v e r t h e m c a r e f u l l y f o r p i n f e a t h e r s . . .
(C a in

116).

. . . b u t w hy d i d n ' t J e f f r e y l e t h im s e e t h e l i s t a n d l e t t h e S t a t i s t i c a l
D e p a rtm e n t g o o v e r i t
( M a r q u a n d , *+00 ) .
* o n t a l l o v e r me w i t h l i t t l e i n s t r u m e n t s . . .
(C a in , 2 3 2 ).
f i r s t i t h a d to . b e g o n e o v e r f o r b o o b y t r a p s
( P y l e , * + 2 9 ).
3* T o t a l k

a b o u t;

to

d is c u s s *

.. .b u t j u s t w h e re t h e r e w as a c h a n c e to g o o y e r i t w
g o n e a w a y s o m e w h e r e t o te A
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 j j ) .
t o 'v e j u s t b e e n g o in g o v e r e v e r y t h i n g . . .
(M a rq u a n d ,
to w i s h e d t h a t M a d g e d i d n o t f e e l i t n e c e s s a r y t o g o
th e m id d le o f th e n ig h t
( M a r q u a n d , 23*+ )•
. . . J e f f r e y w is h e d t h a t th e y m ig h t h a v e g o n e o v e r J i m
( M a r q u a n d , 5*+3 ) •
...w e w e n t a l l o v e r t h a t o n c e ...
(C a in , 1 6 7 )*
. . . w e 'r e n o t g o in g o v e r i t a g a in
(C a in , 1 6 7 )*
*+• T o p a s s a b o v e ;

to

ith h e r sh e had
5 7 9 ).
o v er S a lly
's p l a n s

S a le s i n

to g e th e r

p a s s o v e r*

Phe P - 3 8 s w o u l d g o o v e r a t a b o u t 8 0 0 0 . . .
(T a n k , 1 8 8 ).
to c o u l d h e a r t h e s h e l l s h i s s a s t h e y w e n t o v e r
(T a n k , 1 9 6 )*
. . . s h e b ecam e t e r r i f i e d l e s t o n e g o o v e r w h ile V eda w as s i n g i n g . . .
( C a i n , 2*+0)*

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to

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on;

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2 4 o ).

c o n s id e r.

I w a n t e d a l i t t l e t i m e Jto g o o v e r w h a t I w a s g o i n g
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 3 )*
3e w a s g o i n g o v e r t h e f i r s t a c t a g a i n i n h i s m i n d
6 . To r e p e a t ;

(C a in ,

to

te ll

th e

la w

( M a r q u a n d , *4-93).

do a g a in .

How l i s t e n , h a v e w e g o t t o g o a l l o v e r t h a t T
(C a in , 2 4 ) .
9e c o u l d t h i n k o f a l l t h e t i m e t h a t h e a n d M a r i a n n a h a d g o n e o v e r l i n e s
to g e th e r
(M a rq u a n d , 4 4 8 )*
7.

To c o v e r ;

...c a lip e r

to

th in g s

to g o o v e r t h e
d e s e rte r.

f it

on.

t h a t w e n t o v e r my n o s e . . .

h ill.

To d e s e r t f r o m

th e

(C a in ,

2 3 2 ).

a rm e d f o r c e s ;

to

becom e a

. . . t h e n h e w ent o v e r th e h i l l an d g o t b u s te d
(T an k , 2 4 2 ).
I t w a s a l m o s t e x a c t l y 1 5 3 0 h o u r s w h e n W a lt D u r k e e w e n t o v e r t h e h i l 1
(T an k . 1 3 8 ) ,
STobody e v e r y g o e s o v e r t h e h i l l f r o m t h i s c a m p
(T a n k , 1 3 8 ) .
D o n 't b e s u r p r i s e d i f I g o o v e r t h e h i l l
(T a n k , 1 3 8 ).
Dh n o , y o u w o n ' t g o o v e r t h e h i l l ( T a n k , 1 3 8 ) .
P u n n y t h i n g , n o b o d y e v e r g o e s o v e r t h e h i l l f r o m t h i s cam p ( T a n k ,
1 3 8 ).
fro b o d y e v e r g o e s o v e r t h e h i l l f r o m t h i s c am p
(T a n k , 1 3 9 )«
bo g o P a s t .

To p a s s ;

to

go b y .

. . . I . . .w a tc h e d a s t h e i n f a n t r y w e n t o a s t on t h e o u t s i d e l a n e
(T a n k ,
i s m a ll f e llo w w e n t o a s t w ith a l a r g e w h ite s i g n . . .
(T a n k , 1 ^ 7 )«

2 4 5 ).

gopher h o le .
A s m a ll, n a rro w , h o le i n th e g ro u n d s e r v in g a s th e
e n tra n c e to a d en f o r th e g o p h e r.
(H e n c e , b y e x t e n s i o n , a n y n a rro w
i n th e g r o u n d .)
Sven t h e c u n n in g J a p
s e n s e s ....
(T an k ,
bo g o p l a c e s .
...a

gunner
1 8 0 ).

in

h is

To b e s u c c e s s f u l ;

lig h t ack -ac k

bo g o p l a c e s a n d d o
d e s ire fo r tra v e l

s te e p

to

g o p h e r h o le m u st h a v e d o u b te d h i s

do w e ll;

to

succeed.

o u t f i t w h i c h w et h o u g h t w a s g o i n g
th in g s .
To h a v e a d v e n t u r e s ; t o
and a d v e n tu re .

f o i l , I w ent p l a c e s . an d I d id
e v e r d id
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 2 ).

h o le

t h i n g s . a n d I 'm

p la c e s . . .
s a tis fy

(T an k , 2 1 7 )*
o n e 's

n o t ash am ed o f a n y th in g

I

-55**-

I was filled w i t h t h e s p i r i t o f a d v e n t u r e ,
do t h i n g s
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 2 ).
to go ro u n d an d ro u n d .
c irc le s ,

To c i r c l e ;

to

a n d wanted £& g £ 'Places a n d

g o , m ove, w a lk , an d

• ..w a te r b u f f a lo e s , b lin d e d by s tra w h a ts t i e d
r o u n d a n d v gw pd e n d l e s s l y . . .
(T a n k , 1 1 5 )*
to

go th e ro u n d s .
To g o , m o v e ,
fro m p l a c e t o p l a c e .

c irc u la te ,

over th e ir

fro m p e r s o n

th e

lik e ,

in

e y e s , w ent

to

p e rso n ,

A c c o rd in g t o o n e s t o r y g o in g t h e r o u n d s . . .
(T an k , 2 3 l ) ,
A f t e r g o i n g t h e r g s f i d s , I d e c i d e d t h a t i f t h e A rm y f a i l e d t o g e t a s h o r e
o n D -d a y t h e r e w o u ld b e e n o u g h ,. . c o r r e s p o n d e n t s t o f o r c e t h r o u g h a
b e a c h h e a d o n t h e i r ow n
(P y le , 2 9 3 ),
t o g o s h o p p in g ,
to b u y .
We

go

to

go s lo w .

To s h o p ;

s h o p p in g i n

to

th e e re n in g s

buy goods; a r t i c l e s ,

to

lo o k f o r g o o d s to

(T a n k , 2 9 ) ,

To g o , m o v e , r i d e ,

tra v e l,

s lo w ly ,

• . , h e c o u l d n ' t h a v e a d r i v e r w ho a n n o y e d h im b y g o i n g t o o
w ho k e p t h im t e n s e b y r e c k l e s s d r i v i n g
(P y le , 3 1 0 ),
to

go s o f a r a s
s ta te m e n t,

to

say.

I w o u l d n 't g o s o f a r a s
A m e ric a
( P y le , 185T*
to go s o f t.
h a rd .

sa y th o s e

To b e c o m e e a s y ;

A nd t h e n y o u ' l l g o
5 0 3 ).
I w o n 't g o s o f t , . .
to go s o u r , . .
u s e fu l.
The p a t r o l 's

To v e n t u r e

(M a rq u a n d ,

To p e n e t r a t e ;

m ake a s e e m in g ly r a s h

changed s in c e

becom e s e n tim e n ta l; h o t

to

to

th e y l e f t

be firm ,

M r. G o rm a n a n y t h i n g

g e t in

e q u ip m e n t w e n t s o u r , . .

to p ie r c e .

to

o r one

(M a rq u a n d ,

5 0 3 ),

To b e c o m e u s e l e s s ;

ra d io

say;

b o y s h a d n 't

s o f t a n d y o u w o n 't t e l l

to g o th ro u g h ,
1,

to

to

s lo w

bad c o n d itio n ;

(T a n k ,

1 9 1 ),

n o t to

be

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We f i g u r e t h e l e a s t w e c a n d o i s g e t t h e o l d l a d
s i t dow n o n o r s l e e p i n w i t h o u t g o i n g t h r o u g h
T o rk e r, X X III, S e p t. 1 3 . 1 9 ^ 7 , 2 6 ^
T he h a c k w a l l b o r e t h e m a rk s o f a n e rv o u s v i s i t o
i t one n i g h t ...
( P y l e , 2 1 9 )*
. . . t h e B econd s h e l l w e n t r i g h t th r o u g h t h e h o l e
(P y le , h 2 h ).
The s h e l l d i d n 't gg. th r o u g h
( P y l e , h -2 h ).
2.

To p e n e t r a t e

th e

e n e m y 's l i n e s ;

T hose u n i t s w en t th r o u g h . . .
(P y le ,
T hey s to o d u p a n d w e n t t h r o u g h
3.

To b e d e l i e v e r e d

...th e
...y e t
h.

in

s p ite

of

to

get

3 6 3 )•
(P y le ,

y so m e t h i n g s
to th e f lo o r

she can
(H ew

r w ho w e n t r i g h t
m ade b y t h e

th ro u g h th e

firs t

to

one

e n e m y 's p o s i t i o n s .

3 6 3 )*

so m e d i f f i c u l t y .

s u p p lie s to th e b o y s . . . s t i l l w ent th ro u g h e v e ry d a y ...
th e s u p p lie s k e p t g o in g th r o u g h . . .
(P v le . 2 3 0 ).

To s u f f e r ;

th ro u g h

(T a n k , 1 7 9 ).

e n d u re .

. . . h e w a s m e r e l y m l «g through w h a t t h o u s a n d s o f o t h e r s h a d a l r e a d y g o n e
th r o u g h , w e re s t i l l g o in g th r o u g h
(C a in , l h h ) .
O f c o u r s e i t c a l d n ' t b e o t h e r w i s e , b u t t h e a l o n e n e s e o f t h a t m an a s h e
w e n t t h r o u g h t h e l a s t f e w m i n u t e s o f h i s l i f e w a s w h a t t o r m e n t e d me

T W e , 5 l5 V
W hen a b i g p u s h w a s o n , o u r d i v e - b o m b e r p i l o t s h a d £ o g o through t h i s
s o r t o f th in g t h r e e tim e s i n a s in g le d ay
(P y le , 16*0.
M any o f u s . . . h a v e s e e w h a t t h e s o l d i e r s a n d m a r i n e s h a v e g o n e t h r o u g h i n
th is fig h t
(T an k , 2 1 1 ).
T h e a v e r a g e d o u g h f o o t w i l l g<£ t h r o u g h h i s s h a a e o f h e l l . . .
(P y le , 3 9 6 ).
T o u 'd t h i n k t h a t a f t e r s e e i n g w h a t t h e c o m b a t p i l o t s w e n t t h r o u g h , t h e
m e c h a n ic s w o u ld b e c o n t e n t t o s t a y p u t
(P y le , 1 7 7 ).
5* T o g o f r o m t h e

firs t

to

th e

la s t;

to

go th ro u g h o u t*

a t i n g l e w ent th ro u g h M ild r e d ...
(C a in , 1 9 7 ) .
He h a d g o n e t h r o u g h t h e w h o l e t h i n g w i t h o u t a w o u n d . . .
6 . To a t t e n d

fu lly ;

to

be in

a tte n d a n c e a t an d to

B o th c a p t a i n s w e n t t h r o u g h O f f i c e r s '
7 . To becom e a r e a l i t y ;
...I

can p r a c tic a lly

to

T ra in in g

com e i n t o

(P y le ,

1 8 5 )*

fin is h .

S c h o o l...

(P y le ,

3 0 9 ).

e x is te n c e .

a lw a y s t e l l . • .w h e th e r t h e r a i d ' l l

th rn u g ft

(T a n k ,

2 05).
to

g o t h r o u g h — — nind.
b e d re a m in g a b o u t .

To b e t h o u g h t o f ;

a b o u t;

to

b e c o n s id e re d ;

to

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...he knew exactly what was g^iug through her mind
to go through £ phase*
mental state*

(Marquand, 5^7).

To exist, live, be, in a temporary condition,

Don't keep trotting out poor little Gwen, when she's golnp through ± pjfc&££
(Marquand, 538)•
Gwen's years younger, and she's going through £ pfe&Sfi.* and suppose you let
me worry*..
(Marquand, 538)*
"All right," Jeffrey said, "maybe little Sales is going through a
(Marquand, 538).
I don't believe the Sales girl ever went through any T i h a f like that
(Marquand, 535)*
to go
with*
(an agreement)•

To stick it out; to remain constant; to fulfill

Certainly they would have liked to change the plans, hut by then it was
impossible* We'd have £o g£ through with it
(Pyle, 19)*
Can you £2. through with it?
(Gardner, 80) •
Could you £ 2. through with it?
(Cain, 170).
Veda*..had insisted that she was willing £o. £ 2 through w ith her contract
(Cain, 256)*
...if you had gone through with this...you'd have been out of here a little
sooner than you expected (Cain, 207).
...or even tried to go ^hrough with it...
(Cain, 207).
...in Bert's phrase... they had to" go through with it"
(Cain, 20h).
h«s got it*
He's got it*
129/.

To have an ability, potential*
Already he's the outstanding cartoonist of the war

to go to bat for*
to help*

To defend; to take up a cause for; to go to trouble

I went to bat ahd I stuck my neck out for you
to go to bed*

(Pyle,

men (Tank,

20h)*

To retire; to get into bed*

...she and her mother were having a glass of tomato juice before going to
bed...
(Tank, 155).
.. .said it WpS time they both went to bed, and how woi£Ld they like Daddy
to tuck them in?
(Cain, 57)•
When they went to bed that night, Madge and Beckle had talked about Fred
for three hours (Marquand, 105)*
...why didn't she go to bed and let him sleep?
(Cain, 252)*
...it kept bothering her long after Veda had gone to,bed (Cain, 1^3)»
When Mildred went to bed...
(Cain, 2^3)»
When the last one went to bed he turned out the light...
(Pyle, 326)*

That night he went to bed aro-ond nine o'clock...
(Pyle, 205)*
It vaa straight sailing for the rest of the trip, so I went to bed
(Pyle, 231).
If those snipers would only
£2 bed nights... (Tank, 181).
to go to bed with.

To have sexual intercourse with; to sleep with.

Madge should have seen that you could not get over loving a girl siiqply
by frni»y to bed with her at odd moments
(Marquand, 522).
to go to bed with £ book.

To read in bed; to read while lying in bed.

Tou never went to bed with & good book either, unless it was a sleeping
dictionary (Marquand, 435).
to go to court.

To apply to the law, courts, for Justice, remedy.

▲11 they can do is gg_£2 court...
(Cain, 247).
...we'd have gone to court already, asked for receivers...
(Cain, 2^6).
...Pleasant had gone to court to have the contract annulled. •.
(Cain, 256)
to go together.
To be the complement of the other; to seem to be a
part of one another.
It was always a sunny morning like the present one, for picnics and the
sun always went together (Marquand, 545)•
to go to hell.
regard.")

(This is used to show complete indifference and dis­

... the battalion said:
"go to hell" (Tank, 245).
He can go to hell...
(Cain, 199).
The heckled soldier... invited the Chief to go tq hell...
How'd you like £2 £2. $£L hell?
(Cain, 4).
"Go to hell -" Minot said vMarquand, 256).
to go to it.

(Tank, 2:^4).

(An idiom of encouragement.)

"Go to i t . Paul," Mason said (Gardner, 65).
Go £2 i t . Paul (Gardner, 51 )•
to go too far.
Todo, say, too much; to say, do,
appropriate or necessary that harm is caused.

somuch more

than is

...then you found out you'd gone a little too far (Cain, 259).
I've gone too damn far already
(Gardner, 76).
Well, it would be going too far to say it was my idea... (Cain, 196).
to go to —— head.
become egotistical.

To cause one to become conceited; to cause one to

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Something about writing a novel always went to the heads of novelists,
particularly women novelists (Marquand, 3 ^ 0 •
to go to the phone*

To answer the phone; to use the telephone*

• ..she went to the phone *..

(Cain, 182)*

to go to pieces*..
To lose emotional control; to lose control of one's
emotions or feelings*
She said she was so nervous she almost went to pieces every time she
waited on him (Tank, 199)*
Men went to pieces and had to he sent hack (Pyle, h39).
to go to press*

To

he printed; to he in the state of heing printed*

The paper had gone to press

(Marquand, 199)*

to go to. Reno*
(Reno, Hevada, is a very popular place for those
desiring a divorce from a spouse* The Hevada divoree laws are rather
easy, the climate is pleasant, and people like to go there.)
•..before she went to Reno for the divorce...
(Cain, 256)*
...hut he had occasional craaros and when Lottie went to Reno. Jesse had
his appendix out...
(Marquand, 276)*
to go to sea.

To become a sailor; to go down to the sea*

He ran away and went to sea when he was only fourteen
tp go to seed*
unkempt*

(Gardner, 3).

To become uncared for; to he run down; to become

Before these Italians moved in, when all the farms in that soft blue valley
were
to seed, the place had been owned by good Yankee stock
(Marquand, 106) •
to go to show*

To serve as proof; to indicate; to prove*

His question goes to show bias on the part of this witness
(Gardner, 139)*
...Beckie had caught him in time to save enough of it, which only went
to show that you had to be there every minute...
(Marquand, 109)1
Is it the contention of the prosecution that this vague testimony goes
to show that when the body is that of Bill HogadyT
(Gardner, 138) *
It just went to show that when the kid was seeing the right kind of people
she was true blue inside...
(Cain, 257)*
The question goes to show motivation, bias, and a possible reason
(Gardner, 13*0 •
to go to sleep*

To sleep*

559-

...Madge would read aloud as Ions as Jeffrey did not go to sleep
(Marquand, 5*4*0 •
...working about two hours, then sitting around chinning and drinking
coffee with the radio operators until too late £o go hack to deep
(Pyle, 3).
Let's turn out the light and go £o sleep
(.Marquand, 5*40).
Frankie.. .went to sleep (Yank,122).
I hare no idea at all why he went to sleep (Pyle, 368).
How go t& sleep and don't think about it any more
(Cain, 62).
If he takes another cocktail, he'll gg. £& sleep after dinner
(Marquand, 12?)•
.. .1 couldn't go £ £ sleep like the others
(Pyle, 392)•
...I...went to sleep
(Yank- 2di)•
Just before he went tjo sleep, he happened to think of something (Pyle, 205).
The British boys who flipped off the records went to sleep...
(Pyle, 3*41).
He was doing a Job again in person, with his ovn hands and brain, and he
went to sleep with a fine satisfaction (Pyle, 205)*
3o £o sleep. Madge (Marquand, 53*4).
Go to sleep (Marquand, 53*4).
When I went in £o g£ £ & sleep. I discovered that the Indians had spread
a little more...
(Yank, 116).
to go touring.

To take a ride; to go riding; to ride for pleasure.

I went touring in a Jeep over the country...
to go io town.

(Pyle, 37*4).

To do v/ell;to Be successful; to do with via and energy.

...they really went to town when the Germans came in (Yank, 26).
I told ay men to collect everything they could on the bird, and they
went to town (Gardner, 90).
The sob sisters had literally "gone to town" on the story (Gardner, 213).
to go to trouble.
one's way.

To take the trouble; to take pains; to go out of

But me going to all the trouble I did, and with no one who could...
tell me anything. •.
(Yank, 17*4).
...he could hear Veda without
to a lot of useless trouble
(Cain, 211).
When they go to. all that trouble, they're stung (Yank, 129).
to go to war.
fighting.

To commence fighting a way;

Until shortly before the U.S. went to war...
to go to waste.

to declare war; to begin
(Yank, 190).

To be wasted; not to be fully utilised; used.

...the unused meat wouldn't go to waste (Yank, 229)*
...determination not to let such a costume go t£ waste...

(Cain, 160).

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to go to w r t .

To start working; to 'begin working.

The fog lifted and the medics went to work (Tank, 180).
So 1 poll out a box of matches and go
work (Tank, 162)*
• ..the other half went to work with oil, ramrod and waste cloth to clean
up...the gun (Pyle. 390)1
Give Mason a check and let him go to work... (Gardner, 9).
I go to work. I give one lesson a day...
(Cain, 218).
The first order went out smoothly, with Letty bussing the dirty
dishes to Pancho, who went to work at once (Cain,121).
2. To go th the place
to appear for work*

at which one works for the purposeofworking;

...she had to excuse herself...to go to work (Cain, 229).
What time did you g£ io workt
(Gardner, 1^ 3 ).
3* To look for and find a job, work.
(In this sense 'to g o 1 implies
the future tense &s it very often does.)
Ton'll have to gj> to work
Of course I'm going to
to go to work on.

(Cain, lh8).
(Cain, 1**7).

To apply oneself to something; to do something.

The infantrymen went to work on this bunch (Tank, 192).
The sheriff went right to work on it (Gardner, ^.9),
got

up

.

Dressed; clothed.

Meticulously got u p in a quiet, double-breasted suit...
XXIII, June, 28, 1 ^ 7 , 21).
to go under.

(Hew Torker,

To sink beneath water, as a ship.

In the few seconds before the Jap went
turrets...
(Tank, **7).

Bock had seen one of its

to go
a name.
To be known by a name; to take a name* (This often
implies that the name is not one's real name.)
(Cf. under the name o f .)
She's used henna on her hair and is going «nd*r an assumed m m - but I
don't know what name...
(Gardner, 15*0*
I went
the name of Ines Colton (Gardner, 167).
...we purpose to show that the decedent went for many years under the
name of Bill Hogarty... (Gardner, 188T.
A man establishes his identity by going under a certain name (Gardner,
188).
...that he was always a great man to go under an alias, that in addition
to Conway and Millcant, he had the crust at one time to gg. TiV1',*T* your
name...
(Gardner, 217).

He'd found out Mil leant was going
the muni of Conway...
(Gardner,
183).
If a nan goes under a certain name, that le all that is necessary to
establish at least a claim to identity (Gardner, 188).
What name's she going lyriwr now?
(Gardner, 159).
...that you had no idea the man you knew as John Mil leant was goiitf nwri «-r
the name of Louis Conway until yesterday afternoon (Gardner, 117)*
.. .that when he left the Klondike he went for a time
the
of
Bill Hogarty...
(Gardner, 138).
I got out to Seattle, still going under the name of Hogarty (Gardner,
115).
She's going under her maiden name (Gardner, *4-9).
to go unwashed.

Mot to wash; to remain dirty; not to clean up*

...and although his face was dirty it was recent dirt, not the basic
grime that comes of going unwashed for weeks and weeks
(Pyle, 157)*
to go TCP.
1. To rise; to go upward*
In most of these two-story farm houses the stairway went u p theoutside
(Pyle, 183).
I'm not going u p
(Marquand, 556).
"So you went u p f
Mason asked (Gardner, 102).
Yes, I want u p
(Gardner, 102).
All through those terrible days every ounce of their sup-lies had £o SSL
u p to then on the backs of mules and men
(Pyle, 1*0)»
All the folds of her long blue silk black coat looked prearranged, Just
as though the curtain were going u p . .. (Marquand, *4-68).
They looked toward the tower where the flare might go U £ announcing
"mission scrubbed"
(Yank). 87).
She went up in the elevator around six o'clock and was out about six-five
(Gardner, 62).
He had gone up the mountain the day before
(Pyle, 151).
...bullets going u p by the thousands (Pyle, 16*4).
The flares went u p
(Yank, 87).
Afterwards.. .let's go. HE. *° 0-ar room end get fried (Marquand, 123)*
Will you S2. right up?
(Marquand, 242)*
When it goes u p again.. • (Yank, 180)*
For a rocket Moing u p sounds like a bomb coming down (Pyle, 305).
The planes h^d to fly in constant "evasive action”, which meant going right
going left, going u p . going down, all the time...
(Pyle, 163).
2. To be turned on in full intensity, as lights on a theater's stage*
The lights went u p
(Cain, 2*4-0)*
...lights went u p all over the first floor*..
Then the lights went u p ...
(Cain, 239)*
...the lights went up... (Cain, 239)*

(Cain, 230)*

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3* To increase in size, volume, intensity, cost, prico.
Than Just like that it went up
(Cain, 100).
We were carrying extra Army and Havy staffs.. .Sittings went up to four
in the officers' mess...
(Pyle, 12).
They kept going u p a t the currencies depreciate (Hew Torker, XXIII,
Sept. 13. 1947. 29).
But her temperature's gone u p
(Cain, 100),
Anyway, the hirth rate went up
(Cain, 37).
It was true that Milton had sold some of Madge's things, which had
gone u p later, and had reinvested the proceeds...
(Marquand, 399).
Tips went u p ...
(Cain, 152),
4. To go forward.
Once in a while, they'll jgL jiq a river valley and get isolated (Hew
Torker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 27).
Our company is starting in a few minutes J & go u p this road and clean out
a strong point
(Pyle, 399).
...we went right jjp and sat on the homib line (Pyle, 434).
...they went u p again, this time with Better luck..
(Tank,203).
Later on they went u p . .. b u t no Japs came...
(Tank, 203).
...the two of us would g £ 232.
pull the guys out when they got hit...
(Yank, 125).
...the rest went u p as skirmishers, three on the right and four on the
left
(Yank, 18).
We had £ 2. £2. 322. through A company... (Yank, 21).
The weapons platoon tries £0 g a right Tjp with the rifle platoons
(Yank, 150).
He s a i d he was going u p to Bring them Back (Yank, 144).
We went u p after the Battalion that was lost
(Yank, 245)*
5. To go; to visit.
If the government agent don't like it, he can go uj> and see your place,
and eat the chickens...
(Cain, 80).
I used tj£> go u g and have dinner with him now and then (Pyle, 314).
It might Be a good idea, we thought, to go up and speak to Artie
(Yank, 100).
So I went up and checked through the traffic violations on the off-chance
I might find something
(Gardner, 156).
6. To go northward; to go to a place to the north of the present one.
Mr. Carroll... went

u p

to Buffalo to work

7. To Be constructed; to Be Built.
As Barracks. ..went

u p

...

(Yank, 121).

(Hew Torker, XXII, 3TeB. 15, 1947,

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8. To originate, a s a noise, sound, and grow in volume.

...a concerted sigh...went u p from Momote airstrip as the first LST
stuck its ugly snout through the narrow passage to Hy&ne Harbor (Tank.
146).
to go

up

In smoke.

To burn u p ; to burn down.

...the Germans hit a dump of cigarettes and millions of them went
smoke (Pyle, 281)•
to go

up

& notch.

jh >

to.

up

a notch inrank

(Pyle,

242).

To approach; to go to.

Jimmy went up to
the box...
(Tank, 165)*
I started out in
the normal fashion thatafternoon togo up
command post...
(Pyle, 398).
To go u p to the brink of possible death... (Pyle, 271).
Some few ships could go right up to a dock (Pyle, 272).
Can you gj. i££. t4 a bar and buy a drink!
(Pyle, 93)*
to go visiting.

in

To rise; to increase.

...every time I saw him he had gone
to go

up

to a battalion

To visit; to make a call; to go calling; (Cf. t£ go

SQfta)
Later that afternoon the major asked if I'd like £<2,gg. visiting
to go well.

(Tank, 60)

To be all right; to be well.

Darling...is it going better nowT
(Marquand, 471),
In the last few days the r>lay had been going much better and he felt
more familiar with the medium...
(Marquand, 471)•
I hope...that everything has been going well with you (Marquend, 95).
to go west.
States.

To go out West; to go to the western part of the Uhited

But Buck went west on his own before he was sixteen, and worked as a
ranch hand (Pyle, 194).
to go with.
1. To accompany; to go in company with; to be friendly with.
...what happened to that girl you used £o. go with! (Marquand, 52).
A lf, who are you going with, tonight!
(Marquand, 156).
I asked for two men to go with me into the area
(Yank, 9)«
2. To form a part of; to be an accessory to.

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To go with the pink stove, the hoys had dug up from somewhere a huge
overstuffed chair...
(Pyle, 250).
Somehow extreme old age and a had disposition went with sharpening
lawn mowers (Marquand, 222).
Wish I had a nice piece of steak £o go with those onions (Tank, 2o6).
She went to Bullocks, and bought sharkskin dresees,..and had little
Butch caps oiade t£ go with them (Cain, 119)*
...a Packard 120, in dark green, "to go with her hair"
(Cain, 180).
...helped with the washing, stirring and drudgery that went with the
pies
(Cain, 68).
Someday, perhaps, they would really have cows...and all those other
things that g& *lth a farm, and what have you...
(Marquand, 108).
.. .wanted a black-and-white round bed
go. with the other furniture...
(New Torker, XXIII, June, 28, 19**7, 20).
to go without.

To be without; not to have.

They had gone tee days without sleep...

(Pyle, 36**).

to go wrong.
To chance to become bad; to happen to go amiss; to get
out of order; to become improper.
And nothing went wrong with it
(Tank, 33)•
If anything goeswrong.
I take the rap
(Gardner,
69).
We stalled and tried to prevent the game, because we knew so
many things
could go wrong(Tank, 185)*
...how atad you got when things went wrong at camp...
(Tank, 163)•
■Sverybody.. .yelled for him whenever anything went wrong.. (Pyle, **11).
But something went wrong...
(Tank, 126).
to go wrong on.

To

be disappointed in; to lose faith in.

Too can't gg. wrong on Archie
to grab — - by.
...he grabbed me

To
by

to grab hold of.

(Cain, 178).

seise one by; to take hold of one through means of
the arm...

(Cain, 231).

To seise; to grasp; to grab.

Tou stand inside
thecoil and then grab hold of the loopedpieces
insulated wire on each side
(Tank, 5?T»
to grab ^ taxi.
To
and pick one up.

of

hail and f;et into a taxi; to get a taxito stop

...she comes out with her shoulders squared, her chin up in the air,
and walks to the c o m e r where she grabs a taxi
(Gardner, 6**).
to grab rip.

To collect to oneself; to gather and hold.

-565-

...the women began .to grab up flowers by the armful
XXIII, June 28, 19^7. 21).

(New Torker,

to graduate from.
To be graduated from; to receive a diploma from;
to finish required courses in a school and be graduated.
▲t seventeen he graduated from high-echool...

(Pyle, 129).

graduation present.
A present given to one whan he graduates, is
graduated, from a ahool or college.
...it's your grandfather's graduation present to you, Jeff

162

).

grammar school.

(Marquand,

The first six grades in the American schools.

The colonel...had finished grammar shool. ..
(Tank, 22h).
The paper boy...was trying to finish grammar school...
(Tank, 224).
Grand Central (Station).
New Tork City.

The large important railroad station in

It was in front of the Information Desk at Grand Central
(Marquand, 262).
Jim said that he was happy. Just standing in Grand Central Station,
catching scraps of people's conversations
(Marquand, 32h7»
the granddaddr of them all.
important one.

A very large one; an imposing one; an

...whose roots start before the trunk reaches the ground, and this
granddaddy of them all had roots ho feet up
(Tank, hi).
grand finale.

one,

The ending; that which signals the end.

The war in Prance is our grand finale...

(Pyle, h65).

the grand old m^n of.
A highly respected person connected with; a
respected and admired leader of.
But Mr. Fineman, although he is too modest
call 'the grand old man of the theater1

toadmit it, is what
(Marquand, 268).

we might

grand opera.
A serious opera in which all the book, libretto, is mt to
music.
(Also attributive.)
...all travel together...grand opera to grand opera... (Cain, 217).
Sing in grand opera. .. (Cain, 217).
,,,coloratura, bring more dough to a grand opera house than a big wop
tenor
(Cain, 217).

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grand Piano.
The second largest of the pianos with the strings being
horisontal.
(In order of size they ares Concert gr**ird jisjo, grand
piano, baby grand piano.)
#

In spite of herself, the limousine, the chauffeur, and the grand piano
began to gleam before her eyes...
(Cain, 75) •
One of the starlets, barricaded behind the gyanrt nlano—
(Tank, 160).
...it didn't sound much like a grand piano
(Cain, 15h).
...about the limousine they would have, and the grand r^ano on which she
coiJld practice her music
(Cain, 7*0 .
Orand Rapids.
(A city in the state ofMichigan long famous for the
manufacture of furniture.
It has developed a style which is associated
with its name in a derogatory way.)
...one table, in a corner, in the Orand Baulds style,and one radio, on
this table, in the bakelite style (Cain, 2).
a grandstand view.
...we could get a
grand time.

A very good, clear, view.
grandstand

view of the bombing...

(Pyle, h3h).

Good time; pleasurable time; fun.

Does she reminisce about the "grand times" we had together...
grand tour.
people.

(Tank, 35) •

A rather formal tour of many people; a visiting by many

But when the day of the grand tour
was unable to go...
(Cain, 16).

of Pierce Homes arrived, Mrs.Ridgely

grass skirt.
A skirt made of grass in which there is a band which
fastens around the waist and from which hang the unwoven grass. It is
associated in the minds of Americans with the Pacific Islanders.
He handed me an old grass skirt
That he had highly prised
(Tank, 156).
a grass widow.
divorced woman.
alive.)

A woman whose husband has left, deserted, her; or a
(The implication here is that the husband is still

.. .never gets mentioned on fourth of July — a grass widow with two small
children to support
(Cain, 10).
Grass widow 1 From now on, you're fast
(Cain, 22).
It's sin, because you're a grass widow, and fast
(Cain, 2k) m
...the great American institution that never gets mentioned on Fourth of
July, a grass widow with two small children to support...
(Cain, 17)«
Because that grass widow, she went back to the kitchen, where all women
belong, and that makes it all right
(Cain, 2 k ).

a grave face.
A serious face; a face which seems to show that its
owner is in serious thought*
He received this statement with a very grave face, and waited a long
time before he Bpoke (Cain, 82).
& gravel nit*
A place where gravel is mined; a hole which is the
result of mining gravel*
At the gravel -pit T-4 John Childs*..has been running a shovel*..
232).
a gravel quarry*

(Tank,

A place where gravel is mined; a gravel pit.

...there is a gravel quarry here...

(Tank, 231)*

graveyard shift*
The working shift from midnight to eight A.M*; the
last of three shifts per day*
This child wandered the streets every night until her parents, who work
on the 1g r a v e y a r d shift. vacated a bed in the crowded home
(Readers
Digest, Aug, 19*0. 98).
gray at the temples.

Hair beginning to turn gray at one's temples*

It was brownish in color, faded somewhat, with streaks of gray at the
temples...
(Gardner, 39)•
gray hair.
Hair that is changing color, usually due to age, from a
darker color to white. Gray hair is the intermediate step when not
all of the hair has changed to white*
But they did not look alike; the older man, Hamura, had gray hair and a
broad face the lines of which were deepened by &gs (Marquand, 560).
gray market.
A market on which goods can be bought at exhorbitant
prices, not an illegal market, but not one which is approved.
In the Rocky Mountain region there is a gray market in toilet paper
(Life, Apr. 1, 19*+6, 32).
grease pit*
A pit, excavated hole, in which men may work on the under
side of vehicles*
...I have seen captains working in the grease pits b eside the enlisted
men (Tank, 216).
a great deal, (of )*

Much.

...a town that he knew a great deal better than she did...

(Cain, 221).

•OOO-

There was little in it of Wally, or Bert...£ great deal about her ambitions
her determination*..
(Cain, 96)*
...that woman had £ great deal to say that I haven't told Veda...
(Cain,
200 ) .
Th^t this elegant announcement should come out in the papers, she knew,
meant a great deal to him (Cain, 87)*
...found Mr. O u m e y ' s picking £ ^reat deal better than most market
picking (Cain, 117)*
There was £ great deal of stuff and she packed it carefully into the car,
but it required several trips
(Cain, 115)*
Although at that time he was making £ great deal of money, he declined
to build a pretentious place
(Cain, 6)•
...the result left a great deal to be desired (Cain, 138).
Tou know, gentlemen in my circumstances don't have £ great deal of romance
in their lives
(Cain, 223).
...to the $125 a month carrying charges were added $250 in reduction
charges, a great deal more than she had anticipated (Cain, 2^3).
Marano is missing £ great deal... (Tank, 227).
She dressed with £ great deal of care... (Cain, 221).
He would have given a great deal if Jim had thought of it instead
(Marquand, 5*^0 •
...they didn't do a great deal of bombing
(Pyle, 382).
She pontificated £ great deal now...
(Cain, 131).
It would require a great deal of working
(Gardner, 93).
It would require £ great deal of working
(Gardner, 93).
...so that often on a hot night when he heard the locusts on the trees,
£ great deal about Willow Road would come back to him again
(Marquand,

260

).

Thus Fred knew a great deal about tax exempts though Jeffrey could never
see why there was much to know...
(Marquand, 104).
The general rode around the front £ great deal
(Pyle, 308).
I came to like Sergeant Carter a great deal
(Pyle, 262).
...Mother I really don't know a great deal about it...
(Cain, lhl).
Just one warn meal a day
would have meant£ great deal
(Pyle, 192).
Veda did £ great deal of telephoning...
(Cain, 238]).
...Sam hA8 always been used to a great deal of m m a y
(Cain, 19*0*
Apparently the people eat £ geat deal of rabbit
(Pyle, 412).
...war depends £ great deal more on organization than most people would
ever dream (Pyle, 3975.
Ordinarily they are not in £ great deal of danger
(Pyle, *4-19) •
a great-grand -parent.

A grand parent's parent.

My great-grandfather built the aSmpire State Building
to be £ great one for.

(Pyle, *4-1*0•

To enjoy; to like; to have pleasure in.

The Greeks are great ones for chanting slogans while they march
219).

(Tank,

-5 6 9 -

a greedy pig.

A greedy person*

Don*t be such £ greedy ufcg...and eat up all my fudge

(Marquand, 20^)*

green light.
The color of the traffic light which indicates permission
to cross an intersection.
The cros8tovn traffic was waiting for the green lights
green peas.

(Marquand, 239)

The seeds of the Pi sum Si>t.iTni«| a legume; petite pols.

.. .a meal consisting primarily of mutton, probably in the form of chopsa
green peas, and potatoes...
(Gardner, 130).
...had eaten at the Home Kitchen Cafe on Triday night — roast lamb,
. baked potatoes, green peas
(Gardner, 211).
The waiter was told to get lamb chops, green peas. and potatoes...
(Gardner, 210)•
It consists of broiled lamb chops, green peas, and baked potato.
(Gardner
85).
grill work.
A grating; latticework; a frame of b°rs and cross bars in
decorative design.
Judge Treadwell crossed the room to stare at the window around which an
ornamental, iron grill work shut off a little balcony some four feet
wide (Gardner, 36) •
ft CTim face.

A face with a serious, intent, expression.

...then with grim fane launched into.. .Brahms Rhapsody
& grim note.

(Cain, 185).

A very serious something; a deadly serious thing.

There was ft, grim note in the scene that was obviously out of kep with his
humor
(Cain, 37.
a grim silence.
seriousness.

A silence that seems serious; a silence indicative of

A grim silence fell on both women

(Cain, 10).

to grin
bear it.
To accept the situation and not to complain about
it; to accept good-naturedly.
...I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it
to grind out.

(Yank, 216).

To remove by grinding.

...in a few seconds all the rust was ground out

(Pyle, **22).

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& grin £ & --- face.

A smile on one's face; a smile, a grin.

He was standing in the door, & foolish grin
a grin like steel,

his face

(Cain, 28).

A very strong grip| a remarkably strong grasp*

Then her wrist was caught in a grip like steel...

(Cain, 205)*

to grone for.
To reach for blindly; to reach for, to search for with­
out definite aim,
...the shells seemed to he groping blindly for something to destroy,
moving methodically up the slope*..
(Marquand, 235) •
to g r o p e
way.
To find one's way blindly or without benefit of
guides; to hunt as though blind for one's way*
Inside, she groped her way to the switch box, and threw on the neon sign
(Cain, 96).
As Hagenbuch groped his way back and forth the guns went off.. . (Task,

^6).

When there was no moon the night was so black we had to grope our way
about...
(Pyle, 272),
...they had been fleeing and groping their way across the desert...
(Pyle, 259).
ground crew...
A crew of men who repair and maintain the airplanes
and who service it with gasoline and oil and the other necessities f>t
flight.
Bocuzzi borrowed a pencil from the ground crew (Yank, 87).
We stood around talking with the ground crew (Pyle, 322)*
grorwd floor.
That floor, story, of a building which is on the
ground; the first floor, story.
That's a precaution we take with most of the rooms on the ground floor
(Gardner, 37)•
The forward company CP was located. ..on the ground floor.. . (Yank, 2ho).
A room on the orgi-md floor of a strong two-story house...
(Yank, 239 ).
There had been the ffrrny^d floor of the house in West 10th Street, where
they had lived first...
(Marquand, 303)*
ground job.
A job, position, work, on the ground, a non-flying job;
a job of administration for flying*
There are ground jobs
to grow like a weed.

(Marquand, 568).
To grow rapidly; to grow faster than usual*

Trees and shrubs would grow like weeds in the benign climate...
h28).
---------------

(Marquand,

to grow fi beard.

To allow a beard to grow and not to share it off.

But can we grow a beardT (Yank, 172).
...a shave tail that isn't old enough to grow a beard... (Yank, 172).
...do soldiers orerseas hare the right to grow beardst
(Yank, 172).
to grow into.

To develop into; to become as an adult, or mature thing.

The puppy grew Into a beautiful dog, smart, alert and sweet

(Pyle, ^2).

grown

)

up .

Matured; fully grown; adult.

(See:

grow

up.

She seemed so grown-up (Pyle, 335)«
They drove in his sports roadster, and the wind was in her hair, and she
felt a-tingle and grown up (Cain. 16).
You did not need any longer to tell him to go upstairs for a minute and
then he could come right down after he had been upstairs for a minute,
because Jim was entirely grown u p . . . (Marquand, 58).
It had been old even before Jeffrey was grown u p . (Marquand, 277).
Then, also, there were all those things that he wanted to say to Jim,
now that Jim was grown jjq...
(Marquand, 5^2).
Please don't act as if Jim were grown up and you were men sticking
together
(Marquand, 539)*
Darling...we're all grown-up. really
(Marquand, 360).
It was confusing, thinking of him as entirely grown-up. but that was
the way Jeffrey wanted to consider him...
(Marquand, 297-8).
It may be because he's pretty
well grown-»up (Marquand,392).
Everybody kissed us — little children, oldwomen, grown-up men,
beautiful
girls (Pyle, 358).
They're pretty well grown-up now (Pyle, ^9)«

..

to grow o n

•

To become more likeable, agreeable, to.

But he grew on us Just as he grew on everybody he worked with...

308).

(Pyle,

to grow out of.
To do no longer as one matures; to mature, become
adult, and to do no longer.
He had simply grown out of it and the door had closed behind him
(Marquand, 173)•
But apparently they grow out of this...
(Pyle, hl6).
to grow tense.

To become tense; to become emotionally tense, excited.

...the children grew tense with excitement

(Yank, 29).

to grow up.
1. To mature; to become adult; to become grown.

(Cf. grown u p ).

...there had been plenty of deserted farms with their barn roofs falling
and with the saplings growing up in the hayfields...
(Marauand, 93).
Or you might grow up to be a mule
(Tajik, 2h2).
...he had gone further than he had intended, that Jim had really grown
u p . that he was betraying a confidence of Jim's..• (Marquand, 393)7
It was hard to see Jim in perspective, for Jim seemed to have grown u p
suddenly, without his knowing it...
(Marquand, 297).
This is a bad time to have a son growing up
(Marquand, 395)•
Perhaps later, when they grow u p
(Tank, 214).
When Gwen grows u p she'll look like that
(Marquand, 53*0*
When you've grown u p with someone —
(Marquand, **74).
He always drew pictures of the things he wanted to grow u p to b e __
(Pyle, 129).
2. To develop; to grow.
The Val Hal la was on a side street off the boulevard and the city had
grown u p around it
(Marquand, ^55).
3. To develop; to become a part of.
They made half—art icil ate the mass realization growing
nothing would
be the same again...
(Marquand, 353).
to grub

up

.

To

up

about him that

dig out; to remove by digging.

...the palm trees grubbed

up

...

(Cain, 227).

Q-strlng.
A breechcloth; a scanty breechcloth worn by striptease
dancer, often highly decorated.
...wears her final
guard house.

G-string

(Topeka Journal, Oct. 12, 19^0, 4f.).

A military jail, prison.

...guard house dormitory...

(Tank, 158).

guest of honor.
The honored guest; the guest for whom the party,
dinner, or the like, is given.
...she was a completely charming hostess and guest of honor...

230).

guided missile.

(Cain,

A weapon, bomb, guided by remote control.

The other was the "guided missile11 — a rocket projectile that can be
aimed accurately over great distances
(Newsweek, Aug. 27, 19^7, 25)*
to gun for.
To search for with intent to harm, injure; to try to dis­
cover something harmful, injurious, about a person.

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They're gunning for you. Perry, and they're using big caliber guns
(Gardner. 185).
• ..squawk from one of Louis's customers or from someone who was
for Louis
(Gardner, 191).
We knew Leeds would be gunning for Conway, trying to get him out of the
way...
(Gardner, 192).
Sounds like you're fpmniry for big game.•. (Gardner, 37).
gun nit.
A Pit, excavated hole, in which a cannon 1 b placed for
protection.
In the first
p< *■ the four men could see the 75-mn rifle turn toward
them...
(Tank, 8 ).
...smoke again filled the gun nit
(Pyle, 393)*
gun

shot wound.

A wound caused by a bullet.

My life consists of bully beef...
Gun-shot wonnflp and Jungle rot...

(Tank, 156).

gun shy.
Afraid of the sound of the explosion of guns; frightened by
the noise of guns.
They were all over being gun-shy...
a gust of wind.
wind.

(Pyle, 287).

A brief, quick, blowing of the wind; a sudden breeze,

They lay sprawled as though a strong gust of wind had struck them
(Marquand, 233)•
to gyp —
out of.
To get from smother by means of chicanery; to cheat
out off to get by trickery.
...one of the original settlers — you know, the gay caballeros that
gypped the Indians out of their land...
(Cain, 91)•

-57**-

h>l>eai corpus.
1 writ l««a«d by a
or daring the speedy release
of a parses* uho 1« being illegally hold by offloors of tho lea.
I told hin to lot It wait until after tho habeas oorpuo (Gardner, UO),
That habeas oorpuo lo going to soars then Into tho open (Gardner, 2H).
Tho court will want hin "brought In when tho haboao oorpuo hearing Is re­
opened (Gardner, bO) *
Vhen wo bars tho habeas corpus hearing, hoop Sully Mllleant out of tho
picture (Gardner, 24),
Jl bob it of,

A habit consisting of; a cue ton of,

...the Vamls had tho habit of slopping their blooding vlctlns...
(Tank, 220).
When she tried to break through his habit of treating everything with
off hand lspersonallty.,, (Gain, liyS T T "
to hack
pieces,

.to pieces.

To destroy by hacking; to out Into little

Evidently tho aajor thought tho Japs who wore hacking hin to pices were
----- --------- -----Tanks (Tank, 1^5).
to hall flros.
In,

To cone from; to originate at; to be born and raised

.. .walked with tho sbaubling gait of a countryman, although ho hailed
frou the Platbush faralands of Brooklyn, H. T, (Tank, 86),
Lt, Aeuff, who halls frou Moscow, I d a h o , ( T a n k , 190),
Tor a nan who halls firon a verdant land, he takes to tho desert uncoanonly well (rank,
,
The bulk of the 120th hailed fjrou by adopted state of Vow Mexico
(Pyle, 62).
a hair.
(Here the article a Is essential.)
a sueIT space,

A very little distance;

Biere was a warn plate Just beside lt, and, though Stephen had drawn
the silver potato—dish back a hair, uaneuverlng lt nearer the warn
plate... (Marquand, 250).
Hairbreadth Harry.
One who takes great risks and is successful; one
who does very dangerous and difficult things,
(TXsed In a uelodrauatlc
sense usually.) (Also attributive.)
Lieutenant Yeuslneau had had dozens of Hairbreadth Harry escapee
(Pyle, 277).
hairbreadth escape.
hardly unde.

A very narrow escape; a close shave; an escape

yf>-

Tou'd think; that afttr as much war as he had seen* and after such a
hairbreadth escape, he might hare keen ready to oall lt a day
l^yle. 122 J•
Irery day at the front produces Its quota of freak v o m d s
hairbreadth escapes (Pyle. 5U).
A hftlr i£.
A coiffure; an arrangement of hair; the result of haring
combed and brushed the hair. (Used in reference to women.)
X feel a little sorry for her really— bat that hair-do and the lipstick
— ugh9 that lipstick (Marquand. U3S ).
hair Is down.
down.

One*s hair Is not pinned qp; one's hair Is

"g

•. .yea see Selma Holm is the doorway with her hair down In the sunrise
(Marquand. ^23) .
half and half.
Plfty percent of one and fifty percent of another;
so so; neither one way or the other.
Pfo. James.. .Litton.. .feels half-and-half about his Job
half asleep.

(Tank. 232).

Hot folly awakened; partially asleep; drowsy.

Although Times Square was crowded; it seemed half-asleep
to be half the battle.
be done.

(Marquand.

Half of the Job; part of the thing that must

The dressing was only half the battle

(Marquand. 129).

half a chicken.
Half of a small chicken, fryer, split down the back­
bone from this neck to the tall 1 earing two similar pieces. (This Is
a eery papular form of serring fried chicken In restaurants.)
She was going to serre half a fried chicken with regetables or waffles,
for 85#. but she hated the"*half chicken that was serred in most places
(Cain. 117).
half hearted.
Without one1s full enthusiasm; with little enthusiasm;
without full energy.
It Is a half-hearted stab, with Shorty more bored than fascinated...
(Tank.““l35).
to half 11 sten.
To listen inattentirely; to listen partially; to
seem to listen but not to.
But Jeffrey was only half listening

(Marquand. 2b8 ).

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Jeffrey only half l l i t f d to tho adventures of tho I»ry
135).

(Marquand,

to ho ha^f a aind to.
To ho alaoot poroxadod to; to ho about doeldod to; to ho ooroly taiptod to.
If I should

hoy It, ao I'a half a aind to...

half oa.

On low la volume; oa, hat qulot

Gwen was laher rooa studying with tho radio

.

half art 00 Hlaf tho normal asking prloo;
prloo.

(Oaln, 22*0.
or low.

half on

(Marquand,561) •

half of

tho usually paid

...you saw it la Top oka, haek when you got la for half prloo ao a niaor
... (Tank, 73^•
half tho tlao.

Oftoa; frequently.

As It was, half tho tlao I doa11 know what is toeing done... (Tank, 1^7).
I couldn't twll half tho tlao just what tho situation was... (Pyle, HOh).
They didn't oroa wear their steeL helmets half tho time... (Pyle, 278).
half track.
A military Tdhicle consisting of tooth wheels and cater­
pillar treads for locomotion. Tho wheels are oa tho front aad tho
treads la tho roar are used driving tho vehicle forward. (World War
II.)
Oxe gunners slept in pup tents or under haJLf-tracks hidden under trees
... (Pylo. 385).---------------------------------All the drivers wore in tho trucks and half-tracks ready to push off
(Tank, 166).
Tho half-tracks hold your traffic up for hours (Tank, 185).
half truth.
Something that is partially true aad partially false;
something neither wholly true nor wholly false.
Most of this was an Imaginary half-truth... (Marquand, 21).
half wltted.

Dumb; not normally intelligent; dopey; foolish.

...you poor, half-witted mope... (Cain, 207).
hall light.

A light bulb which burns in a hall.

...the house was dark, except for the hall light downstairs

(Cain, 25l).

hamburger steak.
A Salisbury steak; ground beef formed into a large
oval spproxlmately six Inches long and three or four inches wide and
pan broiled.

Oiaj bad inch thlngc as hamburger jstsak... (Pyle, 338),
to hr
aaay.
To continue with a noise like hammering; to continue,
go on* making a noise like that of a hammer.
Two Jap heavy machine guns bannered away like woodpeckers from the flanks
of the fisld (Tank. 92).
to hand — - back.
hands.

To return by hand; to give back by naans of the

Then she washed Mr. Gassier*s plates, dried then, aad >»•"*** then back
(Gain. 9 ).
...he wiped the neck of the bottle and handed it back (Marquand. 8).
*•
the box back to hln (Hew Torker. XxiII, Sept. 6 . 19^7* 22).
hand br^ke.
A brake, usually thought of as being on an autonobile,
which is operated by hand in contrast to the foot brake.
She guided it to the right.. .pulled up the hand brake

(Cain. 172).

hand cultivator.
A cultivator, plow, which is pushed b y a person.
CPtds polw is usually used for snail gardens for the cultivation of
vegetables.)
How the lawn nower. she's on the blink again, and that hand cultivator
and the pruning shears (Marquand, 512).
to hand down.
To issue, eoae from superior
Judge Kands down a legal decision.

ranks, position,as a

Another popular Stilwell ruling was the one he handed down soon after
the first Aaerlcan Vacs arrived in the CBI (Tank. 136)•
jl lmad-fni pg.

A few; a snail number of; not nany of.

There's only a handful of then... (Tank. 29).
hand grenade.
nan.

A snail baub designed so that it can be thrown by a

Then he took oaps and. fuses fron hand grenades and fitted then into the
tops of the bottles (Tank. 19).
...the biggest detachnent of 2 5. which loaded into two Higgins boats
with 10 days' rations.. .hand grenades... (Tank. 19l)»
fron the left flank cane a request for every available hand gr«"*de
(Tank. 93>.
...a nuddy blanket, a hand grenade, a torn section of an olive-drab
puttee, a rifle with a pair of socks near it... (Marquand. 233)*
"Hand grenades, too," put in Haliburton.
"Hew nan are always afraid of
then* IYank, 150).

578-

to hand In.
To t u n in; to sire something to another by means of
one1* hands; to submit an application* theme, paper, etc., to one*s
superior*
Then she signed thecard,
hand in hand with*
laboration with*

walked over, and handed it in

(Cain, 3 6 ).

In unison with; closely associated with; in col­

We work hand in hand with the Fifth Air Force... (Tank, 25h).
to hand it to — *
To admit another's ability, energy, facility*
etc.; to say that another does something well*
However* our pilots had to hand it to the Germans on the ground
(Pyle, 161).
handle bar mustache.
A mustache whose ends droop quitelong; a
mustacEe whose ends hang down almost to one's chin.
•••a stocky,weather-beaten young Texan with & handle-bar mustache*•*
(Yark. lbg),
to handle --- affairs*
one's affalrs*

To take care of cue's business; to care for

With the passing of time, he will show a progressive mental deterioration
and oomplete Inability to handle his business affairs (Marquand* 30).
to lUttd — — j| line*
To tell another something that Is not true
expect him to bellere it; to attempt to deceive another*
They'll hand you a line and tell you they'll have a radio car drop by
for an iaspectl on. * * (Gardner* 79)*
h»nd me down*
The condition of being used by one person and then
given another for his use* and so on*
The furnishings had the small, battered, hand-me-down look of servants'
quarters*** (Cain* 1 0 0 *
hand organ*
A musical instrument that is powered by a crank operated
by one's hand* (it has fixed tunes which can be changed by means of
changing a cylinder*)
...a tone like a xylophone that fell in love with a hand organ*..
(Cain. 136).
to hand out*
1 * To distribute by hand; to give*

-579-

Mason, handing oat a doable handful of cigars, said, “Ho. Jim, I can*t
bubseribe to those sentiments" (Gardner. UU).
She handed oat anlforne and pat then both to work (Cain, 115).
Mr. Barnes was standing op, a tall* pale nan handing out the diploaas
(Marquand, 168),
Ws
him aad handed oat the shoes to the poor people of the town
(Tank, 26).
2, To giro; to bestow; to distribute,
...an American decoration like the Purple Heart,,.oan be hAnded oat for
•••frostbite (Tank, 173)*
He handed oat demerits.... (Pyle, 335)*
I only read. what they had — out to read (Marquand, 186).
3 « To inflict injury, punishnent, etc.
...they'd hare a taste of what they used to hand oat
to hand jorur •

(Tank, 26).

To giro by hand; to hand,

Valter used to,..unfold and saooth the sheets, and hand then orer to
Mr. Pcrnald (Marquand, 16),
...we now are able to hand orer the iteas to
one ofthe stenographers,,.
(Hew Torker, XXIII, June 24, 19**7• 22).
hand -pideed.

Carefully chosen; picked with care

and deliberation.

H u t original platoon was hand-picked from acollection of ruggedly in­
dependent characters,.. (Yank, 1$0),
hands across the sea.International cooperation.
Since we didn't dare rlolate the spirit of hands—acroes-the-sea.we ^
to sacrifice,,. (Pyle. 377)*
hands are tied.
One is unable through soae reason to do some­
thing; one is p rerun ted froa doing something.
Vim. t could I do I
hands down.

My hands were tied

Baslly;

(Gardner, 169),

with little effort,

.. .he told friends that
he'd arranged to get cash ball and was going
surrender, that he coaid beat the rap hands down (Gardner. 80),

to

hand set.
State or condition of haring been set by hand in contrast
to king linotyped.
Hie paper is a hand— set siz-page weekly, distributed throughout Dalmatia
... (Tank, 6

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hands in the air.
render. ) ~~

Hands up.

...Japs.••their hands in tha air

(a sign or signal of defect and sur­
(Tank, 23U).

hands up.
Hands high above one's head.
feat or surrender.)

(The sign or signal for de­

The others walked behind with their hands u p (Fyle, *407).
...what Germans were left oaae out wi th their hands up (Pyle, 38b).
hggd to hand.
Qie state or condition of fighting or oonbat in which
those fighting are in lenediate contact with each other.
...fought hand-to-hand with the German infantry... (Tank, 2Ub).
There was hand-to-hand oonbat... (Tank, 232).
Many a GI...has a rague idea that he will soon be engaged inbrisk .£■&&*
tp-hand bayonet duels with the Japs
(Tank, 231).
...and presently he found himself in one of the battle's most remarkable
hand-to-hand duels— a slugfest with rifle butts (Tank, 5*0.
Instead of hand-to-hand struggle with the wily Japs... (Tank, 39).
...it was seldom actual hand-1o-hjtnA stuff (Pyle, kUi).
...hand grenade some...German used in a hand-to-hand fight... (Tank, 223).
to hand "i?.

To raise, lift, by hand.

...the wounded men were handed up

(Tank,

lUU).

handwrl ting expert.
One who is expert in the comparingof hand­
writing; one who has studied handwriting so that he can recognize for­
geries ; and the like.
...do you want to talk with Mr. Stive, the handwriting expert (Gard­
ner, 92),
"d good handwriting expert offers only his opinion," Stews said, "but in
this instance i V i virtually a mathematical certainty" (Gardner, 92).
What did the handwriting expert say (Gardner, 90).
The officers slapped a subpoena duces tecum on your handwriting expert
(Gardner, 125).
Don* t forget tha D.A. had served a subpoena duces tecum on my handwriting
expert (Gardner, 128).
Went out with some papers to a handwrl ting expert (Gardner, 99).
handy talkie.

A portable radio transmitter and receiver.

... Churchill. ..is holding a handi e- talkie radio used for conversation
between ground points and planes in the air (Uat'l. Geographic, Hot.,
19**2. P . 6 8 0 ).

to hang around.
To remain idly at a place; to stay at a place with
no apparent reason.

...my old man 1« always unemployed and hanging arouad tha house
(Tank, l6l).
The next day she hung around the house... (Cain, 183).
You' re to memorise that number and not leave It hanging around on any
slip of paper,.. (Gardner, 69),
...but he kept handing around, and she wished he would |e, so she could
work (Cain, 117)*
He hung around a pool room for two or three hours, them put through a
call to C cmway (Gardner, 86),
• ..wont down to a poolroom I knew, and hung around there until ten o'
clock, then I called Louis,.. (Gardner, 103),
We were Just hanging around absorbing all this stuff,.. (Pyle, 399),
They were hanging areund the operation room, getting the latest reports
(Pyle. 3 W l
Ho one wants to hang around long enough to start one (Tank, 66),
Tor a while I~lnu£ around with one of the mule-pack outfits (Pyle, 1U3 ).
to hang back.
To hesitate; not to go when expected; to rosmln through
shyness, fear, or the like,
...the one who hung back or who thought they were sick,.. (Pyle, 25*0.
hang dog leok.
An expression on one's face which seems to indicate
remorse for one' 0 inability, lack of understanding, end the like.
He. • .had a brooding, hang-dog look.. . (Cain, 222 ).
to hang down.

To hang free; to hang.

An electric llgkt hnng down from the middle of each tent (Pyle, 207).
The bomb-bay doors were already hanging down open (Pyle, 210).
They came lying belly-down across the wooden pack saddles, their heads
hanging down on one side... (Pyle, 15U).
to hang fire.
,*.lt was Just
hanging fire

To be in abeyance; to be unsettled,
as well to hare it over and
(Marquand, U0 2 ).

out in theopen and not

JL2 JSSSC “ * Tar — ,
To be executed for; to b e killed for.
to be severely punished for.
...he was going to kill him

if

Hence,

they hnng him for it,., (Cain, 198),

to hang on.
1, To remain; to stay,
•••he was Just hanging on by the skin of his teeth, trying to finish
(Pyle, 216).
Hang on for a minute (Gardner, 60).

Vt all took sulfaguanldlne but mine still tomg on

(Pyle, 88).

2. To attach by hanging to.
••.than indood was tho albatross publicly hone on Mildred*s nook
(Cain, 2 56).
to hang on —~

words.

To listen to another carefully, attentively.

They hung on the words of the oldtimers

(Pyle, 189)•

to hang out.
1. To live; to spsnd auch time; to stay.
Or they'd denounce us to Jerry If thsy knew where we were hanging out
(Tank, 26).
...has been led to rank and ruin by hanging out with the wrong type of
monkey (Tank, 96).
2. To sijpport by hanging out of doors, outside.
?or all you can tell, you'd no sooner hang out a sign than you'd have
■ore Judgments... (Cain, 8l).
to hang over.

To envelope; to encompass.

...an air of deep hunger hang!ng over the car... (Tank, 11$)•
to Jtaag up.
1. To support by hanging; to hang.
...Mr. Jenks always wore an old frock coat, exoept In ■ldsuaner, when
he used to hang It up on the hook beside the water cooler (Marquand.
17).
She went to.the bedroom, slipped out of It, and hung It up in the closet
(Cain, 28).
Take this back and hang it up where you found It... (Marquand, 223).
When she had them nicely hung u p . she slipped her fingers Into Bert's
change pocket... (Cain, T O .
They would hang up the "all out" sign... (Pyle, 3H3 ).
2 . To disconnect a telephone connection; to lay the telephone instru­
ment back into the cradle so that the connection no longer exists.
They talked for two or three minutes, and then Serle hung up (Gardner,
87).
She hung u p . flushed, beaming... (Cain, 227).
He was Just ready to hang up when the voice oambe back plaintively...
(Pyle, 317)*

->83-

Rm Just said, "Shoot the sonsabitch.es," and h u n g u p (Pyle,
Sorry I bothorod 70a, aad hnng up (Gardner, Tf h ) .
Ho said, "All right. Into tbs second transmit ter. ..said "report again
in an hoar,”and hang ap (Gardner, 6o),
He hang ap the
telephone. •• (Gardner,lb).
He hang ap the
telsphone and gare P&al Drake a digestof whatPhyllis
Leeds had told him (Gardner, 50)•
...the silence was shattered by the phone.•.she hang ap... (Cain, 207)*
Sasstar...hang ap the phone.•• (Tank, 195)*
He hang ap tno telephone, looked at Della Street, and chuckled again
(Gardner, U 5).
Mason hang ap aad sprinted out of the restaurant (Gardnmr, 105).
Mason hang up, vent down to the lobby, paid his bill, and canght the
plane souih (Gardner, 122).
Mason hang ap the reeelrer, said to Della Street, "I'm going out..."
Gardner, ' W .
Mas on said, "Santa Claus, you damn fool," and hang up (Gardner, 176).
Mason hang ap the telsphone, and said, "Serle's out'” (Gardner, 89).
"Ton can go home now," and hang ap (Gardner, 80).
He said, "Make a complete report by way of oonf irmat ion..." hmag a p .
and turned to Mason again (Gardner, 65)*
"Be seeing you,” Mason said, and t w y ap (Gardner, 67 ).
happy go

Carefree; without troubles.

...the Japs acted "sort of happy-go-lucky, as if they didn't giro a
damn" (Tank, 53),
Tou'rs a free-lance, happy-go-lucky. rare free, two-fisted fighter
(Gardner, 70).
happy landings.

(I hope you hare) good luck; God be with you.

"Hell," Minot said, "happy landings"
hard boiled.

(Marquand, 3&8).

Indifferent to the feelings of others; discourteous.

"film don* t be so hard-boiled," Jim said (Marquand, 6l).
"I'm not hard-boiled." Jeffrey answered, "I'm Just rying to adjust my­
self" (Marquand, 6l) .
Tor the first time. Miss Turner departed from her he^d-bolled manner,
and showed some sign of annoyance (Cain, Si).
hard candy.

Candy which is hard and brittle.

Suppose the sender was the thoughtful type and sent hard candy that
stayed hard (Tank, lbo).
a hard day.

A day of hard work; a trying, difficult day.

T/Sgt. George MeClusik...walked into his barracks after a hard day on a
bulldoser... (Tank, 200).
_

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htrdMiij; tf tho a r U r l t t .
Arteriosclerosis; a condition la w h i c h
the w a l l of tha arteries beoome thickened.
Eovadays. we're suffering from hardening of tha aoonomlo artariaa
(Gardner, 115).
hard feelings.

Animosity; Jselousy; hatrad; anger.

•••as X said before, there's mo hard faaliags (Gain, 2 k S ) .
Sha said thars vara no hard fsollngs. and brought him into tha dan...
(Gain, 32).
...it van hattar than having it coma later, vhsn thara vonld have b e e n
still norm hard feelings about it (Gain, 13).
to ba hard for.

To ba difflomlt for; to ba nat easy for.

...it will oartainly ba hard for two young peopla...to lira on what h a
can aarm (Oain9 1957.
hard linos.
Linas in a faea which seem to indicatet lsply, that t h a
parson is indlffarant to all exempt himself; inflexibility.
Her faoa showed hard lines
hard looking.

(Gardner* 2 k ) .

Disreputable; immoral.

• ••ana fat civilian surrounded by some hard-looking tarts on tha aakm
(Tank. 212).
hardly aver.

Seldom; soaroely; not at all often.

...it hardly aver snows thara. so tha chances are you won't... (Tank. 9 6 ).
jt hard nleht of it.
and carousing.

An evening of dissipation; a night of drinking;

...the playboy, comical and shlmslcal. after a hard night of it. was i n
his dressing gown... (Marquand. 523).
”
hard of hearing.
Almost but not shelly deaf; partially deaf; not
whole in ability to hear.
He was still a little hard of hearing in that ear... (Pyle. H5g) .
to ba hard on —
Els wife
her as
Sergeant
(Pyle.

•

To ba difficult for one; to ba not easy for one.

was used to waiting, so perhaps his absence was not as hard o n
it is on many vivas (Pyle. 39)*
Day would have bean hard on his feet in any circumstances...
253).

£

ih ill.
gentle person.

ia

M o t i o n a l barrier protecting a oitally kind aad

They say ji hard aholl
Pro toots tho eolonol
hard

(Tank, 153)*

Times of difficulty; a time of poverty.

In spito of hard times. ha r has in ess grow hotter... (Coin, 174).

to ho hard to soar.
To ho difficult to express due to ahmigolty,
lack of definiteness, etc.
Just how exact her plan was it would he hard to say
...it would ho hard to say... (Oain, 12977”””
to ho hard to tell.

(Oain, 220).

To ha difficult to express, to say, to indicate.

...as there was & smear of chocolate on her face, and she wore a loose
green snook, it was hard to tell what she looked like... (Oain, 3 ).

It was hard to tell officers fren non... (Pyle, 133)*
to he hard

T o he poor; to he in poverty; to he low in funds.

up.

...she knew he was hard up

(Oain, l4l).

hardware store.
A store which sells hardware, such as: nails, hinges
sorews, knives, axes, ate.)
She’s Ines Oolton —
125).
hare lip.
dition.)

has a secretarial joh in a hardware store

1 cleft lip; a divided lip.

(Gardner

(Oils is a congenital con­

Bertha's youngest hoy, the one with the hare-lip... (Tank, 184).
to harp on.
aheut.

To continue to talk ahout; to talk almost incessantly

...she harped on the three-quarter mink coat... (Oain, 190).
a hash house.
food.
I'm a waitress.

A cheap restaurant; a cafe of no reputation for its
In a hash house

hasn*t got all (night, day).

(Gain, 50).

Hurry up; there is not much tine.

"We haven11 got all night, you know," Nason prodded

(Gardner, 111).

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to hate —
I 'r e

•

To 1)0 ai h M « d ; to fool lorrj; to t« penitent.

b o o n h a tim e m y s e lf f o r w hat I

s a id

a b o u t W a lly

(C a in , S 6 ),

t o h a t s Jtj> t h i n k .
To f o o l u n w i l l i n g t o t h i n k ; to b o r s itu s t a n t t o
th in k .
I T h is I m p lie s ono f o o l s a f o r b o d ln g o f m is f o r t u n e , e r i l , o t o . )
1 > * * to t o t h i n k w h a t t h e y * d
B o o k ie u s e d t o s a y t h a t a h o
O o n n o o tlo n t... (M a rq u a n d ,

do to h ln
h a te d
lOJ) *

—

O n e 's h a t I s n o t s q u a r e l y o n o n e ' s h e a d .

h a t is

a t ££ in ^ o .

( P y l e , 3 ^ 4 0 ).
to th in k o f

th o s o b o a u tl f u l f a n s

• • • a s h o w o n t dow n th o w a lk , h i s h a t a t w h a t w as i n t o n d o d t o b o a
J a n u t y a n g l e , h i s s h o u l d e r s th ro w n b r a v e l y b a o k
( O a i n , Sj) .
—

h a t Is o ff to .
ono a d m lre e .

O ne sh ow s a d m ir a tio n

fo r;

ono show s r o s p o o t f o r ;

S o a y h a t I s o f f t o t h e H ow T o r k s u b w a y s y s t e a
(T a n k , 12) .
B o i l e r s n o , s T t e r s o o lx ^ th o s o s o l d i e r s a b o a r d , a y h a t* s o f f t o th o
A n y , th o p o o r b a s t a r d s
(P y lo , H ).
P i l o t s a n d a o o h a n lo s b o t h f e l t th o s a n e w ay — t h e i r h a t s w o re o f f t o
th o i n f a n tr y
(P y le , 1 7 7 ).
—

h a t I s on th o s id e o f —
hoad.
O n e 's h a t I s
o n e 's h e a d ; o n o 's h a t i s a t a n a n g l e .

She s a t . . .h e r h a t

on th o

s id e

to h au l b ack.

To t a k e

to

...th e

h o a ry w re c k e rs

t o h a u l dow n o n .

o f h er head. . .

n o t s q u a re ly

( C a in , 2 5 3 )*

th e r e a r by h a u lin g .

th a t w ont o u t to h a u l b ack c rip p le d
To a im a t ;

• • • s o h o h a u le d dow n o n t h o

on

ta n k s ,••

to p o in t a gun a t .

th in g ..•

(T an k ,

1 2 U ).

to h a n l o u t.
1.

To e x t r a c t w i t h

fo rc e ;

to p u l l

o u t.

B io bom bs h a d a l r e a d y b o o n h a u le d o u t , a n d w o re l y i n g o n th o g r o u n d ,. .
(P y lo , 2 1 0 ).
• • • a r e a J e e p s g o t s tu c k I n th o n u d an d h a s to b o h a u le d o u t w ith t r a c t ­
o r s . . . (T an k , 1 7 9 ).
2.

To ta k e o u t;

to rs n o re .

Ho h a u l e d o u t th o fe w

Ite m s

I p o s s e s s e d ...

(T an k , 1 2 ) .

In

It

g a r e m e a n 9X 0110• t o
hack
(P y le . IS O ).

h a u l o u t my ow n p i c t u r e s a a d s h o w th e m r i g h t

to h a u l o r e r th o c o a ls .
Q m b o y s w e re h a u le d

To r e p r im a n d ;

o r e r th e

o o a ls

t o h a u l -----b e fo re (a u th o rity ).
to a sk o f f i c i a l l y th a t a a o th e r b e

t o b a w l o u t*

f o r I t b y t h e i r 0 0 * .*

To e l t o o n e f o r s o m e g r l e r a n c e ;
t r i e d f o r a a o ffe n se *

. . . so m eb o d y w a a ts ,to h a u l u s u n b e f o r e
B ar A s s o c ia tio n
^ G a r d n e r , «?©5J •

t h e G r i e v a n c e C o m m itte e o f t h e

t o h a r e a l l — * c a a do*
To b o l a a c o n d itio n
n o th in g m o re ; t o h a r e a f a l l s c h e d u le *
. . . h e 'l l h a re a ll
to h a re an a f f l a r .

he

(T a n k . 2 0 7) .

c a n d o * J u s t h e l p i n g me
To b e a e t l r e l y

In

o f b e in g a b le to

(G a la *

do

151) .

lo r e w ith a a o th e r p e rs o n .

(This Implies carnal relations.)
M i n o t d i d n o t m in d h i s h a r i n g a a a f f a i r , b e c a u s e s u c h a c o n t i n g e n c y w a s
c a re d f o r In s e r e r a l p a ra g ra p h s In th e book o f r u le s .
(M a rq u a n d , 2 ^ 7 )*
n o t to h a re a n y th in g to do w ith .
w i t S ; n o t t o b e r e l a t e d to *

To h a r e n o c o n n e c t i o n ,

re la tio n ,

I t d l d n '1 h a r e a n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h y o u a n d me (M a rq u a n d . l l ) .
. . . t h e r e w as s t i l l a q u i v e r i n g i n h e r b o w e ls t h a t d ld n 11 seem t o h a r e
a n y t h i n g to do w ith th e w a lk in g , f r e t t i n g , e n d q u a r r e l i n g . . .~ T 0 a in ,
• • . n o n e o f t h e s e h a d a n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d b e t w e e n h im
a n d L o u e lla B a r n e s . . . (M a rq u an d , 2 0 h ) .
I t w a s I n t h e s m o k in g e a r o f t h e o l d 8 :1 2 a n d I t h a sn * t g o t a n y t h i n g t o
d o w i t h a n y t h in g a t a l l * . . (M a rq u a n d , 8 ) .
. . . th e r e w e re n o l e s s
th a n th r e e
S a i n t V a l e n t i n e s a n d t h a t n o n e o f th e m
can b e s a id to h a re
h a d m u c h o f a n y t h i n g t o d o w i t h l o r e (V ow Y o r k e r ,
X X I I I , T a b . 1 5 . “T p 7 t 2 1 - 2 ) .
to

h a r e — - a p p e n d ix o u t*
To h a r e o n e 's a p p e n d i x r s n o r e d ;
a n a p p e n d i x o p e r a t i o n ; t o h a r e a a a p p e n d e c to m y *

to h a re

. . . w he n L o t t i e w e n t t o R eno* J e s s e h a d h i s a p p e n d ix o u t , b u t i t w as J u s t
t h e s a m e ... (M a rq u a n d , 2 7 6 )*
to

h a re a ro u n d .

We n e v e r h a r e
We c o u l d h a r e

To i n r i t e

a n o th e r to

o n e 's h o m e , r e s i d e n c e .

a n y o n e a r o u n d l i k e W a l t e r H ew co m b e
(M a rq u a n d , 6 ) .
h a d h im
a ro u n d f o r
lu n c h
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U5 J .

to h a re a ro u n d .

To h a r e a v a i l a b l e ;

t o h a re a t hand*

-588-

. . * t h t o M l d r « i l e r e d th e m , a a d « h « a lw a y s t r i a d
f o r M t a a b e tw e e n a a a l s
(G a la , 1 9 )*
to h a re a t .

To d o s o m e th in g

to ;

to p e rfo rm

to h a r e a o a a a ro u n d

an a e t o a.

. . . h e ' d J u s t r o t a b i g ham fro m hom o a n d h a d b e a n h a r i n g a t
re n g e a n c e
( P y l e , **2 5 ) .
to h a r t b a a n a ro x m d .
w o rld .

To b a a p o h la t lo a ta d ;

to

It

w ith

a

know th a w ays o f th a

I ' r a b a a n a r a n n d a n d know i d a t th a a e o r a l a
(T a n k . 2 1 3 ).
. . . l e a r n t h a f a e t e o f U f a fr o m s o a a o n a w ho h a s b a a n a r o u n d
(T a n k . 2 lU ).
. . . b u t n o w a l l a t o n o a I t o a m a o r e r h im t h a t t t i n o t h a d b a a n e r e r y w h e r e .
b a t h a h ad n a ra r b aan a ro u n d
( M a r q u a n d . 7^ ) •
H a h a d a a a n t o o m a n y w o r l d s ; h e h a d b a a n a r o x m d t o o rn n o h ( M a r q u a n d . 7 * 0 *
to h a r a b a a n know n t o .
p u te d to .

To h a r a

th a r e p u ta tio n

fo r;

to

h a re baan re ­

Q x a tw o o u t s t a n d l i ^ f e a t u r e s o f M o n e y 's t e n t w a r e t h a l a t a e r e n l n g m e a l s
c o o k e d t h a r a a n d t h a f a b u l o u s s t o r e , w h le h h a d b e e n know n t o b lo w u p
sew em t i m e s a d a y
(P y le , 2 1 9 ).
n o t t o h a r a b a a n m o re J h g n .
l a n o m o re t h a n .

I s n o t;

W a ld o B a r g c o u l d n o t h a r a b a a n m o r e
J e f f r e y . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 32 T I
t o h a r a b a a n th ro u g h .

To h a r a

la

th a n

n o t c a p a b le o f b e in g m o re t h a n ;

th re e

e x p e rie n c e d ;

Two o f th e m h a d b a a n t h r o u g h a l l t h a f r i g h t f u
B u t n o n e o f t h a t m a tte r e d a f t e r w h at th e y h a d
I t a l k e d w i t h o n e B a n g e r w ho h a d b e e n t h r o u g h
o t h e r t o u g h b a t t l e s , a n d snML S i c i l y w a s b y
(P y le , 2 7 ).
to h a re a b e e r.

To d r i n k a b o t t l e ,

o r fo u r y e ars

to

h a ra —

b ra k e s

Tommy h a d h i s

on.

b ra k e s

to h a ra a c h a n c e .

h a ra p a rtic ip a te d

In .

l n ig h tm a re s . . . ( P y le , 3 ^ ) .
b a a n th ro u g h
( P y le . 3 6 H ).
D ie p p e , B I G u e t t a r a n d
f a r th a e a s ie s t o f a l l

g l a s s , m ug, o f b e e r .

. . . h e w a n t i n t o t h a b a r a t M en an d * s B o w lin g A l l a y
b e f o r e a n <1h a d a b e e r
(T an k , 3 * 0 .
to

o ld e r th a n

To h a r a a p p l i e d

on w han h e h i t h e r . . .

i n A lb a n y a a r a n y e a r s

o n e 's b r a k e s ;
(O a in ,

To h a r e a n o p p o r t u n i t y ;

to

h a re b ra k e d .

IS O ).

to h a re an o c c a s io n .

W han s h e h e a r d a c a r d o o r s l a m s h e d i d n ' t h a r e a c h a n c e t o
c o u n t c u s to m e rs
( O a in , 123) .

lo o k o u t an d

I 'n g o in g to i n s i s t
( O a rh ta r, l 62) .
to

h f tv e c h a r g e o f .
o h a rg a d w ith th a

t h a t yam h a r a a
“

e ara

ohanes to

To b a r e s p o n s i b l e
o f.

ta ll

fo r;

to

yonr s to ry ,

ba In

e h arg a

X nes

o f;

to ba

S a rg a a n t K n ig h t, b a ln g a f l i g h t o h ia f h a d d h a rg e o f a b o u t s i x p ia n o s
( P y l e , 1 7 6 }*
A n o th e r s a r g a a n t h a d o h a re a o f p r a p a r i n g a l l t h a fo o d
( P y l a , 3 * H ).
S a r g a a n t M ilb u x n P a lm a r h a d c S a r g e o f t h a k i t c h e n
(P y la , 3 ^ l) •
T hat naans ha had e h arg a o f a b o u t f o r ty f r o n t- lin e f ig h tin g nan
( p y l a , 1 9 6 )*
to h a ra

oonnanv.

■ A ll r i g h t , "
116) .
to

To h a r a g u a s t s ;

ha s a id q u ia tly ,

h a ra & c o n fe re n c e .
f o r a c o n fa ra n o a ; to

The r a i n s to p p e d
th a re g im e n ta l
He to ld n e th in g s
te n a l n u t a a ...

" w a 'r a

to

h a ra

g o in g

o th a rs

eona fo r a -v is it.

t o h a v e com pany*

To h o l d a c o n f e r e n c e ;
o o n fa r w ith som eone.

to

(G a rd n e r.

h a re o th e rs v i s i t

i n t h e m o rn in g a n d th e c o l o n e l h a d a c o n f e r e n c e w i t h
00
(T a n k , 5 0 ).
w e re o k a y , t h a t h e w as to h a r e a c o n fe re n c e in a b o u t
(G a r d n e r , 192) .

to h a r a th e c r u s t t o . ( i n f i n i t i v e ) .
n e n c e , th a s e l f a s s u ra n c e , to .

To h a v e th e n e rv e ,

th e im p e rti­

He h a d th e c r u s t to g a t on th a w itn e s s s ta n d a n d sw ear a b s o lu te ly
th e re h ad n e v e r b e e n ... (Q a rd n e r, 155) .
to h av e a cup o f c o ffe e .
He J u s t

s a id ,

" L e t 's

To h a v e l i t t l e

h o t , a n d y o u h a v e n 't a d a r

to h av e d in n e r.

of c o ffe e .

g o b e lo w a a d h a v e a c u p o f c o f f e e "

n o t t o h a v e a d aar t o l o a n .
w a s te ; to b a in a h u r r y .
The d e a l 's

To d r i n k a c u p

To e a t d in n e r ;

to

to

lo a a

e a t th e

He c o u ld h a v e h i s d i n n e r . . . ( C a in , 2 1 l ) .
. . . a n th a t b a s is sh e h ad fre q u e n t in v ita tio n s
d i n n e r , o r s e e a show
(O a in , 63) .
to have d o lla rs
c e iv e n o n ey .
...w e

o o s iln g I n .

tin e ;

c o n in g

in

(P y le ,

53) .

n o t to hav e tin e to

(O a in ,

S i).

e v e n in g s e a l .

to

To h a v e a n i n c o n e ;

o u g h t t o h a v e a fe w d o l l a r s

th a t

ta k e a r id e , h av e

to

(C a lh ,

e arn noney;

1 5 1 ).

to

re ­

-590-

t o h a r t ------- d o u b t s .
■ e rro
V# h a r e

o a r d o u b ts

To b e d o u b t f u l ;

n o t to b e l i e v e w h o lly ;

To d o p re e o o n o ;

▲11 t h e y h a d t o d o w a s l e t
. . . (T a n k , 1 3 9 ).

to re p re s s

little

to h a r e £ d u ty to w a rd .
o b llg a ite d a b o u t.

fig h t

t o h a r e ennmtfi f o r t w o .
t h i n g ; to h a r e to o m uch.

one to

Im p lie s m ost o fe n a

( M a r q u a n d , U5 7 ) -

To a f f e c t ;

o f f th e

to cau se

t a p e h a d t h e n dow n

c o n c e rn in g ;

d u ty to w a rd h e r , w ith r e g a r d
( 6a l n , 2 1 3 ) .

to h a re an e f f e c t on.
la tio n s h ip s .
b eg an to

d rin k

(3 h ls

To h a r e a n o b l i g a t i o n

J u s t th e s a n e , I h a r e £
h e r m u s ic a l e d u c a tio n

one;

t h e O ld K an k n o w t h e r e d

to h a re £ d r in k .
To d r i n k a l i q u i d .
d rin k o f a lo h o h o lic b e v e r a g e .)

...s h e

re -

(T an k , 2 1 * 0 .

to l£ v e —
dow n.
fe e l in e ffe c tu a l.

S i t dow n a n d h a r e £

to

th e

t o b e a r on c o n d u c t;

e ffe c t i t

To h a r e

to

m o re

h a d on h e r
th a n

one

to

to

fe e l

expenses o f

change r e ­

( C a in , 213) .
s h o u ld h a r e

o f so m e ­

M ot t h a t h e w a n te d s t u f f o n h i s s h o u ld e r s — h e l l , h e h a d e n o u x h
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y now f o r tw o n « n — b u t . . . ( T a n k , 8 9 ) .
to h a re
tlH T S t i r e d
H o,

o f.
o f7

To b e s a t i a t e d w i t h ;

t h e A r m y 's a l l r i g h t ,

b u t I 'r e

t o w a n t n o m o re to

had enough o f i t . . .

(P y le ,

do w ith ;

212) .

t f t b ftv e e v e r y t h i n * t o l i r e f f i r •
To h a r e a g o o d l i f e i n p r o s p e c t ; t o
h a re good p ro s p e o ts ; to h a re a p o s s i b i l i t y o f a f u l l l i f e .
M ae h a d e v e r y t h i n * t o
to h a re —

eye on.

lire

fo r,

a n d h e lo v e d b e iq g

To o b s e r v e ;

t o w a tc h ;

to

a liv e

lo o k a t .

(P y le ,

3 ° l)*

t o hara —
fa c e l i f t e d .
T o b a r e an o p e r a t i o n o n o n e ' s f a e e s o t h a t
t h e f e a t u r e s o f o n e 's a f c e a r e c h a n g e d , b e a u t i f i e d , l n p r o r e d .
It

o e e u rre d

).

t o n e t h a t m aybe Z s h o u ld h a r e h a d my f a e e l i f t e d

(P y le ,

286

te h a re

fa ith

In .

B u t th e y h a d f a i t h in
o th e r
l i n k , HJ) .

To b e l l e r e

In ;

to

th e a m o r ,

fa ith

h a re
In

c o n fld e n s e i n ;

th e

e n g in e ,

to h a re £ f a l l i n g o u t.
To h a r e a d is a g r e e m e n t;
b e f r i e n d l y a t t h e e n d o f t h e a rg u m e n t.
H o a a rtr and L eeds h ad a

).

fa llin g

fa ith

to

to

tru s t.

in

eaoh

a rg u e an d n o t

out o re r a dance h a ll

e irl

to

(G a rd n e r.

121

to h a r e th e f e e l o f .
To u n d e r s t a n d th e
know w e l l how s o m e th in g o p e r a t e s .
Y ou h a d

£ o h a re

to h a re

f ill

th e f e e l
o f.

of

It

o p e ra tio n

a n d th a

To b e s a t i a t e d

w ith ;

th o ro u g h ly o f ;

s m e ll o f I t
to h a re

to

(M a rq u an d .

18) .

enough o f .

I t w a s a l o n g a f t e r n o o n , a n d a f t e r s e r o n I n n i n g s o f t h e s e c o n d gam e w e
h a d o u r f i l l o f b a s e b a l l a n d , a lo n g w i t h a g r e a t m any o th e r s p e c t a t o r s
l e f t th e p a r k
(H ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 6 , 1 9 ^ 7 * 1 9 / .
to h a re a
to keep

f i r e g o in g .
To a l l o w
a f i r e fe d w ith f u e l .

a fire

So h e a l w a y s . . . h a d a f i r e go^w g I n t h e
c o f f e e a lw a y s r e a d y
(P y le , 1 9 2 ).
to h a r e a f o l l l o w i w ,
w ith p e o p le .

To

to

b u rn an d to keep

fire p la c e

h a re fo llo w e rs ,

it

b u rn in g

day and n ig h t, and h o t

d is c ip le s ;

to

be

p o p u la r

• • .b e s id e s , th e id e a o f In f lu e n c in g a b o o k c r i t i c — th is i s , a book
c r i t i c w ho h a d a n y T o ljo w ln ^ a t a l l — w as p e r f e c t l y a b s u r d , w a s n 't
itt
( M a r q u a n d , 3 5 ^ )•
t o h a r e f o r g o t t e n m o re t h a n —
lo to w s .
To b e m o re I n t e l l i g e n t t h a n
a n o t h e r ; t o h a r e m o re w is d o m t h a n a n o t h e r ; t o b e w i s e r t h a n a n o t h e r .
. . . o t h e r th in g s o f an a e s th e tic n a tu r e , i t i s
f o r g o t t e n m o re t h a n a l l o t h e r d r i l l s a t i o n s
o f p ra c tic a lity
( 6a l n , 2 ) .

g e n iu s I t s e l f , and h as
e v e r knew . I n th e re a lm

To e n jo y o n e s e lf ; to h a r e p l e a s u r e .
(T h is
t o h a r e ------ f u n .
I m p l ie s , e s p e c i a l l y I n t h e i n p e r a t i r e , ir o n y a n d s a r c a s m .)

o fte n

D ra k e g r in n e d a t b a r ,
( ® a r d n e r , 6l ) .

and

s a id ,

"G o a h e a d ,

f o l k s , h a r a y o u r f a n 11

n o t to h a ra a g h o st o f a ch an ce.
H ot to h a re a ch an ce a t a l l ;
to h a ra any o p p o rtu n ity ; to h a ra n o t a s in g le c h a n c e .
T hey d o n 't h a r a a g h o s t o f a c h a n c e o f p in n in g

th is

on you

not

(G a rd n e r.

X53).
to

h a ra
£ iftu n u su al n a tu re ;

To h a endow ad w ith a t a l e n t ;
to h a ra g re a t a b i l i t y .

to

h a ra a

ta le n t of

P red had a g i f t .
Ha w an a w iz a r d a t b a k in g d e l i c a t e a n d b e a u t i f u l
p a s trie s
i J y l e . ^K>)#
h a re j e i r l .
To h e i n l o r e w i t h a g i r l a n d t o
w ith one b u t n o t n e c e s s a r ily to h e en g ag ed .

h a re h e r in

. . . 2 b o u t o f 2 5 o f t h e nan i n t h e s e r r l o e a r e e i t h e r a a r r l e d
e i r l a t h o s ie w h o a t h s y r e s p e c t . . . ( T a n k , 2 l U ) .
to

h a re gone f a r
th e h a s t th in g

enough.
To h e e s s e n t i a l , n e c e s s a r y ,
to e n d , f i n i s h , q u i t .

I

th in k

to

h a re £ good s t a r t .
To h a r e b e g u n w e l l ;
to h e s e r e th e n s t a r t e d .

It

had a p r e tty good s t a r t b e fo re
( G a r d n e r , U3 ) . ------------------

to

h a re good s tu f f in — .
a c t e r ; to b e p o t e n t i a l l y
and c h a ra c te r.

th a t an sw er h as

gene f a r

enough

to

lo re

o r h a re a

s to p ;

to he

(G a rd n e r, 1 8 9 ).

I fo u n d i t ,

to

but

h a re b e e n w e ll s ta r te d

i t 's

a ll

«•

to

r i g h t now

To h a r e t h e f o u n d a t i o n s f o r a g o o d c h a r ­
a d ecen t re s p e c ta b le p e rso n ;

to

h a re a b ility

T o n c o u l d s e e t h a t t h e p la y b o y h a d g o o d s t u f f i n h i n — i f so m eo n e w o u ld
p u t h i n o n t h e r i g h t t r a c k — a n d so m eo n e w o u ld
( M a r q u a n d , U-2 3 ) .
to

h a re

...th s y
to

m ust a l l h u rr y

To e n jo y o n e s e l f ;
o u t now a n d h a r e

h a re g o t to h e g e ttin g .
g o ; to b e ln p e lle d to l e a r e .

" H e ll,"
to

a good tin e .

M r. G o m a n s a i d ,

" I 'r e

To f i n d

g o t to

h a r e g o t t o b e g o in g .
To f i n d
g o ; t o h e im p e lle d to l e a r e .

to p la y ;

a good tin e
it

n e e sa ry

be g it tin g "
it

to be

n e c e ssa ry

e n te rta in e d .

(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 8 ) .

to

le a re ;

to h a re

(M a rq u a n d ,
to

le a re ;

to

to

5 2 0 ).
h a re

to

-593-

g o t t o b e g o i n g . M a d g a . . . ( M a r q u a n d , JB)m
y e *t o g o t t o b o g o i n g , t o t h o w a r . a t t h o C o n t a c t C l u b
, i 1TO g o t t o h o g o i n g .11 h o o a i d
( M a r q u a n d . *4-3) •
to
a

h av e a hand
sh are In .

In .

To h a r e a p a r t I n ;

to

(M a rq u a n d .

have a s s is te d

In ;

to

7 l).

h a re

. . . ev ery b o d y h a d a h an d I n i t
( P y l e . 3 & 3 )*
O ur a d m i r a l h a d th o r e p u t a t i o n o f a lw a y s g e t t i n g u p c l o s e w h o re h o c o u ld
haw s a h a n d i n th o s h o o tin g a n d h o c e r t a i n l y r a n t r u e to fo rm th r o u g h ­
o u t th o in v a s io n
(P y le . 21) .

to h a r e —— h a n d s f u l l .
T o h o Tory busy; to h a v e m u c h t o d o ; to h o i n
a groat state of activity.
I had ny
f u l l u n t i l J u s t a fe w m in u te s a g o w hen s h e r e s t e d e a s i e r
(G a rd n e r.
. . . e x c e p t o f f i c e r s , r a d io m a n a n d e n g in e - r o o m m a n . w ho h a d t h e i r h a n d s
f u l l a lre a d y
(T a n k . 2 5 * 0 .
T t e ^ r o r n m e n t w i l l . . . h a r e I t s h a n d s f u l l m a k in g p e a c e am o n g t h e l o c a l
p o litic a l p a rtie s
( T a n k . 2 2 0 ) .'
have a h e a rt.
m ost o f te n I n

Be m e r c if u l; h a v e m e rc y ; b e k in d ; b e g e n t l e .
th e im p e ra tiv e .)

" H a v e a h e a r t . 11 p l e a d e d S u p e r m a n
t o h a v e h o l d o f . To h a v e a g r i p
g ra sp .
...b u t
to

he k e p t p u llin g

have a hunch.
fn tu re T

u n til

(T a n k . 166) .

on;

to have

fin a lly

s e is e d ;

h e h a d h o ld

To h a v e a p r e m o n i t i o n ;

to

know ;

to b e

have In

com m on.

To s h a r e ; t o p o s s e s s

to

h a v e I n o n e 's

(P y le ,

c e rta in

to

163) .

a b o u t th e

(G a rd n e r.

Ig n o ra n t o f;

. . . I h a v e n * t a n y id e a w h a t y o u 'r e t a l k i n g a b o u t
T o n g o t n o i d e a how
t h a t ' l l h e lp (C a in . 122) .
to

of It

fe e l

I h a v e a h u n c h w e a r e n ' t a c t u a l l y h e l p i n g him any
n o t to have an id e a .
H ot to
in fo r m a tio n e o n o e rn in g .

(T h is i s

5 0 ).
b e w ith o u t

(G a in . 1 9 3 ) .

s im ila r e le m e n ts .

H e w a s n o t e x a c t l y a C o lin G le n c a n n o n , b u t t h e y h a d m any t h i n g s I n
com m on ( P y l e , 3 9 ) *
P T s h a v e m u c h I n com m on w i t h e h e b o m b e r s t h a t s h a r e t h e i r v i g i l . . ,
(T en k “ 25* ) .
▲ 1 1 R u s s i a n s h a d a s o c i a l s e n s e , a r d now h e a n d t h e P r i n c e h a d s o m e t h i n g
I n com m on ( M a r q u a n d , 3 * 5 ) •

59*+-

to hart In --- head.

To he thinking about; to be considering,

S o s e h o v I h a d i t i n a y h e a d t h a t H a iy p e o p le n e v e r w o re l i f e
I w as v e r y w ro n g
( P y l e . 1 3 )*
to

h a v e i n n in d .
c o g i t a t i n g a b o u t.

To b e

th in k in g a b o u t;

to

b e lts

b e e e n s id e rin g ;

but

to b e

. . . t h e 0 0 . p r o b a b ly g u e s s in g w h a t h e h a d i n w in d , t o l d S g t . H a r d f e e t . . .
t o t a k e a v e h i c l e a n d f o llo w H ot J e e p 's i n s t r u c t i o n s
(T a n k , 1 3 9 )*
B u t s h e w a s n 't g o in g t o s t a n d f o r s a n e o f t h e s t u f f H o g a r ty h a d i n n in d
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 1 /.
H a v i n g V e d a t u r n I n t o I r v i n g B e r l i n . . .w a s n * t e x a c t l y w h a t M i l d r e d h a d i n
n in d f o r bar
( G a in , 1 3 9 )*
• • . l i t t l e p a s s a g e i n t h e G o a n r a n io n S e r v i c e t h a t M r s . P i e r c e e v i d e n t l y h a s
i n n i n d . a n d w h a te v e r e l s e we w a n t, c a n 't b e in c lu d e d
( C a i n , 1 0 9 /*
. . . o r w h a te v e r M o th e r h ^ s i n n i n d f o r h e r
(C a in , 1 3 2 ).
T h e r e s t o f t h e " T r u e ( r a i d 's * d e m o n s t r a t e s t h a t t h e a u t h o r h a d i n n i n d
t o d e a l w ith lo v e in a n a t t e r - o f - f a c t , s c i e n t i f i c w ay .
(H ew ’T o r k e r ,
X X III, T e b . 1 5 , 1 9 ^7 , 3 2 ).
to

h a v e — ■J n s t i t c h s e .
v e ry nuch cau sed .

To c a u s e o n e to

I g r a b b e d a r i f l e f r o n a n e a r b y MP a n d
th ro u g h b e f o r e h e h ad ne i n s ti t c h e s
to h a v e i t

c o n in g

to

—

.

la u g h ;

to

e au se on to be

s h o t th e p u n s t e r th ro u g h a n d
(P y le , 1 9 0 ),

To d e s e r v e p u n i s h m e n t ,

re p rim a n d ,

re v e n g e ,

etc.
Tou h a d
to

it

c o m in g t o

you

(M a rq u a n d ,

5 5 1 )•

h a v e i t o u t w ith .
To a r g u e w ith ;
d is c u s s th o ro u g h ly w ith .

to

d is a g re e

v io le n tly

. . . s h e h a d h i n d r i v e h e r o v e r t o M rs . L e n h a r d t 's , t o " h a v e i t
h e r"
( G a in , 202) .
So t h a t I n i g h t h a v e i t o u t w ith n y s e l f
(C a in . 231) .
. . .d e s t r o y e r s h a d i t o u t w ith tlie b ig g u n s ... ( P y le , 362) .
to

have i t —
ow n.w a y .
do w h a t o n e w a n ts .

O h. a l l

rig h t!

to

it

It

have

o v e r.

H ave i t

To b e a c c o r d i n g

y o u r ow n w a y

To b e f i n i s h e d ;

to

o n e 's w i l l ,

w ith ;

to

out # ith

d e s ire ;

to

( G a r d n e r , 100) .
to be ended.

h a d h u r t n o r a l e b a d l y d o w n to w n , b u t i t w a s J u s t a s w e l l t o h a v e i t
o v e r a n d o u t in th e open a n d n o t h a n g in f f i r e
( M a r q u a n d ,* " 5 0 2 ) .

-595-

to

h a v I t rtx m lg h t.
1© h a r e r e c e i v e d a c c u r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n ;
b y h a r in g h e a r d fro m a s u p p o se d a u t h o r i t y .

He h ad i t
to

h a re

B ut i f
fo re
to

it

to

guy c a u ld a 't p la y

d o o r e r again.

To r e p e a t ;

I h a d i t t o d o Q Tor a g a i n .
( O a in , 101) •

I 'd

h a re
done;

in B a ttle

th e y w e re h a r i n g

a Job t o d o .
to Be re q u ire d

• ••▼ ed a w a s t r y i n g
i t u p s h e 'd h a r e
to

h a re l e f t .
ta k e n a w ay .

The o n ly th in g

to

to u g h

(P y le ,

d o ...

1 3 9 )*

do a g a in .

to Be h a rin g

To Be
re s p o n s ib le
t o d o s o m e th in g .

h a re
th e la w o n — •
a c r i m e 'B e f o r e t h e l a w ;
d is p u te .

re -d o ;

( O a in .

t e l l you J u s t w hat I

i t

We h a d a J o b t o d o . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 ) .
He l i k e
h i s w o rk a n d h a d a J o b
to
to

a n o te .. .

to

h a r e I t to u g h .
To B e I n d i f f i c u l t i e s ;
to Be in d ire s tr a ig h ts .

O ne d a y
to

e tv a lg jh t t h a t th e

to k o w

to ld

y o u B e­

a h a rd tin e ;

1 8 6 ).

f o r s o m e th in g w h ic h m u s tB e

(P y le ,

3 3 5 )*

To h a re one a r r e s t e d ; to c h a rg e a n o th e r
fo r
t o h a r e , take, o n e i n t o c o u r t t o s e t t l e a

to B la c k m a il h e r B oy i n t o m a rry in g h e r an d i f
t h e la w o n h e r
(C a in , 1 9 9 ).
To h a r e

I h a re

le ft

re m a in in g ;

is

to

ow n, p o s s e s s

ay f ig u r e .. .

a fte r

(M a rq u a n d ,

to

h a re l i t t l e to g a in .
To g a in l i t t l e
l i t t l e th o u g h o n e i s s u c c e s s f u l .

I

h a r m B u t l i t t l e t o g Pl n f r o m a n a c q u i t t a l i n
l o e t fro m a c o a r l c t l o n , , . ( G a r d n e r , 152) .

to

h a re l i t t l e B sa y .
g e n e ra lly s ile n t.

a ll e ls e

To s p e a k s e ld o m ; n o t t o

is

3) .

th o u g h one w in s ;

th is

she k ep t

to

re c e ire

c a s e , and le s s

s a y m uch;

to

to Be

A a n Mom a a d D r . A l d o u s w e r e i n a n a r g u m e n t , o r r a t h e r Mom w a s , w i t h
D r . A ld o u s h a r i n g l i t t l e t o s a y . . . ( C a i n , 1 0 9 ) .
to

h a r e t h e m a k in g s .
1.

To h a r e to b a c c o

He w as o u t

and c ig a r e tte

p a p e rs to

o f s m o k e s a n d J a k e h a d t h e m a k in * s

m ake a c i g a r e t t e .
( T a n k , 15 S ) .

-596-

2 , To hare tho potential; to ho o&pahle; to ho able,
M hy, h o w a s n 't e r a s a s e c o n d - r a t e n e w s p a p e r m a n . . . h e
■ a h in g o
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 ) .
to

h a re s e a t in i t .
n o t t o h e e m p ty o f

To h a r o som e o u h s t a n o e ;

s o r e r h a d th o

to h e w e ll d e v e lo p e d ;

moaning,

. . . t h e p a r t y v a a s h a t S i n c l a i r M e r r l w e l l w o u ld c a l l a p a r t y t h a t h a d
■ o a t i n i t a n d o n e y o u w o u ld n o t f o r g e t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 1 )*
t o h a r e ------ n i n d o n .

To h e t h i n k in g a h o u t;

to ho

c o g ita tin g a h o u t.

. . . o h o w e e t o o c o e d t e d r e a l l y j t o h a r e h e r a i n d o n M o n ty
(O a in , 1 2 9 ),
. . . i t d i d n ' t s e e n t o M i l d r e d t h a t M r s . G -o o e le r q u i t e h a d h e r n i n d o n
h e r w o rk
( O a i n , 2 U U ).
t o h a r o n o n o a r.
h e w e ll to d o .
T h e y h a d n o n ear
to

To h o r i c h ;

(P y le ,

to h a ro n u o h w e a lth ;

to

ho w e ll o f f ;

to

13*0.

h a r o n o r e t h a n ------- c a n t a k e .
h a d g r e a t o n o tlo n a l s t r e s s .

To h a r e

s u ffe re d g re a tly ;

to

h a ro

I t w as o n ly w hen a n a n " h a d h a d i t * — t h e c o n h a t e x p r e s s io n f o r a n y o n e
w ho h a d n o r e t h a n h e c o u l d t o k o — t h a t h o s a t a l o n e , . . ( P y l o , 2 2 4 ) .
t o h a r o £ nano f o r .
e x p re s s in g .
It

To h a r e a w o rd w h ic h n e o n s ;

to

h a re one te rn

n o d e J e f f r e y t h i n k t h a t s o n e o n e a lw a y s h a d a n a n o f o r
(M a rq u a n d , 222) ,
~~

t o h e c re t h e n e r v e .
To h a r e t h e
h a r e th o s e lf - c o n f id e n c e ,

s e lf-a s s u ra n c e ;

...y o u

th o n e rv e

(C a in ,

To h a re

no re a so n ;

J u s t h a v e n 't g o t

to h a ro no b u s in e s s .
no c a ll.

e v e ry th in g

to h e ln p e rln a n t;

169) ,

to

h a re no r ig h t;

to h a re

Y ou know y o u h a d n o b u s i n e s s s a y in g w h a t y o u d i d , a n d y o u knew i t a t
t i n e , I c o u ld t o l l b y t h e c h e e k y lo o k on y o u r fa e e
( O a in , 3 3 )*
A asm t h a t o o u l d n * t t a k e c a r e o f h i bis e l f h a d n o b u i l n e a s b e i n g u p i n
t h a t c o u n try
(G a rd n e r, 37) .
to

h a ro no id e a .
to h a rd ly th in k ,

...I

To h e d i f f i c u l t t o

h a d n o i d e a y o u 'd

show u p

(C a in ,

to

im a g in e ;

163) ,

to he h a rd to

th in k ;

th e

Y o u h e r e j o i d e a w h a t a 'b i g t h i n g
(P y le . 2 W Y
Y ou g e t n o I d e a how t h e y w e n t f o r
t e b a r e n o l n t e n t l on o f .
th in k o f .

iq m

p ra c tlo a l l i t t l e

t h a t o h lc k e n .. .

H ot to

In te n d

to ;

S h e h a d n o i n t e n t i o n o f m a k in g a g a g . b u t h i e
i t e llp p e d o a t on h e r
( O a i n . 8Q ) .

d « r le « ...li...

(C a in .

1 2 7 )•

n o t to aean

to ;

n o t to

e y e e w e re f r i e n d l y ,

to h a re none o f i t .
To b e u n w i l l i n g
d e fe r; n o t t o ^ e w illin g to s u f f e r .

to

So h e w o u ld h a v e n o n e o f i t
1 7 6 ).

a n d y o u c a n ' t b la m e h im

a fte r

th a t,

accept

a h a re n o t.
Q aa w h e p o s s e s s e s f e w g o o d s ;
one w ith l i t t l e w e a lth .
J e f f r e y w as t h e o n ly
(M a rq u a n d . 2 5 3 )*

one o f th e

s o m e th in g ;

aad

n o t to

(P y le .

a p o o r p e rs o n o r c o u n try ;

t h r e e w ho h a d e v e r b e e n a h a d - n o t

to h a v e n o th in g t o do w ith .
H ot to a s s o c ia te w ith ; n o t
n e c te d w i t h . C 5 f. n o t t o h a r e a n y th in g to d o w ith . )

to b e c o n ­

• • • s h e p r e f e r s _ to h a r e n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h m e a t t h e m o m e n t . . . ( C a i n ,
2 1 5 ).
. . . I w a s o n e o f t h e fe w J o e s w ho h a d a b s o l l u t e l y n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h e
h i s t o r i c m e e tin g
(Y a n k . 30) .
T h e y h a d n o t M ««< t o d o w i t h t h e s u b j e c t , b u t t h e r e t h e y w e r e
(M a rq u a n d .
12577"
J e f f r e y f e l t v e r y h a p p y b e c a u s e h e h a d n o th in g to d o w lth a n y o f i t
( M a r q u a n d . **3 2 ) .
A t u n e t h a t h a d n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h Zl M o r o c c o w a s r u n n i n g t h r o u g h h i s
m i n d ... (M a rq u a n d . bhoTT
® x at w a s t h e t r o u b l e w i t h g e t t i n g m ix e d u p w i t h r e m i n i s c e n c e w h ic h h a d
n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h M a d g e .. . (M a rq u a n d . l l ) .
t o h a v e n o w ay o f k n o w in g H ot to b e a b le to t e l l ;
p e c te d to know ; to have no in fo rm a tio n in d ic a tin g ,

n o t to

B e h a d n o w a y o f k n o w i n g t h a t M a d g e 's u n d e r w e a r w a s a l w a y s
• mm

b e ex­

c o m in g l o o s e

(fttT Q T M B d q

H e h a d n o w ay o f k n o w in g t h a t t h e y w o u ld f a l l
to h av e — -

n u m b e r.

in

To b e e a u g h t u p b y f a t e ;

As sh e p ic k e d up th e p h o n e a h o r r ib le f e e l i n g
h a d h a d b a r num ber a f t e r a l l
(O a in . 9 7 ) ,

lo v e

(M a rq u a n d . 262) .

to b e a b o u t to

cam e o v e r h e r

d ie .

t h a t G od

-598-

to h av e a n

o b je c tio n .

To o b je c t;

H a re y o u a n y - p a r t i c u l a r
t o h g v e —— o f f .

o b je c tio n !

To t a k e

o ff;

to

be a g a in s t;

(C a in ,
to

not

to

be In

fa v o r.

2 1 9 ),

re m o v e ;

to

d o ff,

Zm t h e m o u n t a i n s t h e s o l d i e r s s o m e t i m e s v e n t f o r tw o w e e k s w i t h o u t e v e r
h a r i n g t h e i r s h o e s o f f , , , ( P y l e , 1 U9 ) .
I a r r i v e d i n m y A rm y c o v e r a l l s , a n d I n e v e r h a d t h e n o f f a l l t h e t i m e I
w as t h e r e
( P y l e , U7 ) ,
to have on.
...h is

To w e a r;

to

be

g ra n d fa th e r h ad on h is

c lo th e d

in .

b e s t b la c k

c lo th e s

(M a rq u a n d ,

l 6l ) .

Beckie h a d e n a red dress and red slippers and she had that beautiful
hair,,, (Harquand, 105),
She had on a brown woolen dress (Marquand, M>) •
to h av e on —
r e la tin g to

To know s o m e th in g a b o u t a n o t h e r ;
a n o th e r w h ic h i s u s u a l l y n o t g o o d ,

to h av e

in fo rm a tio n

3be police will want to know what Conway had on me, why I paid the
twenty thousand (Gardner, 119),
to h a v e a n o p in io n
to h a v e d e f i n i t e
• ••sh e

o f.
To h a v e a n
id e a s a b o u t,

c e rta in ly had h e r

to h a v e

o rd e rs.

o p in io n

id e a a b o u t;

o f M r , H a n n o n 's

To h a v e r e c e i v e d

o n e 's

to th in k c o n c e rn in g ;

ta s te

o ffic ia l

(C a in ,

1 8 6 ).

o rd e rs;

to be

in receipt of orders,
. . . t h e p i l o t d riv in g
h i s o r d e r s h o m e ...
to h a v e
S ay, n ic e

o v e r.
o f ya to

th e Jeep h ad
(P y le , 1 7 3 ),
To r e c e i v e

have us

to h av e r e s p e c t f o r .
to t r u s t .

J u s t fin is h e d

a n o th e r in to

o v e r. . .

h is l a s t m is s io n

o n e 's

and had

hom e, r e s id e n c e .

(T a n k , 1 5 9 )*

To r e s p e c t ,

to h a v e f a i t h

in ;

to b e lie v e

in ;

• • j t h e o n l y n a n i n L o s A n g e l e s t h a t M r, H a n n e n h a d a n y r e s p e c t f o r . . .
------ ---------------(C a in , 1 8 6 ).
H a s e lh u h n h a d p l e n t y of r e s p e c t f o r t h e J a p k n e e m o r ta r *
(T a n k , 5*0*
T h e r e 's o n * m an h e r e , , . t h a t H a n n e n
h a d som e r e s p e c t f o r
(C a in , I 83) .
to h av e a r i g h t t o ,
a f a i r c la im t o ,

( in f in itiv e ,) .

Jim had no right to do this

To h a v e

(Marquand, 367),

th e p r iv ile g e

to ;

to h av e

. . . t h e s o l d i e r s w ho b u i l t t h s r o a d f i g u r e d t h e y h a d t b s r i g h t t o n a m e
I t
(T a n k , 1 7 7 ).
. . . h i s a i d e s w e r e f u l l o f s t o r i e s a h o u t how h e s t a y e d i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d
r a t h e r t h a n c a l l a t t e n t i o n t o h l n s e l f b y p u s h i n g rep w h e r e h e h a d a
r ig h t to b e
(P y le , 3 °7 )#
t o h a r e —— r i g h t w h e r e ——- w a n t s ------.
c a r io u s p o s itio n ; t o h a re a n o th e r a t
W e 'r e g o t t h e m

To h a v e a n o t h e r I n
o n e 's m e r c y .

r i g h t w h e re w e w a n t t h e m ...

(C a in .

t o h a v e t h e s e a a b o u t —— .
To h a r e a n a u t i c a l
s a ilo r ; to appear te be a s a ilo r .
He d e f i n i t e l y
to h a re
tim e ;

had th e

s e a a b o u t h im . b u t I t

2 0 $ ).
a ir;

to

seem to b e a

w as m o d e rn s e a

(P y le .

seen b e tte r days.
To h a r e b e e n m o re p r o s p e r o u s
to h a r e b e e n I n b e t t e r s h a p e th a n a t th e p r e s e n t .

The t r a i n

w as lo n g a n d c ro w d e d , a a d

It

a p re ­

had seen le tte r

In a

da£e

3 9 )•

fo rm e r

(T a n k . 113) .

to h a r e s e e n e v e r y th in g .
To h a r e e x p e r i e n c e d a lm o s t e v e r y t h i n g p o s ­
s i b l e ; to b e f u l l y e x p e rie n c e d ; to be c o m p le te ly s o p h o s tlc a te d .
Ton f e e l y o u h a v e s e e n e v e r y th in g w hen o n e o f t h e
b y I n h i s b r l t h d a y s u i t . . . ( f a n k . U2 ) .

m a rtia l n u d is ts goes

t o h a v e a sh o w d o w n .
T o s e t t l e a n a r g u m e n t w h i c h h a ts b e e n g o i n g
f o r som e t im e ; t o d i s p o s e o f a q u a r r e l , d i s p u t e .
I t ' s t i m e w e h a d a show dow n
I ' m g l a d t o h a r e a sh o w d o w n

( G a r d n e r , 20b ) .
(G a rd n e r, 206) .

to

To k n o w , u n d e r s t a n d ,

have
o d o r.

Tou h a d
ro o m .

1.
8 ).

th e

s m e ll o f i t .

aad

lo v e

oa

th e p e c u li a r

to b e a p a r t o f th e m y s tic b r o th e rh o o d In t h a t o ld te le g r a p h
Tou h a d to h a v e th e f e e l o f I t a n d th e s m e ll o f i t
(K a ra u a n d .

to h a v e s o m e th in g .
To h a v e a n
seam s to b e w o rth w h ile .

Id e a ,f a c t ,

d a ta , and

I t h i n k s h e 's g o t s o m e th in g
(C a in , 131 ) *
T h e o f f i c e r s a i d , - W e ll, y o u m ay h a v e s o m e th in g a t
n o t to h a r e s o rn s th ln g b e t t e r
w is h e s to do m o re .

to do.

th a t"

To h a v e n o t h i n g

th e l i k e , w h ic h

(G a rd n e r, b b ).
e ls e

. . . L o u e l l a a s k e d h im i f h e w o u l d n ' t c o m e b a c k
a f te r supper—
h e d ld n * t h a v e s o m e th in g b e t t e r t o d o (M a rq u a n d , 2 0 5 ) .

th a t one

th a t

is

if

-600-

t o h i y —— m — •
T o lo&ow t o M t h i a g b a d a b o u t a n o t h e r ;
s o m e th in g I n c r i m i n a t i n g a b o u t a n o t h e r ,
I w is h we h a d a
n e r , 1 5 5 ^*
to h a re
th in g

little

m o r e _on h e r b e f o r e

s o m e th in g t o g a i n .
To b e
t h a t o n e w a n ts to g a i n .

we m ake th e

In a p o s itio n

to h a re
to b e

s e s t e t h i m et o l o s e .
In a p o s itio n to lo s e

He w as g o o d - lo o k in g a a d
(P y le , 2 1 2 ).
to h a re
d a ta ;

to

lo s e

(G a rd ­

to h a re

som e­

a a d som e t h i n g

To h a r e s o m e th in g w h ic h o n e m lh g t l o s e ;
o n e 1s g o o d
n o n e, c h a r a c te r, o r th e lik e .

He s t i l l w a n te d s o s m th ln g ; h e s t i l l h a d s o n e t h i n g
to g a i n , l i k e srre ry o n e e l s e , , . (M a rq u a n d , 3 7 ^ )T
t o h a r e s o m e th in g t o saw .
sp e a k a b o u t; to b e a b le

c o n ta c t, ••

to w in ;

He s t i l l w a n te d s o m e th in g ; h e s t i l l h a d s o m e th in g t o
t o g a i n , l i k e e r e r y a a e e l s e , , , (M a rq u a n d , 37® ) •

t o know

To s a y
ta lk .

s o m e th in g ;

g o o d -n a tu re d a a d

s o m e th in g t o sh ew .
To h a r e
t o h a r e 's o n e t h i n g c o n c r e t e ,

to

to

lo s e

h a re

a lw a y s h a d

a n d s o m e th in g

s o m e th in g t o

som e t h i n g

sam e e r l d s n c e

o f;

to

to

h a re

say

som e

aI know," Milton said, "but It vonld be nice to hare something to show”
(Marquand, bob) .
" I t w o u ld b e n i c e , " M i l t o n s a i d , " I f y o u c o u l d l e a r e
s o m e th in g t o show f o r I t a l l
(M a rq u a n d , b o b ) ,
to h a re
tic ip a te

tilin g
In ,

S o m e tim e I

th in k

to

do w ith .

To s h a r e

In; t o t a k e p a r t In; t o p a r ­

o ld J e n s k y h a d s o m e th in g to

do w ith I t

.tf i h a r e a s t o m a c h f o r .
To h a r e g r e a t I n t e r e s t
p a r t I n ; to d e s ir e to p a r t i c i p a t e I n ,
• ••th e y

d o n o t h a r e m u ch s to m a o h f o r f i g h t i n g

t £ h |£ S t h e s t u f f .
h a re c a p a b ilitie s ,

To h a r e

th e a b i l i t y ;

s o m e th in g , h a r e

in ;

(T a n k ,

to h a re

(M a rq u a n d , 21 ) ,

to w an t to

ta k e

2 b $ ),

th e

ln ltla tlre ;

I r e a l l y th o u g h t 1 h a d th e s t u f f
t o h e l p th e m s a r e o u r n a t i o n
(T a n k , 136) ,
• . . t h e k id h ad s t u f f In h e r . , , to g e t a s p o t. ..w ith a b ig

to

ja s s b a n d ...

(Oain, 21077
to

h a re a

s u s p ic io n .

o rd in a ry .

To s u s p e c t ;

to b e lle r e

s o m e th in g

Is

o u t o f th e

. . .M ild re d t a g u to h a r o ^
to ld
(O a la f 1 9 5 7 .
to h a re £

ta o to

o f.

. . . t h e y 'd h a r e a

s u s p ic io n

t h a t t h e w h o le

To e x p e r i e n c e ;

to

ta o to

o f w h a t th e y u s e d

tin e ;

to

tr u th had n o t been

go th ro u g h .
to h an d o u t

(T a n k ,

76) •

Jfcfl JttXft - U M *
1.

To h a r o

...th e y
...th e y
2.

th o

new er h ad t i n e
h ad to t i n e to

To h a r e p l e a s u r e ;

h a ro

s u ffic ie n t

tin e .

to g e t ou t
(T a n k . 8 ) .
c o lle c t
(T a n k * 8 ) .
to

h a r e e n jo y m e n t;

to

h a re

fu n .

(a ls o

iro n ic ).

H e s n e a k e d i n t o t o w n . • . a n d a " b e a u t i f u l t i m e I h a d o f l t v g e t t i n g h im
b o a n i c e b o y . . . ( G a i n , 20*>)«
T h e y ...b a d q u i t e a s w e ll t i n e
(T a n k , 213) .
She w as my b o o s , a n d C h r i s t , d i d wo h a r e a t i n e
(T an k , 1 8 J ) .
to h a re th e t i n e o f —
life .
a g re a t d e a l o f p le a s u re .
A nd th s y b e g a n h a r i n g t h e
t o h a r e ------- £ t i n e .
tin e ; to h a ro fu n .

tin e

To e n jo y

of th e ir

o n e s e lf th o ro u g h ly ;

lira s

(P y le ,

To e n j o y o n e s e l f t h o r o u g h l y ;

h a ro

2^ 3 ) .

to h a re a good

P e r a n o n t h I * r e b o o n t e l l i n g t h a t f e l l o e to t a k e a f u r l o u g h
H om e a n d h a r o h l n s e l f a t i n e
(P y le , 2 7 8 ).
to h a re t i n e on — - h a n d s.
To h a r e s p a r e tim e ;
i s f r e e ; t o h a c re t i n e w h i c h i s n o t o b l i g a t e d .

to

to

to

h a ro

go to

t i n e w h ic h

Thus s h e w as i n r o l a t l r o a f f l u e n c e w h en o t h e r s w e re i n w a n t, a n d h a d
tin e on h e r h an d s
( C a i n , 7 )*
to h a ro

to .

To b e o b l i g a t e d

to ;

n u s t;

to be fo rc e d

to .

. . . t h a t o f c o u rs e no one p la y e d te n n is w e ll, and t h a t you h ad to le a r n
s o m e t i m e a n d t h a t n ow w a s t h e t i n e t o l e a r n . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 25 ? 7 .
He w a s r e s o l u t e a s r o c k , a n d p e o p l e w ho w o rk e d w i t h h l n h a d t o p r o d u c e
or get out
( P y le , 308) .
I s a y I h a r o to b o g o in g
( T a n k , 189) .
I k i l l e d th a t~ 7 a p to g e t th o s e s o u r e n l r s ...a n d I ' l l k i l l y o u , i f I h a re
t o , to k eep th e n
(T a n k , 5 2 ).
D o T h a r e t o . T A S K .. . ( T a n k , 1 7 2 ) .
t o h a r e t o — —.
p o sse ss s o le ly .

To h a r e a l o n e ; n o t t o

s h a re w ith anyone e ls e ;

to

-602-

. . . a s t h e u ^ i M r. S a n e * h a d g o a t
h a re th e p a r l o r to th e m e e lre e
to £ a v e to do w ith .
h a r e rs ia T T o n i o .

o u t s o t h a t th e young p e o p le e o u ld
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 l) •

To h e r e l a t e d

to ;

to h e

la

e o n a e e tlo a w ith ;

to

I t h a d a e l i t t l e _ to ^do w l t h w h a t w a s n l a g o a a t p r e e e a t a e M l a o t h i m
e e l ? o r th e P r l a e e o r th e h o r s e . . . (M a rg u a n d , 3 8 3 ) .
W h a t 's H a r v e y ' s w i f e s e t t o d o w i t h I t ?
(T an k , 89) .
Vow w h a t d o e s a c o n v e r t i b l e o o u p e l a l U m q w e r q a e h a r e t o d o w i t h a d l v e hom her l a I t a l y ?
( P y l e , l 6h ) .
I t s a l e h im f e e l e m h a r r a s s e d . h e o a a s e t h e g i r l w a s p r e t t y , a l t h o u g h h o
a e r e r e o o ld t e l l w h a t h e r lo o k s h a d t o do w ith i t
(M a rq u a n d . 2 6 1 ) •
to h a re
h a re ;

to o f f e r .
to p o s s e s s .

To h a r e a s p o t e n t i a l ;

to

h a re

la

s to re ,

s to c k ;

to

. . . a o o r d la a z y n ig h t l a h e r l i f e , a a d t h a t she m u st ta k e s to c k , s e e w h a t
sh e h a d to o f f e r a g a in s t w h at la y a h e a d
(G a la , 1 7 ) .
S i n c e t h e l a r a d l a g s o l d i e r s o f o u r section d l d a * t h a r e m u c h b a t t l e t o
t a l k a b o u t , th e y lo o k e d a r o u n d t o s e e w h a t t h i s new c o u n tr y H j t o
o f f e r , a a d th e m o s t e o m m e n te d -u p o n d i s c o v e r y a m o n g t h e s o l d i e r s t h a t
f i r s t d a y w as s o m e th in g t o t a l l y u n e x p e c te d
( P y l e . 29) .
to h a re

to

sa r.

L e t 's e a t , and th e n
(G a rd n e r, 156) .
to h a re a

tu rn

Tos a y ;

to

goa a l l

o a M is s

a t.

To h a r e a

T h ey w o u ld b e e a g e r
t o hare up —
p la n , p lo t.

te ll;

to l e t

s lo o ro .
Id e a .

to

ta lk

a b o u t.

O o lta n , and s e e w h at s h e h a d

chance a t;

so m eb o d y e l s e
To h a v e h i d d e n

to

h a re

a tu rn a t

it

(P y le ,

f o r a r e s e r v e ; to

to

say

h a re a n o p p o rtu n ity a t .

W hat d i d t h e e n e m y h a v e u p I t s s l e e v e ?
( P y le , 32) .
. . . w h e t h e r Germany had some h i d d e n L u f t w a f f e u p l » r
w h is k o u t . . . ( P y le . 5) .
T o d o as o n e w i s h e s ;

to

s le e v e

do a c c o rd in g

have

th a t

to

3 U3 ) .

se c re t

s h e m ig h t

o n e 's

de­

s ire s .
a l w a y s s a i d . . . t h a t I f h e h s id h i s w a y a b o u t I t , h e ' d n e v e r v e n t u r e
m o re t h a n a h a l f - m i l e fro m t h e s e a a g a i n
(T a n k , 19l ) .
12 h av e

a w ay o f .

To h a v e a m a n n e r o f ;

He h a d a w ay o f lo u n g in g i n th e
o r w a l s t o o a s t d r i f t u p w a r d .. .

to h a v e a h a b it

o ak c h a ir w ith o u t h a v in g
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U3 ) .

o f.

e ith e r h is

c o a t,

-603-

Betiitii aj o a d a ^ M had a war of g«ttlk| lost, whatever the season
(P y ls ,

1 2 5 ).

to haro what it takes.
Ini tlat It s ,
H e 's c o t w h a t i t

T« hare ability; to h a v e potential;

t a k s s 'b e h i n d

t o hare

(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 1 )*

n o t t e hare a w o r d t o say.
V et to speak a g a in s t; n o t to
s o n e th ln g ; to h o ld o n e s e lf s i l e n t ; to r s s a l n s i l e n t ,

speak

ah oat

. . . I d i d n ’ t h a r e a w o rd t o s a y , n o t o n e w o rd t o b l a s e y o n
( G a in , 206) ,
I f y o n h a d l o v e d t h e b o y , I w o u l d n *1 h a v e a w o r d t o s a r
(G a in , 2 0 6 ) ,
To h a v e s u c h w o rk t o
t o h a v e ------- w o r k o u t o u t f o r — •
v e r y b u s y d o in g tE a t w h ic h o n e o u s t d o .
So y o u s e e I h a d n y l l f e w o r k
hasy eyed.
coses fr o s

c u t o a t f o r me

T ire d e y e d ,
(T h is
f a t i g u e o r s h o c k .)

1s p i l e s

. . . I n f a n t r y m e n w o u ld s t r a g g l e b a c k ,
(P y le .

Ua).

d irty

to h ead b a d e .
T0 g o b a c k ; t o r e t u r n ;
c o n d i t i o n , w h e re m e h a s b e e n b e f o r e ,

(P y le ,

To b e i n

c h arg e

o f;

to

be

26l ) .

a n u n s e e i n g l o o k w h ic h , u s u a l l y

and h a sy -e re d w ith f a t i g u e , . .

to

go to

a p la c e ,

. . . I h e a d e d b a c k to th e b e a c h
(T a n k , 1 0 8 ).
So V l n b a l l h e a d e d b a c k t o h i s p l a n e . . . ( T a n k , 1 9 * 0 ,
H o t w o r t h s e n t l c n l n g , a n d I ' a h e a d e d b a c k t o p u t my n o s e
s t c n e ... (G a rd n e r, 9 0 ),
O ur b a r g e h e a d e d b a c k to w a r d th e d e s t r o y e r . . . ( T a n k , lU U
. . . s h e a a d e a s h a r p l e f t t u r n a n d h e a d e d b a c k to w a rd th e
(T an k , 1 1 8 ),
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(T an k , 19*0*
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( Y a n k , 2^ 2 ) .
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end

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(C a in , 101) .
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5).
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b e d a n d e a r l y t o r i s e m a k e s a m an h e a l t h y , a n d w e a l t h y , a n d w i s e . " )
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(T a n k , 66) .
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( P y le , 399) .
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( C a in , 205) .
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( G a r & e r , lU o ).
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r e g u la r iv o ry cubes
( G a rd n e r, 12) .
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h e a r d fro m y o u
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i t ' l l b e a l l rig h t
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a b o u t, r e g a r d in g ,

36 k ) .

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t a l l o f a M e s s e rs o h m ltt o n e d a y
(P y le , l 6 s ) .
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g ag em en t b e c a u s e h e h a d f a l l e n I n lo v e w ith a p i c t u r e
( P y le , IS O ).
. . . c e l e b r i t i e s s o b ig t h a t e v e n M ild re d h a d h e a r d o f s o a e o f t h e n . . .
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(P y le , lU ).
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. . . S l n o n 's a g e n c y .
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( O a ln , 2 0 3 ) .
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(C & ln , 7 1 K
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19).
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. . . h e r h e a r t a c h e d fro m h a p p in e s s

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tw in g e s

( C a in , 233) ,

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a s s h e h e a r d a o u s to m d r s a y ! " T h a t p i e lo o k s g o o d "
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(O fte n due to e x e ite m e n t. )

no d o u b t t o p r o r e

one h a s a rrh y th m ia .

As h e r h e a r t s k ip p e d a b e a t . . . ( C a in , 2 4 7 ) .
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1 2 5 ).

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a h e a r t to h e a r t ta l k .
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w h ic h b o t h p a r t i e s a l l o w th e m s e lv e s th e f u l l e s t a a d f r e e s t e x p r e s s io n
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T T h e s e m ay b e c h e m i c a l l y
h e a te d o r e l e e t r l o a l l y h e a te d .)
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heating pads. ( M a r q u a n d , 2Uo).
th e h e a t o f th e b a t t l e .
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to h e a t u p .

o f e le c tric

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w ith
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o f th e b a t t l e ;

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to

c a u s e to

th e l i f e

(T a n k , 215)

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- h e a r m h e l p us — f r o s t b i t e ?
(T a n k , 173) .
to h eav e a s ljfe .
To t a k e a d e e p b r e a t h ;
I s u s u a lly a n in v o lu n ta ry b r e a th .)

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to h eav e u p .

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to

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2 1 1 ),

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fo u r,

f i r e , an d th e l i k e ;

th e

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and”

ex­

(Tank, 2 U b ) .

heavy.

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heavy f i r e .
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lo n g

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th e b o n b and h e a v e d i t

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b r e a th e d e e p ly ,

(Gardner, 159).

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to

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( P y l e , 2 2 & ).
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to n o re

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s ta te m e n t. )

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h o n e s , an d i n . . . ” (M a rq u an d , 1 2 1 ) .
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d e s c rlb a b le d is o rd e r; n o is e .

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25) •
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( T a n k , 32 ) .
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1 . B ad ; n o t g o o d ; w ro n g ;
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. . . t h i s is a h e ll
2,

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o f a w ay t o r a n a w a r
(P y le , 3 9 5 ).

9 9 ).

a w fu l.

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(T a n k , 1 9 9 ).
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e ffe c t
( T a n k , jZT.
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A h e ll o f a s tin k in g n e ss
(T a n k , 176) .
* b a ll of a lo t.

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a g re a t d e a l;

nany;

v e ry m a y .

We w o u l d I l k * th e m a h e l l o f a l o t b e t t e r . . . i f t h e y d i d t h e i r p a r t I n
t o n e d e f e n s e p l a n t . . '. ( t a n k , 2 1 * 0 .
T h e r e a h e l l o f a l o t n o r e tJS 0 s o l d i e r s o r e r h e r e t h a n t h e r e a r e "b an k
in th e S ta te s .T . ( f a n k ,
).
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(G a rd n e r, 2 l ) .
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( C a in , 2 7 )*
T h e r e 1 s a h e l l o£ a " l o t o f d i f f e r e n c e . . . ( P y l e , 2 H 5 )*
a h e ll o f a n o te .

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(G a in , 2 l ) .
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p la o e f o r h e r
v B a in , 1 1 0 ) .
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(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 9 )*
" T h a t,” s a id th e c o r p o r a l, " is a h e llu r a n o te *
(T a n k , 29) .
a h e ll

of a tin e .

1

d iffic u lt,

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p a s s e s . . . (X an k T 1 $ £ ) .
th e h e l l

out o f.

h a rd ,

s tre n u o u s ,

tin e .

a r o u n d .. .b e c a u s e we h a d s o

(d a in te n s iv e .

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s p e c ia l

c o n s id e re d p o l i t e . )

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w e g e t s a n e m o re v e r m o u th 4
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U3 ) .
. . . i t w a s t h r i l l i n g t o sw e e p dow n a n d s h o o t h e l l o u t o f s o m e t h i n g . . .
(P y le , 1 7 7 ).
. . . I th r e w t h e a o t o r o v e r o n t h e g r o u n d .. .a n d s t a r t e d t h e h e l l o u t o f
th e re
(T a n k , 1 2 6 ).
to b e h e l l to n a y .
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l e s ; t h e r e a r e m any p r o b le m s .
(T re a t "T he h e l l to p a y a a d no h o t
p i t c h r e a d y .)
T o u k n e w t h e r e w a s g o i n g t o b e h e l l t o -p a y u n l e s s y o u c o u l d f i n d
d o c u m e n t s w h i c h y o u . . . T f t a r d n e r , 1 7 *?)*
to

h e l l w ith .
in d if f e r e n c e .)

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n w h i c h i n d i c a t e s

r e a l o r p re te n d e d

The h e l l w i t h y o u
(T a n k , 2l ) .
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th e in f a n tr y and a r t i l l e r y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 8 ) .
He t r i e d i t o n c e o r tw ic e an d th e n s a id in J a p a n e s e :
it"
(T a n k , 185) .
To h e l l w i t h i t , h e s a i d
(C a ih , 138) .
B e rt.
To h e l l w i t h h e r ! ( C a i n , 2 b 0 ) .
I s a i d to h e l l w ith h e r ! (C a in , 259) .
To h e l l w i t h h e r
(C a in , 259) .
th e h e ll y o u
m e n t. f

say.

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n i n d i c a t i n g

th e

and

to h e l l w ith
———
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"
1

d is b e lie f

o r a s to n is h ­

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s o m a d e f e n s e p l a n t . * Y ( T a n k , 21 ^ ) .
T h e r e a h e l l o f a l o t m o re USO s o l d i e r s o v e r h e r e t h a n t h e r e a r e b a o k
In th e S ta te s * •• ( f a n k ,
).
I t a m o u n ts t o a h e l l o f a l o t I n t h i s o a s e
( G a r d n e r , 2l ) .
P u t t i n g y o u to*"* o m h e l l o f a l o t o f t r o u b l e , t h o u g h
( C a i n , 2j)0
T h e r e 's a h e l l o f a l o ¥ o f d i f f e r e n c e . . . ( P y l e , 2h 5 )*
a h e ll o f a n o te *

H o t g o o d ; b a d ; w ro n g *

H e ll s a y , t h i s I s £ h e l l o f a n o te
(G a in , 2l ) »
I t seem ed a h e l l o f a n o te * a p o o r l i t t l e k i d , a n d n o b o d y e v e n h a d a
p la o e f o r h e r TW Tb , f f o ) .
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(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 9 )*
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tin e *

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p a s s e s * . . ( i 'a n k 7 1 ^ 9 ) ,
th e h e l l

out o f*

s tre n u o u s ,

tin e *

a ro u n d , • .b e c a u s e we h a d so s p e c ia l

(A n I n t e n s i v e *

H ot u s u a lly

c o n s id e re d p o l i t e . )

W e 'l l h a v e t o d r i v e t h e n t h e h e l l o u t o f P r a n c e , " M in o t s a i d , " b e f o r e
w e g e t s a n e n o r e v e rm o u th *
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U3 ) .
. . . i t w a s t h r i l l i n g t o s w e e p do w n a n d s h o o t h e l l o u t o f s o m e t h i n g . . .
(P y le , 1 7 7 ).
. . . I th r e w t h e n o t o r o v e r on t h e g r o u n d * . .a n d s t a r t e d t h e h e l l o u t o f
th e re
(T a n k , 1 2 6 )*
to b e h e l l to u a r .
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i e s ; t h e r e a r e m any p r o b l s a s *
p i t c h re a d y .)

g r e a t t r o u b l e ; t h e r e a r e m any d i f f i c u l t ­
(P ro s it "T h e h e l l t o p a y a a d n o h o t

T ou know t h e r e w as g o in g t o b e h e l l to p a y u n l e s s y o u c o u ld f i n d
d o c u m e n ts w h ic h y o u * .. T S a r d n e r , 17? ) *
to

h e l l w ith *
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(A n e x c l a m a t i o n w h i c h I n d i c a t e s

th e

r e a l o r p re te n d e d

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(T a n k , 2l ) *
W hen t h e y w e r e o n l e a v e , t h e y l i k e d t o s t i c k , t o g e t h e r a n d t o h e l l
w ith
th e I n f a n tr y and a r t i l l e r y
V M a rq u a n d , 2 1 8 ) .
—— — —
He t r i e d I t o n c e o r tw ic e an d th e n s a i d i n J a p a n e s e : "T h e h e l l w i t h
It"
(T a n k , 185) .
——
T° h e l l w ith i t , h e s a i d
(C a lh , 136) .
B e rt*
To h e l l w i t h h e r l ( C a i n , 2 6 o ) *
I s a i d to h e l l w ith h e r l (G a in , 259) .
To h e l l w i t h h e r
(G a in , 259) .
th e h e ll y o u sa y *
m e n t.*

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n I n d i c a t i n g

d is b e lie f o r a s to n is h ­

-6 1 2 -

Tha h e l l y o u s a y
(T a n k , 8 9 ) .
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u o t to b e a b le to h e lp *
p h ra s e f o llo w in g .)

(in

(T an k , 7) .

i n t o n e 1 -re w h i c h m o d i f i e s

t h e w o rd o f

* o o u l d n 11 h e l p b e i n g i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e i r r e a c t i o n t o t h e p i c t u r e
(£ y le , nTTT
. . . 1 c o u ld n o t h e lp b u t a s k m y s e lf th e s e q u e s t i o n s .. . (T a n k . 2 1 3 ).
W h e n e v e r X d d ie s p o k e , X c o u l d n o t h e l p f e e l i n g t h a t B e n w a s m a r c h in g
b e h in d me ( P y le , 20l ) .
to h e lp

—

•

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to

ta k e f r e e ly

fo r

o n e s e lf.

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t h e c h a i r a n d h u r r y i n g o v e r t o t h e t a b l e t o h e lp th e m s e lv e s t o w h is k e y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 1 )«
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o u r s o l d i e r s o f t e n g o t i n t_o h e l p t h e m s e l v e s b e f o r e t h e A rm y t o o k o v e r
o ffic ia lly
( P y ls , 87) .
to h e lp

—

dow n*

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a g e n tle m a n
to b e h e lp f u l
h e lp .

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in a lig h tin g ,

d e s c e n d in g .

a g i r l dow n v e r y c a r e f u l l y b e c a u s e h e w a s a n o f f i c e r a n d
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 7 ) .
to .

To b e o f a s s i s t a n c e

to ;

T h a t a f t e r n o o n sh e w a s r a t h e r m o re h e l p f u l
e t h i c s d e m a n d s d ... ( G a i n , 6b ) .
a
£ h e lp in g hand.
A id ; a s s i s t a n c e ; h e l p .
I n e e d y o u r h e lp in g h a n d
u o t to h e lp m a tte r s .
to h e lp , a id .

to h e lp ;

o th e r

to

a id ;

g irls

to

to

th e

to

be o f no a s s is ta n c e ;

g iv e

th a n

s tric t

(T a n k , 196) .
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o f no h e lp ;

not

" T o u r i n s t r u c t i o n s , " L e e d s s a i d d u b i o u s l y , " a r e s im p le e n o u g h , b u t I
d o n 1 1 s e e h ow t h e y c a n h e l p m a t t e r s "
( G a r d n e r , 119) .
. . . i n h i s J u d g m e n t t h i s w o u l d n 't h e l p m a t t e r s
(N ew T o r k e r , X X X II, S e p t .

13. 19*7, 2S>*
to

h e lp — — o u t.
a s s is ta n c e .

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to

a s s is t;

to a id ;

to

. . . o u r 2 n d P l a t o o n t o h e l p th e m o u t
( T a n k , 2* l ) .
D a r l i n g , I w o n 11 h e l p t h e n o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 2 * ) •
T he p l a n e o f u h io h h e w as a rm o re d h a d b e e n l o s t . . . s o
in g o u t th e o th e r b o y s
(P y le , 2 1 2 ).

g iv e h e lp , a i d ,

t h e r e h e w as h e lp ­

-613-

H m I d e a t h a t h i s f a t h e r w a n t e d h i m t o h e lx > o u t a t t h e
o ffio e l e l l l a c
r e a l e e t a t e w aa r e p e l l e n t , , , (M a rq u a n d , 1 8 j T .
. . . p e r h a p s O ld M an M a t u r i t y m i g h t h e l u o u t , l a t e r
( C a in , 1 8 7 )*
. . . i f a n d m a r le a n c o o k t r i e d t o h e l p o u t a n d to u c h e d t h e p a n , t h e w h o le
h a t c h h a d t o h e th ro w n aw ay
( £ y le , 229) ,
T he r e s u l t w ae to u c h in g e a g e r n e s s t o h e l p o u t th o s e g ro u n d k i d s
(P y le ,
1 5 « ).
• . , t h e y e a lm ly sw ung t h e i r g o n e o r e r t h e c o r p s b o u n d a r y l i n e t o h e l p o u t
t h e U th D i r l s l o n w h en i t n e e d e d so m e h e a v y s l u g g i n g
( T a n k , 13 b ) .
" H e l p me o u t w i t h a n y t h i n g y o u w a n t t o , ” a n d M r, V l l l l s g r a s p e d h i s
k n e e s f ir m ly a n d le a n e d fo rw a rd
(M a rq u a n d , b 2 2 ) ,
W hy, I s u p p o s e e r e r y s i s t e r h e l p s o u t h e r b r o t h e r f r o m
tim e t o tim e
I g a r d n a r , 32) ,
B u t y o u 'v e h e l p e d o u t y o u r b r o t h e r !
(G a rd n e r, 5 2 ) ,
I n a d d i t i o n t o h e r jo b a s s o o l e t y e d i t o r , M ary h a d b e e n h e l p i n g o u t " o n
t h e s t r e e t " , , , (H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 ^ 7 • 2 2 ) ,
h e lp w a n te d ,
A n o t i c e , s i g n , a d v e r t i s e m e n t , i n d i c a t i n g a n o p e n in g
f o r w o rk , t h a t w o rk i s a v a i l a b l e ; a n o t i c e , a s k i n g f o r w o r k e r s ,
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )
S h e s t u d i e d t h e h e l p —w a n t e d a d v e r t i s e m e n t s , b u t t h e r e w e r e h a r d l y a n y
(G a in , 31) .
to h e lp w ith *

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to

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in

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a n d d i d n ' t h e e l t a t e o r "hem a n d h aw " a b o u t ,
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s h e s e ld o m w r o te t h e

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e a f e - c o n d u c t p a s s e s u r g i n g th e m t o s u r r e n d e r T T a n k , 1 2 7 )*

h o m e s p h o rlc s o l i d a r i t y .

U n i t y am o ng t h e A m e ric a n r e p u b l i c s .

T h e re h a d b e e n a l i m i t e d n a tio n a l e m e rg e n c y , a n d th e n a n a tio n a l e n e r ^ e n e y , a n d h e m e s p h e rlo s o l l d a r l t r a n d l e n d l e a s e a n d , , . (M a rq u a n d ,

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b e in c h a rg e o f c a t t l e on th e ra n g e ,
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w agon t r a i n , . . (G a in , 2 ) .

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ria g e
( O a in , 1 9 ^ )*
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(M a rq u a n d , 2 7 ) .
h e re and th e r e .
d iff e r e n t p la c e s .

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in

e e v e ra l p la c e s ; a t

. . . i t s w a l l s w e r e f i n i s h e d i n o l d p i n e p a n e l i n g w h lo h B e e k le h a d p i c k e d
u o h e r e a n d t h e r e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 2 6 ) .
H e re a n d t k c r c o n e i t h e r s i d e o f t h e r o a d w e re t h e b o d i e s o f d e a d G e r­
m a n s, t h e i r e q u ip m e n t s c a t t e r e d a ro u n d
(T a n k , 106) .
H e re a n d t h e r e w e re d e a d S h e rm a n s w h ic h h a d th ro w n t h e i r t r e a d s a s a
sn ak e sh e d s i t s s k in
(T a n k , 9 7 )*
Me b i c y c l e d a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y s i d e , c e l e b r a t e d h e r e a n d t h e r e . . .
( P y le , 303) .
He s ta b b e d I n q u i s i t i v e l y h e r e a n d t h e r e . . . (T a n k , 5 ) .
. . . y o u w o u l d n 't h a v e s e e n m any m en a t a n y o n e tim e — J u s t a fe w h e r e
s o d t h e r e . . . ( P y l e , * * H l).
T w e n ty -o n e h u n d r e d t r e e s . . .h a v e b e e n . . . r e p l a n t e d h e r e a n d t h e r e on
s t r e e t s i n th e f iv e b o ro u g h s
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 4 7 , 1 9 ) .
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an d s ip p e d
(O a in , 2 6 ) .
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. . .N e g r o e n g i n e e r r e g i m e n t s t h a t h e w ed i t
y a rd s l o n g . . . (T an k , 1 7 7 ).

s a id

" M ud i n y o u r e y e . *

out o f.

o u t o f s o lid

ro c k -m a sse s 100

h id e an d s e e k .
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w h o h a v e h id d e n fro m h im .
(B y e x t e n s i o n a n y s e a r c h i n g . )
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i t warn a l w a y s a g a m e o f h i d e a n d s e e k

h id e aw ay.

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3**)«

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-615-

. . . a t a lm o s t th o ta n * tim e th e y h a d th o u g h t o f a t u r r e t , n o t f o r a
s t a i r c a s e , h a t f o r a l l t t l o h l d e - a -w a y o t u d y .. . (M a rq a a n d , 109) .
to h i do w a y f r o a .

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to

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baa a, h l d d a n away f r o m J a p p l a n a a . . .

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2577-

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(T a n k , 2 5 3 ).

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(T a n k ,

A t th e h i d e - o a t th e y m et 50 I t a l i a n s . •• (T a n k , 25) .
. . . t h e J a n g l e h i d e - o u t 1s w i n d in g r i v e r . . . ( T a n k , 2 5 3 ) .
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(G a rd n e r, 102) .
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h ig h a l t i t u d e .
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th e r e I s no m o is tu re .
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( P y le , 366) .

in a l t i t u d e .

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o f w re c k e d v e h ic l e s

h ig h b lo o d p r e s s u r e .
(T h e p r e s s u r e t h e h e a r t e x e r t s u p o n th e b lo o d
to f o r c e i t th ro u g h th e a r t e r i e s a a d b a c k th ro u g h t h e r e i n s . )
H ig h
b lo o d p r e s s u r e i s a c o n d itio n o f a b n o rm a l p r e s s u r e .
(T e n se n e ss i s
u s u a lly a s s o c ia te d w ith t h i s . )
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ra te
(G a rd n e r, l ) .
h ig h b r a s s ( h ig h e r b r a s s ) .
g e n e ra ls .
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ta in s ,
(T a n k ,
...t o re p

o r e r a o n e - p o in t d ro p

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in

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m a jo rs ,

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c o lo n e ls ,

t e d V a cs w e re s o a r o e l y o f f t h e i r p l a n e w hen l i e u t e n a n t s , c a p ­
a n d e r e n s o m e o f t h e h i g h e r b r a s s w e r e p r e s s i n g th e m f o r d a t e s
130) .
r e s e n t th e h ig h e r b r a s s
(T a n k , 1 1 9 )*

h ig h c l a s s .

He Lam e; u l t r a

re s p e c ta b le ;

e x tre m e ly n i c e .

-616-

. . . o lo th e s s u i t a b l e to a h i d u e l w p la o o
( G a in , 21l ) .
A h i g h c l a s s . p o s i t i v e l y r s s t r i e t s d d e v e lo p m e n t f o r d i s c r i m i n a t i n g
p e o p l s . . . ( C a i n , 1 5 6 )*
V s 'r e r u n n i n g a h i a h - c l a s s dum p, B a b y . . . ( C a i n , 1 7 8 ) .
h ig h e r a a d h ig h e r .

B r e r u p w a rd ;

H i id le r a a d h l r f i e r h e w e n t . . .

a a a n d o a u p w a rd *

(Y & n k , 1 6 7 ) •

h ig h g ro u n d *
A h ig h p la c e ; a p la o e h ig h e r th a n th e s u r r o u n d in g
p la c e s *
( T h i s i m p l i e s ■o n e t h i n g l e s s t h a n a h i l l o r a o u n t a i n l )
The r e g i m e n t 's

o b je c ti r e

h ig h h a n d ed *

w as th e h ig h g ro u n d to

O re rb e a rin g ;

a u to c ra tic ;

th e w e s t* ..

( T a n k . 22 h ) .

a u th o rita ria n *

H is v e r y p e r s e c u t i o n s , a n d h i s h i g h - h a n d e d a c t s o f i n j u s t i c e , g re w
■ o n u a e n ta l. g iv e n t i n e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 9 7 )*
A t f i r s t , s h e h a d r e s e n t e d M o n 's t a l c i n g c h a r g e i n t h i s h i g h - h a n d e d w a y
* .. (G a in , 1 0 9 ).
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*

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to

s lig h t

one;

to

c u t one*

I d i d n ' t h i g h - h a t h l n a t a l l , d i d IT
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 )*
B a b y . . . n o p i e a t e d —p a n t s i s g o i n g t o h i g h - h a t a e
( M a r q u a n d . U3 ) .
h ig h h e e ls *
T h e h e e l s o n a wom en* a s h o e s w h i c h a r e tw o I n c h e s o r
m o re i n h e i g h t .
H e n c e , b y c a r t e n s l o n w o m e n 's B h o es w i t h h i g h h e e l s .
...A l l a v ac a b ig g a l■ to o , f i r e f e e t
w ith h ig h h e e l s . . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 ^ 2 )*
h ig h h e e le d s h o e s *

te n

and a h a l f ,

W o m e n 's s h o e s w i t h h i j £ i h e e l s .

He c o u l d h e a r t h e u n c e r t a i n t a p p i n g o f t h e h i g h - h e e l e d
had J u s t begun to w ear
(M a rq u a n d , 366) .
h ig h i n *

A bove th e

a n d m o re th a n t h a t

o rd in a ry l e r e l , p la c e ,

in ,

s h o e s w h ic h s h e

a t*

. . . a m an h i g h i n B r i t i s h O o r e m m e n t h a d t o l d h i m . . . ( M a r q u a n d , U l ) .
S h e ' s t h e o n e i n t h e b l a c k s i l k d r e s s , c u t lo w i n t h e n e c k a n d h i g h i n
th e l e g s . . .
(G a in , 3 6 ) .
As h e r a i s e d th e c h i l d h ig h i n th e a i r , M ild r e d h a d t o t u r n h e r h e a d . . .
(G a in , 5 7 ) .
. . . th e a u t h o r i t a t i v e w ay i n w h ic h T e d a k e p t l i f t i n g h e r r i g h t h a n d h ig h
i n t h e a i r . o r t h e s t y l e w i t h w h ic h s h e c r o s s e d h e r l e f t h a n d o v e r i t
T C a in , 1 3 ^ 5 .
h ig h n o o n .

ftre lv e

o 'c l o c k n o o n ; m id d a y e x a c t l y .

A t h i g h n o o n t h i s f a i n t r e l i g i o u s g lo w g a r e e v e r y t h i n g ,
sober b a r b o y s, a d is s ip a te d a sp e c t
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 7 ) .
h ig h o n .

even th e

c o ld -

On a p l a c e h i g h e r t h a n n o r m a l,

P e t e r s w as a c c o m p a n y in g C o l, E d w a rd P , E a r l e . . .
f o r a y h ig h on a r i d g e , . , (T a n k , 1 8 1 ),

on a r e c o n n a is s a n c e

hljSjh p i t c h e d v o i c e ,
A v o ic e w ith a h ig h to n e ;
h ig h e r th a n th e u s u a l, n o rm a l,

a v o ic e w ith a to n e

P h y l l i s L e e d s w as s o e x c i t e d t h a t h e r v o i c e w as h i g h - p i t c h e d
n e r , 13) ,

( G a rd ­

h ig h p o in ts .
p o in ts .

s a lie n t

The m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g ,

• • • t h e s e acre t h e h i g h p o i n t s
. . . (T a n k , 235) .

im p o rta n t, p o in ts ;

o f a p la n n e d N ip p o n e s e t o u r

th e

o f th e P a c if ic

to h ig h p r e s s u r e .
To u s e e x tr a o r d in a r y p e r s u a s io n t o a tte m p t to g e t
a n o th e r t o do s o m e th in g , o f t e n t o b u y s o m e th in g ; to u s e d o u b tf u l
m e th o d s t o p e r s u a d e o r t o s e l l .
I d i d n o t atteapt t o h i g h p r e s s u r e t h e m an t o o m u c h ( S a t u r d a y E v e n i n g
P o s t, P eb . 8 , 1 9 ^ . P . W T
N ow , h a v i n g b e e n h i g h - p r e s s u r e d i n t o t a k i n g f o u r m o r e t h a n t h a t , s h e
had b a re ly enough
( O a in ,126) .
h ig h ra n k in g .

Of h ig h ,

lo f ty , p o s itio n , ra n k .

l a o t h e r h ig h - r a n k in g o f f i c e r w as b ro u g h t i n . . . ( P y le , 380) .
O ne h i g h - r a n k i n g B r i t i s h o f f i c i a l . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 0 ) .
. • . a w h o le V e r y o f h i g h - r a n k i n g A l l i e d o f f i c e r s v i s i t e d N o r m a n d y ...
( P y le , 380) .
h ig h s c h o o l.
G r a d e s 1 0 , 1 1 , a a d 12 o f t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s ( s o m e ­
tim e s a l s o g ra d e 9) ; t h e t e n t h , e le v e n th a n d t w e l f t h y e a r s o f s c h o o l;
T h e A m e r i c a n e q u i v a l e n t o f t h e g y m n a s iu m , t h e l y o e e .
(A ls o a t t r i ­
b u tiv e .)
P r i v a t e S c h n e id e r w as J u s t o u t o f h i A s c h o o l
( P y le , 276) .
H i s a d j u t a n t f i n a l l y f o u n d h im s l e e p i n g o n t h e f l o o r o f a h i g h - s c h o o l
c l o a k r o o m . . . (Yahc, 1 3 1 ) .
H e ...p la y e d f o o tb a ll a n d b a s k e tb a ll in h ig h sc h o o l
(T a n k , 22) .
He q u i t h i g h s c h o o l a n d e n l i s t e d w hen h e w as s e v e n t e e n . . . ( P y l e , 212) .
h ig h s c h o o l F re n c h .
S t i l t e d , b o o k i s h . Preach s p o k e n a n d w r i t t e n b y
A m e r i c a n p e o p l e w ho h a v e s t u d i e d F r e n c h o n l y i n h i g h s c h o o l .
Me u s e d h i g h - s c h o o l F r e n c h a n d a d i c t i o n a r y . . .

( P y l e , 3 7 5 )*

618-

h ig h s i l k h a t ,
A f o r m a l h a t f o r m e n w i t h a m u c h h i g h e r o r ow n t h a n
n o r m a l, m ado o f s i l k , a n d m o s t o f to n b l a c k .
T hey w o ro b l a e k c o a t s a n d h i g h s i l k h a t s , u n c o m f o r ta b le c o s tu m e s w h ic h
so m eh o w ’ s e e m e d t o h a r e a r e n t e d l o o k
(M a rq u a n d , 5 5 9 ).
h ig h s p i r i t e d .

V iv a c io u s ;

" f c ily ,"

" w a s h l j ^ i —s p i n t e d "

he s a id ,

h ig h s p i r i t s .

A n im a te d ;

liv e ly ;

a n im a te d .
(G a rd n e r,

1 8 0 ).

lire ly .

W hen t h e y c a m e b a c k f r o m a m i s s i o n t h e y w e r e u s u a l l y f u l l
(P y le , 1 7 8 ).
T hose u n i t s p u s h e d
o n , t h e i r s p i r i t s h ig h . . . (P y le , 363) .
h ig h s ta k e s .

o f h ig h -s p lrlts

A g r e a t d e a l o f m o n ey ; m uch m o n ey .

Was t h e g a m e f a r h i g h s t a k e s T
h ig h s tr u n g .

H e rro n s,

(G a rd n e r,

te n s e ;

e a s ily

lU ).
e x c ite d .

We w e r e b o t h o f u s h i f h - s t r u n g a n d t e m p e r a m e n t a l
(G a rd n e r, 115) .
. . . h n i l y w as a s h ig h - s tr u n g a s a good t r o t t i n g h o rs e
(G a rd n e r, 1 1 9 ).
h ig h t i d e .
h ig h e s t.

The t i d e

a t

its

h ig h e s t p o in t;

th e

tid e

. . . w e r e a s c l e a r i n B u r o p e a s i t w a s i n H ew Y o r k , w i t h
m oon a n d t h e sam e h i g h t i d e s
(M a rq u a n d , 239) .
h ig h tim e .
be done;

3Qxe t i m e f o r a c t i o n ;
th e c r u c i a l tim e .

as

it

th e

t h e l a s t m om ent t h a t

ris e s

its

sam e f u l l

s o m e th in g c a n

I t i s . . . h ig h tim e t h a t t h i s f e s t e r i n g s o r e w as c u t o u t . . . (Y a n k , 213) .
I t w as h ig h tim e f o r M ild r e d to g e t b a c k t o th e k i t c h e n , b u t s h e l i n g e r e d
. . . ( S a in , 122) .
h ig h to n e d .
s u p e rfic ia l

S u p e rio r;
e x c e lle n t;
s u p e r io r ity .)

a b o r e average.

(T h is

o fte n

im p lie s

S h e n a m e d n o n a m e s , b u t m a d e th e m q u i t e r i c h a n d h i g h - t o n e d
(C a in , 9 9 ) .
She r e g a r d e d i t a s a n o c c a s io n f o r h ig h -to n e d c o n v e r s a tio n , a n d p l i e d
h e r f a th e r w ith l o f t y q u e s tio n s a b o u t ^ c o n d itio n s "
(G a in , 5 6 ).

high u p.
1.

In

s u p e rio r ra n k , p o s itio n .

H e 's v e r y h i g h u p

in t h e A i r C o r p s . . .

(Marquand, 5 6 8 ) *

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2 . A t * h ig h p la o e ;

h ig h .

N one o f u s r e a l l y h e l l e r e
n e x t n o m ln g d is c lo s e d
h ills id e had a p o rta b le
. . . t h e y e x p lo d e d h ig h u p
T hey w e re to o h i g h u p t o

v e h a d h e a r d m u s ic , h u t a l i t t l e n o s in g a ro u n d
t h a t a n a n t i a i r c r a f t g u n c re w h ig h u p on t h e
r a d i o . . . ( P y l e . 1 0 7 )*
to w a rd t h e s t a r s
(P y le . 3 8 3 ).
hear I t
(T a n k , 178) .

h ig h w a te r a a r k .
A a a r k a a d e h y f lo o d w a te r a t I t s h ig h p o i n t ;
rin g o f d i r t an d th e lik e l e f t h y a flo o d a t i t s h ig h e s t p o in t.
It

e x te n d e d j u s t l i k e

h ig h w in d .

a h ig h -w a te r a a r k . . .

(P y le ,

A w in d b lo w in g w ith g r e a t f o r c e ;

The w a t e r w as c o l d , h u t a h i g h w in d d r i e d
h o u r ... (P y le , 2 8 ).

th e n

a

367) .

a s t r o n g w in d ; a g a l e .
out In

le s s

th a n h a l f an

h i l l -p e o p le .
T h e I n h a b i t a n t s o f h i l l y , m o u n t a i n o u s , r e g i o n s w ho a r e
g e n e r a l l y I s o l a t e d f r o a t h e m a in c u r r e n t s o f c l T l l l s a t i o n ,
H eaoe,
▼ ery r u s t l e , q u a i n t , o d d p e o p l e .
...c la n n is h

a n d in d e p e n d e n t a s

h in d s id e b e f o r e .

o n ly h i l l p e o p le

B a c k w a rd s;

fro a

can he

t h e w ro n g s i d e ;

" I 'm o o a l n g a t i t h i n d s i d e b e f o r e . M r. W i l s o n ,"
g e ttin g up to I t ”
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 5 ).
to h in g e

on.

To

depend on;

to r e s t

on;

(T a n k , 2 * 2 ).
a rsy re rs y .

he s a id ,

to

" h u t I 'm

he dependent on.

. . . a n d a d a m a g e s u i t in B h o d e I s l a n d h i n g e d o n w h e th e r t w e n t y - t h r e e
te e th
c o u l d h e e x t r a c t e d w i t h o u t a m a n 's k n o w l e d g e
(N ew T o r k e r , X X I I , F e b .
1 5 . 19*7. 21) .
h ip p o c k e t.
A p o c k e t I n a p a i r o f t r o u s e r s w h ic h I s o r e r a p e r s o n 's
h ip .
U s u a l l y f o u n d o n l y I n m e n 's t r o u s e r s .
H e n c e , s o m e th in g s n a i l
th a t w ill f i t in to a h ip -p o c k e t.
(A ls o a t t r l h u t i r e . )
They. ..u s e
1 9 2 ).
to h i r e

a h ip -p o c k e t s to r e

o u t.

G u ess s h e h i r e d

to

cook up so u rd o u g h f l a p j a c k s . . .

To b e o o m e e m p l o y e d ;
o u t to

th e

to g e t a

rig h t p a rty

jo b ,

(G a rd n e r,

(T a n k .

e m p lo y m e n t.
1 8 6 ).

h it and ru n .
To
c a u s e dam age a n d r a p i d l y to l e a r e t h e s c e n e o f th e
dam age.
(T h is
I s u s u a l l y c o n n e c te d w i t h a u to m o b ile a c c i d e n t s I n w h ic h
t h e p e r s o n w ho c a u s e s t h e d a m a g e d r i v e s h i s c a r a w a y f r o m t h e s c e n e I n
t h e a c c i d e n t w i t h o u t r e p o r t i n g h i s n a m e .)
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

-620-

JU a h i t - a n d - r u n r a i d e r o u t f i t , t h e M a r a u d e r s w e r e s u p p o s e d t o k e e p t h e i r
p o s itio n s o n ly u n t i l . . . (T a n k , 9 2 ) .
. . . t h e y w a n te d s e n . . . l n l l t t l e g r o u p s t h a t w o u ld h i t an d r u n
(T a n k , 122) .
to h i t h a c k .
To r e t a l i a t e ;
s tru c k ; to f ig h t h a c k .

to

s trik e

as

th e

r e s u l t o f h a w in g h e e n

T h e n w h e n t h e J a p s c a s e o r e r h e r e Jbo h i t h a c k a t t h e m , t h e D r a g o n s a r e
a lre a d y up th e re w a itin g f o r th s a
( l a n k , 19 *0 .
J e r r y w as h i t t i n e h a c k h a r d
(T a n k , 107) .
to h i t th e h e a c h .
to ta k e th e h e a c h ;

To l a n d o n a n enem y b e a c h i n a t t a c k a n d t o a t t e m p t
t o m ake a n a m p h ib io u s l a n d i n g ; t o s to r m a b e a c h .

. . . t h e f o u r t h w a re h a d h i t th e h e a c h
(T a n k , 250) .
No s o o n e r d i d t h e f i r s t w a r e h i t t h e h e a c h t h a n A rm y s p e c i a l i s t o f e v e r y
v a r i e t y . . . ( T a n k , 39) .
. . . t h e f i r s t m en h i t t h e h e a c h
( P y l e , 362) .
D on W h i t e h e a d h i t t h e h e a c h w i t h o n e r e g i m e n t . . . ( P y l e , 36 H ) .
E n g in e e rs h a d h i t t h e h e a c h r i g h t b e h in d th e a s s a u l t tr o o p s
(P y le , 2 8 ).
to h i t th e b i g tim e .
To b e c o m e h i g h l y s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e e n t e r t a i n ­
m ent w o rld ; to becom e one o f th e v e ry s u c c e s s f u l e n t e r t a i n e r s ; to e a r n
fa b u lo u s s a l a r i e s in th e t h e a t r e .
. . . i f th e y h a d t h e r i g h t h o t l i c k s
b i g tim e o v e r n ig h t ( O a in , 211) .
to h itc h £ c h a ir .
of a c h a ir.

To m ove a

on t h e i r f i r s t

c h a ir; to change

b ro a d c a s t,

th e p la c e

M a so n h i t c h e d h i s c h a i r a r o u n d s o t h a t h e w a s s i t t i n g
ta b le , c ro sse d h is
l e g s . . . (G a rd n e r, 100) .

th e y h i t th e

andp o s itio n

s id e w a y s to

th e

to h itc h a r id e .
To a s k f o r a r i d e I n a n a u t o m o b i l e
by s ta n d in g a t
t h e r o a d s i d e a n d p o i n t i n g o n e ' s th u m b i n t h e d i r e c t i o n h e w i s h e s t o g o .
I h i t c h e d a r i d e i n t o t h e c i t y o f L i c a t a w i t h M a jo r C h a r l e s M a n n ie r o f
D ix o n , I l l i n o i s . . . ( P y l e , 3 0 )«
to h itc h u p .
p u lle d .

To c c m n e c t t o

a conveyance, v e h ic le

▲ F re n c h su b u rb a n fa rm e r w as h i t c h i n g u g h i s h o r s e s
h ills id e
( P y l e , U O l) .

so th a t i t

can be

in a b a rn y a rd on th e

to h i t th e d i r t .
To f a l l t o t h e g r o u n d ; t o t h r o w s m m s e l f t o t h e g r o u n d .
T h i s i m p l i e s f a l l i n g t o t h e g r o u n d t o p r o t e c t o n e s e l f f r o m f l y i n g bom b
fra g m e n ts , s h r a p n e l, b u l l e t s an d th e l i k e .
W hen w e p a s s e d t h e s p o t w h e r e w e h a d h i t t h e
c a p ta in d ro p p e d b a c k ... (T a n k , 6l ) .

d irt

th e p r e v io u s n lg £ it,

th e

to h i t —
f o r (■on«y) .
fro a one.
A little

To a s k

naa

h l a n d g i r l . . . h i t M r. R o s e n

to h i t g o ld .

To d l s c o T e r g o l d . ;

fo r
to

. . . I f h e 'd h i t g o l d I n D e a th T a l l e y
goof
( O a i n , 23£ J .
to h i t th e g ro u n d .
g ro u n d .
v S e e :to

he

g ro u n d J u s t so o n

to h i t —

h a rd .

d o lla rs

d e m a n d (m o n e y )

(T a n k ,

o o n l d n 't h a r e a c t e d m o re l i k e

to

th ro w

To c a u s e s a d n e s s , g r i e f ,

fin a n c ia l

To g o t o

bed;

. . . t h e y h a d h i t t h e h a y som e t i m e
t o h i t hom e.
A lo t

To a r r i v e h o m e ;

o ff.

th e

(T an k , 9 3 ) .

lo s s e s .
o f p e o p le h a rd
--------

( P y l e , 1 9 2 ).
to

re tire .

ago
to

o f p l l o t s . . . g o t m a rrie d a a

to h i t I t

a

d is m a y .

R ay C l a p p e r 's p a s s i n g h i t u s h a r d .
to h i t th e h a y .

o n e s e lf to

escap e a b u rst of f ir e

M r. P l e r o e s a i d t h e D e p r e s s i o n h a d . c e r t a i n l y h i t a l o t
-----(C a in , 1 5 ) .
R e p e a l 's g o i n g t o h i t h im h a r d
( C a l m , 1 U9 ) .
2.

132) .

g o ld .

g ro u n d ;

enough, to

1 . To c a u s e h a r d s h i p , m i s e r y ,

(m o n e y ); t o

fire

fin d

To f a l l t o
th e
h i t th e d i r t , )

He h i t t h e

fo r

(T an k , 2 0 9 ).

get

soon

To b e c o n g e n i a l . ;

hom e;

as

to

to r e tu r n

t h e y h i t hom e

g e t a lo n g

M i l l c a n t s a i d , " I d o n ' t kn o w w h e t h e r h e
or n o t
(G a rd n e r, 2 2 ).

hom e.
(P y le , 1 8 0 ).

to g e th e r.

a n d S is a r e g o in g t o h i t I t

o ff

to h i t th e h ig h s n o ts .
1 . To t e l l
P h y llis
2.

j u s t th e m ost im p o r t a n t

L eeds s a id ,

" I ' l l h a r e J to

To d o v e r y w e l l ;

to

h it

th in g s ;
th e

to

re la te

h ig h s p o ts "

o n ly

th e e s s e n t i a l

(G a rd n e r, 3) .

do e x c e p t 1 on a l l y .

T he e n em y h i t tw o h i g h s p o t s
( P j l e . 59T7

in

th e ir

d e m o l i t i o n a n d m in e p l a n t i n g

622-

to h i t th e J tc k a o t,
To t a k e a c h a n c e a n d w in a l a r g o r e w a r d .
(in
g a m b lin g th o la n k n o t I s a l a r g e am o u n t o f m oney w h ic h I s w on h y a
g a m b le r a g a i n s t tre m e n d o u s o d d s .)
He w as g r o w in g a h e a r d r i g h t t h e r e i n t h e d r u g s t o r e w h en h e m e t A g n e s
n e x t t o h im a t t h e n u m b e r g a m e , a n d h e 'd h i t t h e J a c k p o t t h i s t i m e
(M a rq u a n d , ^ 7 5 )*
T hey h a d r e a l l y h i t t h e J a c k p o t , h u t th e y n e w e r knew w h a t t h e J a c k p o t
w as
( P y le , l6 5 7 7
to h i t th e n a i l on th e h e a d .
To s t a t e
ly ; to s t a t e th e c ru x o f th e m a tte r .
He m u s t h a r e h i t
to h i t on.
th o u g h t.

th e n a il

on th e h e a d ...

to h i t on th e n o s e .
e x a c tly c o r r e c tly .

to h i t

g irl h it
th e

(P y le ,

To t h i n k a b o u t b y a c c i d e n t ;

. . . s h e w as d e l i g h t e d w hen h e h i t
( C a i n , 2^ 2 ) .

...d e e s

t h e p ro b le m

on th e p la n

To r e t i r e ;

s u c c in c t­

203) .

co m e t o m i n d w i t h o u t f o r e ­

of re s to rin g

th e h o u s e .. .

To do s o m e th in g e x tr e m e ly a c c u r a t e l y ;

a Q on a n o s e . . .

sack.

to

b rie fly ,

to

(C a in , 2 1 8 ).

to

go to b e d .

(C f.

to

h it

th e h a y . )

. . . t h e S c o u ts ,. . l i k e
n o th in g b e t t e r th a n
h i t t i n g th e s a c k . . .
A f t e r chow t h e tw o h i t t h e i r s a c k s t o g e t h e r
( t a n k , 2 2 (> ).
to

h it th e sh o re .
to h i t th e b e a c h .)

W hen t h e

To l a n d

s i g n a l m en h i t

in

th e sh o re

a tta c k

in

o n a n enem y h e l d

th e f i r s t w a r e .. .

to h i t

to w n .

in p ra is e

(T a n k ,

sh o re .

(T a n k ,

to h i t th e s p o t.
To p l e a s e ; t o b e e x a c t l y r i g h t f o r
to b e w h a t i s c o n s id e re d n e c e s s a ry t o g iv e p le a s u r e .
in r e f e r e n c e to fo o d o r d r in k .)
. . . re a so n s, a l l
(C a in , 138) ,

In

a to w n ;

to

com e

to a
th e ir

to h i t u p o n .

le a rn .

To d i s c o v e r ;

to

fin d

o u t;

to

h it

th e

spot

c ity .

g ra titu d e

to w n

(S ee :

g iv in g p le a s u r e ;
(V e ry o f te n u s e d

to w n ,

A t f i r s t w hen
w e h i t a n e w to w n t h e p e o p l e i n
t h e i r f r u i t s to th e tro o p s
(P y le , 8 9 ).
T hey d i d n 't b u s t
l o o s e a s r i o t o u s l y w hen th e y

192) .

Uo).

o f V e d a , b u t so m eh o w t h e y d i d n ' t h i t

To a r r i v e

do

g a v e w ay

( P y l e , U) .

-623-

Ih in ,

oa*

d a g r, h * t o o h a d h i t

to h o le t u p .
...th e
...o n e

To r a i s e ;

to

t ip o n

th *

lif t;

S e c re t

to

(M a rq u a n d ,

o a rrj tp .

w ounded w e re h o le te d u p h y s l i n g s . . • ( P y le ,
l o a d w a s b e in g h o i s t e d u p . . . ( P y l e , 2 8 7 /*

to h o ld a lo o f f r o e .
N ot to a s s o o la te w ith ;
fre w f n o t t o h e in tim a te ly f r i e n d l y w ith .
She h e ld a l o o f fro m
it
C S a l n , $>37:

th e r e s ta u r a n t I t s e l f ,

to h o ld a n a u c tio n .
a u c tio n .
M ason s a i d ,

To

1 9 0 ),

2 8 6 ).

to keep

o n e 's

a n d th e p e o p le

a rra n g e a a a u c tio n and

" A r e y o u h o l d i n g a n a u c t i o n *11

to

(G a rd n e r,

s e ll

d is ta n c e

c o n n e c te d w ith

o n e 's g o o d s a t

7 5 ).

to h o ld b a c k ,
1.

To k e e p s e c r e t ;

n o t to

te ll,

• • . M i l d r e d , . .w a n te d t o know w h a t i t w as t h a t V eda w as h o l d i n g h a c k . . .
( C a in , 1 3 3 )*
T h is s t o r y h a s b e e n h e l d b a c k f o r a w h i l e b e c a u s e t h e f e l l o w w a s m ig h ty
s e n s itlw e a b o u t I t . . . (T an k , 1 3 6 ).
2.

To r e s t r a i n

• • .p a tte d

h e r,

o n e 's

e m o tio n s ;

t o l d h e r to

le t

n o t to

it

g iro

w ent to

com e, n o t to

try

o n e 's

to

fe e lin g s .

h o ld b a c k

(G a in .

51).
3.

To r e t a r d ;

t o k e e p f r o a m a k in g p r o g r e s s ;

to

d e la y .

T h e re h a d b e e n a tim e w hen P r i n c e V a ls k y w as h e ld b a c k b y h i s
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 2 ) .
U . To k e e p s o m e t h i n g f r o m e n t e r i n g ;
i t t r i e * to m e re o u t o r aw ay .

to k e ep

S n g lls h

s o m e th in g I n a p l a c e w hen

O t h e r s h a d t h e m o re p r i m i t i v e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f l o g s u p p o r t s i n e a c h c o r n e r
w i t h s h e l t e r h a l w e s s t r e t c h e d b e t w e e n th e m t o h o l d b a c k t h e s a n d
(P y le .

257).
5.

To r e f r a i n ;

He w a n te d t o

kesp

to

h o ld

in

on f i r i n g

check;

to

d e s is t.

an d h e h a d b e e n t o l d ^ o h o ld b a c k

to h o ld th e b a g .
To b e m a d e a r l c t i m ;
s i b l e f o r s o m e th in g u n p l e a s a n t .

to

be

th e

o n e w ho i s

(T an k , 1 1 0 ),
m ade r e s p o n ­

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A nd here I as, h o l d i n g the hag
t o h o l d ------ b » X lT i n .
To
to m a in ta in a s n a i l w a is t.
. ..t h e s p e o la l g ir d le
221) .

( O a i n , 197)*

keep

c e rta in ly

o n e 's b e l l y , a b d o m e n ,f r o m p r o t r u d i n g ;

h e ld h e r h e lly

In

q u ite n ic e ly .. .

(C a in ,

“

to hold —
— breath.
Not to breathe.
prise, a s t onlsSaent . )

(This often implies frig h t, sur­

He se e m e d jto h o ld h i s h r e a t h f o r a m om ent a s th o u g h t h i n k i n g r a p i d l y h a c k
o re r w hat had heen s a i d ...
( G a rd n e r, 6) .
T hen a s w e h e l d o u r h r o a t h s .
th e s e a rc h l ig h ts one hyoneb ro u g h t
th e ir
h e a r t s dow n u p o n o u r s h i p
(P y le , 2 l ) .
to h o ld —
h y t h e a rm .
o t h e r ' s a im .
In

To t a k e

o n 's

a rm ;

to

put

o n e 's h a n d o n a n ­

t h e h a l l h e h e l d me h g t h e a rm a s w e w a lk e d to w a r d th e

d o o r ...

(T an k ,

193>.
to h o ld a c o n fe re n c e .
w ith o n e a n o th e r .

To c o n f e r ;

to

H a g le y a n d I h e l d a l i t t l e c o n f e r e n c e
. . . s o th e y h e ld a o o n fe re n o e . . . { P y le .

a rra n g e

a m e e t i n g a™* t o

c o n fe r

(T a n k , 192) .
1 5 3 )•

to h o ld c o u r t.
To a c t
s c e n d in g m a n n er.

s u p e rio r and to

W h ile h i s s t e a k w a s o n t h e
and su n d ry a h o u t V e d a ...

f i r e , h e h e ld
(C a in , 2 l5 J .

ta lk

to

o th e rs

c o u rt in

In

th e h a r ,

a conde­

and to ld a ll

to hold ----- down.
1.

To r e s t r a i n ;

to keep

dow n.

T h e s e r g e a n t c o u l d n ' t h o l d h i m s e l f do w n t o a w a l k
(T an k , 2 2 6 ).
• • . t h e i r s p e e d I n s u c h a d i r e w o u ld o r d i n a r i l y b u i l d u p t o a ro u n d s e y s n
h u n d r e d m i l e s a n h o u r h u t t h e b r a k e s h e l d th e m d o w n t o a h o u t 3 9 0
(P y le , 10) .
2,

To f a s t e n

dow n;

to f i x ;

t o k e e p fro m

ris in g .

As h e w a lk e d h e p e « s e d a s o l d i e r t r y i n g t o r e d r ly e
dow n t h e f r o n t o f h i s p u p t e n t
( P y le , 3 9 3 )*
3« T o a l l o w

to

o p e ra te

C la y to n h e l d h e r dow n f o r

th e

a t f u l l sp eed o r c a p a c ity .
t h e w h o le c l i p

(P y le ,

U5 0 ) .

s ta k e

th a t h e ld

-6Z >-

t o h o l d t q w a a JoT>«
To d o a J o b v e i l
k e e p , m a in ta in . a Jo b , p o s itio n *
He c o u l A n 't h a r e h e l d o n e ( a
to h o ld - — f a c e i n —
t h a t o n e 's f a c e I s i n
fa tig u e , e tc .)

fire .

dow n a n y w a y

r e s i a i n e m p lo y e d ;

(G a rd n e r*

to

7 1 ).

hands*
To r e s t o n e 1 s h e a d o n o n e ' s h a n d s s o
o n e* s p a lm s .
(T h is im p lie s f a t i g u e , e m o tio n a l

He c lim b e d i n b e s i d e h e r ,
to h o l d

Job)

enough to

h e ld h is

H ot to

fa c e in

s h o o t;

I k n e w I s h o u l d h a v e h e l d my f i r e . . .
to h o ld f o r .
To k e e p f o r ;
a n o t h e r eam ee f o r i t .

to

to

h is

h an d s.* .

re s tra in

(T an k ,

(C a in , 1 9 8 ).

o n e s e l f fro m

s h o o tin g .

2 l).

r e ta in p o s s e s s io n

of

s o m e th in g u n t i l

▲ h a r d w o r k i n g b u s i n e s s g i r l f o u n d a n o t i c e i n her m a i l b o x t h e o t h e r
d a y s a y in g t h a t a p a c k a g e w as b e in g h e ld f o r h e r a t a H a llw a y E x p re s s
o ffic e
(H ew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t,* 6 , I 9 H7 , 2 3 )*
to h o l d
hand.
a n o t h e r 's h a n d .

To t a k e a n o t h e r ' s

hand in to

o n e 's h a n d s ;

. . .s h e h e ld h i s h a n d t i g h t , a n d l i s t e n e d to th e r a d i o . . .
. . . B e r t . . . u n a b a s h e d l y h e l d h e r h a n d . . . ( C a in , 238) .
t o h o l d —— h jm d s
u p ).
To p u t o n e ' s
o n e 's h e a d a s a s l g i a l o f s u r r e n d e r , d e f e a t .
T hey w e re s t i l l

h o ld in g

t h e i r h an d s h ig h in

th e

hands in

a ir ...

to

caress

(C a in , 250) .

th e

a i r a b o re

(P y le ,

3 9 8 )*

th e h o ld — — h a s on — .
S o m e th in g b y m e a n s o f w h ic h o n e c a n c o n t r o l
a n o t h e r ; s o m e th in g w h ic h g iv e s o n e c o n t r o l o f a n o t h e r .
(T h is u s u a ll y
im p lie s s o m e th in g a b s t r a c t a s l o v e , f e a r , a n d th e l i k e . )
W hat w as t h e h o l d h e h a d o n y o u ?
to h o l d
head in -— hands.
CHETs i m p l i e s f a t i g u e , g r i e f ,

(G a rd n e r,

1 1 1 ).

To s u p p o r t o n e ' s h e a d b y o n e ' s h a n d s .
e m o tio n a l s t r e s s . )

A nd t h e n J e s s e h e l d h i s h e a d i n b o t h h i s h a n d s , h i s
th ro u g h h i s b la c k h a i r
(M a rq u a n d , 8 0 ) .
to h o l d
head up*
own a b i l i t i e s *
...if

I can

hold h i s

To h a v e s e l f - r e s p e c t ;

f in g e r s w rith e d

to hav e b e lie f

in

o n e 's

J u s t g e t h im o u t o f h e r e , and in business again s o he c a n
head up
( C a in , 1 7 7 )*

-626-

to

h o l d i n p lfc o o .
u su a l p la c e •

To k e e p

in

th e p ro p e r p o s itio n ;

to

m a in ta in a t

th e

. # . a n d h i e t r o u s e r s w e r e h e l d I n p l a c e "by a " b e l t w i t h a m o n o g ra m b u c k l e
. . . (M a rq u a n d , 39)*
H is s o f t c o l l a r w a s h e l d I n p l a c e b y a c l i p * . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 9 ) .

His brown hair, whlefci used, to Ve rumpled, was now held in place by some
sort of lotion*.. (Marquand* 39)*
h o ld

l t l

S to p ;

Hold l t l

d e s is t;

q u it*

Stop this goddam ear

(Gain, 198).

to hold the line*
To keep the
break the telephone circuit*
B ra k e p ic k e d i t 1 9 , s a id i n t o th e
a m in u te " . . . (G a rd n e r, 60) *

telephone off of the cradle;
tra n s m itte r,

" H o ld t h e

lin e

not to
fo r

Ju st

to hold on.
1.

To h o l d ;

to

g ra sp ;

to

s e is e .

▲cross the room*, . holding on to her throat, was Veda (Cain, 25U).
. . . she held on to the door handle... (Cain, 173)*
. . . c l i m b i n g repe l a d d e r s u p t h e s i d e s o f s h i p s , s n a k i n g h a c k d o w n o n
s i n g l e ro p e s — J u s t h o ld in g on w ith h i s h a n d s
( P y l e , 276).

2 . To wait; to resuLln; to continue.
...L e v o r s o n
fa n try m e n

s c a l e d t h e s h e e r c h e e k o f th e m o u n ta in a g a i n t o t e l l
t o h o l d o n a n d t h a t h e l p w a s c o m in g
( T a n k , 191 - 2 ) .

th e

in ­

3 * To defend; to fight to defend.
...th e y

d i d n 't h o ld

on to o b i t t e r l y

*4. ( U s e d J o c u l a r l y t o I n d i c a t e
a h ig h r a t e o f s p e e d .)

(P y le ,

*407)*

th a t a v e h ic le

is

g o in g to

tra v e l a t

His drivers used to say when they started out, "Hold on. for the general
doesn't spare the horses when he's traveling" (Pyle, 395)*

3 * To retain possession; to ksep.
I t w as a m a tte r o f h o ld in g o n . a n d no tim e to b e l i q u i d
( M a r q u a n d , * 4 0 1 ).
. . . b u t M i l t o n h a d s a i d t h a t n ow w a s t h e t i m e jto h o l d o n w i t h t h e M g
o r d e r s f o r h e a v y g o o d s c o m in g f r o m P r a n c e a n d E n g l a n d
(M a rq u a n d , U o i) .
to

h o ld

o n to .

To h o l d ;

to

m a in ta in

o n e 's

g ra sp ;

n o t to

le t

lo o s e .

The b a k e r b o y s ' s t o r y o f s h e l l i n g o s a s s d t o
I s t i l l h s l d o n to a y p i e
( P y l e , 2 H 6 ).
to

h o ld

b e a c a d e m ic r i g h t

th a n *

but

o a t*

1* To e x t e n d s w a y fro m
aw ay fro m o n e s e lf *

o n e 's b o d y ;

t o m a in ta in g ra s p

of but

to

h o ld

T o w a rd t h e e n d t h e b o y s w e r e d o w n i n g * h o l d i n g t h e g u n s o u t a t a r m s
l e n g t h a n d s h u t t i n g t h e i r e y e s l i k e g i r l s * . . ( P y l e , 1 8 8 )*
He l e a n e d o v e r to l i g h t h i s c i g a r e t t e fro m t h e m a tc h W illia m s h e l d o u t
b e tw e e n c u p p e d p a lm s
( T a n k , 90 ) .
The P r i n c e l i g h t e d a m a tc h u n h u r r i e d l y , a n d h e l d i t o u t t o J e f f r e y
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 7 ) *
. . . s h e u n lo c k e d a d o o r a n d h e l d o u t a m enu
( C a i n , * * 5 ).
T h e l a n d l a d y , . . h e l d i t o u t a t a r m ' s l e n g t h , . . ( P y l e , **6 3 ) *
" I g o t f o u r m a c h l n e - p l s t o l s h o t s p l a c e d a n i n c h a p a r t i n my s l e e v e
t h e r e , 1* s a i d M o o r e , h o l d i n g o u t h i s r i g h t a rm
(T a n k , lH S ).
2 . To c o n t i n u e
o f o p p o s itio n *

to

dem and a lth o u g h o f te n

re fu se d ;

to

a sk f o r in

s p ite

. . . I d a o b s t i n a t e l y h e l d o u t f o r l i g h t g r e e n w a l l s * . . ( G a in , 1 7 3 )*
T h e re w as a l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t y a b o u t p r i c e , h e tr y i n g to b e a t M ild re d
d o w n t o t h i r t y o e n t s . b u t s h e h e l d o u t f o r t h i r t y - f i v e , s a id p r e s e n t l y
he a g re e d
( G a in , 6 8 ;*
B ut h e c a n 't h o ld o u t v e r y lo n g
(C a in , 8 * 0 .
3* To m a i n t a i n
d iffic u ltie s *

o n e 's p o s i t i o n ,

c o n d itio n ,

o r s itu a tio n

in

th e f a c e

of

A m e re p l a t o o n o f G e r m a n s .. . c o u l d h o l d o u t f o r a lo n g tim e a g a i n s t t r a m endous o n s la u g h ts * * . ( P y l e , lU lJ *
. . . s h e w as w o r k in g h a r d e r t h a n s h e knew s h e c o u ld w o rk , a n d s t i l l h o ld
o u t u n t i l S u n d a y , w hen s h e c o u ld s le s p
( C a in , 68) .
I e c n l d u n d e r s t e n d now how S t a l i n g r a d h a d h e l d o u t
(T a n k , 3 8 )*
U. H ot to

te ll

t h e w h o le

s to ry ,

fa c ts ;

to

keep a p a r t

s e c re t*

I t l o o k s a s t h o u g h y o u ' v e b e e n h o l d i n g o u t o n me
( G a r d n e r , 132) ,
T h e y ' r e t e l l i n g L e e d s t h a t f in a lly M i l l c a n t h a s c o n f e s s e d t o e v e r y t h i n g ,
a n d t h a t t h e r e 's n o u s e t r y i n g to h o ld o u t a n y lo n g e r
( G a r d n e r , 2 0 3 )*
to

h o ld o u t —

hand*

1* To o f f e r o n e ' s h a n d p r e l i m i n a r y
o n e 's h a n d t o s h a k e h a n d s , e t c *

to

s h a k in g h a n d s ,

. • . h e h e l d o u t h i s h a n d a n d I s h o o k i t . . . ( Y a n k , 2 U7 ) .
S h e .. . h e ld o u t h e r h a n d
( C a i n , 22 l ) ,
S h e w a s h o l d i n g o u t h e r h a n d t o h im
(M a rq u a n d , 1 8 0 ),

e tc ;

to

e x te n d

-bZ tt-

J e f f r e y s m i l e d a t h im a n d h a I d o u t h i s h a n d
(M a rq u a n d , 301) .
"G o sh t h a t ' s s w e l l , J e f f .* a n d h e h e l d o u t h i s h a n d a c r o s s t h e t a b l e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 7 9 ) .
I t se e m e d t o J e f f r e y t h a t th e y w e re lo w e r s w hen s h e h e l d o u t h e r h a n d s
t o h im
(M a rq u a n d , 29*0 •
The l i t t l e g i r l h e ld o u t h e r h a n d
(M a rq u an d , k6 ) .
M ild r e d .. .h e l d o u t h e r h a n d to M rs. G e s s lc r
( C a i n , l 6l ) .
J im w a s t u r n i n g a n d h o l d i n g o u t h i s h a n d
(M a rq u a n d , 927) ,
. . . a s J e f f r e y m o w ed t o w a r d t h e t a b l e , M r . Ba m e s w a s h o l d i n g o u t h i s
hand
(M a rq u a n d , 168) .
W hen I d o . I ' l l h o l d o u t m y h a n d t o y o u a n d s a y , ' K i s s m e , W i l s o n '
(M a rq u a n d , 370TT
2.

T o e x t e n d o n e 's h a n d a w a y fro m

o n e 's

body.

A p e r s o n w o u ld h o l d o u t h i s h a n d a n d p u r p o s e l y m ak e I t t r e m b l e . . .
( P y le , 285) .
T h e stranger held out h i s hand, w h i c h was marked b y the Indentations o f
J e f f r e y ' s teeth (Marquand, 10).
to h o ld •
lo s e .

ow n.

To m a i n t a i n

th e

s ta tu s

quo;

n o t to

g a in b u t n o t

to

I ' w e g o t my ow n l i t t l e b u s i n e s s ,
h o l d i n g m y ow n I f I e a t I n t h e
( 0a l n , h l ) .

a n d I t ' s a l l s h o t , a n d I 'm J u s t a b o u t
t e a ro o m I n s t e a d o f t h e B l l t m o r e

to h o ld —
peace.
To re m a in
w ant to a rg u e o r f i g h t .

q u ie t and p e a c e f u l a lth o u g h

B ut In th e r e s ta u r a n t sh e h e ld h e r p e a c e , u n t i l
b a w l i n g o u t M r. C h r i s
( C a in , 63) .

one day

one

sh e h e ard

m ay

Id a

to h o ld a p r is o n e r .
To h o l d ; k e e p , one r e s t r a i n e d , u n d e r r e s t r a n l t ;
t o k e e p o n e i n p r i s o n ; to Im p ris o n o n e .
. . . d e m a n d s t h a t A l d e n L e e d s , w ho i s a t p r e s e n t h e l d a p r i s o n e r I n
b e r e t u r n e d to A la s k a n a u t h o r i t i e s . . . ( G a r d n e r , 122) .
to h o l d
te re s te d

s p e llb o u n d .
To k eep a n a u d ito r ,
in a s to ry , t a l e .

He h a d n o t l n t s n d e d f o r a s i n g l e m in u te to
bound
(M a rq u a n d , 3 0 )*
to h o ld s t i l l .

To b e s t i l l ;

P u t i t on y o u r f a c e ,
q u a n d , 15k ) .
to

h o ld to .

not

to

g ra sp ;

in te n s e ly

in ­

t h e w h o l e ro o m s p e l l ­

t o m o w e.

a n d n ow h o l d s t i l l

To h o l d ;

h o ld

s u d le n c e ,

S e a ttl

to

a n d l e t me b r u s h y o u o f f

s e is e .

(M a r­

-629-

A ro u n d e l w e n s h e d r o r e to t h e t h e a t r e , to o k L e t t ? h o m e, a n d h e l d
t o V e d a 18 h a n d o n t h e w a y t a c k t o t h e h o u s e
(G a in , 1 1 * 0 .

tig h t

to h o ld th e tru m p s .
To t e I n p o s s e s s i o n o f s u p e r i o r p o w e r;
t e t t e r In f o rm a tio n , u t i l i t y , f o r e s ig h t a n d th e l i k e .

h a re

D ra k e s a i d ,

"T he oops h o ld a l l

th e

tru m p s "

to

(G a rd n e r, 88) .

to h o ld u p .
1.

To d e la y ;

to h in d e r;

to

d e ta in .

. . . a n d i t i s e j e c t e d t o t e o o s q p l e t e d i n t h e m i d d l e o f 19**9 i f s h o r t a g e s
o f m a t e r i a l s d o n ' t h o l d i t uj>
(iTew T o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t . 1 3 , 19*17* 2 7 ) *
. . . t h e r o o k t h a t w as h o ld in g u p th e a d T a n e e o f a n e n t i r e a r m y ... (T a n k ,

16 ?) .

I t h e ld up

15777

th e ad v an ce o f

t h e T l f t h A rm y f o r w e e k s a n d w e e k s

(T a n k ,

The h a l f - t r a c k s h o l d y o u r t r a f f i c u p f o r h o u r s
(T a n k , 189) .
F o r i n s t a n c e , s u p p o s e t h e r e w a s a G e rm a n g u n p o s i t i o n J u s t o v e r a h i l l
w h ic h w a s h o l d i n g u s u p t e c a u s e o u r t r o o p s c o u l d n 't g e t a t i t w i t h
th e ir guns
tP y le , 1597*
We a r g u e d . . . w i t h a F r e n c h c a p t a i n w ho w a s h o l d i n g u s U £ . . . ( P y l e , *+5 6 ) .
B e r t , h a v in g .. .t h r e a t e n e d e r a to " h o ld u p t h e s e ttle m e n t" u n le s s f u l l
d a ta w e re f u r n i s h e d . . . (G a in , 2 0 9 ).
T hey h o l d u p t h e w av es B e h in d t h e m . . . ( P y le , 363) .
B e t t e r h o ld i t g j a m in u te
( P y l e , *+0 0 ) .
T h e y l e f t a h e u t tw o m a c h i n e g i n s a n d a f e w r i f l e m e n s c a t t e r e d t h r o u g h t h e
h e d g e t o d o a l o t o f s h o o t i n g a n d h o l d u p t h e A m e r i c a n s . . . ( P y l e , *+*+l).
J u s t t o m a k e s u r e , u h o n e a n d a s k th e m t o h o l d i t m> u n t i l w e g e t t a c k
(T an k , 195) .
T h e w i t h d r a w a l w a s h e l d u p a t o u r h o u s e . . . ( T a n k , 2 U1 ) .
. . . X d 'e o u t f i t h a d t e e n h e l d u p t y f i r e fro m a d u g - in p o s i t i o n
(T a n k .
2 U H ).
...w e ...w e r e h e ld up t y k n e e -m o rta r f i r e
(T an k , 251) .
In th o s e in s ta n c e s , i t w as im p o s s ib le to B y p ass a t a l l , so t r a f f i c h a d
t o t e h e l d u p u n t i l a n e m e rg e n c y B r id g e c o u ld t e th ro w n a c r o s s t h e g ap
( P y le ,“ 5 9 7 .
2 . To s u p p o r t ; t o k e e p
p la c e , p o s itio n .

fro m f a l l i n g ,

s in k in g ,

lo w e rin g ;

to

keep

in

The f o u n ta in c o n s is te d o f a t h i n l y d ra p e d g i r l h o ld in g a c o n ch s h e l l
f r o m w h ic h cam e a J e t o f w a t e r t h a t d e s c e n d e d i n t o a B a s i n h e l d u p
by sea h o rse s
(M a rq u a n d , 1 7 )*
H e t i e d s a m e r o p e a r o u n d h i s c h e s t . . . s o t h a t i t h e l d h im u £ w h i l e h e
s le p t
( P y l e , 253) .
. . . t w o o f th e f e llo w s w ad ed o u t a n d h e l d h i s h e a d u g w h ile we p u l l e d
h im o u t
(T a n k , 1 9 8 ).
. . . b u t n o t h i n g h e l d u p h i s B lu e w o o l s o c k s , w h ic h c a s c a d e d to w a rd th e
t a p p e r s o f h i s c r e p e - s o l e d lo w s h o e s . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 3 9 ) *

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A u n t M a rth a h a d o n h e r h l a e k s i l k d r s s s w i t h t h e h ig h o o ll& r h e l d u p
"by s t r i p s o f w h a l e b o n e
(M a rq u a n d , 1 5 7 ) .
3* To r a i s e

in

th e a i r .

. . . i f s o n s I n f a n tr y m a n i n h i s t r e n c h h a d n 't h e l d u p a l i g h t e d m a t o h
(T a n k , IS O ).
. . . e a c h h o y c r y in g a t th e to p o f h i s lu n g s to c a l l a t t e n t i o n to h im s e lf ,
an d h o ld in g up h is h a n d s ... ( P y le , 2 2 7 ),
S om ehow I g o t s t a r t e d k i s s i n g h a h l e s t h a t w e r e h e l d u p h y t h e i r p a r e n t s
. . . ( P y l e , ^ 56) .
H o ld u p y o u r r i g h t h a n d a n d h e s w o r n
(G a rd n e r t 1 8 7 ) .
She l i f t e d th e c le a v e r o u t o f a d ra w e r, h e ld i t u p . p u t i t h a c k . . .
(G a in , 5 ) .
" B a r r in g to n a n d I w e re p r e p a r in g s u p p e r ," s a i d th e l i e u t e n a n t , h o ld in g
u p th e c h ic k e n f e a t h e r s . . . ( P y le , 239) .
M ason h e l d u p h i s h a n d , a n d s a i d , "H o , n o , M is s L a d e , n o t a w o rd fr o m
you"
(G a rd n e r , 2 0 1 ) .
B u t M r. B o o le h e l d u p a f i n g e r , s m i l e d , a n d cam e o v e r
(G a in , 3 3 ) .
H . To c h a r g e e x t o r t l o n a t e l y ;
h ig h p r i c e .
B u t i f i t w a s n 't j u s t i f i e d ,
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 2 ).

to

get

a n o th e r to p a y a r i d i c u l o u s l y

an d H o g a rty w as t r y i n g

5 . T o r e m a i n c o n s t a n t ; n o t to c h a n g e .
(T h is
w e a th e r; g o o d , p l e a s a n t , c l e a r w e a th e r .)
...th e

w e a th e r w as s t i l l

to h o ld u p
ity .
I

end.

h o ld in g up
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sh are;

to h o ld up —
hands.
c a te s u rre n d e r, d e fe a t.

th e

t h a t 's

a ss u m e o n e 's

w h a t y o u 'r e

re s p o n s ib il­

ta lk in g ab o u t

c o u rtro o m , h e ld u p h i s

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...o n e o f th a n h e ld up h is
(T a n k , 8 ) ,
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to

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in ta k in g a n o e a th .)

. . .p ln c h - w a ls te d h i s w ay a c r o s s
w as sw o rn
( G a r d n e r , 1*4-3)*

to h o l d

i m p l i e s w hen u s e d w i t h

(T a n k , 2 0 7 ).

c a n s t i l l — h o l d u p my e n d o f i t — i f
( G a i n , 1 H3 ) .

to h o ld up —
hand.
is th e u s u a l p r a c tic e

t o h o l d h im u p . . .

rid ic u le .

hand,

h a n d s a b o v e o n e 's h e a d t o

h an d s c ry in g ,

"M e s u r r e n d e r I

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to

(T h is

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h o ld y o u r h o r s e s .
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to

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( O a ln ,

rid ic u le . . .
ta k e

it

(G a in *

easy;

d o n 't g e t

201) .

* h o le in o n e.
In g o lf a sc o re o f o n e, a b s o lu te ly p e r f e c t,
h o le .
By e x te n s io n a r e r y lu c k y s h o t o r p e r f o r m a n c e .
▲ G e rm a n b a s o o k a g u n n e r . . .m a d e o n e o f t h o s e
( P y l e , H 2 U ).
to h o le u p .
To h i d e o n e s e l f i n a h o l e ;
r a th e r s e c r e t p la c e to h id e .

...p la y

fo r.

To y e l l a n d

th e p y a n n e r so t h e y 'd

to h o lle r o u t.
A nd I h a r e h e a r d
1 3 7 ).

To y e l l ;

to

g e t in to a c are

to re q u e s t; to

th e m .. . h o l l e r

speak o u t r e r y
o u t. . .t o

o r o th e r

( P y l e , ^ 5 7 )*
( T a n k , 123) .

y e l l a s k in g

a ll be h o lle rin g

to

on o n e

f r e a k i s h h o le -ln -o n e h i t s . . .

. . . s o m e G e rm a n s w e r e h o l e d u p a n d f i r i n g d e s p e r a t e l y
. . . t h e y w e re h o le d up in th e s a d d le o f a m o u n t a i n ...
to h o lle r

167) .

fo r her

fo r.
(C a in ,

I 89) .

lo u d ly .

S h o rty t

"S o lo n g , p a l"

(T a n k ,

h o llo w ( a d ) c h e e k s .
C h eek s w h ic h a r e s u n k e n ;
( f h is im p lie s w o rry , f a t i g u e , d i s t r e s s , e t c . )

n o t f u l l ro u n d c h e e k s ,

H er b la c k e y e s , s ta r in g

c h e e k s . . . ( G a r d n e r , U ).

&

o u t fro m a b o v e h o llo w e d

H o lly w o o d , s e t .
A s e t t i n g , s c e n e r y , p r e p a r e d f o r t h e c i n e m a , m o v in g
p i e t u r e s , i n H o lly w o o d i n a r a t h e r r o a i a n t i c e x e c u t i o n .

A s t r e e t s c e n e i n C h e rb o u rg lo o k s s o m uch l i k e
o l d B o r o p e a n c i t i e s . . . ( P y l e , U1 5 ) .

t h e H o lly w o o d s e t s

of

H o ly G r a i l .
The p l a t t e r o r cu p u s e d b y J e s u s a t t h e L a s t S u p p e r.
H e n c e , a n y t h i n g o f e x tre m e v a l u e a n d w o r t h y o f w o rk a n d s a c r i f i c e .
The r e s t a u r a n t . . . w a s

a s o r t o f H o ly G r a i l . . .

h o ly h e l l .
(A n e x c l a m a t i o n n o t u s u a l l y
a b l e i n n o rm a l s o c i a l i n t e r c o u r s e . )
"H o l y h e l l ! "

th e G .I . h o lle r e d

hom e a n d f i r e s l d e .
w o r d h o m e .)

H om e.

( C a i n , 130) .

c o n s id e re d p o lite

o r a c c e p t­

(T an k , 129) .

(T h is c a r r i e s

a ll

th e

c o n n o ta tio n s

o f th e

In

th e e v e n in g h e c a a e b a c k t o
ild t
(P y le , 1 5 7 ).

s o m e th in g a p p r o x im a te ly a h o a e a n d f i r e --------------------------

a h o n e aw ay f r o a h o n e .
A p l a e o t o l i r e w h ic h . i s n o t o n e 1 > h o a e .
C fh ls l a o f t e a u s e d i n h o t e l a d v e r t i s i n g
t o im p ly
th a t th e h o te l
o f f e r s a l l t h e c o m fo rts
a n d c o n v e n i e n c e s o f h o m e .)
. . . L e a h y G a b le s , w h ic h i s
th e n a a e t h a t we g iv e o u r
f o r th e d u r a tio n
( T a n k , l 6l ) .

hom eaw ay f r o a

hoae

hoae b a ss .
The h a s e a t w h ic h , i n b a s e b a l l ,
th e s c o r e i s m ade.
H e n c e , h y e x t e n s i o n o n e 's to w n , c e n t e r o f o p e r a t i o n , c h i e f r e s i d e n c e .
A l t h o u g h h e c a l l e d P h o e n i x , A r i z o n a , h o a e h a s e , w e o f Hew M e x ic o c o u l d
d a l a h i a w ith o u t ao o h r e s i s t a n c e on h i s p a r t
(P y le , 1 2 9 ).
S o , a l t h o u g h t h e y l i v e d w e l l w h e n a t h o a e h a s e . t h e y w e ren * t o n a n y p i c ­
n i c w hen th e y w e n t o u t t o w o rk
(P y le , 1 6 ^ ).
h o a e c o o k in g .
cooked fo o d .
T hey s p e c i a l i s e
hoae d ig g in g s .

S im p le ,

honey c u is in e ,

in h o a e c o c k in g
H oae; p la c e

c o o k in g ; w e ll p r e p a r e d a n d w e ll

( G a r d n e r , 9 & ).
o f re s id e n c e .

P le a s a n t T a l l e y , A r is o n a , w as P r u i t t 's

h o a e d ig g in g s

(P y le ,

332) .

th e hoae f r o n t.
The w o rk f o r th e w a r e f f o r t w i t h i n t h e U n ite d S t a t e s
b o u n d a rie s .
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )
. . . th e h o n e f r o n t i s s h a a e le s s ly r e la x in g on th e w ar e f f o r t
(T a n k , 217)
P u t h y p o u n d in g aw ay a t h o n e - f r o n t n o r a l e . . . , p s y c h o l o g i c a l w a r f a r e n a y
c r e a t e a s e n s e o f d e f e a t . . . ( Y a n k , 1 27 - 8 ) .
—

hoae f ie ld .
An a i r f i e l d
w h ic h o n e i s a s s i g n e d .

He fo u n d h i s h o n e f i e l d
hoae fro a .

w h e re o n e i s

J u s t a s h e ra n

A r r i v i n g a t o n e 's

s ta tio n e d ;

out of gas

( P y l e , 169) .

r e s i d e n c e a f t e r h a v in g b e e n aw ay a t .

. . . w h e n a c e r t a i n p l a n e c a n e s w i n g i n g lo w o v e r t h e
B e r lin , one l a t e a fte rn o o n
(T an k , 85) .
h o a e m ade.
e x c e lle n t,

th e a i r f i e l d

M ad e a t o n e ' s h o n e .
s u p e rio r.

H ence,

to w e r, h o a e f r o a

by e x te n s io n , v e ry

good,

T h e r e w e r e tw o c h o i c e s o p e n t o t h e u n f o r t u n a t e r e c i p i e n t o f h o n e - n a d e
c o o k ie s
( T a n k , lM o ).
. . . f o r e a c h n ew d e p a r t u r e t o g i v e a l i t t l e r e m i n d e r o f t h e h o n e - n a d e
p i e e s h e h a d f o r s a l e . . . ( C a in , 122) .

to

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iUo).

o f o n e o f tv o

i t e m s . . .c a n d y

a hom e o n w h e e ls .
A p la c e
~ a to llm a n o r t r a i l e r .

to

o r h o m e -m a d e c o o k i e s

e a t an d s le e p

(T an k ,

on a co n v ey an ce e a c h a s

T h e r a i l r o a d s w e r e y o u r h o m e o n w h e e l s . a n d how y o tt c o u l d
la x on th e r a ilr o a d s
(M a rq u a n d , 4 1 2 ;.
h o m e to w n .
T h e c i t y o r to w n i n w h i c h o n e l i v e s .
w h ic h o n e w as h o r n a n d r e a r e d .
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )

s le e p

and r e ­

The c i t y

. . . H a p n e r , w ho k e p t t a l k i n g a b o u t h i s hom e to w n . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 7 ) .
H e h a d t h e C h i c k e n S h a e k a t S a b l n o l , T e x a s , h i s h o m e to w n
(P y le ,
I m a r r i e d a g i r l f r o m y o u r h o m e to w n
( P y l e , 3UU7T
. . . e n l i s t e d m en w e r e r e a d i n g h o m e - to w n n e w s p a p e r s . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 6 ) ,
h o n e st to
I t ' s th e
1 7 7 ).

C od.
firs t

honey bunch.

G e n u in e ;

re lia b le ;

c e rtifia b le ,

o f e n d e a rm e n t f a r

"How h o n e y b u n c h .11 H a l s a i d

(M a rq u a n d ,

o n e 's

3 ^ l).

re a l.

h o n e s t —t o —G o d 's c h a n c e h e 1 s h a d t o

(A t e r m

in

get s ta rte d

(C a in .

sp o u se o r f ia n c e e .)

U3 5 ) .

hooky ta n k .
A n o t v e ry r e s p e c ta b le n ig h t c lu b ; a n i n f e r i o r p la c e o f
am u sem en t a t w h ic h a l c o h o l i c d r i n k s a r e s e r v e d a n d i n w h ic h t h e r e i s
q u e s tio n a b le e n te rta in m e n t.
...a ll

n ig h t

s e s s io n a t a n e ig h b o rin g h o n k y -to n k . . .

(T a n k , 1 5 5 ).

h o n o ra b le d is c h a r g e .
A r e l e a s e fro m t h e a rm e d f o r c e s s t a t i n g t h a t
t h e s e r v i c e m an h a s s e r v e d h i s c o u n t r y h o n o r a b l y a n d h a s b e e n d i s ­
c h a r g e d , r e l e a s e d , fro m t h e s e r v i c e u n d e r h o n o r a b le c o n d i t i o n s .
T h e A rm y g a v e m e a n h o n o r a b l e
honor r o l l .
h o n o r.

A lis t

d is c h a rg e . . .

(T a n k ,

o f n am es t o w h ic h h o n o r i s

172) .

a tta c h e d ;

Why b e c o n t e n t w i t h y o u r n a m e o n a b i l l b o a r d h o n o r r o l l
(T a n k , 175) .
to

hook —
a rm t h r o u g h — —.
i n s i d e s o f b o t h e lb o w s a r e

S h e h o o k e d h e r a rm
to hope f o r .

in a v a c a n t lo t

To J o i n a r m s w i t h a n o t h e r s o
to u c h in g e a c h o th e r .

th ro u g h h i s

To w is h f o r ;

a ro o l o f

(C a in ,

2 U9 ) .

to d e s ire ;

to w a n t.

th a t

th e

-63U -

. . . t h e e a l l t h a t M ild re d h o p e d f o r d i d n 't c o n e
( C a in , 2 2 9 )*
. . . t u r n i n g i n t o a f i a s c o , e v e r y th in g s h e h a d h o p ed f o r s l ip p in g aw ay
f r o a h e r i n one n ig h tm a r e o f a n e v e n in g ( C a in , 123) .
to hop i n .

To e n t e r ,

to g e t in ,

a

o a r.

Then s h e h o p p e d i n
(C a in , 162) .
T on c o a id h o p I n a e a r a n d h e a t U 2nd S t r e e t i n a n
(M a rq u a n d , 1 1 1 ) .
J u s t hop In a y c a r , a l l o f you
( T a n k , 1 9 9 )*
to hop o u t.

To g e t

h o u r and a h a l f . . .

out o f a e a r.

. . . B e r t h o p p e d o u t b e f o r e th e o a r s to p p e d r o l l i n g
(C a in , 203) .
F l e r e e h a d h o p p e d o u t a n d h a d o p e n e d th e d o o r a n d w as p u l l i n g th e r u g
c a re fu lly fro a th e ir knees
(M a rq u a n d , 3 7 3 )*
to hop to i t .
To b e g i n ; t o s t a r t ; t o g o a t i t .
o n ly th e b e g in n in g b u t a l s o a w o rk in g a t . )
" T h e r e 's t h e p h o n e , "
to

hop u p .

he s a id .

To r i s e

E v e ry b o d y h o p p e d u p an d

" H op t o

q u ic k ly ;

to

it"

(T h is

Im p lie s n o t

(G a rd n e r, 98) .

g e t up r a p id ly .

s to o d a t a t t e n t i o n

( P y l e , 3* l l ) .

h o rs e and buggy d o c to r.
An o l d f a s h i o n e d , o u t o f d a t e , p h y s i c a n ; a
p h y s i c i a n w ho h a s n o t k e p t u p w i t h m o d e r n m e d i c a l k n o w le d g e a n d p r a c ­
tic e .
D r. K ild a re an d h o s p ita l n u rs e s and h o rse -a n d -b u fy v d o c to rs . . .
q u a n d , 2*0 .
h o rs e c a v a lry .
e q u ip m e n t.

S o l d i e r s a o u n t e d on h o r s e s r a t h e r

(M a r­

on m e c h a n is e d

G e n e r a l H e r r s s L i d . . . ' T h e p r e c i s e m e t h o d s o f e m p lo y m e n t a s w e l l a s t h e
s c o p e o f a c t i o n o f h o r s e c a v a l r y h a s b e e n a f f e c t e d . . .b y a i r a n d m ech­
a n iz a tio n '
( T o p e k a J o u r n a l , A p r . 3 , 19**0t 1 3 / 2 - 3 ) .
h o rse

d ra w n .

D e s ig n e d a n d b u i l t

t o b e d ra w n b y h o r s e s .

N e a r i t w a s a G e rm a n h o r s e - d r a w n a m m u n i t i o n c a r t , u p s i d e dow n
U5 2 ) .
to h o rs e i t .

To a c t i n b r o a d

. . .D ic k w as s a y in g
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 2 ) .
a h o rse

th a t a s

o f a n o th e r c o lo r .

com edy;

to

b u rle s q u e .

f a r a s h e c o u ld s e e ,

D iffe re n t;

(P y le .

n o t th e

th e y w e re h o rn in g i t

sam e t h i n g .

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H# u s e d s u c h e x p r e s s i o n s a s * * . " a h o r s e

o f a n o th e r c o lo r "

h o t c h o c o la te *
A d r in k co m p o sed o f m ilk
l a t e a l l o f w h ic h I s s e r v e d h o t*
He l e a r n e d

to d r in k h o t c h o c o la te

h o t dogl

(A n s y l a a s t l o n

M ason s a i d g l e e f u l l y *

In s te a d

o r c re a m *

of

(P y le *

su g ar*

c o f f e e .* .

307) .

an d choco­

(T an k *

23) .

o f a p p r o v a l.)

"H ot d o g l "

(G a rd n e r p 156) .

h o te l lo h b y *
A m a i n w a i t i n g ro o m *
on th e s a n e f l o o r a s t h e n a ln d e a k *

s ittin g

T h e lo b b y o f t h e S h o reh am w as c ro w d e d l i k e
W a s h i n g t o n . . . ( M a r q u a n d . 55**—5 ) •

ro o m I n a h o t e l *

e v ery

u s u a lly

o th e r h o t e l lo b b y I n

h o te l r e g is te r *
T he r e c o r d on w h ic h a h o t e l g u e s t s i g n s h i s nam e a n d
s t a t e s h i s r e s i d e n c e w h en h e a p p l i e s f o r a ro o m I n t h e h o t e l .
. . . d e f e n d a n t f o r g e d t h e nam e o f P i l l H o g a r ty t o v a r i o u s h o t e l r e g i s t e r s ,
t h a t w hen h e l e f t th e K lo n d ik e h e w e n t f o r a tim e tin d e r t h e n a m e ...
(G a rd n e r* 1 3 * 0 .
Who s i g n e d t h e h o t e l r e g i s t e r s
(G a rd n e r* 76) .
O f o l d s a l o o n s , o f a d a n c e I n D a w so n C i t y * o f h o t e l r e g i s t e r s , a n d a
p h o to s ta tlc c o p y o f a m a rria g e lic e n s e
(G a rd n e r, 757•
hot el s u ite *
one u n it* a s a

A s u ite o f
r o a m s I n a h o t e l ; tw o o r m o r e
b e d ro o m anda s i t t i n g
ro o m * I n a h o t e l .

New T o r k * n i g h t c l u b s , d a n c e s *
re fu g e e
(M a rq u a n d , h 2 * 0 .
h o t flu s h .
fe v e r.

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re d n e ss o f

o rc h id s ,

o n e 's

h o te l s u ite s ,

h o t fro m t h e o v a .

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cooked;

fz e s h fro m

The b r e a d I s h o t fro m th e o v e n , w i t h a h e a v y ,
( T a n k , 6 9 ) . ----------------------------------a h o t le a d .
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to

th e

f o r th e

e x e rtio n

or

to

th e a n im a tio n o f

oven.

s w e e t- s m e llin g w e tn e s s

A f r e s h s p o o r ; a n I m p o r t a n t b i t o f I n f o r m a t i o n w h ic h
t h e d i s c o v e r y o f m o re i n f o r m a t i o n .

My m an g o t a h o t l e a d *
(G a rd n e r* s 6 ) .
ho t lic k s .

c lo th e s

s k in due to p h y s ic a l

T he h o t f l u s h o f t h e l a s t fe w m in u te s w as g o n e , a l s o
l i f e . . . (C a in , 1 0 8 ).

ro o m s u d r i n g

and b e a t th e p o lic e

F a s h io n a b le p la y e d

Jazz;

to

it

b y o h ly

h o t m u s ic .

tw n m i n u t e s

-636-

...1 5 ? h o t l i c k s w a r* w h a t i t to o k , th e k id h a d th e n
(G a in , 212) .
. . . i f ’ th e y h a d th e r i g h t h o t l l c k a on t h e i r f i r s t b r o a d c a s t, th e y h i t
t h e b ig t i e s o v e rn ig h t
( t t a l n , 21 l ) .
hot

o ff

th e p r e s s ,

N e w ly p r i n t e d ; r e r y r e c e n t l y p u b l i s h e d .

. . . l a e t w e e k t h e N ap S e c t i o n i n W a s h in g to n p r i n t e d , p l a c e d i n w a t e r ­
p r o o f e d e a s e s , a n d d e l i v e r e d t o t h e b o a t s t h o s e e i g h t y —t h r e e t o n s o f
■ a p e , h o t o f f th e p r e s s e s
(P y le , 6 4 ),
a h o t re c e p tio n .

A b itte r

fig h t;

m u ch t r o u b l e .

T h e y g o t a h o t r e c e p t i o n fro m o u r th o u s a n d s o f g u n s , a n d a s t i l l
o n e f r o n o u r own p l a n e s , wUL c h . . . w e r e w a i t i n g
( P y l e , 22 - 2 3 ) .
a h o t s h o t.
e x c e lle n tly .
He w as

a hot

a h o t s p o t.

O ne w ho c a n d o s o m e t h i n g v e r y w e l l ;

sh o t and no fo o lin g
A n ig h t c lu b ;

(P y le ,

b e tte r

o n e w ho p e r f o r m s

3 7 ).

a honky ta n k ;

a dance h a ll.

B o r n i n P u e r t o B l c o 2 U y e a r s a g o , h e . . . p l a y e d t h e m a r a c c a s a n d d ru m s i n
a ru m b a b a n d i n a G re e n w ic h T i l l a g e h o t a o p t
(T an k , 2 5 ) .
hot s tu ff.
Tou th in k

T e ry g o o d ;
1 *0 h o t s t u f f ,

a hot

tip .

O kay,

h e r e 's

&
as

New f r e e h ,
a hot tip

e x c e lle n t;
d o n 't y o u

s u p e rio r.
(C a in ,

1 8 7 ).

im p o r ta n t new s o r in f o r m a t io n .

fo r you

(G a rd n e r, 1 7 3 ).

2£5E »
A w ar in v h lc h th e re is s h o o tin g , b a t t l e s ,
c o m p a re d to c o ld w a r, a w ar o f n e r v e s .

T he l d a m l e g i e a l w a r o f th e C o a s ra n ls ts i s a s r u t h l e s s
'a s a h o t w a r'
(N e w s w e e k , N o v . 17» 1 9 ^ 7 « 2 5 ) #
h o t w a te r b o ttle .
o r th e lik e , fa r

an d th e l i k e ,

a n d a s d e te rm in e d

A c o n t a i n e r o f a lu m in u m , r u b b e r , p o r c e l a i n w a r e ,
h o t w a te r w h ic h i s o f te n u s e d to h e a t a b e d .

. . . g e t t i n g M ild r e d ...a h o t-w a te r b o t t l e
(C a in , 17*0.
A s t h e y a p p r o a c h e d t h e ro o m a n o r d e r l y h u r r i e d p a s t t h e m , c a r r y i n g h o t w a te r b o ttle s
(G a in , 102) .
T a k e o f f th e h o t- w a te r b o t t l e s
(C a in , 102) .
A s t h e n u r s e p u l l e d o u t t h e h o t - w a t e r b o t t l e s a n d d r o p p e d th e m t o t h e
f l o o r t h e ro o m b e g a n t o f i l l ( C a i n , 10 2 ) .
a h o t w e lc o m e .
A b itte r fig h t;
T S e e s a h o t r e c e p t l on. )

a h a rd s tru g g le ;

a v ic io u s b a t t l e .

. . . o u r mem. g a v e t h e
to

e n e m y a h o t w e lc o m e

hound to d e a th .
ta g a t o ne.
(T h is

"M y G o d ,"
d e a th ?"

(T an k , 1 ^ 6 ).

To q u e s t i o n ; t o p u r s u e ; t o
la ip lle s a r e le n tle s e n e s s .)

In q u ire ab o u t

s h e s a i d , " c a n 't a n y o n e o a s h a c h e c k v ith o tfc
(G a rd n e rt 1 8 ).

h o u r a f te r h o u r.
e n d le s s ly .

H o u rs

on end;

one;

to

b e in g h o u n d ed to

s e e m in g ly e n d le s s h o u r s ;

s e e m in g ly

...o u r

guns w e re f i r e d I n c e s s a n tly h o u r a f te r h o u r
( P y le , 255) .
d a y a f t e r d a y , t h e G u n k e p t t h r o w i n g I t s 33 - p c m n d p r o ­
j e c t i l e s " T Ja n k , 33) .

Hour a fte r h o u r *
h o u r by h o u r.

A fte r e a c h h o u r; h o u rly ;

H our by h o u r th e
h o u rs

tic k e d b y .

H o u rs

tic k e d by

h ouse c o a t.

to ta l...w a s

c h a lk e d u p

H o u rs p a s s ;

e re ry h o u r.

(P y le ,

tim e g o es

285) .

on.

(T a n k , W O .
A c o a t d e s ig n e d

A lb e r t w as I n h i s

t o b e w a rn

a lp a c a h o u se c o a t

In

th e h o u se .

(M a rq u a n d ,

3 0 5 )*

a house o f c a l l .
(A ls o a c a l l h o u s e . )
A c e n te r , h e a d q u a rte rs , fo r
p r o s t i t u t e s , w h o r e s , w ho a r e s e n t o u t t o c l i e n t s on r e c e i p t o f a t e l e ­
phone m essage.
B u t I 'm n o t r u n n i n g a h o u s e o f c a l l , a n d I t J u s t h a p p e n s
m om ent r e c e p t i o n i s t s a r e o u t .
( £ a l n , 37)*
h ouse p h y s ic ia n .
He f e l t

as

A p h y s i c i a n , m e d ic a l d o c t o r , w ho s e r v e s

c o ld ly p ro fe s s io n a l

h o u se w lfe y .

th a t a t th e

D o m e s tic ;

a s a house p h y s ic ia n

a h o te l.

(M a rq u a n d , 292) .

fe m in in e .

B la n c h e w as s e v e r a l y e a r s o l d e r th a n M ild r e d , a n d h a d a h o u s e - w lfe y
l o o k , w i t h som e to u c h a b o u t h e r o f t h e i n e f f e c t u a l i t y . . . ( 6a i n , 111) .
to

h o v er a ro u n d .

To r e m a i n

c lo s e ;

• ..R e g a n b eam ed a n d h o v e re d a ro u n d
how a b o u t .
u se d a s an
How a b o u t a

to

s ta y n earb y .

(T an k ,

226) .

W o u ld y o u l i k e ; w o u ld s o m e t h i n g b e p l e a s i n g .
In tro d u c tio n to an in v ita tio n .)
set

of

te n n is ,

Je ff?

(M a rq u a n d ,

258) .

(T h is

is

-638-

1 f y o u ' r e n o t b u s y h ow a b o u t y o u
S a l l y a n d me t a k i n g
g o in g sam ew h e r e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 4 ) .
How a b o u t s t o p p i n g r i g h t h e r e a n d e a t i n g i n t h e c a r T
(M
wH qw a b o u t h e r e ? " J i n a s k e d
(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 9 )*
"g o w a b o u t f i n d i n g o n e n e a r ? "
J im s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 5 4 8 ) .
" 9 qw a b o u t i t , D e l l a , " h e a s k e d , " O a n y o u p u t t h i s p l a c e
(G a rd n e r, 69) ,
How a b o u t a d r i n k
(M a rq u a n d , 1 4 7 ) .
How a b o u t a d r i n k
(M a rq u a n d , 1 2 9 )*
HI s a i d , * M r . F e r n o l d t o l d h i m , " h o w a b o u t a d r i n k ? "
(M
how a r e y o u ?

H e llo ;

to

a

and

a rq u a n d , 5 4 9 ).

in

o rd e r? "

a rq u an d , 1 9 9 ) .

how d o y o u d o ?

How a r e y o n ?
( C a i n , 223).
Y o u h a v e n * t e v e n a s k e d m e h o w 1^ a m . y e t
how c o m e .
d u c tio n

a p ic n ic

How i s i t ( t h a t ) ?
q u e s tio n .)

Why i s

(C a in ,
it

223) .

(th a t)?

(T h is

is

an in tr o ­

How c o — y o u ' r e b e e n n i n e m o n t h s a n d o n l y o n e s t r i p e
(Y a n k , l 6 o ) .
. . . a l o n g e x p l a n a t i o n fr o m a c e r t a i n c h i c k a b o u t how com e s h e a i n ' t hom e
w h e n I m a k e a LD s t a t i o n - t o - s t a t l o n c a l l . . . ( Y a n k , 1 6> 1)•
" How c o m e ? "
M ason a s k e d
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 4 ).
how c o u l d
do i t ?
1 d o n 't u n d e r s t a n d o n e 's m o t i v e s ; o n e 's m o tiv e s
a r e n o t c l e a r t o me s in c e h i s a c t i o n s a r e n o t w h a t I a p p ro v e .
...to

l e a d h im o n ,

t o g e t m o n e y o u t o f h im — how c o u l d y o u d o i t

------

206 ).

how d o e s —
1.

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lik e

(it)?

I t p le a s in g

to

W e ll , how do y o u l i k e
2.

one?
it

D oes o n e g e t p le a s u r e

(C a in ,

fro m i t ?

1 1 8 ).

W hat h a s b e e n d o n e h a s b e e n d o n e w h e t h e r o n e l i k e s

. . . t h e q u a rry a n d th e b a i t h a d
(C a in , 253) .
how i s
d o in g .
in w hat fo rtu n e

(C a in .

How i s
one i s .

f a lle n in

one g e ttin g

lo v e ,

a n d how d i d

a lo n g ;

i t or n o t.
she

lik e

in w hat c o n d itio n

I w o n d e r h o w ltd* s d o i n g
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 7 )•
E v e r y h a l f h o u r o r s o w e 'd s t o p a n d s e n d r u n n e r s b a c k t o
t a i l e n d o f t h e c o lu m n w a s d o i n g . . . ( P y l e , 2 0 2 ) .
T h e c a p t a i n a s k e d me how 1 w a s d o i n g a n d
th e n s a i d t h a t
m u c h f u r t h e r to g o . . . ( Y a n k , 5 8 ).
D u rin g t h e i n v a s i o n o f S i c i l y w e w o u ld o f t e n s a y to e a c h
w i s h w e w e r e b a c k i n Hew Y o r k s o w e c o u l d f i n d o u t how
(P y le , 4 l) .

th a t

one i s ;

s e e how t h e
we d i d n 't h a v e
o th e r t h a t we
we w e re d o in g

-

6 ? 9-

how i s
g e ttin g a lo n g .
How i s
l e ; w h at f o r tu n e one e n jo y s .
How1 s B a r k i s r g e t t i n g a l o n g ?

one d o in g ;

(G a rd n e r,

in

w hat c o n d itio n

one

210.

how
■ goes about I t .
H ie m e t h o d o n e u s e s
m a n n e r i n w h ic h o n e d o e s s o m e th in g .

in

d o in g s o m e th in g ;

th e

He h a d n e w er in te n d e d t o b e a n e w s p a p e r n a n , a n d h e d i d n o t know how o n e
w e n t a b o u t I t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 8 8 ) .
how t h e h e l l .

(in

e x p le tiv e u sed a s an in te n s iv e .)

"How t h e h e l l s h o u l d X k n o w ? * M r s . N e w c o m b s s a i d
how i n h e l l .

(A n e x p l e t i v e

" J u s t how i n h e
b u lg e i n t h i s
How i n h e l l d i d
B^ow i n t h e h e l l
how i n

th e

(M a rq u a n d ,

1 2 0 ).

u se d as an I n te n s iv e .)

l l . G e o r g e ," t h e f i r s t m an s a i d , " c a n t h e y g e t t o a n y
h e m is p h e re a c r o s s t h e A t l a n t i c O cean ?"
( M a r q u a n d , 3^ 6 ) .
I g e t h e re ?
(M a rq u a n d , 1 ^ 0 ) .
d id y o u g e t h e r e anyw ay?
(C a in , 163) .

w o rld .

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n u s e d a s a n

In te n s iv e .)

. . .w h e n M a d g e h a d a s k e d B e e k l e a f t e r w a r d how i n t h e w o r l d t h e y h a d
f o u n d s o m uch t o t a l k a b o u t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 1 0 5 ) .
S h e n a t u r a l l y a s k e d t h e t e l l e r how i n th e w o r ld h e h a d m a n a g e d t o g e t
th e p e n n ie s o u t w ith o u t b re a k in g i t
(N e w W o rk e r, X X III, P e b . 1 5 ,
19*7. 2 3 ).
how i s

e v e ry th in g .

How d o y o u d o ; h e l l o .

(A f o r m

o f g r e e tin g .)

. . . a s t h o u g h t h e l i q u o r w e r e h i e o w n , a n d a s k e d how w a s e v e r y l i t t l e
th in g - q u i t e a s th o u g h n o t h i n g h a d h a p p e n e d
(C a in , 5 ^ ).
J e f f — how * s e v e r y t h i n g b a n k t h e r e ?
(M a rq u a n d , 51) .
how I s

i t £ o in g ?

" H d L lo , P o p s , "

How a r e y o u ; h o w d o y o u d o .

h e h e a r d J im s a y i n g ,

"how * s i t

g o in g . P o p s?"

how l a y o u r s e l f .
How a r e y o u ; h o w do y o u d o .
a n s w e r t o s o m e s u c h g r e e t i n g a s : bow a r e y o u . )
C a n 't c o o p l a i n .
how i t

is .

How* s y o u r s e l f t
W hat t h e s i t u a t i o n ,

(C a in ,

(T h is

o fte n

(M a rq u a n d ,

is

in

5 3 )•

c o n d itio n ,

is .

A n d t h a t ' s how i t w a s w i t h u s ; i t h a d n e v e r o c c u r r e d t o m e b e f o r e t h a t
t h i s m ig h t b e t h e w ay i n enem y w a t e r s d u r in g w a r tim e s
(P y le , 1 7 ).
I d o n 't know how i t w as o n c e — ( C a i n , 166) .

-6 /4 -0 -

to how l a t .

To l a u g h a t ;

to

b o am u sed s o t h a t

one la u ^ is h a rd a t .

. . . t h e t h r e e o f t h e n w e r e h o w l i n g w i t h l a u g h t e r , h o w l i n g a t V e d a 's
D ia r y .• . (O a ln , 2 3 3 ).
to how l w ith la u g h te r .
...th e

th re e

To la u g h h a r d ;

to go In to g a le a

o f th e n w e re h o w lin g w ith l a u g h t e r . . .

how s t u p i d

o f

.

E x c u s e m e;

How s t u p i d

o f m e, M rs. P i e r c e

how t h i n g s

a re .

W hat t h e

I 'm

(C a in ,

of la u g h te r.
233) .

so rry .

(C a in , 1 9 3 ).
s itu a tio n ,

c o n d itio n ,

o f th in g s a r e .

I ' d s e e how t h i n g s w e r e i n N a p l e s , a n d w h e t h e r t h e I s l a n d o f C a p r i w a s
a s p r e t t y a s th e y s a y
(P y le , 9 5 ).
E v e ry b o d y w as f r i e n d l y a n d t e r r i b l y a n x io u s t o know how t h i n g s w e re a t
h c s ie
( P y le , 93) .
As u s u a l , t h e a r e a Im m e d ia te ly b ecam e f u l l o f s t o r i e s a b o u t p r is o n e r s
who* d l i v e d y e a r s i n B r o o k l y n a n d w ho c a m e u p g r i n n i n g , a s k i n g how
th in g s w e re I n d e a r o ld F la th u s h
( P y le , 31) .
how t o

( in f in itiv e .) .

T h e m e th o d , m a n n e r, w ay t o .

W hen t h o s e s o l d i e r s f i r s t s t a r t e d l e a r n i n g how t o r u n a b o a t t h e y w e r e
s o m e tim e s s e a s i c k . . . ( P y l e , 2 7 8 ) .
. . . M i l d r e d t r i e d t o t h i n k how t o b e g i n
( C a in , 196) .
how u n d e r

th e

sun.

(A n e x c l a m a t i o n u s e d a s a n I n t e n s i v e . )

T h a t f u t i l e w o n d e r a t h ow u n d e r t h e s u n h e h a d e v e r g o t t h e r e u s u a l l y
c a m e t o J e f f r e y I n H o l l y w o o d m o r e s t r o n g l y . . . ( M a r q u a n d , U -lS ).
how w o u l d I t b e .

W o u ld i t

be a ll

rig h t;

w o u ld i t

b e p le a s in g .

S o how w o u l d I t b e i f M r. W i l s o n J u s t f o r g o t a b o u t i t , a n d l e t M r. G o r­
m a n g o d o w n t o M a x o n 's a n d s t o c k u p * d i i l e t h e r e w a s . . . ( M a r q u a n d ,
5 1 6 ).
to h u d d le a r o u n d .
To g r o u p
o th e r I n e m a il g ro u p s .

to g e th e r c lo s e ly ;

to

g e t c lo s e

to

each

W hen w e h u d d l e d a r o u n d o n t h e d a r k d e c k s , i t w a s t h e s e l i t t l e h o p e s a n d
a m b i t i o n s t h a t m a d e u p t h e su m t o t a l o f o u r w o r r y a t l e a v i n g . . .
(P y le , 6) .
h u ffin g and p u ff in g .
s tr u ttin g ; p o s tu rin g ;

P i l l e d w i t h a s e n s e o f o n e ’ s own I m p o r t a n c e ;
p o s in g .

A o o l o n e l from Corps cane rp , huffing and •puffing to 'blow the rook in
( T a n k ,
to

h u g

167) .

th e beach.

To s t a y

c lo s e , n e a r to ,

th e b e a c h ,

.. . o u r

d e s t r o y e r s to r e d c l o s e r , a l m o s t h u g g in g

to

th e

h u g

sh o re .

To s t a y c l o s e , n e a r t o ,

. . . o r l d e n t l y I t h o g g e d th e
e i* «
(T an k , 2 5 4 ).
to

h u g

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a

a w a ll.

s o ld ie rs

h o m a n

(T a n k , 250) ,

th e s h o re ,

s h o r e b y d a y t o a r o l d d e t e c t i o n b y o u r bom b-

To s t a y c l o s e , n e a r t o ,

h u g g e d t h e w a d is

b e in g .

th e b e a c h

in

on b o t h s i d e s

th e p r o te c tio n
o f th e s t r e e t , , .

o f, a w a ll.
( P y l e , U0 3 ) .

A h u m a n ; hom o s a p i e n s ; m an ; a p e r s o n .

H e w a s o n e o f t h e n i c e s t hum an b e i n g s I e r e r m e t
( P y l e , U0 9 ) .
. . . I f
t h e y c o u l d o h l y h a r e t a l k e d t h e y c o u l d h a r e r e a c h e d som e u n d e r s ' t a n d i n g , f o r t h e y w e r e tw o h u m a n b e i n g s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 3 7 )*
T h e r e w a s n ' t a hum an b e i n g I n s i g h t a n y w h e r e
( P y l e , U06 ) .
th o

h o m an ra o e .

B ut
l i t t l
ham m ed
. . . s h e d
r a c e
h n T ae*--n
a c t

H u m an s; h u m an b e i n g s ; h u m a n s a s c o m p a r e d t o a n i m a l s .

e
t h i n g s l i k e t h a t d o s o r t o f m ake y o u f e e l g o o d a b o u t t h e
race
( P y l e , 376 ) .
r o r e hom e r e r y l a t e , f u l l o f a g u l p y l o r e f o r t h e w h o le hum an
( C a i n , 68) ,

a to ry .
re a l,

A s y m p a th e tic s to r y ; a s to r y

. . • 'h h .e n e w s p a p e r s d e c id e d t h i s w as s t r a n g e ,
C C a i n , 256; .
h u n c h e d

up.

I n w h ic h th e c h a r a c t e r s

e x c i t i n g , a n d h u m an s t o r y . . .

D raw n u p ; p u l l e d u p a n d t o g e t h e r .

H e w e n t a r o u n d p o k in g h i s h e a d o u t fro m h u n c h e d -u p s h o u l d e r s w i t h a
q r n . l z z l c a l g r in on h is fa c e
( P y l e , 3 3 2T I
a Im m d re d
d r e d "
»»» a -

and.

A h u n d re d p l u s ;

h u n d re d and f o r ty - f o u r ...

t h a t w h ic h i s

In a d d itio n

to a hun-

(N ew T o r k e r , XXIII, J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 ^ 7 # 1 8 ) .

a h r m d r e d to one.
T he o d d s a r e o n e h u n d r e d t o o n e ; t h e b e t I s o n e
h u n d r e d to cn e,
( T h e s e a r e a l m o s t I m p o s s i b l e o d d s a n d m ean t h a t t h e r e
i m
o n ly a f li g h t chance fo r o r a g a in s t.)
B e w a re

o f th e

s o l d i e r who com es t o y o u r h o u s e ;

I t 's

a h u n d re d to

o n e h e 's

h u n d re d y a r d d a s h .

a w o lf

o r a lo u s e

A r a c e w h ic h i s

o re r a

(T a n k ,

2 1 0 ).

c o u rs e one h u n d re d y a rd s

load .
T hen T / S g t. P e r r y M aki o f S o u th S w a n se a , M a s s a c h u s e tts , w ho u s e d t o r u n
t h e 100 - y a r d d a s h f o r B o s t o n C o l l e g e , p o i n t e d o u t t h e d i r e c t i o n . , ,
(T a n k , 3 lT 7 ~
a h u n te d lo o k .
hang dog lo o k .
The H o tc h k is s
to h u n t u p .

B ro w b e a te n l o o k ;

a n a p p e a ra n c e o f b e in g m is u s e d ;

s t a f f , • .h a d a h a r a s s e d and h u n te d lo o k
To h u n t f o r a n d t o

fin d ;

to

a

(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 )*

s e a rc h fo r an d d is c o v e r,

I h u n t e d u p t h e c r e w t o s e e how t h e y d i d i t
( P y l e , 3 ® 3 )*
. . . s o l d i e r s cam e t o r e s t b e f o r e g o in g o n b a c k to h u n t u p t h e i r o u t f i t
--------------(P y l* . 3 7 5 ).
I 'm g o i n g t o t e l l h e r t h i n g s w h i c h w i l l makB h e r h u n t u p h e r b r o t h e r
( Q a r d n v , *4-7) ,
So I h u n t e d u p t h e l a n d l a d y a n d r a n a b l a s e r o n h e r , . . ( G a r d n e r , 1 0 ) .
The f i r s t t h i n g I w a n te d t o d o w a s h u n t u p t h e o t h e r c o r r e s p o n d e n t s , , •
( P y le . 363) .
M a j o r P r a n k e l h u n t e d uj> t h e I t a l i a n o w n e r . , . a n d g a v e M m b a c k e v e r y t h i n g
. . . (P y le ,
h u rry , h u rry , h u rry .

P ush;

A nd I t w a s t h r i l l i n g , t o o , t o
th e s u p p ly t r u c k s . . . ( P y le ,
to h u rry

dow n.

speed; h a s te .
s e e th e
235) .

To g o h u r r i e d l y ;

in c e s s a n t h u rry -h u rry -h u rry

to

go t o

a p la c e in

of

a h u rry .

H a v i n g b e e n t o l d t h a t a mam n a m e d J o s e p h C a r r o l l . . . w e h u r r e l d d o w n t o
h a v e a t a l k w i t h h im
(N ew T o r k s r , X X I I I , T e b . 1 5 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 2 3 ) .
t o h u r r y hom e.
...P f o .
house

to

To g o h o m e d i r e c t l y ;

S h e a w o u ld h u r r y
( T a n k , I S 3T I

h u rry o ff.

A nd he h u r r i e d
-to h u r r y o u t .
h u rrie d ly ,

hom e t o

c e le b ra te

To l e a v e h u r r i e d l y ;
o ff

(T a n k ,

go hom e.
C h ris tm a s Eve a t h i s

t o g o a w ay i n

m o t h e r 's

a rush.

2 2 6 ).

To e x i t h u r r i e d l y ;

• . . M i n o t w <m .ld g e t
have a good tin e

to

to

go o u t

in

a h u rry ;

to

th e m f o r h im a n d t h a t t h e y m u s t a l l h u r r y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 5 8 ) ,

le a v e

o u t now a n d

She d ip p e d s o x q p ...a n d h a r r i e d o a t w i t h th e t r e y , l e e r i n g h a t t e r , s a l a d ,
an d w a te r t o A r lln e
( C a in , 1 2 ^ ).
. . . a f t e r th e p la o e o lo e e d , . . . I d a h a r r y in g o a t w ith a g la n c e a t th e
c l o c k , a s th o o g h s h e n i g h t h e c a t o h l n g a h a s
( C & i n , 6*0 •
As s h e h a r r i e d o a t c a r r y i n g t h e a p r o n s h e w o u ld w e a r I n t h e k i t c h e n , a n d
s l i p o f f w hen s h e c a n e o a t . . . ( G a in , 1 1 9 ) .
to h a r r y a p .
u p ; to h a r r y .

To h a s t e n ;

to

n o re ,

a c t,

w ith g r e a te r sp e e d ;

to

speed

So I n o t i c e d p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e ti m e w h e n t h e o r d e r c a n e
in , and k e p t
h a rry in g th e co o k up to g e t i t o a t
( G a r d n ^ , 1 U7 ) .
"C one o n .
M ason s a i d .
"H a rry a p "
( G a rd n e r, 165) .
T ou c a n 't e s c a p e t h e a tm o s p h e re o f h a r r y a p . h u r r y a p — g e t i t d o n e ,
g e t i t done
(T a n k , 7 5 )*
. . . I w is h U n c le w o u ld h u r r y o p w i t h t h o s e o v e r s h o e s
(P y le , 1 5 0 ).
to h u r t
a te one.
I t h a rts

fe e lin g s .

th e ir

To n a k e

fe e lin g s

if

one f e e l s a d ,

y o u d o n 't

d is c o u ra g e d ;

c h a n g e th e m

e v e ry w eek

to

h u n ill-

(M a rq u a n d ,

259T7*
In

o th e r w o rd s, n o th in g p e r s o n a l a b o u t
f e e l i n g s . . . (C a in , 37) •

to h u r t l e b y .

To p a s s v e r y

. . .a n d a s th e y lo o k e d , a n
(M a rq u an d , 9 2 ) ,
n o t to h a r t
to .

to

it

ra p id ly , as

e x p re ss

(in fin itiv e ).

tra in

and I

if

th ro w n

h u rtle d

T h e re i s

d o n 't w a n t to

o r s h o t.

by on i t s

no e v il

h a rt your

to ;

it

w ay t o B o s to n

m l^ x t b e g o o d

. . . P r i s e J e n k s , o r so m eo n e fr o m t h e S a t u r d a y R e v ie w o f L i t e r a t u r e - - i t
n e v e r h u r t to m eet a c r i t i c , d id i t ?
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 7 ) .
a hushed s ile n c e .

A s ile n c e

. . . t h e r e w as h u s h e d s i l e n c e
(T a n k , 20l ) .
a hush f a l l e .

t h a t seem ed to

E v e ry th in g ,

As s h e w as f i n g e r i n g
(C a in , 1 0 8 ) .

th is

fo rc e d ;
la s t

an u n n a tu ra l s ile n c e .

fo r a f u l l m in u te ...

e v e ry o n e becom es s tr a n g e ly

a hush

to h u s h a p .
To k e e p q u i e t ;
to l e t g e n e r a lly know n.
Tou tr y
w a te r

w h ic h seem s

fe ll

to h o ld

to h u s h up a n y th in g l i k e
th a n w hen y o u s t a r t e d . . .

o v e r th e

in

s ile n t,

ro o m , a n d s h e

s e c re t;

tu r n e d .. .

to k eep s e c r e t;

t h a t , a n d y o u w in d u p
(G a rd n e r, 7 7 )•

in

q u ie t.

not

a lo t h o tte r

—Ot*k—

h u s tle and b u s tle .

A c tiv ity ;

b u sy n o tio n s ;

m o v e m e n t.

I t r e s e m b l e d t h e h u s t l e a n d b u s t l e o f Hew Y o rk H a r b o r
(P y le , 2 7 2 ),
We w e r e n ' t t o l d w h a t d a y v e w e r e t o s a i l , b u t I t w a s o b v i o u s i t w a sn *
g o in g t o b e I m m e d ia te ly f o r t h e r e w as s t i l l t o o m uch c o m in g , a n d
g o in g , to o m uch h u s t l e a n d b u s t l e a b o u t t h e p o r t
(P y le , 2) .

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ice &AC,.
water proof .rubberised, canvas container for holding ice*
The purpose of the device is to cool a part of the body for medical
reasons•
...before she even got the ice ]2fig off her

head...

to ice a oaks.
frosting.

to cover

To put icing on a cake;

(Cain, 256).
a cake with icing,

Then he strolled back to the kitchen, a counterpart of the bathroom, where
his wife was
& cake. (Cain, 3).
ififi cake.

▲ cake of ice; a large piece

of ice.

It was eleven in the morning and he could see ice cakes on the river
(Marquand, 327).
ice cream.
A food, confection, frosen in a manner to leave it creamy.
It contains cream, sugar, and flavoring.
(Also attributive.)
They had ice cream.. . (Pyle, 338).
He concentrated on ice cream and cake...
(Cain, 152).
There is an ice-cream plant...
(Tank, 232).
ice(d) tea.
in a glass.

Tea which is iced; tea to which pieces of ice are added

I think it's nice to have things nice when you have iced tea, don't you?
(Marquand, 185).
"And iced tea." Mrs. Bournes said...
(Marquand, 188).
I'll get you some more iced tea (Marquand, 189).
I'm afraid I didn't make enough iced tea (Marquand, 189).
He sipped his iced tea thoughtfully (Marquand, 185).
It was Just the day for Iced tea (Marquand, 183).
It took a moment to grasp that she was asking him to accompany her to her
home to have iced tea..* (Marquand, 182).
Lous 11a said
(Marquand, 182 J.
It's Jpst the right afternoon for iced tea, isn't it?
(Marquand, 182).
He was sitting on that rocking chair again, looking at the iced tea
glasses
(Marquand, 322).
ice house■

A place where ice is stored.

"Tojo's Ice House1*. .. is also out of commission. •.
ice wagon.

(Tank, 233).

A wagon, truck, conveyance, on which ice is transported.

A Cadillac car went by and then a Ford.. .and then an
(Marquand, 185).

wagon

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U

idea occurs to _____
an idea.

An idea cones into one's mind; one gets

Mason said* "So it does*" as though the idea had just occurred to him
(Gardner, 54).
a& idea is born*
is thought of*

An idea is developed; an idea occurs to one; am idea

It asa really there that the Idea for the Alaska Scouts was horn
190).
IX <uad w h e n *

Whenever possible; when able.

(See:

(Tank,

If. a s . and w h a n .)

He was filthy, ate AX fiuA when, slept on hard ground without cover
(Pyle, 3).
IX. anything*

At all events; in any case; still*

AX

their attitude waa store that of a liberated people than the
case in French North Africa, and they seemed to look to us sore eagerly
for relief from their hunger
(Pyle, 88).

1X,JBJL, and when.
occurr ing.

Whenever possible; when able; when happening,

• ••plus tips, i f . as and when there are any.*.
(Cain, 149).
•••plus tips«..smd if. a s .
when I'si not too proud to pick them up*..
(Cain, 149).
IX & A Xi££l YQM IfflBll succeed, try, try amain.
One must continue his
efforts to succeed; success depends on continued efforts*
Whereupon, as though to illustrate the maxim of, AX &Jl first you don't
succeed, try, trv again, the dead man was murdered again*• * (Gardner,
123).
IX -

doesn't mind.

If one has no objections; if one does not object*

If you don't mind my asking

(Cain, 166).

AX _____ has anything to do with it*
If one has any control over the
situation; if one has any power to do something about it.
She..* 8ald that no child of hers was going to be made the victim of any
such gyp, if she had smythlng to do with it (Cain, 247).
AX L remember correctly.
According to my memory; as I remember it;
it seems to me although ny memory may be wrong.

IX 1
correctly there is nothing in the bayonet drill that conld
possibly wound » man in Just that way
(Tank, 193)*
X for, one.

I, for example; 1 for instance; 1 among others.

I for one had always romanticised it in 17 mind as a lush green, pictur­
esque island
(Pyle, 31).
If. 11 lasJLt fins, thing. It'a another.
There is always something happen­
ing to a person; no sooner is one thing cared for than something else
comes up.
IX

11 wasn*t

one thing It was another

IX. XI was.

(Marquand, 520).

If i t were; i f i t should be.

A dirty, mussed—up dollar bill still looks as if it was worth a dollar
(new Yorker, XXIII, Sept, 13. 1947, 26).
...you act as if it was Europe
(Gain, 225).
If she was going to take my things to the pool...
(Cain, 70) •
...if she wasn't excited...
(Cain, 212).
IX. 1 was (n11).

Were I not.

...two boys in uniform leaned over from the next table and asked I X X
wasn1t So-And-So
(Fyle, 320).
IX.
. (must. got to)
if one insists upon knowing; if one
sisks to know something.
(This often implies that the information
should not be given to one.)
It *s what I've been so jittery about, I X you've got to know.
IX

£&•

(Cain, 177).

Should it be necessary; if the necessity arises.

Are we not ...sworn to fi^it for and die IX need be for this our country?
(Yank, 213).
IX not more so.

Perhaps more than another; perhaps more*

Certainly the people were just as friendly, I X not more so
IX only*

(Fyle, 88).

I f for no other reason.

Jeffrey always liked the Plaza, IX onl.v because it was one of the few
surviving buildings...
(Marquand, 240).
IX the soirit moves ______ .
case one wants to.

Should one so desire; if one wishes; in

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.•.drink at tha bar itself* or else* if the spirit mnvad you* you could
slide up the whole back wall and there the bar would be* right in Hal's
workroom (Marquand, 433).
stops Jm. thiwic q £
one thinks about it carefully.

Should

one consider it carefully; when

...the phrase* 11 yon. atQPBfld ia. think o £ It.* implied an intolerable sort
of patronage
(Marquand, 145).
If there was*

Should there be; in case there is.

But actually he thought little about it* and I X there was going to be
any red tape about it he would say nuts to It
(Pyle* 137).
iX you ask me*
My opinion is; this is what 1 think.
(This is often
used when one wishes to give his opinion w he n he has not been asked for
it.)
That's practically

all the time, if

you ask

me

i. grant you.

admit that much;

that is

true; yes;certainly.

1

(Gain,4).

■Not so bad in an ordinary room, X grant y o u , but backing out of one of
those long royal rooms takes doing (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6* 1947,
23).
I. guess.

I suppose; I think; perhaps.

And it's that spirit,
guess. that wins wars
(Pyle, 264).
...it was uBed at the front more than any other, i guess
(Pyle, 242).
ill at ease.

Not comfortable; not relaxed;

tense.

Phyllis Leeds, seated within the bar, looking ill at ease. returned Mason1
reassuring smile with ar nervous twist of the lips.
(Gardner, 25).
I'll bfi. seeing you.

Goodbye; so long;

bye now; be seeing you.

Then 1*11 fcfl, seeing you (Cain, 59).
I wish I could
see you. I'll be seeing you (Miarquand, 442).
I wish I could
see you, but I *11 be
seeing y o u
(Marquand, 443).
I'll bet.

It is ny opinion; I believe; I sun willing to bet that.

I'll bet they've just been up in reserve...
(Pyle, 270).
I '11 bet they haven't been in the line at all (Pyle,
270).

1LLL 8fix.-

Of course; certainly; surely.
as an intensive.)

(This

is frequently used

"I *11 sag she did," Delia Street said

(Gardner, 186).

X'j » afraid ______ A§.
I do not like to admit it hut it is probably true;
it is unpleasant but true.
Yea, Mother, I'm afraid I
\mAxrm orthicon*

(Cain, 197).

A television camera tube*

The product of RCA engineers... the device is known as an "Ajgaga. orthicon11. *«
(Birmingham h'ews« Oct. 29, 1945, 9).
impediment &£ speech *
A hindrance in one's speech; an unnatural arti­
culation.
(Stuttering, stammering, lisping, producing a lateral "s"
are impediments of speech.)
..-Alden Leeds has become afflicted with a temporary impediment of apeeeh
which prevents him from answering any questions
(Gardner, 124)7
impervious £& change.

Unchanging; absolutely stable; fixed.

Time should have changed him in some way, and he seemed impervious to
phenye
(Marquand, 69).
&£.

u po n *

To take advantage of; to use another for one's purposes.

...in which a man, somewhat past the prime of life, is very apparently
iipop^d upon by greedy and officious relatives**
(Gardner, 34).
Jfcfi.
impressed hy*
and importance.

To have respect for; to recognize something's worth

•••her mind rejected it, and yet her heart, somehow, was impressed by it,
it made her feel small, mean, and vulgar
(Cain, 95).
hft ignoressed with.
and importance*

To have respect for; to recognize one's worth

flow the court is not in the least Impressed with Dr. Londonberry's reason
for not producing Alden Leeds in court
(Gardner, 34).
improper relations.

Sexual relationships; sexual intercourse.

«**a member of this unit haB been having improper relations with a local
girl
(Yank, 181).
i " W t say*

Really; indeed.

(This is most often U3ed as an intensive.)

i. must aav I find his social theories quite fascinating

(Cain, 157).

in about.

In approximately; in almost.

It petered out l a about ten days

(Gardner, 114).

in action.
1. In operation; at work; working; operating.
...Sgt* Yoder soon had the Gun la action
(Yank, 33).
he had no idea it w & b still ^ action (Tank, 47).
...4.2 mortars were in action... (Tank, 124).
2. In battle; in a fight.
...the Purple Heart may be awarded to personnel wounded in action...
(Tank, 173J .
...I sun in Italy and hare been la action
(Yank, 177).
Its crew has newer seen the enemy l a action. ..
(Tank, 32).
ia addition.

Furthermore; also; too.

In HlflAt
we could buy soap, tooth paste* • .end a dozen other little
t h i n g s ( P y l e , 305)•
la addition. German E-boats...lurked on the edge of our concentration
of ships...
(Pyle, 272).
Ia addition, the ship had four padded cells for extreme cases
(Pyle, 289)
la addition, notices had been placed in the afternoon papers, though the
morning notices would hare to wait...
(Cain, 105).
In addition. itac..«has a Jap soldier's pay book...
(Tank, 22).
la fldHHfia* a handful of old correspondents were allowed in the club
(Pyle, 342).
la «ddItjop. our engineers bulldozed miles of road across the field
(Pyle, 236).
la

la

Ifi.*

-Added to; further than; more than; as extra to.

ber Job as society editor, Alaryhas been helping out...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 22).
l a addition to safety, those dugouts provided two other comforts...
(Pyle, 237).
ia
tinn to its regular Job...the Quartermaster Corps ran the bakery...
(Pyle, 28377
On the tinted walls, la addition to the coat of arms, were three paintings
(Cain, 2).
...choosing Ida and Airs. Gessler as her two directors, la addition la
herself (Cain, 180).
They carry all this ia addition to ordered field equipment
(Yank, 192).
la addition to blacking their faces and pulling their hats low over their
eyes...
(Yank, 55).
In addition to that, it would be necessary to make certain photographs...
(Gardner, 93).

.»«lq fldfliUM 1ft Hr. Ekstein, kr. Rossi •..and represen tat ires of three
wholesale grocers*..
(Cain, 245).
la addition
the huge Willow Run mess, there were a number of smaller
messes
(Pyle, 341).
I& •fl&ltega 1ft Being dirty bastards, and very dumb cluclcs, they are also
goddam liars
(Cain, 23).
And la. addition l a that, she resented...
(Cain, 132).
la addition is.that, the bar had a rationing system...
(Pyle, 343).
la advance.

Before hand; before doing something.

i'll pay for both rooms 1a advance
(Gardner, 106).
•. -by buying up Senora Rene see' crop -in
at a fancy price
(Rev Tor her, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).
I'd more or less discounted them l a advance. .. (Gardner, 153).
Let's not worry about that l a advance
(Gardner, 153).
.. .she. . .probably rehearsed her main points l a AdXAOCft (Cain, 207).
la

o f.

In front of; before*

The sergeant..-bad been assigned as bodyguard to Col. Edward Palmer Saris,
on a recon foray l a w t w m e s of the American
lines(Tank, 180).
la fill*

total; as a total amount; altogether.

How much money have you given him l a all
(Gardner, 52).
Ho one knows how many bursts there were l a a l l...
(Tank, 252).
...she had allowed herself $75 a week from each of the corporations four
component parts.. .or $300 a week l a All (Cain, 243).
la all. 20 were saved (Tank, 24).
...these must be pleated approximately every three feet all the way around
or seven times la All. (Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947 , 20).
la All Ifeft w h i l e .

While; during; all during; throughout the time.

la All Ibft time I was with them we never had an uninterrupted night's
sleep (Pyle, 397)«
la AAd. nrnn"f<-

Throughout; here and there about; everywhere around.

...who was accustomed to plant potatoes l a Afid
the ruins.•• (Hew
Torker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).
Shells were falling on every side, l a SAd *T*rmru* the CP...
(Tank, 251).
Our four guns were set l a Afid ^ rfYn*v< a grape arbor
(Pyle, 99).
la Afid out (of) .
1. Entering and departing from; going in and going out (of).
I'he strong, swirling tides of the Hormandy coast line shifted the contours
of the sandy beach as they moved l a AAd out
(Pyle, 368).

-652-

Officers and civilians were passing l a an! °ut and
it seened to Jeffrey
that if he wore the uniform again*..
(Marquand, 271).
• **they discussed ell those other acquaintances who moved 4ft £(^4. out of
their daily liras*•• (Marquand, 309).
...it was necessary to sake orer the station but to allow the trains still
to go la fifitl out of it * ..
(Marquand, 211) •
.. .Jumped orer a block of masonry and leaped 4^,
out of a crater, nerer
daring to look back (Yank, 60).
So many people were going i a and out of the radio shack that we were in
darkness half the time...
(I^-le, 7 ) 7
.. .fast craft shot i a fifi& out of the great flock of ships*..
He saw Japs mowing leisurely across the terrain, going la and out of the
huts*..
(Yank, 7).
• ••when all that furniture had stood in the street, suddenly naked
insignificant on its passage l a *nd out of mowing wans
(Marquand, 68)*
2* Throughout; here and there; mixed in*
And la BB& fittl through it all were nondescript ships*..
la BEL effort l a (infinitive)

(Pyle, 358)*

In an attempt to; trying to.

Flams throwers were brought up in an effort to heat the Japs out of the
ground*.• (Yank, 17)*
la Ibft BBA&JjL of•
chronicles of.

In

*. .the worst storm l a the
(Cain, 173).
in anaw^y t o .

the records of; in the statistics of; in the
qf the Los Angeles weather bureau. ••

Answering; in reply to.

As if la an«w*i» to Bogart's crack, the 88 began to belch fire (Yank, 109).
...four or fire letters*..la
to my letter...
(Yank, 213).
in anv erent.

Regardless; nerertheless; notwithstanding.

In aoy erent. it was only a matter of days before Tschopik came down
with Jaundice*..
(Mew Yorker, XXIIi, June 28, 1947, 18J*

la

fifi£ way.

In any fashion; in any manner.

Did the defendant describe William Hogarty to you la anv war? (Gardner,
• •.she's willing to co-operate la any s&X.* • • (Yank, 170)*
• ..omit words essential to a fair report, or la anv wav leave an impli­
cation of untruthfulness
(Cain, 14)*
la BOY w a y, shape. or form
in any way, (Intensive)*

(fashion).

137).

In any manner; in any fashion,

See there's no gravy on mine l a any say, shape. or form

(Cain, 47).

A

-653-

lA irrlTlng Ml*

I* coming to; in making.

I ner«ly commented on what 1 thought had happened. In order to aeeiet the
court Ja arriving ftj, a decision (Gardner, 208) .
lA fifl. rach H *

Since; in that; to the extent that; because*

Tnammfth ^ the seemed to evaporate into thin air during a time when the
hotel was under the closest surveillance*.. (Gardner, 124
lA f '

Being astonished; in surprise; with astonishment*

He looked at her la
(Cain, 166).
Veda started to cry, as Mildred stared in astonishm ent

(Cain, 137

AS. tftgk.
1* Behind; not at the front*
It is tied Ia back by a large bow ribbon (Marquand, 497>*
• ..the dark oak tables and the grill Ia back where they did the steaks
(Marquand, 282).
Athel's hair was done in a pompadour with rats in it and was tied Ia back
by a large bow...
(Marquand, 157 K
•••then Mr. Fernald went Ia back to the City Desk*.. (Marquand, 18J.
2* In the back seat of an automobile*
Let's all three sit in back* .. (Marquand, 528J*
i'll sit Ia Back with the lunch (Marquand, 548>.
3. At a place to the rear.
The court's iA back (Marquand, 261>.
- • >wnose husband never could seem to get anywhere but now she had him
lA back somehwere regluing chairs... (*arquand, 122 J•
lA
httakcrrniinri.
position*

Away from the front; in an inconspicious place,

But he was shy, and for months he kept Jjl the ba£kg££AS&. just filling
his job and saying nothing (Pyle, 127)*
i A fcSfijc a£*

1* Behind; back of.
He used to go down at six in the morning to the cellar Ia back of the
summer basement kitchen... (Marquand, 107).

-65b—

...catching the light to its best advantage, and Ia hack of her was the
white aand of the beach and the horizon of the Pacific (harquand, 468).
There was an armchair by the window seat, and la back of it a door opened
to a white-tiled bathroom (Marquand. 259)*
There was a playground i a back of it...
(Yank, 187).
The heavy weapons should be in support, ia back of u s ... (Yank, 150 J.
...the cars on the highway i a back of Marianna's house were like incidental
sounds off stags
(Marquand, 495).
...the hatch cower i a back of the pilot's...
(Yank, 118).
2* To the rear of; toward the back of; at the back.
...whether other people had them in their thoughts as hedid,
the back of ewerything immediate (Marquand, 294).
▲ man ia the back of the room had risen (Marquand, 42).
ia the back oil _____ Bifid.*
being considered.

somewhere in

In one's consciousness but not actiwely

He could almost bellows that the idea had been ia the back pf his wind
all the time...
(Marquand, 171J.
But home., .was always ia the back of their minds. . . (Pyle, 333).
ifi _____ backward.

Near one's residence; close to one's place.

• ••it wasn't ewery day the Big Three had a powwow ia your backward...
(Yank, 165).
ia bad.

In trouble; in difficulties; hawing trouble.

He's ia bad enou^i right now
ia bad shape.

(Gardner, 153).

In bad condition; not well; poorly.

It seems his feet got ia pretty bad. shape. ♦.
They were not i a bad whan*. .. (Pyle, 2 5 0 .

(Pyle, 253).

ia

& & baa*
The outcome of the situation is assured in the way the
speaker wsmts it*

To use one of your Jolly American expressions, we hawe old Hitler ia the
bag (Marquand, 41)•
ia balance.
each other.

Balanced; debits and credits entered and totaled against

...I handle Uncle Alden's financial matters —
i a belflBCfl.* •• (Gardner, 6) .
ia the bar gain.

keeping his bank account

Also; too; additionally; in addition.

-655-

▲ large number evidently could speak English Ia the hm-gain (Tank, 145).
The... plans s. ..shot down a respectable number of enemy f i lt e r s ia the
bargain and cams back (Yank, 127).
ia battle.
of a war.)

In a battle; in a fight.

(This implies a battle as a part

Ths combat outfit had not yet been ia battle
in the best of health.

(Fyle, 343).

In excellent health; well.

Here's hoping this letter finds you ia the best of health

(Yank, 142).

ia between.
Between.
(This intensifies the position rather than the
relation of the two parts.)
...from behind the wheel and lodged ia between the bulkhead and the dedk
(Yank, 45).
ia a b j.g way.

To a great extent; much.

Then it became very bad i a & big way
ia & blase of glory.

(Yank, 31).

In glory; gloriously; honorably.

•..a British destroyer finally goes down ia £, literal blase of glory
(Yank, 32).
in bloom.

Blossoming; in blossom; having blooms.

They were walking up the tarred walk and the white lilacs by the yellow
porch were all ia bloom (Marquand, 184).
ia brief.

Briefly; in short.

He could say i a brief that Germany was surrounded by a ring of steel. •*
(Marquand, 40).
in a burst of.

In a sudden unloosening of; in a sudden outpouring of.

"End,* Kittering pointed out,
£. sudden burst of inspiration, "There's
no objection on the part of..."
(Gardner, 188)7
in business.

Operating a business; in trade; concerned with business.

She was learning the business; in fact, so far as pies went, she was in
business already (Cain, 74).
She hadn't been ia business very long...
(Cain, 131).
Mr. Chris, while his cuisine might not excite her, had been ia business
many yoar, and it dawned on her...
(Cain, 75).
...if I can Just get him...in business again... (Cain, 177).

-

656-

Bfil *£. £& i& frqgiafi jg£

h ^ i th.
To expect to make a profit
froa one's business; to expect profitable return.

...we work throu^x our connections, and they're not in
health (Cain, 203^.

for their

incapable
hot capable of; not able for; unable for; not hawing
the requisites for.
▲ few years before, Mildred would have been
such a party.•• (Cain, 230)•
ia
CfiZLft*
sibility.

of presiding over

Under one's care; in one's charge;being

one's respon­

It was better that she a t brought to the hospital, but if she
been
put i a Hr** Biederhof's care. I wouldn't have had any objection at all
(Cain, 111).
ia the care of.

In talcing care of; in caring for.

The firing stopped and Buck left to help ia the care of
(Tank, 47).
ia case.

the wounded

Should it be that; if; in the event that; supposing.

In case you don't know...
(Fyle, 373).
In the days that followed the landings our head-quarters vessel patrolled
back and forth between the American sectors, kept an eye on the shore ia
fiUfi. help was needed, directed the fire of other ships...
(Fyle, 33).
Perhaps some busy somebody has taken care of the matter...but in case it
hasn't been done...
(Tank, 11).
All right, but at least let's wait a few minutes, ia case this rain'll
let up a little (Cain, 26).
Then a snail section with mortars, i a case they run into something pretty
heavy (Fyle, 400).
They said it was there i a case the German nigit patrols tried to filter
through (Pyle, 428).
And Jeff, Dear, you'd better sleep in the study ia case you fall over
things...
(Marquand, 71).
Just ia case anything comes up while you're in Hollywood...
(Marquand, 403).
There were toys for the kiddies, ia case you had forgotten the kiddies. • •
(Marquand, 413).
...Baby Buths and Life Savers, ia case you were taken with a spasm of hunger
(Marquand, 413).
IA case they get tough (Cain, 205).
...and Madge had given Albert and Effie the telephone number where they
were staying ia pase anything should happen...
(Marquand, 88).
.. .and he told her that of course he had money, and she said that he
never carried enough with him ia case the car broke down...
(Marquand, 89).

The cook got* the stuff going* and then* ifl. case you*r© rushed* he keeps
it in the hot oven***
(Gardner, 147 >.
Remember that* in case I need you (Cain* 195)*
...he still kept it hidden in his upper bureau drawer under his knitted
muffler 4a fifi&S. Billy or his aunt should ask him about it...
(Marquand,
191).
...and 4a case he merely stood there looking at it...
(Cain, 160).
But 4a case you change your mind...
(Cain* 166).
...he kept such things around I a o*se they were needed
(Cain* 163).
That means a lot* 4 a case you don't know it, because those officers are
very snotty, just the way you said they would be
(Marquand, 555).
...sign on the barracks, O.H.l.O. which meant, 4n case you did not know
it, "Over the Hill in October"
(Marquand, 509;.

4a

case of«

In the event of; should it happen there is*

He could see the black smudgo-pots under the trees, left there the previous
winter 4a case of cold
(Marquand, 478).
•. .Seeger voluntarily slept at the motor pool in a tent in order to be
near at hand 4a case of emergencies
(Pyle, 166).
He could remember the Place de la Concorde and thebridges, and Left Bank
and the shop windows, criss-crossed with paper4a case of bombing...
(Marquand, 222).
. •.we wouldn't be on the outside in case of attack (Pyle,
366).
She used one of the blanks she alnays carried.. .in
of emergency
(Cain, 243).
in cash.

By means of cash; with cash.

She wanted a receipt showing that the fine had been paid 4 a cash
(Gardner, 155).
I gave her fifteen more 4lL cash (Gardner, 109).
incentive na y .

(See citation.)

Mr. Charles £« Wilson...iaurging war industries to adopt "incentive pay" —
that is, to pay the workers more if they produce more
(Headers Digest,
Aug., 1943, 11).

4a

fihfiEfi#.*

Being responsible; having the care of.

They set up a small Public Relations section, with an officer 4 a charge...
(Pyle, 397).
...another branch, with Mrs. Gessler 4a £&&££& (Cain, 176).
••.any attempt to communicate with the sanitarium and prepare the persons
ia fih&XOL for
tour of inspection which is to be made...
(Gardner, 35^
He said that the doctor 4a charge had told him it would be all right
(Gardner, 38).
"The doctor 4a charge." Dr. Londonberry repeated (Gardner, 38).
No, he just said the doctor 4a charge
(Gardner, 38).

-658-

The lieutenant 4a chares took with him two runners... (Tank* 10) •
1 waa introduced to tha major 4a charge and to tha rast of tha man in tha
housa (Tank, 59),
Than tha major 4a sfcfijcge turned to Hot Jaap and asked what ha could do
for him* • . ' (Tank, 139) .
Judge Knox shouted at tha deputy sheriff, who had Leads 4a rhArp*...
(Gardner, 203).
• ••whan you had finished, you closed tha hook and gave it to the instructor
l A charms
(Marquand, 446)*
in
ShMMS.*
-is one's responsibility; under one's care; being
responsible to one*
Sergeant Re eras normally had six planes I a his charge...
In charae

(Pyle, 176),

Being responsible for; having the care of.

Cpl. Floyd Springer of Jamestown, who was 4 A charge of a nearby guh squad,
also agreed (Tank, 24).
They were 4a charms of the units. ••
(Tank, 26).
A sergeant 4A charms
one section of the prime movers took me around...
...1st Lt* David B. Henderson, 4 A Charge of the base photographic section..
(Tank, 206).
.• >0pl.• .Valenskl. •.was 4A tThfWTft of the billets for the entire American
party (Tank, 199).
A rain^soaked lieutenant 4a |,harj* of the detail...
(Tank, 198).
A guv named Oiulio was 4 a gjfflTF** of a forward patrol of eight men (Tank,
27;.
MacIntyre, now "first assistant 4 a
of entertainment" dishes up a
different floor show.•. (Tank, 34)•
Two captains were refused service by the girl 4A
of the cafeteria
(Fyle, 341).
1wr>K ^flrward.

To move forward very slowly, cautiously.

. ..Bagby continued 4a inch forward.. . (Tank, 192).
...sweating out the 8 8 's, inching forward over rocks and through rivers...
(Tank, 48).
4a ineh

wav.

To move slowly, cautiously.

Shielded by fog...they inch their wav down the sherbet-snow ravines
(Tank, 180).
4A circulation.

Free; not confined.

He's been 4A
for a while, and he seems to get around pretty
fast, once he starts moving (Gardner, 50/.
4 A the clear.

Free from suspicion; cleared of suspicion.

-659-

...If that's ths truth, Aldsn Leads is la ths clear (Gardner, 109).
In the morning when the thing hr sales, that call will get you as much
lA the clear as you can get
(Gardner, 79).
iA the clinohea.

In close-in fitting; locked in combat.

...they find out that Ia JfcbA el inches it's not the planes or thetanks,
it's the infantry that wins wars
(Tank, 24).
&J2. be inclined £& (infinitive).
to; to hare a tendency to.

To be apt to; to have an inclination

He doesn't know Basel Strickland.•.says he doesn't, and I'm inclined to
bellere him, but I'm checking back on him (Gardner, 126).
in close.

Close; quite close; very near.

"On this one," says Mike, "we didn't want them to get JUl close" (Tank, 87)
Two destroyers and ourselves were doing the shelling, while all the other
ships Ia close to land were scurrying around. •.
(Pyle,23-4) •
iA elaaiBg.
Finally; lastly.
(This is oftenused to
end of a speech or written communication.)

indicate the

I& closing. I suggest that you bring this page with you next time you
feel like getting lost in a jungle (Tank, 97).
In c lo s i n g , let me say.. • (Tank, 2 1 3 ).
iA code.

Coded; prepared, written in code.

These orders came l a code, too
IA cold blood.

(Tank, 26).

Bemorselessly; without feeling.

•••the Germans killed la cold blood more than 15,000 Greeks
la college.

(Tank, 220).

At college; enrolled in college; at school.

...they had been l a college together...
in ftftinimm of twos.

Two abreast in

(Cain, 235).
columns; in pairs in a long line.

• •.by daylight they walked l a
gf twos along the road to Fort Lee
where an old ferry boat was waiting
(Marquand, 583).
la combat.
of a war.)

In battle; in a fight. (This implies a battle
(Cf. l a battle.)

We have been and still are la combat. » »

(Tank, 212^.

as a part

—

lA fifiBML*

Inters.

660—

(Seel £ a ££■£. ia*)

Just as we was batching out ths details* Xa. comss ths law...

(Gardner, 217).

Income
1 tax paid, by ths individual, corporation* company and ths
like on ths earnings for ths ysar. Thor® ars both fsdsral and stats
Income taxss although not all ths statss have such a tax.
(Also
attributivs. )
On thsir fsdsral income
ths return due next March for ths ysar 1931...
(Gain* 78).
He was always gagging about how lucky ths married ones were on income
iAX. day (Cain* 22) •
• ••began to call upon Jeffrey* after he had paid his income *a-r. with all
sorts of questions which he could not answer... (Marquand, 400).
Of course* ths
Jyyt is unfair on earned income* very unfair
(Mar­
quand, 404).
Tou see* I've got to pay ths bills, and it takes a good deal of money*
with ths new
(Marquand* 389).
Jeffrey always felt tired in February with March and the income
around
the corner
(Marquand* 326).
First you paid out to Santa Claus, and then you paid the ^noome tax
(Marquand, 326).
Sven with the
tax it meant that he could relax that summer
(Marquand, 212).
If it had not been for the war and the
there would no longer
hare been much worry about money. •• (Marquand* 305).
in comfort.

Comfortably; with ease.

...found a space inside big enough for three to live Ia
lA coming.

(Tank, 41).

In arriving; arriving; coming.

Tou stand nervously waiting for direction, and they're not long A a cowing
(Tank, 64).
in fiflSBSA*
Squally together; having the same things.
lA common.)

(See:

to Hats

It was always there, something they would always share Ia ftnMln"
(Marquand* 263).
...wondering what she had seen in it* trying to divcover some taste that
they mi^ht possess Ia
(Marquand* 322 )•
lA conference.

Attending a conference; conferring with others.

First the operator said that Colonel Swinburne was I a conference and she
would try again in twenty minutes
(Marquand, 564).

JA
Siik*
taining to*

Relating to; in relation to; in regards to; per­

...on her trips downtown l a poni^G-fa^ftn with the pie 'business, she began
to hear things (Cain, 150;.
Never once did he let Mildred cone close to hin la
with it
(Cain, 142).
She saw hin quite a lot ia
with their real-estate relations
(Cain, 150).
By an examination of the extent to which the digestive processes hmi
functioned, l a
with the time at which the last meal had been
consumed (Gardner, 131) •
Would that make any difference i a Mnnmnt.*nn with your testimony?
(Gard­
ner, 133).
in eonts.fit with*
with.

Having relationships with; being near to; working

When a young officer came l a contact with his superiors he generally
considered them overbearing and stupid and usually they were
(Marquand,
543).
ia

to*

Contrasted to; compared to.

Ia contrast to this cunning, there were instances of stupidity

(Yank, 54)

ia the course of .
1.

During; in the time of; in the continuance of.

Those boys were B-26 bombardiers and l a the course of the evening* s events
they asked me if I wouldn't come and live with their squadron a while
(l^le, 320).
2.

Is a part of; in line with.

These meals were ordered from your restaurant, and you took them up la fchai
course of your employment as a waiter?
(Gardner, 144).
in court.
In a court of law suing, being sued, being tried, orserving
as a witness, and the like.
And what those harpies do to you, once they get la court...
(Cain, 180).
Next thing she knew, she was la court, raising her hand, swearing to tell
the truth...
(Cain, 86) .
inrtryni^ri'fc upon.

The obligation of; the duty of.

...that it relates to some particular aspect of the case which it is
upon the state to prove (Gardner, 146).

Lu danfifi. Jilaft*

In such a manner that one can dance to it; in dance

rhythm.

...and was playing "America the Beautiful" ia dance time
XXIII, Sept. 26, 1947, 22).
ia danaer.
in risk.

(New Yorker,

In a condition, position, of danger; in peril; in hazard;

There is an almost irresistible pull to get close to somebody when you cure
ia danger
(Pyle, 401).
ia dpw-oey

In peril of; risking; in hasard of.

I care enou^i for him so that I realized he was ia daifcBBX. QJL being victim­
ised by an unscrupulous adventuress. •• (Gardner, 133).
ia ifafi. dark.
Without information; not knowing all there
about something; in Ignorance.
I*m doing everything I can do —
in the days.

is to

but I'm working ia the dark

beknown

(Gardner, 83).

In the time; at the time.

...no longer the
bulging asymmetry it had
been i a
the davs when Ifcmtycom­
plained about it
(Gain, 190).
We got started that way and ia the days that followed I came to know him
well (Pyle, 194).

ia dead

earnest.
earnest.)

Completely earnest; serious; grave; sincere, (see:

She was in d&aji earnest...

ia

(Cain, 149-150).

ia ShA. issA. ££ nlgfat.

Late at ni^it; in the middle of the nl^it; in the
small hours of the night.

You can't realize how nearly impossible it is to arrive ia tha rfaad of night
at exactly the right spot with a convoy. •• (Pyle, 26).

i a ________ debt.

Owing money to one; being in debt to one.

You're ashamed of me, and now that you're ia ®y debt, you had to say what
you Just said to me, to get even (Cain, 146).
ia despair.

Despairing; without hope; hopelessly.

In despair. Ida picked up plates, glasses, and napkins so that they were
spread across her fingers...
(Cain, 48).
•••under difficulties that would have forced most artists to throw away
their pencils and pads i a despair (Yank, 77)•

-66>

l A IftfcAll*

1* With all the details; with all the facts*
He flare me the whole invasion plan ia, detail... (Pyle* 356)*
Everything was explained i a detail how we would take off...
(Pyle 322).
2* With details; with the snail, inconspicuous* matter.
Kettering, with a mind which reveled i a detail, paused to make sure that
the exhibits were properly numbered.•• (Gardner, 150).
index iififlBC..
That finger next to the thumb; the pointing finger; the
second finger when counting from the thumb as the first one*
I pulled out this bullet myself* burning my tpde-* finger on the hot lead
(Tank, 10)•
Indian file.

Singly;one at a time in a line.

The weary Dead End Kinds put on their packs and moved silently Indian-f41»
out of their perimeter...
(Tank, 94).
They were walking
file
(Pyle* 196).
ind4fIfi.*
about.

Being neutral to; not caring about; being unbiased

...Mildred was indifferent
lA %h& direction

the impending event...

(Cain, 212).

To; towards.

Kettering strode away Jji ££& direction of the Judge's chambers
204).
lA dismay.
Emily Mil leant
lA

dletflASA-

Dissaved;hopelessly; without hope.
fell back l a fliemp.r

(Gardner, 106).

Jfer off; a long way away; a long way off.

In the far Hflptepr.^ was a faint rumble of big guns...

(Fyle* 420).

In the dinterne we could hear the sound of long-range shelling
lA A dither.

(Gardner,

(Tank, 58).

Frantic; anxious; bothered; troubled.

...every proprietor...was Ia

a

dither to know what to do...

(Cain, 150).

In doubt.
In a condition of not being able to make up one's mind;
uncertain; not sure.

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•. .and the odor left you l a no doubt as to the latter function
lA Hut flTlBfc*
In the ocean, sea, large body of eater.
implies that one is accidentally in the eater*)
That wasn't what put them i a the dr»in)r
la droves *
tities*

(Fyle f 348) .

(Pyle, 360).

In proper manner; in the correct e a y .

...the Governor of the State ofWashington,
shortly receive, l a due form, demands...
la

(This usually

Countleasly; numerously; in large numbers; of great quan­

...ships standing l a droves out to sea
la dsa Term*

(Tank, 59)

who is advised that he will
(Gardner, 122).

la*
To allow oneself; to give oneself up to; to give one­
self free rein for.
\

...be...indulged l a no

personal

talk of any kind

(Cain, 222).

4nHn»tr4«i center.
uring city.

A place where there are many industries» a manufact­

The two of them had been put to work by the Germans in a factory at Weiner
Neustadt, the big indnatrial center near Vienna (Tank, 70).
la earnest.
flfi£flfi£l*)

Earnestly; seriously; gravely; sincerely.

(See: ia da**d

And when he begins to talk ia earnest about the boat, you get the secure
feeling that he's not reading from any prepared script (Tank, 65).
iA fiA effort.

Attempting; trying.

Monty stared. •.as though i a A great effort of recollection
la the and.

(Cain, 167).

finally; at last.

ia the and - she decided the bodice was "too much*, and took it off (Cain,
237).
Everyone was going back to what he had been doing before., .for l a the gpi
the talk had been like other talks
(Marquand, 42).
...who knew suddenly that freedom was worth dying for, and who l a the CAfL*•
would go and fight for freedom (Marquand, 420).
...a little hard on a girl like Elise, but la the sal, ifitdidn't work,
if Ellse didn't like...
(Marquand, 431).
Veda hwd to be made to accept this Job she had taken, else her days would
be dull misery, and la tha and she would have to give it up (Cain, 73).
In tha and. one always runs up against something unreasonable, something
mysterious
(Hew Torker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 29).

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X never l A all. ■ £ UXfc*
astonishment.)

(This Is ussd to show surprise, disbelief •

x mmrwmr jA AUL WBL Ilf* — t

(0*1X1, 201) .

l A *!*•*!**** fi£*

hors than; above; greater than*

This was so grotesquely Ia excess
her living expenses that the money
piled up on her account.* • (Gain, 243),
lA

IfiX*

By swapping for; "by trading for; by bartering for*

• ••see if any of the chandlers there would take this stuff off his hands,
lA
XfiX. the l i f t e r articles used by speedboats (Oain, 18).
lA Ihft *Ttra"*-

Extremely; very much; too nuch*

Ve asked Mr* Lipschltz what he thought of Bavin's suggestion, an^ he
replied that he regarded it as foolish Ia Itli AX&UUBA***
(Hew Yorker,
XXXII, Sept. 13, 1947, 29).
lA

eves*
thoughts*

In one's opinion; according to one's ideas; in one's

Unquestionably she was becoming a little important, Ja her own eves, at
least, a little conceited, a little smug (Cain, 69).
l A JttUL face q£*

In view of; in ths presence of*

The court will give you every latitude In the matter, Mr. Deputy District
Attorney, but I a the face q£ objection, where there is no question of
proving malice*•• (Gardner, 146)*
• ..lA j & A face of a rising storm that made the under taking hazardous, the
advance party sought out the safest beachhead (Yank, 191)*
He didn't say so, but we gathered that it was a considerabls task to keep
tqp the large church and school Ia the face of the changes the neighbor­
hood had undergone*.* (Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept* 6, 1947, 20)*
lA XAfifc*

I** reality; actually; really; truly*

iA £&£&• she was beginning to look matronly (Cain, 179).
The number was quite long, Ia fact the longest number Mildred had ever
heard*•• (Cain, 241)*
lA Tact. he had forgotten it already, and had fallen sound asleap (Mar­
quand, 198)*
Ia feet when Mr* Fercald returned from lunch to give the last directions*.
(Marquand, 198)*
lA fact you hardly saw anybody (Yank, 209)*
• -.roads•••so busy, i A fact, that one chaplain never travels (Yank, 231)*
In fact***1 didn't want any of my pals to see me anyhow (Yank, 165)*

-666-

he often complains about it (Cain, 158).
lA fact. just bo two on himself and Mr. Wilson it Bade hia fool easier when
there was a good crop of tent caterpillars (Marquand* 516).
The walls and the window curtains* I a fact the roow itself* seeaed temp­
orary. •• (Marquand* 58).
Ilk fact there was no sign of anything. •• (Tank, 31),
lA fact 1 aa a little bit disgusted. •• (Tank, 30).
lA fact. they wanted to giro no the town's prettiest girl for a wife
(Tank, 28).
iA
there seem to be more Oreek-Amor leans here than Itallan-Aaerlcan
in Italy (Tank* 218) •
They...4a ***** bad quite a swell tine (Tank, 213).
...Legg accomplished Ia actual fact what has been done very rarely any­
where...
(Tank, 125).
lA XfefiJt they looked to me just the way they mast hare looked in normal
tiaes (Pyle, 461).
Ia fact. it is one of the branches even the average soldier is little aware
of...
(Pyle, 417).
IA XfefijL* he could read even the watermark of the eye chart (Tank, 166).
Last year, I a £aA$.» he showed up paralysed.•• (Tank, 183).
lA Tact, he got so close that the soccer ball got tangled up in the feet
of his men (Tank, 185).
Our total casualties were only a fraction, 4 a feet. of what our commanders
had been prepared to accept (Fyle, 363).
IA feet, the whole regiment of more than three thousand men was on the move
(Pyle, 202).
IA feet it was hard to think of hin as an enlisted man (lyie,333).
IA ***** his father was chief of police... (Fyle, 335) •
Ia Iasi I felt fine...
(Fyle, 250).
lA fact. Mr. Merrlwell admitted as much himself...
(Marquand, 27).
Be was, jA fact, the man who built our little white house.•• O^rle* 302).
Major Bo 11 in Elkins* sometimes known 4a fact as B. Lafayette Elkins.••
(F y le , 2 5 9 ).
lA fact we leaned over the other way and furnished water to scores of
thousands of Sicilians whose supply had been shattered by bombing (Pyle,
61).
She was learning the business; 4a
ao far as pies went* she was in
business already (Cain, 74).
IA fact I had you paged downstairs, hoping you hadn't left the store (Cain,
34).
So close, 4 a fact. that ground crews could stand on the field and watch
their own planes going into their bombing dives
(Fyle, 169).
Ia fact, he became so famous as an audacious patrol leader (Fyle, 140).
I A fact there were six Manchester boys in the battery. •• (Fyle* 386).
...the towns were largely evacuated — 4A fact, practically all of them
were nere heaps of rubble from bombing and shelling..• (Fyle, 182).
Ia fact. I said I wouldn't mind parading a few stripes ayself (Fyle* 136).
this one would take first prise in an orneriness contest at any
season (Fyle, 126).
In fact, we put on more than an American mule could carry over suoh a
trail (Fyle, 145).

lA fhct the m & themselves walked and sat on them all tha tima (Pyle, 115).
In fact. you're ordarad to go (Pyle, 197).
la fact. whan I was thraa monghs old, ay father farmed ma out to an English
lady in Singapore (Haw Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 V 1947, 22)*
She had taught har 8a If to ha a good houaakeeper and a flna cook, was la
fact earning aueh little income aa aha had by paddling...
(Cain, 37)7
And quick aa a flaah, l a fact quicker. •• (Yank, 166).
la XfefijL they had only four...
(Pyla, 434).
la fact, it became ao one-aided that Ball had to make it look good...
(Yank, 186).
lA fact ha did a little hit of everything from sweeping up to paasing
ahalla (Pyla, 37).
lA &

war.

Pregnant; with child, offapring.

...how many of these doge gat l a Ifaft. f m l l T wav...
She's la A
wav I (Cain, 198) •
infatuated with.

(Yank, 208).

Enamored of; in love with*

...I ha came infatuated with a girl and want to Mexico. ••
IB _____ favor.
assistance.

(Yank, 174).

To one's advantage; benefiting one; to one's help,

▲Iso, German diva bombing had begun at tha rata of two par hour,but every­
one felt that whatever happened we had a head start that was allIa our
favor (Pyla, 33).
But spaed, maneuverability•-.were Ia our favor (Yank, 354).
lA favor &£•

Yor; favoring; showing preference for.

•••Mrs. Gassier. •.tended to slight the kitchen Ia favor of the bar (Cain,
178).
Then when Harold found out that Aldan Teed a had made a big check I a favor
of L. C. Conway...
(Gardner, 167).
...vines had Just started when Prohibition came along and he dug them out,
lA favor of walnuts (Cain, 6).
There's practloally nothing can be said Ia favor of them, except they're
the only ones we've got (Cain, 33).
lA the field.
In the open, not in barracks when fighting a war; living
out of doors in battle.
Ten days I a thO field was not unusual. •• (Yank, 23).
Ihen the general was Ia tfre field he lived in a truok...
(Pyle, 394).
In thi flald. •.Stillwell is no collar-ad for what the well-dressed West
Point nan will wear this season (Yank, 129).
In the field. most of us had mosquito nets (Pyle, 91).

-668-

lA Ihl.

Fighting, 'battling; in battla.

...came supporting salvos, indicating that tha Admiral's ship was still in
tha fight (Tank, 43)*
ia tha first place.

In tha beginning; at first; firstly -

7a drove a total of seventy-five agonising miles over dusty gravel roads,
and than found tha hospital all set up
ready for business within
four miles of where we had started from £n tha first r»i»^ (Fyle, 45) •
Why didn't he do that ia the first place? (Gardner, 7)•
la Ihfi. first place I got a lunch trade that's almost like the Brown Derby
(Cain, 175).
l a the first plafifc# a new censorship policy was arrived at...
(Pyla, 396).
la ihfi. fir eft place, he was a radio gunner (Fyle, 336).
la ihft first Place. Mr. Gorman would know very well that she
written
out those questions
(Marquand, 503).
And Bob Capa said he never could face C rations JLa the first T>inr»«» (Fyle,
408).
la the first plasfi., several of them were concerned about how and where to
keep bonds
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947 , 25).
la JttUL first place, only a tiny few of our troops ever heard the radio
(Fyle, 244).
la ihft first place, she wasn't under oath (Gardner, 206).
la the first Place...that first girl was pretty sweet. •• (Tank, 174).
...nobody aver inquired about — How I happened to meet Alden Leeds i a the
first place (Gardner, 216).
She began to cry, and Mildred gathered her into her arms and talked to her
as she had wanted to talk £a th* first
(Cain, 12).
la &hfi. first place, what invitations did she accept? (Cain, 167).
l a the first p l y f - I would say*.*
(Tank, 214).
la the first place, oy friends never read anything anyway... (Tank, 96).
Of course, mailing them 1a the first
*** was illegal... (Fyle, 126) •
...I am astonished that the good general ever managed to find his way here
from the Middle East Ia IhA first place (Tank, 31).
Lord knows why I asked that question I a the first place
(Gardner, 84).
*. *a division has to be good Ia the first place if it is going to get good
publicity (ftrle, 397).
lA the first place. we didn't want the Germans to get them... (Fyle, 423).
lA IbA. first place, she had an honest concern for her (Cain, 189).
l A A £1*.

In trouble; in difficulties; having serious problems.

...now that you've tole us, if we don't notify the police, we're Ia & ***
(Gardner, 74).
If you found John had been murdered and didn't notify the police, you're
in a £1&* •• (Gardner, 74).

-669-

itt flames.

On fire; afire; burning.

One Jap plane cane down Ia riajnM (Tank, 203).
Occasionally the pearly moonlit sky will flush into rose color as a Jap
bomber plunges I a ^ V ^ f
(Tank, 42) •
...it went down Ia
—
(Pyle, 391).
The plane went spinning toward the ground Ia flfiftfiJL*•• (Tank, 16) •
lA force.

Vlth large numbers; with great strength; forcefully.

• ••and knew that if they could reach the road ia force they could cut the
retreat of several hundred Germans
(Tank, 46).
...the patrol finally arrived Ia force... (Tank, 192)*
The next day the Germans came back Ia force... (Yank, 28)*
lA ft foreign IfiBgU&ftft*
Speaking a language which is not native to
,one; speaking another language than the hearer knows*
.. *7eda was singing JLa some foreign l£A£32&£3L*• •
Ia £a Ia for it.

(Cain, 213).

To be about to be punished, reprimanded*

•••she knew she was i A for it

(Cain, 133)*

Pmint*r A desk, place, located in a busy section where
one can ask for directions and other information.
...people were moving hurriedly in all directions, or standing with their
l u g ^ g e by the
coiipt^r waiting (Marquand, 412).
lA ft fraction &£.

a

second*

Of course Aa ft fraction of
lA ft f**nHT
of mind*

Alfid*

Very, very quickly; very rapidly.
a

■fgrirv* it followed me down*..

In an emotional condition; in a mood; in a state

...she found Mildred Aa ft different frame of
in fright.

(Pyle, 444)*

—

(Cain, 150).

Being frightened; afraid; fearing.

Letty and Frieda*..stared Ia fright at the three of them...

(Cain, 255).

lA
1* Toward the center; to the interior*
...that eighteen inches Aa from the headboard, the bed is nearly seventy
inches wide**.
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 20)*

-670-

3* To the inside from the outside.

Teda stalked unhurriedly out* and Mildred heard her call Bay Ia f*om the
street (Cain, 12).
3* Here after haring heen at*
We turned a corner, and net a group of British naval ensi&xs in f>M» sea*.,
farlh. 134).
First there was a lovely lady*..Just I a £C££L Hollywood*..
(Marquand, 38).
4* To this place from that or another place.
(This place usually seems
to imply a sort of center or gathering place.)
They had driven Ia from the farm in the buggy with the dapple-gray horse...
(Marquand, 16177
Great rows of boxed engines line the roads, supply dumps filled the fields,
and the road Ia from the airport was rougher from much convoying (Fyle,
93).
...the rest of the cast sat on wooden chairs or benches looking like a
group of people who had Just walked
from anywhere
(Marquand, 79)*
in front.
1. Along the front part of the body; along the clothing which fits over
the front part of the body.
•. .and a bodice that laced 4 & front (Cain, 237).
It gathers up too much ip. front.. .doesn’t it, Mr. WilsonT
(Marquand., 529).
Mother doesn't like it...she thinks it's a little — too tight in front
(Marquand, 205)*
...singer's torso, with the dairy quaking in front..(Cain, 254).
2* Around the forehead; in the neighborhood of the forehead*
...L.C. Conway, about fifty-five, around five foot ten, weight a hundred
and ninety pounds, bald Ia front, with dark, curly hair...
(Gardner, ll).
3* At the front of a group; before most of the others.
...photographs on the wall of boys in rows, one row standing up and the
other row sitting down Ia front (Marquand, 296).
There's lots of room Ia f r o n t (Marquand, 548).
It was always crowded but there was always room 4a front (Marquand, 548).
4. At the forward part of a house, building, room;
near it.

At the entry way or

...Mildred inspected everything, from the great "living room" 4a front to
the cozy "bedrooms" at the rear...
(Cain, 16).
It had two doors lA front and between the doors was a bulletin board with
a voter's list...
(Marquand, 163).

5*

Confront log;

'before; opposing.

There were snipers in the tree la front (Fyle* 450)*
•. .more damage to the wall behind, him than he did to the tank l a front
(Tank* 124).
There were Jerry machine-gun nests and snipers la front an a at the sides
of the OP...
(Tank* 107).
6.

In* at* the main office*

When even a hockshop had to have this receptionist things out there l a front
to show it had class (Cain* 37).

la

ihfi. front U a U L *
armies is.

At the place where the actual fighting between

...there are so many men l a the front 1 inai fighting (Tank, 130).
They are doing a wonderful Job here l a the front lines
(Tank, 212).

la

front o f.

Before; directly ahead of; ahead of.

A United Nations1 car palled up la front of a midtown hotel one afternoon
last week...
(Hew Torker, XXIII, Sept. 13* 1947* 27).
...his waitress set his drink down la front of him...
(New Yorker, XXIII*
June 28, 1947, 21.)
The park superintendent of Long Beach, California, resigned because the city
auditor wouldn't let him plant yellow pansies la front of the city hall
(New Yorker* XXII, Feb. 15* 1947* 21).
They sure wished they could get out in the country and Just onceshoot at
something that dldn*t have a hill l a front of it (Pyle, 98).
But one day another Italian woman stopped in front of this vendor
gath­
ered up an apronful of apples
(Pyle* 135).
It was ironic to walk into a half demolished building and find a command
post set up in the remaining rooms, with soldiers sitting la front of a
crackling fireplace.••
(Pyle, 183).
...we saw an occasional cow deliberately walk up and stick her head la front
of a rifle Just as it went off (Pyle, 239).
You don't talk like that l a front of a man when you mean it (Pyle, 261).
The bomb hit smack la front of the door...
(I^rle, 282).
la front of the stove was a settee big enou^i for three people... (Pyle,
327).
... the general always came to our correspondents1 camp and, la front of a
big map* gave us a complete fill-in on the situation (Pyle, 308)7
He spread his blankets la front of the truck..• (Pyle, 371).
A narrow valley...was blocked by the German 88, which stopped everything
la front pX. It (Pyle, 384).
She table was placed la front of a window...
(Marquand, 3).
•• .an infantry major sat on an amnunition box with a map
la front of him
(Marquand* 238).
Walter was standing l a front of the great field a tone fireplace (Marquand,
22).

-672-

Tfalter Newcombs stood i a front of the microphone waiting...
(Marquand, 39).
Tha table was placed i a front of a window which looked south. •• (Marquand,
3).
There were discreet scrapes of chairs
the sound of ice
glasses
while Valter stood i a front of the fire..* (Marquand, 136).
...only a stretch of sand and crab grass i a front of it, decorated by a
rusty bathtub and some assorted lengths of pipe (Marquand, 481)*
Suitcases and brief caseB were piles ia front of the hotel desk (Marquand,
655).
Though those banks were as familiar to Jeffrey as his own face, the sidewalks ia front of them and the crowds mowing by them seemed «Hod<*y...
(Marquand, 265).
Jim was standing ia front of the fireplace. •• (Marquand, 58).
He would not hare to sit i a front of that typewriter any longer, he would
not have to worry...
(Marquand, 492).
...both of them hit trees ia front of their target
(Tank, 19).
Cpl. Bob Havelick and Pfo. Leroy Chilson, both of Jamestown, opened the
barbed-wire gate i a front of the gun position. ••
(Yank, 24).
.*•Ja front of the CP and directly in the Jap line of fire was a Marine
outpost (Tank, 23) •
Another machine pistol sputtered ia front of me (Tank, 21).
1 fired a couple of rounds
at the man i a front of me (Tank,21).
Terry saw that the men were directly i a front of a low brush pile... (Tank,
17).
Our position was about half a mile down the mountain ia front of the lines
(Tank, 2l).
...we were to ge on a security mission to guard a 4.2-mortar OP a half-mile
ia front of the lines (Tank, 20).
Everything i a front of the
battalion came forward, screaming (Tank, 6).
We didn't know what was ia front of us...
(Tank, 11).
... translated the metallic sounds which came through the receiver into notes
on the pad ia front of him...
(Gardner, 60).
Drake, violently chewing gum, consulted the three memo pads, one ia front of
each telephone.•• (Gardner, 60).
...at the connsel table, his long lets stretched out ia front of him, his
chin sunk on his chest
(Gardner, 31).
I had a tip the car sometimes stood out ia front of the apartment house
until the small hours of the morning (Gardner, 155).
...they drew up i a front of the apartment house... (Gardner, 158).
Mason, hitching sideways in the chair, crossed his long lets in front of
him...
(Gardner, 178).
These people stayed too long to have been standing i a front of the door,
knocking and waiting for an answer (Gardner, 68).
On the cold pavement i a front of the house, with the firsf^ streaks of dawn
showing in the east.•• (Gardner, 80).
...she glanced at the place which had been set ia front of Mason at the
table... (Gardner, 96).
The officers ceased using the siren, worked their way through a traffic
signal, and parked i a front of a reserved zone (Gardner, 42).

-673-

He...found a piece of anisic, end put it la front of her (Cain, 135).
...keep the violin part l a front
you and give me a little accompaniment
of your own (Cain, 135).
Ae the car rolled around the loop 1ft front of the house... (Cain, 202).
...a crimson rug, with figured border, a settee l a front of the fireplace...
(Cain, 1).
She got a bridge table out of the closed and set it up l a front of the
fireplace (Cain, 28).
Then she sat down la front of the dressing table aiA started combing her
hair (Cain, 15).
Hut her mouth seemed to step out la front of her,
take charge in a
somewhat gabby way (Cain, 26),
She hated to wash the dirty linen la front of any more people than she
could help..*
(Cain, 20).
Mildred listened, or tried to, but suddenly a vision leaped l a front of her
eyes (Cain, 43) •
The houses were big and forbidding, with driveways l a front of them and
clipped grass all around...
(Cain, 41)*
in full, awing-.
speed.

Operating at full capacity;

By dark the work was la
waist (f^rle, 67).
lft Zald. Tiff* (of).

operating, going at full

gwtn*. and half ths men were stripped to the

Being seen (by); unconcealed (from); not hidden (from).

...we were 1ft full view of the Jap-he Id coast line...
(Yank, 255).
When five Japs raised their hands and stood up la full view. .. (Sank, 52).
1ft general.

Generally; in general terms but not in particular terms.

Speak louder and tell me what it is la
(Marquand, 367),
•. •try to arrange to have their children play with here, and la
her
say with children has become notable (Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947,
17).
1ft ft general war.

Generally; in a manner applicable to all; universally.

And then this man...called back a resigned answer that expressed la &
wav every combat soldier's pathetic reason for wanting to live and hating
to die (Pyle, 186).
la _____ g l o w .
most enjoys.

At one's happiest; at one's best; doing that which one

They were la their glorv at our clearing stations; in fact they almost drove
the doctors nuts asking questions all the time (Pyle, 49).

-67**—

la good tuaBBt*

Pleasantly; pleasingly; graciously.

...she answered then la a very good kUUM2£
lA good order.

(Yank, 132).

Orderly; in good condition; in good shape.

We found the village clean

and la good order

(Yank, 147).

la good-

standin#.Maintaining position or condition through
rules and regulations.

following

•. .a franed diploma that certified that John Howland Wilson was a member
la £&£&.
Of the Eagle Brigade*.. (Marquand, 160).

ia ifl. la good

with.

To be liked by; to have the cooperation of.

You got to be l a good with the Chef1 (Cain, 47).
You can't work nowhere without you're la good with the Chef, end you got
to call it right for him (Cain, 47).
...it was indeed important to be la good with the Chef (Chin, 49).
inPTflin.H la*

Fixed in; having become a part of.

In/oralned l a all our brains.••
la grmipn.

(Yank, 155).

in crowds; with others forming groups.

On large patrols, the men slept l a groups, with a sturdy vine reaching under
their arms...
(Yank, 55).
la
overhear.

ff-

Quietly; in a low tone; in a manner that no one will

...Mildred was ducking into phone booths and talking l a C
Mr. Simons
(Cain, 204).

1& h a lf.

T

a

r

H

with

In two; in two parts; in parts.

After it has been torn la hal£ by the 3-year-old ticket taker, it is like
nothing (Yank, 73).
First, she cut off the necks, then cut the chicken l a
(Cain, 117).
Big B's third target was a Kongo class battleship that passed her starboard
beam and was cut la hal£ by a salvo from her No. 3 turret aft (Yank, 43).
They didn't bother to mess up their harbor or to blow out the two river
bridges which would have cut our forces la half “(Pyle, 29).
la tafiaA*

Under control; being controlled.

After seven weeks of war the wreckage was all l a hfiflft.- ••

(Pyle, 419).

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lA

-

PoiiMied. "by one; controlled by one; under one's control

•••bombing mission against Klsha, then 1a enesy fefjkdJL (Tank. 202) •
Much of the area between the Burna border a«* the Boraa
is also la
enemy Hand* (Tank* 177)*
•••the town was l a Banger taBdJl (Tank, 124)*
The hospital was l a
hanH,»• • (Pyle, 404).
la ft fcfttft school*

2y experience; through experience*

1 do know that Uncle Aldan was raised la ft hard

la

.

hMft*

(Gardner, 172J•

one's aind; aentally.

Walter* ..bad a secret weapon all worked out l a his head*..

la

heaps*

(Tank, 137)*

In piles; staking piles*

Sons laborers near by were still raking through the rubbish, resurrecting
huean bones for burial, placing those bones la heaps beside the road
(Marquand, 227).

la

heart*
Honestly; actually; really*
(This implies what one
really knows, feels, thinks as opposed to what he nay wish to know,
feel, think* )

la her heart* Mildred knew that Monty was being as dishonest about Veda
as he was being about the rest of it (Cain, 147)*
la the haftl ax*
part of*

During the most exciting part of; at the nost dangerous

la the heat of the fight Isaisen noticed what Boughner did not. . ■ (Tank, 8)*
la the heat of the fl^it, men were too busy to think*.. (Tank, 6)*

la

hearen.
In the place of one's reward; in paradise.
(Hearen is a
coasionly accepted place of reward after death aaong the Christians.)

She's l a hflftXBA* she's got

to be

la here*

place within.

Here; at this

(Cain, 1C6)*

He's right 1 a here (Cain, 58)*
I swear to God, I case 1 a here for nothing but to pull those apron strings
(Cain, 29).
I don't need help, and 1 didn't auk you 1a here (Cain, 28).
lA here you nark your number, you'r no* 9 (Cain, 46).
Tou cone 1 a 'ere*. . (Cain, 219)*
...first t'lng she do is come XSk here... (Cain, 219).
O.K., then do just like I say, and we'll get Mildred's pies 1a hfilft.
'stead of them cow pies we got now (Cain, 66).

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ln h U l a g *

Hidden; being hidden; secret*

They Identified themselves by special armbands which they had kept l a hidingO^rle, 416)*
It was as though life had taken a holiday and death was l a hiding (Pyle, 374).
la high.

At hlgi speed; efficient In high speed*

The well-oiled machine was
load (Cain, 122).
Ilk high gear.

la

high now, bumming smoothly, pulling its

At full speed; with enthuslaa; enthusiastically.

• ••he went back to the Job in high gear...
la high spirits.

Pull of animal spirits; animated; vivacious; lively*

They were la high spirits.. •
la & hole.

(Cain, 235).

In trouble; in difficulties*

They're la one hell of a hplp
la

frnnrn*.

(Cain, 79).

Honoring one; being an honor to one; In respect to one.

lid's plane was named "Annie Jane”
la Ihfi. hope

(Pyle, 282).

q £.

la

her honor

(Pyle, 165).

With hopes of; hoping for, desiring of*

...s apot along our route that the Kraut sprayed every so often la the
hope of catching Just such a party as ours
(Tank, 58).
la hones*

Hoping; wishing; desiring.

L a u d i n g at each weary mile
la hopes that you'll look down and smile from home up there
la bfil water*

(Tank, 156).

In trouble; in difficulties*

Tou try to hush up anything like that, and you wind up l a a lot hotter
water than when you started (Gardner, 77).
la the hri»oT

(for).

In the mood; In the state of mind; In the fancy.

•• »l!m not much l a the homoi- for —
(Cain, 129).
hildred half listened, no longer la ftBSL hT,wr>1p for Wally, her mind on the
car*..
(Cain, 58).
I doubt If you're l a Ihfi. hnm/vr for gags (Cain, 126).

la & hurry*

In a rush; in haste; hastily; moving quiclcly.

Mildred. ..was
no hurry about it (Cain, 175) •
...if they were 1a a hurry and had laft their mass kits behind they Just
■borrowed from soldiers...
(Pyle, 420).
You wara certainly 1a one hall of a hurry (Cain, 93).
We ware both 1a A hurry and wa ate fast (Gardner, 191).
We dragged him from the hills but we'ye got to get help to him in a hurry
(Tank, 108).
The SS agents apparently left 1 a A hurry.. . (Tank, 220).
•» .many...were.•. hiding their coats and htas in odd corners where they
could get them 1a A hurry (Marquand, 35).
There is many a ripped Jungle hammock netting on this beach-head to
testify that the owner left 1a such A hurry that he bad no time to unxip
it (Tank, 42).
If they're Just phonies, bought 1a A hurry.. .it*11 look like that living
room...
(Cain, 228).
...you’d better sit down in a hurry... (Tank, 173).
la hysterics.
hysterical; in a doeordered emotional state; without
control of emotions.
Mrs. Hannan's almost 1a hysterics about it
la Initial divorce time— d l n « .
ing a divorce from one’s spouse.

(Cain, 181).

To begin the legal action for obtain­

If you are interested 1a initiating (UYgffifl proceedings you should consult
your Legal Assistance Officer...
(Tank, 174).
in itself..
Alone; by Itself; with no other help, proof, assistance,
and the like.
Of course.•.an arcus senilis is not 1a Itself indicative of psychosis
(Gardner, 33).
to be 1a 1 & together.
in the same boat.

To be in the same situation with others; to be

At Ansio everybody was right 1a li. together
Ife're 1a UL together (Gardner, 70).
la A Jfifi.

(Pyle,

236).

In trouble; in difficulties.

I've «klways been too much the other say, but I'velearned to think for
myself 1a A -iam (Gardner, 78).
A H I said was,
"The boss is 1a A -1am" (Cain, 45).
...but he'll step aside any night of the week and give you his bed if you're
in a Jfifi (Tank, 36).

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iA -Ilg time.

In a hurry; rapidly; quickly; without daisy.

Only In. .. China... could this Jot hare been dona l a such dig time
la keening with.

(Tank, 120)

In accordance with; in accord with; according to.

...Mac performed what Col. Bryant £. Moore, than commanding the 164th,
said was "commendable service la keening; with the traditions"...
(Tank,
23).
in jUUDL*

One's spouse's relatives; relatives by marriage.

But I didn't know at the time that I had a set of liwlaws that couldn't
even find a place for a sick child...
(Cain, 98).

la

the

At all; to any extent; to any degree.

Somehow Peking was not what he had thought it would be l a the least
(Marquand, 28)•
...Louella must have regretted that playful gesture, because, without
intending to 1a the least ■ he had taken advantage of it (Marquand, 204).

la

the light of.
tion of*

With added information, knowledge: with the considera­

la the llfifrt of a couple of days of retrospection, we sat and talked. •.
(Pyle, 363).

la

the 1

of day.

In dayli^it; in the daytime when one can see.

His fellow In the light of
(Pyle, 37l7.
la line.

had turned out to be a pile of horse manure

In a row; arranged in a row; in single file.

The toes of their shoes sticking up 1a .& line as though on drill
(Pyle, 360)
Floyd Pringle waited his turn in line at the induction station. • • (Tank,
175).
We were back 1a line again in the swept channel
(Pyle, 357).
in the line of fire.

In the path of bullets, Bhrapnel, etc.

...directly 1 a the Jap line of fire was a Marine outpost

(Tank, 23).

in 1 i»a with.
lined up with; making a line with; making a line from
something to something else.
...the tank was still right 1a line with the hidden German gun

(Pyle, 40&).

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ln the long run.

Eventually; finally; ultimately.

I*a sure things will work out la, the long win
In a long time.

(Tank, 164).

For some time; for a long time.

She's the most delightful little thing I've met la * long time, hut newer
mind ahout her (Cain, 126).

la lo w *

la

a condition of lowingsomeone; being in lowe with another

person.
Married people can't always he la lowe
(Marquand, 103).
They were l a l o w again (Marquand, 289).
I claim you didn't know what you were getting into, that you were la Iowa.
and that it's up to us..*
(Gardner, 161).
When two people were la l o w the way he and Madge were, nothing could
make
much sense and he was glad of it...
(Marquand,287).
Vs were awfully la l o w ourselwes once, Madge (Marquand, 640).
I suppose I'm secretly la l o w nyself with Jim and I don't know it
(Marquand, 539).
Madge could newer hawe stood it if they had not been so much la lows
(Marquand, 304).
They were in lowe again,
(Marquand, 389).
He was thinking ahout Madge, and they were la lows again (Marquand, 289).
Vi/hen you were la lowe you had a feeling that all problems would he auto­
matically settled..• (Marquand, 67).
Listen, just remember you were in lowe once yourself (Marquand, 61).
Just remember you were la lowe once yourself (Marquand, 61).
They 'we been l a l o w quite a while...
(Marquand, 541).
He could, if still l a l o w and his sweetheart sent them,
try to eat the
cookies
(Tank, 140).
If the guy wasn't la lowe. .. (Tank, 140).
la lowe with.

Lowing; enamored of.

This spring you're l a l o w with a £i?l named Sally Sales (Marquand, 61).
la l o w with herT
(Marquand, 61).
And don't put it off by saying you're l a l o w with me (Marquand, 103).
It just seems to me he's l a l o w with her, awfully la lowe with her, and
she's awfully l a lowe with him (Marquand, 540).
Tell the police that you're la lowe with Emily Mil leant, that you hope
she does you the honor of marrying you..*
(Gardner, 117).
Emily Milicant had realised she was still la lowe with him (Gardner, 214).
Jeffrey, are you la l o w with anyone now?
(Marquand, 103).
in low gsac..
In first gear; in the most powerful and
that an automobile has.
(Cf. ^
gear.)

the slowest gear

We were l a low gear all the time, and ewen that was too fast

(Pyle, 191).

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lA & IfiZ X&lfift*

In low tones; quietly*

Bert, In a low roice*..said.*.
la

a

matter a£*

(Gain, 250),

In no more than; within; in ahout*

They were for it — and they would he dead in a matter of seconds.. .
(Marquand, 230).
...to keep the gunners in touch with erery part of the beachhead
to
summon artillery to assistance 1a ft
of seeonds
(Tank, 39).
...they had radio communication established with the rear 1a A
of
minutes, using portable equipment
(Tank, 40).
lA ft matter q £. hours the holocaust would swirl over us
(Pyle, 356) •
Big freighters anchored a mile from shore were emptied into hordes of
swarming, clamoring small boats, 1 a ft matter of s i x t e e n hours
(l^rle, 35)
lA the meantime.

Meanwhile; in the meanwhile; at the same time.

And what were you doing 1 a the meantime! (Gardner, 195).
lA Ihft meantime, the implacable Hogarty, under the name of Conway, had
built up a lottery business which he had sold to Serle (Gardner, 214).
Ia the meantime, the prisoner is remanded to the custody of the sheriff
(Gardner, 152).
lA Ihft meanwhile.

Meanwhile;

meantime; in the meantime; at thesame time

lA the meanwhile, the R.A.F. has not been idle (Marquand, 532).
In the meanwhile. Beckie knew they must start*. • (Marquand, 108).
lA ft oeftflUEA*

Somelrhat; almost; approximately.

It would have given him, 1a ft measure. the same pleasure he had known when
he had taken Jim to the circus. • - (Marquand, 427).
In aid air*

Being suspended temporarily; stopping momentarily in the air

But the cigarette, suddenly still in mid-air...

(Cain, 157).

in the middle of.
In.
(This has temporal, spatial, and relational
implications, and it serves as an intensive for the meaning of in.)
...get your things out of this house right now or you'll find them 1 a the
mlddly of Fierce Drive.•• (Cain, 208?.
...she jumped up and began spinning around 1a the middle of the floor,
laughing at the top of her lungs (Cain, 5-6)1
Suddenly three German soldiers came out a side road and foolishly stopped
to talk right 1a the miaaiq qf the crossroads
(Pyle, 450).
I had to stop right in the middle of the open space...
(Pyle, 402).
He appeared a couple of years ago, right 1a £Aft middle q£_ the picture
(Gardner, 127).

Because right Aa lhA Middle q £ rush hour you wonderful little home-»aakers
hare a habit of getting.•• (Cain* 38)*
And 1 a itUL
StJL It you would hare this Frenchman*.. (Pyle, 459.460)*
•**Buchanan Is Just in the BAd&LA of a poem (Marquand, 144)*
ill IJlfl. aldst a£.*

In*

(See A a the middle of.)

And. 1a the aldst q £ It all was a tanden bicycle*. • (Pyle* 460)*
Bight 1 a IhA. aiiiet aC. battle is a funny place to be glrlng sardines
to a nan***
(Pyle* 414)*
lA illA
SLC all this confusion a Plying Fortress flew orer the field* ••
(Pyle. 174).
Standing there 1a ihft mid at ft£. it all* I thought it was the most riolent
and terrifying thing I'd erer been through (Pyle* 116).
lA
imagination*

IZft*

la one's imagination; according to one's

Ia

min<l*m 9SJL* she could already see the neon sign* aneat blue
without red or green in it**..
(Cain. 79)•

one*

in a minute.
1. Immediately; at once; right away.
If I wasn't an old man with a family. I'd rolunteer 1a ft miimta
160).

(Tank*

2* Soon; before rery long; in a little while.

Ia

ft. minute. I guess (Tank* 229) .
In a minute or two Veda came in*..
(Cain, 196)*
Mr* Bosen*..came out to tell us she would be ready I a A nrimtn (Tank* 132).
Find Miss Blair* we'll be starting Jja. A minute (Marquand, 164)*
▲ wounded guy asked how they were dloing with the doors and they said
they'd hare them open I a & minuta
(Tank* 168)*
"Pleanty of seats I a Just a ffijJAllS.*N the men in the horison-blue uniforms
were saying (Marquand* 226).
lA A moment.

Soon; in a little while; in a minute.

They took the little road to the right, and I a A moment were stealing
through great mountain pines*..
(Cain* 92).
Mystified* she went to the kitchen* and still more mystified* saw Bally
appear there Ia A
Dr two...
(Cain* 117).
IA A moment the brocaded coat was off...
(Cain* 171).
lA the money.

Bich; well off; well to do* wealthy.

The torch singers with these big name bands* they're lA the B&AftX.*. •
(Cain, 211).

•You're jjn the money." Alf said

(Marquand, 282

).

iA
Z&jLsi*
Ai one normally speaks; in a not affooted,
unnatural manner of speaking.
.. .Mildred. • •no tad that Yada was now talking ^
258).
la need &£•

her natural -t o lea

Needing; hawing naad for.

...I am badly l a naad fi£ a rod and staff to coafort me
To /affray Jim might always saaa young, and oftan la
(Marquand, 592).
la

thing flat.

(Cain,

(Yank, 164>.
of help...

Vary quickly; almost at onca; immediately.

Prefabricated offices are pounded together l a almost nnthing flat by
sweating engineers
(Yank, 75).
••.they Jumped into their clothes l a nothing flat, and were on the way
to breakfast...
(Pyle, 208).
la OSL UBS,*

Quickly; wary soon; at once.

...the war would be over la OS. time (Yank, 166).
Then there came Russia's Five Year Plan, which was going to industrialise
Russia l a Ofi. time.. . (Marquand, 210).
Simply go where he tells you to go and, l a afi. t t M at all, you won't
have the slightest idea of where you are (Yank, 97).
...and, l a Ofi. HAUL* there was the old Rockwell bar with itsbrass
rail
and the old beer steins.•• (Marquand, 281).
la Shfi. aUB&ft£JL*
According to numerology, a system of counting letters
in one's name to arrive at the auspicious time and place.
They were married that night
BH1 ^ 1
(Marquand, 476).

at Los Yagas, because it was down la the

la n « w r 4 ^ i order.
According to number in sequence from 1 upward,
as 1, 2, 3, 4; 55, 56, 57, etc.
•• .paused to aake sure that the exhibits were properly numbered Jo,
numerical order
(Gardner, 150).
in a nutshell.

Briefly; succinctly; economically; in the fewest words.

And here is what happened la ihSL best nutshell 1 can devise from the
conversation of a brave man...
(Pyle, 4t>4;•
To put the whole thing l a & mi t«h«n now that he and his author had
finished their dessert...he did not want an author on his list who
did not give him that warm feeling...
(Marquand, 336).

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...and a dear, sweet kick to everybody; that puts it In a nutshell.
rahly (Marquand, 354).
•••would stay hone where they belonged instead of trying to round out
pictures in a nutshell
(Marquand, 351).
• ••they all gare rapt attention to that tinseled, pathetic little story
ia & nutshell
(Marquand, 351).
"It's a picture," Jeffrey said, "a picture ia A nutshell" (Marquand, 351).
Well, there you had it ia A fltttShtiJL*or in the thumbnail sketch, if you
wanted it put that way (Marquand, 349).
When he had finished his peach that man made a gesture, which rounded
out the whole picture and put it ia A
(Marquand, 350).
In the old dare.

In the past; in

• ••liquor, when it came back, wasn't
been i a ifea old days
(Cain, 149)*

ia

the days gone by; of old.
going to be the same as it had

on.
1. Cooperating; participating in.

Dieppe* •.a email party of Rangers were ia fia the deal
(Tank, 122) •
A guy up here.*.was ia fia the landing at Attu.. •(Tank, 173)*
•••Three companies were ia QA it (Tank, 123).
2.
Then

In a position of benefiting

in.

if you can, I might be able to put you ia

fia

a deal

(Cain, 78).

not ia have been ia one place long enough to (infinitive).
To have
moved frequently from place to place so that one cannot; to be on the
move so much that one cannot.
• ..since then he had never been ia one place long enough to get a plate
made
(Pyle, 275).
In one wav and another.

In different ways; in various ways, manners.

•. -and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her i a
BUL SBH safiJUlSt (Cain, 18).
She would be too late, or not qualified, or disqualified, on account
of
the children, or unsuitable
ia onewayandan^th^r (Cain, 32).
• •.all of them, ia one way or annther. were but the faces worn by her
own desperate situation (Cain, 5 Q ) •
ia the open.
1. Openly; not secretly; publicly*
• . .they had not dared to sing i a the Qfifia for 22 years

(Tank, 28)*

2. No longer secret; spoken, stated, as opposed to implied, inferred.
Once this was Ia the open there was a long grave pause...

(Cain, 246).

3. Out of doors; not within a building; out doors.
We Just threw our blankets down on the ground and slept Ia
(Pyle, 91).
4. From hiding into open view; into clear sight.
He came out X R the open, looked around and turned to signal the others...
(Yank, 2l).
...the Americans ceased firing and came out in the open, too (Yank, 52).
l A _____ opinion.
ideas.

According to one's thoughts; according to one's

•••lA bis opinion the net result of their efforts addded up to almost
nothing (Marquand, 231).
Bert was.•.saying.•.JLA hi* nniBinn that conductor could very well have
allowed Veda to sing an encore...
(Cain, 240).
Mother, at this stage it s a matter of opinion, and in my pulnlon. I am
(Cain, 206).
Ia grd.gr*
1. Proper; according to good taste; polite.
Even the resorting to that common si^i of approbationg, clapping of hands
would not have been quite I a order
(Marquand, 146).
2. Orderly; well arranged; clean and neat.
Then, satisfied that everything was Ia order. she started for the drug­
store
(Cain, 91).
Mildred's eye checked the tray, finding it in order
(Cain, 121).
3. According to rank, arrangement; methodically; logically.
Well, let's take them up ip order
in order to (infinitive).
for the purpose, to.

(Gardner, 31).

So that something can; permitting, allowing,

A person would have had to make a long tour clear around the big pasture,
in order to realize that anything was going on at all
(Pyle, 420).
•.-we traded our rations for the cafe's regular dinner, Ia order not to
take anything away from the French (pyle, 40R)

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I had to talk my head off i n order i n get a free hand t and now you start
getting hard (Gardner, 99).
•••he had to beg the doctors to waive the ear defect in order to let him
go overseas
(Pyle, 448)•
Correspondents were dribbled out of sight a few at a time i n order not
iSL give a tip off to the enemy by a sudden mass exodus
(Pyle, 1).
He wished that he did not have to keep moving into different worlds
jjL order to earn his living
(Marquand, 418).
They decided to back up in order to get their bearings*. • (Pyle, 405).
They have to be timed, in order for everything £ & mesh..:
(Pyle, 362).
And if I don’t tell them, they'll claim I murdered him in order to free
myself of a blackmailer
(Gardner, 119).
We have decided to spend a little time i n order to let you know about
some real fighting men (Tank, 21 2 K
• ••some of the troops swung over to the Ansio beachhead custom of building
dugouts i n order to be safe from falling flak
(Pyle, 382).
But you did have him strong-armed out of an automobile in order to place
him in am institution... (Gardner, 134).
...the curtains should have been drawn and the lights turned on in order
to conceal a day that was dying (Marquand, 385).
...they must appear to be brave in order to set an example
(Pyle, 380).
..•in order i n answer Charley's question, it would be necessary to give
a number of specious explanations
(Marquand, 223-4).
All four units of the corporation. ..would be showing a profit if it were
not for the merciless milking Mildred was giving them Jn order to keep
up the establishment in Pasadena
(Cain, 246).
...we have to condone certain irregularities in order
combat criminal
activities
(Gardner, 209).
I merely commented on what I thought had happened, i n order to assist
the court in arriving at a decision (Gardner, 208)•
In order to represent you, I ougit to know where I stand (Gardner, 177).
...Seeger voluntarily slept at the motor pool in a tent in ordar to be
near at hand...
(Pyle, 166).
In order to find what fiend dreamed it up...
(Yank, 236).
...a three-man medical board, which decides whether the operation is
necessary i n order for you "in perform properly" your military duties
(Yank, 170).
in other words.
of explanation.

In a different wording; saying it differently; by way

"In other words," Judge Treadwell said, "if I should be taking a ride
in an automobile..."
(Gardner, 34).
"In other w o r d B .11 Mason said with a grin, "regardless of our own conveni­
ence. • • " ( Gardner, 150).
In other words. nothing personal about it and I don't want to hurt your
feelings...
(Cain, 37'.
In other words. they didn't ask the waiter what was on the menu and then
make a selection
(Gardner, 210).

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I& other words, why don't you get the hell out of here and let working
man get a decent night's sleep?
(Gardner, 68).
Suppose that in the event of his death*..you stood no chance of profiting,
l a other words■ that you were not a natural heir...
(Gardner, 133).
2fi ether words. he had the beginning of Ansio anxiety*..
(Pyle, 282),
"Itt other words." Mason said, "the airport, and make it snappy"
(Gard­
ner, 121).
ia other words. the Germans weren't admitting that they were whipped
(Pyle, 12477
la o^t p£*

In from; to this place after having been at that place*

Then he saw it, limping
in outlook*

Aa

out of the fog

(Yank,

230)*

In one's view, thoughts, opinions*

They weren't as all round hard i a outlook
la _____ own good timewishes; when one wishes*

(Pyle, 4).

At the time one desires; no sooner than one

• ..that's the piano you're going to practice on, until I get ready,
la °>7 own good time. to buy you another (Cain, 158).

la

_____ own wear*
manner*

In one's particular manner; after one's peculiar

...you'd know that I was dealing la ay own way with what otherwise would
have been a situation (Cain, 14?).
In pain*

Suffering pain; in suffering; undergoing pain.

...as though he were
la Pftlrg.«

la

great pain*..

By two; two abreast;

••.we started to retreat in pairs

la

palmiest days*
at its best*

In

two together*
(Yank, 21).

During its best time; when it was best;

The place, no more saleable, even
elephant(Cain, 220 )•
in panic.

(Cain, 135)*

la

its palmiest days, than a white

fri^it;being frightened, scared.

...Mildred gripped her chair l a sheer r>Anic (Cain, 213^.
Mildred was la such a panic over the bank holiday...
(Cain, 140).

Aa part*

Partly; partially; in some measure; to a degree, extent*

Are we not waging a war, Ia .part, for this fundamental of democracy?
(Tank, 213).
Aa particular*

Especially; definitely*

•••search for information concerning the deceased Bill Hogarty, and,
IflL
as to the manner in which he lost his toes (Gardner, 123).
There was one in particular, something hy Chopin, that she liked...
(Cain, 181).
Aa payment of.

To pay for; as a payment for*

• ••I bou^it a post office money order for twenty-five bucks*• .scribbled
a note that it was Aa payment of the merchandize I've ordered*..
(Gardner, 11).
in person*
With one's bodily presence as opposed to a message, mes­
senger, or others in lieu of one.
I fix each one up as they come
iA person or by phone
And out they go to dance or show... (Yank, 156).
...that gentleman arrived in person (Cain, 238).
...Veda took the hamper over in person... (Cain, 182).
•••the court isrequired to send a process server to deliver the summons
ia Baraga (Yank, 142).
He said he could do the work by telephone but by going ia person he could
talk things over with the entire division staff...
(Fyle, 312)*
ia Perspective*

Objectively; without emotional incumbrances to thought*

He could see her now Aa her right perspective. a little girl somewhat
too carefully dressed*..
(Marquand, 527-8).
iA pictures*

In motion pictures as an actor or actress; in the cinema*

...where Veda really belonged was in pictures* . •
iA & Pig's eye*
The garden spot

(Cain, 189).

What has Just been said is not true.
of the world —

Aa the pig's eye

(Cain, 156)*

in a piagh.
In financial difficulties;in a condition of
sufficient money*

not having

Why, whenever a man finds himself Aa SL BlSSfa.* or when there's an emergency
(Gardner, 52)*

-688-

fcfcft BlafibML.

*h«a thing, are difficult, hard; in time, of stress.

a.thared from innuendo t h a t i a iiMDL PlBCfrgg he used hi. noggin in specicular way... • (Pyle, 181).
v
the place*

At a place; there; here.

» of us had taken a patrol into Trentinara Just to see if there were
ly German. l a the place
(Tank, 11),
piece*

In it., o n e 1., .teed*

servants* furniture was gone, but l a its place were a few oak pieces*
Sain, 223) *
lace*
In proper position; at the correct location*
we were right on hi. tail. Just where we should hare been, and every—
iy else was l a place too
(Pyle, 323).
had got the last rosebud l a p l a c e , and was removing stray flecks of
ing...
(Cain, 8).
hen green shutters were l a Place. .. (Cain, 227)*
Duld see the way her hair curled tightly over her ears, held in
see by her hair net
(harquand, 187).
Lts decorations were now In place*. . . (Cain, 9).
Proper; according to good taste; stylish; acceptable.
is covered with a great mass of non-functional silver ...but the
ver was completely l a p l a c e . like the few diners at the tables*..
irquand, 250) •
ace oil.

In lieu of; instead of*

inking to get revenge on Conway, l a Plaoe of which, the trap had
sed on S e r l e . •.
(Gardner, 214^.
ain sight.

Easily visible; obvious.

were now l a plain *»ight
(Yank, 92).
4 been lying l a plain
gbt. ..
(Yank, 192)*
all, you c a n 11 count a nan ATIOL when he's in plain sight
(Yank, 131
» la plain sight under the end of his cot was a pair of cowboy
ts (Pyle, 336).
pleasant humor.

In a good mood; pleasant; pleasing.

» was l a a pleasant frnflior

(Cain, 131).

-688-

ln the BJuafiheE*

Vhen things are difficult, hard; in times of stress.

I gathered from innuendo that l a the wi«<».hwM he used his noggin in spec­
tacular says...
(Pyle, 181).
In the place.

At a place; there; here.

Some of us had tsUcen a patrol into Trentinara Just to see if there sere
any (Hermans la the niecy (Tank, 11).
lA

Place.

In its, one's, stead.

The servants' furniture sas gone, hut l a its place sere a few oak pieces.••
(Oain, 223).
la filfifift1. In proper position; at the correct location.
for we were right on his tail, Just where we should have teen, and evexyhody else was la Place too (Pyle, 323).
She had got the last rosebud la place, and was removing stray flecks of
icing... (Gain, 8).
•••when green shutters were la place. ..
(Cain, 227).
He could see the way her hair curled tightly over her ears, held in
place by her hair net
(Marquand, 187).
All its decorations were now in place.. . . (Cain, 9).
2. P r o p e r ; according to good taste; stylish; acceptable.
It was covered with a ^reat mass of non-functional silver*, .but the
silver was completely la place. like the few diners at the tables...
(Marquand, 250;.
la Place OH*

In lieu of; instead of.

...thinking to get revenge on Conway, l a plaoe of which, the trap had
closed on Serle.•• (Gardner, 214^.
la Plain eight.

Easily visible; obvious.

They were now la plain eight (Yank, 92).
He had been lying la plain eight... (Yank, 192).
After all, you can^t count a man ATfOL when he's l a plain eight (Yank, 138).
Always la plain eight under the end of his cot was a pair ofcowboy
boots (Pyle, 336).
la & P1

hnmor.

In a good mood; pleasant; pleasing.

• -.she was la & pleasant hnmnr

(Cain, 131).

- 689-

la

poor health.

Sickly; not well; ill.

Hy mother is 68 and in very poor health

la

(Yank, 171).

&fl. popular mind.
In the thinking of most people; according to
the opinions of the majority of the people*

There is, i a j&£. popular Biai, a supposition that murder is a final
gesture
(Gardner, 123).

ia

position*

In place; in the proper plaoe, arrangement, situation.

Finally we were l a position, flying almost wing to wing, there in the
■English ni^it
(Pyle, 323) •
in a position to (infinitive)*
situated to*

In a condition, situation, to; so

never wanted to enter into this argument, since I was ia no p o s i t i o n to
know (Pyle, 159).
...that you were not a natural heir of his and, therefore, not ia &
position to share in his estate or contest his will...
(Gardner, 133-4).
I

la the position*

In a condition; in a situation.

•■•you're ia exactly the position he's in too (Cain, 158).

ia

______ possession*
control.

Being held, owned By one; Being under one's

...wouldn't it have Been only natural for hilicant to have used the docu­
ments i a hi* possession to substantiate a spurious claim...
(Gardner,
212 ).
I think you'll find them ia his possession right now
(Gardner, 203).
JtLCL 3dL ia the possession of*

To own; to possess; to have*

If it appears that Alden Leeds ia. ia tfrff possession of his mental facul­
ties to the extent usually found...
(Gardner, 35).
la practice.

Proficient; skillful; able.

But it was good policy to keep ia practice on camouflage
ia praise (&£.)•

(Pyle, 419)*

Praising; lauding; in applause*

...there wasn't anything they could write in praise would add to it
(Yank, 132).
...they were all excellent reasons, all ia praise of Veda (Cain, 138).

-6 V U -

in Jfe®. presence fill*

With; face to face with; in the company of*

...her sense of inferiority A a the presence of "society people"...
(Cain, 230).
• • .realisation that she was Ia the presence of a point of view completely
alien to her*..
(Cain, 185).
jjl prime condition.
excellent•

In excellent shape, condition; very good;

...them birds was jjL such prime condition he hated to see anybody else
get them (Cain, 116)*
in private.

Privately; with no others about; by oneselves; alone*

He wished that people, if they wanted to do that sort of thing, would
chase each other Aa private
(Marquand, 262>.
AA progress.

Happening; going on; occurring.

• ••as soon as landing operations of the main force were in progress...
(Yank, 191).
AA public.

Publicly; openly; in the presence of others.

They answered the questions they were asked in public. ..
AA Question.

Underdiscussion;

being talked,

spoken,

(Yank, 122).

written, about.

Now, on the evening Aa Question, did you so serve a mead?
(Gardner, 144).
...we found that the person A a Question had died approximately two hours
after a meal...
(Gardner, 130).
On the morning Aa Question, the Terminal was a rich pie of delights
(New Yorker, XXiii, Sept. 6, 1947, 21).
to inauire around.
To ask in different places; to ask in first one
place and then in another.
...he had done a little inquiring arnnnd...
(Cain, 200).
Several of us inquired wrnnnd when we got to land after d a y l i ^ t
22).
into the open.
open*)

Prom out of hiding; into public view.

That habeas corpus is going to scare them into the open
in rags.
on.

(Pyle,

(See; Aa the
(Gardner, 24).

In very poor, worn, clothing; ragged; with no decent clothes

...Veda, not only as cold, hungry, and in rags..-

(Cain, 209).

lA the

Naked; with no clothes on; undr eased.

In ihfl. ifeE he looked kind of big in the biceps
lA reality*

(Yank, 166)*

Really; actually; in fact*

...it might be that someone who suspected rather strongly that Alden
Leeds was Aa reality Bill Hogarty...
(Gardner, 92).
lA real Hie.*
In reality; actually; really; in fact.
(This emphasizes
the difference between theatrical public life and actual life*)
...Veda Ia rfifil life, rarely wept

la

record time*

(Cain, 209).

Very, very quickly; rapidly; very hurriedly.

In record AlSfiL the general and one of the PWB officers wrote a leaflet*..
(Yank, 128)*
1& the ££&•

Losing money; not financially profitable*

The best that can be
as fast as it used
lA regard Afi.*

said is that the project is not going A a the red
to (aew Yorker, XXIII, Sept- 13,1947, 28)*

Regarding; as regards; in relation to; about*

I am writing to you A a regard A a the incident told*..
(Yank, 213).
...Pfc* James Scott's letter Aa regard to the feelings of the mothers
of Brownwood*.• (Yank, 211).
...I have a duty toward her, Aa regard to the expenses of her musical
education
(Cain, 215).
Apparently Aa
to raising bail (Gardner, 86).
And what is your suggestion Aa regard to this patientT
(Gardner, 30).
la relays.

Taking turns; alternating; one after the other.

There were two men and two women on the Job working
77).
Aa reoly Afi.*

Aa

relays

(Gardner,

In answer to; answering; as an answer, reply, to*

This is the last of a series of GI comments A a reply to Pvt. Luckey's
letter
(Yank, 212).
Aa repose*

At rest; resting; quiet; not moving*

.•.her skin seeming smooth enough when her face was Aa repose but showing
hard little lines which sprang into existence. •. (Gardner, 18).

-692-

ln return.

Reciprocally; In recompense.

...to guarantee l a return you would meet intereting and worth-while
people there (Marquand, 340).
Lt. Hillard gave him a very snappy salute la return (Yank, 95).
in return for.

In payment for; in recompense for.

"In return for having that lottery business squared7” Mason asked
(Gardner, 97).
la reverse.

Backwards; the other way around; arsy versy.

This is psychological warfare la reverse
Ia _____ right mind.

(Yank, 129).

Sanely; with good sense; with common sense.

...over rocks and through rivers to mountains that no one la his f
mind would ever want
(Yank, 48).
la ia la rifiht with.

To he friendly with; to he well liked hy.

.••it was always well la l2fi. la right with those people whom hotel managers
affectionately called "newspaper hoys and girls"
(Marquand, 34).
la a r o w .
1. In a line; one following another in a line; forming a row.
...the rug that Madge had given him, and photographs on the wall in
rows. .. (Marquand, 296).
That plus the bodies of soldiers lying la rows. •. (Pyle, 360).
%• tents are lined up l a A row. .. (Yank, 157).
2. In sequence; consecutively.
But it did impress one after it happened several times in a row (Pyle, 178).
But you don*t give a guy 30 nigits la a row and no leave (Yank, 89).
la ruin.

Ruined; in bad shape, condition.

•••that would land the whole thing l a ruin
la a rush.

In a hurry; hurrying; rushing.

“No," he said, "we’re in a rush"
la the rush.

(Cain, 213).

(Gardner, 145).

In, among, people hurrying; in the great activity.

I always froze wherever I was for about five minutes, to keep from
getting bowled over la the rush
(Pyle, 33).

-693-

ift SfiXflJfci*

Safely; without danger*

This meant that sigxtseers could walk up almost to the scene of the f i t t i n g
itself 1ft comparative safety (Yank, 52).
1ft the same boat*
situation.

In a like condition; in the same position, condition,

Here, literally, everybody is ift the same boat (Yank, 65).
Table waiters were l a the same boat (Pyle, 240)•
Other correspondents were Aft the aeme boat — many of them much more so
(Pyle, 232).
lft the
box with.
In the same boat with; in the same, similar, like
condition, situation, position with.
•••yet this was something to which you could adjust yourself, because every­
one was 1ft the
box with you (Marquand, 221).
Aft the «««n* Hftfl.*
vocation.

In the same, identical, like business, profession,

• ••repair companies were made up largely of men who were craftsmen lft the
same line in civil life (Pyle, 418)*
lft the same w a y.

In a like manner; in a similar fashion.

lft the geos, way that I know you are Mr. Kittering, the deputy district
attorney — because he told me so (Gardner, 189).
Iftfi. and outs.

Details; the major and minor parts of; workings*

Joe had lived for seven years in Naples and didn't
was twenty years old, so he knew all the in« and
They know the ins and outs of war...
(Pyle, 363).
insane asvlnm.

go to America until
outs (Pyle, 111).

A

place for the safe keeping of insane people.

He was afraid he was
ner, 107).

going to be railroaded into an lwaane ^ayln^n

Aft search o f .

he

(Gard­

Looking for; hunting for; searching for.

...1st Lt. John Hether ingt on...headed back for the beach Aft search of his
motor sergeant.••
(Yank, 250).
...G.I.s who go out Aft search of quiet relaxation (Yank, 201).
• ..Miami, Fla., where literally thousands of vacationists.. .Aft search of
race tracks. ••
(Yank, 217).
The only thing left was to go Aft search of the nonexistent envelopes...
(Yank, 29)•

-694-

lA fiAfilfiA*

Hiring the proper season, time; during the time Tor something*

Like so many cowboys, he made the rodeos In season

lA the ■AftrtwH place.
fact, or the like*

(Pyle, 194)*

Secondly; second; as a second reason, proposition,

lA the second place. all she said
was, "That's him" (Gardner, 206)*
lA the second place, many foreign
divorces are looked upon with deep sus­
picion by the ODB...
(Yank, 174).
IA the second place. she had become so accustomed to domineering.. • (Yank,
189).
Ia
second place. my friends are all goldbrickers and they don't want...
(Yank, 96).
lA &. sense.

To a degree; to an extent; largely but not wholly.

And, Ia & sense. this man is both of these (Yank, 247).
...they seemed to regard her as their representative Ia fi. sense, and didn't
propose to have her made a goat
(Cain, 45).
IA & sense
the word.
In one meaning of the word; according to a par­
ticular significance of a word.
Priding themselves on being soldiers, 4a the finest sense of the word, they
were natural...leaders*.. (Yank, 148).
...the question may, 4a one sense of the word, cal 1 Ifor hearsay evidence,
4A another sense of the word, it is the sort of hearsay evidence which,
by law and custom...
(Gardner, 187).
4a fiJUfiffifi.*

In good condition; in operation; running; operating.

The guns required a great deal of daytime work to keep them 4A shape. ..
(Pyle, 285).
iA shirtsleeves.
With one's shirt on but without a coat on; wearing
only a shirt for a covering of the upper part of the body.
Walter was 4 A his shirt sleeves and in li^it tropical trousers supported by
pink suspenders
(Marquand, 456).
A sound, sensible costume for the occasion we thought — more than likely
to arouse admiration in the hearts of those of his neighbors who were
shivering 4A their shirtsleeves
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
4A _____ shoes.

In one's situation, position, condition.

Gee, I wish I was 4 A your shoes
(Yank, 160).
...If I were Ia his A o e s . Phyllis would get everything

(Gardner, 22 K

-

la short.

695 -

Summing up; briefly; putting In a few words*

Ip. short, she wanted an architect who would work both with her. as she
said, and for her
(Marquand, 109).
lA short order.

Quickly; rapidly; in a hurry.

Mason said, "All ri^it, I'll fix that ia short orderH
ia shorts.

(Gardner, 13).

Veering shorts; having shorts on.

Suddenly a wounded Jap i a shorts. apparently an officer, screamed something.
(Yank, 52).
coat pocket.

A pocket inside a man's coat usually on the ri^it

side.
Without looking at it, Mason dropped it into his inside coat pocket
ner, 77).

(Gard­

inside o f.

1. Within; in no longer than.
You play it right, and inside of a week your financial situation will be
greatly eased...
(Cain, 25).
•..inslde of a month you'll have him begging for a chance to buy that
divorce
(Cain, 25).
• ••it seemed to me they should all be down with pneumonia inside of a week
(Pyle, 253).
Why, John would have broken her heart inside of two months
(Gardner, 110).
2. Within; on the interior; in.
• •.Veda screamed as thou^i demons were inside of her
(Cain, 73).
...she nevertheless craved relief from this aching void Inside of her, and
little heat lightnings began to shoot throu^i it (Cain, 105).
-••and the other climbs into the tree what I am inside of and he hangs from
a branch...
(Yank, 162).
inside tin.
Information from one who is supposed to know; information
coming from one who is in a position to know.
I had an inside tip that Australian armored cars were going to break through
(Yank, 31).
inside the wire.

In a prisoner of war camp; confined in a prison camp.

...pleased with life as they washed their laundry or did other personal
chores inside the wire
(Yank, 56).

-696-

la
1. To be seen; visible.
There were no troops l a sight... (Tank, 144).
This letter isn't meant for all returning boys, Just those punks who are...
yelling 4-7 to erery civilian l a slgbi.*-(Tank, 217).
Another oame la light...
(Tank, 217)
There were no Jerries l a
(Tank, 21).
...there was no medic l a sight (Pyle, 406).
There wasn't a human being l a sight anywhere (Pyle, 406).
At that time, the only green things la slwht were Lucky Strike wrappers
(Hew Yorker, H i l l , June 28, 1947, 18).
...in a few minutes the English coast would be la s*.ght (Yank, 16).
Anzlo and Hettuno were la
(Pyle, 231).
When he ran out of anything to do he Just sat around,
In ■!ght.
awaiting our pleasure
(Pyle, 119).
2. In the near future; coming soon; happening Boon.
As a sign that
the long-awaited buyers' market mayat least be la sight...
(Hew Torker, X*III, June 28, 1947, 18).
in siflht of.

Visible by, able to be seen by.

•••l a

half a million passershy-**

sight of

la silence.

(Tank,236).

Silently; without talking; withoutmaking a noise.

The two men smoked la silence (Gardner, 15).
.•.he sat l a silence for some little time before he went on...
They...rode homeward la silence
(Cain, 251).
They ate hurriedly end for the most part la silence
(Gardner, 157).
They drove la silence for several blocks, then Drake turned a corner and
said...
(Gardner, 17).
Ifi. insist pa-

To demand; to require.

The bank... i n g i a t on amortization of her loan as well as regular Interest
payments...
(Cain, 243)*
...I don't
on it
(Cain, 225).
la size.

According to size; in relation to size.

The packs were similar la size. . .to those of popular U.S. brands

(Tank, 176).

in slow motion.
In an exaggerated slow movement; very, very slowly.
(This term often applies to a sort of motion picture in which the camera
was made to operate very rapidly so that the picture in turn seems to
show the people or other action going very slowly.)

The etrlp unfolded*•.going by la llfil motion until it seemed me had been
roaring along a full ten minutes and were still not airborne
(Yank, 117)
From nose to tail it disappeared in flame*..as ia a alow-aotion waits
(Pyle, 435).
lA & small way*

Not elaborately; simply; in a simple unassuming manner*

...she would need a thousand dollars' worth of equipment before she could
8tart, eren la A
way
(Cain, 76)*

la

solwlng.

To solye; in coming to a solution.

1 hare a problem and any help you can give me la solving it..*
not la & a uuax. words.

Implied; inferred*

"Not la aa o&DC words.11 Drake said

la aaaa. w a y .

(Yank, 173)

(Gardner, 47)*

To some extent; to some degree; in some manner.

Each group were talking l a some wav about their chances of survival

la

(Pyle,

Speculating; thinking*

...confine his discussion to the present, end wishes to neglect the duties
of his office, to waste time l a idle speculation on the future; *.
(Gardner, 209).
In spirit.

Emotionally; in feelings.

.•.Veda...horribly bruised la spirit. . .
in spite o f .

(Cain, 209).

Notwithstanding; despite*

...he had called up the agents la spite of her telling him not to...
(Cain, 222).
Whenever any of the old crowd spoke of Walter afterward, la spite of all
the years between, they would somehow get back to the statue (Marquand,
18) .
In suite of being a professional soldier he despised war...
(Pyle. 294).
It was embarrassing,
that he still could not remember anyone in Prance
named Dick Sales, l a spite of that episode
in Paris... (Marquand, 132).
In spit a of the clearness of the connection, Jim was very far away
(Marquand, 583).
He could see she had
been thinking that, l a spite of everything, they might
have taken him*..
(Marquand, 580).
la suite of all he had tried to tell her, Alf must have been a shock to her
(Marquand, 482).
In suite of all the years, a certain reluctant admiration and awe returned
when Jeffrey heard Alf
(Marquand, 482).

-

698-

And now suddenly, X R suite q£ the noise of the motors, Aa suite of all that
sea of sound, he felt entirely alone (Marquand, 493).
la suite &£ the warm glow from its windows, the mocking clarity ofthe
moonlight made it look deserted...
(Marquand, 140).
la suite
any sort of hope, or any individual "belief that youwould never
get it - •. (Marquand, 220 ).
la spite of the importance of the work they suredoing, the American crews
gripe "because they can't carry a few "bombs... (Tank, 129).
So adroit was this sleight-of-hand that the children, X R suite of their
sharpest watching...
(Cain, 55).
He wanted to change the subject, X R suite of all that time (Marquand, 172).
la suite
everything, he was pleased, on that summer morning in 1935...
(Marquand, 212).
It made Jeffrey feel that they were friends ia suite of all the difficulties
that stood in the ray...
(Marquand, 61).
...and there were adffodils in the bowl on the table by the rail, but in
spite
those si&is of spring the living room still*..
(Marquand, 57).
The ones that died in the winter wouldn't be worth anything in the spring
if they'd livind, Ia suite of what Mrs. Wilson said (Marquand, 50l).
...Aa, suite
all such facilities, a division has to be good...
(Pyle, 397)*
Once during the next suipiner even Aa suite of the gas rationing, Jeffrey
took the station wagon by himself*. • (Marquand, 549).
l a suite
her best concentration most of it was a jumble (Cain, 46).
la suite &£. the way in which she had followed all instructions, and the way
he had justified...
(Cain, 29).
He was a smallish mam, in his middle thirites, but ia, suite of the stains
on his trousers, he wore them with an air (Cain, l).
As for seeking a job, he couldn't bring himself to do it, and ia suite of
all he told mildred, he hadn't made the sli^itest effort in this direction
(Cain, 7).
All its decorations were now in place, but Aa suite of their somewhat con­
ventional design, it had an aroma, a texture, a totality...
(Cain, 9).
She waited a moment dr two, as she often did when angered, but Aa suite of
her effort to sound casual...
(Cain, 29).
Custom moved on doggedly, Aa suite of the war
(Marquand, 326).
..•tell him that in suite of the week end he was not seriously contemplating
such a thing (Marquand, 247)*
l a suite of the number of times he had been there, he was always acutely
conscious of not being a member
(Marquand, 241).
It lives, in suite of protocol...
(Yank, 155).
In suite of hard times, her business grew better...
(Cain, 174).
la suite of the liquor*..
(Cain, 165).
In suite of work, money, and everything she could do...
(Cain, 149).
For in suite of mishaps... (Cain, 129/.
And A a suite of mounting expenses.. .the money kept rolling in (Cain, 179).
In suite of her alniost religious conviction...
(Cain, 132).
In suite of success, money and long experience at dealing with people...
(Cain, 226).
Entertainment isn't too bad Aa suite of the early curfew (Tank, 66).
l a suite of her effort, Mildred had been unable to get started (Cain, 19&).

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In suite
_____ •
In opposition to one's desires* feelings* knowledge*
(This implies that one does something that one does not apprvre of or
want to do 'because one knows better.)
In suite of herself, so did Mildred (Cain* 233).
In suite ofhimself, Jeffrey discovered that he was doing whatGwenwanted.*.
(Marquand, 65).
In suite of
herself, her voice was shrill (Cain,123).
In suite of herself* the limousine, the chauffer,
and the grand piano began
to gleam before her eyes...
(Cain, 75).
But then Mr. Gessler caught her arm, and she was looking Aa suite of herself
(Cain* 108).
At this* Mildred began to understand Letty's strange conduct* and had to
laugh la suite of herself
(Cain* 7l).
...uncritically* but he thought of it analytically now, la suite of himself*
and this seemed almost disloyal
(Marquand* 384).
In suite of themselves* the men would run up close* • • (Pyle, 40l).
& soot.

In difficulties; facing a problem; on the spot.

Bill was l a a soot, and had to declare rubber panties extinct in Italy too
(Pyle, 135).
You're la & soot
^Cain, 57).
instead o f .

In place of; in lieu of; rather than.

...that this girl* Instead of being chastened by adversity...
(Cain* 213^.
...she would have a property that somebody might conceivably want to buy*
instead of a monstrosity (Cain, 242).
Instead q £. being heavy or pretentious or baroque, the Clinton Club had a
slightly run down atmosphere...
(Marquand, 242).
Instead of bearded figures, caked with mud, there is a colonel out of
"Xsqulre" going by***
(Yank* 39).
The Dead End Kids would up in India for training jHT'fftlMl
the States
(Yank, 91).
...the bonnet, instead of being on Veda's head* was carried in her hand
(Cain* 240).
Picking up her handbag* Mildred left the library* but 1A1&SI& fiJL turning
toward the kitchen, she marched straight for the front door... (Cain, 43).
&I putting his money in a bank, he had invested it in A. T. and T.
...
(Cain* 7).
Finally, instead of a blackout* there are limits sparkling gaily.••
(Yank, 39).
inataad of notches in the trees as guide marks for the pathfinders, there
sure wooden signs.••
(Yank, 39).
lwata>Ad of reading Superman and the "Green Hornet"...is busy on his corres­
pondence course...
(Yank, 39).
Twatead of tired runners and battle scarred pigeons carrying messages,
there are French telephones...
(Yank, 39).
Twataad of hand-to-hand struggle with the wily Japs, there are movies being
shown 300 yards behind the front lines (Yank* 39).

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la llSXJL ISLL-

In reserve for; in readiness for; saved up for.

Gradually we. ..earn# out to see what the sky had la store for us (Pyle, 437).
la support.

Supporting; giving assistance; furnishing aid.

The heavy weapons should be l a support.. .shooting over our heads
150).
i

policy.
An agreement with an Insurance company that for reg­
ular payments to it, it will on the death or injury of the insured,
according to the agreement, pay the insured an agreed amount of money.

U v Insnrenne

policy

la surprise.

(Cain, 60).

Surprised; astonished; in astonishment.

"Gave me back the money I"
i

(Tank,

ft£ breath.

Leeds said l a surprise

(Gardner, 109).

An inhaling; a breathing in of air into the lungs.

He could hear the startled -|ir ^ K r oJL breath and Jeffrey remembered speaking..
(Marquand, 237).
l a tears.

Crying; weeping; shedding tears.

He didn't have to worry about saying something that would make Aunt Minnie
leave the table la tears... (Tank, 184).
Hazel Harris was l a tears and the playwright had passed out on the bed in
the next room (Marquand, 169).
intent upon.

Concentrating upon; thinking hard about.

Then you left, intent upon building up an alibi
interested la*

(Gardner, 200).

Concerned with; attentive to.

Another of the pilots was diving on a truck and got so interested l a what
he was doing that he ran into a tree
(Pyle, 167).
...Mr. Treviso...became more interested la his subject than he had intended
(Cain, 216).
•..it hadn't occurred to him she could possibly be interested la this formid­
able pile
(Cain, 222 )•
These people, these employers on the greens, they're not much interested la
Willie (Cain, 38).
to in te r e s t _____ la Imn».
One may likm to know; here is some information
one may wish to have.
(Often ironic.)
It may interest you to |q u 2JL that he's been back

(Cain, 205).

ifi. intavfare with.

To hinder;to huqwr; to obstruct.

...a daily ritual that
not even a trip to hor grand fath o r 1swasgoing
lntsrfsrs with (Cain. 12).
...this turn of events was badly interfering with it (Cain, 165).
...and intarfara wlih. har work...
(Cain, 129).

to

lntarior daooratiwg,Designing and applying
the design to theinteriors
of buildings.
(Often this is a cireunlocution for paperhanglng, painting;
and the like.)
...taka a lesson in interior decorating

(Cain, 228).

in i e m . oX.
1.

In relation to; as regards; regarding.

Hot
terns q £ you and me, dear. •.but if you notice her eyes and forehead
you'll see what 1 mean (Marquand, 539).
...he had not considered them entirely in terms of himself (Marquand, 542).
There was one part of the Book*, .that I did think of ift terms of a play...
(Marquand, 346).
2.

In the media of; in the manner relating to.

They always thought in terms of money because they had always had it
(Marquand, 559).
So he still thought in terms
the vast deeds he would do when things got
a little better (Cain, 7).
in

fiftftJL*

Since that is assumed or proven; in that event.

in that case I will inform you of certain essentials..• (Yank, 142).
How, i n that sftii, there's no reason why the Twenty-Third Psalm, and the
little passage ...
(Cain, 109).

in Ihnt

liwht.
this situation.

According to this manner, mode, fashion;according to

When Jeffrey thought of them in that 1 l.cht. it no longer mattered what they
said (Marquand, 353).
in that war.

In that manner; according to that mode, fashion.

Yet even so, he knew that he would always believe that nothing like that had
happened in Just that wav before (Marquand, 451).
Jim looked surprised, as thou^i he had never thought of it in that way
(Marquand, 64).

-702-

la theory.

Thiopatioally; in theory as compared to actual practice.

The ODB never paid this ona... so la theory...they ova you $468
(Tank, 171).
It was only later that Jeffrey realised that th* Old
knew nothing much
about this except l a theory (Marquand, 177).
Its small complement, whose Job la theory was to back up only one division
in medium repair work, carried all repair work...
(Pyle, 419).
la there.
At a place within, within a place.
(This implies that the
speaker subject is not within.)
(Cf. la here.)
She tiptoes l a there. got her pajamas, came back, took off her dress (Cain,
15).
...I had an idea maybe there was a Jane la therm (Gardner, 147).
Get la there with them — if they haven't walked out on you (Cain, 48).
...fear as to what Veda might be doing la there (Cain, 186).
la Ilia thick

q £»

In the midst of; involved in; caught up in.

...pretty soon we were la the thick of conversation (Pyle, 409).
...they were l a Ihfi. thick of the Tunisia campaign (Pyle, 349).
They had been la the thick of the fighting..• (Pyle, 256).
la the third place.
Thirdly; as a third reason, problem, situation,
condition, or the like.
And la Ihfi third place, there was this feeling she had about Veda..•
189) •
la thla £ualai&8.
vocation.

According to, relating to, this business, occupation,

Many are called, la this business, but few are chosen
la this case.

(Cain,

(Cain, 137).

In this instance; in this situation* (Cf. l a M e t case.)

la this saaa* however, the tears were largely induced by our violent efforts
to refrain from clutching at our throats (Pyle, 378).
And la this case the percentage of error was really very small...
(Pyle, 459).

la

this

laftlsafift.

In

this case; in this situation.

In
instar^efl. it was lsqpossible to bypass at all...
(Pyle, 59).
A good handwriting expert offers only his opinion.. .but la this i n s t ^ a it's
virtually a mathematical certainty (Gardner, 92).

la

this world or the next.
or the world of the dead.

Here or hereafter; in the world of the living

Jeffrey realized again that he could never be like Minot la this world ££
the next (Marquand, 243).

-703-

Ifi. those days.

Then; in the past.

•••the faehlonable thing to do in Surope 1 a thoee d e v
In thoee terms.

(Tank, 218).

That war; In that manner.

When you thought of It 1ft thoee Ia e b a , Valter Mewcombe might he egregrioue
hut not prepoeteroue
(Marquand, 51).
lA tight d r c l e e •
turning shortly.

In very email circlee; circling in a ehort path;

•••all the other ehipe in oloee to land were scurrying around to make them­
selves hard to bit, turning 1a tight circlee. leaving
half-moonwakee
behind them (Pyle, 23-4).
lA A tight spot.

In a very difficult eituation, condition.

(CF. 1a *

snot.)
I couldn't conceive of his being rattled 1 a

a

tight snot

(Pyle, 140).

l A HflML*
1.

£arly enough; eoon enough;

in good season; before it is too late.

•••the American fleet
could meet the Japanese fleet any morning and it would
all be over l A U U A for lunch (Marquand, 510).
•••I might get to arrowhead 1a llfiA for a little swimming before the sun
goes down (Cain, 89).
•••he could expect the planes back 1a SJefi. for dinner...(Tank, 229).
. . .and then, Just 1a lljBA* he recollected that it wasa rule of the
paper
never to start a lead with "The"
(Marquand, 198).
...she looked around 1 a jelfiA to see Mr. Treviso. •.mounting his little stand
... (Cain, 239).
Thanks to you, Jim, old boy, we got here 1a U A A
(Marquand, 43).
He arrived overseas Just 1a time for the invasion
(Pyle, 37).
Those not flying got up Just 1a HfiA***
(Pyle, 337).
He had crashed — though he must have come out of his dive 1a tiflA# so that
it was not entirely a crash*.• (Marquand, 229).
I think we got it 1a time
(Gardner, 43).
I'll step on it and get back to the office 1a time to hear what he had to say
before we go back to court
(Gardner, 40).
I couldn't get up 1a time...
(Pyle, 342).
...the medics grabbed him 1a llBA to save the rest of him (Tank, 197).
Will we get back 1a time to see "Wake Island"..-tonight?
(Yank, 195).
••.Conway — Milicant — might get sore if I didn't get the grub up to him
in time
(Gardner, 147).
Just 1a time, she had remembered that the Pierces were paying for every­
thing. ..
(Cain, 109).

d

- 7 l» -

Walter could hear Fred and Beckie whispering to than in low undertones that
they wera Just la
-(Marquand, 136).
The patrol went out, fought aharply and within two hours was hack: again.
Just l a time
(Tank, 6).
She would have to get hack la time for dinner, back where her winter house
was on Murray Hill...
(Marquand, 286).
...it looked as if they might not gat through la ti«a> to catch the next
convoy
(Pyle, 280).
...she was la tiSS. to hear Veda...
(Cain, 154).
.. •say your final prayers as fast as you can for fear you w o n 't get them
dona la time. .. (Tank, 42)*
2.

With the passage of time; after some time; after a while.

She had hoped, la llJML, to make $50 a week (Cain, 176).
Friends who, la f-lm will be much closer, dearer to you than you would
believe possible (Tank, 212).
3* Without changing, passing, R o w i n g older; with no regard to the pass­
age of time.
It stayed there, suspended la time
la _______ time.
vigorous period.

During one's life; while one was active; in one's

She's knocked around plenty
(Gardner, 71).
in tlm* to.

(Marquand, 263),

la

her tima. but now she's developed complexes.

With the same rhythm, beat, accent, of.

...everyone in the room would stamp perfunctorily la llfift Jfcfi. your footsteps
because it was a custom
(Marquand, 446).
...it's a fancy step — first one foot forward and then hesitate with the
other, la iltm. to the music (Marquand, 164).

la

time of war.

During war; while a war is going on.

...refusal to submit to*..medical operation la time of war...

(Tank, 170).

relations (with).
Personal, private relations (with).
(This
very frequently means sexual relations, sexual intercourse, coitus.)
...making fun of her most
into a dither.

tf relations with him...

(Cain, 157).

Into a frenzy; into a nervousness.

He now went into a perfect dither of anxiety over what had happened to her..
(Cain, 57).

-705-

into ifeft fold*

Into the church; into solrat Ion.

...after I experienced a elicit success in bringing some of the boys into
Jtfcft fold, they put another chaplain over me
(Tank, 164).
1ft ft tone qX

to

ice.

In a manner of speaking; in a fashion of speech.

Mason said, ift ft Ififtft fi£. voice which was that of an ordinary, informal
conversation.• . (Gardner, 192).
into
night.
From the first part of the night
the night; during most of the night.

continuing into

It rained all through that day and into the night, a cold driving rain..•
(Tank, 49).
into £l&£.

Into action; into use.

Her range finders set on the eneny fire. Big B swung her heavies into -play..
(Tank, 43).
Into ifiEg. PTHMITTlgtT o f *
Into a kind of; into a sort of.
(This implies
that there is in reality little resemblance to something.)
He peered through the open gate, and far down the platform we could mwke
out a group of
children being formed into some aem~hliinc« of a line (Hew
Torker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 22).
into thin *lr.

Unaccountably; without leaving a trace.

...on his trail, and ran away — vanished into thin air. leaving his wife
behind him (Gardner, 168).
Inasmuch as she seesied to evaporate into thin &l£ during a time when the
hotel was under the closest surveillance..• (Gardner, 124).
Then he turned another loose into thin gij* (Tank, 186).
lft touch.

In a state, condition, position, of having certain information

...no business man could always be ri^it, always, and besides, Milton was
"in tonr»h* (Marquand, 399).
In toiiwh with.

In contact with; in communication with.

I haven't been la trmch with him for a while... (Gardner,40).
Stick around the office, keep 1ft touch with developments, and eat after I
get back (Gardner, 93).
I don't suppose you were much 1ft touch with the war in Hollywood (Marquand,
506).
...there are French telephones in the machine-gun nests to keep the gunners
in touch with every other part of the beachhead...
(Yank, 39).

-706-

. ..lot of sifting ourselves, before we place a
on file,
him i n touch with a better class of girls (Cain, 35).
in tow.

it pate

Accompanying; being led*

Della Street, who had gone down to Drake's office to notify him that Mason
was back, case in with the detective
Aft tow(Gardner, 154).
Aft Afiift*

In the city; at a certain town.

Mr* Levinson showed up. saying he happened to be Aft town... (Cain, 257).
If you could let me know some day when
you'll be
AA
town. I'llmeet you
there (Marquand, 316)*
I wish we could have lunch together someday, if you ever find yourself A A
town, only because any friend of Jim's... (Marquand, 315-16).
They were AA town on leave... (Pyle, 347).
I want you to go A A town and get one custom-made (Marquand, 529).
A& & Izadjfc.

$y trading; by bartering.

•..translucent dice, and perfume bottles they had obtained AA trnriw with
other children (Cain, 54).
AA tralnin#.

During a course of training; while being trained.

Vith 12 bullets he killed nine and got one possible, although A A
back in the States he had failed..• (Tank, 53).
AA SXAB*

wiw-p-

In good physical condition; healthy and strong.

Are you lA fighting trim these days, old boyT
(Tank, 100).
■I'm always A A fighting trim, ole boy," Artie said (Tank, 100).
in triplicate.

In three copies; with three exactly alike.

Here you are*..the powers, AA triplicate
to Introduce
one's name.

.

(Marquand, 403).

To make oneself known to another; to tell another

Gen. Stilwell introduced himself to the surprised soldier...
in trouble.

In difficulties; having trouble; confronted with problems.

The plane was A A trouble
to intrude o n .

(Tank, 130).

(Pyle, 174).

To enter without invitation; to force oneself upon.

...far be if from me Aft i n t m d m on her life...

(Cain, 215).

l A truth«

Baally; actually; la reality; factually.

1& truth.. .♦■he looked rather interesting (Cain, 221).
He had, 1a truth, seen better days
(Cain, 6).
1& &BBA with.

In harmony with; in agreement with; in concord with.

His step was firmer, his eye was clearer; he was in tuna with everything...
(llarquand, 191).
lA turn.
1*

In order; one after another.

And each. • .An turn dropped its own hurtling marker to guide those behind
(Pyle, 438).
The bigger freight ships had to lie off the harbor and be unloaded into
smaller boats, which 1a turn unloaded onto the docks...
(Pyle, 272).
2.

In retaliation; in reciprocation.

They 1a turn asked us where we were going (Pyle, 379).
He 1a turn took the same razzing about his Oxford accent (Pyle, 301).
...trap had closed on Serle, and Serle, 1a turn, had made demands on Hogarty
(Gardner, 214).

la a twinkle.

Very quickly; rapidly.

.. .as. much as she loved her washing machine that washed auod driedeverything
i n ft t w i n k l e . . .
(Marquand, 357).
lA & t w i n k l i n g (q£

flZfc).

Quickly; rapidly; hurriedly.

"Behind the ropes I Camp train I" shouted a pale faced guard, and1a a t M n K r
ling we found ourselves pressed.••
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 22).
lA IjBL*

Into two parts; into two pieces.

A BAH man sliced the Jap officer 1a two, from the belly through the head
(Yank, 55).
The plane broke 1a two (Pyle, 348).
in pflAiXL.

Under; beneath.

...and I tried to get closer to the ground and curl my long legs 1a
me (Yank, 58).
in uniform.
Hearing a uniform; wearing the prescribed clothes.
most often refers to the clothing worn by service men.)

(This

-7 0 6 -

One night in London I wai sitting at a table with b o m friends in a public
house when two boys la. unlfora leaned over from the next table and asked
If I wasn't So-and-So (Pyle, 320).
• ••he had
ashard a time recognising himself as anyone else did who had
been l a
for two years (Marquand, 204).
• ••why. ••are we la uallfiEfi (Tank, 213)*
•••our own men — la uniform... (Tank, 213).
la

to•

Into something to a certain depth.

Mechanically he had dashed it la J3BBL la the oiler
in the usual n r n M T
fashion*
• •-dinner
9BBB8£,

(Yank, 54).

In the ordinary way; according to the accepted

had been ordered at the Blue and White Cafe, not la theusual
in a most extraordinary manner (Gardner, 210).

l a the usual sense of the word.
In the accepted sense of the word; in
the most often used sense of the word; according to the common meaning of
the word.
(Cf. la _____ sense of the word.)
False teeth are not considered "property" la the uawal sense of the word...
(Tank, 171).
l a itiS. usual way.
ion, manner.

In the ordinary manner; according to the usual fash­

The broadcast had started l a J&ft. usual way...
l a w«.ln.

(Cain, 212).

Vainly; without success; unsuccessfully.

Late spectators, shuffling into the courtroom, looking la Train for seats,
were admonished. . • (Gardner, 185).
Tears later..-he tried la
to put those early impressions into words
(Marquand, 287).
He would wait la vain... (Pyle, 368).
invasion c o i n .
A coin especially minted by one country for use in the
invasion of another.
He has*, .a few Japanese invasion coins he picked up...

(Yank, 22).

to be l a wwnrtawille.
To act in vaudeville; to be in a vaudeville act;
to be an actor in vaudeville.
...neither of the Gish sisters had ever been in Yf^dTriV1'1f ■*in, view.

(Cain, 237).

In plain sight; easily seen; plainly visible.

A circular bed is. ..prominently la view through the window
XXIII, June 28, 1947, 19).

(New Yorker,

-ruy-

iA XlfiX fi£*
With something in mind; considering one thing with something else in mind.
The situation is rendered more pus sling la view of the fact that a wellknown criminal attorney-* whose dramatic exploits... (Gardner, 123).
"Ill ▼lew fiX the evidence," the doctor said positively, "I fix the time of
death definitely as not before ten...N (Gardner, 131).
I think.*•that la view of the proof which we now have available...
(Gar­
dner, 191).
To ask another toaccompany one to an entertainment,
to invite ____ out.
dinner, party, or the like. (This implies that the entertainment is not
in one's home.)
...I never heard what his superiors did when he got there, but I bet they
didn't lnvit* him out for a round of golf (fyle, 280).
We were invAtad out (Pyle, 342).
...Mrs. Gessler...told Mildred to close theplace as she herself was invited
out (Cain, 229).
to invite _____ to.
To ask another to a place; to request
come somewhere usually as one's guest.
...Bert called up £fl. invite her

the broadcast

another to

(Cain, 208).

lft ft voice.
In a tone of voice; in a manner of speaking.
adjective accompanies this idiom.)

(Usually cm

•••she began to talk to herself 1a ft bitter voice... (Cain, 187).
Then, 1a ft low shaking voice, she said...
(Cain, 145)*
After a long pause she went on 1a ft passionate, trembling voice (Cain,

146).

Poor; in poverty; pauperised*
...I don't think Veda will be 1a SBB& (Cain, 200)*
Thus she was in relative affluence when others were in
on her hhnds (Cain, 7).
lft eaves.

want, and had time

One group after another group with time and space intervening.

On Hill 600 they attacked frontally 1a waves, just what our machine-gunner
would have ordered (Tank, 54).
1ft

(the. ft) wav.

In, according

to, themanner,

fashion, mode.

Well, now...In what wav. Mr. Wilson?
(Marquand, 513).
...he was very conscious of Marianna, but 1a ft wav which was not altogether
comfortable
(Marquand, 448).
...Leeds, without suspecting what was in the wind, answered the letter 1a
such ft wav that he wrote the name not only once but twice (Gardner, 92).

-7 1 0 -

...it looodcd as If ha had of tan said ^ Just that ZfiX. and that It was
never Just this morning but any other morning (Marq.uandv 577)*
I don't worry ift the wav you think*.• (Marquand* 392).
£111 Swinburne looked at him In HtfL BftX
which acquaintances of their
age always regarded each other...
(Marquand* 572).
l A ft wav.

To a degree* to an extent; partially.

Von Hipper was quite a guy — a soldier of fortune la a wav, yet he didn't
look or act like one
(Fyle* 139),
la & vague and Indirect w a r . I suppose* the privilege of listening to your
enemy trying to undermine you...expresses what we are f i t t i n g for (Fyle*

10

).

The best thing about it all was that she was like his conscience la & wav
(Marquand* 472).
l a a sSZ it seemed as though Mr. Gorman were right
(Marquand* 511).
la a way it did not seem decent for him to be there.. • (Marquand* 170).
la a 2fty*it was like preparing for a confessional, or for a minor operation
. . . (Marquand, 402)•
"Yes," he said* "I suppose so. la a wav"
(Marquand, 390).
It was all about Mrs. Biederhof* and la & way this was a relief (Cain,
14).
In a w a y , what Mac did in Iran was in repayment...
(Yank, 34).
la & way it was like going to the Bulldog Club again...
(Marquand* 78).
He was twenty-nine* and in a wav the most remarkable man at the station
(Fyle, 335).
...they would be glad la ft way when they could get outdoors. ••
(Fyle* 350).
I suppose l a ft way you could say it was the same...
(Pyle, 335).
In ft way,those black-market operators were the meanest of all the kyetie
Fascists
(Yank* 26).
It startled Jeffrey, because she was ri^it in a way
(Marquand* 539).
It was l a ft wav not what he wanted, but what she wanted* and it wasbetter
than he had thought...
(Marquand* 566).
...he realized it represented* la ft way, a combination of his and Madge's
life (Marquand* 565-6).
Well* yes — la ft way
(Gardner, 135).

la the way.

Obstructing; impeding.

She wanted the barn to be full of the things that those dear old people used
...not in thw way, of course, but still there...
(Marquand* 108).
in

way.

Interfering with one; being an obstruction to one.

...he was 1ft her wav while she Was fixing the turkey
The rifle was 1ft ay w a v , and I couldn't use my hands
in the wav of.

(Yank* 184).
(Yank* 21).

With regard to; amounting to; in respect to.

...but refused to lend anything at all until repairs were made to the prop­
erty, particularly 1ft the wav of a new roof (Cain, 242).

There was nothing 1 & £hfi. way &£ shrubbery, only a stretch of sand and
crab grass in front of it...
(Marquand, 481).
Neither the town nor the hostel offers anything
the way of amusement
(Tank, 29)*
•. .he had not wanted anything done with it
the way of decoration (Mar—
quand, 508).
in tfre wind.

Happening; going on.

...Leeds, without suspecting what was A& the wind, answered the letter in
such a way that he wrote the name not only once but twice (Gardner, 92).
l£flA.

A bed whose frame is made of iron, steel.

(old fashioned.)

...only furnishings were a cotton rug, a chair, and an iron bed, made up
neatly with blankets
(Cain, 92).
...the same iron bed. .. (Cain, 224)
iron clad.
Impenetrable; unassailable.
ideas, arguments, alibis, and the like.)

(This is rery often used with

It looked lron-oT*d on the face of it, but alibis should never be taken at
their face value
(Gardner, 210).
Moreover, it1s always been ay idea that when a man has an iron-clad alibi
in a murder case, it's a very good thing to inspect that alibi closely
(Gardner, 210).
iron
Partially gray; black with some white streaks showing.
(This is often used to refer to hair that is turning white when there is
still much other color than the white.)
He*..has his iron-gray hair cropped in GI style
to iron out.

(Tank, 120).

To remove wrinkles; to cause to be smooth and unruffled.

The Teutonic faces seemed to him neither happy nor unhappy, the expressions
ironed-out and mask like
(Marquand, 226).
In World War II in the Pacific the strategy of attacking
Japanese held islands well within
theJapaneseperimeter of defense and
leaving other islands held by the
Japaneseunattacked.Hence, a going
from island to island.

Island h n m n l r u r .

Between major actions Bill fills in by ialand-bonning about the Pacific.••
(Newsweek, July 17, 1944, 9).
A cartoon called Island
shows a steel-spring mannikin stepping
triumphantly toward the Jap home fortress over Pacific Islands which are
not all terra flrma (Time, June 25, 1945, 69).

I

late

il-

As I underatand its it is my understanding that*

And i i t . counselor,
your question didn't call for such a communicat­
ion?
(Gardner, 189).
•••1 take i t . this patient isn't wandering around clad in a night-gown
(Gardner, 37).
UL all.

All of it.

He wondered if XX. all struck Madge in the sameway (Marquand,
What does XX. all mean? (Cain, 196).
You have written all before
(Pyle, 365).
It had all been so easy...
(Pyle, 32)•
itchy
Being of a disposition toshoot
shoot first and ask questions afterward.

quickly; being apt to

One night Von Ripper, returning from patrol,wasstopped
sentry.•• (Pyle, 140).

II ifl. all very well.

92).

by an itchy-f-t

It is one thing; it is perhaps good.

(This implies
that while desirable that there are difficulties to getting something
accomplished or done.)

11 wfifi. fill ve g 12^1 to say the boy had to marry Veda, but how could they
make him do i t ? ( C a i n , 199).

11

ll. him.

It is he.

I still contend that it was him (Gardner, 207).
Dammit, Ufe. Xi. tiJjl*
(Gardner, 207).
I'll go into any court on any contempt proceedings, or otherwise,and
that i t 'a Him (Gardner, 207).
That's all she said;— "It's him I" (Gardner, 207).
She said XX. was him (Gardner, 207).
II l£ Just as well.
happen.

insist

It is well, good, that something happened or didn't

It was .lust as well that they had closed the doors and windows
(Marquand,
523).
Perhaps it. was lust as well not to know
too much(Marquand, 55).
...they didn't make the newspapers like that any more and maybe XX. as
w Just
as well
(Marquand, 195).
Perhaps it's Just as well (Marquand, 45).
■Oh," Jeffrey said, "yes, it'a Just gj. "fill" (Marquand, 589).

11

daar.

It isn't often;

It happens infrequently*

•••11 wasn't
every day you had a birthday (Tank, 165).
*••11 wasn't
everyday the Big Three had a powwow in your back yard***
(Yank, 165).
.**11 wasn *t every day you had a snort with two captains...
(Tank, 165).
11 IS. not _____ funeral.
It is not one's hard luck; it is not one's
responsibility; one doesn't have to answer for the happenings.
11 was not his funeral and he was glad to be git ting (sic) (Marquand, 520).
11 lS. not

bo

much.

Something is not as important as something else.

11 was not so much the money that was involved, as the dignity
402).
11 lS. kfri* say*
condition.

(Marquand,

This is the way, manner, fashion; this is the situation,

Well, sir, it's this way (Yank, 170).
"Well, It'b this way.11 Jim said (Marquand, 367).
it is ______ time.
has come.
I thought H
H

looks.

It is the time for one's death; one's time for death

was my t-fm* —

T figured my number had come up... (Marquand, 166)

It appears; it seems.

It looked as
if North Africa from the Atlantic to Cairo had become a war
depot of unprecedented proportions (Pyle, 93).
Well, it looks as if I owe you eighty bucks...
(Pyle, 165).
It looks as though he's broke again...
(Marquand, 12).
it mgy. interest
_____ to know.
To want another to know something; to
offer another information which one thinks another does not have.
(This
is usually Ironic, sarcastic.)
It may interest you to know that that's why he's such a good friend of yours
(Cain, 158).
it rains.

Rain falls; there is rain*

It ralnad all through that day and into the ni^it*.*
(Yank, 49).
It rained again that night...
(Yank, 50).
When 11 rains... (Yank, 232).
It only has three rooms and when H rains the bedroom leaks (Marquand, 555)
it's §l free ffmmtrr,
One cannot tell another what to do; one is free;
one does not take orders from another.

-7 iu -

Lk-Ll. §L

country

it *8 all

(Cain, 252),

The most important part is; the essential is.

" It1a all in the lemon," Minot said
it AfifiSB..

(Marquand, 70).

It appears; it looks.

She knew a lady, H seemed, with a hrocade coat (Cain, 159).
H seemed to Jeffrey that very few people that summer understood that war
was a matter of lei1ling
(Marquand, 509-10).
I Just mean...it seems to me silly not to be happy when you have a chance.
(Marquand, 549).
i t *8 great to (infinitive).
Itfs great to see you,
It*s great to see you,
It*s great to see you,

It is wonderful; it is pleasant to.

Minot...
(Marquand, 74).
boy
(Marquand, 74).
Jeff
(Marquand, 47).

X t 1s not the same.
It does not seem right;
things are different.
i t 1s never the same when you're gone...
It1s time.

it is not as pleasant;

(Marquand, 408).

The time has come; it is now appropriate for.

.«»lt1s time you knew what was going on with Veda
Well...i t *8 time I was going (Marquand, 182).
It *s a

k H bbia.

(Cain, 191).

It is too bad; it is regrettable.

It's a shame somebody didn't shave with it once in a while
It 8trike8 me.

It seem striking to me; it appears unusual to me.

Jim is quite a boy..-but it. always strikes me queer —
(Marquand, 96).
it won1t be long now.

he- looks like you

It will be soon; it will not be long off.

It won't be long now. .• (Marquand, 551).
"How do you mean," Jim asked, "rfc. won' t be long now?“
it wouldn1t d o.
improper.

(Pyle, 240).

(Marquand, 551).

It would not be proper, the thing to do; it would be

It wouldn *t do for you to get angry —
(Gardner, 23).

let's see, how old are you

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it won' t hurt ______ to. (Inf ini tire) •
Thera will ha nothing wrong
in doing soma thing; one has nothing to losa hy doing something*
It won't hurt you
it will never <|£*
thing to do*

sae Bill

(karquand, 556).

is not ri^at; it is not proper; it is not the

It would never do to return to Pontianak and tell them I Just took a
ferry ride
(mew Yorker, XXII 1, Sept* 6. 1947, 23).
L

dn 1

say*

I am not certain; I am not sure, positive*

mew, i wouldn11 say they were engaged

(Cain, 194)*

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hanungr«
A hammer operated hy hand and powered by compressed
air.
(Also attributive.)
... jack hammers were put on the job, cutting eight-foot holes in the
r o c k * . . ( Y a n k , 178).
Two Aack-hammer operators were working all alone up near"The Point"
(Tank, 178).
Jack in the hoy.
A child's toy consisting of a box in which there is
a doll of sorts attached to a spring so constructed that when the lid
of the box is opened, the doll flies out.
In the V of a tree was a Jap with a BAR which he let fly at intervals
as he ducked up and down. They called hi* "Jack-in-the-box" (Yank, 6).
the Jack pot.
(See: t& hit the Jackpot.)
A large amount of money
put aside in a gambling game and won by an especially lucky combination.
Hence, anything valuable which one gets, wins, falls heir to.
This new wife, this time, Alf had told him, was the Jack not
h75).

(Marquand,

Sl Jojp up.
A tie up; a ceasing to function due to too much of something
a stopping caused by crowding.
...Audrey had been taken on...Just to forestall the possibility of another
Jam-up (Cain, 152).
a Jaunty air.

A spirit of sprightliness, happiness, and unconcern.

...a brooding, hang-dog look that was very different from the Jaunty air
he had once had (Cain, 222).
Jazz band.
music.

A dance orchestra; an orchestra which plays Jass, dance

...with a big Jass band...
to Jerk out of.

(Cain, 210).

To remove from; to cause to get up, rise.

...we were all Jerked out of our sleeping holes at 3 o'clock...
181).
to Jerk sodas.
the like.

(Yank,

To mix soft drinks in a confectionery, drug store, or

Jerking sodas isn't easy...

(Yank, 15*0.

the jig is u p .
Everything is finished; one is caught doing something
he should not do and he is to be pukished.

In that flash of recognition, the German Oberleutnant knew that hie Jig
wee u p . if that girl lived (Marquand, h2h).
The Jig is u p
(Gardner, 160).
Jim Crow,
(Jim Crow is a term implying all aspects of the racial
Intolerance of the whites for the Negro in the U.S.A. A Jim Crow car
is a railroad car in which Negroes mast ride.)
As you know. Old Man Jim Crow rules
Jim Crowism.

(Tank, 212).

Discrimination against the Negroes*

His vote against Jim Crowism (Nation, Jan, 7. 1939. 2?).
The Negro organisations•• .want an end to Jim Crowism (Propaganda
Analysis, Aug. 26, 19^1, 1).
a job to do*
A task which must he done hut for which there is no
pleasure or sense of accomplishment in the doing.
But since then it's heen a Joh to do. Just a job of muddy, hard work
(Pyle, 173).
to Jockey for -position.
To attempt to get the heet place in a race,
contest, any situation where people are competing against each other.
•

...crowd of silent people in the hallway outside the personnel offices,
and the tense, desperate Jockeying for -position when the doors opened
at ten o*clock (Cain, 32-33).
to jog u p .
emptiness.

To attempt to arouse one from sleep, inactivity, emotional

...when she still moped, Mildred thought it time ££ Jog her
(Cain, 183).

up

a hit

to Join a church.
To become a member of a church officially by en­
rolling one1s name with the minister.
The trouble was that Mom, who had been originally a Methodist, only
Joining the Episcopal Church after marrying Mr. Pierce...
(Cain, 109).
to Join in.

To join with others in some activity; to take part.

When I saw my first game back in the States I Joined in...
(Tank, 173).
...she had Joined in...
(Cain, 128).
He often Joins the bull sessions of the corporals and privates...
(Tank,

130

).

...two adoptees...stowed away and Joined in the Ansio beachhead landing
on D-day (Pyle, 2h3).

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to join the party*

To Joins others in some activity; to take part*

Then four more came up and .joined the party
to Join

(lank, 194),

up,

1. To Join; to become a member,
armed forces,)

(This often inplies enlisting in the

Before joining tip h e did common labor at Army camps and fruit farms
(Pyle, 40),
"Bo you mean you're Jolng u p T" Jeffrey asked (Marquand, 556).
Some of them even wanted to join u p w ith us...
(Yank, 26)*
2, To fit; to become an integral part,
...it joined

up

to join with.

quite neatly

(Cain, 136),

To cooperate with; to assist,

...white people,..would stand up, join with us and help us to prose to
their whdte friends...
(Yank, 213),
to joke about.
regarding.

To make a joke concerning; to be humorous about,

All this he took cheerfully, for many of his friends were in the same
plight, and he could Joke about it, and even boast about it (Cain, 7),
They weren't joking about it, either (Pyle, 340),
to be a Joke on —
To be the butt of a joke; tohave others laugh
at one because of something funny one has done or said.
Then he buret into loud laughter, and pointed a derisive finger at Ida,
as though it was a great Joke on her (Cain, 68),
to Juggle the books.
To arrange financial accounts to that a dis­
crepancy is not shown; to make false entries in financial accounts
usually for illegal reasons.
There* 8 no way.. any of them can juggle the books to keep him out of it...
(Cain, 200),
juke box.
A large automatic record player which contains dials so that
one can select the recording he wished to have played. It is activated
by ineertion of a coin, usually a five cent piece,
P.egan.. .went over to the tnira box to play "I'll Be Home forChristmas"
(Yank, 226),
Well, yes — in the
local version of a drug-store thereis a Juke box like
none other you've ever heard (Yank, 75)*

to Jump a claim.
To seize, taka, and hold, usually by force, another's
claim to a mining venture, mine, place where one intends to dig a mine.
When a nan has a gold mine, ha doesn't give his friends a chance to
Jump the claim (Gardner, 101).
to Jw p at & conclusion.
To come to an idea, a conclusion, illogically
to make poor inferences and Judgments without careful thought.
"Thera isn't any conclusion to .lump a t . dear," he could hear her say
(Marquand, **42).
to Jssp. down.

To Jump and to descend.

The pilot. ..Jumped down (Tank, 229).
...the men...Jumped down from the rail...
to he jumped tar.

(Cain, 213).

To he surprised by; to he suddenly confronted by.

One...asked what two lone American soldiers could do if they were suddenly
hy an enemy patrol party (Tank, 1?8).
.tumping standard.
A device consisting of two upright pieces across
which there is a movable bar which can easily he dislodged.
It is used
for high Jump and vaulting contests.
The .tumping standards were up Just opposite them, and Minot walked the
horse to the center of the ring... (Marquand, 378).
He turned hack toward the fallen tnnmirm; standard and pulled a handker­
chief from the pocket...
(Marquand, 379)*
to Jump off.
1. To Jump away from something; to get off, descend, hy Jumping.
...a lot of guys were Jumping off the side of the boat

(Tank, 168).

2. To attack the enemy in force, in concerted action; to leave one's
fixed defences wad to attack the enemy.
...no battalion commander could have given you the exact location of his
various units five minutes after they had Jumped off (Pyle, **42).
to Jump out (of).
1. To leave by Jumping; to get away from hurriedly.
They probably Jumped out to swim for shore...
(Tank, 253).
...about six men Jumped out (Tank, 208).
...the wolf Jumped out of bed and chased Red Riding Hood...

(Tank, 255).

7 20 -

2. To get out of a car, -vehicle, hurriedly.
Four officers in unifora jumped out (Marquand, 119).
Veda...jumped out of the car... (Cain, 186).
A good strong man in the prime of life...could have j-iyT*** out
trotted beside it without too much trouble... (Yank, 115).
jump p a y .
The additional payment made to paratroopers, service men
who descend from airplanes by means of parachutes.
He had 20 month's pay or a top kick coming, plus $50 a month i m m pay,
plus 20 per cent overseas pay (Yank, 28).
to jump to attention.
attention.

To come to attention hurriedly; to hurry to

.. .all his officers jumped to attention when he walmd in the room

130

).

to jump to —
feet.
to stand up quickly.

(Yank,

To rise rapidly; to get on one's feet quickly;

...we'd jump to our feet and run like scared rabbits...

(Yank, 187).

to lump u-p.
To stand up, get up, rise, quickly, rapidly; to get to
one's feet in haste.
I jumped up and grabbed him by the arm. .. (Yank, 12).
Mildred..Tjumpad u p , her eyes blazing...
(Cain, 205).
...Mr. Hobey jumped u p ... (Cain, 236).
Mildred Jumped u p , followed... (Cain, 186).
.. .she.. .jumped up and Hit Veda in the kitchen (Cain, 196).
Lt. Hillard jumped up in his chair and banged the desk with his fist
(Yank, 95).
He jumped u p , and found Anna's finger not six inches from his nose, leveled
at him.-.. (Cain, 67).
As soon as she got half of her fizs water down, she jumped up and began
spinning around... (Cain, 56).
...Muncy jumped up and said...
(Pyle, 220).
...h e ...jumped"up, and — ...
(Cain, 128).
...there was a lively jumping up to give her a seat (Cain, 212).
...they jumped up, hit the driver on the shoulder to get the car stopped...
(Pyle,"579)7
We jumped up and ran down the slope (Pyle, A-26).
A buzzer sounded, and Walter jumped up (Marquand, *4-8).
I jumped u p . startled. The engines were stopped (Pyle, 20).
I jump u p . . . (Cain, 218).
I jumped u p ...
(Yank, 239)*

A large, brown beetle

June bug.

(genus Phyllo-nh*gp^ -

...they were Jubilant as June bugs and ready for more
a June bride*
U.S.)

(Pyle, 405).

(June is the most popular month for weddings in the

I feel Just like a June bride...

(Tank, 143).

Jungle kit.
A kit, package, of instruments, food, and other necessaries
for a serviceman lost in the Jungle.

I replaced my parachute with another, becausemine had no Jsm&iLS. kit
attached

(Tank, 117)*

Jungle rot.
the tropics.

Any of several skin diseases prevalent in the Jungles of

Hy life consists of bully beef....
Gun-shot wounds and

m rot. ..

(Tank, 156).

Jungle wall.
The seemingly impenetrable growth, arrangement of trees,
vines, and so on, composing a Jungle.
It is often so thick as to
suggest a wall.
...struggling desperately to keep their flimsy foothold a few feet Inside
the frnryfia wall where the sand ends
(Tank, 39)*
Junior high school.
In the public, tax supported, schools of the U.S.
the grades 7, 8, and 9; the school for students usually of ages 13, 14
and 15.
He had taught music

in t l W high school there

Jnwion miss.

early teen-age girl; a girl from 13-16 years ofage.

An

Junior Misses Jrock No. 8820...
a drop of.

(Pyle, 339)*

(Vogue, Jan. 15, 1947, 106).

Only a little bit of; only a small portion of.

*Just a drop of Scotch," Buchanan said, "and plain water, please"
(Marquand, 147).
Just another.

A common one; an ordinary one.

He actually thought... that Mr. Newcombe's manuscript.. .was Just another
of those books (Marquand, 27).
Just as.

Exactly as; as.

...and sure enough, .lust as Lizzie had said, Madge •• Uncle Judson...
was walking down the stairs
(Marquand, 95) •
.taat as soon.

Bather; sooner; please.

"Minot," Jeffrey said, "if y o u ’d .just as soon, would you hum something
else!" (Marquand, 382).
...hut it is mostly the loose—bowel led kind that you would .lust as soon
he without (Tank, *+8).
"I'd .lust as soon you wouldn't say that," Jeffrey said (Marquand, 300).
.lust between u s .

Secretly; in secret*

Personally, Just between us both, there was something Hemingway and
Faulkner and Steinbeck 1faat left Sinclair Just a little cold (Marquand,
335-336).
Just the beginning*

Only a small segment, part, of the whole.

I only know that ^00 was Just the beginning
Just in case.
(See: in case.)
the event of some occurrence*

(Pyle, h38)*

Should something tintoward happen; in

They always keep the air dead ahead of you full of shells. Just In case
(Pyle, 163).
...MP's had armored cars...there ready for action Just in case anything
did happen (Pyle, 380)*
It's a good thing to have. Just in case (Cain, 20*0.
Just like that.
thoughtlessly.

With, for, no valid reason; without a logical reason;

Walked out on you. Just like that?

(Cain, 9).

Just a minute.
1. A short time; not a long time; a brief time.
And then he said, 'Well, I could run up for Just a minute' (Gardner, 103)
Their coats and hats reminded him for Just a minute of undertakers at a
country funeral (Marquand, 599)*
2. Wait, stay for a short time.

(Polite form.)

Just a minute., please (Marquand, ^37).
Mason said, "Just a minute, Barkler, before you leave"
Just off.

(Gardner, 59)*

Immediately adjacent to; right next to.

Mr. Barmen lived Just off the Pasadena traffic circle...

(Cain, 13*0*

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. ..he was mistaken for a mess officer and installed in a cubby-hole,
.lust off the mess kitchen...
(Tank, 16*0•
...the golden-oak chairs in the little dining room .lust off the kitchen
...
(Marquand, 362).
The town was just off the crest of the mountains...
(Tank, 48).
fast -people.

Common, unpretentious people.

I found them to he Just people, and nice people like the soldiers

(Pyle. 3).
.just the same.

Nevertheless; notwithstanding; all the same.

Just the same,she was annoyed (Cain, 116).
Just the same he has put together a good stable...
(Tank, 233).
Just the same.I have a duty toward her...
(Cain, 215).
Just the same.I didn't like the signs "Military Personnel — Officers
Only" one bit (Tank, 212).
Just the same, it certainly seemed funny...
(Cain, 211).
Just the same, we mean to get our money (Cain, 2h8).
Just the same,most people find it hard to make the distinction and —
to them, what they see isn't a body (Cain, 110).
It's not a report that he'd swear to, but it'll be something you can
bank on .tost the same (Gardner, 90).
It was a tiny bald spot, with black hair all around it, but was a bald
spot -lust the same
(Cain, 88).
But I remind you, .fast the same, that there was none of this kind of
stinginess when...
(Cain, 55)*
It's sublet, but the
manager likes to takepeople fromour lists,fast
the same
(Cain, 35)*
Just say so.
Say
it briefly and to thepoint. (Thisimplies
quest for a blunt, economical answer.)

a

re­

If you don't fast say so and all I've got to do is call up and tell her
(Cain, hi).
fast so.

With precision; precisely; exactly; accurately.

...he was impressed by the steely neatness of the countryside — trees
growing fast so on every hill...
(Marquand, 226).
"Everything•s gotta be fast so with you," muttered Snell
(Tank, 138).
Everybody looked fast so. sind exactly like everybody else (Pyle, 298).

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l a fetal fiiftt-

To faint; to lose consciousness.

...I mas still weak and Ididn't want to disgrace myself
keeling over at thesight of a bad wound (Pyle, 54).
to keep abreast of.
current material.

To

by suddenly

keep up with; to continue toread and study

...so they should represent a cross section of thoughtful, intelligent
people who kept “fryftfit\ of the new books
(Marquand, 339).
to keep frgfiftnn1? fiX*

To

...I don't keep any
to keep after.

keep a record of; to record.
of it

To

(Gardner, 52).

continue asking, ordering, etc.; to prod.

There are two kinds of boys.*.the ones you can pat on the back and those
you have to keep after
(Tank, 149).
I q . keep ahead.

To

maintain a lead; to keep an advantage.

They tried la keep ahead by fifty graves or so
la keep alive.

To

(Pyle, 234).

maintain life; to hold onto life.

...this .Frankenstein that so many
The average combat soldier was so
keeping alive
(Pyle, 137J.

white people are keerting «.Hwe
preoccupied with the Job
of

(Yank, 213).
merely

la kaap ftH
To meet someone as agreed beforehand; to go to
an appointment; to keep a date.
...he put on a swell act of a man about town keening business appolntmenta
(Gardner, 46).
1 have to rush to keep an appointment
(Gardner, 24).
la keep a t

-

1. To continue with something; to keep on.
She.• .doggedly kept at the
2. To continue something
continuing asking.)

Job...

with a person.

But the sergeant kept at him
to keen awake.
sleep.

(Gain, 129).
('This implies a prodding,

a

(Pyle, 316).

To remain awake; to stay awake; to be wakeful; not to

...the same drug I remembered using...la keep awake for ny final exams
(Tank, 118).

^

-725-

After three solid seeks of being kept awake.. .that was not hard to believe
(Pyle, 381).
...their main success was in keeping u» awake...
(Pyle, 381).
to keep away.

To remain away; to stay away; not to come.

First there was the summer when you kept away as much as you possibly
could (harquand, 325).
to keep away from.

Hot to go near; to maintain a distance from.

Keen Japs away from grounded plane and pilot until reinforcements arrive...
(Gardner, 1677.
He can't keep away from them (Gardner, 167).

is. ktm —

feaja&cft.

To maintain one's balance; not to fall but to

remain upri^xt.
•«.having it slip from under him while he made an undignifled effort to
keep his balance
(Marquand, 270).
is. keep behind.

Not to allow to go, leave; to force to remain.

...they were always kept behind as instructors or sent to Corps Headquarters
(Harquond, 231).
is. keep books.
accounts.

To maintain a record of financial matters; to keep

1 don't keep tonk^ on her
(Cain, 246).
I keep house for him and keep his books
(Gardner, 26).
...Mrs. Jaeckel, the lady she employed to keep the books
£& keep busy.

To manage to bo doing something; to have something to do.

Oh, I manage to keep busy

(Cain, 2l).

to k e e n
chin u p .
(Very often In the imperative.)
hearted; don't be discouraged; be manly.
Esep your chin
&

keep slasR*

(Cain, 243).

u p

. sir

Don't be down­

(Yank, 164).

To maintain cleanliness; to clean; to cleanup.

?hey had to keep their own tents clean...
L2. keep — - company.
company of one.

(Pyle, 214

To accompany one; to be with one; to be in the

>he 8till had to make the inexorable pies, and as he k,ept her cowmany fen
the kitchen, and even helped her where he could...
(Cain, 110).

-7?6—

Fine f*wTPPiff,,r *or °»e to be l » m i n g
Ifi keep confidential.
confidence.

(Pyle, 339)*

To hold in secret; to keep secret; to hold in

...a matter that I shall have to ask you to keep confidential...
to keep cool.

(Ca in, 215).

To to get excited; to remain calm.

Just took my time, kept cool and, damn, I got them

(Yank, 53).

to keep down.
1. Not to allow to rise; to hold down.
...flowers around their pyramidal tents —
down (Yank, 234)•

for beauty and to keep the dust

2. Not to allow to grow; to hold down growth.
That's why the lawn keeps shooting up and why you can't ka«n it down with
a twenty-five dollar mower
(Marquand• 515).
to k e e n

ears pealed.

To listen Intently; to keep one's ears open.

1 could hear them talking in there something about race horses, and I
sort of kept ny ears peeled because Louise.• .sometime..•
(Gardner, 145).
to keep an eve on.
To watch; to be attentive of; to heed.
(This
implies attention to something especially should a mishap occur.)
Tfhile I'm away, I wish you'd keep an eve on Jim (harquand, 391).
Thought I'd better keep an eve on the one here
(Gardner, 165).
Just keep an eve on him, but don't make up his mind for him
(idarquand, 396).
...the burst had killed two of the fellows who had offered £& l
c&flfi.fin eve
on the jeep...
(Yank, 196).
In the days that followed the landings our headquarters vessel patrolled
back and forth between the American sectors, kept an eye on the shore
in case help was needed...
(Pyle, 33).
...should've kept his eye on the boy (Yank, 226).
He kept his eyes on the ground, and I think he might have cried...
(Pyle, 197)1
In keep fin eye put for.

To watch for; to look for; to try to find.

He had a letter from home telling him to keep an eye out for me
to keep from.

(Pyle, 246).

To restrain from; to restrict from; to suppress.

...everybody on the side lines.•.nearly choked while trying £& keen from
laughing (Yank, 186).
The soldiers said at time he had kept them fropi going nuts
(Pyle, 284).

• ..what It would, mean to thorn financially if they could
Alden Leeds
from marrying or making a will
(Gardner, 155).
She...walked on the grass Ifi. keen from making a noise...
(Cain, 252).
..•and they don't want handy pocket guideb that tell them how la keen from
getting lose (Tank, 96).
to keep — — from —— •
secret from one.

Not to let one know about something; to keep a

Jeff...why do you keen things from roe...T

(Harquand, 7).

to keep going.
1. To continue to go; to keep on going; to go.
We...decided it was all right la keep />ntn^ as long as there were crowds
(Pyle. 457).
Often in cases like that we Just went around the woods and kept going. ..
(Pyle, 442).
"Keep g&lag," then, turning to Della Street, "Come on, Della” (Gardner, 61
2. To continue; to keep on.
A 8ingle gun blast set off a continuous rebounding of sound, against
clouds and rocky slopes, which would keep going for ten seconds or more
(Pyle, 203).
And yet the war couldn't keep going without it (Pyle, 417).
3. To keep in repair; to maintain in operating condition.
"It's always one long fight,” Jeffrey said, "to keep a garden
I felt big and important, driving.•.out to get another load of the precous
supplies that kept everything going on that tiny cameo of a beachhead
(Pyle, 275).
As the fight progressed, Newbrough, alone on the gun, kept it gfUn^
constantly (Tank, 7).
With his machine-gun corporal.• .Hall managed to keep the gun rn±n^ by
pouring water into the Jacket from every available canteen(Tank, 93).
to k e e p
hand in.
To keep in practice; not to lose one's touch; to
continue to utilize one's capabilities so that they remain useful.
.••so he took his typewriter with him and wrote scads of letters to the
folks back home. Just
keep his hand ifi, (Pyle, 127).
to keep — - head down.
To place one's head low; to put one's head
lower than normal.
(This is usually for protection.).
Others kept their heada down and wouldn't look up
(Pyle, 370)•
...the Navy men in the bow hollered to us to keep our heads down. »«
(Yank, 144).

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728-

to keep a H l A w a v clear*
Not to allow obstruction on a highway* road;
to keep things off a highway*
The thousands of behlcles of the division were halted some ten miles hack
in order £& keep the highway clear for the engineers
(Pyle. 67).
to keep hours*
To maintain hours for business, pleasure, and the like;
the time for business, pleasure, etc*
...with this restaurant of yours you keep somewhat peculiar hours

(Ca in, 147 ^«

to keen house*
To manage, clean, care for a house and to cook, wash,
etc*. as a housewife*
...the filthy way she keeps house
(Cain, 14)*
I keep house for hin:, and keep his books
(Gardner, 26).
&Q. f o f P
the dark*
ledge from one*

Not to let one know the facts; to keep know­

He stayed straight for a week or two, and then went back to the old life,
keening his sister
the dark (Gardner, 72).
to keep ifi shape.

To keep in repair; to maintain*

The guns required a great deal of daytime work to keep them
(Pyle, 385 ) .
to keen it

up

*

shnne--

To continue; to keep on.

She said Veda was trying to blackmail her boy into marrying her »nd if
she kept it u p she'd have the law on her
(Cain, 195).
to keep loy*

To remain in a lying position; to stay down.

.••the massage-center people kept low and played Battleship
to k e e p

mind oft.

(Tank, 6)*

To continue to think about; to concentrate on.

"That's fine," Jeffrey said, "keep your
2ft
(Marquand, 295).
Tet it was hard to keep his " » * on what Minot was saying (Marquand, 249).
"Then keep your mind on it," Madge said, "and don't start thinking about
the war"
(Marquand, 89).
He wished he were like Madge, able to keep his mind on a single idea (Mar­
quand, 343).
He hasn't been able £fi. keep his mlnd on a solitary thing, dear (Marquand,
566).
"Keep your mind on your stomach," Mrs. Newcombe said (Marquand, 464) .
to k e e n
talk.

mouth shut.

Not to tell something; to keep a secret; not to

A

I told her you'd stand, back of her aa long ae she
her g Q ] ^ shut
(Gardner. 118).
...despite the instructions they received upon currival In the U.S. to
fcgfiB. their
shut (Tank. 217) •
Charlie's cue vae Just £&
his mouth shut and blush modestly at the
proper time (Fyle. 120).
to keen off.

To protect from; to bar; to keep away.

.••the bread board and the butter dish with its netting frame to
off
the flies (Marquand, 302)•
There they were loaded on the small, flat-decked LCTs, which hjm canvas
over the top £&
off rain (Fyle. 286).
£& •

1. To continue; to go on.
The shell went from high to low instantly, and instead of starting to arc
downwards as it hit the slower speed, it amazingly kept on in an almost
flat trajectory as though it were on wheels being propelled along a level
road (Fyle. 26).
The $25 check kept on going to your mother.•• (Yank, 171).
...now that he was started, that tune would keen on with him all the evening
(Marquand. 73).
If Charley fe£P&. Q& kicking the stones he would ruin the toes of those shoes
of h i s . . . (Marquand, 222).
HSSS£ fi& walking," Bill Swinburne said...
(Marquand, 573).
There's only one thing I've ever done, and I want to lGB££ QA doing it (Mar­
quand. 390).
"You always say you're sorry," Madge said, "and then you keen on doing it"
(Marquand, 568).
...and still Jeffrey kept on reading (Marquand, 498).
...not to worry about him, but to keep right aA working Just the way you're
doing now (Gardner, 58).
Glancing at the gas. she saw there were two gallons in the tank, and kept
on straight ahead (Cain, 61).
She would say she wanted him to "keep on liking her.” that he might feel
differently...
(Cain, 63).
...then I'll have pies to take out, and keep on getting all the wholesale
pie...
(Cain, 77).
...they were her first guests, and she hoped they liked her place and would
keep op being her guests
(Cain, 121)•
Keep £&, Mildred, keep right aA (Cain, 5).
He sold his business to Guy L. Serle and gave Serle the ri^rt £& keep on
using the name of Conway Appliance Company (Gardner, 167.
Then the subject was exhausted...you could not keep going QZL about the
telephone
(Marquand, 577).
Alf looked at him from the corners of his eyes and kept aA reciting
(Marquand, 486)•
Their orders were to keep right aa baking...
(Fyle, 245).

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He kept 2B. flying by hia map for a long time...
(Fyle, 169).
After lunch* I kept on moving. •• (Tank* 31).
But the fellow kept right fiA going (Fyle* 80).
I don't ever want to fly again* hut if they tell meto k*>*>pon flying
then I'll Just keep on... (Pyle* 224).
So Cheek kept on reading the 'Header's Digest1 (Yank* 47).
...Section 4 is waiting to push into the continent aniS keep on terror—
izing the enemy (Tank* 33).
"All right," Jeffrey said* "you go and keep on trying"
(Marquand, 405).
We've got to keep on trying (Marquand* 405).
Tex kept fia guiding Sweeney...
(Pyle. 16).
I saluted him hack and kept on going (Yank, 199).
The new soldier stopped and stared at it and kept on staring (Pyle*
154).
But Big B kept rl^ht a a rolling (Yank, 43).
...the trembling kept on (Cain, 154).
...and he'd never look at you — he'd Just keep on walking (Yank, 53).
At one point they tunneled under the bar"bed wire and kept on crawling
deeper into our area...
(Yank, 54).
He wanted £& keep on firing and he had been told to hold back (Yank* 110)
She's got to kick in* and keep on kicking (Cain* 251).
2. To stay at; to remain using.
You're going to. keep aa the telephone in direct communication with your
men who are watching Conway's apartment
(Gardner, 68).
3. To use; to employ; to hire.
We don't do a big dinner business here,
at night, but they take turns
(Cain*

so we onlykeep three
49).

girls

qa

to keep out.
1. To exclude; not to allow to come in, to enter.
Madge had always been very good about putting clothes in closets* send­
ing coats to the cleaners' and keeping out the moths
(Marquand, 410).
He pulled back the door with a flourish and closed it quickly to
out
the March wind (Marquand, 397).
• ..military police at the door
keep out the "untouchables"
(Yank, 212)
.•.a female secretary who had been told £& keep everyone out, but
everyone
(Marquand, 419).
2. Not to Join in; not to become part

of.

There was no way of knowing whether aid to Britain would
get us into war that October morning (Marquand, 88).
to keep out of.
1. Not to enter; to remain outside of, away from.

keep usout or

There1s a lot of talk around here about whether we ought to get in It
or keep out of it*. . (Marquand, 300).
...we had learned long ago £ & keen out of draws
(Yank, 841)*
Keen out of draws* Jerry has his mortars zeroed in on them (Yank, 150)*
2* To exclude; to prohibit entrance*
There'a no way the mother*, .can juggle the books £&
him out of it
(Cain, 200).
This was an impasse which he had tried
keep out of his mind and it
had not been there much*.*
(Marquahd, 477)7
Guards theoretically kept Italians out of the airfield areas.••
(Pyle, 206).
3. Not to allow to Join in; not to permit taking part in.
I'll see that they occupy a room where they'll be kept out of mischief
for some time
(Gardner, 37).
Remember, Wilson kept us out of war?
(Marquand, 72).
Jtfl. keep posted*

To gather information; to learn what is happening*

He seems £& keep pretty well posted
heep me posted
(Gardner, 50).

(Gardner, 58).

to keep ouiet.
1. Not to talk; to remain silent.
...when Hal told her to be quiet, she kept Quiet(Marquand,
435).
After trying
keep ouiet. she lashed out...
(Cain, 207).
Then Mildred, After trying
keep Quiet. went on:
"I was at Lake
Arrowhead, if you have to know” (Cain, 98).
She worked furiously at the
dough, tried tp. keepquiet. then wheeled
on him
(Cain, 83).
I'm too damned juxnpy £ & keep quiet
(Yank, 168).
How can you enjoy your beer with half the barracks snoring and the other
half yelling at you £2. keep ouiet
(Yank, 54J.
2. Not to divulge information; to keep secret.
Louis told Harold to keep quiet about what he knew

(Gardner, 167).

£2. keep right.
To turn to the right side; to go to the right as
opposed to the left.
Midgets and Papooses to the left, Junior Highs, Green Arrows, and
Squaw Men keep right
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 22)•
to keep secret.
about something.

Not to divulge information; not to talk, write,

.. .but Lou takes great care to make sure this record is k*pt- secret
(Yank, 110).
to k e e n
easy.

shirt &£•
To be patient; not to hurry, rush; to take it
(Very often in the imperative*)

"...I told them 'Hey, keep your shirt o n '" (Cain, 155).
I told him to stay Where he was and to keen his shirt on (Marquand, 368)4
"Yes, Dick," Jeffrey said, "Just keep your shirt on. Dick" (Marquand, 293).
"Well, keep your shirt oa,." Jeffrey said, "and don't take any wooden
nickles"
(Marquand, 583)*
la k P S P
Sffi*
To cause another to stay up late at ni^it; not to
let another go to bed.
•..not to keep Veda jja late...

(Cain, 1 2 7 K

£2. keep step.
To walk in step; to put the left foot to the ground
at the same time another does when walking together and to do the
same with the right foot.
Men don't try £2 keep step
£2. keep still.

(Pyle, 200).

Hot to move; to remain motionless.

Jeffrey told him £ 2. keep still and asked how he felt
(Marquand, 236).
In a moment she was out there, rattling the knob, but he kept still
(Cain, 7).
£2. keep store.
of stores.

To manage, operate, run, a store; to be in charge

Ream was a storekeeper third class, but that doesn't necessarily mean
he kept store
(Pyle, 37).
keep
straight.
Not to allow to become confused with something
else; to keep accurately.

£2

It's the only way we can keep it straight

(Cain, 15l).

to keep things going.
To maintain something in operation; to manage
something successfully.
(Cf. £2. keep going)
...Letty.. .kept things going smoothly
to keep to

.

(Cain, 230).

Not to tell; not to talk about; to say nothing about.

Just in time she had remembered that the Pierces were paying for every­
thing, and k;ept her reflections £0 herself (Cain, 109).
You certainly kept it £2. yourself (Cain, 21).

it** cleared, when you talk something out instead of k a m l n g it to your­
self (Marquand, 394)*
"Don't keep it t& yourself," Jeffrey said, "he sure to tell us, Minot"
(Marquand, 71).
• ••we'd hare gone to court already, asked for receivers, and strictly
kept our questions £& ourselves
(Cain, 246)*
He* ••decided to keep his intentions $£. himself...
(Cain, 168).
keep track q JL»
to learn about.

To maintain current information about; to continue

...Mildred had kept track
Monty these last three years...
I tell you I never kept track of it (Gardner, 52).
to. keen u n d e r

hat.

To

(Cain, 220).

keep secret; not to tell;not to talk about

something.
...because it's different this time and I know you'll keep it nnd«*r your
hat (Marquand, 62).
to keep up.
1. To continue; to go on with.
Keeping up a Bort of self-conscious commentary...
(Cain, 223).
Our guns kept u p their booming...
(Pyle, 370;.
But Veda kept up her bass...
(Cain, 236).
...Mrs* Floyd sat there and kept
a running harange about mothers who
run off with some man...
(Cain, 98).
If you keep this
you might find yourselfthe victim ofsomeravening
brute...
(Cain, 223).
This kept u p for three days... (Yank, 135).
...with his 50-caliber machine gun and kept uptracer bursts until
our
heavy artillery...
(Yank, 55).
You know, John, you keep u p a running fire of comment
(Gardner, 22).
... keeping «p a heavy barrage of fire, they moved to the spot...
(Yank, 24)7
Throughout the night the artillery of both sides kept up a steady pounding
(Pyle, 202).
Out in the darkness, one of the mule skinners kept u p a long monologue...
(Pyle, 203).
Somebody's gonna get hurt if this keeps u p
(Yank, 239).
2

.To

maintain; to support.

...the merciless milking Mildred was giving them in order £& keep u p
the establishment in Pasadena (Cain, 246).
. •.a couple of fresh ones were buttoning up to go into the lines and
keep u p the vigil
(Yank, 197).
...she wondered how long she could k^ep u p the pretenses and whether
she could get another job before her bluff was called
(Cain, 74).

...why...kid yourself about W a n i n g «p morale?
(Yank, 214)*
...they 8ay that it is supposed &£. keen ur> the morale of the service­
men. ..
(Yank, 214).
3. To carry on the maintenance; to keep in repair.
...we gathered that it was a considerable task £o. keep u p the large
church and school in the face of the changes the neighborhood had
undergone
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 20).
...the grounds would be expensive to keep u p
(Cain, 176).
...the least he could do was to pay for the plumbing and the painting
and for k e e p i n g u p t h e grounds
(Marquand, 211).
to keep up & smooth front.
To maintain, keep up, appearances; to
maintain a certain aspect, look.
...but it was kind of good to know he could keep
any junior gold braid
(Yank, 89).

up

a smooth front like

to keep u p w i t h .
1* To continue to learn about; to know the current information
concerning.
That was the fun of being a bookman and of kaeping
(Marquand, 338).
You ought &Q. keep u p with the times ( C a i n , 166).

up

with book fairs.. --

2 . To go as fast as; to move with as rapid a pace as.
...so Ford and I flew down the mountain side together, going so fast the
rocks we kicked loose couldn't even keep u p with us
(Pyle, 149).
As we struggled £& keep u p with our guide's pace..(Yank, 197).
...the burros couldn't keep u p w i th the infantry so they had to abandon
them for the stronger Sicilian mules
(Pyle, 86).
to k e e p

waiting.

To cause one to wait; to delay one.

She always kept us waiting, but her Aunt Clara was punctual (Marquand, 97)
I've got to know whether they're having vegetables or waffle before I
can start, so don't keep me waiting (Cain, 119).
"No, no, Uncle Judson," Madge said, "I don't want to keep you waiting"
(Marquand, 95).
I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but wo 3t of these people are old friends...
(Cain, 33).
...I can only keep the others waiting a minute or two (Gardner, 2^.
a. key chain.
A small jewelry chain, or the like, which 1 b used to
fasten one's keys to one's clothes.
(Most often this refers to men.)
He twirled his lengthy key chain...

(Yank, 155).

ItfiZ. e a n t a l n f .

A le a th e r,

There is a pigskin
129).
key

jbb&.

o r s im ila r

fo ld e r in

w h ic h o n e c a r r i e s

container. a watch, a cigarette case...

k ey s.

(Gardner,

The moat important person; the essential man.

...the platoon sergeant is usually the key g£IL in any line action
148).
to kick ift.

(Tank,

To pay; to furnish money; to give financial aid.

She's got to kick 1a. and keep on kicking (Cain, 251).
Veda has to kick
(Cain, 249).
His money was in the fruit company, but when that folded hismother kicked
(Cain, 141).
to kick loose with.

To release; to give.

We couldn't get the post office la kick loose with a forwardingaddress
we sent twenty-five bucks on a chance (Gardner, 98).

so

IS. & & fill*
1. To remove unceremoniously;

to force out.

No longer was there any possibility of our getting kicked off

(Pyle, 432).

2 . To begin; to start.
...then the ground troops would kick off...
l^a JslfiiE. oTf line.
ing.

(Pyle, 431).

The starting place; the line which marks the beginn­

... I compromised and picked a farmyard about 800 yards back of the kicknff

htn

(Pyle, 434) .

to kick -— .

To reprimand oneself; to admit one's own foolishness.

It couldn't have been helped, but I'm kicking myself Just the same (Gard­
ner, 61).
The dfficers told me that they were kicking themselves for not noticing
the gunner's nervousness in time...
(Pyle, 224).
to kick out.

To remove by kicking; to cause to lose by kicking.

...little guys*..got buck teeth which we kicked out
to k i c k

out (of).

(Tank, 161).

To eject; to force to leave; to remove forcibly.

...the top is coming in here and kick you out of his chair

(Tank, 98).

When the money waa gone you

him out

(Cain, 206) •

ifi. fcLfiJfe ME-

1.

To cause to rise quickly; to force upward;

to flick up.

The blast of the gun had kicked qp. so much dirt...
Each explosion kicked u p dirt...
(Tank. 252).

2.

(Pyle. 393).

To act abnormally; to perform in a manner not expected nor liked.

Dawn came up gray and misty, and the sea began
£& Jslfifeh UBL
emotion.

heels.

Mildred wanted to kick
& fcid brother.

kick:

up

(Pyle, 16).

To show great pleasure; to exhibit a pleasurable

up

her heals and laugh at Veda. • •

(Cain. 135).

▲ younger brother.

...you won't regret It. Jesse, and this is my kid, brother
This is my kid brother■ loveliness (Marquand, 279).
kid the

off (q £).

To tease; to harass w i t h Jokes, humor.

Ee would kid

the pants off us about

to kid with.
with.

To talk humorously

I tried £& kid with the boys
ifi. kill
day.
uselessness.)

(Marquand, 283).

the

way we talked

(Fyle, 301).

with; to banter with; totalk lightly

(Yank, 20).

To Bpend a day; to do throughout a day.

So I stayed aboard, and Just killed & full &££ d o i n g nothing

(This implies
(Fyle, 226).

Jcfi. hfi. killed XR action.
To die in battle; to die i n war.
(This Implies
that one dies In actual combat rather than from any other causes.)
...your son was killed in actlont (Tank, 217).
...the Purple Heart... Is often given posthumously to m e n killed in action...
(Tank, 173).
to kill off.

To eradicate; to kill;

...many saplings were killed off by
the
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).

to destroy.
heat and methane gasthusgenerated

te £L11 ii*n-

To occupy time rather uselessly; to spend time not doing
anything worthwhile (see: £& krill £ dav.)

As soldiers do everywhere* the gun crews killed £iffi£
gambling (Pyle*
104).
1 went occasionally* just to kill
at night...
(Pyle* 244)•
But there is almost always £jLat iSL kill (Tank. 234).
While his division was killing time in the last few daysbeforeleaving
Sngland...
(Pyle * 449).
kill two birds xUfr one stone»
To do two things at
plish two end 8 with one single action*

one; to

accom­

Remember that the man who killed onq bird with two stones had only to throw
the rock (Gardner, 119)*
...an effort ££. kill two birds with one atons... (Cain* 159)*
I've heard of guys killing two birds with one stone,
but when onecorpse
squares two murders— that's what I call a natural (Gardner, 218)*
You apparently managed £& kill two birds with one stone (Gardner, 215).
k l M hearted.
He's klflfl hearted
kjsA heartedness.

Kindly; sympathetic.
(Tank, 36).
Kindliness; sympathy.

This.•.wasn't because of...Gorman kind- h a a rta d naaa

(Tank, 219).

kjLsA 2£•
1.

Variety of; species of.

...they had a dozen or so fans, each filledwith the same kind of part
(Pyle, 421).
Every one of them had some
plan laid (Pyle* 333).
Tou say you want to know what kind* of food in the Jungle are safe to eat
(Tank, 96)•
It was a kind of holiday for the local people (Pyle, 376).
This was the kind o f stuff we loved to do...
(Tank, 1 2 3 ) .
How did you know what kind of merchandise he was selling? (Gardner, 12).
It was the kind of thing they were most schooled in (Tank, 123).
When he put his aim Ground her, in a casual, friendly ki nd of way, she
didn't resist...
(Cain* 53).
I've taken the only kind of a Job I could get...
(Cain, 72).
It is doing the same filthy Job day after day with a kind of purposeless
insanity...
(Tank, 48).
For some reason he could not define, the whole thing was a kind of grim
slur on decency, and Jim was not like that (Marquand, 523).
It's a mean kind of day, isn't it...
(Marquand, 511).
What kind of a place* Mother? (Cain, 74).
What kind of business?
(Cain, 76).

-7 3 8 -

• ••realized she should have her notes and memoranda in some isjLfilL
order
if she was to impress him...
(Cain* 76).
I hate Sunldst, and Sunmaid, and e v e r y other kind of a label with that
wholesome-looking girl on it
(Cain* 94).
There is always a large wall clock on this kind of parlor...
(Tank* 188).
I leave that kind q£ stuff for the medical officers
(Tank* 193).
We were going to be married* hut something struck her* some
of
spiritual ack-ack (Yank, 187)«
I'm constructive k-tnrin parson (Tank, 132).
...hut all the time she was thinking in a sick, frightened kind of way*
or trying to think. •• (Cain, 31).
...people distrust any kind of -paper money...
(Tank* 219)*
Don't helleve in reading destructive kind* trash (Yank* 132).
...that's the kind of round waffle that people read.ly like (Cain, 120).
•. .you hoys reall
thought I was that kind a. woman. • • (Tank* 132) .
That's the kind
shooting the battalion has done ever since (Tank*134).
...he doesn't come across any kind of dog very often (Yank* 136).
The idea that generals are the only kind of Army personnel capable of
figuring out...
(Tank* 137).
...hut what kind of planning can you do with a dog...
(Tank, 137).
...you could give
me credit for some kind of decent motives...
(Cain,201)
An enemy shell would have to have a pilot...to find this kind of a
spot
(Tank, 196).
What kind of a business was it?
(Gardner, 145).
...she was precisely the kind of anob that he was himself...
(Cain, 147).
...and they give him some ktnd of gas to inhale
(Cain, 181).
The Navy has four kipdn of service...
(Yank, 170).
...he had performed two kinda of service (Yank, 170).
...he alwcgrs understood this kind of thing ran in families (Cain, 139).
But the kind of, piano she ought to have-..costs eleven hundred dollars
(Cain, 140).
This was the kind of talk she wanted, at last
(Cain, 139).
It's a kind
a double offer (Cain, 236).
Will I need some kind of a license?
(Cain, 150).
•..when the kid was seeing the right kind of people, she was true blue
inside (Cain, 257).
...if only the right kind of evening had presented itself (Cain, 159).
He was the kind of boy who drew people to him (Yank, 244).
...as for her trying to throw some kind
ofa shindig for them, whet
are you trying to do, make me laugh? TCain, 168).
Church didn't like Harvey's kind of talk because you were never too
sure what it meant... (Yank, 90).
But be careful about the kind of monkey he is before you start associat­
ing with him (Yank, 96) •
2. Bather; in some manner; to a certain degree, extent.
The whole thing seemed kind of ridiculous, when I sat down and thought
of it
(Pyle, 88).
Captain Mac said he kind of went to the bottom of the barrel over Ross
(Pyle, 303).

Alf always struck me...as being kind of wild (Marquand, 5 2 )»
...our atteapts...fell kind of flat (Pyle* 387).
"Maybe this is going to be kind of important to him," Serle suggested
(Gardner* 104).
I'd kind of like to take a look at Jim myself (Marquand, 518).
1 fcjjaA aX want to take a look at Jim in his uniform and all (Marquand*
518).
"Well,” Mr* Gorman said* "it's kind of a mena hot day* isn't it* Mrs.
Wilson?"
(Marquand* 519).
...but it was
good to know he could keep us a smooth front like
any junior gold braid (Tank* 89).
If you did* that would kind of ease the pressure all around (Cain* 247).
Kind g£ get that a little straightened out? (Gain, 246).
It has been a IsXaH fil a mean day (Marquand* 580).
It's been kind of a mean day, hasn't it? (Marquand, 580).
...don't you think your suit is kind of drab? (Tank* 143).
Tou could either starve the ground...or else you could have it nice and
rich and kind of let it get away from you (Marquand, 516).
By jinks, you couldn't kind q£ help things getting away from you when
there was good stuff underneath (Marquand, 515).
ifl. bft kind 3 1 (one).
one's part.

To be decent of one; to be a kindly action on

It was kind of you to come (Marquand* 99).
"That's awfully kind q £ you," Jeffrey said (Marquand, 284).
* 1 S 1 A very jglBd, &£ you to have me here," he said
(Marquand* 257).
Ifi. k i s n ----- goodbye.
one in leaving.

To kiss as a method of saying farewell; to kiss

This girl wants to kiss you good-bye

(Pyle, 222) •

Ifi. k i s s
fiJBL the mouth.
To kiss; to place one's lips on another's
lips in a kiss.
(This is to emphasise the mouth to mouth relation.)
She.•.took the lovely creature in her arms and Mlia*d her, hard on the
mouth
(Cain* 233).
She lifted the mask of the oxygen apparatus* bent down, kissed Bay £ & the
mouth, and pulled the sheet over her face (Cain* 103).
jsltofatB Chair.
chair.

A rather simple* often unpainted or unvarnished* wooden

The chairs were simple wooden kitchen chairs which Fred and Beckie had
been collecting... (Marquand* 128).
a knack for.

An ability for; a special liking and capability for.

...his kn*><*lr for fixing things had given him a sort of haloed status.••
(Pyle, 410).

ft trn*^lr t o .

A

There's a kn^/»ir t o
knee deep.
feet deep.

special manner, way, method, for.
it

(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28,1947 ,20).

In depth to one's knees; about a foot and a half to two

...four medics. JgtiMr&Mk in custard mud, lugged histou^i, stringy body
from where he lay. .• (Yank, 180).
The lieutenant led. us. •.into a knee-deep donkey path...
(Yank, 197).
...the ground was jSMfirllMB. in mud (Pyle, 395).
to kneel down.
To lower oneself so as to stand on one's knees; to lower
oneself to one's knees.
I knaal down and pray, too (Yank, 189).
The chaplain
down beside him and two wardboys squatted nearby (Pyle,
50).
He knew it was g o i n g to hit and kru>i t down in the compartment (Yank, 46).
mortar.
A special kind of Japanese mortar, small cannon, with a
sort of rounded fork at the base.
(Also attributive.)
Knee-mortar shells. . .began to sprinkle the landing beach... v (Yank, 250).
Knee-nor tars started clicking out grenades at close range (Yank, 93).
ifi. k n i f e
Jjl t h e back.
To do one harm surreptitiously; to harm one
when one is not expecting it.
.. .everybody was friendly and no one tried £& kni
quand, 195).

you Afi the back

(kar-

ifi. k n i t
eyebrows.
To cause one's eyebrows to come close together
to each other; t o frown in such a way that the eyebrows come closer to
each other than is normal.
Leeds knitted his frosty eyebrows for a moment in thought, then glanced at
Nason with a smile
(Gardner, 215).
$2. k^nnr.ic apart.

To disassemble; to take down; to take apart.

Some of the tents h a d wooden floors— made by knnnking- apart the long boxes
that frag bombs come in... (Fyle, 207).
to knock arojyad .
1.

To wander; to move about purposely.

They were Just lmnnkipg around, throwing stakes at each other. ••
2. To travel a m i
ience.

(Yank, 132)

to observe; to go places and do things; to gain exper­

She's irnnnbr«^ yr»r>nr>/i plenty In her time, but now >h« 1a developed, complexes*
(Gardner, 71).
I've been knocking arnmut this Army for 24 month*...
(Tank, 215).
I've knocked
a bit myself, and I saw to that
(Gardner, 72).
%SL

flEfiUUL*

To strike playfully; aimlessly.

I can think better while I'm knock^ipg the ball arming

(Gardner, 103).

at a. door.
A rapping at a door; a noise of some sort at a
door.
(This implies someone is asking for permission to enter through
the door, or to attract attention.)

SL knock

There was a Egyyck at my door and two young lieutenants walked in
347).

(Pyle,

£& knock a £ a door.
To rap, to make a noise, at a door with the pur­
pose of asking permission to enter or attract someone inside to come to
the door.
She wore the look that a certain type of woman wears when a Puller Brush
man comes knocking- at the door (Marquand, 171).
to knock down.
1.

To cause to fall; to force downward.

...by evening all the rooms had been cleared, shaky wally knocked down...
(Pyle, 250).
•Every time they would string up the hose an explosion would knock it down
(Tank, 169).
...mangrove leaves, evidently
down from the tree...
(Tank, 250).
I know of one who was knocked down four times by near-misses on his first
day there
(Pyle, 232).
...it almost knocked us down with fri^it
(Pyle, 232).

2.

To shoot down; to cause to fall by shooting at and hitting.

He had shot at a few planes but never knocked one down
3.

(Pyle, 331).

To destroy; to cause to come to ruin*

...some people*, .are knocking down everything that we are fighting for
(Tank, 213).
4.

To disassemble; to takeqpart; to take to pieces.

The station could knock down and set up again in an incredibly short time
(Pyle, 52).
5.

To discourage; to dishearten.

Things like that knock the boys down for a few days

(Fyle, 103).

a knock dfiBL ClfltL) d£S£ out*
They had a

▲ terrible (fight); a bitter (battle)*

and drag-out battle

(Gardner, 181).

to knock off.
1*

To kill; to destroy.

There were.•.soldiers on both sides getting knocked off like flies

(Pyle,

186).

Our work was mostly knocking off stray German vehicles...
(Yank, 124).
The soldiers...were looking for the chance
knock off a few Japs (Yank,
243).

2.

To eat; to

They get hungry,
3.

consume by eatirg.
they knock off a couple of woims

(Yank,102).

To write; to prepare in writing.

Let's drop in at the USO and kppcft off a couple of letters
4.

(Yank, 209).

To remove by a blow; to strike and take off.

• ..there were shell craters and tree limbs knocked o f f and trunks sliced
by bullets
(Pyle, 432).
...I looked to see what was the matter with it
trigger knocked off.,,
(Pyle, 423).
Then he was k n o c k s off his bucked by a shell hit (Yank, 45).
The blow had knocked off his glasses but not broken them (Pyle, 1 21).
Knocksd-off branches littered the ground (Pyle, 1 23 ).
•..every house and shed had at least a corner knocked off (Pyle, 184).
Just a few feet ahead of us was a brick-red American tank, still smoking,
and with its turret k^ock^ off (Pyle, 452).
There were boats with their suspension doors
off (Pyle, 366).
Up in the tree some of the lead knocked off Pung's canteen and splattered
all around him (Yank, 92)*
4.

To stop; to quit; to desist.

Why don't you knock it offT
to knock on & door.
%SL feftQSfe

(Yank, 89)*

To rap at a door; to make a noise at a door.

(See:

a. ag g r.)

Well, I took the food up in the elevator, and knocked on the door (Gard­
ner, 145).
...The SS headquarters..•the place where..."they took you when they knocked,
op your dooy in the night"
(Yank, 220).

Jc& k n o c f r : --------f o r & r o w .
a b ly .

To p l e a s e

It iyy>ckofl them for a row, kid

one g re a tly ;

to

s u rp ris e

one p le a s u r­

(Gardner, 280)*

to knnnjc out.
1 . To cause another to lose consciousness; to strike one so that one
loses consciousness.

He was knocked ou,t
2.

To k i l l ;

to

(Yank, 124).

d e s tro y .

Shortly after dawn, our shore troope and Navy gunboats hadknocked out the
last of the eneiqy artillery on the hillsides
(Pyle,27).
Tanks had only just made the beach before being knocked out (Pyle, 366).
...Naval gunfire kpnofred out the big emplacements (Pyle, 362).
They had knocked it out, however, before being knocked out themselves
(Pyle, 406).
We assumed that they were from the second knocked.out pillbox (Pyle, 407).
I didn't stay to see how the remaining pill-box was knocked out (Fyle, 407).
Altogether they knocked out nine pillboxes in six minutes... (Yank, 18).
•. .a crew of ack-ackers had k7?rtf>-K*i out a German 88 deeply ensconced in a
thick concrete emplacement... (Pyle, 383).
A couple of these. •.bombs.. .had knocked out one engineand theradio...
(Pyle, 175).
The first hit knocked out his motor (Pyle, 454).
They first tried to knock out the machine gun... (Pyle, 441).
...12 of the Jerry tanks were knocked out and theothers quit
(Yank, 124).
The other 19 were knocked
by either mortar or artillery fire (Yank,
125).
...the raids could not have knocks^ out every Jap plane in the area...
(Yank, 119).
...there might be a chance of knocking out this one machine gun... (Yank,
10).

...three heavy shells crashed into the invisible steeple, completely knockit out— and the infantry advanced through the town (Yank, 134).
We've had machine guns
out by mortars... (Yank, 150).
...and we raced across the Bapido, bounced past a couple of knocked-out
tanks and came to an intersection (Yank, 57).
It takes experience £& knock out a pillbox at 25 yards from a prone posit­
ion. (Yank, 150).
...the SS.- .knnnl«<j out four of the guns (Yank, 244).
The bomb had knocked the power out (Yank, 168).
The only thing that could knock us out was a direct bomb (Yank, 5 9 ).
They could have moved two feet, for a better range of fire, and knocked the
whole outfit out (Yank, 149).
3.

To remove by striking; to remove forcibly.

— y t* i4 —

His teeth had been knocked
in an auto wreck... (Pyle, 275).
The previous fall Lieutenant Shortlidge had fallen down, imnekad out his
upper front teeth and cut his chin (Fyle, 172).
...she'll...get some of the conceit knocked out of her (Cain, 137).
...the windows had all been kncck^d out by concussion... (Pyle, 403).
.•>20 landing boats were beached, some with their bottoms knonkad out on
the rocky coast... (Tank, 202).
...one man with a tooth knocked out (Yank, 240).
Flash floods.. .JaU2i2k
the piles under bridges... (Tank, 233).
to knock --- over.
1.

To strike and cause to fall.

He dashed out and chased the man down the street, knocki
he went (Pyle, 95).
2.

people over as

To perform successfully; to do well.

They111

knock it over

(Cain, 213).

£&
U£L*To cause to become pregnant;
to get with
knocks up a woman; a woman gets herself knocked u p . )
...you got yourself knocked u p ...

child.

(A

(Cain, 206).

Ifl. knock the wind out of — -.
To paralyze temporarilyone's diaphragm
by a blow so that one can not breathe for a short time.
He scls choking and gasping for his breath, because the wind
out of him (Harquand, 231).

been knocked

& knot &£. people.
A small group of people; a little group of people
gathered closely together.
A little k&fil &£ pggplff had penned Walter Newcombe into a corner of the
room
(Harquand, 43).
iQ. know

about.To have knowledge concerning;
regarding.

tohaveinformation

e

...so we mentioned streets, cafes and places that onlysomebody who
been there would knew about (Tank, 128).
...if he knew ftgfthlRg about it, these people were eating it up...
(Cain,
240).
to know all there is to knew.
knowledge.

To have much information; to have great

1 know all there A*.
know about music (Cain, 187).
...they know all there is to knew before they're evenbeen
Santa Claus(Cain, 166)•

told about

-7^5-

not $sl know anyone ifi. apeak
people*

Not to have acquaintance; not to know

•••after all, though he
\ v J3 UOL
to ■•nwalr to after four years
in college, he was a college man (Marquand, 184).
iSL know better.

To have more sense; to have more intelligence.

He should have known better than to meas with an Alabama boy like that
(Yank, 181).
to know by name.
To know someone's name. (This emphasizes the differ­
ence between knowing a person by having seen him
knowing his name.)
Mrs. Boole was rather good-looking, and seemed to W-nnw most of the aooli"m i t» bv juUBf. (Cain, 33).
SlSL k n o w

by BASS.*
To know one's name and use it when speaking to a
person; to know one rather well.

He Jqbai: bartenders and policemen by their first gftBttS.* •.
asii
Isbsx ita.
fqronfig ■
distinguish differences.

(Marquand, 32).

To be none the wiser; not to be able to

•••the driver of an M -1 9 could carry ten thousand feather beds
never
isafiw bbs. llXferyacg (Pyi«. 426).
You could have put officers' uniforms on half of them and no one would have
taowa Ike. HfXgrgBcc
170).
not Jfca know
from
Not to be able to distinguish between; not to
recognize differences between.
•..fakes and advertisers in Los Angeles, and I dont imnw one from another...
(Cain, 183).
not to know from sour apples.
information (about).

Not to know anything (about); to have no

We d^dp1fr know nothing from sour apples about a boat

(Pyle, 278).

know how.
Special s k ill, ability, obtained by practice and repeated
performance of a particular process or operation.

Standard Oil...would not permit an agent of the Justice Department to go
into its laboratories and make sure that the 'know how'on its rubber and
tuluol patents was made available to other companies (Nation, April 18,
1942, 45).
...Charley Anderson, the boy with the lranwhnw (John Dos Passos, The Big
Money, Modern Library Slant Ed., 1936, 287).
Throughout the battle, the Japs seesawed between shrewd VaiPTrhfiTT and strik­
ing ignorance (Yank, £3).

not £ 4 k n o w
about it*

IX. (one) s ees

•

To have no information, knowledge,

We figured we wonTH not knnw the P a p o o s e £X we saw him,
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept* 6 , 1947, 22)*

bo

we departed

to k n o w
out*
To know about completely; to have full knorn^
ledge, information, regarding*
Am far as anyone could tell, he never seemed to get around anywhere, but
he knew the city in a td a out (Marquand, 278).
£ 4 kBSZ LLt.tl*

£fi££
To be indifferent; not to care; to have
no feelings one way or the other*

War was crashing in Europe, but she knew little of it. anri cared less
(Cain, 233).
known 4 4 *

Named; designated.

.*.somewhere up there beyond the scrubby squares of forest land on the
heights to the wouthward west of a ruined town knnwn as Brieullessur~
Meuse (Marquand, 230)*
flot to have
— _ £g_ (infinitive).
heard of one, doing something.

Not to have observed one, or

His aides said they had never known him to speak harshly to anyone
307).

(Pyle,

To know about; to have information, knowledge, concerning.
I
flX no law which requires counsel to be courteous.•• (Gardner, 134).
...he didn't knnw of any
music on Mildred's side or his... (Cain,139).
I
fiX two pilots who developed suchneuroses against airplanes
that
they had to be sent to a rest spot..*
(Pyle, 178),
ifl. know -- nlace*
To accept one's inferior position, condition, and
to show respect for one's superiors*
She knnw» her place. I hope
to k n o w

stuff.

(Cain, 71)•

To have ability; to be able to perform well*

...you've got to have somebody that knows his stuff (Cain, 178)*
...the battery commander knew his stuff (Yank, 32)*
to know -- way around
1*

To be sophisticated; to be wordly wise; to be able to do the proper
thing.

Don't you know your way

arnnnd T

(Marquand,

281).

2*

To know the machinations of a group with which one is associated;
to he ahle to deal with a group diplomatically from a full knowledge
of the persons in the group.

You know your way a-rrmwd (Marquand, 427).
"Yes," Jeffrey said, "I know my *B3L &£fi£UUL" (Marquand, 427).
3. To know a place well; to know how to go about in a place without
getting lost*
Joe had been in the Navy from 1924 to 1928, so he ]£B£x his way a££ufldl on
ships (Pyle, 36)*
To he attacked so suddenly that one is
not £& imiw B|Uk& h i t ----- •
capable to know whatis hitting him. (This is often used in connection
with sudden death.)
We were like rats.•.and we didn't know what hit us
not to know w h a t
doing.
information about something*

(Yank, 230)*

To he ignorant of something; not tohave

Someone who didn't know what he was doing...
JfcflL know what --- i*. talking about*
ledge about something*

(Yank, 239).

To have specific information, know­

I don't want you to be in there until you have to be, and 1 know what I'm
+ - f i 7 about.. . (Marquand, 415)*
ifi. know what the score

Jjl *

T o be sophisticated, wordly wise*

...I've been around and know what the score is
not to know what to do.
decisive.

(Yank, 213).

To be undecided; not to be decisive; to be in­

We were so stunned at first we didn1t know what to do

(Yank,

185)*

Ifi. know whereof -— speaks* To speak from experience and knowledge;
know what one is talking about.
It didn't seem possible at the time, but they knew whereof they apogee
70).
to

to
(Pyle,

know where -To know, recognize, one's place, position,
condition, in relation to someone else*

In order to represent you, I ought £& know where I «tand (Gardner, 177).
••.when she heard about the swank cottage by the lake, she knew where she
stood (Cain, 98)*

.

to labor the -point.

To reiterate;

to repeat.

And it laboredthe -point that, for all the sporting
flavor, this pocketsized war was the real game and for keeps
(Tank, 53)*
to l a c e
fingers through — .
To take another's hand and to al­
ternate one'sfingers with another's fingers.
He laced his fingers through hers, squeezed hard

(Cain, 155).

ladder of success.
(In the American conception success is represent­
ed often as being at the top of a ladder and that as one works and is
ever more successful in what he does, he mounts the ladder.)
The sudden sh ift of status
On the ladder of success

Will make some worthy gentlemen
Feel like an

awful mess

(Tank, 15*+).

a ladles' man.
A man, young man, who isextraordinarily
company of women and one who is well liked by women.
John Milloant was quite a ladies' man

fond of the

(Gardner, 126 ).

ladies' room.
A rest room for women; a woman's comfort station; a
toilet reserved for women.
At fiv e-th irty she went to the ladles' room to change for the evening...
(Cain, 119).
a lady frlend.
(Also g ir l friend)
does not mean bethrothal.T

A fiancee; sweetheart.

(This

These are business friends of Ike's with their lady friends, a ll right
guys... (Cain, 22).
to be laid in.
To be represented as having occurred in, as Hamlet
18 "laid in" Denmark.
But i t has _to be laid in America... (Marquand, *+2l).
I t is to be a Miller vehicle, but i t must be laid in America (Marauand.
*+21) .
That was why the action — some of the action —
—was J^o be laid in Nor­
way (Marquand, *+21).
to be laid up.

To be i l l ;

to be sick; to be indisposed.

There was a hard-luck pilot...w ho was laid up a long time witha bad
flak wound in the leg (Pyle, 173) •
lamb chops.

A cut of meat including the rib of a lamb. (This

is a

very pop-alar meat when broiled.)
On® was filet of sole and baked potatoes, the other roast lamb chops,
peas, and baked potatoes (Gardner, 1 9 8 ),
The waiter was told to get lamb chops, green peas, and potatoes, and if
he didn't hare them available, to get them (Gardner, 2 1 0 ).
...and it's absolutely unique for a man who has been eating a lamb chop
to devour the bone (Gardner, 210).
la n d in g

b a rg e .

A q u ite

s m a ll b o a t u s e d to

tra n s p o rt s o ld ie rs

d ire c tly

from a ship t o t h e s h o r e ,
were crouched low In a landing barge headed for the ,,.channel,..
(Yank, 1 W .
landing craft.
Any of several different types of rather small ships,
boats, -used to transport soldiers to a shore.
There were small landing crafts half submerged (Pyle, 3 6 6 ).
There were fleets of big landing oraft,.. (Pyle, 358),
landing mat,
"A section of meshed steel 12 by 3
fasteners so that a number can be joined together
of any desired area. So called because used as a
aircraft during the war. Peace-time uses include
AS.

feet containing
to form a surface
landing surface for
reinforcing concrete"

Since then a hundred thousand tons of steel have steamed into Butler
factories to be made Into steel landing mat (Time, July 1 0 , 1 9 UH, 7 6 ).
to land In Jail,
to be jailed.

To be sent to jail; to be arrested and put In jail;

...I've dealt with the government enough to know that if some fast stuff
like that was pulled, we'd all land in jail (Cain, 80).
to land on -- feet.
To be able to make the best of a bad situation;
to come out of a bad situation all right,
Alf could land on his feet anywhere
lantern J a w e d .
cheeks.

(Marquand, 28l).

A condition of having a long jaw and hollow, sunken

Mr. Paco ley was lantern-Jawed, and had plainly taken his assignment
ser 1 ously•
(Marquand, 3 9 ).
a lapse of.
1. A failure of; a temporary stopping of.

...M r . H ohey e x p e rie n c e d a
2 * i passing o f ;

s l i g h t la p s e o f th e

(C a ln t 2 3 5 )•

the passage o f *

T h e re a r e , o f c o a r s e , c e r t a i n
tim e
(G a rd n e r* 92) .
to

s e n s e s .* *

a llo w a n c e 8 t o h e m ade f o r th e la p * *

la p s e hade I n to .
To s l i p h a c k i n t o ;
u a lly *
( 4 h ls o f te n r e f e r s to h a h lts .)

to

of

change in to a g a in g ra d ­

T h e y t o l d h ow h e t r i e d t o s p e a k i n a f l a t a c c e n t w h e n e v e r h e g a r e th e m a
t a l k * h u t w i t h o u t r e a l i s i n g i t h e w o u ld l a p s e h a c k i n t o h i s b r o a d a
( P y l e , 2 6 0 )*
a la rg e

o rd e r*

M ason s i m l l s d *
to

Q u ite a h i t ;
and

s a id *

la s h on*
To t i e
h y m eans o f a r o p e . )

to

la s h
1.

to

fa s te n ;

o f w a te r .. .

fix *

(T h is

(G a rd n e r*

8) ,

Im p lie s a f a s te n in g

o u t*

To s t r i k e

h a rd ;

to

To s p e a k h a r s h l y *

...s h e

to

o r d e r 1*

( P y l e , 2^ 5 ) .

s trik e

s a v a g e ly .

The s e r g e a n t r o a r e d a n d l a s h e d o u t i n
2.

t o ask; a l o t *

" T h a t’ s r a t h e r a l a r g e

on;

We l a s h e d o n f o u r c a n s

a lo t

la s h e d

o u t:

an a r c a ro u n d h im ...

(T a n k *

2 2 4 ).

s a v a g e ly .

" B u t w hy?"

(C a in *

2 0 7 ).

la s t hut not le a s t.
L a s t to h e mentioned h u t n o t l e a s t i n i m p o r t a n c e *
n S h i . i s u s e d s o f r e q u e n t l y t h a t i t a lm o s t a lw a y s o a u s e s a m u s e m e n t.)
T h e y w e r e . . . " B o y S c o u t H a n d b o o k ” a n d — l a s t h u t n o t l e a s t — a " H h y m ln g
D i c t i o n a r y o f P o e t i c W o rd s a n d P h r a s e s ^
( Tank, 176) .
A nd l a s t h u t n o t l e a s t . . . t h e r e came t h e n u r s e - d i e t i t i a n . . . ( P y l e , 292).

the last days of.
We s a w t h a t

in

th e

Toward the end of; during the final stages of*
l a s t d a y s o f T u n is ia

(P y le *

36) .

t h e l a s t — — h e a r s o f —— *
T he l a t e s t new s one h a s
l a t e s t t h i n g o n e know o f a n o th e r .

o f a n o th e r;

th e

"H e 18 down in Hem York, sir," Jeffrey said, "the last we heard of him*

(Marquand, 189).
th e

last — k n o w s .

According to one’s latest information; according

to

o n * 1* k n o w l e d g e .

F r e d B a r i s w a s a c a p t a i n . . . t h e l a s t w e k n e w . . . ( T a n k . 2 * * 3 ).
. . . t h e l a s t w e k n e w h e w a s I n New G u i n e a
( Y a n k , 2 U3 ; .
th e l a s t le g
Jcu rae y .
The b a t t a l i o n
to

la s t

of a ( trip ).

00 c a u t i o n e d u s a b o u t t h e

lo n g .

To s t a y ;

B ut t h a t b e h lg n s t a t e
a la s t

lo o k a ro u n d .

A fte r a l a s t

The l a s t p a r t ,

d i d n 't

la s t

A fin a l

lo o k a ro u n d ,

th e l a s t m in u te .
a ttr ib u tiv e .)

to re m a in ,

s e c tio n ,

la s t le g

e x is t,

lo n g

th e F T a ...m a d e

The l a t e s t p o s s i b l e

of our tr ip

f o r a lo n g

(P y le ,

In s p e c tio n ;

d iv is io n

(T an k ,

1 9 7 ).

tim e .

U3 6 ) .

a la s t

tra c k s
tim e ;

of a trip ,

s c ru tin y .

f o r h o m e ...
th e

(T an k ,

f i n a l m o m e n t.

2 5 9 )*
(A ls o

T h e r e a r e so m e t h i n g s y o u d o n ' t k n o w u n t i l J u s t a b o u t t h e l a s t m i n u t e
(M a rq u a n d , 5 ^ 3 )•
. . . g e t h i s w o r k d o n e w i t h a n d n o t h a r e I t h a n g i n g o v e r h im u n t i l t h e
l a s t m in u te
(M a rq u a n d , U ).
I n W a s h in g to n , h u g h s t a f f s w o rk e d o n i t u n t i l th e l a s t m in u te a n d th e n
m o v e d ... ( P y le , 1 6 ) .
O w in g t o a l a s t —m i n u t e a l t e r a t i o n I n t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s , I d i d n ' t a r r i v e
T int 11 m o r n i n g . . . O ^ y l e , 3 6 0 ) .
. . . a s e n s e o f la s t- m in u te s i t t i n g b e f o r e a h o lo c a u s t
( P y l e , * + 3 3 ).
T h e y s m o k e d a fe w l a s t - m i n u t e c i g a r e t t e s
(P y le , 3 ^ 9 )•
t h e l a s t m o m e n t.

T h e f i n a l m o m e n t;

th e

l a t e s t p o s s ib le

T h e r e l s n 11 m u c h m o r e t h a n a n h o u r a n d d o n ' t t h r o w
m om ent t h e w ay y o u a lw a y s d o
( M a r q u a n d , **0 9 ) .
th e

la s t

The l a s t

o f.

The end o f;

o f M arch o r e a r l y

th e

f in a l p a rts

in A p ril,

th e l a s t p e r s o n
w a n ts to s e e .
o n e ; n o t t o d e s i r e o n e 1s c o m p a n y .

I th in k

th in g s

tim e .
In a t

th e

la s t

o f.
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 * 0 .

M ot to w a n t to

s e e , v i s i t w ith ,

I t w a s B e c k i e 's h u s b a n d , P r e d , a n d h e w a s t h e l a s t p e r s o n J e f f r e y w a n te d
to see b ecau se
h e k n e w t h a t M adge w o u l d h e a r a b o u t I t e v e n t u a l l y
" ( M a r q u a n d , 576 ) .
a la s t re s o rt.
A fin a l re c o u rse ; a la s t re so u rc e .
(T h is im p lie s an
a c t i o n w h i c h o n e doeB n o t w a n t t o t a k e b u t t a k e s w h e n a l l e l s e f a l l s . )

-A* £
r e s o r t s h e h a d ru n g M rs. B le d e r h o f , a n d w h ile
h e r w h io h h o s p i t a l . . . ( G a i n , 9 8 ) .

th a t

la d y

to ld

h

th e l a s t s tra w .
S o m e th in g w h ic h h a p p e n s a f t e r m any o t h e r t h i n g s w h ic h
seem a t o h e m o re t h a n o n e c a n s t a n d , b e a r .
(A ls o : th e s tra w t h a t b ro k e
th e c a m e l*e b a c k . )
T h a t w as t h e l a s t
th e l a s t t h l n g
a th in g one i s

s tra w

(T a n k ,

1 7 6 ).

h a s i n m in d .
n o t p la n n in g f o r .

S o m e th in g w h ic h o n e d o e s n o t

c o n s id e r

T h is w a s t h e l a s t t h i n g t h e y e w e r h a d i n m in d w h e n t h e y b r o u g h t i n t e r ­
e s t i n g p e o p le t o g e t h e r . . . (M a rq u a n d , 338) .
th e l M t th in g —
w a n ts .
one h a s no d e s ire f o r .
A c tu a lly , th e l a s t
l y n o t w a n te d ...
to
a

The th in g

t h i n g h e w a n te d w as a
IM a rq u a n d , IS M ).

l a t c h on t o .
To s e i s e ;
ta k in g f o r p o s s e s s lo h .)

R u th in * b u t a b u s t e d d o
Sonny— o u r f o r tu n e i s
A p r i l 2 , 1 9 ^ 7 .)
B o y s, th e re * s a m i l l i o n
oughta l a t c h o n t o I t

l l an *
m ade

to

g ra sp ;

o n e d o e s n o t w a n t;

t h a t w h io h

c o lle g e bey an d he had e s p e c ia l­

to

ta k e h o ld

o f.

(T h is im p lie s

a hunk o f o ld c h a ir .
L a t c h o n t o *em .
(B e g * l a r C e l l a r s c a r t o o n b y G e n e B y r n e s ,

b u ck s b u rle d u n d e r a tr e e in th is b u rg .
We
( S l l a C i n d e r s , c a r t o o n b y C h a r l i e P lu m b , J u l y

7*

19*7 ).
W e l l , b l u e - b o y C a n y o n , a r e y o u t o m b e t w e e n t h i n k i n g I* m a c r o o k — a n d
w o n d e r i n g w h a t s o r t o f f l y i n g j o b I * w e l a t c h e d on jto T
(S te v e C anyon,
c a r t o o n b y M i l t o n O a n i f f , A p r i l 3 0 , 19**7T7^
la te

in .

T o w a rd s t h e

L a te i n N ovem ber a

end o f;

th e

fin a l p a rt

o f.

c o r p o r a l f r o m New Y o r k C i t y w a s m a k i n g b e t s . . .

(T a n k ,

23).
to b e l a t e in th e gam e.
To b e
ch an g es can b e w e ll m ade.

to o l a t e

fo r,

p ast

th e

tim e w h en ,

I t * s p r e t t y l a t e i n t h e g a m e t o w o n d e r — we* 1 1 b e m a r r i e d t w e n t y - o n e
y e a r s D ecm nber "T M arq u an d , l h ) .
a la te ra l p a ss.
I n f o o t b a l l a th ro w in g o f th e b a l l t o
b e h in d b u t n o t fo rw a rd .
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )
It

l o o k e d l i k e a w e l l —d r i l l e d
p a s s p la y
( T a n k , 13*+)*

c o lle g e b a c k fie ld

th e

s id e

h a n d lin g a t r i c k y

or

la te ra l

a l a t e o o a tr.
O ne w ho e n t e r s
h a r e com e; o n e w ho i s t a r d y .

la te ;

o n e w ho c o m e s a f t e r h e s h o u l d

. . . t h e r e w a s a m u rm u r l i k e t h e m u rm u r o f t h e
r a n ...t o fin d th e ir s e a ts
(O a ln , 239) .
la te r

on.

A fte rw a rd ;

s u b s e q u e n tly ;

oeean, as

th e l a t e r

co m ers

a t a l a t e r tim e .

T h in g s g o t e v e n w i n d e r b a c k hom e l a t e r o n . . . ( T a n k , 1 5 9 ) .
. . . f a u l t o f a l o t o f th lz & g s h e c o u l d n 1 1 t a l k a b o u t n o w , b u t w o u l d e x ­
p l a i n l a t e r o n som e tim e
(O a ln , 1 3 )*
L a t e r o n t h e y w e n t u p a n d p l a y e d a r o u n d a t 1 0 . 00 0 f e e t . . . ( T a n k , 2 0 3 ) .
^ e " 's a w h u n d r e d s o f s i m i l a r h o l e s l a t e r jm i. . . ( T a n k , 2 5 0 ) .
L a te r on th e y h e a r d a ru m o r h e w as i n S e a t t l e
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 2 ).
A f t e r w e g o t t h e d o p e l a t e r o n . we f o u n d o u t how h e c o u l d b e s o r e
(G a rd n e r, 6 2 ).
to b e l a t e r t h a n
is p a s s in g r e r y

th in k s .
ra p id ly .

I t w as l a t e r th a n
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 ^ )
I t w as tim e t o b e
J e f f r e y c o u ld n o t
q u a n d , 35H ) .

he

T h e re i s

n o t m uch tim e

t h o u g h t— a n d t h e r e w as a n o t h e r o f

le ft;

th e

tim e

th o s e p h r a s e s

•
g o in g , l a t e r th a n he th o u g h t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 5 3 )*
f i n d M adge, a n d i t w as l a t e r th a n h e th o u g h t
(M a r­

l a t e s t new s.

H ew s; t h e n e w e s t o f i n f o r m a t i o n ,

new s.

The s o l d i e r s o c c u p y in g
t h e h o ts e g a th e r e d a ro u n d th e c a r r y i n g p a r t y
g e t a l l t h e l a t e s t n e w s a n d r u m o r s f r o m caaqp
( T a n k , 5 9 /*
th e

la te

tw e n tie s .

D u rin g

t h e y e a r s 1 9 2 7 - 1 9 2 9*

In

t h e l a t e T w e n tie s a n d ev en t h e e a r l y T h i r t i e s ,
h a d ta k e n a
© ra c k a t i t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 3 l) «

to

la u g h a t .
a t a p e rso n

is

to

a lo t

To b e a m u se d b y ; t o b e c a u s e d t o
d e r i s i o n , b u t _to l a u g h t
a t h is

o f good w rite rs

la u g h b y .(T o la u g h
hum or i s n o rm a l.)

W h a t a r e y o u l a u g h i n g a t T" J i m a s k e d h im
( M a r q u a n d , 6o ) .
. . . th o s e B oche p r is o n e r s o f w ar m ust b e s t i l l la u g h in g a t u s
(T a n k , 213) .
M ild r e d w a n te d t o . . . la u g h a t V eda
(C a in , 135) .
. . . t h e y w e re la u g h in g a t th e p a r t y i n th e k i t c h e n
(C a in , 153) .
to

b e la u g h e d o u t ( o f ) .
To b e f o r c e d
to le a v e b y
h u m ilia te d b y la u g K te r a n d to f e e l f o r c e d to le a v e .

The p o o r fe llo w
to

la u g h t —
be s e rio u s ;

w a s a l m o s t l a u g h e d o u t o f t h e ro o m

o ff.
To t r e a t a s a
t o d i s m i s s a s h u m o r.

J o k e , h u m o r,

d e r is io n ;to b e

(P y le ,
s o m e th in g

352) .

t h a t c o u ld

We d o n ' t k n o w w h e t h e r
o f f . . . (T a n k , 2 1 1 ).

to

f e e l s o rry f o r th is

to la u g h to — .
s e c r e t l y am u sed .

To h e a m u s e d h u t n o t

...I

m y s e lf a t

had to

la u g h to

to la u n c h i n t o .
fo rc e fu lly .

to

guy

o r j u s t la u g h th e

show

it

th e ir p itif u l p lig h t

To " b e g in s o m e t h i n g w i t h v i g o r ;

in

a n y w ay;

(P y le ,
to

s ta rt

to

th in g

he

^ 5 )*
s o m e th in g

Then V e d a l a u n c h e d i n t o a p i e c e know n t o M i l d r e d a s R a c h m a n in o f f P r e l u d e
( C a i n , 13^ ) .
. . . h e . . . la u n c h e d i n t o a d i s s e r t a t i o n o n t h e r e l a t i o n s b e tw e e n th e s e x e s
(C a in , 1 4 5 ).
B e r t s a i d a b s o l u t e l y n o t , a n d la u n c h e d i n t o d e t a i l s a s t o how t h e l o t s
w e re s o ld
(G a in , 5 8 ).
la w a b i d i n g .

L aw o b e y i n g ;

re s p e c ta b le ;

d e c e n t,

h o n o ra b le .

P ro m G l e n d a l e t o L a k e A r r o w h e a d , f o r a n y l a w - a b i d i n g
o f tw o h o u r s a n d a h a l f
(C a in , 9 2 ) .
la w n m o w e r.

A d e v ic e

fo r

c u ttin g

g ra ss

on a

c itiz e n ,

is

a

trip

la w n .

If

C h a r l e y w e n t o n k i c k i n g g r a v e l i n t o t h e g r a s s , i t w o u l d d e n t t h e la w n
m o w e r. . . ( M a r q u a n d , 2 2 2 ; .
Now t h e l a w n m o w e r , s h e ' s o n t h e b l n k a g a i n , a n d t h a t h a n d c u l t i v a t o r
and th e p ru n in g s h e a rs
(M a rq u a n d , 5 1 2 ) .
. . . i t w o u l d d e n t t h e la w n m o w e r a n d t h e n t h e la w n m o w e r w o u l d h a v e t o b e
c a r r i e d i n t h e s t a t i o n w a g o n do w n t o w n . . . X M a r q 'u a n d , 2 2 2 ) .
Som ehow e x t r e m e o l d a g e a n d a b a d d i s p o s i t i o n w e n t w i t h s h a r p e n i n g l a w n
m o w e rs
(M a rq u a n d , 222) .
la w o f a v e r a g e s .
r e p e titio n s th e re
n o rm a l p a t t e r n .

A la w i n s t a t i s t i c s w h i c h s t a t e s t h a t i n n u m e r o u s
i s p r a c t i c a l l y no o p p o r t u n i t y f o r d e v i a t i o n fro m th e

I n s p i t e o f a n y s o r t o f h o p e , o r a n y i n d i v i d u a l b e l i e f t h a t y o u w o u ld
n e v e r g e t i t , com m on s e n s e a n d t h e l a w o f a v e r a g e s t o l d y o u t h a t y o u
w o u ld
(M a rq u a n d , 2 2 0 ) .
to la y a s ld e .

To p u t

to

one s id e ;

W hen s h e g o t t o t h e w r i s t w a t c h
l a i d i t a s i d e . . . ( C a i n , 1 U5 ) .
to

to

p la c e

sh e e x a m in e d i t

so m e w h e re o u t o f th e w ay .
w ith

la y —
c a r d s on t h e t a b l e .
To s p e a k f r a n k l y ,
o f o n e 's p l a n s , i d e a s , a n d t h e l i k e .

He e n c o u ra g e d h e r . . . t o l a y h e r
a rra n g e d
( C a i n , 2 U6 ) .

c ard s

on th e

ta b le ,

so

casu al In te re s t,

o p e n ly , h o n e s tly ,

s o m e th in g c o u ld b e

to

la y dow n.
1.

To c a u s e

to

lie .

T h ey l a i d dow n h u n d re d s o f y a r d s o f b u r l a p a n d p l a c e d c h ic k e n w i r e on
to p o f i t , w a k in g a f i r m r o a d b e d u p a n d dow n t h e b e a c h
(P y le , 2 8 ).
" C o ld ," S t a n s a i d , a n d J e f f r e y l a i d h im dow n a n d b r o u g h t a b l a n k e t
(M a r ­
q u a n d , 23H ).
2.

To f i r e ,

s h o o t,

ra p id ly , a s a r t i l l e r y .

I n a s i n g l e d a y 50 0 0 r o u n d s o f a r t i l l e r y f i r e w e r e l a i d d o w n o n o n e a d ­
v a n c in g J a p u n i t . . . (T a n k , H i) .
. . . o u r a r t i l l e r y e n d m a c h in e g u n s l a i d dow n a b a r r a g e . . . ( T a n k , 1 0 ) .
We w e r e l a y i n g d o w n a m o r t a r c o n c e n t r a t i o n . . . ( T a n k , 1 2 3 ) .
3*

To e s t a b l i s h ;

to

s e t;

to

fo rm u la te ;

a s a la w ,

He m in d e d b e c a u s e t h e r e w e r e a l s o p a r a g r a p h s
w hen on e fo u n d o n es e l f i n s u c h a s i t u a t i o n
H.

To r e m o v e a b u r d e n f r o m

. . . i f th e y w e re to l a y
rig h t
( P y l e , U6o).

o n e s e lf;

ru le ,

l a i d dow n a s t o c c n d u c t
( M a r q u a n d , 2 H7 ) .

t o p u t dow n a f t e r

th e m d o w n t h e y h a d

o f c o n d u c t.

to h av e h e lp

c a rry in g .
to

lif t

la y e r o ak s.
O n e c a k e c o n s i s t i n g o f tw o o r m o r e s e c t i o n s
o f a n o t h e r w i t h so m e f i l l i n g b e t w e e n t h e s e c t i o n s .
M o t h e r 's b a k i n g l a y e r c a k e . . .
to

la y

eyes

on.

To s e e ;

to

(T a n k ,

th e m u p ­

o n e on to p

1 5 7 )*

lo o k a t .

H e . . . w a s a l t o g e t h e r t h e t o u g h e s t —l o o k i n g s o l d i e r I e v e r l a i d e y e s o n
(P y le , 2 6 9 ).
I 'v e know n i t e v e r s i n c e I f i r s t l a i d e y e s on h e r
( C a i n , 1 3 )*
S e r g e a n t M c D o n n e ll.. .h a d n e v e r l a i d e y e s o n a n enem y p l a n e
(P y le , 2 1 8 ).
to

la y a f i r e .
To p r e p a r e w o o d , c o a l , f o r a f i r e b u t n o t t o l i g h t i t ,
c a u s e i t t o b u r n ; t o d o e v e r y t h i n g to w a r d m a k in g a f i r e e x c e p t c a u s i n g
i t to b u rn .

A ro u n d s i x s h e l a i d a f i r e , f e e l i n g a l i t t l e g u i l t y
w ood c o n s is te d ; o? t h e d e a d l i m b s . . . ( C a in , 2 3 ) .
to

la y f o r .
im p lie s th a t

To h u n t
th e re is

t h a t m ost o f th e

f o r ; to l i e i n w a it f o r ; t o s e a rc h
to b e p u n is h m e n t, p h y s ic a l a t t a c k ,

. . . h e w e n t i n t o f u l l p a r t i c u l a r s a s t o . . . t h e w a y h e w o u ld
b o y . . . a n d h ow h e s o u l d l e t h im h a v e i t
(C a in , 3 9 8 ).

fo r.
(T h is
o r th e l i k e .)
la y f o r th e

to

la y a fo u n d a tlo n .

To m a k e p r e p a r a t i o n s ;

to p re p a re .

. . . b u t I th in k y o u h ad b e t t e r f i r s t l a y a fo u n d a tio n so th a t th e c o u r t
c a n d e te r m in e i n t e l l i g e n t l y how m uch o f a t i a e f a c t o r . . . ( G a r d n e r ,

188).

• • . p a s s t h i s q u e s t i o n f o r t h e n o n e n t , c o u n s e l o r , a n d l a y som e f o u n d a t i o n
to sh o e t h a t i t ' s p e r t i n e n t to th e c a s e
(G a rd n e r, 1 9 5 ).
" W e l l , " J u d g e K n o x s a i d i r r i t a b l y , " l a y so m e f o n n d a t l o n a n y w a y "
(G a rd ­
n e r , 189) ,
t o b e a b l e t o l a y ——
acq u i r e , fin d .

hands on.

A.11 o n e c a n p o s s i b l y g e t ,

T hey ra n g i n c o o k s , t r u c k d r i v e r s ,
t h e i r h an d s on
( P y l e , lU H ).
to

la y in ( a gun,
v a tio n , ra n g e .

cannon) .

c le rk s and anybody e ls e

th e y c o u ld la y

To p l a c e g u n i n p r o p e r d i r e c t i o n a n d e l e ­

I h a d th o u g h t i t to o k h o u rs to la y i n th e gun m a th e m a tic a lly ,
b r a c e d a n d e v e r y t h i n g . . . ( P y l e , 1 13 - U ) .
T h e y a l w a y s t r i e d J to l a y i n t h e i r g u n s
l o n g r a n g e g u n s c o u l d n ' t r e a c h th e m
to

la y in on.
th e l i k e .

o b ta in ,

To d i r e c t

th e

b e h in d a h i l l w h e re
(P y le , 1 0 2 ).

f ir e ,s h e lls ,

e tc ., o f

get

it

a ll

t h e enem y* s

a g u n ,c a n n o n ,

or

E n em y a r t i l l e r y f i r e s t a r t e d l a y i n g i n o n u s
(T an k . 20) .
" T h e y c a n l a y th e m i n o n y o u , * h e s a i d . . . ( T a n k , 5 U ) .
th e la y

o f th e la n d .

The s i t u a t i o n ;

th e

c o n d itio n .

. . . " C o l . B uch" g o t th e l a y o f th e la n d a n d v e n t b a c k to
a c tio n
(T an k , 1 8 ) .
to

la y

c o o rd in a te

th e

o ff.

1 . To h a v e n o t h i n g m o re
w l th .

to

do w ith ;

to

s to p

I 'm l a y i n g o f f t h e d am es
( T a n k , 10l ) .
B a y o f f t h e p i e — u n l e s s you* i « r e a l l y t i r e d
b e dead ( G a i n , 67 ).
2 . To d i s m i s s f r o m a J o b ; t o d i s c h a r g e
im p lie s th a t th e p e rs o n b e in g l a i d o f f
ch arg e . )

an y c o n n e c tio n ,

o f th is

life ,

re la tio n

and p re fe r

to

fro m a p o s i t i o n .
(T h is u s u a l l y
i s n o t t o b la m e f o r h i s d i s ­

T h e y ' r e a l l l a i d o f f , t h e r e ' s n o g o o d s m o v i n g , b u t I d o n ' t s e e how I
c o u l d p u t y o u a h e a d o f th e m
(G a in , 3 9 ) .

to la y on th e l i n e .
To p r o d u c e s o m e th in g c o n c e r t e
e v id e n c e , m oney, a n d th e l i k e .
. . . n o t h i n g s a i d to W a lly o r V eda u n t i l
l i n e " ( C a in , 2 0 U ).

In

t h e w ay o f

th e y h a d s o m e th in g t o

11lay

on th e

to lay out.
1 . To d i v i d e a n a r e a i n t o e x a lt a b l e p a r t s ;
a re a f o r d if f e r e n t th in g s .
The o f f i c e r s w e re b u s y l a y i n g

o u t b a tte ry

to

set

o f f s e c tio n s

a r e a s ...

(T an k , 1 3 3 ).

o f an

2 . To t a k e f r o m a p l a c e o f s t o r a g e a n d t o p l a c e i n a n o p e n p l a c e .
( C lo th e s a r e l a i d o u t w hen a p e r s o n p u t s h i s c l o t h e s , f o r e x a a p le ,
on a b ed b e fo re d r e s s in g .)
C lo th e s h a d b e e n l a i d o u t a n d d is c a r d e d
(G a rd n e r, 69) .
. . . e v e n i n g dress... a b l a c k o n e , t h a t s h e l i k e d v e r y w e l l , a n d s h e h a d
J u s t l a i d i t o u t . . . (C a in , 2 2 6 ).
...she l a i d out some of V e d a 's new finery; a brown silk dress, a brown

hat..7T5ain, 133).
to

la y o v e r.
To d e l a y t r a v e l e n r o u t e ;
to re m a in te m p o r a r ily in a p l a c e .

to

i n te r r u p t a Jo u rn e y and

We l a i d o v e r f o r t w e n t y - f o u r h o u r s
(P y le , 2 2 6 ).
We h a d t o l a y o v e r u n t i l t h e n e x t d a y f o r o u r t r a i n
to

la y p la n s .

To m ake p l a n s ;

So w e l a i d a p l a n
to

(P y le ,

la y up w ith .
w ith .

(T a n k ,

2 1 2 ).

to p la n .

U o g ).

To h a v e s e x u a l I n t e r c o u r s e w i t h ;

to

have c o itu s

. . . b e a s a p , w h i l e y o u l a y u p w i t h a n o t h e r w om an a n d d o n ' t e v e n u s e
c a r . . . (C a in , 6 l ) .
to

l e a d a d o u b le l i f e .
T o h a v e tw o d i f f e r e n t s e t s o f f r i e n d s , a n d
t o h a v e tw o d i f f e r e n t s e t s o f m o r a l s ; t o f o l l o w o n e s e t o f c u s t o m s
w i t h o n e s e t o f f r i e n d s , an d d i f f e r e n t c u s t o m s w i t h o t h e r s .
(O fte n
t h i s m ay i m p l y a r e s p e c t a b l e man's h a v i n g a m i s t r e s s . )

..« H h y do y o u k e e p
V « a rq u a n d , 7 ) .
to

th e

le a d

B i l l w as

o ff .
to

le a d

th in g s

To b e t h e
o ff

fro m m e, a s
firs t;

(T an k , 2 0 ) .

th o u g h h e l e d a d o u b le l i f e . . . ?

to be

th e i n i t i a l

one.

to

l o a d ——
s in c e re .

..• to

on.

To d e l u d e a n o t h e r

l o a d h im o n .

206).

to

lo a d
cause

to

a n d to

o a u a a h im t o b a l l a r a

g e t m o n e y o u t o f h im — h o e d o y o u d o I t ?

—— _cn a m a r r y c h a s e .
To e a u s e o n e t o f o l l o w w a l n l y ;
on e to go t o m uch u s e l e s s t r o u b l e .

one la

(C a in *

to

He w e n t r i g h t a lo n g a b o u t h i e b u s in e s s * l e a d i n g th e f e l l o w s on a m e rry
c h a s e w h i l e h e p u t a n a s w e l l a o t o f a m an a b o u t t o w n . . . ( G a r d n e r , 4 6 ) •
tfi I f f t d ^ u t .
1.
in

To go o u t o f a p la c e
g o in g o u t.

A g ro u p
g irls

o f n a tlre s in
w e re le d o u t

w ith s m o th e r o r o th e r s

f r o n t o f th e h o te l
(T an k * 105) .

2 . To g u id e aw ay fro m ;
fro m .

to

• • • s c o r e s o f c ro o k e d p a th s
p a r k e d . . . (P y le * 2 0 6 ) •
to

se rre

le d

a ro u te *

be f ir s t

ro a d * p a th *

th e

o u t fro m * a w a y

e a c h p la n e w as in d lT id u a l ly

w ith o u t s t r e s s

o r g r e a t ex­

. . . le a d s

a q u ie t l i f e . . .

to

t h e r e s t t o —— .
To a l l o w o n e t o b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r
to g i r e th e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f d o in g s o m e th in g t o o n e .

le a w e
th in g ;

...B e r t s a id i f she f e l t
h im
(G a in , 258) .
to

(G a in *

q u ie tly *

to

s m ile d t h e i r a p p ro T a l a s

o u t to w h e re

le a d a w u ie t l i f e .
To l l T e
c ite m e n t; to l i r e p e a c e f u lly .

fo llo w in g ;

lik e

l e a d ------ to b e l l e r e .
o n e 1s b e l i e f , b e l l o w i n g .

132) .

m a k in g p i e s

To c a u s e

a g a in .

J u s t le a s e

one t o b e l l e r e ;

th e r e s t

to be th e

cause

H e w r o t e a l e t t e r w h i c h l e d m e _to b e l l e w e . . . ( G a r d n e r * 1 0 0 ) .
B u t d o n o t l e t a n y o n e l e a d y o u J to m l l o r e t h a t t h e y h a w e b e e n lo w

to

le a d u p .

...s te p s
to

To g u i d e u p w a r d ;

le a d in g up

(P y le ,

l e a d u p Jbo.
To l a y
o f a c ti o n , o r th e l i k e ;
Id e a * a c t* e t c .

to

serw e a s a r o u te ,

p a th *

som e­

to

of

(P y le ,

r o a d , u p w a rd .

251) .

a f o u n d a tio n r a t h e r c a r e f u l l y f o r an Id e a * p la n
to p r e p a r e c a r e f u l ly f o r th e a c c e p ta n c e o f a n

. . . t h i s w a s w h a t s h e h a d b e e n t r y i n g t o l e a d ttp t o a l l t h e
1 ^ 9 ).
S h e d i d n ' t kn o w w h a t y o u w e r e l e a d i n g u p t o . . . ( P y l e , 3 l ) .
W hat a r e y o u le a d in g up t o t
(G a rd n e r, 96}.
to

l e a d t h e w ay.
a n d how t o g o .

He le d

To g u i d e ;

to

go f i r s t

th e w y up th e h ig s t a i r o a s e . . .

in

o rd e r

(C a in .

16*0.

...Veda led i n s way dawn the big staircase
A s th e m a jo r l e d t h e w ay . I s id e s te p p e d o u r
b lo c k o f n a s o n r y .. . (T a n k , 60) .
D r. L o n d e n b e rry , a s r u f f l e d and in d ig n a n t a s
a lo n g c o r r id o r
(G a rA n a :, 3 3 ) .
L e a d th e w ay . D o c to r, a n d p l e a s e r s n e n b e r t h
p a tie n t unnannounced
(G a rd n e r, 3 5 ).
M a ry i n W h i t t a k e r s i l e n t l y l e d t h e w a y u p t h e
H e l e d t h e w a y dow n a l o n g , d a r k c o r r i d o r . . .

1957 , 20 ).

to

tin e ...

(C a in ,

sh o w o t h e r s w h e r e

(Cain, 255 )*
b a r b e d w i r e , Jum ped o v e r a
a w et e a t,

le d

a t we w is h t o

t h e w a y dow n

d ro p i n

on th e

s ta irs
(G a rd n e r, 1 8 ).
(N ew Y o r k e r , X X I I I , S e p t .

6,

M ason l e d th e w ay o u t i n t o th e c o r r i d o r
(G a rd n e r, 1 7 2 ).
B ra k e s a i d , J L e t 's g o ," a n d l e d th e w ay up t o th e e n tr a n c e o f t h e a p a r t ■ le n t h o u s e
( G a r d n e r , 158) .
le a n an d h a rd .
In good p h y s ic a l
on one a n d w ith s tr o n g m u s c le s .
L t . H i l l a r d w as n e a t an d tr im , a s
s h o u ld b e
(Y a n k , 9 5 ) .
to

c o n d itio n , h e a lth y , w ith l i t t l e

le a n

a n d h a r d a s a n y 2 1 —y e a r o l d b o y

le a n b ack .
1.

To r e s t ;

to r e l a x ;

We J u s t a t e a n d c h a t t e d
J e f f r e y le a n e d b ack and
. . . t h i s guy le a n e d b a c k
2 . To m o v e a w a y f r o m
b a c k w a rd .

to

r e s t o n e 's b a c k .

and le a n e d b a c k in o u r c h a i r s . . . (P y le , 31 * 0 .
r e a c h e d r e r y s lo w ly f o r h i s g la d d (M a rq u a n d , 50) .
in h i s c h a ir a n d s a id , " F in is h e d "
(Y a n k , 166) .
th e p e r p e n d ic u la r so

th a t

t h e to p m o re s a l i t t l e

The s h ip sh ru g g e d , le a n e d b a c k i n t o a v o lle y o f 6 a n d 8 in c h s h e l l s
t h a t r a k e d t h r o u g h t h e s k y c o n t r o l t o w e r . . . ( Y a n k , U U ).
to

l e a n .d o w n .

1 le a

to

fa t

To b e n d o v e r ;

n e d dow n, s h o u t i n g . . .

le a n

an.

He w as le a n in g

To r e s t
on i t . . .

on;

to bow ;

to b e n d fo rw a rd s .

(Y a n k , 2 1 8 ) .
to

s u p p o rt w e ig h t o n .

( C a in , 252) .

to loan over.
1. to lo a n
body so as

oo
to

t h a t one l e c l o s e to som eo n e
o r s o m e th in g ;
b e c l o s e r t o s o m e th in g ,so m e o n e .

t o h e n d o n e 's

Too o r t h r e e t i m e s h e
le a n e d o r e r a n d re m a rk e d on w h at a n u n u s u a lly n ic e
fo rm a tio n th e y w e re
f l y i n g t h a t m o rn in g
( P y l e , 325) ,
• • • a la d y f a s h io n w r i t e r . l e a n e d o r e r a n d w h is p e r e d ... (T a n k , 2 2 8 ).
I c o u ld le a n o v e r a n d
w a t c h t h e m en dow n b e l o w . . . ( P y l e , 2 7 9 ) .
2. To b e i n a n u n n a tu r a l p o s i t i o n ;
o f th e h o r is o n ta l.

3 h e w in g s l e a n e d o v e r
to

to

one s id e

to be

(T a n k ,

out of

p e rp e n d ic u la r o ro u t

230) .

le a n o v e r th e o th e r w ay.
To d o s o m e th in g w h ic h o n e I s
p e c t e d t o d o fjro m d u t y , o b l i g a t i o n , e t c .

n o t ex­

In f a o t w e le a n e d o r e r th e o th e r w ay, a n d f u r n is h e d w a te r to s c o r e s
S i c i l i a n s w h o s e s u p p l y b a d b e e n s h a t t e r e d b y b o m b in g
( P y l e , 6l ) .
to

le a n a t .

...h e
to

To Ju m p a t ,

le a p e d a t

h e r ...

to w a rd .

(O a ln ,

169) .

le a p a h u rd le .
To o v e rc o m e a n o b s t a c l e ;
l i s h e d - "t h a t I s r e q u i r e d .

T hen a f t e r h e h a d le a p e d t h e
hom e h e c o u l d n 't g e t t h e r e
to le a p o u t ( o f ) .
rie d ly .

to

To l e a v e

life .

q u ic k ly ;

to

le a p u p .

To r i s e ,

The m a jo r l e a p e d u p
to

le a r n J ^ a tte r.
th a t i t Is b e tte r

T hey d id a t

life

firs t,

a n d we h u r t l e d

but

q u a lifie d

to

go

s o m e th in g h u r ­

(T a n k , 17) .
s le e p in g b ag and g e t

fu ll

accom p­

th e

s to v e

o f l i f e , a n im a te d .

to w a rd t h e d a r k s h a p e on th e

s ta n d tip , g e t u p , h u r r i e d l y , r a p i d l y .

an d ced ed o u t;

to

g e t s o m e th in g

go aw ay fro m

To b e c o m e s u d d e n l y v i g o r a t e d ;

° u r e n g in e e r le a p e d to
w a te r
( T a n k , 25b ) .
to

to

o v e rse a s h u rd le an d f e l t
o f c o u rse
{ fc y le , 6 2 ) .

I n a fe w m in u te s T e r r y l e a p e d o u t a g a i n . . .
O ne m an I n e a c h t e n t w o u ld l e a p o u t o f h i s
g o in g .. . (P y le , 2 0 8 ).
to le a p

of

" T a k e p o s i t i o n s , m en "

(T an k ,

To l e a r n t o d o o u n o t t o d o s o m e t h i n g ;
d o , n o t to d o , s o m e th in g .
th e y le a r n e d b e t t e r

(P y le ,

U 4 l).

to

le a rn

59) .

to

le a rn

“b y h e a r t .

To m e m o ris e ;

to

g e t by h e a rt.

T h o se p e o p le liw e d a c c o r d l i ^ t o a h o o k o f r u l e s w h ic h t h e y h a d l e a r n e d
b j h e a r t w ith o u t e r e r s to p p in g to a n a ly s e th e n
( M a r q u a n d , 2 U6 ) .
to

l e a r n th e gam e.
To l e a r n t h e r u l e s , o b l i g a t i o n s ; d u t i e s ,
s l b l l t l e s , th e n a n n e r o f o p e r a tio n , e t e . , o f s o n e th in g .

. . .L ie u te n a n t J o h n O o y le ...w a s
to

le a rn in g

th e g a te

(P y le ,

re sp o n -

2 7 7 ).

le e m a tra d e .
T o b e c o m e p r o f i c i e n t a t a t o c a t ion, t r a d e ;
l e a r n how to d o c e r t a i n s k i l l e d w o rk .

He w o r r ie s n a l n l y a b o u t t h e f a c t
a tr a d e . . . (T a n k , A ) .
not

th e

le a s t b i t .

H ot a t a l l ;

...w ith S h o r ty ...n o t
(T an k * 1 3 6 ) .
th e

le a s t b i t .

...s h e

th e

w as g e t t i n g

th in k

201 ).

th e

of a ll.

n o t in

le a s t b i t su re

th e l e a s t l i t t l e
O ne i s

L ess

le a s t;

n o t.

to

a s m a ll e x te n t,

fa t

h im

(C a in ,
a lm o s t

bound.

to

d o ...

d e g re e .

1 U9 ) .

to

do s o m e th in g ;

t e l l u s w hat to d o . . .

one

(C a in ,

h a r in g b o u g h t i t , th e l e a s t h e c o u ld do
a n d t h e p a i n t i n g . . . (M a rq u a n d , 2 1 1 ) .
w as p r o r l d e V eda w i t h a h o s e
( C a in , 2 5 7 )*
i s g e t t h e o l d l a d y som e t h i n g s s h e c a n d l t
g o in g th ro u g h to th e f l o o r
(H ew Y o r k e r ,

th a n an y o n e e l s e ;

to

a le s s e r e x te n t

• • • f o r a w h ile n o b o d y knew e x a c t l y w h a t w as g o in g o n ,
Jap
(T a n k , 3 ) .
le a th e r

h e h a s n 't le a r n e d

of w hat he is try in g

b it

le t

In fa n try

th e

o b lig a te d

le a s t you can do is

She h a d b o u g h t th e h o u s e , a n d
w as t o p a y f o r t h e p lu m b in g
. . . t h e l e a s t M ild re d c o u ld do
We f i g u r e t h e l e a s t w e c a n d o
dow n i n o r s l e e p i n w i t h o u t
X X III, S e p t. 1 3 , 1 9 ^ 7 , 2 6 ).
le a s t

In th e

S o m e w h a t; a l i t t l e ;

th e l e a s t — - c a n d o .
s h o u ld do s o m e th in g .
...I

th a t

to

C o w ered w i t h l e a t h e r ;

w ith

le a s t

th ^

o th e rs .

of a ll

l e a t h e r c o w e rs,

th e

o u ts id e s .

C h a r l i e 's ro o m w a s f i l l e d w i t h l e a t h e r - b o u n d b o o k s w h ic h h e b r o u g h t hom e
fro m s c h o o l . . . (M a rq u a n d , 5 0 5 )*
_ to l e a w e a l o n e .
s e lf.
...th e

To a l l o w

to b e u n d ls tru b e d ;

m o st b a d l y w o u n d ed w a n te d

to

to

be l e f t a lo n e

leawe b y o n e s e l f ;
(P y le , 2 9 0 ).

it­

"Y o u l e a v e J e f f e l o n e ." s h e s a i d
(M a rq u a n d , 83) .
T he w o r s t c am e t h a t e v e n i n g , w h e n s h e w a s l e f t a l o n e , w i t h n o b o d y t o c o n ­
s o le h e r , n obody to b e b ra v e I n f r o n t o f . . . (G a in , 1 1 * 0 .
M adam e, y o u l e a v e d e e s g i r l a l o n e
(O a ln , 2 1 6 ).
. . . t h e y ' r e J u s t a b u n c h o f p e a c e a b l e g u y s w h o l i k e Jfco b e l e f t a l o n e . . .
(Y an k , 1 9 3 > .
L e f t a l o n e . L t . P o s e n t h a l h a d d e c i d e d t o g o o n w i t h t h e b o m b in g r u n
(T an k , * 6 ) .
. . . s h e w as I n c a p a b le o f le a v in g V ed a a lo n e
( C a in , 1 8 9 )•
L e a v in g V ed a a l o n e w a s s o m e th in g t h a t h a d n 't e n t e r e d h e r m in d
(C a in .
— 1*577

------------

C a n 't y o u l e a v e h e r a l o n e ? ( C a i n , 1 8 9 ) .
No m a t t e r h ow o f t e n h e h a d a s k e d h e r n o t t o I n t e r r u p t , s h e h a d n e v e r
been
a b l e t o l e a v e h im a l o n e f o r l o n g
(M a rq u a n d , 3 2 8 ).
. . . t h e n h e r e m e m b e r e d B i l l S w i n b u r n e , w hom M i n o t h a d g o n e t o s e e
a n d whom
th e G e n e ra l c o u ld n o t le a v e a lo n e f o r a s i n g l e m in u te
( M a r q u a n d , 5 & 3 )*
to

le a v e b e h in d .

To d i s c a r d ;

to

get rid

. . . a l l t h o s e o t h e r a r t i c l e s w h ic h w e r e
w eeks i n P ra n c e
(M a rq u a n d , 2 1 5 ) .
B u t now I f i n d t h a t I w a s b l i n d
To a l l t h o s e t h i n g s I l f e t b e h i n d . . .
We h a d _to l e a v e N em o b e h i n d
(Y a n k , 2 1
. . . I h a d l e f t m y A rm y g a s m a s k b e h i n d
to

le a v e

To g o b y m e a n s o f ;

The p a t i e n t
to

d i d n 't le a v y b y t h i s

le a v e —
c o ld .
e m o tio n s , f e e l i n g s .

N ot to

u s u a lly

(Y a n k ,
).
(P y le ,

to

go

w in d o w ...

e x c ite

o f;

o n e 's

to

le a v e .

l e f t b e h in d a f t e r a

fe w

1 3 6 ).
9 )*

th ro u g h th e a g en c y o f .
(G a rd n e r,

3 7 ).

e m o tio n s ; n o t to

a ro u se

o n e 's

. . . s o m e t h i n g a b o u t H e m in g w a y a n d P a u l k n e r
S te in b e c k t h a t l e f t S in ­
c l a i r J u s t a l i t t l e c o ld
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 6 )*
H e d i d n o t k n o w w h y l t w a s t h e a t H e m in g w a y a n d P a u l k n e r a n d S t e i n b e c k
l e f t h im J u s t a l i t t l e c o l d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 3 ^ ) .
to l e a v e f o r hom e.
to go hom e.

To g o h o m e ; t o

T h a t w a s w hy h e l e f t
(M a rq u a n d , 230) .
le a v e

-—

fre e .

fo rm a tio n an d l e f t
N ot to

o b s tru c t;

. . . t h e w ir in g , c u n n in g ly ta c k e d to
th e p a n e ls f r e e to s l i d e
(C a in ,
to

le a v e hom e.

d e p a r t fro m

o th e rs

f o r hom e b e f o r e
not

to g e t

th e b a c k in
1 1 8 ).

in

or a p la c e and

th e P o k k e rs

th e w ay.

su d i a m anner a s

To g o a w a y f r o m o n e ' s h o m e o r o n e ' s

cam e

c o u n try .

to le a v e

...thing* were different when you left hone

(Tank, 228).

to learn lt to
•
(Often in the Imperative.) To let one do some­
thing; "to allow one to take the responsibility for something.
Just l e a v e lt to m e ( C a i n , 1*K>).
Just leave lt to me (Gain, 65 ).
Tou leave lt to me, Mildred (Cain. 65 ).
Just leave It all _to me (Cain. 65/.
1*11 leave lt to you (Cain, 8 ).
They'll take Pierce or thel'll take Opie Lucas— they leave it to me
(Cain, 2360.
Tom l e a v e it to me, J e f f
(Marquand, U 06 ).
to leave it at that.
To do no more; to stop at some particular
point without necessarily finishing, doing completely.
"Veil, let's leave it at that." Jeffrey said
a leave of absence.
from one's duties.

(Marquand, 38l).

Permission to be absent; peimission to be away

The crew always gets a leave of absence

(Pyle, 2hg).

to leave off.
1. To stop; to quit; to do no more.
Judge Bggers' years as a criminal Judge make him owrthy to take up where
1 leTt off (N ew Torker, XXIII, June 28, I9H 7 , 2l).
Wherever the Army left off in providing comfort, they boys took over
thems elves (Tank, Ho) .

2 . To extinguish, turn off, and not to t u n on again.
I'm not oertain but that some of them weren't Just t u n e d out and left
offq for good (Pyle, 22).
3. To disconnect; to disunite.
...if you let me leave the trailer off I can pull anything... (Pyle, b26).
to leave on.
To allow to remain in operation as a motor, an electric
light, radio, eto.
Usually the ward lights were left on
to leave a mark on.

(Pyle, 29l).

To be evident in; to

change the appearance of.

...the strain of the last three years has left its mark on him
221).

(Tank,

-76k-

to leave out.

To omit; not to Include,

The estate had been divided 'between himself and Ethel, and Alf had been
left out (Marquand, 277) •
...the unusual circumstances of her marriage, she conveniently left out
... (Cain, 2 ^9 ).
to leave —
out of — •
Hot to Include one; not to make one a part
olf. (Jocularly — Include me out.)
I'll tell him about me, and leave you out of lt, Emily... (Gardner, 1 1 1 ),
To allow oneself no defense; to put oneself
to leave --- wide open.
In an undefended position, condition.
Don't throw yourself Into the case and leave yourself wide open
erer, 1 7 3 ).
to leave word.
To leave a message;
give to another.

(Q-ardn—

to give a message to someone to

Also I have...left word downstairs that when you oome In I was to be not­
ified Immediately (Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7* 22).
leaves are out.
Hie leaves of trees, shrubs, etc., have formed.
IThls Is a sigi of spring.)
...the orioles and the robins were singing and all the leaves were out
on the trumpet vine (Marquand, 157)*
to leave a tip.

To tip; to give a gratuity.

Even a leg feeler. If properly handled, could be nursed into a regular
who left good tins, no doubt... (Cain, 6 3 ).
to leave time for.

To allow some time for; to give time for.

The battalion once fired 1 5 0 0 rounds in 2 k hours, which didn't leave
any time far sleeping (Yank, I31*) •
to leave —
Jto
.lodgment.
To let one decide about something; to
allow one to make a decision regarding something.
...lt seamed out of the question merely to call up the editors, twll
them a local girl was going to appear, and leave the rest to, their
judgement (Cain, 2 3 8 ).
to leave a wake.
To oause a wake; to cause ripples, waves, in water
by passing through the water with a ship, boat, or the like. (The
■eke Is always to the rear of the boat.)

...the PT boat left a phosphorescent wake of foam... (Tank, 25U).
lefjt band drlrt.
An arrangement in an automobile whereby the steer­
ing wheel, gear shift, accelerator, clutch, and brake pedal are on the
left side of the ear.
...a shrapnel-scarred truck with a left-hand drlro

(Tank, 2 3 5 ).

a left handed monkey wrench,
A non—existent tool. (Apprentices are
often sent to get a laft—handed monkey wrench far the Journeyman.
This is considered by some to be very funny.)
...this has no connection with left-handed monkey wrenches... (Tank, 172).
£ left hook.
A blow struck by the fl st which follows an arc in com­
parison with a blew coming straight from the shoulder.
...the captain said, "How." knocked the machine pistol aside and hit the
German with a left hook (Tank, hg).
to be left out in the cold.

Not to be Included; to be disregarded.

• •.Mildred’s feeling of being left out in the cold increased... (Cain,

».

21 0

left oyer.

Remaining; left.

...there was some batter left oyer, and I made up some little cakes I
was saying for the children (Cain, U).
...they emptied anything left oyer into a garbage pall (Pyle, 337).
At an Army chow line., .there were usually a few solemn and patient
children with tin buckets to get what was left oyer (Pyle, 193).
Por soup, she serred some chicken Jelly she had had left oyer from the
middle of the week... (Gain, 28).
Little children stood in line at the battery kitchen with tin palls to
get what was left oyer (Pyle, 98).
...after she pays all them agents, teachers, and chislers, she must haxe
quits a lot left oyer (Gain. 2*4-7) .
to leg It.

To walk.

Re...went legging It
a leg u p.

home... (Gain, 21l).

A boost; assistance; aid; help.

The capture of Gibralter was to hare giren Mussolini a 1 eg-up in his
attack on Egypt (Le Mitt Maekensle in Topeka Journal, Oct. 2, 19*40,

20

).

leg work.
The gathering of information by direct, personal. Inquiry
which requires a person to walk a great deal to risit his r&rious sources

of information.
"Oh, Just a lo t of log work. "
to lend an oar.

Drake sold wearily

(Gardner , 15) •

To liste n ; to boar.

They s p ill their g a ts ...to a l l nurses.. . that will lend an ear. . . (Tank.
217).
to lend a hand.

To help; to a s s is t; to aid.

As someone walked past him into Batt II he called out. "Lend a hand, you
fool!" (Tank. *46).
Lupins-two saw a Banger company lend a hand to the 1 st Division.. . (Tank.
123).
lend-lease.
The supplying, during the world war I I . of items of food
and mintage goods to the a llie s of the U.S.
Is Lend Lease a step to wax? (flew Republic, Jan. 27 ,19^1 , 3 ).
...th en a national emergency, and hemispheric solidarity and lend lease,
and the Draft A ct... (Marquand, U
07 ) .
to lend moral support.
to inspire.

To encourage; to give courage; to give hope;

...convalescent cases te st th eir legs while perhaps a nurse in khaki
lends moral support (Tank, 76).
of time.

Time; same time; an amount of time.

There was nothing so lonely as traveling by yourself for any length of
time (Marquand. ^13).
leas and leas.

Fewer things; not so much.

Madge told Jeffrey that Mr. Gorman was doing leas and less but Mr. Gor­
man had a different story (Marquand, 502).
le t alone.

Much less; not to mention; to say nothing of.

They couldn't have stopped a cow, le t alone a tank (Pyle, 29).
...h e couldn't even have paid the Interest on, le t alone — (Gain, 206).
to le t alone.
go away from.

Hot to touch; not to bother with; to withdraw from; to
(Of. _to leave alone. )

...one half of him.. . tellin g him to le t the zipper alone... (Cain, 22h).
Let her alone (Cain, 123).
Those things, the rule is ^o le t them s tr ic tly alone, especially on the
xpper lip
(Cain, 99)*

You should have let him alone

(Marquand,

.

You never le t him alone (Marquand, M
-Uo) .
...you almost certainly will be let alone from here on In
don* t let anyone kid you.
lead you.

(Yank, 170).

Dan* t be deceived; don't let anyone mis­

"They can lay them In an you," he said; "don11 le t anyone kid you about
that" (Yank, 5^)«
to l e t the cat out of the bag.
To te ll a secret; to disclose secret
information; to make known a secret.
...Veda who le t the oat out of the bag (Cain, lh l ) »
• ••for the purpose of cheeking handwriting, but naturally, he was afraid
to le t the cat out of the
so he wrote a le tte r asking.. . (Gard­
ner, 9277*
let down.

Disprirlted; dejected.

Several banking gentlemen with whoa we spoke were fellng rather le t
down by the fact that business was so slow despite the excellent press
they had received (Mew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19*4-7, 2 5 ).
to le t down.

Toallow to descend; to

Let her clear down (Pyle, 7*4)*
Jell these people to let me down

allow to get down.

(Yank, 218).

to let --- down.To fail in one's obligations
appoint one.

to another; to dis­

Other people don't let old friends
down (Marquand, 6 ).
•••if you had been in the Squadron you could not let someone downhard
who had been In lt too (Marquand, 56*4-).
to l e t fly .

To shoot, fire a gun, r i f l e , or the like.

I let fly at him and missed..• (Yank, 125).
In the v of a tree was a Jap with a BAH which he let fly at intervals...
(Yank, 6 ).
to let go.
1. To release; to set free, to free.
Just let her go. Jesse (Marquand, 8 l).
...we le t thorn £0
(Yank, 26).
I know that it got Louis twenty grand, and he said It was going to get
him another...eighty grand, before he'd let go of them (Gardner. 7*4).
The poor old woman never let It g o . She clung to it... (Pyle, 228).

W h t n Minot wae up in the saddle the man let go. and the horse began
■bouncing sideways (Marquand, 375)•
L e t go of me (Cain, 205).
S o m e of the Fascists we let go... (Yank, 26).
.And then there were some in -between Fascists we let go... (Yank, 26).
2 . Not to attend to; to disregard; to neglect.
T h e officers told me that they were kicking themselves for not noticing
the gunner's nervousness in time and for letting lt £ 0 until he had
to hurt hie pride by asking... (Pyle, 22^).
T h e n that summer Mr. Gorman had let the front lawn jjo (Marquand, 5 0l).
H e had let get ahead of him because lt did lawns good to be let go for o
one summer (Marquand, 50l).
Sometimes the men let trench foot go so long without complaining that...
(Pyle, 1 U9 ).
3 . To leave; not to arrange, put in order, work with.
• ••she pointedly told Arllne she could let the tables go until later
(Cain, 1 9 2 ).
U. To shoot, fire, a gun, rifle, or the like.
H u t as they did, the Japs moved in toward them, letting go with a Lewis
gun... (Yank, 9).
Grdullo let go at the first truck... (Yank, 28).
B e f o r e long we could see the tanks let go at the town (Pyle, 2h).
- ..far out to sea the ships themselves let go at the...German motors in
sky (Pyle, 2 7 2 ).
J u s t as the men reached the well, a barrage of mortars let go... (Yank,
59 ).
• . .our scout, with a tommy gun, let go with a whole drum of ammo...
(Yank, 1 2 5 ).
G^xen Terry leaped from behind the tree and let go a burst of .^ 5 slugs
at the pillbox (Yank, 17).
A l l the Germans had to do was take easy aim and let go at the sitting
duck (Pyle, U0 5 ).
t o

let —
£om
To give vent to one's emotions; not to attempt to
control one's emotions.

O n e of them...let himself go (Yank, 1 2 2 ).
I f he had let himself go, he would have pinched her cheek playfully
(Marquand, 6 5 )•
to

let —

£0 on.

To allow one to talk foolishly, over emotionally.

I cLbl professed to be highly Indignant, that he should "let her go on like
that" when he knew... (Cain, 6 8 ).

to lot —— hair A earn.
Not to arrange one's hair but to allow lt to
hang free,
(Refers to women.)
Let your hair string down
to let —

have —

(Gardner, 79)*

,

1 . To give lt to one; to hand over to one,
...if you'll Just let me have the check... (Cain, 30U).
2 . To punish one; to strike m e ;

to hit one; to shoot one,

Ve couldm' t go around them through the flat peaceful valleys, because
the Germans were up there looking down upon us, »wd they would let us
have lt (Pyle, lHl).
Ve never did find out for sure why the Italian big guns didn't let us
have It (Pyle, 22).
Over a oertain area the Germans began letting him have it from the
ground... (Pyle, U 5U).
But I suppose our second tank eventually pulled up to the corner, turned
and let the pillbox have It (Pyle, U07> •
...he went into full particulars as to where he was going to buy the gun
...and how he would let him have it (Cain, 1 9 8 ).
let him have it right there (Tank:, 2 6 ).
...every member of our crew let the barge hare it... (Tank, 2 5 U) #
to let -— have lt straight.
To tell one directly and economically;
to tell one bluntly and without circumlocution.
I sat down and let him have it straight
to let her roll.
unlnhlbi ted.

(Tank, l6h).

To allow to operate at full speed; to allow to go

Machine guns were rarely fired except In flashes...but once some Jerry
Just held the trigger down and let her roll for about fifteen seconds
(Pyl®. 199).
to let — — Jin.

To allow to enter; to permit to come in.

She...let herself in the front door (Cain, 2 5 2 ).
...Mildred saw the Engels drive up with her mother, and sent her out to
let them In (Cain, 111).
As soon as the girl had gone, lt developed that when she had let them in,
they had all shaken hands, taking her for "a freind" (Cain, 1 1 2 ).
"Don't let anybody in except generals," said the shavetail (Tank, 200).
A few seconds later, Drake knocked at the door, and Mason let him in
(Gardner, U 6 ).
Ve won't let Marianna in (Marquand, 1 0 3 ).

-??0-

to l e t

in*

To allow one to enter; to permit one to cone in*

. . . I see the l i t t l e nun who le t me in eat up the gunner's wings and the
service ribbons (Tank, 18877
A l i t t l e nun le ts me In (Tank, 188)*
Mildred said i t was she,
to le t her in, she had to see him(Cain, 252)*
She.. . commanded him to le t her in (Tain, 252).
to le t ----- in on.
To permit, allow, one to share; to include one in
a secret, venture, etc.
Hogarty refused to le t her
to le t lt come.

In jon

that

(Gardner, 181).

Hot to inhibit, prohibit.

Mrs. Gessler took her clothes off, massaged her back, patted her, told
her J_o l e t l t cone, not to try to hold back (Cain, 5l).
to le t l t go at that.
let l t alone.

Hot to do, say, think, any more about

it;

to

So you salute me once every morning, and we'll le t l t go at that (Tank.
95).
...apparently a coloratura couldn't merely buy a drees, and le t i t go at
------that
(Cain, 237>.
to le t l t -pass.

To say nothing about; not to inquire about.

...phrases with which he was not familiar, debating whether to le t i t
•pass and whether, i f he did, he ml^ht not miss something... (Marauand,

my.

This slightly waspish remark Monty let pass without answering... (Cain.

132).

to le t l t ride.
1. To take no action regarding something; to leave l t alone.
Just le t l t ride. . .

(Cain, 205).

2 . In craps when one is winning to allow his winnings along with his
original bet to become his next bet so that his winnings increase
geometrl oally.
But i f you made apass, you could le t i t ride and keep on building up
(Gardner, 22).
to le t — know.

To give one Information; to t e l l one.

I ' l l let you know i f there's an answer

(Gardner, ll6 ).

to let loose.
rain, etc.

Something "begins action, as a gun shoots, or olouds

Then the biggest guns on our ship let loose (Pyle, 7).
In Sicily he got shot in his behind when a German tank let loose on him
(Pyle, 130).
...the low black skies of Normandy let loose on us... (Pyle. UOO).
...lt came closer before letting loose a barrage (Tank, 1 6 ).
...a machine gun let loose on me ("tank, 1 2 6 ).
Suddenly the antiaircraft guns let loose (Pyle, 2^7) •
let me see.

Allow me to think; give me a moment to try to remember.

"Let me see," Uncle Judson said, "you were an alvator in the last war,
weren't you?" (Marquand, 9 6 ).
Let me see. I haven't seen you for some time (Marquand, 96).
^Winterstein," Louella said, "let me see" (Marquand, lSH).
"Let me see." Buchanan said, "where was I?" (Marquand, l ^ ) .
"Oh, no,- Walter said, "let me see, where was I?" (Marquand, 136 ).
let me tell you — — .
that follows.)

(Used to intensify and emphasise the statement

But let me tell you one thing (Cain. 195)*
And lemme tell ye someth'n. Pierce (Cain, 2 3 6 ).
to let off.

To shoot, fire, as a gun, rifle, cannon, or the like.

...Just as we passed a hidden big gun at the roadside lt let off a
blast ri^it over our head (Pyle, 31l)*
to let out.
1 . To release; to allow to go out.
Some of them seemed to relax tensed lips to let out the breath they'd
been holding (Tank, 2 2 3 ).
...sucking the smoke in and letting it out in thick curls... (Cain, 2 5 M-).
...I wish...she'd never let him out of the house (Tank, 1 3 6 ).
"Mho let you out with that tie?” she asked (Marquand, SU).
2 . To allow one to escape; to let one go free.
They won't let him out now until he's signed a written statement...
(Gardner, 8 8 ) .
"Lord, let me out and I'll change my ways," he said aloud (Tank, Uh).
3- To say; to speak; to make a sound with a voice.
He listened gravely, except for the laugh he let out over the "Sir"
episode (Cain, 1 3 s).

When I got within abotfc fifty yards ha looked up, let out a yell( and
called out... (Pyle, 9 6 ).
When the finished, she felt the key tickling her instep and let out the
first ripple of real laughter... (Cain, 5 9 ).
Prom the yelp of pain the German press and radio let out the next day,
you would hare thought the leaflets were even more damaging that high
exploslTee (Tank, 127)*
One day one of the ammunition carriers, a slight fellow, slipped with
his heavy shell and let out an irritated "Goddamit!” (Pyle, 1 0 0 ).
U. To allow one to get out of a car.
Chief, let me out I

(Gardner, h2 ).

to let --- out.
implications.

To relieve one of responsibility; to free one from

...push the door open, and find him, and he on a spot that would let me
out (Gardner, 78 )•
If you don't Just say so and all I've got to do is cell up and tell her,
and that lets me out (Cain, Ul).
not to let --- rest till.
To give one no peace until one does some­
thing; to keep after one; to nag one.
...she won't let me rest till he's promoted
let's go.

(Tank, 2 3 7 ).

It's time to go; it is time to start.

"Crew Inspection! Let's go!" Cast. ..Harte. ..was speaking (Tank, 1 1 7 ).
Come on. Let's go (Gardner. 17/.
Put it up at three feet six. Let* s go (Marquand, 377)#
"Veil," Minot said, "let1 s go" (Marquand, 37*0.
"Okay," said the cap tain, "let's go" (Tank, 109).
Olay, Paul, let's go (Gardner, lb6 ).
Drake said, *Let*e go." and led the way up to the entrance of the apartment house (Gardner, 1 5 8 ).
...take a reef in your pants. Let's go (Marquand, 76).
...in the dusk of early morning. " L e v s go" (Marquand, 7 6 ).
let1s have lt.

Tell me what you have to say; give me the information,

"All right," Mason said, "let1 s have
"All right," Mason said, "let's have
...adeptly sczped a match along the
said, "All right, let's have lt"
to l e t
secret.

slip.

lt" (Gardner, 13)*
lt" (Gardner, 7l)*
sole of one of her Chinese shoes and
(Gardner, 13).

To divulge; to tell a secret; to giveaway a

Serle let something slip about a conversation Milicant had over the
phone

(Gardner, 105)*

let1 s i— .
Let me think; allow me to consider; give me time to re­
member.
(See: let me see.)
"Hi, old man,” he said, "let' s see, you met Mildred, didn't you?"
(Marquand, 119)*
Then, let's see (Cain, 15l)»
Well, let's see now, the reflectors, they were seven cents apiece, six
of them, that's forty-two cents (Cain, 118).
Now. let's see. how much money do you think you'll make this year?
(Kar^uandTTfoLo).
to let up.
1 . To decrease in intensity; to subside; to reduce in rolume.
He kept constantly prodding his contenders to push hard, not to let up
. . . (Pyle, UL6).
Around fire o'clock, when lt didn't let up... (Cain, l6o).
In a long driwe an Infantry company often went for a couple of days
without letting up (Pyle, Uh3 ).
All right, hut at least let's wait a few minutes, in case this rain'll
let up a little (Cain, 2 6 ).
2 . To stop; to quit; to desist.
...that windbag won't let up till morning... (New Yorker, XXIII, June
28 , 19U7 , 21) .
...please let up on the cock and bull and feminine propaganda (Yank,
2 lU).
le t u b say.

Permit me to say; perhaps w e should say.

Let us may different communities

(Cain, 199)*

to le rel off.
1. To fly horizontally after flying toward the vertical.
uratively.)

(Also fig­

He was only four hundred feet above the ground when he leveled off...
(Pyle, 1 6 6 ).
...that old B—26 leveled off a foot above the ground... (Pyle, 330)*
By some miracle, £lt was able to level the ship off (Yank, 207/.
...th e plane started to level off ('tank, 2U0 ).
...turn left at the traffic circle, continue over the bridge, and level
off for Glendale and Bert (Cain, 2U9 ).
2 . To act in a normal fashion after some abnormalities.
You scramble to obey, and the butterflies level off a little

(Yank, 6 U).

...then a strange hysterical sort of crisis, then a 1 ere ling off In Jan­
uary, and then wondering in February... (M&rquand, 32b).
liability insurance.
Insurance against obligation to pay for damage
to a person or to property.
She bought fantastic liability insurance

(Cain, 180).

to l i c k
11n s .
To run, pass one's tongue over one's lips.
Is a gesture of nerrouaness, anticipation, etc.)

(This

Mildred licked her lips... (Cain, 15*K>).
to l i c k
weight.
To
fight anyone else no heavier than one and to
defeat hlmf to fight and defeat another who Is of the same weight.
It was Just that he said he could lick any so-and-so his welriit in the
world (Marquand, 5 8 8 ).
"I'm Just going out," Jeffkey said, "to lick anyone my welght In the
world* vMarquand, 5 8 9 )*
But I can lick anyone my weight in the world (Marquand, 589)*
to lie ahead.

To be in the future; to come In the future.

...no ordinary night In her life, and that she must take stock, see
what she had to offer against what lay ahead (Cain, 17).
Meantime, he's anxious only to finish the hard f l u t i n g that he knows
lies ahead (Tank, 2U).
...leaflets were dropped...telling the people in Casslno about the
terrible destruction thay lay ahead... (Tank. 1 2 7 ).
to lie around.
1. To lie In no order;

to lie helter skelter.

...we lay around on the ground talking... (Pyle, 2 5 1 ).
...we sat and lay around on the grass while they wrote short letters
home... (Pyle, ySJTl
...the crews relaxed and squatted or lay around... (Pyle, 3 8 9 ).
...an empty Iodine bottle laying around somewhere... (Cain, 186).
2 . To be Idle; to do nothing constructive; to waste time.
...they were Just like men who take a day off from the office to lie
around home (Pyle, 188).
...you said I couldn't lie around here all the time (Cain, 19l).
to lie awake.
sleep.

Not to sleep; to remain awake although trying to

That nl^ht she lay awake... (Cain, 15l).

Those people, it harts me, it makes me lie awake nights, that I've got
nothing for them (Cain, 39)*
a lie detector.
The polygraph; a machine which indicates unusual
changes in blood pressure which occur when one lies, does not tell
the truth.
The Lie Detector

(Literary Digest, Dec. 2 6 , 1931. 35).

to lie down.
1 # To lie; to recline; to be prostrate.
If yon had offered him his choice between voting in November and finding
a dirty oowshed ^to lie down in out of the rain, the cowshed would have
won (Pyle, 137).
At ten o'clock I lay down with my clothes on (Pyle, 20).
Ve
down on the ground there in the pigshed (Pyle, 1 9 8 ).
Any time he said "Bed". ..Tarfu went reluctantly into his doghouse and
lay down (Pyle, 22l).
After vatoning six or seven such departures, Mildred went to the bed­
room and lay down... (ealn, 1 9 ).
Me just lay down on the ground (Pyle, 370).
...Monty... telling her to relax, to lie down... (Cain, 2 5 5 ).
Mildred went to the bedroom, lay down... (6aln. 259).
...he could lie down for a while with his head in the shade of a sage­
brush (Tank, 138O .
He lay down by a big sagebrush Just before dawn... (Tank. 1 3 8 ).
At eleven, she., . l e y down, pullirg a blanket over her... (Cain, 1 9 6 ).
...the mule stopped dead and lay down (Tank, 176).
...Mildred...lay down on the
bed... (Cain,15*0.
She was about to lie down when she heard a yoo-hooand Mrs.Cessler
joined her... CCain, 5 0 ).
I went back and lay down on the ground among my other friends... (Pyle,
198).
Gradually the boys wrapped up in their blankets and lay down on the
floor... (Pyle, 392).
...she would tiptoe to her bedroom, lie down... (Cain, 181).
Mr. Wilson, can't you get Dick to lie downT (Marquand, 2 9 3 ).
No room _to lie down (Tank, 1 1 6 ).
2 . To do poorly; not to do

well; to goof off.

...at that stage of the game
we had little contactwith other American
forces and we thought the Italians might havelain down there in order
to fight harder somewhere else (Pyle, 3 0 )*
to lie down and die.

T0 die; to emase to be.

I think he will lie down and die of a broken heart... (Tank, 137).

to lie Idle.

Not to be productive; to produce nothings

...this depreseed him
he tried to get his

so much that for a time hie land lay Idle,while
bearings... (Oaln, 6 ).

to lie In wait for.
Secretly to wait for someone; to hide and to re—
main In hiding waiting to observe, catch, one.
That was only one of the discoveries lying In wait for then In the old
house (Marquand, 110).
to lie off.
To remain, stay, away from the shore and out in the sea,
ocean, as a ship.
All the machine gens on the ships lying off the beaches out loose...
(Pyle, 382).
Once out there we had to lie off and wait... (Pyle, 386).
to lie cut of.
difficulty.

To

tell a falsehood In order to get oneself out

She'd lie out of it (Gardner, 159).
What's the use of trying to lie out of i t now
to lie to.
of fact to.

of

(Gardner, 166).

To tell a falsehood to; to make a deliberate mistatement

...I lied to the recruiting officer... (Tank, 172).
a life belt.
A belt made of kapoc or other very light material worn
by people in danger of being forced into water. The life belt supports
one In the water.
(Also life preserver, life saver.)
Somehow I had It in my head that Navy people never wore life belts but I
was wrong (Pyle, 1 3 ).
There were Jumbled heaps of lefe belts (Pyle, 3^7).
There were., .big stacks of thrown-sway lefe belts... (Pyle, 3 6 6 ).
Men wearing life belts sat reading... (Pyle, 2597.
life companion.

A spouse; husband or wife.

Maybe a few would meet life companions... (Yank, 210).
life flows Into — .
strong pulse, color)

One begins to show signs of life (breathing,
after having seemed dead or
almostdead.

Gradually life began to flow Into him again... (Pyle, 30l).
life guard.
A person trained to rescuing those
water.
(Most public
beaches have life guards.)

who are

drowningfrom

He'a the l i f e guard, and he's stuck on her

(Cain, 7l)«

life 1b a cloaed hook.
One does not talk about one'spast
one does not give any information about one's past.

life;

Mason said, "John's l i f e anat have been a closed book back of aaertain
date” (Mardner, 11977
l i f e is too short.
too short to worry.

I t is not worth bothering about; a t best lif e Is

And then thef i r s t pety check you draw,
I t—and l i f e 's too short (Cain,

there's eighteen attachments on

l i f e Jacket.
▲kind ofJacket which Is made of very light material
to support a person in the water. (Also: Mae West.)
...Page noticed a life Jacket on one of the bodies periodically smoulder

and burst Into flames
life preserver.

(Tank, H6).

A life Jacket.

Red Dog got me a pair of flying boots, a Mae West life preserver...
(Pyle, 322).
li f e r a f t .
A r a f t of the very lightest material used for carrying
people In the ocean whena ship sinks.
In the water floated empty l i f e r a f ts . . .
to l i f t off.

(Pyle, 366)-

To remove by liftin g ; to take off

in a lif tin g motion.

'Even the Americans were reluctant to unlash and l i f t off the bodies...
(Pyle, 15>0.
to l i f t ------ face.
To change one's facial appearance by surgery;
hence, to change the appearance radically.
Downstairs at the Rockwell was not what i t had been once, because the
face of the Rookwell had been li f te d , like the faces of so many other
Rev York hotels (Marquand, 273) •
to l i f t up the receiver.
telephone.

To pick up a telephone; to sta rt to use a

Any time you l i f t up the receiver, they're on i t

(Marquand, 577)*

a light burns in a window.
A light shows through a window from the
inside; a light makes a wi nd own bright.
The lights were burning in the windows

(Marciuand, 530) •

-77b-

the light changes.
The signal lights, stop lights, traffic lights,
change frosi red to green to saber and a ^ i n to red in directing the
traffic.
...she began to dread the stop signals, for sitting there, waiting for
the light to change, she would have time to think... (Cain, 10h).
...the bare branahes of the trees along the sidewalk, while he was
standing waiting for the light to ahange before he crossed the Avenue
(Marquand, 593).
to light a cigar.

To cause a cigar to burn.

...he lit a cigar... (Cain, 2 3 6 ).
to light a cigarette.

To cause a cigarette bran.

Mason strolled over to one of the chairs, sat down, and lit a cigarette
(Gardner, 177).
...Veda came in...lit a cigarette... (Cain, 1 9 6 ).
Veda sat up, lit another cigarette... (Cain, 197).
...for she lit another cigarette... (Cain, 1U9 ).
Mrs. Gessler lit a cigarette... (Cain, IU9 ).
Veda picked up a package of cigarettes.. .lit one... (Cain, 156).
Mason finished his salad, cleaned up his plate, lit a cigarette, and
sipped coffee (Gardner, 99).

a light comes on.

A light is turned on; a light is put on.

.. .suddenly the light came on. .. (Cain, 1 7 1 ).
to light a fire.
start a fire.

To a/use something to burn; to burn something; to

...brought him into the den, through she didn't bother to light a fire
or serve a drink (Cain, 5 2 ).
~~
It might come in handy ^o light a fire with (Tank, 97)*
to light out for.
place in a hurry.

To leave hurriedly for a place; to go towards a

...three of us skipped chow and lit out for town
to light out of.
plane in a Surry.

(Tank, 209).

To leave hurriedly from a place; to go away from a

With a whoop. Artie lit out of the orderly room in the direction of his
barracks (Tank, 99) •
the lights sure low.
The artificial lights are not bright; a room or
place is almost dark.
(This often implies a romantic notion.)

...th e lights are soft and loir. . .

(Yank, 157)*

lights out.
Ihe extinguishing, turning off, of artificial lights at
night usually at a fixed time in such places as dormitories, barracks,
and the like.
The merchandising was carried on in hurried shirll yells, like a girls'
dormitory after lights out... (Yank, 1 1 5 ).
H ost it's "lights out1' and you're lying quietly in bed thinking (Yank,
6 5 ).
We sat and talked and laughed until amost lights-out... (Pyle, 220).
the lights turn.
(See: the light changes.) The traffic signal lights
change color from red to green to amber to red again and so on in
directing traffic.
Then the lights turned and they all mored by him like a stream
quand, 5h;.

(Mar­

a light switch.
A derice in which there are electrical connections
whereby one can turn on or extinguish electric lights; a wall switch;
a toggle vwltch.
Not touching any light switch, she tin toed to the bed... (Oaln, 252).
Her hand.. .flipped the light switch 7 Cain, 253)*
to light up.
To begin to smoke any type of tobacco: cigarettes,
cigars, pipes.
••.Collins...got out same cigarettes and we all lit up except Red Dog,
who didn't smoke (Pyle, 3<^0*
...and then passed his cigarettes around so the others could light up
(Yank, 59).
...they threw th mas sires down and started to llfdit up (Yank, 59)*
It was all right to smoke in the gun pit, and ererybody did, but when
that urge hit him he couldn't always take time ^o light up (Pyle, 109).
2. To illuminate; to brighten.
Now and then a front-line flare would light up the eky... (Pyle, 202).
...the sky lighted tip with flares... (Pyle, 2 3 3 )*
Then suddenly the showcase lighted u p , and she gare a little cry, and
went running out (Cain, lie).
As Jeffrey listened a flash of lightning lit up the room where he and
Madge were sleeping so that he knew he had been dreaming... (Mar­
quand, 533).
The dropped flares and lit up the whole sky (Yank, 71/•
Often the enemy dropped flares that lighted up the whole beach area...
(Pyle, 3S2).
to light up -—
cheerful.

face.

To cause one's face to seem pleasant, happy,

...it oame slowly and lighted up her entire face, and Jeffrey had
taught her not to use it too often (Marquand. SO).
as like as not.

As likely as not; it is likely; likely.

Like as not. China won't hare any effect... (Yank, 3 0 ).
like a hone to a starving dog.
little, toHbe of worth.

Being of no real value; too small,

...one small stripe thrown to me like a bone to a starving dog...
like a drowned r a t .

Wet; soaking wet; very, very wet.

You look like a drowned ra t
like floatlng on air.

(Cain, 93)*

Very soft, comfortable.

But it felt like floating on air
like a good —
person.

.

(Yank, 28).

As an obliging person wax Id; like an obedient

Sergeant, I want you to t e l l me like a good fellow Just how you came to
fa ll on your bayonet (Yank, 19377
like hot cakes.
tributing.)

Bapldly; fast.

The fifty others went like hot cakes
like hell.

(This often implies selling, dis­
(Pyle, 3°**).

Not; absolutely not.

He will like hell
It will like hell

(Cain, 187).
(Cain, lUg).

like a hot knife through butter.
easy.

Rapidly and easily; very fast and

...I went through that like a hot knife through butter... (Cain, 2 3 2 ).
like hunting a needle In a haystack.
Practically impossible to do
something; beyord human ingenuity to do.
I t was like hunting a needle in a haystack
not to like it any too well.
not to be happy about it.

(Pyle, 373).

Not to be very well pleased with it;

...he said he didn1 1 like it any too well

(Pyle, 280).

like a man,

Manfully; as a man would be expected to do,

Whenever I think of our soldiers and sailors In camps hack home, I am
apt to visualise — and no doubt wrongly — a draftee who is going
through his training like a man, but still reluctantly and without
intense interest (Pyle, 53).
like a one armed -paper hanger.

Hurriedly; busily.

He was working like a one-armed paperhanger and if Mr. Wilson wanted to
have the place like Mr. Haskell's why he could do it... (Marquand,
502).
I bet at that camp they've been working him like a one-armed apoerhanger
--------(Marquand, 518).
I've been working like a one-armed paperhanger. and maybe I forgot
(Marquand, 511/*
like sitting ducks.
Being an easy target; being easy to hit; being
easy to hit as an unmoving target.
We'll knock 'em off like sittin g ducks
like —

(Tank, Uh).

As one says; according to one's orders, directions,

says.

O.K. then do just like I say, and we'll get Mildred's pies in here,
'stead of them cow pies we got now (Cain, 66).
like a snowball.

Rapidly; quickly.

Ee had seen it growing in fashion, like a snowball rolling downhill
(Marquand, Ul2).
“
To top it all off he spoke perfect French and was picking up Italian
like a snowball (Pyle, 73).
like that.

Of that nature; similar to that.

I've heard him say something like that
like

was.

(Gardner, 5**).

As if one were.

I feel like I was forty-five years old (Pyle, 267).
Well, I feel like I was, too, and I damn near am (Pyle, 267).
like water off a duck* s(back).

Easily; without disturbing one.

Tom said that when he first went into the Navy the sailors' profanity
shocked him, but before long it rolled off his back like water off a
duck (Pyle, 3 8 )•
like you or me.

Like a normal individual; like average people.

...they were genial, ordinary fellows too, not stand-offish or s t u c k
up, hut very much like you or ms (Marquand, 2 5 ).
It seemed that they
enjoyed ping-pong... Just like you orme (Marquand,
2 6 ).
They were tousle—headed, florid-faced...and they put you at ease a.t once,
Just like you and ms (Marquand, 26).
...he was an ordinary fellow, too. Just like you and me
( M a r q u a n d . , 26).
It seemed that they
all had all sorts of personal hahlts,Just l±lceyou
or m
(Marquand, 2 6 0 ).
the line forms on the right.
(Often when there is a line, queue, it
begins and forms on the right side of an entrance, box office, or tbs
like.)
The line is farming on the rlsht
line soldier.
fighting.

(Marquand., 556),

A comhat soldier; and infantryman who actually does

...there's only one line soldier left... (Yank, 2 U3 ).
a line up.
A line of men, usually prisoners of some sort, p l a c e d
before a witness who is to identify one or more of them as h a v i n g
commit teed a crime.
...her parents, who will he here to review the
one out of the line-up (Yank, 182).

men and pick the g u i l t y

to line u p .
1 . To arrange in a line, queue; to form into

a line.

There the men of the company lined up for meals... (Pyle,U20).
Then all day and all night vehicles of the regiment from miles a r o u n d
lined up and filled their csuis, tanks, and radiators (Pyle, 60) .
• ..If there were some way to line them ug and shoot them through w h e n ­
ever you wanted to... (tfew Yorker. XXIII. Sept. 1 3 , 19^7* 2 7 ).
Lining up with all the other boys (Marquand, 556).
...he looked down and directly under him saw an airfield with a d o z e n
or fcore small German plare s lined up alongside the runway (Pyle.
1 6 9 ).
They lined up and passed through a chow line (Pyle, 337)«
He lined them u£> against a tree... (Yarik, 28).
We were lined up In straight columns (Pyle, 357)*
The enlisted crewmen lined up... (Yank, 117/*
...I've heard... about
s lining up to ge t medals from a barrel... (Yank,
173).
My tents are lined up in a row... (Yarik, 155)*
We lined up and were served sandwiches... (Yank, 115).
2 . To make plans and to arrange; to get In readiness.

We had five soldiers fr obi the USO lined up for this thing* hut.,.they
had to go on a clambake with Look (Yank, 1 5 9 ) •
to linger on.

To resiain; to stay; not to he lost.

...I'm sure the story of the searchlight will linger on in her wardroom
and forecastle lilce a legend (Pyle, 2 l).
to
to l i n k
arm t h r o u g h
.
To Join arms with another,
(Often con­
sidered a sign of camaraderie.)
"Don't scold him. dear*" she said* and she linked her arm throw*** his
(Marquand* 115).
to l l s t m around.
To try to get some information from various
sources hy listening unobtrusively.
1 deliberately listened around for a while

(Pyle* 6 ),

to listen in on.
To listen secretly to the conversation of others;
to listen unobtrusively.
They liked to listen in on their radios as the EXF pilots talked to
each other (Pyle, T52T7
Mason said* "You tapped my telephone line and listened in on confidential.
..." (Gardner, 208).
When the police walk into a trap by means of wire tapping and listening
in on confidential conversations... (Gardner, 2 1 7 ).
to llatsn to.
lie tenlng.

To hear and to pay attention to; to

beattentive

to by

Mr. Beksteln...11stened to Mildred with expressionless eyes... (Cain,
2^5).
Mildred, who had listened to this eulogy... (Cain, 2 1 9 ).
But they wonldn* t listen to me (Yank, 2 0 l).
The boys called them screaming meamlee" instead and, brother,they were
bad Indeed to listen to (Pyle, 193)•
Mildred...listened to the radio... (Cain, 2 5 0 ).
to listen to reason.

To be reasonable; to be tractable.

...now she'll listen jto reason, and we figure she can run this business
... (Cain, 2S8 T:
...he is patient* he will listen to reason (Yank, 137)»
not to 1 1 sten to such a thing.
approve of something.

To be opposed to somethingl not to

Ida...said at first she wouldn't even listen to such a thing

2h«).

(Cain*

to 11a ten with half an ear.
To lieten Inattentively; not to listen
with attention; to half listen.
...he...listened, with half an ear... (Cain, 131).
literal minded.

Matter of fact; unimaginative; lacking in Imagination.

She was a little too literal-minded for such analysis... (Cain, 58).
...squint that was anything hut alluring, that betrayed a rather ap­
palling literal-mindedness. or matter-of-factness... (Cain, 1 6 ).
literary agency.
An agency which representa authors and sells their
stories, novels, to magazines, publishers, or papers.
...Xlla Trediricks, who was doing a perfectly swell job in a literary
agency... (Marquand, 337).
literary agent.
An agent, person, who represents authors, writers,
and sell their writings to publishers, magazines, newspapers.
He saw George Stanhope, the literary agent. who handled Walter Hewcombe
•.. (Marquand, 3U3O.
litter bearer.
One of two who carry a litter, stretcher, on which is
carried a sick or wounded person.
One of my men helped me back to the command post where litter bearers
took me back to a dispensary (Tank, 11).
We sure could use another litter-bearer (Tank, 1 6 9 ).
Two litter-bearers had just come in to report nothing doing... (Tank,
1 9 7 T:
...we heard someone calling for litter-bearers... (Tank, 169).
In a few minutes our 11tter-bearers came past, carrying a captain
(Pyle, UU5 ).
a little beyond.
Out of someone's ken; too complicated, deep, for
someone1s understanding.
These points were a little beyond Mildred... (Cain, 237)*
a little bird.
(Used to keep secret the name of a person who di­
vulged information.)
Then Miss Pringle had said that a little bird, but it was a little bird
that was off the record... (Marquand, U53).
”
a little bird told —
mation .T”~

.

(Used to keep secret how one obtained infor­

And Jeffrey had said that of course he had, and i f the l i t t l e bird hadn' t
told Mis 8 Pringle who i t was, he could tell her TT?arquand, 453).

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...a little blrd had told her that Mr. Wilson had heen quite often at
the lovely hone of a certain Someone at Malibu Beach (Marquand, ^53).
Then Mlse Pringle had said that.„.a little bird had told her... (Mar­
quand, U3 5 ).
"When we oase to that," Ethel eaid, "a little bird told me— " and she
gave her head a toes— " a little bird told me something about someone
named Louella" (Marquand, 159)•
"A little bird told me," he said (Gardner, 128).
a little bit of everything.
things.

Many different things; a wide variety of

...a little bit of everything came ashore on that emmorable day

(Pyle,

3I3T:
In fact he did a little bit of everything from sweeping up to passing
shells (Pyle, ffT.
T,/hat he actually did was a little bit of everything when things were
normal (Pyle, 3 8 ) •
a little boy.

A helper; one who can assist.

(Used jocularly.)

I told him that what he needed most was a little boy to do his saluting
for him (Pyle, 308).
little by little.

Gradually; by degrees; slowly.

Lit tie by little, day by day, those cities were reduced to destruction
... (Pyle, 2 3 5 ;.
Little by little, the fiendish rain of explosives upon the hillsides
softened the Germans
(Pyle, 1U2 ) .
...but little by little, Mildred thought, it was getting smoother
(Cain, 1 3 6 ).
"Little by little." he said again, and blew a thick cloud of smoke out
of his bearded mouth (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7» 20).
But everything has to be done little by little, and I won’t be here to
see it finished (New Yorker, )&Xll, Sept. 5, 19^7* 20).
Yet with typical American tenderheartdness they felt sorry for them and
little by little they became sort of fond of them (Pyle, 1 1 8 ).
a, little knot of (0 0 0 0 1 0 ).
gether.

A small group; a

small crowd close to­

...there was always a little knot of them standing behind some plane...
(Pyle, 206).

Q

little later.

A little

Later on;

afterwards.

later we got the story on the Portress

a little luck.

Some luck; luck.

(Pyle, 175) •

W© had a little luck
little magazine.
inches in size.

(Cain, 20U).
A pocket sized magazine; a magazine about 5 ^>7 8

...Ulrich, the Little Magazine
a little more of.

(Princeton University Press, 19^+6, 2^5).

More of; somewhat more of.

Monty...at least a little more of an authority, said...that no encores
were ever sung in the first half of the program (Cain, 2^0).
to be a little off.

Not to be quite accurate; to be Inaccurate.

Perhaps his timetable may be a little off
a little on the -— -side.

(Marquand, 507)*

Somewhat; to a degree; to some extent.

She was a little on the fat elde (Marquand, ^76).
Miss Turner.. .turned out to be a trim little person, not much older than
Mildred, and a little on the hardboiled side (Cain, 3 6 )•
...she's very sweet in a great many ways, but I don't see why you've
never seen that she's a little on the dill side (Marquand, 53^).
the little people.
mon man.

The

common people; the everyday people; the com­

It seemed to him that the Little People themselves would have every right
to resent it... (marquand', 1^5) •
...he wished that their discoverers would not invariably refer to them as
Little People (Marquand, 1U5 ).
He was saying something about the little people and about our way of life
(Marquand, 135).
The lines revealed to Jeffrey that Buchanan Greene's acquaintance with
the Little People. ..was purely academic (Marquand, lh6).
Buchanan Greene would not have known what to say to the Little People,
and neither would most of the others who listened to him... (Mar­
quand, lU£) •
All they knew. ..about Little People was what Buchanan Greene was telling
the m (Marquand, lh6 ).
There was no doubt that Buchanan Greene was right--the Little People were
correct in being very, very angry (Marquand, 1^6) .
...everyone waited to hear some more strictures from the Little People.
but none came (Marquand, lH6).
The poem was about the little people whose small voices rose to reproach
the privileged few who were living wrongly in the present (Marquand,
They were rep orachful because they, the little people, and not their
drivers, made this, our country (Marquand, 1 4 5 ).
He was thinking that everyone now wrote and talked about the Little
_the Little People were a new discovery... (Marquand,

a little slrnr on the uptake.
alow wit ted.

Slow in perception;

slow

to u n d e r s t a n d

Walter was always a little alow on the Tiptake then* . . (M a r q u a n d . l6 ) •
a little talk.

A conversation; a talking together.

...she...held Mr8. Gessler after closing time for a l l t t l e

talk:

(Cain..

--------------------------------

177).

...how often this all
talk in the company

changed when a critic and an a u t h o r h a d a
of a lot... (Marquand, 339).

the little things.

Ordinarily inconspicuous actions, a c t s .

little

But we could sense from little things that they w e r e glad t o h a v e u s
(Pyle, 377).
the little things In life.
pleasures.

The homey pleasures; simple,

The little things in life are what Uncle Joe enjoys m o s t
a little too.

(Tank,

£ little undecided.

(Yank,

9 l) .

Somewhat undecided; undecided.

I was standing behindan Italian farmhouse a little u n d e c i d e d
things (Tank, ll).
~~

shout

At a short distance; not far a w a y .

...we spotted about 50 ®ore Japs off a little way
a little while.

133-) •

Too; conspicuously too.

Things were a little too quiet, even for a Sunday

a little way off.

ordinary,

(Yank,

1 ^ 5 ).

A short time; not for long; a lit t l e a p 8 .ee o f

time.

A German M3h machine gun had been chattering a little w h i l e b e f o r e
across a corn patch... (Tank, ll).
...we sat and talked a little while alone (Pyle, 1 9 U).
You coudl get away from the war fcr a little while, h u t n o t f o r long;. . .
(Ma rquand, 1 5 ).
------------...I'm leaving In a little while from Union Air Terminal, i n B u r b a n k
(Cain, 258).
In a little vdille Jeffrey would be calling Marianna "dear," w h e t h e r h.®
felt that way or not (Marquand, 80).
They let it sit that way a little while (Pyle, 220).
Then we talked a little while in lew tones... (Pyle, 199).
the little woman .

One's wife; one's helpmeet.

To the best little woman that any guy was crazy enough to let get away
from him (Cain, 1 2 7 ).
lire halt.
Minnows, worms, grubs, frogs, which are alive are used as
halt hy fishermen.
...what she had forgotten was that he was live halt... (Cain, 2 5 3 ).
to live down.
To continue to live one's normal life after some
happening which has caused gossip, talk about one, and to seem to
prove hy one's conduct that the rumor was not true.
But eht B- 2 6 lived down the had
(*yie. 321).
But he lived that down, and all their other Jokes about him (Pyle,
to live for.
To have for, as the philosphlcal basis oflife;
sider as the most important part of life.
It's what we live for and what we die for

260) .
to con­

(Marquand, 332).

to live off —
To receive one's Income, food, shelter, from another
usually without payment of any lcind.
...she he living off yon, and rolling in dough... (Cain, 2 5 1 ).
...if he had to live off the Government... (Tank, 2 l6 ).
to live on,
1. To have money enough for one's needs;to possess or receive regular­
ly enough money to he able to furnish food, clothing, and shelter.
You know he isn't old e n o u g h to know the sort of girl he wants and they
have nothing Jfco live on (Marquand, 52h).
-••so yon can live on what yon make (Cain, 2 US).
2 . To use as food;

to eat;

to snhslst on.

She lived on oatmeal and bread, reserving for the children such eggs,
chicken, and milk as she could come hy (Cain, Uo).
to live oh a desert Island with.
To have a woman for one's own
pleasure the rest of one's life.
(This is usually a romantic notion
and a man thinks of a woman with a beautiful face and a perfect fig­
ure.)
If I had to pick between the two of them _to live on a desert Island with,
I'd pick Salee. .. (Marquand, 535).
to l i v e
own life.
ble for them only to

To make one's one decisions and to be responsi­
oneself; to stand on one's own feet.

Jim has to start living his own Ilfs sometime, and It doesn't help to
monkey with other people's lives (Marquand, 312).
to live together.

To occupy the same house, apartment, rooms.

In the same hotel, hut not living together

(Gardner, 1SU).

to live together as awn and wife.
To occtqpy the same rooms, house,
apartment, and to cohahlt, have coitus. (Ifcls always refers to a
man and woman.)
They lived together as man and wife for some time, then finally broke
u p , W t remained good friends (Gardner, l6 8 ).
to live up to.

To act In accordance with; to behave In a manner as.

...they are.. .designed far the lady who gracefully lives up to the im­
portance of her place In the world (Tank, 228).
.. .Pvt. Luckey better live up to his last name If he gois Into combat
... (Tank, 2 1 l).
to live well.
To have plenty of money for one's physical needs; to
enjoy a comfortable life; to have enough food, shelter, clothing.
Oh we lived veiy well before the Depression... (Cain, 2 5 0 ).
to live with.
1 . To cohabit; to have sexual Intercourse with.

"Jeffrey,

you don't think he— " and her voice changedagain— "he ’s—
living with her?" (Marquand, 312).
...she Is living with yet another fellow... (Yank, 1 7 0 ).
1
with her only one nl^it (Tank, 17*0*
...I started living with another woman (Tank, 173)•
Didn't you think. Jeff— perhaps they're living with each other now?
(Marquand, 5 2 2 /.
Perhaps if you just told Jim it would be all rl^it to— live with her—
...then he would get over it (Marquand, 522).
2 . To occupy the same house; apartment; rooms.
And your uncle is living with you? (Gardner, 2 6 ).
...he was living with Mom and Mr. Pierce (Cain, 229).
...your wife.. .claiming that your son lives with her (Yank, 1 7 1 ).
...that was something, after living with you all my life (Cain, 187).
living room.
The room In a house or apartment for sitting; sitting
room; the main room. (Also attributive.)
The big living room of the house

(Cain, 178).

Jerking hie thumb toward the living room... (Gain, 15*0.
...no longer a drawing room, but a big living room... (Gain, 228).
It's that living room of yours... (Cain, 228;•
...it'll look like that living room over there... (Cain, 2 2 9 ).
Going to the living room again... TOaln, 15*0.
It was the living room of a rough mountain shack, with a rough board
floor... (<!ain7 9^77
...a bit too loud, a shade too clear as though intended for the com­
pany in the living room rather than God (Cain, 1 1 3 ).
But Bert took her arm and Veda her hand, and she went slowly through
the living room (Cain, 113).
The air in the living room was heavy; he put down his bag... (Marquand,
303).
He had never liked that living room or any of that apartment (Marquand
303) •
...she began to cry, and went in the living room to resume a vigil that
was rapidly becoming a habit (Cain, 19)7
lining room he stepped into corresponded to the lawn he left (Cain

l).

It was indeed the standard living room sent out by department stores as
suitable for a Spanish bungalow.'.. (Cain, l).
One might object that this living room achieved the remarkable feat of
being cold and at the same time stuffy... (Cain, 2 ).
"Laura, let’s go into the living room." Madge said (Marquand, U0 3 ).
...on the other side of the chimney from the living room (Cain, 2 9 ).
In the living room there was exactly that sort of silence which he had
expected... (Marquand, Uh3 ).
The living room was restful (Marquand, U3 2 ).
...the wind would blow all the books and cigarette boxes right off the
table in the living room... (Marquand, U3 2 ).
There he was. sitting in the living room, opening a silver cigarette
box... (Marquand, 3 0 5 ).
----------...so he sat down on the living room sofa and lighted a cigarette
(Marquand, 3°3)•
The living room was open and shafts of sunlught came through the win­
dows . .. (Marquand, 5g9 )•
not a living soul.

No one; nobody.

Not a living soul except Inez
a living thing.

(Gardner, 17l).

Anything which is alive; something with life.

Though I spent most of the morning looking out the window with binocu­
lars, I douldn't pick out a living thing (Yank, 6 0 ).
loaded dice.
Dice so arranged either by weighting or shaving off a
side or corners that a person can throw the dice and cause a desired
number to show.
Mas cm took the loaded dice from his pocket, rolled them casually across

the top of the desk, and watched the figures. •.show up with amazing
regularity (Gardner, 2 1 5 ).
He picked up the agency for this loaded dice hueiness (Gardner, 100),
Mason opened hie desk drawer and took out the pair of loaded dice...
(Gardner, 5 1 ).
to load ——

In a car.

To put In a car; to cause to get In a car.

She flgeted while Letty served Veda, then loaded Veda in the car, and
took her for another vigil (Gain, 9 9 )*
to load up.
To put In a load of something; to fill a carriage, car­
rier, with a load of something.
It must he hell on them to load up end then have to go out and unload
... (Yank, 2 0 7 ).
to loaf around.

To waste time; to spend time doing nothing; to loaf.

The others...Just loafed around (Pyle, 3 8 3 ).
...they Just loafed around most of the day (Pyle, 2 7 0 ).
lo and hehold.

Behold; see; listen.

We were standing out waiting for our squadron to come hack
from a mis­
sion, when. \o and hehold. the entire cahoodle came hack at once
(Pyle, 1 7 U).
to loan —

out.

To lend; to loan.

...the CO even loaned him out to his friends

(Yank, 139).

local train.
A slow train which stops at every station in comparison
to an express train which stops at selected stations.
Jeffrey waited on the platform for a half an hour at Stamford for the
local train (Marquand, 2 5 6 ).
When he took the local train and sat looking out of the window, there
were no soldiers on the platform and no Military Police (Marquand,
2 5 6 ).
local yokel.

A provincial person; a rustic; a yokel.

(Jocular.)

"Jeff,” Madge said, "you don't have to he a local yokel. too." (Mar­
quand, 1 1 3 ).
...perhaps same of the others will hegin to think you always talk this
way— just like a local yokel (Marquand, 115).
locker room.
A room in which lockers are kept; a room filled with
many separate compartments which are used for storage.

In the locker ro o m , locker thirty-five

(Gardner, 37),

to lock In.
To lock a door, room, drawert vault, storage place so
aa to confine someone, something.
Look yourself \n
to lock out.
or the like.

(Gardner, 116).
To he unable to enter because of a locked door, gate,

We'd pretend we were locked out... (Tank, 187).
lock, stock, and barrel.

Completely; wholly; In toto.

Serle's sold us out to the D.A., lock, stock, and barrel

(Gardner, 105).

to lock up.
1 . To lock all entrances, doors, windows, to a house, apartment,
building.
But when they got there with her the house was all 1 ocked up and they
rang him again (Cain, 98).
2. To Imprison; to put in Jail.
prisonment.

(This implies arrest preceding Im­

The Germans were locked up and a guard placed outside their building
(Tank, U9).
I'd driven a knife through its heart, end locke d it up... (Cain, 232).
...Please notify the FBI, G-2, anything — but have that guy locked up I
(Tank, 21 l).
-------3 . To lock the door of a store, business piece for the ni^xt; to
close a store for the nl^it.
...we'd quit for the day and lock up (Tank, 188).
Mildred.. .started her preparations to lock Tip. (Cain, l6l).
.. .prepared t o lock up (Cain, 127) •
log book.
A record book for dally activities; a book in which re­
cords sore kept of each day's activities.
...the log book for recording the number of rounds fired was empty
(Tank, 32) .
With the gun came a field manual and a log book (Tank, 32).
Today the log book is full (Tank, 32).
log rolling.
Undue influencing of someone through favors granted
him.
(The political meaning differs in that it means mutual assist­
ance among legislators for passage of certain bills.)

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.. .very hart if they heard anyone say anything about making hay or log
rolling, or anything like that (Marquand, 338).
Now, certainly, this was not hay making or log rolling, or anything like
that (Marquand, 339)*
long ago.
past.

A long time ago; a long time since; a long time in the

The war had been over long ago, but he was not at ease (M&rquand, 226).
Now it must have been given away long ago, or else it was in the attic
somewher e ... (Marquand, 5*1*0 •
long awaited.

Anticipated; expected and hoped for.

...skyrockets...saved for this long-awaited occasion (Tank, 219).
... they...got that long-awaited mall drop and a chance to write V-mail
replies (Tank, if7)•
long barreled.

A rifle.

In the second big category of ack-ack is the Bofors, a *K) millimeter
long-barreled gun... (Pyle, 38*0 •
long distance.
The calling on a telephone from or
than the place where one is. (Also attributive.)

to another city

...Stew called up long distance... (Pyle, 262).
When he heard Madge on the telephone he wondered whether she was calling
long distance, and talking for half an hour... (Marquand. 327).
The long distance operator l^iored the sally (Gardner, 66 ).
Let’s get to a telephone where I can put through a long distance call
(Gardner, 173)*
In the morning, he called Della Street on the long dlstance telephone
(Gardner, 121).
long drawn out.

Lengthy; interminable; Intolerably long.

...a bombshell which was legally powerful, yet which lacked dramatic
force because of the long, drawn out manner in which the details had
been dragged through the record (Gardner, 15l).
The screaming meanles.. .even when they were going off at an angle some
distance away they made a 1ong-dr awn- out moaning sound that was blood­
curdling (Pyle, 193)*
long drawers.
Long underwear; heavy underwear which covers the body
to the wrists and ankles; long Johns; long handles.
Red Dog gave me an extra pair of long drawers to put on

(Pyle, 322).

a long dryspell.
A time of drouth; a period of no rain. (By exten­
sion a period when the±e is no alcoholic beverages available.)

...‘beer hit Iran after a long dry rpell
long enough.

(Yank, 3*0.

For a sufficient period of time; for enough time.

No one wants to hang around long enough to start one (Yank, 66).
...the prosecution would like to remove the fingerprint expert from the
stand long enough to interrogate a new witness... (Gardner, 186).
to long for.

To desire; to wish for; to want.

The hearts turned seaward from the battlefields
And longed for haven shores and peaceful planes... (Yank, 198).
long Johns.
hong underwear; long drawers; heavy underwear which
covers the "body to the wrists and ankles.
Some of the other guys slapped their wrists when they piped the red
long Johns (Yank, 166).
long legged.

Having legs longer than most people; having long legs.

This was a long-leflfiaA major... (Yank, 190).
long line of.
An old family of; a family which generation after
generation practiced something.
Our family sprang from a long line of Norman Milkmaids
long lost.
again.

(Pyle, ^lU).

Lost for a long time; lost and given up hope of seeing

...ragged, unkempt, and asking for a meal, do you think you would have
recognized him as your long-lost brother? (Gardner, lM-O).
long pants.
Trousers, pants, which extend from a man's waist to his
ankles or shoes. (Used in conparison to short pants which extend only
to the knees.) (Also attributive.)
Then Mildred saw Williams, a boy of twelve. In what was evidently his
first long-pants suit (Cain, 112).
long range.
normal.

At a long distance; at a distance farther than average,

In the distance we could hear the sound of long-range shelling

(Yank,

5 8 ).

Strategic psychological, warfare...strikes at German cities far behind
the lines and has strictly long—range objectives (Yank, 127).
long since.

Long ago; for a long time.

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...lt has long since ceased to surprise him... (Yank, l*+8).

a long story.
A story, history, situation, with many ramifications;
a recital of a complicated situation,
"It's a long story." Mason said
long term.
time.

(Gardner, 12l).

Extending over a long period of time; consuming much

The farther hack from the lines the higger become the outfits and the
more elaborately equipped and more capable of doing heavy, long-term
work (Pyle, *+18).
long time.

Much time.

It was completely unexpected, but they must have been doing that sort of
thing for a long, long time, and it caused Jeffrey no embarrassment
(Marquand, 55TTT
They have been gone a long time... (Pyle, *+66).
One officer had served a long time in the Pacific... (Pyle, 37*+).
...a colonel I had known a long time was walking up and down... (Pyle.
“*39).
He hunted a long time for morphine before he found it... (Yank, U3 ).
He worked a long time around Twin Palls... (Pyle, 19*+).
It had been a long time since he had seen Mrs. Uewcombe or
thought
of Valter (Marquand, 3^*7)•
a long time back.

A long time ago; much time ago in the past,

Pirst idea I had, a long time back, before I went to Hollywood... (Yank,
132).
long ton.

The 155 mm. rifle; a large cannon.

(Also attributive.)

Even in a land rocked day and night by the thunder of Long Toms...it was
a pip (Yank, 167).
...a tired HP at a cross road was helping to straighten out a Long Tpm
truck... (Yank, 168).
long underwear.
Underwear which extends to one's w r i s t s and ankles;
long drawers: long Johns.
...he wore long red underwear (Yank, 166).
Most everybody had on his long underwear (Pyle, 378).
a long way off.

Par away; at a great distance.

Her voice came through his thoughts as though she were a long way off
even when he held her hand (Marquand, 387).

a long while

A long time;

cl

long period of time.

I've known Marianna for a long wla.ile . "but you're wrong in your assump­
tions, Minot (Marquand,™3*7) •
...we haven't seen each other for* a long while, have weT (Marauand,
183).
Louella was gone for such a long; while that he wondered whether she
might not he sorry... (Marquand., 1^5).
...Jeffrey hoped that it would l & s t for a long while (Marquand, 165).
As he sat there listening he cotild see why.'..Jesse had hesitated for a
long while to produce it (Marquand, 83).
He had not seen him so gay in a l o n g while (Marquand, 557).
...everything else that you plan'ted looked as though they had been around
your house for a long while
(Marquand, U28).
Ho one had understood Alf for a l o n g while (Marquand, U 76).
It was like being offered s o m e t h i n g that had belonged to him once and
which had been lost for a l o n g while (Marauand, 5^6 ).
Uiere had been no one for a l o n g while to wham he could tell everything
... (Marquand, U 51).
...they must have talked for a 1 o n g while about all sorts of things
(Marquand, ^57).
to look about.
To look in s e v e r a l directions; to look at different
things in different places.
At the end of that first day of o u r invasion of Sicily we Americans
looked about us with awe and vuubellef and not a little alarm. (Pyle,
32>.
to look after.

To care for;

to

see about; to take care of.

They were the enlisted men. ..who drove us correspondents around and fed
us and looked after us (Pyle, 293 ).
...there was nobody left to loofc after it (Pyle, Uio).
Jeffrey had never known about t h i s until Milton nad told him one day,
shortly after he began looking after Madge's things... (Marquand, HOO).
...Madge had said that Milton o u g h t jto look after his things too, be­
cause he was looking after her 'things (Marquand, hoo).
When Madge's father had died, s h e h a d started right away having Mitlton
look after her things... (Marqtx&nd, 399).
Think of all she's been through today, and the beautiful way she's
looked after everybody, without giving one thought to herself! (Cain,
ilU).
...back in Payton for another furloii^i and I am looking after Lulu, Just
like you asked me to (Yank, 8 3 ).
...my thanks to some unknown GI wlao looked after my mother... (Yank.
212
... the crew had Jbo look after the G-un* s care (Yank, 33) •

).

to look around

1. To turn one* s head and body so that one can look behind oneself.
11Don11 look around, darling," she said and she laughed (Marquand, ^6S).
Without looking around I knew that Gerhardt had seen them, too (Tank,
21
...she looked around in time to see Mr. Treviso...mounting his little
stand... (Gain, 239).

).

2. To look at all sides one one; to look in all directions.
Thai with seasoned eyes they looked around for a place to do some tar­
get shooting (Pyle, 188),
"Look around you,* Minot said (Marquand, 557) •
He came out in the open, looked around and turned to signal the others
e e e

..she snapped on the bed light, looked around (Cain, 252).
The men finger thdr rifles mneaally. looking around at each other

20U).

(Tank.

3. To inspect; to examine; to view.
Mildred looked around... (Cain, 239).
I didn't feel like going back to bed and decided _to look around the
place
As I looked around I saw a couule of other sewing machines sitting on
b oxas* " H >yT e7 190).
I started out...to go up to a battalion command post and Just look
around (Pyle, 398)*
As we were looking around the room the landlady opened a wardrobe door
••• (Pyle, U^2}.
He looked around (Tank, ^3)*
...if he looks around he'll find other unwarlike facilities (Tank, 231).
Then we waded ashore and looked around and there right ahead of me wan
a while house... (Pyle, 26>J.
Ida looked around, taking things in (Cain.122).
Would you like to. look aroundT (Cain, 122).
Well, I looked around the apartment a little, and opened the bathroom
door (Gardner, 17l).
While he was doing this she looked around (Cain, 92).
to look as if.

To appear as though; to seem like.

Looks to us as JLf you'll Just have to hide in the Jungle... (Tank, 172).
...but no one has and it doesn't look as if anybody intends to (Tank,

6U-).

...it looked as .if they might not get through in time to catch the next
convoy TFyle, 280).
to look as though.

To seem as if; to appear as though.

...it did look as though Treviso would want to give the kid a break...
(Cain, 2*ioT7

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to look at.

1. To see; to vletr.
It was old women In the crowd that I could hardly hear tj> look at
(Pyle, 227).
...now they had he come the sort of thing that guests would look at
surreptitiously and speak of gently... (Marquand, 285).
They went in with Bay for a few minutes, and then Bert went out to look
at the flowers (Gain, 111).
You know exactly what you*re going to have, and yet you keep looking at
it (Cain, 89).
Then she noticed him looking at the showcase (Cain, 117).
...Veda looked at her ina pretty, ccntrite way... (Cain, 197)*
Veda was looking at her from the hed (Cain, 253).
But you do want them talked ahout, and looked at... (Cain, l66).
...the flowers were m e a t to he looked at and not to he torn to pieces
... (Marquand, 58)•
...together they looked at the picture... (Cain, 209).
An LST isn*t such a glorious ship to look at (Pyle, 228).
...she...saw Mr. Rossi look at Mr ."Hicks tein (Cain, 2 U7 ).
A girl ...was looking at a movie "billboard (Yank, 137).
He looked at her in astonishment (Cain, l66).
She...looked at him (Cain, lU6 ).
Veda looked "blankly at the music (Cain, 135).
...he kept.. .looking at Mildred in an accusing way... (Cain, 2UU).
...Monty looked at Mildred... (Cain, 2Ul).
As she looked at him... (Cain, 219).
...causing even Monty Jjo look at her with sincere admiration (Cain,
230).
Though 8he was ohly eleven she was something to look at twice (Cain,

10 ).

2. To consider; to think ahout; to think of.
Z look at it this way — they've heen poor for a long time and
it wasn't
us that made them poor (Pyle, 118).
"Look at it tnis way, Milton said (Marquand, U05).
Let's look at it this way (Marquand, U 05).
"Madge," he said, "I wish you'd look at it this way (Marquand, 52*0.
Ho two people.• .could possibly look at any subject in exactly the same
way (Marquand, 12).
Look at the sandwich trade (Cain, 175).
And look at the prices you'll get (Cain, 175)•
Look at the fountain trade (Cain, 175)*
Because, he said dramatically look at IrvingBerlin (Cain,
139).
to look away.

To turn one's eyes away from something.

Jeffrey wanted Jto look away, hut he could not
He looked away quickly... (Cain, 22h).

(Marquand, H60).

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...he quickly agreed, and looked away... (Cain, 235).
Jeffrey looked away, 'because it eearned indecent for him to watch
quand, M6 ).

(Max-

to look hack.

1. To look to the rear; to look rearwards.
She stopped, and Jeffrey looked back at the letter... (Marquand, 12).
She was looking hack at him, still puzzled (Marquand, 12).
...I was feeling badly about leaving and didn’t want to look out, or
even look hack (Pyle, 293).
Millcant never even looked hack (Gardner, 46).
Looking hack, I could see the faces of the men behind me reflecting the
loght of the flares (Taifc, 5l)*
I looked hack at the town, still lit by the flares... (Tank, 6l)•
...Jumped over a block of masonry and leaped in and out of a crater,
never daring to look hack (Tank, 60).
...he made the mistake of turning to look hack (Tank, 2U0 ).
They saw this German motorcyclist who kept looking back over his Bhoulder
in terror of the approaching planes... (Pyle, 17 l T I
* loofcefl hack, and the strawstack was blazing like a bonfire... (Tank,
239 ).

2. To consider, think about in retrospect; to consider something which
happened in the past.
Out on our ship it seemed that all hell was breaking loose ashore, hut
later when I looked hack on it, actually knowing what had happened,
it didn't seem so very dramatic (Pyle, 25),
Looking hack over the whole Italian campaign... (Tank, 239).
to look down.

To look downward;

to look at something below one.

When he looked down he started laughing (Pyle, 371).
...he looked down and directly under him saw an a i r f i e l d . . . (Pyle, 169).
...the three of us drove up to the foothills so we could look down over
the valley... (Pyle, 260).
We couldn't go around them through the flat peaceful valleys, because
the Germans were up there lookind down upon us, and they would let us
have it (Pyle, l4l).
...every human being on the beachhead felt that the Germans were looking
down at him individually with their evil eyes (Pyle, 272).
When I looked down I saw he was only sleeping (Pyle, 368).
...for an hour he had been standing looking down at the bombs— wondering
why the hell he ever chose to be an engineer anyway (Pyle, 175)*
...the captain stooped, looked down and noticed a movement... (Tank, 251)
to look down — - nose at.
dain.

To look at haughtily; to regard with dis­

I think the family were inclined to look down their noses a t him until
they found out that Uncle Alden was exceedingly wealthy TGardner, 3) •
to look down on,
as inferior.

To feel superior to; to regard someone, something,

You look down on me heoause I work (Cain. 17*0 •
You look down on everybody that works... (Cain, IU7).
to look down upon.

To he above and adjacent to.

We stopped next at the picturesque little town of Barnvillewhich
down upon the western sea (Pyle, 37^) •
to look familiar.

looks

To seem familiar; to appear recognizable.

He said things certainly did look familiar... (Cain, 200).
to look for.
locate.

To search for; to hunt; to attempt to find; to try to

Colonel Monnier knew exactly what to look for, what to do. and how to
do it... (Pyle, 285).
When he sat down near her, and announced he felt sure she was the person
he was looking for, she became suspicious (Cain, 32).
Mr. Fernald said that he had been too damned busy with the war news to
go out looking for anyone... (Marquand, 19*0.
During the six weeks Mildred has been looking for work, she had seen
quite a little of Wally (Cain, 52).
The soldiers...were looking for the chance to knock off a few Japs
(Yank, 253).
Once Marianna had been like that, looking for a job, but if Marianna had
heard him being silly... (Marquand, 26>9).
"You see," says he, "I'm all alone and looking far a date..." (Yank,
156).
It was everything that the writers of light fiction were always looking
for (Marquand, 72).
to look forward (_to).

To anticipate; to expect.

When the Army doesn't have women, furloughs, ice cream, beer or clean
clothes, it certainly has to have something _to look forward to. even
if only a faint hope for some kind of change that lies buried in an
Illogical rumor (Pyle, 90)•
...that taste of civilized living had been a strange delight, and yet in
a perverse way I looked forward to going back to the old soldier's
routine of sleeping on the bround, not washing before breakfast, and
fighting off fleas (Pyle, hU).
I've been looking forward so much to meeting you (Cain, 192).
...he had looked forward for a long time to those ten days when Jim would
be at home (Marquand, 5^2).

look here.
tive. )

Pay attention; listen to me.

(Most often In the impera­

"Look here." Jeffrey told her," we're just havirg "breakfast, aren't
wet" (Marquand, 13).
Look here. Miss Leeds (Gardner, 83).
Leeds said, "Look here. Mason"
(Gardner, 180).
"Look here," Mason in ter rap ted, "if you're absolutely certain your
brother telephoned you at ten-twenty-fire. .
(Gardner, 109 > .
Look here, Mr. Mason, I think Marcia was going to see John (Gardner,
110 T I

"Look hers." said Serle
abruptly, "what doyou want?"
(Gardner, 98),
"Look here," Serle said, "I'm not supposed to do any talking to anyone,
newspaper men or anyone" (Gardner, 97)*
Mason said, "Look here. Miss Mill cant, I'm going to be $rank with you"
(Gardner, 5*0 •
"Look here," Jeffrey said, "why do we have to go into this the first
thing in the morning*"
(Marquand, 13).
"Look here." Jeffrey told her, "I don't see why you b ring it up*
(Marquand, lU).
to look in.
To view
ward; to look within.

something inside from the outside; to look in­

That way people coming along the streets look In through the windows...
(Gardner, 150).
Tott...heard a rustling In the hole and looked in to see a Jap scampering
for the opposite exit (Tank, 18).
He crept to the mouth of the hollow...and looked in (Tank, 192).
to look —
^ln the eye.
To look at soiother's eyes while he looks in
return at one^s eyes; to look one in the face.
...she was...afraid to look Miss Jaekel in the eye... (Cain, 2h5).
. . .looking Wally in the
eye, she went on. . . (Cain, 2 U 7 ) .
...she must wear a yell, so she needn't look people JLn the eye ( C a i n ,
255).
Veda looked Mildred in the eye with haughty, offended dignity (Cain,
70).
Don't stand there and look me in the eye and pretend you don't know
what I'm talking about (Cain, 55?•
to look in on.

To visit; to attend; to call on.

I looked in on the patient about an hour ago
...I just thought I'd like to look in on Alf
to look into.
cautiously.

(Gardner, 38)m
(Marquand, USh).

To inspect; to consider carefully;

to observe

On hie way there, he talked with an old jungle explorer who told him

at)out a limeBtone cave in the Monson Hirer Valley that might "be worth
looking into (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7, 26).
So I stopped to look into this phenomenon (Pyle,
2^l).
...there were legal angles she would
have to loo1-:into...(Cain, 2U 7).
...when I "became Sultan, I decided I'd better look into the matter
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^7t 23).
It was suggested to us the other day
thatwe look into thematter of
the books the department stores use to add verisimilitude to other­
wise bald displays of furniture (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^7,

20).

to look into a gun.
To be threatened with a gun, pistol, rifle; to
hare a gun pointing at one.
They were looking straight into the bore of the gun... (Yank, S).
to look like.

To appear as if; to seem as though; to seem like.

Looks like we could go into what we think is Important (Cain, 2U6).
But looks like we're entitled to little consideration too, don't it?
(Cain, 2M{>).
to look like hell.

To appear terrible; to present a bad appearance.

"It looks like hell now," Mason said (Gardner, 117).
My God, Granny, you look like hell (Yank, 155).
to look like rain.
of rain.
It looks like rain

To seem as if it might rain; to hare indications
(Yank, 72 )•

Ifi look on.

1. To observe; to look at; to view.

(This usually implies that one
is observing some action and in no way taking part in it.)

There must hare been two hundred people on the deck. ..Just looking on
(Pyle, 226).
The ward looked on half-*lnterested (Yank, 22U).
I stood on the outside looking on... (Yank, 213).
2. To consider; to think of; to think about.
...I believed the average Infantryman looked on the combat pilot's job
as too dangerous to be envied (Pyle, 177)The other kids have always looked on me as an abstraction, but there was
always Jim (Marquand, LgO).
a look on — - face.
One's facial expression; the expression of
emotion, feelings, one one's face.

A t t h e l o o k on M i l d r e d 's f a c e . B e r t . . . t o o k h e r h a n d
( C a in , 210) .
. . . a t t h e c o l d l o o k o n V e d a 's f a c e . . . ( C a i n , 15*+ ).
B e r t a n d M o n ty s t o o d . . . w i t h s t e r n , n o b l e l o o k s o n t h e i r f a c e s
(C a in ,
2 3 9 ).
to

lo o k o u t.

To b e w a re ;

to

be c a re fu l;

t o w a tc h o u t.

Y ou b e t t e r l o o k o u t . I m i g h t s a y y e s
(C a in , 89) .
I f y o u d o n ’ t lo o k o u t. I ' l l c r y
(C a in ,
).
I to ld y o u to lo o k o a t
(C a in , 89) .
I f y o u d o n ' t l o o k o u t I ' l l b e g i n w o n d e r in g w ho y o u w e r e e x p e c t i n g
( C a i n , 1 6 3 )*

J8

to lo o k o u t

(ot)»

To l o o k o u tw a rd fro m

in s id e , w ith in .

W hen h e t o o k t h e l o c a l t r a i n a n d s a t l o o k i n g o u t o f t h e w in d o w , t h e r e
w e re no s o l d i e r s on th e p l a t f o r m s . . . (M a rq u a n d , 236) .
1 . . . 1 0 0 k ed o u t o f a s i d e b l i s t e r a s th e s h ip ...p o u n d e d and b la s t e d h e r
w ay dow n t h e ru n w a y
(Y a n k , 1 1 7 )*
J e f f r e y l o o k e d o u t o f t h e w in d o w
(M a rq u a n d , 7 5 )*
. . . J e f f r e y l o o k e d o u t o f t h e w in d o w a t t h e b u i l d i n g s . . . ( M a r q u a n d , l l ) .
T h e n a v i g a t o r t o l d me t o l o o k o u t t h e l e f t s i d e
(Y a n k , 1 5 ) .
. . . I s t a n d b y t h e w in d o w l o o k i n g o u t
(Y a n k , 1 8 7 ).
I s t a n d l o o k i n g o u t a t d o w n to w n B o s t o n . . . ( Y a n k , 1 8 7 ) .
A s I l o o k e d o u t . C a s s i n o r e m i n d e d me o f a g h o s t to w n w e a r i n g dow n w i t h
th e y e a r s
(Y a n k , 60 ) .
. . . h e r e I am i n B o s t o n l o o k i n g o u t a w in d o w
(Y a n k , 1 8 7 ) .
T he e x e c u t l r e o f f i c e r p u s h e d a s i d e o n e o f t h e m en t o l o o k o u t t h e s l o t
a n d d re w b a c k h i s h a n d c o v e r e d w ith b lo o d
( Y a n k , U5 ) .
We l o o k e d o u t a n d s a w 18 b i g T i g e r s (P sK W V Is) c o m in g i n . . . ( Y a n k , 12 h ) .
. . . k i l l W h i t e l o o k e d o u t a n d sa w a b i g h o l e i n t h e r i g h t w i n g
(P y le ,
3 ^ ).
W hen s h e h e a r d a c a r d o o r s l a m s h e d l d n ' t h a v e a c h a n c e t o l o o k o u t a n d
c o u n t c u s to m e rs
( C a in , 123) .

And then after lunch we looked out again, and the sea was veritably
crawling with new ships-—hundreds of the, big and little (Pyle, 3 5 ) .
S i t t i n g t h e r e w r i t i n g w i t h i n s a f e w a l l s , a n d lo o k in g o u t th e w in d o w ...
i t w as a lr e a d y h a r d to b e l i e v e t h e r e e v e r h a d b e e n a w a r . . . ( P y le ,
H6 l ) .
On t h e w a y o u t w e f l e w r i ^ i t p a s t t h e m a g n i f i c e n c e o f V e s u v i u s , b u t I
w as f e e l i n g b a d ly a b o u t l e a v i n g a n d d i d n 't w a n t t o lo o k o u t . . . ( P y le ,
2 9 3 ).
T h o u g h I s p e n t m o s t o f t h e m o r n i n g l o o k i n g o u t t h e w in d o w w i t h b i n o c u ­
l a r s , I e e u ld n ' t p ic k o u t a liv in g th in g
(7 a n k , 5 9 ).
. . . h e h a d l o o k e d o u t t h e w in d o w t h e f i r s t m o r n i n g h e w o k e i n I r a n . . .
( Y a n k , 20l ) .
1 . . . 1 0 0 k e d o u t a t th e g r a y m o rn in g
( Y a n k , 1^ ) .
I lo o k e d o u t th e e n t r a n c e a n d c o u l d n 't s e e a h u n d re d y a r d s i n f r o n t o f
me ( Y a n k , 6 l ) .
to

lo o k o u t f o r .

To c a r e

fo r;

to

ta k e

c are

o f;

to

s e e a b o u t;

to

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minister to.
P l e a s e lo o k o u t f o r my p a t i e n t
A nd th e w h o le d a r n I n f a n t r y
(Y a n k , 1 5 6 ) .
. . . I t w as h i s b u s i n e s s a n d J i m 's b u s i n e s s , a n d h e c o u ld lo o k o u t f o r i t
b e t t e r th a n a l o t o f o t h e r p e o p l e . . . (M a rq u a n d , 3 68) .
B u t a s k th e L o rd to lo o k o u t f a r
T h e w h o le d a m I n f a n t r y
(Y a n k , 156) .
. . . h e n e e d n o t d o a n y th in g a b o u t C h a r le y w h ile s h e w as aw ay— t h a t C h a r le y
c o u ld lo o k o u t f o r h i m s e l f . . . (M a rq u a n d , 223) .
to lo o k
1.

o v e r.

To s c r u t i n i s e ;

to

e x a m in e .

As w e lo o k e d o r e r t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f e l e g a n t a n d l a c y v a l e n t i n e s c u r r e n t l y
o n e x h i b i t i o n a t t h e M u seu m o f t h e C i t y o f N ew Y o r k . . . (N ew Y o r k e r ,
X X I I I , ? e b . 1 5 , 19 U 7 , 2 1 ) .
He lo o k s th e g i r l s o v e r w i t h a n a p p r a i s i n g e y e , a n d m akes p a s s e s a t th e
p r e t t y o n e s . . . (G a rd n e r, 127) .
I ' l l l o o k I t o v e r , see I f i t ' s o k a y , a n d l e a v e t h e k e y a t t h e d e s k w h e n
I com e dow n
(G a rd n e r, 1 0 6 ).
. . . b u t i f y o u c a l l s o m e tim e , I s h a l l b e g l a d t o lo o k i t o v e r p e r s o n a l l y
(M a rq u a n d , 28U ) .
. . . a t h r e e m a n » . . p a t r o l t o o k o f f a n y w a y to_ l o o k o v e r t h e s i t e a s a f o r ­
w a r d OP
( Y a n k , I 3U ) .
B y n o w y o u 'v e l o o k e d o v e r t h e c a m p , a n d y o u ' r e i m p r e s s e d m o s t b y i t s iin ­
n e r m ane e
( Y a n k , 6 U TI
J o e b e n t h i s h e a d t o w a r d t h e d i n i n g ro o m a n d l o o k e d i t o v e r
(Y a n k , 229) .
J e f f r e y a n d th e s to c k y f o r e i g n e r lo o k e d e a c h o t h e r o v e r w ith p o l i t e d i s ­
in te re s t
(M a rq u a n d , 3 ^ 3 ) •
C o lw e ll d r o p p e d dow n a n d l o o k i n g th e s i t u a t i o n o v e r . I m m e d ia te ly r a d i o e d
h e a d q u a rte rs
(Y a n k , 19*0 •
. . . a n o t h e r M P, w ho l o o k e d h im o v e r s u s p i c i o u s l y . . . ( Y a n k , 2 0 l ) ,
B o s le c am e dow n th r o u g h t h e bom b b a y to o lo o k o v e r h i s c re w
(Y a n k , 86 ) .
S he d r o v e dow n a n u m b e r o f tim e s a n d lo o k e d i t o v e r
(C a in , 176) .
2.

It

To b e a b o v e a n d a d j a c e n t

to .

lo o k e d o u t o v e r a n a b r u p t c l i f f . . .

to lo o k p r o m is in g .

(Y a n k ,

To s e e m p r o f i t a b l e ;

2^*0 ) .

to a p p e a r v a lu a b le .

A r le n e , a s m a l l , h a l f p r e t t y g i r l o f t w e n t y - f i v e , h a d n 't lo o k e d v e r y
p r o m i s i n g , b u t I d a h a d re c o m m e n d e d h e r h i g h l y
(C a in , 115J .
B u t o c c a s i o n a l l y s o m e th in g lo o k e d p r o m i s in g
(C a in , 32) .
to lo o k

s o u th .

To f a c e

The t a b l e w a s p l a n e d I n
quand, 3) .

s o u th ;

fro n t

to

have a fro n t

to w a rd s

th e s o u th .

o f a w in d o w w h i c h l o o k e d s o u t h . . .

(Mar­

to lo o k —
d ire c tly

s t r a i g h t In th e f a c e .
To l o o k o n e i n
a t o n e 1s e y e e ; t o m e e t o n e 's g l a n c e ,

th e ey e;

to

lo o k

" I w o n ' t “b e b o t h e r i n g y o u f o r e v e r , " A l f s a i d , a n d h e t u r n e d a n d l o o k e d
J e f f r e y s t r a i r i i t in th e fa c e
( M a r q u a n d , U8 7 ) .
to lo o k th ro u g h .
s e e in g .
On L S T s t h e b r i d g e
has l i t t l e s l i t s
230) .

To s e r v e a s

a passag e,

o u tle t,

so u rc e

of v is io n ,

of

i s c o m p le te ly e n c lo s e d w i t h h e a v y a rm o r p l a t i n g w h ic h
o f t h i c k , b u l l e t - p r o o f g la s s to lo o k th ro u g h
(P y le .

to lo o k u p ( a t ) .
1,

To r a i s e

o n e 's

eyes;

to

lif t

o n e 's

eyes.

H e sa w M adge l o o k u p a t h im , s t a r t l e d
(M a rq u a n d , 3 1 3 )*
S h e w a s l o o k i n g u p a t h i m , s m i l i n g , a n d t h e t m e m o ry a l w a y s h a d a q u e e r
d is c o rd a n t n o te o f t r i v i a l i t y
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 2 ) ,
He h a d a h a b i t o f , . . l o o k i n g u p a t h im w i t h a q u i z z i c a l s m i r k l i k e a
la u g h in g c a t
( P y l e , 4 i *6 ji .
W hen I g o t w i t h i n a b o u t f i f t y y a r d s h e l o o k e d u p . l e t o u t a y e l l , a n d
c a lle d o u t , . . (P y le , 96) .
I f a m an l o o k e d u p a n d s a w o n e a m i l e a ^ o v e h i m , h e c o u l d n ' t t e l l w h e r e
i t w as h e a d e d
( P y l e , l6o).
H© h a p p e n e d t o l o o k u p a n d t h e r e w e r e G e rm a n s o l d i e r s w a l k i n g p a s t h im

(Pyle, 18977
W a l t e r l o o k e d u p q u i c k l y f r o m t h e f l y l e a f o f W o rld A s s ig n m e n t
(M a r—
quand, 5 0 ).
A f te r a lo n g tim e th e n u r s e lo o k e d u p
(C a in , 1 0 2 ).
An o r d e r l y cam e i n w i t h m o re b o t t l e s , w h ic h t h e n u r s e p u s h e d u n d e r t h e
c o v e rs w ith o u t lo o k in g up
( C a i n , 102) .
A n u r s e lo o k e d u p . b u t d i d n 't s to p s p o o n in g i c e i n t o th e f l u t t e r i n g
l i t t l e s o u t h T O a in , 100) .
P u t a s th e y p a s s e d A r c h i e , h e lo o k e d u p a n d m ade a g e s t u r e , . , ( C a i n , 4 -9 ).
C h a rle y lo o k e d u p v e r y b r i g h t l y
(M a rq u a n d , 50*0 •
The o t h e r R a n g e r s . . . d l d n ' t l o o k u p . . . (T a n k , 122) .
Ih e n M rs. F o r r e s t e r s m i li n g l y lo o k e d u p
(C a in , 4 2 ) .
S he d ld n * t l o o k u p
(C a in , 8) .
The v o i c e f e l l o n J e f f r e y ' s e a r s , s u a v e a n d f a m i l i a r , a n d h e lo o k e d u p
a n d saw M in o t R o b e r ts
( M a r q u a n d , *15$ ) •
. . . h e lo o k e d up a t M ild re d
(C a in , 213) .
I . . . lo o k e d u p a t th e r o o f o f th e h o u s e
(T a n k , 2 4 0 ).
J e f f r e y s t o o d l e a n i n g o v e r h e r s h o u l d e r , a n d s h e l o o k e d u p a t h im
(M a r —
quand, l4 ) .
Two m i n u t e s l a t e r w e l o o k e d u p a n d t h e r e c a m e tw o p l a n e s . . . ( P y l e , 2 6 4 ) .
J e f f r e y s a t dow n w i t h t h e s c r i p t on h i s k n e e a n d lo o k e d u p a t t h e s t a g e
(M a rq u a n d , 8 0 ) .
. . . J e f f r e y w a n te d to t w l l h e r t h a t h e l i k e d i t , w hen s h e lo o k e d u p a t
h im a n d s m i l e d . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 1 2 6 ) .

T h e y l o o k e d u p a n d s m i l e d a n d m o v e d a l i t t l e , a s w om en a l w a y s d i d w h e n
m en cam e i n a f t e r d i n n e r
(M a rq u a n d , U o 6 ).
. a s J e f f r e y m a d e h i s w a y t o w a r d t h e O a k R oom , s e v e r a l m e m b e rs l o o k e d
u p a t h i m . . . ( M a r q u a n d , 2 * t2 ) .
W hen. M i l d r e d l o o k e d u p . I d a w a s s t a n d i n g i n t h e d o o r
(C a in , 1 2 2 ),
M a so n lo o k e d u p i n q u i r i n g l y
(G a rd n e r, 2 1 6 ).
L o o k in g u p , s h e saw A r l l n e a t h e r d u s t i n g a g a i n . . . ( C a in , 1 9 5 ) .
I l o o k e d u p t o w a r d t h e s o u n d a n d s a w tw o J a p f l o a t p l a n e s , . . ( T a n k , 2 0 3 )
O t h e r s w o u l d n 't l o o k u p . . . ( P y l e , 3 7 0 ) .
. . . w h e n h e f i n a l l y lo o k e d u p . C h a r le y h a d d i s a p p e a r e d ,. • (M a rq u a n d , 21*0
W hen h e lo o k e d u p , e v e ry o n e w a ite d f o r w h a t h e w as g o in g to s a y
(M a r­
q u a n d ,“ 1 5 7 7 7
B o t h o f th e m l o o k e d u p w i t h a s m i l e , V e d a e m o l a l m i n g how p r e t t y M i l d r e d *
d r e s s w a s . .. IC a in , 1 2 1 ).
S h e lo o k e d up
(C a in , 1 2 0 ),
. . . s h e w av ed t o M ild re d to a s m a ll d e s k , an d w ith o u t lo o k in g u p . t o l d
h e r to f i l l o u t a o a rd
(C a in , 36) .
B -u t V e d a. . . d l d n 't lo o k u p . . . ( C a in , 1 8 6 ) .
B i n l o o k e d a ^ . . . T P y l e , 3U S ) .
H e s a w t h e tw o F r e n c h m e n l o o k u p w i t h t h e h a r d , a p p r a i s i n g g l a n c e t h a t
F r e n c h m e n b e s t o w o n w om en
(M a rq u a n d , 3 1 9 )•
T h e g u y w as s o r e f o r a m i n u t e , b u t h e l o o k e d u p a n d s e e n A ld e n i n t h e
w in d o w o f t h e s a n i t a r i u m
(G a rd n e r , 56) .
M i l t o n lo o k e d u p . a n d t h e l i g h t s w e re r e f l e c t e d fro m h i s g l a s s e s
( M ar—
q u a n d 7 ^ 0 *0 .
s a y s o m e th in g a m u sin g s o t h a t th e y c o u ld lo o k u p a n d s m i l e , p l e a s e
v M arq u an d , 2 9 l ) .
J e f f r e y lo o k e d u p fro m th e s h a k e r
(M a rq u a n d , 7 0 ) .
L y in g i n M s f o x h o le , h e lo o k e d up to s e e a d a rk f i g u r e a p p ro a c h in g ,
w a lk in g s t r a i g h t u p r i £ i t T J a n k , 19) .
I J u s t lo o k e d u p . . . (Y a n k , 2l ) .
" H e r e com es h i s i r o r r r . t i c r s , " o n e s o l d i e r s a i d to m e, lo o k in g up fro m
h i s s te w
( T a n k , 6l ) .
H e l o o k e d u p a n d saw m e , a n d q u i t t a l k i n g
(G a rd n e r, 82) .
J i m * 8 v o i c e m a d e h im l o o k u p
( M a r q u a n d , 6l ) .
J e f f r e y w a s l o o k i n g f o r h i s b r u s h e s , a n d . . . b u t h e r v o i c e m a d e h im l o o k
ta p
v M arq u an d , 125) .
A g a in C a r r e l a n sw e re d w ith o u t lo o k in g u p
(G a rd n e r, 1 3 5 ).
C a r r e l a g a i n f i d g e t e d , t h e n s a i d w i t h o u t l o o k i n g u p . " N o ."
(G a rd n e r,

13*0.
. . . b u t a t th e s e l a s t w o rd s sh e lo o k e d u p
T h e n h e lo o k e d u p
(C a in , l 68) .
H e lo o k e d up f r a n th e e n v e l o p e ... (T a n k ,
2 .

To s e a r c h

fo r an d to d is c o v e r ;

(C a in ,

136) .

157).

to h u n t f o r and

M e -so n r e t u r n e d t o h i s own o f f i c e , s a i d ,
( G a r d n e r , 23) .
H e l e f t p r e s e n t l y , s a y i n g h e w o u ld t a l k
th e la w . . . ( C a in , 8 0 ) .

" I w a n te d to
to

h is

to

fin d .
lo o k up a m a tte r"

c o lle a g u e s a n d lo o k up

I l o o k e d I t u p , a n d f o u n d t h a t i t v a a a n u n l i s t e d n u m b e r , i n t h e n am e
o f L , 0 . C o n w a y ... ( G a r d n e r , 6 l ) .
W hen I h a d h im l o o k i t u p , h e f o u n d t h e r e c e i p t s t u b s h o w i n g p a y m e n t
b y t h i s C o lto n b a b y ^ G a r d n e r , 1 5 5 )•
So w e l o o k e d u p M a r c i a W h i t t a k e r . . . ( G a r d n e r , 1 0 ) .
H e c a l l e d o n m e , a n d I o u g h t t o l o o k h im u p
( M a r q u a n d , * + 7 2 ).
. . . w h e n J e f f r e y h a d b e e n i n B o s t o n , h e h a d lo o k e d u p M r. P r e n a l d i n
W o b u rn
(M a rq u a n d , 2 9 ) .
T hey m ade f r i e n d s am ong t h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e , a n d th e y lo o k e d u p th o s e
s a m e f r i e n d s o n t h e n e x t t r i p t o to w n
( P y l e , 3^9/•
Why d i d n ' t y o u l o o k m e u p , k i d t
(M a ra u a n d , 2 7 9 ) .
I f i t ' s I m p o r t a n t , W a lly , y o u 'd b e t t e r lo o k B e r t u g y o u r s e l f
(C a in , 20) .
T he A rm y w a s s o o n i n t h e p r o c e s s o f l o o k i n g u p r e g u l a t i o n s . . . ( P y l e , U l h ) .
. . . I g a t h e r e d y o u w a n te d me to l o o k u p B m l l y M l l l c a n t 's p a s t
(G a rd n o r,
** 7 ).
We d r e w b l a n k s u n t i l w e l o o k e d u p t h e o c c u p a n t o f 8 8 1
(G a rd n e r, 1 2 5 ).
. . . h e m a d e a m e n t a l n o t e t h a t s o m e d a y h e w o u ld l o o k t h e f e l l o w u p f o r
a little chat
(P y le , 3 1 7 ).
" I k n o w ," h e h e a r d B i l l S w i n b u r n e s a y , " I l o o k e d y o u u p , J e f f i e "
(M a r­
q u a n d , 573) .
My o p e r a t i v e s l o o k e d i t U £
(G a rd n e r, 9 0 ).
to

lo o k u p o n .

To c o n s i d e r ;

to

th in k

o f.

H e h a d r e a d " T h e E n o r m o u s R o o m " b y E . E . C u m m in g s , w h i c h a t o n e t i m e h e
h a d lo o k e d u p o n a s a n i n t e l l e c t u a l ' s a r t i s t i c w h im p e r in g ... (M a rq u a n d ,
2 3 1 ).
• . . l i k e D a v i d C o p p e r f i e l d , w hom h e h a d a l w a y s l o o k e d u p o n a s a n im p o s ­
s i b l e , s n i v e l i n g a n d c o n c e i t e d l i t t l e f e llo w V .. (M a rq u a n d , 257) .

...many foreign divorces are looked upon with deep suspicion by the ODB
... (Yank, I 7 U ) .
.to lo o k u p t o .
To r e v e r e ;
q u o t a t i o n h u m o r o u s .)
G e n e r a l M a rk C l a r k , w ho i s s i x
T r e g a 8k i s b e c a u s e h e w a s o n e

122 ).

to

lo o k - — w ay.
( T h is d o e s n o t

C o s ta n s o lo o k e d

to look worried.

to

The J a p

(in

th is

—

To l o o k t o w a r d o n e ; t o
im p ly t h a t o n e i s s e e n .)
our w ay. . .

t o admire,

f e e t tw o , a lw a y s s a i d h e w a s g l a d t o s e e
o f t h e f e w m en h e c o u l d l o o k u p t o
(P y le .

(Y a n k ,

lo o k in

o n e 's

d ire c tio n .

205) .

To show worry; to show anxiety in one1s expression.

H e w a s b e g i n n i n g J to l o o k a l i t t l e

to l o o m u p .

re s p e c t h ig h ly ;

w o rrie d

To a p p e a r s u d d e n l y ;

c r a f t lo o m e d u p a h e a d . . .

to

(Y a n k , 103) .

s e e m to com e f r o m n o w h e r e .

(Y a n k , 25h ) .

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looae bowl ad.
Associated with, loose bowels, mild dysentery, a run­
ning off of the bowels. (Also attributive.)
Sometimes there is ecxcitement, but it is mostly the loose-boweled kind
that you would just as soon be without (Yank, Hs).
loose c&an£e.

Silver money; coins.

...six dollars and twelve cents in loose change found in the trousers
pocket of the deceased... (Gardner, 129).
to loosen tg).

To relax; to become less tense.

If he had known more, if he had tlloosened up" as Alf often advised Him
... (Marquand, 179).
loose talk.

Irresponsible gossip, conversation;

idle talk.

There's been a 1 ot of loose talk around here about what constitutes
professional ethics (Gardner, 206).
a loose woman.
a whore.

A woman, girl, who hasa low moral

standard;

Be sure he doesn't drink too much or run around with loose women
96).-----------------------------------------------------------to lop off.

a slut;
(Yank.

To chop off; to cut off.

The Samurai swords, cruel weapons used for generations to lop off the
heads of the Emperor's powerless enemies... (Yank, 56)•
Lord knows.

Only God knows; God only knows; God

alone knows.

Lord knew a why I asked that question in the first place (Gardner, SM-).
...Lard knows how I ever thought of that... (Pyle, 269).
to lose all sease of time.
To have no
not to know in any way what time it is,
He had lost all sense of time
to lose — - balance.

idea asto what time it
or what day itis.

is;

(Marquand, 235).

To fall; to topple.

...he had found his heels locked together in an unexpected moment and
had nearly lost his balance... (Marquand, S26).
to lose control of.
To be able to control no longer; to let some­
thing get out of control.
And then he lost control of his voice

(Marquand, 523).

-KG 9“

to lose ooant.
To become confused In counting and to forget the
number; to forget to count.
When it gets past 10, you lose count
to lose face.

and lose interest... (Yank, 23U) .

To lose prestige; to lose the esteem of others.

Finally the officer saw he was losine more face than we were... (Yank,

185).

But Senora Meneses concluded that she was losing face by allowing an
American woman to excavate in her garden...(ftew Torker, XXIII, J-une
28, 19^ 7 • 18).
to l o s e

figure.

To get fat; to become unshapely.

And I am not going to lose my figure
to lose Interest.

To cease beipg

When it gets past 10, you lose count
to lose a job.

(Pyle, 3 )*
interested; to stop being concerned.
and lose Interest

(Yank, 23U).

To be fired; to be discharged; to be sacked.

He had lost job after job... (Marquand, 190).
...get drawn into talk, for fear she would say what she thought, and
lose her Job (Cain, 63)*
to l o s e

head.

1. Not to control oneself; to do something foolish.
The first thing to remember if you want to ^et lost in a jungle is not
to lose your head (Yank, 96).
”1 guess I sort of lost my head,H he says (Yank, 200).

2. To fall in love; to be infatuated.
He's just the sort of boy that a girl might lose her hea d over (Mar­
quand, 31l)«
It means— Jeffrey, he's costpletely lost his head about her (Marquand,
521).
...she was completely losing her head about him (Marquand, ^39) •
to lose out on.
in.

Not to be able to participate in; not to be included

...I know I've lost out on some good deals... (Yank, 172).
They're afraid they'll lose out on the money (Gardner, 3)*
to lose the point.
idea.

To forget, ignore, the essential part, thread,

He was iarpatient with commanders who lost the main point of the war...
(Pyle, W 6 ).
*to lose ——

temper.

To get mad; to beoome angered.

...Mildred left the kitchen, lest she lose her temper... (Cain, 189).
He newer loses his tem p e r , is kind, court eons, and considerate...
(Gardner, £6).
Madge had told him that h e most he perfectly fizm with Mr. Gorman and
at the same time that h e most not lose his tapper (Marquand, 902).
to lose time.

To w a s t e time; not to use time fully; to he idle.

And if you think I'm g o i n g to pound around on my feet and ride husses,
and lose all that t i m e , and he a sap... (Cain, 6l).
to lose trade of.
fused about.

To misplace; to lose; to become thoroughly con­

...her kitchen was s w a m p e d . . .she had completely lost track of her or­
ders,... not even a starter was moving (Cain, 123).
...we lost track of him
(Tank, 2h>3).
You have lost track of t h e continuity, hut fortunately, with the Marx
Brothers, that doesn't matter much (Tank, 73) •
to lose voice.
Not to
cords function properly.

he

able to voice sounds; to haveone'svocal

You dldn't lose any v o i c e ...that night... (Cain, 258).
lost and found department.
A place where lost articles are deposited
by the finders and w h e r e one who has lost something can find it. (Al­
so attributive.)
Somebody put me up a blackboard behind the lost-and-found department
(Tank, 185).
to be lost on.

Not to

be

appreciated by; not to be enjoyedby.

He had known that the s c e n e with Mr. Gorman would not be entirely lost
on Madge (Marquand, 522 ).
But his sarcasm was lost on Charley (Marquand, f>06).
a lot can happen.

M a n y things can occur; there can be much done.

But a lot could happen in 2 U hours

(Yank, 92).

a lot of.
Many; several; much. (The use of a lot of. lots of avoids
the necessity of distinguishing between many and much.)
Lots of times I've

filled my mess kit

(Pyle, 19*0.

Lota of soldiers had picked tap local dogs as pets (Pyle, 115).
Most of the mules were pretty poor and we lost lots of them "both by
artillery fire and hy plain exhaustion (Pyle~ 86),
She was lots of fan, and she thought all Americans, including me, were
wonderful TYank, 23).
...lots and lots of cloisters with rooms ooening right out up oh lots said
lots of miniature gardens... (Marquand, U 55).
Hanging from the arches of the cloisters were lots and lots of birds in
gay lacquer oages... (Marquand, ^55).
There's a lot of talk around here about whether we ought to get in it or
keep out of it... (Marquand, 299-300)•
I've made quite a lot of money (Marquand, 279)•
...she knows directors. Lots of them (Cain, 19l).
loud mouthed.
conspiciously.

A condition of talking too loudly, too much and too

...okay, you loud mouthed orderly-room jerk

(Yank, 138).

loud speaker.
A device attached to a radio, electric phonograph,
public address system, which transfers electrical energy into sound
and amplifies the sound.
He created a little private radio station and hooked it by 1oud-speakers
into barracks (Pyle, 33^).
lounging pajamas.
An informal costume, similar to pajamas, for wear
only in one'shome.
...perfectly formed curves visible beneath the sheer silk of the lounging
pajamas... (Gardner, 160).
to be lousy with.

To have many, much, of; to have lots of.

T h e airdrome was lousy with Hooslers

(Pyle, 1 7 3 ) •

love affair.
Affaire de coeur; being in love with another.
older people this implies sexual intercourse in addition.)

(Among

Anything to cover up...the love affair you'd been having.. .with your
own stepfather
(Cain, 259)•
to be love at first sight.
To fall in love with another on first
seeing the other; to become infatuated with someone on the first
meeting.
And it was simply love at first sirfit
loved ones.

(Cain, 193)•

Members of one's family; one's blood relations.

...but 18 "there a family.. .who isn't worried about the fate of a ...

. l o v e d jone o v e r s e a s ?

(Tank, 2 1 7 ) .

love laughs at locksmiths.
Love Is unconquerable. Indomitable; a
person in love will not he kept from his lover.
The language difficulty is a slight harrier hut love laughs at linquists as well as locksmiths vYank, 66).
a lo v e n e s t .
(T h is

Im p lie s

A t r y s t i n g p l a c e ; a s e c r e t p la c e w h e re lo v e r s m e e t.
se sn a l in te rc o u rs e ,

illic it

lo v e .)

The radio listed...the address of their love nest (Tank, 76).
We located that Fascist late at ni^ht in the love nest... (Yank, JG)»
lover* s moon.

A full moon; the moon in a complete circle.

...when the homhers drone overhead in the light of a lover* s moon
(Tank, U2).
to love to (infinitive).

To desire to; to want to; to wish to.

Mildred, pouring her a cup of coffee, said she'd love to come, hut as
she has a date..• (Cain, 22).
the low down.

Full and complete information; all of the information.

"The low down," Mason said
lower lip.

(Gardner, 98).

The bottom lip.

Hie soft, pendulous lower lip hanging down... (Cain, 236).
to lower —
voice.
speaking loudly.

To speak less loudly; to speak quietly after

Then, lowering her voice. Arline added... (Cain, 192).
low flying.
Flying an airplane at lower than usual heights; flying
at a low altitude.
Whena low-flying strafer comes in everybody...shoots at him... (Pyle,
3«2).
low hanging.
Low; close to earth.
cloud, fog, mist, or the like.)

(Usually used in reference to a

...a U.S. Favy destroyer...nosed through the low-hanging mist... (Yank,
ISO).
low -pitched.

Quiet; soft in volume; not loud.

...where the two deputies...were engaged in a low-pitched conversation
with A1 den Leeds (Gardner , 205) •
...wreathed in a confident smile, but the low—-pitched words which came
from his lips, and were only audible to the ears of the defendant...
(Gardner , 152) .
low tide.
lowest.

The state in the tide when the tide has moved out, is the

At low tide you could still see those iron snares... (Pyle, 266).
low voice.

Quiet voice; not a loud voice.

"I care nothing whatever about my u n c l e d money," Carrel said in a low
voice" (Gardner, 13?+).
luck o— os —
one.

way.

One is lucky; something fortunate happens for

Luck finally came my way just two hours before take-off
a lucky break.

(Tank, 117).

A bit of luck; a fortunate circumstance.

Anyway it was a lucky break
to lug around.
there.

(Gardner, ll).

To carry from place to place; to transport here and

It was tooheavy to lug around for a year or more of war...
to lug in.

To carry in; to carry; to transport.

At the airport Reid lugged in my bedroll and bags for
a lull in.

(Pyle, 176).

A quiet period during; an Intermission

me... (Pyle, 292).
in.

Regaining his sight and finding that there was a lull in the battle
(Tank, U6 ) .
lumber camp.
A place where men live who cut trees to be used for
lumber, boards.
The 'Canal 1 also has a lumber camp... (Tank, 231).
a lump i n
throat.
A constriction of the muscles in one's throat.
(Usually indicative of sadness, melancholy.)
"I sort of had a lump in my throat." Kennedy said (Tank, 200).
...and I for one had a lump in my throat (Pyle, ^33)*
a lump rises in —

throat.

One's throat muscles constrict, tighten.

(Usually implies sadness, melancholy.)
It made a lump rise in his throat, "because she was so kind

(Marouand,

U9S).
Then a great lump r ose in her throat... (Cain, 155).
When he looked at Jim, he
felt a lump rising in hie throat

298).

(Marquand,

It made a lump rise in Jeffrey*s throat (Marquand, 527)*
Then, for some reason, he felt a lump rise in his throat (Marquand,

^ 19) .

lunch counter.
A counter in a restaurant, coffee shop, drug store, at
which one may sit to oat.
There was a lunch counter running half the length of the restaurant on
one side (Gardner, 9^) •
Opposite the lunch counter were tables capable of seating four, and along
the wall there were a number of booths
(Gardner, 9*+)«
luncheon meat.
welners.

Cold, processed meat; such as bologna, pressed ham,

...the mess sergeant gathers up another 10—day supply of luncheon meat
... (Yank,
lunch hour.

12 noon to one o'clock p.m.

(Also attributive.)

There was that steamy smell which always permeated drugstores during the
lunch hour... (Marquand, 2h0) .
When he passed the open door of a drugstore, he could see the lunch-hour
crowd... (Marquand, 2^0 ).
to lurch to —— feet.
To rise quickly and awkwardly; to stand up
hurreidly and awkwardly.
...she lurched to her feet
lyonnalse potatoes.

(Cain, 153)•

Potatoes cooked with fried onions.

He had cold guinea hen and lyonnaise potatoes had come with it
quand, 25O).

(Mar­

Lyster bag.
A large canvas bag used to contain and dispense water
for the soldiers.
A listless hag with a Lys ter bag came to me in a dream

(Yank, 1^2).

-Sl>-

a machine gran.
Usually a gun mounted In some manner that automatic­
ally fires small ammunition,
(Also attributive.)
...a stream of machine-gun bullets went between their bodies* less than
6 Inches apart (Tank* &) •
Early next morning we were awakened by the sounds of machlne— gun fire
coming from every direction (Tank* 59).
Often I could hear short bursts of machine-gun fire ( T a n k * 59).
to machine gun.
very brutal.)

To shoot someone with a machine gun.. (Considered

When the ditch was dug* the Fascists machine-gunned the prisoners...
(Tank* 27).
He lined them up against a tree and machlne-gunned them (Tank* 28).
machine gun nest.
A position, usually well hidden, In which a
machine gun is set up.
...had movies running ina hospital ward tent 50 feetbehind thefront
line between two machine—gun nests (Tank* 39)*
...there sire French telephones in the machine-gun nests to keep the
gunners In touch with every other part... (Tank* 39)•
They had hidden machine-gun nests on the forward slopes... (Pyle, 361).
Our men...circle machine-gun nests... (Pyle, 363).
machine pistol.
World War it.

An automatic* portable gun used by the Oermans In

We heard Oerman machine pistols (Yank* 20).
A machine pis tol opened up and tore the top of hishead

off (Tank* 2l).

to be mad at.

To be angry with* at; tobe angeredby.

Are your officers

mad at you? (Tank, 8U).

made to order.Oust am made; manufactured according
and plans of the buyer; not ready made.

to specifications

This was the most expensive piece of furniture she had* and the only one
that had been made to order (Cain, 117).
to be made up of.
ponent parts of.

To consist of; to have as the elements of; com­

He lived in an environment unknown to Jeffrey, made up of small work
benches... (Marquand, 213).
Tom Collins quite expensive, made up of lukewarm Orange Crush and poor
gin... (Tank* 212).
...our post is made up mostly c>f men of talent... (Tank* 136).

-0X0-

The lawn* and meadows which, had once surrounded it were cut by little
roads that led into real estate developments made up of small houses,
each with a garage attached (Marquand, 9l).
The Forty— fifth Division was originally made up large of men from
Oklahoma and West Texas (Pyle,
A flak vest is made up of little squares of steel plating (Pyle, 336).
Our convoy was made up entirely of LST* s (Pyle, 356).
Ours carried Infantry and had hundreds of ships; the bulk of it was
made up of scores of new-type landing craft carrying men, trucks,
tanks, supplies of all kinds (Pyle, 28).
...the underground was made up of cells, five people to a cell (Pyle.
1*16 ).
“
...repair companies were made up largely _of men who were craftsmen...
(Pyle, UlS).
£ mad scramble.

Incessant hurrying; a rushing and scurrying around.

The previous two weeks had been
she would never find tide for

a mad scramble in which it hadseemed
all she had to do (Cain, 87)*

a Mae West (life preserver).
A life jacket; a life preserver made
in the fashion of a vest or jacket, usually sleeveless.
(See letter
from Miss West, first citation.)
(Of. life preserver, life jacket.)
...a letter Miss West sent to the E.A.F. when she heard that her name
had been attached to a life-saving jacket. The last two paragraphs. ..
If I do get in the dictionary —- where you say you want to put
me — how will they describe me? As a warm clinging life-saving
garment warm by aviators? As an aviator's jacket that supplies
the woman's touch while the boys are flying around nights?
I've been in Who' a Who and I know what's what, but it'll be the
first tide I ever made the Dictionary.
(Henry Alexander, "Words and the War," AS, XIX, 19**1*, 277).
I also drew...a rubber Mae West U f a jacket... (Tank. 117/*
lach man was wearing a Mae West over his parachute (Tank, 118).
...Mae West for a life jacket (Headers' Digest, May, 19**0* 38).
Red tiog got me a pair of flying
boots, a Mae West life preserver,a
parachute and a set of earphones (Pyle, 322).
maiden name.
A woman's surname beofre she marries; the surname,
last name, of an unmarried woman.
She's going tinder her maiden name

(Gardner, *+9).

maid of honor.
An unmarried woman, girl, who is the honored, chief,
attendant to the bride.
(A married woman is a matron of honor. A
maid of honor is the feminine equivalent of the best man.)
And Madge had been the maid of honor at the wedding
maid service.

(Marquand, 106).

The service of a maid to clean, sweep, dust a room,

t o m a k e 'b e d s ,

and th e

lik e .

My ow n r o o m w a s a b i g c o r n e r o n e , w i t h
p o rte r s e r r lc e
( P y l e , H6 l ) .

easy c h a ir s ...a n d

m a id a n d h a l l -

m a id * 8 n i g h t o u t .
( O n c e a w e e k a m a i d , w om an d o m e s t i c s e r v a n t .
f r e e o n o n e e v e n in g o f t h e w e e k t o go w h e re s h e p l e a s e s . )

Is

. . . h e a l w a y s h e l p s S a l l y a n d m e w i t h t h e d i s h e s o n t h e m a i d 1s n i g h t o u t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 1 /*
. . . v i s i t s t o a n t i q u e s h o p s w hen th e y h a d m o n ey , o f n u r s e s ' d a y s o f f , o f
r e s t a u r a n t s o n t h e m a i d 's n i g h t o u t . . . (M a rq u a n d , 305) .
T he m e n tio n o f t h e m a i d 's n i g h t o u t I n d i c a t e d Q u i t e a c c u r a t e l y t h e i r
s o c ia l p o s itio n and th e ir fin a n c ia l b ra c k e t
(M a rq u a n d , 1 3 1 ) .
to m a ll a l e t t e r .
To p l a c e a n e n v e l o p e , l e t t e r , w i t h s u f f i c i e n t
s ta a p s on i t a n d w ith a n a d d r e s s on I t I n th e p o s t o f f i c e o r i n a
m a il b o x .
S h e 'w a s j u s t a s c a s u a l a b o u t I t a s
( G a r d n e r , U6 ) .

th o u g h I ' d

t o l d h e r to m a ll a

m a ll o r d e r .
D o in g b u s i n e s s t h r o u g h t h e m a i l s ;
re c e iv e d by m a ll.
(A ls o a t t r i b u t i v e . )
...I

kept

th e nam e b e c a u s e

i t w as a m a il- o r d e r b u s in e s s

a m a in a r t e r y .
A m a in s t r e e t ;
tr a f f ic ; an a r te r ia l ro a d .
T hey c u t s p e e d som ew hat a s
U2).
t h e m a in I d e a .

t h e m a in l i n e .

t h a t w a s n 't
A p rin c ip a l,

R i g h t on t h e m a in l i n e . . .
m a in s t r e e t .
o f a to w n .

th e y

a

The c h i e f

The k i d
th in g

th in g .

fu n d a m e n ta l,
(C a in ,

I m p o r t a n t , h ig h w a y ;

(G a rd n e r.

Id e a .

1 8 0 ).

a th ro u g h r o a d .

1 7 7 ).

s tre e t

o f a to w n , c i t y ;

o f th e v illa g e ,

The m o st i m p o r ta n t,

com es i n t o d o u g h on h i s
( C a in , 200) .

( G a r d n e r , 101) .

t h e m a in a r t e r y

t h e m a in I d e a

(C a in ,

o n ly on o rd e rs

r o a d w h ic h h a s v e r y m uch

e s s e n tia l,

T he c a m e ra p a n s t o t h e m a in s t r e e t
H o l m . . . ( M a r q u a n d , U2 3 ) .
t h e m a in

s tre e t;

tu rn e d I n to

The p r i n c i p a l ,

I t w as a r e 8t . . . b u t

s e llin g

le tte r

th e

t w e n t y —f i r s t

th e m ost u se d s t r e e t

a n d y o u s e e S e lm a

e s s e n tia l
b irth d a y ,

th in g .
t h a t 's

t h e m a in

-0X0—

...th e

m a l a t h i n g a m a n w a n t s Is n o t t o he a l o n e

(P y le ,

271).

Soothingly, Mildred explained that if she really meant to pay It hack,
this was the main thing, and presently Veda was quiet (Cain, 10h).
to make advances.
To attempt to seduce a woman; to try to have inter­
course with a woman.
...who had never taken the slightest interest in her before, should be­
gin making advances the moment he found out she had no husband any
more (bain, 21).
to make all the difference in the world.
to be very Important to something.

To make a great difference;

It made all the difference in the world if someone who was sensitive
mixed the dressing... (Marquand, 128 J .
to make an allowance for.
To allow for; to consider in proper per­
spective; to make a concession for.
...the style a little more cramped but, making proper allowances for
that, the simplicity between... (Gardno* , 92 ).
...fully explained to them that she was a new girl, and that allowances
had to be made for her (Gain, Us).
to make an alius ion to.
way, indirectly.

To

allude to; to refer to in

a roundabout

...he made no more allusions to the $ 520, or G-lendale... (Cain, 227).
to make an apology for.
To
apologize for; to say one
something one has done, said.
...we feel cancelled _to make an apology for this issue
to make arrangedents.
ready, prepared.

is sorry about
(Tank, 2lh).

To put things in place; to get something

It's better that she not be here while —
(Cain, 105).

arrangements are being made

to m a k e
£ t home.
To make oneself comfortable; to act, behave,
as though one were one's own home.
(As an invitation this is a re­
quest to a person to relax and be comfortable; as a statement it is
often somewhat ironic.)
"There," Louella said, "sit down and make yourself at home" (Marauand,
185).
...six Indians made themselves very much at home...preparing and eating
their native dishes... (Yank, 115).
Just sit down and make yourself at home... (Marquand, 18h).

. ..gentlemen. ..make yourselves at home (Tank. 237).
. ..they. . .made themselves at home (Yank. 122;.
to make hall.
To arrange for hall; to deposit money or assurance
with an officer of the law guaranteeing that one will appear in court
when necessary.
He said he was coming up and surrender and make hall, and left right
after that (Gardner, 87)*
make helleve.

Pretense; simulation; feigning. (Also attributive.)

There w a s n o m a k e - b alive or Illusion ah out that vacant theater. ••
(Marquand, 795•
...the Dead. And Kids confused and harassed their make-helleve enemy
with screvhall tactics they had picked up... (Tank, 9lT.
to make hell e v e .

To pretend; to feign.

Gerhardt, a Dutchman from Pennsylvania, made hell eve he was going to
sleep (Yank, 20).
I shut my eyes and make hell eve
I'm in New Jersey State
(Tank, 157),
make the hest of — — .
To do as well as one can with it; to use
to the hest of one's abilities.
...one has _to make the hest of anopportunity, for
once (Tank, 155).
But we made the best of it (Tank, 203).
to make bets.

it may onlyknock

To bet; to wager.

...a corporal from New York City was making bets that
would he at war... (Tank, 23).
to m a k e
blood boll.
become angered.

the United States

To make one mad, angry; to cause one to

That made Sergeant Adams' blood boll

(Pyle, 255).

to make _a blunder.
To blunder; to do something poorly through
stupidity, carelessness, awkwardness.
Besides, w e made several blunders, such as -oromlslng the Italians a
nice comfortable prison cemp in the States... (Tank, 128).
to make a break.

To escape from prison; to break out of confinement.

When they heard via the grapevine of the Italian surrender in September
19^3• they made a general break (Tank, 25).

-8 2 0 -

~fco make —
burn.
to make one mad.

To c a m e ana to beoome very angry; to anger one;

Such a statement.. .makes us burn

(Yank, 217).

to make change.
To give another his change; to give another the
difference between the money he gives one and the money he owes one.
(For example: X buys an article costing 55^ and pays forit with a
dollar bill. One makes change by returning M-5^ to X.)
In a short time she saw many bills in the box, as Ida repeatedly came
in, made change, and sent Arllne out with it, so she would get her
tip "Tffain, 12i+).
To make clear.
doubt.

To clarify; to make understandable; to leave no

She w o u l d w a n t t o m a k e i t
liv e d

on P a r k T v e n u e .. .

c l e a r t h a t she knew a b o u t g o l f and t e n n i s
(M a rq u a n d , 2 6 7) .

He wished td make it clear that these ideas were not his own

*+o).

and

(Marquand

Having made this clear. Mrs. Lenhardt tried tocalm down... (Cain,
19*0
I want that made clear (Cain. 19*0.
I w a n t to m a k e this c l e a r . . . (Cain, 19*+).
...Mr. Treviso stepped nearer, Jbo make his meaning clear (Cain, 219).
...a Judge advooate ruling on that question makes it very clear...
(Yank, 17*0 .
...did not understand what he wanted, at all, although he had tried to
make it as clear as he could without being rude (Marquand, 292).
to make & comment.

To comment; to say something; to speak.

As to how she looked, he made no comment... (Cain, 222).
.. .but. . .made no comment... (Cain. 215).
He made no comment... (Oaln. 13*+)*
to make contact.

To contact; to visit; to call on.

I wish we had a little more on her before we make the contact...
(Q-ardner, 155).
to make a contribution.
somecn e , something.

To contribute; to do something valuable for

When one of the authors.. .had made a real creative contribution to our
time, it was only fair to them... (Marquand, 339).
to make £ crack.
double entendre.

To say something sarcastic, ironic; to make a

Why did you make that crack about Leeds finding Hogarty dead, and then

■ ©arching the apartment?
to make & cup of tea.

(Gardner, 20U).
To prepare tea; to "brew tea.

...she had _to make herself a cup of tea... (Cain, 152).
to make a daeh for.

To dash for; to hurry to; to go to rapidly.

Occasslonally, when h e was wounded "badly, he would call out...and the
medics would make a d a B h for
him (Pyle,
252).
to make a date.
To make an
at a specific time.

engagement;

to arrange

to meet someone

Yes, we made a date

that I was to take her home, so I did

(Cain,

to make a deal.

To make a "bargain; to come to an agreement.

128).

The cosmopolitan Capa made a deal and we traded rations... (Pyle, ^08).
to make a dehut.

To appear for the first time; to come out.

...the prospect of making her dehut in the world of mink with nothing
hut her battered hlue haunted her horribly (Cain, 159)•
to make a deposit on.
To give another money which is to he used as
part of a payment for something.
...when the summer had gone, she bad managed jto> make only three deposits
on the piano (Cain, lhh).
not to make any difference (to make no difference).
portant, essential; to he of no moment.

Hot to he im­

It doesnlt make any difference. Arch... (Marquand, U2l).
(C&ln, 216).
...up here it’s Just a drop in the bucket and makes no difference at
all (Pyle, 30)»
It made no difference to Sinclair that this work sold only two hundred
and fifty copies (Marquand, 33^)*
Of course, rank dldn1t make much difference... (Yank, 26).
Wpp or spig, I vouldn* t trust either one as far as a snail can hop, a o
it doesn 11 make much difference one way or the other (Cain, 91/*
.. .dldn 11 make a hit of difference what they paid... (Cain, 209).
...it dldn 11 make a hit of difference whether you could play the piano
or n - 5 ^ 7 T ( T O 5 r i 3 5 T . ------------...nobody here can take one dime of your money... to stalsfy the claims
they got. makes no difference how reasonable the claims may he (Cain.
2U7).
...it dldn* t make any dlfference whether this Jap t h r e w over handed or
not (Yank, 185).

18 makes no difference to me who pay

Well, It won' t make any difference now anyhow (Pyle, 2hg).
•••had never heard of It except as a mire In "The Hound of the Bakser—
villes," hut after all, this made no differ ea. ce (Marquand, 337).
nI don* t see why he minded," she said, wwhat difference did it make?"
(Marquand, 321).
What difference does It make? (Gardner, 53)•
Does it make any difference what such nitwits do... (Oain, 253).
to make
the like.

To say something sarcastic, Ironic, humiliating, or

But our guide, spotting Major H a n d as an Air Porce man, made a four or
five deadpan yet subtle digs about the bombings (Pyle, 13^0.
to m a k e _a distinction.

To distinguish; to see, recognise, differences

Just the same, most people find it hard to make the dlstinction. and —
to them, what they see isn't a body (Cain, 110J.
to make

jj. dive

for.

To hurry to; to go rapidly to.

Ida made a dive for the left spigot: drew two glasses of water... (Cain.

UsTT”

to make dough.

To earn, make, money; to get money.

And that's where we make the dough
to make —
a drink.
to mix a drink.

To prepare a drink, usually alcoholic, for one;

...he made himself a drink
to make an effort.

(Cain, 177).

(caln, 225).

To strive; to attempt; to try hard.

...when...Japs run out unarmed we
should make an effortto takethem
alive... (Yank, 21l).
Without making special effort to do so, Mildred had kept track of
Monty. .. \ Cain, 220).
But by now her dislike of Ida was intense, and she made no effort to
keep the a d d out of her voice... (Cain, ho).
to make an engagement.

To agree to meet someone at a certain time.

She...made an engagement... (Cain, 133)*
to make an exception.
from a generalisation.

Hot to include in a general rule; to exclude

Though we generally react s trongly.. .we're prepared to make an exception
in the case of... (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19TTf,“ 2g7.

to make an excuse.
justify.

To excuse; to give an excuse; to attempt to

He broke in frequently, making excuses for himself, and repeating there
was no work... (Cain, 5^.
to make a face.

To wrinkle up one's face; to show emotion by frowning.

Now and then some youngster wonld get hurt and make a terrible face and
cry (Pyle, 227).
Veda could make a very funny face when she wanted to... (Cain, 233).
The landlady.. .made a face and dropped it on a chair (Pyle, **63).
e

to make — — feel good.
To cause one to be pleased, happy; to give
one a sense of pleasure.
...he said, but that made him feel good... (Cain, 237)*
to make a fetish of.

To Insist xqpon; to demand as very important.

They made a fetish of every man eating every bit he took(Pyle,
to make a (fine, good) job of.

3U 0).

To do well with; to succeed with.

Fancho had indeed made a fine job of the drapes; the fixtures were all
up and he was hanging the last of them (Cain, 116).
to make a (fine, good) (spouse) for.
To be potentially
for; to have the qualities of beipg a good spouse.

a good spouse

I always said you'd make some guy a fine wife if you didn't live in
Glendale (Cain, 22577
”
...you'd make a fine wife for somebody (Cain, 16f5).
to make a fire.
To put wood or coal,
paper, kindlingtogether pre­
paratory to lighting a fire; to build a fire.
Bert got wood, and made a fire, and lit it

(Cain, 111).

to make the first move.
To move, act, speka, apologize, or the like
in anticipation of similar acts from another*.
...Veda...would have

to make the first move

(Cain, 2lUo.

to make a feol of — .
To do something foolish, stupid; to act in a
foolish way, manner, fashion.
^lien he shook hands with Jim, his eye kept smarting and for a moment he
thought he was going to make a fool of himself right there... (Mar­
quand, 528).

-QiSt+—

He realised that he must not make a fool of himself, that it was not
time to show resentment (Marquand, ^39T7
. , .he is making a fool of himself
(Tank, 136) .
...if he did not think of something else, he would make a fool of him­
self (Marquand, 29S) .
Perhaps the man knew he had made a fool of himself, hut it would have
been better to have passed over the explanation (Marquand, 262).
to make for.
1, To hurry to; to go to rapidly.
Mason upset his chair. Jumped to his feet And made for the door (Gard­
ner, l6H).
▲ machine-gun pillbox was shooting at them and they made up hill for it,
about a quarter mile away (Pyle, 27 ).
...were starting to make for the a i d station when the first blast came
(Tank, l6S).
“That night," Serrano says, "three of us made for the field" (Tank, 27)
He made for the coast all alone, easy meat for any German fighter that
might come along (Pyle, 162).
Then under this covering screen our tank - carrying barges end more in­
fantry boats made for the shore (Pyle, 2U).
2. To induce; to lead to; to cause; to contribute to.
All that dampness make for ruddy cheeks... (Pyle, 378).
to make a fortune.
money.

To earn, get, receive, make , a great deal, much

...the Arab population.. .made a fortune by collecting British-Amerlean
surrender leaflets at night and selling than... (Yank, I2g).
to make a friend.
To become friendly; to get to know someone and
like him and to have him like you.
Making friends. Just as we did (Yank, 212).
They made friends among the British people... (Pyle, 329)•
to make the full use of.
utlilize wholly.

To utilize; use fully, to the utmost; to

Northeast Sicily, where the mountains are close together and the valleys
and steep and narrow, was ideal country far withdrawing, and the Ger­
mans made the full use of it (Pyle, 58).
to make fun of.

To ridicule;

to deride; to mock; to taunt.

Jeffrey could not have stood it if he had thought they were making fun
of him (Marquand, 158).

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...this man...had...been making fun of her most Intimate relations with
him... (Cain, 157).
"Don't make fun of us," he said, "we're just poor boys trying to get
along* (Marquand. 2UH).
...those who remained liked to make fun of their own shakes (Pyle, 285)
to make a fuss over.
1. To become excited about; to become nervous about.
Really, Mother, it seems to me y o u made a great fuss over nothing
(Cain, 71).
2. To do many things for; to be very polite and considerate of.
One middle-aged Frenchwoman made a fuss over him... (Pyle, *+09 ).
to m a k e
a goat.
To cause one to be a victim; to victimize one;
to do something in such a way that another will be held responsible.
...they seemed to regard her as their representative in a sense, and
didn't propose to have her made a goat (Cain, U 5).
He recogoized that it wasn't fair to make me the goat in his business
(Gardner, 192).
to make a go of.
with. ~"

To be successful with; to succeed in; to do well

If I can mate a _go of i t. 1 can give them what I want them to have...
(Cain, W T l ~
to make good.
1. To succeed; to be successful.
He's making good on that promise now, having recapturedNorthern Burma
... (Tank, 13l).
I'd been joking and bragging on the way down about what a crack rifle
shot I was, so I had to mate good or else (Pyle, 1880).

2 . To repay; to pay the equivalent.
...if there's not enou£$i money to pay the depositors, then thestock­
holders have to make it good (Cain, l^l).
to make a habit of.
tinually.

To have as a habit; to do habitually; to do con­

The American outfit, wise in jungle combat, makes a habit of remaining
silent... (Tank, 19).
~

to make hay.
To take
an opportunity when one has the chance; to do
something when one has the opportunity.
Now, certainly this was not hay making or log rolling or anything like
that (Mexquand, 339)*
And both Ella and Sinclair were very hurt if they heard anyone say any­
thing ah cut making hay or log rolling... (Marquand, 338).
3u.t that summer he got switched hack onto the main track again and he
had been making hay fast while the bombs fell
(Pyle, 83 ).
to m a k e
go.

head swim.

To make one dizzy; to cause dizziness, verti­

They never did hit any of us, but they came so close it made our heads
swim (Pyle, 23 ).
to m a k e
heard above.
To speak loudly enough so that another can
hear (over the other noises); to speak loudly and distinctly.
I leaned down, shouting.. .to make myself heard above the roaring crowd
... (Tank, 218).
to m a k e
heart thump.
To cause one* s heart to beat harder, more
vigourously;
(This is often associated with surpoise, great emotion.)
The equipment was in, particularly a gigantic range that made her heart
thump when she looked at it... (Cain, 88).
to make a hit with.
one.

To be well liked by; to cause another to like

He made a great hit with the Polish waitresses... (Tank, 199).
to make a home.
To take care of a house; to cook, to sew, to clean,
to wash and the like.
...while other women were learning professions, she had been making a
home raising two children... (Cain, 37).
to make an impression.
To impress; to give another an idea of one;
to cause another to think of one in some manner.
...they made ho particular impression on her (Cain, 230).
This woman has certainly made a bad impression of herself, her club and
the state of Texas... (Tank, 210).
to make inquiries.

To inquire; to ask about.

Can't you make inquiriesT (Cain, I83) .
But she drove over to Beverly and made inquiries... (Cain, 175).

Monty...didn't notice her mood, or make any inquiries about It
229).
to make

into.

We made

that into a kind of lounge (Cain, 12l).

to make it.
something.

To transform; to

(Oaln.

change Into; to re-do.

To be successful in doing sometlng; to suoceed in doing

There were big derricks that didn 11 make it (Pyle, 366).
Some of the Japs may have made it to a tiny island near by... (Yank, 9 ).
...I probably wouldn't have made it (Yank, 12 ).
Prom the bottom of the mountain to the top a good walker carrying no­
thing whatever could make it in three hours (Pyle, 1U 7 ).
Sometimes going up the mountain you got to the point where you know you
can 11 make it (Pyle, 1^8).
...love to oome.
but as she had a date, she wasn't sureshe could make
it (Cain, 22).
He splashed in after it...and then made it across the creek (Yank, 198)
to make it a career.
To make a career of it; to spend one's life at;
to do for one*s livlihood.
He didn't, however. Intend to make it a career
to make it hard for.
for.

(Pyle, 329).

To cause difficulties for; to cause trouble

.. .the harder he makes Jit for you the harder he's making it for the
kids (Cain, 8hJI
to make it -plain.
To clarify; to make clear; to say or indicate so
that another understands.
She was not having a happy time and she wanted _t_o make it plain that
she was Mildred Hughes... (Marquand, 119).
to make it short.

To shorten; not to take a long time; to do quickly

And kindly make It short
to make it snappy.

(Yank, l6*0.

To hurry; to do quickly; to rush.

In other words...the airport, and make It snappy

(Gardner, 12l).

to make a joke of.
Not to consider serisouly; to treat humorously
Instead of seriously.
It was exactly what Minot Roberts would have done —
of it (Marquand, 232).

try to make a joke

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to m a k e
jump.
To cause another to tense his muscles; to startle
another; to frighten another momentarily.
She had gone only a block or two when she heard a horn, so d o s e It
made her jump (Gain, 9l).
to make a killing.
make, much money.

To make an extraordinary amount of money; to get,

He told me he'd made a killing, had picked up twenty grand on the first
Installment... (Gardner, 10l).
To be the cause of one's merriment; to say, do,
to make --- laugh.
something another considers funny.
Monty, you just make me laugh
to make like.

(Gain, 1U 7 ).

To pretend to be; to feign; to behave as.

...the battle casualties made like hep cats... (Tank, 223).
to make a list.

To list; to prepare a list.

...hadn't Beda better make a list... (Gain, 15*0.
to make a living.
To earn money by which one lives, has food, shel­
ter, clothing; to earn a livlihood.
...fellows can make a living out of drilling square holes... (Tank, 172).
How can I give parties...with a living to make? (Gain, 169).
Tou'd have just stood around some store, all day long, waiting for the
chance Jbo make a living, and not making it (Gain, 50).
She taunted him with not making a living forhis family, with standing
In her way every time she tried to make the living (Cain, 63)*
...all-right guys, trying to make a living same as anybody else, but a
little rough, and a little noisy (cJalnT 22).
to make a long story short.
To get to the crux of the matter; to
state briefly and succinctly.
Tp make a long story short I am getting a job as an advanced scout on
the lookout for the enemy (Tank, 162).
to make love to.

To woo; to court; to pay court to.

The most frequently expreseed opinion heard aboard ship was that Is they
ever got to Berlin they'd first like to sock Olga on the chin — and
then make love to her (Pyle, U2 ).
to make a ltmge at.
thurst at.

To lunge at; to go suddenly at, to; to make a

-ozy-

"...if It hadn't heen that I —— " Mildred swallowed, made a wild lunge
at something, anything, and went on ...
(Cain, 7^Tt
to make — — mad.
raise one's ire.

To anger one; to cause one to become angry; to

...that makes her think he's
that makes her mad and she
thing... (Marquand, 288),
to make a mess of.

Justa playboy; jus t CafeSociety, and
says she only likes people who do some-

To ruin; to do something very poorly, bad.

The ambulance doctor made a mess of it... (Cain, lSl).
You hare sure made a mess of
this affair (Pyle, 316).
to make a mistake.

To err; to be in error.

Miss Fierce, you made a slight mistake (Cain, 15&).
... the only mistake he made was reaching fot the grenade tha t was tied
to the sergeant1s jacket (Yank, U9 ).
...high-level bombers can and do ouite excusably make mistakes (Pyle.
“*33>.
...apparently he's made the mistake of confusing Jason Carrel with
Harold Leeds... (Gardner, 163).
to make money.

To earn money; to work and to receive money for it.

... she's the one that's making money (Cain, 250 ).
I could, but I couldn't make any money at it (gerdner, 112).
to make a monkey of.
stupid.

To make a fool of; to do something foolish,

Walter. ..don't make a God—damned moneky of yourself

(Marquand, 120).

to make the most of.
To make the best of; to do as well as one can
with; to utilise something to the fullest.
The Germans made the most of those funnellike traps... (Pyle, 361).
...they made the most of it (Yank, 5)•
to make a move.

1 . To move; to change one's bodily position.
He made no move, but he didn't repulse her either... (Cain, 170).

2 . To make an attempt; to try; to show, indicate, willingness to try.
The German told them if they made a move to surrender, he'd kill them
(Yank, 125).

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For the moment ehe made no move to leave (Gardner, 55).
When she made no move to give it to him, he went downstairs
to make _a noise.

(Calh, 165)

To cause a noise; to do something noisily.

She...walked on the grass to keep from making a noise... (Cain, 252).
to make _a note of.
remember it.

To note; to write down some information so as to

Mason took out his notebook, made a note of the address, thought a mo­
ment... (Gardner, 15*0.
to make an objection (to).
to and to say as much.

To object to; not to like, want, desire,

And did he make any objection to entering the sanitarium?

(Gardner, 29)

to make out.

1 . To distinguish; to see well enough to recognise; to discern.
We peered through the open gate, and far down the platform we could
make out a group of children being formed into some semblance of a
line (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19*+7* 22).
I could make out the high hedgerow surrounding out field... (Pyle, 390)*
...I could Just barely make out the vague white shape of the man...
(Pyle, 201).
-------...we made out a blob of land ahead of us (Yank, 25*0.
...and by now the letters are so worn that sometimes it is hard to make
them out (Yank, 68).
Now we could make out a lot of other stretchers lying on the feround
(Yank, 168).
After a while we made out the outlines of a wooden shack (Yank, l6S).
The only way we could see the Japs...was to let them get close enough
to we could make them out against the sky... (Yank, 1U 5).

2 . To prepare; to vrite out; to draw up.
One of them, leaving the prowl car, started to make out a ticket (Gard­
ner, *+l).
While you're pouring the whiskey, Pella will make out the check which
raises your salary twenty dollars a month... (Gardner, UU).
You made out still another Class E allotment in June 19*+2 ... (Yank, 17l)

3 * To exist; to get along; to be moderately successful.
Then follow his example and you'll make out okay
But we all made out Okay (Yank, 203).

(Yank, 96).

U'. To solve a problem; to understand after reflective thought.
She couldn't make out... whether there was to he a ballet or not...
(Cain, 239).

5. To tell; to say; to recount.
...a military career...almost as spectacular as he himself made it out
... (Yank, 190).
to make out of.

To prepare from; to use as an ingredient of.

Soldiers are made out of the strangest people
to m a k e
out of — .
cause one to become.

(Pyle, UhS).

To transform into; to change one Intel to

...you had _to make a chauffeur out of me, didn't you?
to make over.

(Oaln, 170).

To redo; to remake; to transform; to redecorate.

Edward Mace agreed with Mr. Tugyell that it was necessary to make over
the station... (Marquand, 21l).
to make a -pass.
In a crap game to make a point, to throw the dice
so that one achieves one's point.
But if you made a nase, you could let it ride and keep on building up
(Gardner, 22 ).
to make a. pass at.

1 . To flirt with; to make amorous advances toward.
He looks the girls over with an apprising eye, and makes passes at the
pretty one when he thinks he can get away vith it... (Gardner, 127).

2 . To attack quickly and to go away; to strike at but not to continue
striking.
...occasionally a German fighter sneaked in and made a pass at them
(Pyle, 2h0).
to make a point.
a point, issue.

To prove a point; issue; to emphasize, reiterate

But before she could make the ■point, he went on... (Cain, 82).
for each point she made Mrs. Gessler made two points (Cain, 1^9).
to make a point of.
attentive to it.

To consider something as important and to be

"I made a point of It," Alf said, "that's how I get along
lW.
to make popular.
to like.

(Marquand,

To cause to become popular; to cause many others

.., this was one of the things that Veda had made popular on the radio
(Cain, 2 Ul).
to make a practice to (Infinitive*)
continually, customarily.

To do something regularly; to do

...we made it a practice to shop for eggs... (Pyle, Hl6 ).
to make a profit.
To earn money from a "business, an Investment,
receive money in excess of one's expenses.
...she knew she could make a good profit If she got
(Cain, 176).
to make a promise.

any

to

"businessat all

To promise; to give one's word.

He said that..."Roosevelt is known as a man who makes promises and then
doesn't keep them (Tank, 127).
to make public.
To cause to "become generally known; to let many
people know something that "but few have known.
...In possession of the dead man, papers which would make public the
very disclosures he had sought to repress (Gardner, 202TT
to make a remark.

To speak; to say something.

...if he made any more such remarks
to make a reply.

(Cain, 212).

To reply; to answer.

To all of this, Mr. Chris made no reply whatever, merely hunching over
his desk, and acting as though he was deaf (Cain, 67 )*
to make the rodeos.

To attend rodeos; to go to rodeos.

Like so many cowboys, he made the rodeos in season
to make room for.

(Pyle, 19*0.

To allow space for; to give room, space, to.

.. .he had been ousted from his warm office _to make room for the Ked
Cross (Tank, l64).
Tp make room for the grenades in my meat-can pouch, I put aside assorted
Life Savers... (Tank, 20).

to make the reminds (of),
To go from one place to another regularly;
to go regularly to different places.
The major went out to make the rounds of his forward platoons (Yank.
59).
She made thr rounds of the department stores, and 'became dismally famil­
iar with the crowd of silent people... (Oaln, 32).
And when at last the chaplain, making his rounds. gave him cigarettes,
candy...he sat up grinning. .. (Pyle, 56 ).
▲round ten, she loaded her pies into the car, made the rounds of de­
livery, and arrived at the hospital ahout eleven
(fiain, 100*77
...she drove hack to the house, picked up her pies, and made the rounds
of delivery (Oaln, ll 6 ).
Every morning a medical aid man made the rounds of all the gun pits in
our hattery (Pyle, 105).
to make a run for.

To run towards, to; to run for.

His crew had manned their plane's guns until it got
made a run for an old homh crater... (Pyle, 31S).

too hot; and then

to m a k e a. sao of — — .
To cause one to appear foolish; to he the
cause of otlq*~b foolish acts.
...quite apologetic ahout what he had said, and penitently asserted he
had made a sap of himself (Cain, 5^).
to make a scene.
sion.

To cause a disturbance; to cause disorder; confu­

...please don't make a scene (Yank, 163).
For the last two years, Owen had made a scene out of every trivial in­
cident... (Marquand, 5^2).
to make a secret of.

To keep something secret; not to tell ahout.

She made no secret of the pies; she couldn't very well

(Cain, 68).

to make sense.
To seem intelligently ccnceived, done, executed; to
appear rational.
...you had to he versatile to have it fill the space and still make
sense (Marquand, 20).
He was walking up the tarpath off Center Street again, not that it made
any sense (Marquand, 3 22)•
He tried to piece something together from her words, hut they did not
make much sense (Marouand, 26^).
It doesn't malm any sense (Marquand, 391).
...no road makes sense... (Yank, 31) *

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to mak« —

tick.

To disgust one; to nauseateone*

The stories make you sick when you hear them
to make — — sick at the stomach.

(Tank, 72).

To nauseate one; to disgust one.

...If there was anything that made me sick at the stomach It was an
enemy military Installation In good working order (Pyle, 321).
to make a silo.

To make an error; to err; to make a mistake.

After the first few hare, when she sensed that Veda...would make no
slip. ..Mildred relaxed... (Oaln, 2Ho) .
...ewen attempt such vocal gymnastics without making some slip (Cain,
213 ).
.. .Veda made no slip (Cain, 213).
to make a speech.

To give a speech; to deliver a talk.

She...made her little speech... (Cain, 215)*
She then made her little speech... (Cain, 213).
Then at his surprised look, she would make a little speech... (Cain, 160)
The interview, obviously, was ended, hut Mildred forced herslef Jbo make
a little speech, a sales talk (Cain, 37)*
"What they always do," Jeffrey said, "made speeches and sang songs"
(Marquand, JJ) .
But when he sat down beside her and put his arm around her, she got
and made one of her little speeches (Oaln, 32).
...and two children, but she made them a pretty little speech, saying
they were her first guests... (Cain, 121).
On the day Serrano left, he made a speech in the town piassa (Yank, 28).
to make a strike.
ore.

To locate a valuable mineral deposit; to find good

W© w e n t up in the Tanana district, and made a pretty good strike
ner, 112).

(Gard­

to make sure.
To make certain; to satisfy oneself as to something;
to b e sure, certain.
Veda was...looking at them both as though to make sure they got things
straight... (Cain, 232).
He leaned down close, looked melodramatically around, as though jto make
sure nobody could hear (Cain, 7^).
If I had a wife I would make sure her picture was up... (Yank, 2lU).
Just to make sure. phone and ask them to hold it up until we get back
(Yank, 195).
It is on his service record of course, b u t Lou takes great cnre ^o make
sure this record is kept secret (Yank, 110).

Began had made sure that thecorporal got the trank... (Yank, 226).
...then slammed him over the head with a couple of times to make sure
he was dead (Yank, **9)«
In choosing this process server make sure that he is not an alcoholic
... (Yank, lU2 ).
Ask them to please send someone out to the apartment to make sure he's
all right (Gardner, 7*3)•
Then,
trying it _to make sure it was locked, she startedtown the drive,
but
at a pace in comic contrast... (Cain, 90).
I could hear the captain moving about Jbo make sure that everyone was
safe (Yank, 5*3)*
Wally said it had all sounded pretty funny to him, but he wanted to
make sure (Cain, 5*3).
...she was addicted to a deal of peeping into the oven, and giving them
one
more minute, Just to make sure (Cain, 75-76).
I know, but before I get too excited about it, you'dbettermake sure
(Cain, 80).
...the Ninth made sure that the correspondents themselves would feel
at home with them (Pyle, 397)*
Kit taring, with a mind which reveled in detail, paused Jbo make sure
that the exhibits were properly numbered in numerical order (Gardner, 150).
He took her home, handed her to the door, made sure she had her key
(Cain, 97).
The chicken she gave a good smelling, _to make sure it was still fresh
(Cain, 25).
Serrano headed for the house of a Partisan sympathiser, first making
sure that a red light was showing in the window... (Yank. 26).
I made sure not to take any more wrong roads... (Yank, 126).
He made plenty sure I had proper credentials... (Pyle, 3^5) •
It was a daily practice Just _to make sure everything was in readiness
... (Pyle, 263).
The lletenant and the sergeant would call for me occasionally Jbo make
sure I was still along (Pyle, 200).
...examined his trees. Jbo make sure the water hadn't drawn the slings
too tight (Cain, l).
When the leader made sure he had spotted the target he wiggled his
wings... (Pyle, 160TT
to make things easy.
easy, not difficult.

To simplify something; to cause to be simple,

I want _to make things easy for you
to make things worse.
difficult.

(Cain, 200).

To cause something to worsen; to make it more

Then Jjo make things worse, this officer gave the command; to the rear
march (Yank, 185) •
to make tracks (for).
To go hurriedly; fast, towards, to; to go as
speedily as possible to.

-OjJO-

. ..the PTs opened up and made tracks far home... (Tank, 255).
When the sergeant was released from the hospital he promptly made
tracks for Guadalcanal (Tank, 110) .
to make a trip.

1 . To go on a journey; to take a trip; to travel.
...Monty had been invited Jbo make the trip (Cain, 1^2).
...but was too poor _to make the trip (Tank, 2Ug) .
He studies at the North (Shina Language School.. .making frequent trips
into the interior... (Tank, 131/.
...Gen. Stillwell...has made almost dally trips to forward positions
(Tank, 130) .

2 . To go.
Don't never make a trip, in our out, without something in your hand
(Cain, US).
Before he got through, he made five trips to the cave... (New Torker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 19U7, 2^77”
to make trouble.

To cause trouble; to moke difficulties.

He kept reminding her that nobody wanted Jko make trouble (Cain, 2U6 ).
...where he'd never find me, because he's just the type to make trouble
(Gardner, 167)He might make trouble (Cain, 8l).
to make a turn.
directTon.

To turn; to change directions; to go in another

We made the turn at Hell' b Tire Corner, clearly marked by stipe of mine
tape... TTank, 57).
...she made a sharp left turn, and headed back toward the Yellow Sea
(Yank, 11^7.
...the whole group of B- 26s made a turn and headed back for the target
(Pyle, 32U).
make
1. Cosmetics; rouge, powder, lipstick, eyeshadow, and the like.
Don't have any make—Tip on your face

(Gardner, 79).

2. Personality; character traits.
His make-up is not the make-up of a tough platoon sergeant
to make u p .

(Yank, 2U 3 ).

1 . To constitute; to be Integral parte of something.
When we huddled around together on the dark decks, it was these little
hopes and ambitions that made up the sum total of our worry at
leaving... (Pyle, 6 ).
...the world is appalling even to those who make up the Individual cells
of that strength (Pyle, U65 ).
Hie trouble was that there were too many kinds making up the world in
New York (Marquand, 55)•
...the rest of her pay being made up of free Quarters in the upper part
of the house... (Cain, 179).
Sometimes it would be made up of grovqps that had the mistaken idea that
it was going to be musical comedy... (Marquand, 29l).
The railroad men, longshoremen and truck drivers who make up the bulk
of this. ..depot1s Army population. .. (Yank, 199).

2 . To invent; to draw from one's imagination.
Oh, I just made that uj> (Pyle, 33^)*
"No, I dldn^t make it uj>," he sold (Marquand, 10).
"Jeffrey," Madge asked, "did you make that uj>T" (Marquand, 10).
I heard about a soldier who wrote to his girl that he had been wounded,
and then wrote to his mother and tipped her off that he had just made
it uj> (Pyle, 137).
You could almost make up a caption to put beneath him as you saw him
standing there ^Marquand, ©9).

3 . To prepare; to draw up.
...in March of 1 9 ^ t when Miss Jaeckel made up the income statements...
(Cain, 2U 3).
...when Miss Jaeckel made up the income statements, and took them down
to a notary...Mildred was in a cold sweat (Cain, 2U3 ).
U. To equal; to be the same as.
What the theaters lack in...soft seats, they make up infancy Barnes...
the Coconut Bowl... (Yank, 23U).
But what he lost by his bad sense of direction he made up with dice
(Pyle, 11 ).
...Hot Jeep would go out and pick up enough _to make up the deficit...
(Yank, 139).

5* To make; to prepare; to put together.
...there was some batter left over, and I made up some little cakes I
was saving for the children (Cain, H).
He just had a few in the icebox, not enough to put on the menu, but he
made up an order for two all right... (Gardner, lhU).
Prom now on we get an even break with the people who make up packages
(Yank, lho).

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6. To set In order; to put in proper condition.
...only furnishings were a cotton rug, a chair, a n d an iron had, made
up neatly with blankets (Cain, 72).

7. To become friendly again after an argument, dispute, etc; to get
on friendly terms as before.
There was an argument, of course, a period of hot words and accusations,
then they made up (Gardner, l6S).
to make up -- face.
To apply cosmetics to one's face; to put rouge,
lipstick, eyebrow pencil, eye shadow, powder on one's face.
She put on the print dress, made her face up nicely, and went over there
(Cain, 32).
to make up —
mind.
conclusion, judgment.

To decide; to make a decision;

to

come to a

Madge had said that he had singly made up his mind not to like Germany
... (Marquand, 226).
He...took a week making up his mind that nothing unlawful had been done
... (Cain, 24H).
... she made up her mind (Cain, 175) •
...Veda tried it an a dozen times, unable to make Tip her mind... (Cain.
237).
"We've made up our minds." Beckle said (Marquand, 133).
...she suddenly made up her mind that...she was g o i n g to deny everything
... (Cain, 192TT
...two or three trucks stood by discreetly waiting for him JSo make up
his mind (Yank, 136).
Make up your mind (Cain, Uo).
...he made up his mind, as soon as he began entertaining authors at the
Yale "Club, that he was going to be what he called a "bookman"
(Mar—
quand, 33^).
Cod, I can't tell you what it does to you when y o u make up your mind
(Marquand, 557).
"Make up your mind." Jeffrey said (Marouand, 85) .
It must have been in the middle of the dinner that Jeffrey made up his
mind to speak about what he was writing (Marquand, 2SU-) .
...when he knew about Mildred's pies all the time, and had already made
up his mind to take them (Cain, 68).
...once he made up his mind nothing swayed him (Pyle, JOS),
"Well, make up your mind." Jeffrey said (Marquand, 8 U).
Ther Germans couldn't seem to make up their minds exactly what they w e r e
trying to do in the air (Pyle, 3^27.
At first I couldn't seem to make up my mind... (Pyle, 296 ).
Just keep an eye on him, but don't make up his m i n d for h i m (Marouand,
396).

to make use of.

To usej to utilise.

...he'd be shocked at my party. It's a question of whether you're making
proper use of your time (Cain, 23).
to make a victim of.
holding the sack.

To victimise; to make a goat of; to leave

She. ..said that no child of hers was going to he made the victim of
any such gyp... (Cain, 2U7).
to m a k e

way.

To walk; to go; to move.

They h a d heen in a concentration camp for three years, and finally
escaped and made their way to the Partisans (Yank, 69).
H e was met hy a round of applause as he made
his way to the center of
the stage and came to a stop... (Marquand, 165).
...as Jeffrey made his way toward the Oak Room, several members looked
up at him... (Marquand, 2H2 ).
Serrano made his way hack Tap to Servigliano... (Yank, 28).
Serrano and 19 other Partisans made their way down the mountain...
(Yank, 25).
...and bomb craters large enough to hide a six-by-six, we made our way
along
(Yank, 5^).
Meanwhile the rest of the crew had landed under heavy enemy fire and
made their way Inland... (Yank, 32).
to make a (weekend) of It.

To

remain, stey, forthe (weekend).

H u t still they dawdled, he arguing they should stay another day, and
make a weekend of It (Cain, 95).
to m a k e

welcome.

To welcome; to cause to feel welcome.

I f he wanted to see her on that basis she would try
and she really wanted him to come (Cain, 52).
to m a k e
dition;

to make him welcome.

what
JLs.
To be the cause of something's present con­
to cause something to become what it presently is.

It was Ella who had made Happy Rocks what it was

(Marquand, 337).

to make the wheels go round.
To be Important to an operation; bus­
iness, an affair; to be the motivating power.
H e r e area few sketches of some of the men who made the
(Pyle, 36).
b o make a will.

wheels go round

To prepare, draw up, a will, last testament.

...what it would mean to them financially if they could keep Alden Leeds

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from marrying or making a will
to make a wisecrack.

(Gardner, 155).

To say something Intended to "be funny.

The hoys made wisecracks along the way (Pyle, 372).
He hegged me not to make any wisecracks ahout his cussing and tobaccochewing when I wrote him up (Pyle, 3^).
to make worthwhile.
worth, worthy.

To cause to he valuable; to cause

This...was what made everything worthwhile

(Cain,

to he of

181).

male nurse.
A man who Is a nurse; a man who is qualified
nursing to he a nurse.

hy studying

...I would he very much inclined to resent a highhanded interference
with my liberties hy any male nurses at your institution, Doctor
(Gardner, 3^)»
a malted milk shake.
A confection consisting of milk, ice cream,
flavoring (Usually chocolate) and malt.
(Often caled simply a malted,
a malt, a chocolate malt.)
They had made him stand in front of a fluoroscope and drink harium, which
tasted like a had malted milk-shake (Marouand, 276).
a man ahout town.

An important personage; a man of affairs.

...leading the fellows on a merry chase while he put on a swell act of
a man ahout town keeping business appointments (Gardner, 46).
managing editor.
General editor, manager, in charge of a publication,
newspaper, magazine.
He used to he managing editor of the Houston Press
a man in white.

(Pyle, 337).

A doctor; a physician; a surgeon.

He was the Man in Whlte

(Marquand, 25 ).

man made.
Produced, manufactured, hy
or supernatural phenomena.

man ascontrasted to natural

...man-made opposition has not been their only problem here (Yank, 178).
...charges of dynamite that would blast man-made ledges for the bull­
dozer to follow through (Yank, 178).
manna from (heaven, the sky).
sought through needed, gift.

Unexpected

sustenance; a welcome, un­

...the unit I was with finally received manna from the sky —
drop of hooks (Yank, 176).
a man of few words.
little.

an air­

A quiet person; one who speaks, talks, says,

Being a man of few words, I said... (Pyle, 35**) •
a man of vision.
One who looks to the future; one who risks in order
to profit in the future.
(This is contrasted to a visionary who is
usually considered unpractical.)
...he became a subdivider, a community builder, a man of vision, a big
shot (Cain, 6).
a man of the wo rid.
around.

A sophisticate; a worldly man; one who has been

He is.. .a man of the world
a man

of---- years.

(Yank, 2hS).

One at that age;

...is in the possession of his mental fa
found in a man of his years, the court
action... (Gardner, 35 /.
man slze(d).

one being as old as one is.
culties to the extent usually
is going to take drastic

Large; big.

It looks as though Italy couldn't grow a man-sized tree... (Yank, 2l).
So you see Ordnance had a man-sized Job (Pyle, *+17) .
...they made a man-sized war... (Pyle, Uh 2 ).
ji man* 8 man.

A man who is thoroughly masculine; a virile man.

You're a man* s man now

(Yank, 189)•

man to man.
1. Frankly; without subterfuge; honestly.
I m o b . man to man (Yank, 98).
...Juat come around and ask me, man to man, kid (Marquand, 155).
I don't mind telling you, Jeff, as man to man (Marquand, 1555.
...and there is the announcer again, patronizing the soldiers, talking
to them man to man (Yank, 72).
...he could understand him even less, now that Charley had begun talking
to him as man to man, using Anglo-Saxon words... (Marquand, 505).
He whispered to us, as man to man, that Saint Valentine's Day is the
Christian successor to the pagan festival of the Lupercalia... (Hew
Yorker, XXIII, Fefc. 15, 19^7, 22).

2. One man with another; two men together; two men paired off.
It was almost man-to—man warfare

(Fyle, 37^).

manual labor.
Unskilled labor; labor working with hands as opposed
to machine labor.
...while they went to do manual labor on the airfields

(Yank, 120).

many are called but few are chosen.
Many people wish to do something
but few are allowed to, few are equal to it. (Matt. 20:16).
Many are called, in this business, but few are chosen... (Cain, 137).
to march along.

To march; to walk as though marching.

...painted five little puppy dogs marching along in a row... (Pyle, 338) .
to march around.
To come to a place; to go to a place.
plies a rather determined attitude.)

(Hiis im­

...Veda inarched around in a perfect lather... (Cain, 238).
to march down.
causttiveTT

To march downward; to walk to © lower place.

(Also

They asked the soldier to take the Germans b©,ck up about fifty feet, then
march then down again past the cameras (Fyle, 152).
to march in.

To enter marching; to march into a place.

...we marched in to be classified
to march up and down.

(Yank, 166).

To walk back and forth.

Ually...marched up and down in front of Mildred... (Cain, 201).
marked cards.
Playing cards which have been cleverly marked on the
backs so that one person can tell what cards another one has.
Marked cards

(Gardner, 16).

the market is shot.
The market for some kind of goods is not func­
tioning; no one wants to buy something.
From all he had heard, that market was shot anyhow
to mark down.

1 . To lower in price; to reduce the price.

(Cain, 139)*

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...in a luggage store near Franklyn Street where everything was marked
down fifty per cent for the August sale (Marquand, 255).

2. To note; to write down as a note.
V.Te marked him down on our score card as a man exceptionally sensitive
to atmospheric changes and capable of reversing himself to meet a
new situation (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19*+7* 19).
to mark —

off.

To eliminate; to take off.

Buck mentally marked turret No. 3 ofY his list
to mark time.

(Yank, U6 ).

To wait; to delay.

He hasn't the Ities 1mobile passion; rather, he's marking time
days (Yank, 36).

forbetter

marriage license.
A license issued by the state through the office of
the county clerk authorizing a couple to be married.
...hotel register, and a photostatic copy of a marriage license
ner, 75).
to be marrled b y .

To have a marriage ceremony performed by.

...we were marrl ed by him
to be married to.

(Gard­

(Yank, 17^).

To have as a spouse; to be a

marrieage partner

of.

I'm 8tl11 not married to my son's mother... (Yank, 170).
to marry into a family.
To marry and become a part of one's spouse's
family; to associate with a family through marrioge with one of its
members•
His sister was figuring on marrying into a rich family
to marshal facts.
arrange facts.

(Gardner, 72).

To arrange facts in good order; to order facts;

to

...Charley was marshaling his facts, thinking on his feet, just as he had
been taught to do when he had wen... (Marquand, 506).
marshaling yards.
Freight yards; that -oart of a railway systemwhere
railway cars are put together and made into trains.
Ag the invasion neared, much of their work was on railroad marshaling
yards... (Fyle , 32l).
to marvel at.

To wonder at; to be astonished at, by.

...they marvel at how the American Army...gets along so well

).

(Tank,

213

mashed potatoes.
A method of preparing potatoes whereby one peels
the potatoes, boils them, then mixes into the potatoes butter, milk,
and 8alt and mashes them into a creamy mixture.
The food was about what we had back home —
3^).
to mash u p .

mashed potatoes...

(Pyle.

To mash; to crush thoroughly.

...he could uss the mashed-up goo for pasting French postcards or
pin-ups on his barracks wall (Yank, lUo).
to masquerade as.

TANK

To pretend to be; to feign to be.

...disguised his identity by taking none other than the name of the
Murdered man, and left the Yukon, masquerading as Bill Hogarty (Gard­
ner, 123) .
to mass produce.
To produce, manufacture, in great Quantities in one
place of manufacture.
U.S. Now Mass Produces

(Life, Dec. 9, 19^0# 2>U).

master at arms.
A non-commissioned officer in charge of police
duties at sea on ship board.
...GPO D.A. Dean of Dallas, Tex., master at arms of our transport...
(Yank, 250).
master( 1a ) bedroom.
The largest bedroom in a house or apartment
usually occupied by the husband and wife.
The master1s bedroom was larger than any he and Madge had ever slept
in (Marquand, 30& ) .
to match up.
To match; to find members of the same group; to put all
like things together.
They...matched up shoes of the same size... (Pyle, 283)•
the matter in hand.
The matter under discussion; that which is being
discussed, treated, handled, etc.
Pe enjoined silence about the matter in hand while dinner was being
served... (Cain, 2H 6 ).
not to matter a fig.

To be of no importance; to be of no value.

It did not matter a fig...whether the Grimpian Press had mother Cor
was It fatheredtT that hook or not (Marouand, 339).
a matter of .

A question of; a situation reauiring.

It was simply a matter of throwing China overhoard
matter of fact.

(Marquand, 561).

Unimaginative; factual; literal.

The rest of the "True Guide" demonstrates that the author had it in
mind to deal with love in a matter-of—fact scientific way (Hew
Yorker, XXII, P eh. 15 , I 9I+7 , 22).
That little suggestion of delirium was the only thing that remarkable
man said...that wasn't as dispassionate and matter-of-fact as though
he had been sitting comfortably... (Pyle, U 55).
...prompted by a matter-of-fact determination not to let such a costume
go to waste... ("Gain, 1 59) •
...Veda.. .got brassier in a completely matter-of-fact way (Cain, 133).
...betrayed a rather appalling literal-mindedness, or matter of fact—
. .ness, or whatever it might be called,..more than complete vacuity in­
side (Cain, 16).
...no road makes sense unless it goes matter-of-factly in one direction
(Yank, 31 ).
a matter of life and death.
A situation involvirg someone's life; a
situation if successfully handled will save a life, if not will lose
a life.
Before another twenty— four hours, the two regiments would be twenty
miles ahead of us and in contact with the enemy, so getting that hole
bridged and supplies and supporting guns to them was indeed a matter
of life and death (Pyle, 66).
a matter of opinion.
A situation, condition, unsupported by facts;
facts which may support different opinions.
...it's a matter of opinion, and in my opinion, I am
the matter with.

(Cain, 206).

The trouble with; the difficulties with.

"There's nothing the matter wlth it, Howland," Aunt Martha said...
(Marquand, 157)•
"Martha," he asked, "what's the matter with her shirtwaist?" (Marquand,
157).
(may, might) as well.

1 . (It is as well for one to do something as for one not to, hence)
it is better to do something; mus t; should ; ought.
But I might as well tell you, Bert wasn’t the only one that got fed up
(Cain, 1*0 .

-Wfe-

Then you mi*ht — well pack up now, and leave for good... (Cain, 5).
...I might ae well
stop now (Yank,26).
It was not exactly
queer 'because itwas a concrete fact to which one
might as well adjust oneself (Marquand, 92).
Then someone would yawn deliberately and say he might as well he turning
in... (Marquand, 219).
She told herself that it was her duty to he helping somebody, and that
it might as well
he somebody that meant something to her
(Cain, lUL).
You may as well understand here andnow....that I shall prevent this
Y marriage (Cain, 195).
Nothing important, hut might as well take them along (Cain, 60).
They said we might as well save ourselves (Yank, 169).
Look, Mildred, you might as well get this thing cleaned up (Cain, Si).
...he...said they might as well get the horrible part over (Cain, I 3U).
It was half an hour before train time, but he knew he might as well be
going (Marquand, Ull).
Well, you got to talk about something and it might as well be overshoes
(Pyle, IOH).
Treviso might just as well save his time (Cain, 13*0.
Since Sicily was new terrain for me I figured I might as well get sick
right away and get it over with (Pyle, M+).
...between Prench captions, Irani cut-ins and English dialogue, you
may as well give tip (Yank, 73)*

2 . Could; might; may.
...Mr. Wilson end I might as well have met (Marouand, 119).
Our two blankets might as well have
been handkerchiefs...(Pyle, 37l).
3. Por all the good one is doing, he could do something
somewhere else.
...they might as well not be there

else, go

(Pyle, 3^3) •

may
rest in peace.
(Said of the dead and often found on tomb­
stones in English end sometimes in Latins Hepulescat in Pace.)
...my old, grandmother, may she rest in peace, is dying... (Yank, 162).
mealy mouthed.

Insincere but vocal with flattary, cajolery.

He's a mealy-mouthed hypocrite who always tried to make Uncle Alden
feel he loved him... (Gardner, 25 ).
to mean (any)thing to.
important to.

To have a meaning, significance, for; to be

...if meeting them means anything to you, that's easy fixed (Cain, lL6 ).
...an extraneous personality who would never mean anything to him in
the present or the future (Marquand, 3®)*

Lot on© thing la it — until the pla.no came in... ever meant a thing to
you... (Cain, 228).
...It doe© have to "be furnished with things that mean something to you
(Oaln, 228).
—
to mean huslne©©.
To he serious ahout something; to fulfill one*©
obligation© seriously and in a business like manner.
The sentries really meant business (Pyle, 373).
He rea lly meant hualne ©e on food wastage (Pyle, 3*40).
When we got out that warrant, that showed we meant buslnes©
to tnwrnm by.
By.

(Cain, 202).

To signify through the agency of something; to indicate

Low I know what that woman meant by blackmail (Cain, 205).
That brings u» to the question of what you mean by 'from time to time*
(Gardner , 52) •
a mean day.

difficult, hard, disagreeable, day.

It's been kind of a mean day, hasn't it? (Marquand, 5&0 ) .
It has been a kind of a mean day (Marouand, 580).
to mean nothing to.
ance for.
The first number,
She w a n t nothing

To have no significance for; to have no inroort-

the Pire Bird, meant nothing to Mildred
to me either (Sain,14'6>).

means of llvlihood.
for one1s living.

Manner of making a living; way of earning money

...she had deprived Veda of her "means of llvlihood''
means of support.
for one's living.

(Cain, 239).

(Cain, 257) •

A way of making a living; manner of earning money

...is whether a shrewd lawyer could show that your brother regarded you
as a means of support (Gardner, 5^)»
measured tones.

Slow, careful, well modulated, voice and diction.

Everyone was speaking In careful, measured tones as you always did be­
fore the cocktails, but it was different later (Marquand, 127).
meat Inspector.
One employed by the federal, state, or local govern­
ment to inspect meat for quality and purity end to classify meat
according to grade.
By then, quite a few people were there...and to Mildred's surprise, Mr.

-cm t^-

Otls, the federal neat Inspector, who had seen the notice in one of
the afternoon papers (Cain, 108).
meat p i e .

A pie with a meat and meat sauce, gravy, filling.

The waitress brou^it a fruit salad, a plate of delicious meat pie made
with tender squares of meat, rich, yellow carrots, new potatoes,
walnut— sized onions, and steaming gravy (Gardner, 97) •
a mechanical smile.
A smile which seems not to he the result of
genuine amusement; an artificial smile.
...of their age always regarded each other, and his face "broke into a
quick mechanical smile (Marquand, 572).
medicine cabinet.
A small cupboard, cabinet, about 1^ feet by 2
feet which fits flush into the wall. Very often used in bathrooms
directly above the lavatory.
A bathroom door, s tan ding open disclosed a white tile floor, a porce­
lain washstand with a medicine cabinet and mirror on the wall (Gard­
ner, 36 ).
to medltate about.

To think about; to cogitate on.

...she went around meditating about it... (Cain, 22g).
to meet the eye.

To be visible; to be apparent.

...nothing ominous met the eye

(Cain, l60).

to meet —
eyes.
To look into one's eyes; to meet one's look; to
look one in the face, eye.
She met his eyes steadily, and said, "No," (Gardner, 55)•
Again she met his eyes, and again, In the same positive voice, said,
"No"
(Gardner, 5577
to meet up with.

To meet; to come upon, on; to encounter.

They get the old vernal urge, they meet up with some woman bold
102

).

(Yank,

Melba toast.
Toast made from very thin, i inch slice of bread and
toasted to a dark brown.
He could see Madge's orange juice and her Melba toast and her black
coffee, which she always took without any cream or sugar (Marquand,
5«5).
to metl away.

To disappear; to vanish; to go away.

(This implies

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a gradual vanishing.)
The apprehensive infantry begins t_o melt away... (Tank, 20b).
...two sides h i 8 precious camouflage blazed ant? melted away (Yank, 19).
to melt on —

tongue.

To be very delicate, tender, and delicious.

...inexorable confectioner test; It must melt on the
men only.

tongue

(Cain, 9 ).

Only men allowed; not any women.

At the Rockwell there had once been a grillroom in the basement, fre­
quented by men only. .. (Marquand, 273) .
mental defective.
quite bright.

One with less than average intelligence; one not

John Milicant was a mental defective
a mere child.

(Gardner, 110).

Not an adult; an immature nerson.

She *8 a mere child

(Vcain, 217).

to mess around.
To fool around; to do somethingwithout careful
plan. *~T5his is often used ironically to represent the speaker's
attitude toward another's work.)
...Some cope were out at the house messing around with fingerprints
and stuff (Gardner, 55).
Since you want to mess around in my private affairs, why doesn* t he
marry me? (Gardner, 19).
"It Isn't messing around, looking at the points," Charley said (Marouand, 56b ).
If you're going Jto mess around with the car (Marquand, 50*0.
...a bunch of damn busybodles, if you ask me, messing aroundand want­
ing to take a guy's fingerprints (Gardna:, 57).
I'd messed around there altogether too much (Gardner, 171).
mess hall.

A dining hall; a large room for eating usedby soldiers.

...we set up the mess hall for s u p p e r . . . (Yank, 229).
...he readied the mess hall again... (Yank, 230).
...their mess hall (Yank, 232).
Then we headed for the mess hall (Pyle, 3^5) •
He had a nice leisurely breakfast in the mess hall (Yank, ISb) .
Everyone in the mess hall turned around.
T?enk, 226).
The briefing room, like the mess hall, was bright and noisy... (Yank,
~ lU)*
He...kept the mess hall going (Yank, 22b).
He had a fine big turkey dinner in the mess hall... (Yank, 18b).
...Put this in the mess hall to scare the rats away (Yank, lbl).

mesa kit,

A service man's plate for eating; mess can.

The chow hounds get their mess kite out... (Yank, 157).
There the men of the company lined up for meals with mess kits...
(Pyle, U20).---------------------------------------- --------a mess officer.
The commissioned officer in charge of the collection,
preparation, and distribution of food.
...the mess officer told Gen. Marshall that he was going to serve them
the first fresh meat ever received by the command (Yank, 200).
mess mergeant.
The sergeant in charge of the preparation and serving
of food to a company of service men.
...everyone pitched in to haul ammunition, from the mess sergeant to
the first sergeant (Yank, 33)*
Last week the mess sergeant was clubbed to death with empty cans...
(Yank, 15l).
To most GIs, ration day is just the day when the mess sergeatn gathers
up another 10—day supply of luncheon meat... (Yank, 3^ •
mess u p .

To get out of order; to disarrange;to foul tqa.

They didn’t bother to mess Tip their harbor or to blow out the two
river bridges which would have cut our forces in half (Fyle, 29).
to mess with*
with.

To interfere with; to meddle with; to concern oneself

Hell, I'm not trying _to mess with your job— you can have the lousy per­
sonnel office (Yank , 89)•
middle age.

The age from about fifty to sixty years.

...he was tired...with just a touch of middle age dragging at...a
youthful face (Cain, 170).
Then a ruddy-faced man of middle age drove up... (Pyle, 377)•
They were all ages, through youth to middle age... (Marquand, 35)*
middle aged.

Being approximately between fifty end sixty years old.

Sir Thomas was pink and slumpish, middle-aged and a trifle bald...
(Marquand, 251)•
...Buchanan Greene was talking to a middle-aged lady who kept nodding
(Marquand, 352).
...she had tried to be facetious, and said something about their being
"middle-aged" (Cain, 235)*
...a middle-aged nurse... (Yank, 22U).
A couple of middle-aged women... (Yank, 209).

A middle-aged Frehchwoman made a fuss over him... (Pyle, U09 ).
The doorman1s solid face was middle-aged, like his own (Marquand, 297).
the middle age spread.
A fatness around the abdomen; a large belly
or hips* (This fatness is usua.lly associated with persons approaching
their middle age.)
She had a mlddle—aged spread: her hair was comfortably gray... (Mar—
quand, 357) •
middle finger.

The third finger of the hand.

You will note the prints of the middle finger of the ri^it hand (Gard­
ner, 151).
I have here an enlarged copy of that print, together with an enlarged
copy of the print of the middle finger of the defendant's right hand
(Gardner, 15l).
the middle of the night.
night.

Late at night; in the small hours of the

He wished that Madge did not feel it necessary to
go over Sally Sales
in the middle of the night (Marquand, 53^)•
There in the middle of the night he seemed to be more Involved with
Sally Sales than he was with Marianna Miller... (Marouand, 537).
the middle of the week.
of them.

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, or any

For soup, she served some chicken Jelly she had had left over from the
middle of the week and it struck him as very high toned (Marouand.

2871
the Middle West.
Iowa, Wi 8 consi n.

The states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,

He still had the Middle West in hsi vocabulary

(Pyle, 307).

the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Paul Revere, an American Revolu­
tionary figure, is supposed to have ridden out of Boston at midnight
to warn the New Englanders of an imminent British attack. The ride
occurred on the night of April 18, 1773* ^he phrase itself comes
from H.W. Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride", one of the Tales of
a Wayside Inn 1 "Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the
midnight ride of Paul Revere,"
...a real old tap bar such as had existed in taverns at the time of the
midnight ride of Paul Revere ( M a r q u a n d , 1 26).
a might have been.

One, something, that could well have developed

Into something important "but did not.
The afternoon was tense and full of caution and dire little might-havebeens (Pyle, UU 3 ).
That's the way war was on an afternoon that was tense and full of mighthave-beens for some of us... (Pyle, M+ 5 ).
miles and miles.

Many miles; a long distance.

Over to the north, he could see the lights of the city against the sky,
miles and miles of lights (Marquand, *4+6).
military age.
Of an age to enter the armedservices; approximately
years old to about thirty years of age.
You see. I've teen to one war, Jesse, tut now there's Jim —
atout millatry age (Marquand, 272).
military brushes.

and he's

A pair of hair brushes alike without handles.

...there was no doubt that it was solid gold and so were the backs of
the millatry brushes i n his toilet kit
(Marquand, 221).
milk fed.
Fed on milk; eating milk as the large portion of food,
tCompare: corn fed).
He did raise fine chickens, honestly coin-fed, not milk fed, and fine
chickens she had to have (Cain, ll6 ).
a milk run.
In ariation an uneventful flight in an airplane on a
regularly scheduled run often where the airplane is carrying some sort
of cargo.
But if you got back it's a milk run (Yank, 86).
Loaded with bombs and guns primed, this Marine Corps diver bomber pas­
ses over Henderson Field. ..at the strrt of what is called the "milk
run"
(San Franalaoo Oall-Bulletin, July 17 , 19^3 • 2 ).
milk toast.
Toast buttered and placed in a bowl over which is
poured hot milk.
Just milk toast tonight, Jules...at a table in beck... (Marquand, 27U).
to mill around.
To move about purposely in a crowd; to go from place
to place in a group without purpose.
The apprehensive Infantry begins to melt away... those up close milling
around. .. (Yank, 20U).
a million things.

Several things; many things.

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A million things had to "bo thought of and provided

(Pyle, l6).

the ml lie of the gods grind slow but they grind exceeding (small.
fine),
ketributi on, vengeance, may be slow to come to aperson
but when it comes it is very hard,
'Hie mills of the gods grind slowly. Walter said, but they grind ex­
ceeding small..7 (Marquand, 40).
not to mince words.
To speak bluntly and forcefully; to tell, say
without making the speech polite in any way.
..,the whole story was a humbug...and he didn't mince words saying so
(Tank, 167) .
mind is on.
ta.tes about.

One is thinking about; one reflects on; one cogi-

Mer mind
was on higher things (Cain, 21l).
'^ow that
his mind was on Surope, he recalled rnearlier visit which he
and Madge had made "CMarquand, 227).
Mildred only half-listened, no longer in any humor for Wally, her mind
on the car, and thinking only how she wovild begin (Cain, 5S).
He was even looking at his watch and thinking that the 7*02 was nearly
always late, but his mind was not
it (Marouand, 525).
mind over matter,
(The brain of a human can through thought con­
trol the inert matter.)
Maybe the answer lay in mind over matter

(Pyle, 253)*

to mind — — own business.
Hot to interfere with the affairs of
another; not to intrude on another.
Ho one can mind his own business really (Marquand, 552).
You mind your own business... (Marquand. 158).
Bill told me to mind my own business (Marouand, 112).
a mind reader.
One who practices telepathy; one who seems to know
whpt another is thinking.
Mrs. Pierce, I’m not a mind reader
mind you.

(Cain, 193).

Understand; get this clearly.

Mind you, jess met her lass night, but I’m com-oletely gone (Yank, 98).
Mind you, I ain’t saying she’s nerfect or nothing like that (Yank, 98).
mine detector.
fare.

A device for locating explosive mires used in war­

After La Haye du Fults it was issued mine detectors but it has not
timeto use them (Tank, 13*0.
...there were mine detectors twisted and ruined (Pyle, 367).
£ mine field*
An area where ejqploslve mines are set, laid, to deter
advancing soldiers*
Furthermore, the Australian armored cars were not able to get through
the German mine field in the neighborhood... (Yank, 3l).
a minimum of*

The very least of; the least possible amount of*

...she had place her icebox, range, materials, and utensils so she
could work with the nlmlmum of effort (Cain, 120),
a minor key*

A key in one of the minor modes in music*

In the next field a can on ear sang a song called "Low-down Babe" in a
high minor key (Yank, 133)*
Miss America*
A girl chosen for her physical beauty each year at
Atlantic City, Hew Jersey* Bach state choses a contestant and from
these Miss America is chosen; hence, Jocularly, any beautiful woman.
How* s Miss America!
mlsslng in action*

(Marquand, 358).
Lost, not accounted for, in battle.

...or another ship sloping dawn to the libmo of "missing in action1*
(Yank, 85).
to miss out on.
part. In.

Hot to be included in; not to participate, take

...the dangers of the mission*. .meant much less to them than the danger
of missing out on bombing Japan (Yank, 117)*
A fifth remarked Jocularly, "I'll have to write the old lady tonight
and tell her she missed out on that ten thousand dollars again
(Pyle, 50).
Mr. Flxlt*

One who is skilled in repairing all sorts of things*

Sanders was the "Mr* Fixlt" of the Hinth Division
to be mixed up in*

(Pyle, UlO).

To be en tang el ed in, with; to be involved in.

I'd hurt it, and I can't afford to get mixed up in this thing (Gard­
ner, 166).
She may not have been mixed up in that murder (Gardner, l6l)*
...he was already thinking of it in scenes, and Bragg was mixed up in
it... (Marquand, U30 ).

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to be mixed up with.
To have an Illicit affair with; to be en­
tangled with, a person.
He isn't mixed nap with some woman, is he?
to mix In with.

(Marquand, 392).

To add to throughout; to mingle with; to blend with

.., there was considerable talk about money mixed in with the chase...
(Oaln, 253).
to mix u p .
1. To confuse; to perplex.
They had been mixed up with thirteen many times... (Pyle, 350).
...he had got mixed up about the passage of time (Pyle, H 53).
Wine times out of ten the people are mixed up (Pyle, 3 ^ ) .
Gradually the front got all mixed up CPyle, 4**2).
Our only chance Is Jfco mix this thing all u p . so the D.A. doesn* t know
Just what to go after... (Gardner, 88).
I want to mix this case up so much and rush it through so fast that
he'llHbe" one jump behind... (Gardner, 128).
It mixes everything up.. .that' e all 1 mean (Marquand, 1^2).
That’s so you don't get mixed up on them other girls' books (Cain, U6)
As Mr. Pierce told her, she had the burial service, the communion ser­
vice. ..so thoroughly mixed up that It was rather difficult to disen­
tangle them (Oaln, 109).
...well, Bodge had come to him in an awful state, because his things
were all mixed u p ... (Marquand, U00).
...took Madge1s mink coat and Madge told her please be careful...and
not get It mixed up with somebody else's.. • (Marquand, 3^l) •
I got mixed up in that trip to Mdilla... (Tank, 31).
As I lay on the straw In the darkness they became mixed u p , and I was
confused and not quite sure which was which (Pyle, 99/7
We're only mixed up with the details (Marquand, h22).
2. To mix; to blend together.
He took two one-gallon cans of egg-powder, poured in sixteen cans of
condensed milk and four quarts of water, mixed it Tip in a batter,
theh dipped it out with a ladle and fried It in boiling lard (Pyle,

11*
0.

model home.
A house built by a contractor, builder, for advertising
purposes in which he puts labor saving devices, all kinds of pleasant
attractions, and which he designs to appeal to people.
She had special, rather romantic reasons for remembering the model home
(Cain, 78).
to molsten —
them.

lips.

To wet one's lips by passing one1s tongue over

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H© moistened hi© lino. asked* "I© Yeda home?"

(Cain, 8 ).

MolatoT hraadtaiket.
A large bomb that explodes in mid air re­
leasing many smaller bombs. (Also butterfly bomb.)
Doolittle also told us that we could carry another bomb, a 500 pound
incendiary, something like the old Russian Molator Breadbasket
(Robert Oonsadlne, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, 'New York, Random House,
19^3* p. to).
The "Molator Breadbasket"...appeared to consist of two types (Illustrated London Hews, April 6 , 19to, UU6 ).
Molator cocktail.
Empty pint beer bottles, scored so that they will
easily break, filled with exploslres and corked. A fuse is then
attached to each bottle.
...ran up to them and threw grenades and Molator cocktails on the bkacs
to set them afire (Tank, 5*0 •
Row he had Molotoff cocktails... (Tank, 19).
the moment has come.

The time has come; it is the time.

Mildred knew that the moment had come for the special prayers made
necessary by Mom's stipulations... (Cain, 113).
a moment of suspense.
A tense moment; an exciting moment; a mo­
ment of tenseness, tension.
... there was a moment of suspense and then flames started to spit...
(Tank, 168).
money belt.
A belt which
one wears next to
are pockets for safe keeping for raluables.

hisskinin which there

...twenty thousand dollars In his possession, probably on his person
in a money belt (Gardner, 199).
money Is easy.
It is not difficult
easy to come by.

to get, earn,money; money

is

He did not realise until later that entertainment money was rery easy
at that time... (Marquand, 285).
money lsn* t ererything.
the world.
Don't worry, though.
money order.
office.

Money Is not the most Important thing in

Money lsn* t everything

(Tank, 17l).

A check, order to pay, which is obtained at a post

Just send us your money order for two 'bucks... (Tank, 212).
I sent the money order for two husks... (Tank, 212).
...he isn't going to take a chance on cashing a post office money order
without glvlhg the sucker some soft of a run for his money ((jtard—
ner, 12).
...I bought a post office money order for twenty-five bucks payable to
the Conway Appliance Company. .. (Gardner , ll).
money rolls In.
One makes, receives, much money rapidly; one gets
money easily and continually.
•..the money kept rolling in
to monkey around.

(Cain, 180).

To act foolishly; to do things puxpoeelessly.

When things are tense like that a person gets Impatient of mnnk«ying
around (Pyle, ^28).
Yet he put it in there as though he were using a pointer, and he put
it in fast too, no monkeying around (Pyle, 232).
monkey busineea.
Toolishness; something not as it should be due to
mischief, undexhandedness, carelessness.
They were too busy getting equipment ashore, rounding up the real
enemies and establishing a foothold, to indulge in any hand-waving
monkey business (Pyle, 3l).
He suspected moneky business (Pyle, 373)•
to monkey with.
to fool with.

To handle, work with, carelessly, purposelessly;

Jim had to start living his own life sometime, and it doesn't halp to
monkey with other people's lives (Marquand, 312).
monkey wrench.
A common wrench which has two parallel Jaws one of
which is fixed and the other is adjustable.
...run to the spot with equipment that iheludes everything from fire
extinguishers to monkey wrenchee (Tank, H6 ).
the moon os—
up.
does the sun.

The moon rises; the moon appears to rise, as

The moon had come up by this time, bringing the slopes of Montecasslno
out of the darkness (Tank, 57)*
When the moon came u p . we could see the JapB... (Tank, 1^6).
moon faced.

Hound faced; having a face which is almost round.

The Lieutenant's oarbine misfired as he leveled it at a little moon­
faced Jap only an arm's length away (Tank, 6*0.

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the noon goon out.

The noon diuppaart} the noon sets.

The noon had gene out and it was Tory dark
the noon is down.
the night.

The

(Pyle, 322).

noon has set; the noon has disappearedfor

The noon was down... (Tank. 12).
moonlight requisition.

A theft; stealing.

This was known as "noonlight requisitioning 11 (Tank. 139).
to mop -— hrow.
wipe one's brow.

To wipe the perspiration from one* s forehead; to

The private walked out mopping his brow... (Tank. 20l).
to nop --- face.

To wipe one's faoe.

...he took out a handkerchief and nopped his face
to m o p

forehead.

(Cain. 170).

To wipe (one's) forehead, brow.

Jeffrey smoothed his coat and nopped his forehead and then folded his
handkerchief.. . (Marquand, 185/.
Jeffrey pulled out his handkerchief and nopped his forehead (Mar­
quand, ^ 79)*
£ nop of hair.
untrained.

Unruly head of hair; a great deal of hair which seems

Jason Carrel, a thin young man in the thirties with high cheekbones,
close-set eyes, and a nop of coal black hair... (Gardner, 28).
The poet is a tall young nan with a nop of black hair (Tank, 29).
mop u p .
The killing, capturing, destroying those of the enemy re­
maining after most of then have been destroyed. (Also attributive.)
.. .mop-up squads came back to clean out all the holes they c oudl find
... (Tank, 252).
Next day when the mop—up came, there was nothing left there to bother
then (Tank, 9).
to nop up .

1 . To clean by wiping; to clean with a mop of with a similar instru­
ment or action.
• ..working all day at taking tips, and wearing a uniform, and mopping
up crumbs (Cain, ^l).

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2. To remoTe, capture* kill those of the enemy remaining after most
of them hare been destroyed*
...the entire battalion was ordered back. . .to mop ttp the southern. ..
side of the Island... (Tank* 252).
morals charge.
like.

Rape, statutory rape* Indecent exposure* and the

On the morale charge, all the jury wants to know Is the age of the
girl*,, (dain, 20^5•
Just a little morals charge, and same afternoon, couple of the boys
went orer to serve 11 (Cain, 20l).
more and more.

Many more; increasingly more*.

More and more guests had flowed out of the big room of the penthouse
into the dining room... (Marquand, 35^)*
Mr. German said that all the time there were more and more things to
do and he was busy as a one-armed paperhanger (Marquand, 502;.
...the little print dress was becoming more and more uncomfortable
despite its pleasing appearance (Cain, 28 ).
...and growing more and more weary... (Pyle, 1*+H).
more or less.

Somewhat; to a degree; to an extent.

I went back to the ship and stayed aboard almost a week before going
ashore more or less permanently (Pyle* 32).
...Air Forces...could live a more or less permanent life (Pyle, 220).
Axe British have always been against It...and American has more or
less followed suit (Pyle, 153).
And perhaps the best thing to do about this whole conversation.. .would
be more or less to forget it... (Marquand. 33^).
...we finally arrived more or less intact (Tank* 2U 7).
...set an ashtray near him, and pulled the covers over his more or
less lovely nakedness (Cain* 29).
more peartIcularly.

In particular; specifically.

In Jeffrey's experience* writers* particularly novelists and more
particularly woman novelists, were, as a rule... (Marquand, 3*^)»
more than.

In excess of; beyond; to an extent* degree, greater than.

More than a year ago I wrote an item... (Pyle, 2bo).
more than —
can stand.
To be something one cannot abide* counte­
nance; to be of such nature that one does not like something and can
put up with it.
...It was almost more than she could stand, and she stumbled hurriedly

-a 60-

out, .. (Gain, 230),
morning Ball,
mall.

Mail, letters, which arrive in the morning post,

Perry Mason stared at the morning mall with evident distaste
ner, l),
morning, noon, and night.

(Gard­

All day; all the time; very frequently.

After the big rush they gave me,..Ma having me over morning, noon, and
night,.. (Gain, 196).
morfiflrip paper.
A newspaper printed at such a time to as to he dis­
tributed early in the morning,
...the morning paper was still on the grass... (Cain, 182).
the morning sun.

The sun in the morning,

I,..watched the morning sun break over the hills... (Tank, 116),
mosquito bar.
Mosquito net; a netting which is placed usually over
a bed for the purpose of keeping Insects from a sleeping person.
He should also bring the following Items; Mosquito bars... (Yank, 1^2).
mosquito net.

(See: mosquito bar.)

...beneath the mosquito-net cover of a bed... (Tank, 119),
most of all.

To the greatest extent, degree; for the most part.

But most of all they listened to the sweet music from German stations
... (Pyle, 207).
Mildred was temp ted... mos t of all by the chance to go somewhere, to
sit undersoft lights... C5aln, "26).
to be most tryIng.

To be hard, difficult; to be hard to please.

And audiences are most trying
mother In law.

(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept.. 6 , 19^7* 23).

One’s spouse* 6 mother.

He had wanted Jim to be his, not his mother-in-law* s child... (Mar—
quand, 3°^)•
mother plane.
A plane which controls another plane (drone) by
means of electro—magnetic waves,
Everything It sees is projected by radio on a screen In a mother plane

or on the ground (Time, Not. 19, 19U5 , 52).
3he Nary* 8 drones Till he sent Into the cloud by one mother ship
(Birmingham News, June 25, 19^6, 2 ).
to motion -—
out of.
To indicate hy a motion, mowement, that
another should leave, go away.
...Mr. Treviso...motioned the little fat woman out of the room...
(Cain, 216).
motor freight.
The hauling of freight, goods, hy truck as con­
trasted to a railroad. (Also attributive.)
Pappy used to he in the motor freight business before the war

(Pyle,

335).
...he was still in the motor freight business... (Pyle, 335).
motor -pool.
A place where automobiles are stored and from which
one may take an automobile for use. A motor pool is usually operated
for an organisation.
...a mortar concentration on the motor pool... (Yank, 123).
I remember watching a motor pool... (Yank. 123).
Then we walked around a couple of hedgerows to our motor pool... (Pyle.
1*08).
mountain shack.
A mountain cabin; a small house used for vacations
in the mountains.
You've taken me to mountain shacks... (Cain, lh6 ).
mourner1s bench.
The anxious seat; in some protestant churches a
seat, or pew, reserved for the mourners. Hence, any seat, chair,
bench where one waits with some auciCty.
The roomers' bench is full; its crowded ranks
Beery man's inhumanity to man (Yank, 153)*
The mourners' benoh is full, and still it seems
There’ s' always room for more (Yank, 153).
The mourners' benoh is full... (Yank, 153/•
a mouthful of.
mouth.

A bite of; a sizeable bit of something in one's

He too had waked up before he could get a mouthful of food

(Pyle, 190).

to mouth a phrase.
To say something glibly; insincerely; to say
something as if one had said it so often that it had lost its meaning.
...somehow his voice as he mouthed the phrase had left a sour note
(Marquand, U 3)•

to move about.
another,

To go f r o a place to place; to go from one place to

,. .someone In whose mind lie still lived vividly.. .still moving about
in performance, which h e had left forever (Marquand, 32}.
The German gunners could m o v e about without exposing themselves
(Pyle, 361).
I could hear the captain m o v i n g about to make sure that everyone was
safe (Tank, 53).
You move about so fast o n a tour (Marquand, 361)*
to move along.
1, To go; to go to a n o t h e r place.
...cane out from inside a n d passed the word for the group to move
along (Tank, U6).
2. To continue to go| t o keep on moving, giving.
I was moving along... (Tank:, 123).
to move around.
To m o v e ;
Inaction by movement.

to exercise; to relieve muscles tired from

I got to— -get someplace w h e r e I sen move around (Cain, 193).
We all got u p , welcoming a chance _to move around... (Pyle, 371)*
to move away.
residence.

To go to

live in another place; to change one's

...for he was the only o n e who had not sold and moved away... (Mar­
quand, 93)»
to move away from.

To g o from; to leave; to depart from.

The ship wavered and moved, away from the others... (Tank, l68).
But Madge's mind had m o v e d away from it (Marquand, 936),
to move back.

To move t o the rear; rearward; to go toward the rear.

The captain ordered the l i t t e r to be moved back
(Yank, 108).
...another company relieved them, and they moved back a couple of
miles... (Pyle, 268).
to move bjr.

To go by;

Then the lights turned a n d
quand, 5^)«
to be moved b£-

t o go past.
they all moved by him

like a stream

(Mar­

To be effected emotionally by; to be emotionally

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dlsturbed by.
Bert vas greatly moved by the detail* of Veda** arrival... (Cain, 257).
Nevertheless he had always been moved hy church architecture, particu­
larly the Early Gothic (Marquand,
to move in.

1 . To enter, go to, a place which is to become one's residence, home,
domlolle.
Then after we moved In the Germans would shell It heavily (Pyle, 117).
▲ newcomer Just went from room to room until he found either a n e n t y
bed or some floor space for his bedroll, and moved In (Pyle, 9*0.
Beforethose Italians moved in. when all the farms in the soft blue
valley were going to seed... (Marquand, 106).
He said that after he got his dugout finished
and moved in he discovered
a mole burrowing in the wall (Pyle, 263).
Mechanics for the aviation plant and for the shipyards at Wilmington
w were moving in (Marquand, U25).
2. To approach; to go toward.
Thqy worked like a good body puncher, moving in all the time. • • (Tank,

33).

,

—

Then we moved in to a pier (Pyle, j).
... supplies were moved In over the beachhead (Tank, 25 a ).

3 . To move Inward; to go toward the center.
But as they did, the Japs moved In toward them... (Tank, 9 )*
...we had moved in under our Jeep for protection... (Pyle, 271 ).
to move In different worlds.
To be in different classes of society;
to have different friends, different habits, different amusements,
end the like.
furthermore, they move In two different worlds... (Cain, 19*0.
to move In on.
To apporach so as to capture; to go toward wit h the
purpose of catching.
It looked as though they've moved In on us
to move off.

(Gardner, 18U).

To go away; to move away; to lea ve.

They said that when anyone came along the path the new man would move
off to one side so as not to be seen (Pyle, 18U).
The unburdened mules move off to their olive grove (Pyle, 155)*
The thunder was moving off eastward to the Sound but it still sounded
like artillery (Rarquand, 5**°)*

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The sergeant moved off (Pyle, 200),
When we moved off, the o b t a i n placed me "behind him and explained,
(Yank, 5*0^
...the voice moved off eomewhere.,, (Cain, 23H).
to move on,

1 , To move; to go.
We moved on into the enveloping night that might have a morning for ns,
or might not (Pyle, 12),
Our fighter moved on after the enemy,.. (Pyle, ^ 52).
He killed the Jap and moved on (Yank, 251).
We continued to move on (Yank, 212),
One oame directly from American, stopping only long enoughfor the troop
to stretch their legs, then moving right on again (Pyle, 15).
...and the lights moved on (Yank, 118),
The platoons moved on...^Yank. 8 ).
We moved on. on our "bellies (Yank, 10),
The Wad' Russian flipped in a grenade, almost Indifferently, and then
moved on to direct the fi^it (Yank, 18),
The figure moved xqp to him, dropped a grenade and moved on (Yank, 19)*
The talk moved on to London, "but Jeffrey was not listening (Marquand,
252).
gradually we moved on... (Pyle, U03 ).
... they moved on to the ri^it to a 3 Y~caliber machine-gun emplacement
(Yank," 1*0'.
Them he and Shupe moved on (Yank, 18).
Apparently an entire family had stopped to rest and had never moved on
again (Yank, 178).
Once Jeffrey had hoped that his life would become si spier as time moved
on (Marquand, 356).
...the regiment...moved on to relieve elements of the 1 st Division...
(Yank, 2UH).
2. To continue; to keep on; to go on.
It was astonishing to see everything move on as it had always moved...
(Marquand, 590),
Custom moved on doggedly, in spite of the war (Marquand, 326).
to move out of.
1. To go away; to depart; to leave.
Txie shell fish.. .kept building pearly rooms and then moving out of them
(Marquand, 3Y)»
...Mildred, before she moved out of the Baragon mansion... (Cain, 256).
Then, and then only, did some Italian families move out (Pyle, 238}.
I can shove two twos together, but not until I get Miss Ida moved out
... (Cain. 123).
6
---------

-5 6 5 -

...the company prepared to move out
• ..and told them to he ready to move
50).
She was also smart enoughto go home,
that afternoon (Gardner, 10) .
...It had moved out suddenly and left

11).

(Tank, 24l).
out as soon as Itgotdark

(Tank,

pack up herthings and move out
no forwarding address

(Gardner,

If you are going out to the Coast the way you say you are, the Jasons
say they will move out somewhere and you can have their room... (Mar­
quand, 555)*
"Is Mr. Kewcombe moving out?** Jeffrey asked (Marquand, 456).
Bill and I had moved out, and let Jfciily have the cabin(Gardner, 113).
The whole place seemed to be waiting fofc them to move outand go some­
where else... (Marquand, 3°3)*
The platoon moves out (Tank, l4g).
As the engineers moved out... (Tank, 250).
The three mortarman came up and we moved out (Tank, 20).
They were moving out In a motor convoy (Pyle, 254).

2 . To go from the center; to move outward.
At that the captain moved us farther out

(Pyle,

231).

to move out with.
To make one's residence, home, with; to move one's
belongings Into a place with.
...the hospital invited Wick Fowler and me to move out with them...
(Pyle, 250).
to move over.

1 . To move sideways; to move to the side.
... she gladly moved over while he pulled away from the curb.. . (Oaln,
249).
Della Street's hand moved over to grip Mason's arm, a wordless pledge of
loyalty (Gardner, 173)*

2 . To take one's belongings to a place.
She moved Letty over, with a room of her own... (Cain, 229).
3. To go across, over, something; to move; to go.
As court adjourned, Mason moved over to place a reassuring hand on Aldan
Leed's shoulder (Gardner, 152).
to move to town.
country.

To go to live in a city after having lived in the

Madge and her family had moved to town by than and Jeffrey had bean
seeing too much of Madge, her family thought (Marquand, 281) .

-866-

tO moVO U P .

1 . To more forward; to

go toward the front; to advance.

Then he reported
bade to Battalion, which moved up to direct an artil­
lery concentration*•• (Yank, 7 )*
Tell the captain _to move the ship jg> close (Pyle, 355)*
Jap a were moving up with infantry supported b y machine-guns and mortar
fire (Yank, S jT Z
We oould see tham when we moved up a few feet (pyle, Moi).
.••a crack 1^5e> howitser battalion...received orders to move up (Yank,
133).
▲ pack-male company of Merrill's Marauders, moving u p . forced Gen. Stilwell’s Jeep to the side of the narrow Jungle trail (Yank, 129)*
You've got to guard against the tendency of the American liaaij weapon
to move right U£ (Yank, 150).
...and one other battalion moved up to secure the first battalion's
flank (Yank, $ 0 ).
Occasionally w e passed ooapanies of Infantry replacements moving up
(Yank, 57).
Humors can be wilder on the battle front than in any barracks latrine
back in the Statey but anyway I Joined a well known regiment moving
up (Yank, 109)*
Our skipper*•.ordered the engineer to cut the motors to idling speed
so we could move up as noiselessly as possible (Yank, 29U).
As 1st Lt* George Johnson...moved up with his company... (Yank, 231).
...the Infantry moving up 50 yards behind it (Yank, 2U3)*
The infantry doesn't sing smch, especially moving up (Yank, 2h2).
•••we were moving op to an assembly area... (Yank, 2H2).
A SBU.11 force moving 3 ^ the right flank to the river... (Yank, 1H 7).

2 . To advance in rank, position, condition.
Everyone had to move up and Mr. Grimes, the managing editor, had offered
Mr. Pernald... (.Marquand, 19U).
movie camera.
A camera which takes motion pictures; a motion picture
camera, (Also attributive.)
• ••a 35-mm Mitchell movie-oamera machine... (Yank, 199).
a movie star.
An important actor, actress; a well known and well
liked elnesia aeter, actress.
• •.following the model of the write-ups about the movie stars... (Yank,
175).
a moving experience.

An experience which affects one’s emotions.

There’s nothing especially remarkable about it but lt was a moving ex­
perience to see lt happen (Pyle, 9)»

moving -picture show.

A cinema; a aorle.

Then, after an early supper, she had Letty tales Veda to a moving picture
show (Cain, llU).
* * -----to mow down.

To hill; to destroy.

lhey yelled at their machine gunners and BAB men to "Mow down that
bunch over there, boy I” (Tank, 92).
I Just mowed them down (Yank, 53) •
Ve mowed them down with the bow gun (Tank, 5U).
...now he'll mow 1sn down for the United Nations (Tank, 175).
Sometimes they tried to run for lt and were mowed down (Pyle, UUl).
Mr . An thorny.
A radio performer who solicited people to come before
the microphone and publicly tell their troubles. He then advised them
how to solve their problems.
I've a problem that even M r . Anthony couldn't solve
Mr. and Mrs. America.

(Tank, 170).

The average American husband and wife.

They were not like individuals Just then, but like types, the wife and
the husband, the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. America (Marouand.
312).
not much to look at.

Not to be pretty; to be ugly; homely.

...a look that made him think that even when they were young they would
not have been much to look at. •. (Marquand, 3*&) •
much to —

surprise.

Surprisingly; astonishing;

The legs, much to their surprise, belonged to a major
to muck u p .

(Tank, 182).

To be covered with mud, muck; to be muddied.

• •.already the tracks were mucked up and field wire was tripping the
feet of GIs... (Tank. lUUTT
muffled talk.

Quiet, undlstlnguishable, conversation.

Then there would be muffled talk
to muff a play.
awkwardly.
I

To do something poorly; to bungle; to treat, behave,

muffed that play

a mule train.

(Oaln, 18^) .

(Gardner, 63 ).

A group of mules used to haul things; a pack train.

—o o o —

.••and tne Major was out trying to arrange £ mule train to go down and
gat some rations (Yank, H8 ).
...chief of the unit radio section, entered the perimeter, leading a
mule pack train loaded with all kinds of ammunition (Yank, 93 ),
He "brought "back the ammunition mule train through an even more serer
shelling (Yank, 93 )*
The mule train returned from the Talley with "boxes of ammunition and K
rations... (Yank, 50).
When the mule trains "became scarcer we caught up with Jeeps pulling
loaded trailers (Yank, 57)*
to munch on.

To chew; to smsticate; to eat.

That's "because we "bring them crackers and butter and go off and leare
them for a while, and they munch on crackers (Gardner, 1^9).
muscle bound.
d condition of being unable to move due to tired
muscles; a condition of tense, unrelmxmd, distended muscles.
...his right arm had become muscle-bound from waving lt too much

298).

(Pyle.

musette bag.
d bag, usually made of canvas, to which is attached a
strap, *he strap is placed on the shoulder for carrying the bag.
...I put them in my musette bag... (Pyle, hlh).
musical comedy.
and dancing.

d farce, comedy, which has as a part of lt singing

Sometimes it would be made up of groups that had the mistaken idea that
it was going to be musical comedy... (Marquand, 291).
...when she came out to greet the customers, she looked like the 00ok
in a musical comedy (Cain, 119)*
a music lesson.

d lesson in a musical Instrument or in singing.

He doesn't hand you over to your music lesson... (Cain, 15&).
mustard gas.

d poisonous gas used for warfare: (OlCH^CHgJgS.

...the cordite fumes from the shelling, and the faint antiseptic oAor of
mustard gas (Marquand, 236).
muster roll.
The roll of a military company; the names of those in
the araster, ranks, troops.
He got him a rating and had him placed on the muster roll as chaplain's
yeoman (Yank, U6 ).
mutual esteem.

d condition in which two persons, groups, think very

highly of each, other.

(Also attributive .)

But in the engineers lt was a sort of mutual-esteem society
SSL .££££•
^
castically. )

polite form of address.

(Pyle, 79) •

Often used Ironically, sar­

My dear. X heard her. and I was astonished... (Oaln. 22b),
my foot.
true.)

Ho; not; like hell.

(This Implies that what issaid Is not

Line sollder. my foot... (Tank. 193).
ay God.

(An oath which is not eondldered polite.)

"My Godl" Mason exclaimed (Gardner, 6l).
*My God." she said, "can't anyone cash a check without Being hounded to
"death?" (Gardner, IS).
m y goodness.
meaning. ;

Goodness gracious.

(An exalamatlon with no real

Hell my goodness, you act as If It was Europe (Cain, 225).
Veil, my goodness, the Blltmore's not in Bur hank (Cain, 165).
Veil, my goodness, this is where I get off (Tank, 1**3).
Veil, mar goodness, you don't hare to scare everybody to death (Cain,
186).
...if you say my goodness one more time I shall scream... (Cain, 187).
Veil my goodness, he's not gone yet (Cain, 18l).
Veil, my goodness, it's not your fault (Cain, 3*0the mystery to —
to one.

.

Vhat one does not understand; what is not clear

The mystery to me is that there is anybody at all, no matter how strong,
who can keep his spirit from breaking In the midst of battle (Pyle,
15*0.

nail £UL 2l*

A w a l l file for cutting and shaping fingernails.

Bat when & stone Is loosened "by hammer blows, you can sblp around lt with,
the nail file and finally pryit out (Tank* 128) •
Tou can't do much against a stone wall with a nail file (Tank, 128).
the naked eye. She unaided eye; without telescope, opera glasses, or any
magnifying lenses.
As soon as he can't be seen with the naked aye, he's AITOL
to name after.
He said he was
a name band.

(Tank, 128).

To give a baby the same Christian, first, name, as another.
nf^fr

Twain's brother

( ^ l e , 399).

A popular, famous, dance band, dance orchestra.

The torch singers with these big name bands...

(Cain, 211).

£o name names. To give someon's name in a report; to specify an indivi­
dual by name.
She named no names, but made thorn quite rich and high-toned.
narrow escape. A close shave; a condition in which one is almost hurt,
almost caught or the like.
The number of narrowescapes we had must have been very discouraging to the
Axis fliers (Pyle, 33).
narrow minded. Hot liberal; blgtoed, a condition of not being able or
or willing to widen one's scope.
My aarrow- m ^ p d o p i n i o n has changed...

native tongue. The language
the land on one's birth.

(Tank, 215).

one learns as a baby; the language spoken In

There were also two corpulent French refugees speaking in their UfttjLv^
tongue and two young men...
(Tank, 318).
natiQTiftl ftdv«yriH ming. Advertising which is so organized that it covers
all of the U. S.; country wide advertising.
...a guarantee of mention in 25$6 of Consol's national advertising...
(Cain, 235).
onni hook u p . A system of radio broadcasting whereby stations all over
the U. S. broadcast the same program simultaneously.
...she'd got this chance on a big national hook-up

(Cain, 210).

a natural torn. Seeming to have a characteristic from birth; seeming t o li
bora with a characteristic* in contrast to havlsg developed it.
I'm a natural bora rebel (Tank, 101).
Be was just a natural-born center of any stage...

(Pyle, 73).

natural selection. The selection which is responsible in part for t h e
survival of the fittest* (Associated with Darwin.)
...Jeffrey wondered what whin of natural selection had brought those 'tiro
together (Marquand* 110).
near bar.

Close at hand; in the vicinity*

Some laborers near by were still raking through the rubbish..*
(Marquand*
227).
They had stripped the prisoners of their identifications and clothes * h e
said* and had taken them to a field near by (Tank, 27).
the near side*
tence)•

That side closest to the speaker or subject (of the s e n —

Cur klckoff infantry had been pulled back a few hundred yards fron t h e near
side of the road (lyie, 433).
neag £o.
1.

Close to; near.

...he got as near to the ground as he could
2.

(Pyle, 171).

In lntlnate understanding with*

Intermingling of Pierce Homes* Inc., with Mildred Pierce* Inc. **. .had brought
Bert nearer to her than he had ever been before... (Cain* 250)*
near sighted.
the eyes*

Myopic; being unable to see clearly what is far away f r o s

•.•his eyes had the same near-sighted intensity
neat and trim.

(Marquand, 39)*

In good physical condition, not being fat*

Lt. Hillard was neat and trim, as lean and hard as any 21-year old b o y
should be (Tank* 95)*
neck and neck*

Together; one not being ahead of the other*

Tor a while there two ships were running a neck-and-neck race for the most
missions flown (Tank* 171)*

needless *o

It is apparent; it ia obvious.

Needle eg to say, it was a rare pleasure, •.
to ] & neither &£££. nor there.

(Yank, 199).

To be of no importance; to be unessentla.

... but that i £ neither here nor there

(Yank, 227).

Hero
TffilIf Home burned. (The emperor Hero is supposed to have idly
played a musical instrument during the burning of the city of Home. Hence,
t this is applied to anyone who is idle when there is a great emergency.)
Anzio is where Hero is supposed to have fiddled while Home burned...
234).
serve racking.
excitement.

(I^rle,

Causing great nervous tension; causing nervous tent ion

Air raids at night were far more nerve-r*^ ^ t h e n

the daylight ones...

(Pyle, 34).
The first day we had snipers firing...which was very nerve-racking.___
(Yank, 9).
a nervous stomach . A stomach which is susceptible to nervous tension caus­
ing nausea, indigestion, headaches, and the like.
You got nervous stomach

(Yank, 217).

nervous strain. Nervous tension; a tenseness of the muscles as well as the
nerve due to worry, fatigue, and the like.
...that was what the doctors said, the emotional wear and
vous strain (Marquand, 276).
nervous wreck.
tration.

A condition of having a nervous breakdown, nervous pros­

Bed Biding Hood was a nervous wreck...
a nest of.

tear and the

(Yank, 155).

A nest containing; a hiding place of.

And at Savo Island, Just north of Guadalcanal, it
Jap ships and got mixed u p . .• (Yank, 43}.

found £ neat of hiding

net result. The result; the consequence; the effect.
Most of the men had also received galoshes, and the netresult of this is­
sue was that the medics were treating far fewer
cases of feet... (Yank, 196).
...in his opinion the net result of their efforts
(Marquand, 321).

added up

to almost nothing
a

never a doll nonent.
ironicT)

Always excitement; always something happening.

There was never & dull moment...
never ending.
glossary.)

(Often

(Tank, 199).

Endless; perpetual; continuous.

...never-ending queues of workers...

(As the preparation of a

(Tank, 120).

never fltfpd1.

Pay no attention to; not to heed; not to note.

"Ho", Jim said quickly, "Sally, she— Well, never mind it now" (Marquand, 551).
"Hever mind about women", Jeffrey said (Marquand, 514).
Sometime.•• I*d like to talk to you about war, but never mind it now....
(Marquand, 551).
Tea...but never
it now (Marquand, 449).
fever mind lt, Madge (Marquand, 536).
Hever mind lt now... (Marquand, 118).
Oh. ..never mind lt. Madge...
(Marquand, 330).
Tee.. .but never mind it now (Marquand, 562).
...but never mind about that (Cain, 137).
Hever
it, Charley (Marquand, 224).
Hever m i n d . it, Gwen (Marquand, 224).
Hever mind. Madge. .. that's all right (Marquand, 366).
Hever mind it, Minot.•• (Marquand, 371).
Hever mind lt now (Marquand, 159).
Oh, never mind that (Cain, 118).
Mason said, "Hever mind that" (Gardner, 67).
Minot...never mind it (Marquand, 395).
Hever mind it, Milton (Marquand, 404).
Hever mind it now, Madge...
(Marquand, 440).
...when he handed Jeffrey his key, but Jeffrey said never mind them, now
(Marquand, 429).
Well...never mind lt. now (Marquand, 429).
I had quite a time in the war...but aftZS£ mind it now (Marquand, 436).
mind it now,", Jotfrmy answered, "I'm talking about Jim" (Marquand,
•
How, never mind lies, tears, or sentiment (Gardner, 108).
Hever mind whether lt'e becoming or not (Cain, 70).
She's the most delightful little thing I've ever met in a long time, but
never mind about her (Cain, 126).
Hever mind your nicknames. •• (Tank, 166).
Hever mind about having mentioned lt (Marquand, 49).
Hever mind about me (Marquand, 48).
Hever nHmjl it, that's Just life...
(Marquand, 48).
Hever mind about other people...
(Marquand, 12).

-87*4-

2.

Do not bother; do not do aaiethias (because someone else will do it
or It Is not of value enough to be done)*

Never mind. 1 got 'em (Cain 210).
•It mas all right,*, Jeffrey said, ’•but - never mind" (Marquand, 113).
Never mind. I can handle this (Marquand, 503).
•Never mind.", Jeffrey said (Marquand, 502).
■Darling", he told her, "never mind" (Marquand, 150).
...oh well, never mind (Cain, 183).
"Never mind". Jeffrey said, "1*11 read it" (Marquand, 320).
new blood.

New people; new and different people, persons.

There was a continual transfusion of new blood
& new deal.

(Marquand, 24).

Another chance; another opportunity.

All Mr. Gorman needed was a whole new deal, as you might say. ....
(Marquand, 615).
a new ga&.

A revitalized person; an Invigorated, restored person.

"I am a new man.» Artie said
to be a new one on.
for one.

(Tank, 98).

To have not heard of, seen, before; to be

That 1a a new one on m e : I never heard that before

new, novel,

(Pyle, 120).

new -potatoes. Potatoes freshly dug; potatoes which have not bee In stor*>
age.
(These are usually boiled and served whole.)
...meat pie made with tender squares of meat, rich,yellow carrots,
JUOL
■potatoes, walnut-sized onions, and steaming gravy
(Gardner, 97).
nows ace.

A good reporter for a newspaper, magazine; am erne reporter.

He may be Walter Nev/combe, the news ace. ..
news
wfl the news.
cause events.

(Marquand, 34).

The secret affairs; the actual happenings which

...ended up, in the uncertain days of the Hoosevelt administration when
everybody sought avidly for news behind the news, as a syndicated col­
umnist...
(Marquand, 278).
no news
good
If one receives no nevrs, things must be all right;
one always hears of bad news.
...guys who c a n 11 believe that 30 news is good news

(Tank, 35).

nftWHpa.yier gfljafl.
managing.

Newspaper work; newspaper publishing, editing, writing,

My brother*s in the newsnaner game.
(Marquand, 293).
Poops was in the newspaper game once himself (Marquand, 3*4-).
& newspaper man.
newspaper.

A reporter; a newspaper writer; a man connected with a

"All these newspaper m e n .11 Minot said, "are like anybody else who comes
from a small town and gets ahead"
(Marquand, 2h5).
news reel.
penings.

A movie about current events; a cinema concerning actual hap­

The evening's entertainment opens with news reels in French, fiussian, and
Persian (Yank, 73)«
news «t*nd-

A kiosk; a place where newspapers, magazines, sre sold.

When he stopped at the news— ctmnrf to buy a morning paper, a porter asked
if he might carry his suitcase (Marcuand, 255).
be new
To be novel for; to be different for; to be something one
has not experienced before, previously.
It was a new idea
Mildred...
(Cain, 228).
He did not mind becauee everything was still new to him
a new wrinkle.

(Marquand, 256).

A new device, method, plan; a novelty.

The Dime-a^-Pozeners worked out several new wrinkles in jungle fighting..
(Yank, 55).
New Year* s. New Year's Eve, Dec. 3 b » if it refers to a party, entertain­
ment, for the like; January 1, otherwise.
...her choice of the New Year's party...
(Cain, 159).
It would be at the New Year* s party...
(Cain, 159)•
Then before you got over Chirstmas there was New Yesre with eggnog parties
...
(Marquand, 326).
next dav.

The day following; on the following day.

The next dav planes of the Tectiaal Air Force dropped a million leaflets*.
(Yank, 128).
...out you run, and maybe pu come back next day. and maybe you come back
next week (Cain, 3®)*
...the next dav came worse trouble...
(Yank, l2h).
...the next dav. when the newspapers...published it under big headlines...
(Cain, 256).

It 'began the first evening, and by the next dav had grown to unbelievable
proportions (Pyle, **58) •
...they might have to move the next jiay, and maybe...
(Pyle, **26).
Cur comnany was to march that night and start its own attack next. dav
(Pyle, 188).
Somebody buried the leg the next dav (Pyle, 18**).
next door.

Near by; adjacent to.

...that stringbean that lives next door...
(Cain, 169).
...there was a rap on the screen door, and Mrs. Gessler, who lived n.rt
door. came in (Cain, 8 ).
...I was only taking the evidence of the people who had the apartment next
door and the landlady who ran the joint (Gardner, 21).
next .door neighbors.
by.

Neighbors who live adjacent to one, or who live near

We started off for our next 400r neighbor* s
next morning.

(Yank, 60).

The following morning; on the subsequent morning.

The Germans took the mayor and 10 others hostages, held them overnight
in one of the buildings and hanged six of them the fleyt morn-1ng in the
town square (Yank, **9).
i&fl. next move.

The subsequent action; the next act.

.*..so far as his doing anything goes, I*d say the next mcve was up to them
(Cain, 202).
the next thing knows.

Seemingly without any

interval; before one knows it.

Next thing she know. she was in court, raising her hand, swearing totell
the truth...
(Cain, 86).
...the next thing I knew I was being squeezed. •.kissed..• (Yank, 218).
...the next thing I knew I was here in the general hospital
(Yank, 217).
...the next thing they knew, the three of them were howling with laughter
...
(Cain, 233).
next to last»

Penultimate; the last but one.

In fact when Mr. Fernald returned from lunch to give the last directions
for the page on the next fro last edition... (Marquand, 198).
...they had a new weel on the plane by the time the next-to-last ship of
the squadron was taking off (Pyle, 171).
next week.

The following week; during the following week.

...out you run, and maybe you come back next day, and maybe you come back
next week (^aln, 38).

& al.Cfl riri.®

A pleasant, respectable, usually not too vivacious girl*

They were not nice girls like Louells Barnes
ifi. nice ,q £.

(Marquand, 179).

To be thoughtful, pleasant, kindly, of one.

It was nice
her to say it (Marquand, 408).
It was certainly nice of her (Cain, 210).
It wbb nice of Jim to tell him (Marquand, 6l).
That's nice of you, Walter (Marquand, 50) •
nice ^o.

To be pleasant, kindly, thoughtful, to one.

• •.as this vas the first girl Veda had ever chosen as a friend, she tried
to
Jfcft her"
(Cain, 191).
.&£ nick for.

To get from another; to have another pay one.

You'll have your own quarters and I think you can nick her for one fifty
if you get tough...
(Cain, 40).
night after night,

for many nights; nightly.

I know it works, for I saw it in one of Captain Allamon's aid stations night
after night
(Pyle, 153)*
night and dav.

Continually; almost all the time.

(See: dav and night.^

...she has prayed for me night and dav... (Yank, 189).
...and the perpetual moving and the never settling down and the go,go, go,
night and da_v. and on through the night again (Pyle, 85).
the night before.

The previous night; the preceding night.

...the spire of the Congregational Church with its rooster weathervane all
seemed to have been washed clean by the shower the night before (Marquand,
153).

& night clerk.

The clerk who works at night in a hotel renting rooms, etc.
He 1b usually in charge of the hotel at night.

Hello, is this the night clerk of the Border City Hotel?

(Gardner, 174).

a night club. A retaurant at which alcholic drinks are serve and in which
there is a dance floor for dancing, and in which there are usually enter­
tainers performing acts or singing.
(Also attributive.)
...the only skiing possible in such a coat could be done at a night club
(Yank, 228).
New York, nte-ht clubs. dances, orchids, hotel suites, clothes for the
refugee
(Marquand, 424).

...the civilians I saw at those night clubs I attended (Tank, 212).
...privately owned, operated— for—urofit night cluba open to all the public
...
(Yank. 212).
Then, like a clap of thunder, in the night club, just when they were danc­
ing to the
Blue Danube... (Marquand, *4-2*0.
They went todances and hight clubs and
shows (Pyle,329).
night comes on.

Night draws near; day is ending.

With night coming .aa and the enemy still intact, the battalion pulled back
... (Yank, 5)»
night fall.

The beginning of night; dusk.

....by night— fall

the field was full

(Yank, 2020).

a night off.
A free night; an evening, night, when one
when one does not have to work.
Given the chance, he's handy with his nights off
nine out ja£ ten.

has no obligations,

(Yank, 36).

Most; the great majority.

The boys said it was the best squadron in England. Nine out of ten squad­
rons. . .will say the same thing about themselves (Pyle, 320-21).
nine times out o£ ten.

Most often; usually; very frequently.

yiijg times _out £ £ ten these people had picked up weight... (Pyle, 239) •
Nlne times out of ten the people are mixed up (Fyle, 3*^0 •
...nine times out of ten it was some goof— standing out in a field...who
hit them (Pyle, 16*4-).
Jjg. ja£ answer.
telephone.

Ho one answered the telephone; there is no answer to the

They rang, and there was no anawor
aobo^y jji GP-d'-S g££l£.

(Cain, 182).

Nobody; on one.

...there's no use bothering about that when nobody in
God1s
what the income taxes will be next year (Marquand, 399).
nobody in pavtlmilsr.

world knows

One who is not well known famous; an average person.

Jeffrey had a feeling that everyone else at the p^rty was like him, nobody
in particular, waiting for...
(Marquand, 3^2).
tc be nobody* s business.
of no one.

To be of no concern to anyone; to be the affair

That's nobody* s business but mine

(Cain, 2h6) .

A

& nodding acquaintance.

One who is recognized and known by appearance only;
a person to whom one speaks "but whom one does not know Intimately*

Later, Jeffrey knew that it was impossible for Jesse to have had more than
a nodding acquaintance with any of these people...
(Marquand, 384).
I got to know a great many of the sailors personally and almost all of them
b.v nodding acquaintance (Pyle, 3).
Afijl head. To indicate| to point.
something.)
Mason interrupted her
(Gardner, 205).

(One nods hiB head toward someone,

nod his head toward where the two deputies....

&o api£>jL*
1.

Doubtlessly; without question; unquestionably; surely.

fio doubt he was looking quizzical and interesting as he lighted his pipe
(Marquand, 471).
That was &£ doubt less because of German beneficlence than because of the
nature of the country (Pyle, 415).
..
doubt because she was precisely thekind of snob that he was himself
...(Cain, 147).
2.

No question; certainty; absolute conviction.

...Minot would pull out his gold clgareete case, and there was no doubt that
it was B O l i d gold...
(Marquand, 221).
There was afl doubt that they were engaged (Marquand, 209).
...there was no doubt how the doughboy had died (Marquand, 3^4).
US fooling.

Honestly, surely; positvely.

He was a hot shot and
no fun.

fooling

(Pyle, 37).

Bad; not at all pleasant.

Even G I ’8 who claim they have been through
still aq fun (Yank, 42).
no good.

bombings admit raids are

Bad evil.

I tell you, those Fascist:
no less than.

(Yank, 27).

At least; at the minimum.

There was also no less than eight copies of a volume entitled "REsponsible
Drinking"....
(New Yorker, XXIII, September 6, 1947, 20).

-oou—

J12 longer.

Not any more; having done, teen so tut not doing, teing, so now.

The french no longer had that warm gratitude toward Americans which they
had evinced in other days (Marquand, 229).
...this child was ao longer a child (Cain, 190).
HO man’s land. The space between two armies; the land lying between the
most advanced soldiers of two opnosing armies.
He only found out later that he was in xifi m B n 1R land. and that the lines
were very fluid (Marquand, 235).
Some soldiers told about running onto another soldier stretched out in the
back seat of a jeep, way up front, almost in lift Man* a Land (Pyle, 2hl).
He had crashed...in a sort of pastoral jjft man* a 1 and (Pyle,
If a plan went down in No Man* a T.anri. more than half the troops on the beach­
head could eee it fall (Pyle, 336),
Hft matter.

Regardless of; without regard to, concern of.

No matter what we asked him to do...he did it goodnaturedly.. (Pyle, h09).
The M.P.’s very seldom troubled them no matter what they did (Marquand, 218).
No matter how the day broke, she was home at threeo'clock in the afternoon
... (Cain, 180).
Co her letters say she misses you, and is v.illlng to wait
matter how long?
(Yank, 35) ♦
Put even when water is plentiful you nver see him take a drink of it straight
no matter how much you watch him (Yank, 3 6 ) •
Sir Thomas was an Englishman, and fift matter how you tried to put it there was
no way of escaping wlmt Sir Thomas thought of Americans (Marquand, 252).
matter what happens?” she repeated (Marquand, *+9h).
No matter what happens, I can't thank you enought for it (Marquand, hhh).
But aft matter how tough the tree...
(Yank, 3^3)»
That was what you always said i^ft matter where you were (Marquand, 530).
No m a t t e r how long he lived he still made curious and disturbing discoveries
about himself (Marquand, 53?)•
She couldn't break Veda, no matter how much she beat her (Cain, 73)*
...H2 matter what hour he showed up (Pyle, 259).
no mistake about it.

That is sure, certain, real.

...they're in the money, and no mistake about it
no more and no less.

Exactly, precisely.

Do exactly as I told you, Jift more and nft less
H non-com.

(Cain, 211(.

(Gardner, 118).

A non-commissioned officer.

A non-com from the patrol must have been with him too...

(Marquand,

282).

need.

No necessity;

no use*

...there was no need to take oxygen...
ifi. aoae ££ business.

(Yank, 117)*

Not to he one's affair; to he of no concern to one.

None of it'_a anybody's •business, as far as that goes. (Cain, 246).
It's noen ft£ my husiness... (Marquand, 323)*
I suppose it's none of my business (Marquand, 5520).
That's none of your business (Gardner, 163).
It xafi none ft£ my business but all the time you were answering those ads
... (Cain, 50).
Bert was sitting on the box again, saying it was none of his business. but
in his opinion that conductor could...have allowed Veda to sing an encore
... (Cain, 240).
Mildred, it may
none ft£ my business, hut it's time jm knew what was going
on with Veda (Cein, 191).
Mildred choked back an impulse to tell her it was none of her business where
she had been...
(Cain, 97).
"...for that check?" "None qf your business" (Gardner, 18).
"...with the money?" "None of your
business"(Gardner,18).
one else.

No other person;

none other.

...after Fred met Beckie at one of the Met dances... there had been aft one
else for Fred (Marquand, 105) •
& noose draws tig>ht- A trap is
about to be caught, captured.
The ftOftag was drawing tighter
fto narking.

about to be sprung on some one; some

one is

(Marquand, hi).

Parking is prohibited; do not park here.

....there are wooden signs right out of your home town;...
... (Yank, 39).
lift place to gft.

"No Parking"

No home; no house; no refuge; no place where one belongs.

An outfit would pick up some kid, usually one who had been orphaned by
bombing and had no home and jift place to go (Pyle, 243).
to be no point in.

To be no purpose in;

There was no point in wondering
to be no Question of.

not to be of any value in.

what he might have

become...

To be no nosslbllity of.

...so there was no question ft£ kidding

(Cain, 232).

(Marquand, 220).

nose al on g.

To move cautiously and to examine the way as one goes*

I nosed al on p . followed "by a few GIs...

(Yank, 11).

nose and throat snecl al iat. a physician, surgeon, who specializes in the
diseases of the nose and throat.
Th«t room is like the office

of a nose

and throat

anaclallKt.(Marquand, 2

to nose around. To hunt; to search. (This implies a searchfrom plane to
place without knowing exactly where to find something.)

...German vehicles that...were nosing around to find out if were still there
... (Yank, 12*+).
After nosing around into all the nice conveniences of the rlace, I discovered
we also had a toilet and a shower (Pyle, 287).
None of us really "believe we had heard
music, "but
a little nnalng around
hext morning disclosed that antiaircraft gun crew high up the hillside
had a protable radio...
(Pyle, 107).
When the truck came "back the little dog was running ahead of it, nosing
around into everytlng, still acting awfully important
(pyle, 115)*
nose ,i£

the grindstone.

One works steadily and hard.

Not worth mentioning, and I*m headed hack to put my nose to the grindstone...
(Gardner, 9).
I can see you’ve been -oaizting the town red while I ’ve been holding my nose
l£ Uaa grindstone (Gardner, 6l).
to nose out.
1.

To search for and to find; to discover through inquiry.

...Sinclair - and so did Ella
it out (Marquand, 3^0).
2.

know that Jeff Wilson was the man .£0 nose

To move away cautiously, slowly.

We nosed out to sea for emile or so, then drouped anchor for a couple of
hours...
(Pyle, 3^0).
to nose over.

To go down vertically, he~d first.

...he wiggled his wings, raised his diving brakes,
over, and down he went
(Pyle, l6n) .
nose runs.

rolled onhis back,

nosed

One h^s a cold end the nasal discharge dripsfrom one’s nose.

His nose was -running and he war waiting for his tip...
to be no sign of.

(Marquand, 228).

To be no indication of; to be no signs of.

There was no live
There was no sign

human "being,
sign of movement anywhere
of Veda (Cain, 252).

io

(back. shin) .To he
to*

jjo skin off
to he worthless

of no

(Pyle,h-52).

value to; to he no loss

to;

Well, he Ba l d that If the prosecuting witness didn*t show up, it was no
skin off their shins (Gardner, 197)*
J1P sooner. » . t h a n .

As soon as; at the time that; Just when*

She had
sooner made this
sharply (Cain, 192).
...I
sooner turn my hack

decision than she saw Mrs. Forrester eyeing her
than von turn intosome kind of yodeler...

No aoaner had it git the ground than big black dog...grabbed the genade...
(Pyle, 191).
Both of them spoke with elaborate casualness, but she was no sooner alone
than
she pitched the bag on the bed...
(Cain,93)*
not bad.

Fairly go~>d; good.

"Oh, I don't know," muttered Pfc. Shea. "It wasn't so bad" (Yank, l8h) ,
...later he pulled Jeffrey b -ck to the office to work on rewrite, which
was not a baft idea, because Jeffrey wrote clean copy fast (Marquand, 278).
MaBon lit a cigarette.
"Not b a d . Paul" (Gardner, ll).
not a bit.
"not a
"Not a

None; not; never.

bit of I t " .Mason said (Gardner, 121).
bit" . Della Street said (Gardner, 186).

not .a chance .iji & thousand.

No chance; practically no opportunity.

Hot .q r s gilSJ3£fi A h ten thousand
not & chance in the world.

(Gardner, 1U6) .

No chance; practically no opportunity.

"Not a chance
the world." Mason told her, "and I don't even dare to try"
(Gardner, 77).
not even.

(This serves as a negative intensive.)

...nobody, not even a general, is to get through
not ever.

(Yank, 179).

Never.

And Beckie would never tell Madge...what it was that she remembered because
it was something that she could never tell anyone, not gver (Marquand, 105)

not hardly.

Hardly; scarcely; barely.

...I jjpjL'l hardly get them cleared oat...
not long.

(Cain, 175)•

Soon; a short time.
(Yank, 2*4.5).

Hot long "before the company left the States...
not only that "but.

In addition; also.

Hot only that. "but with military police at the
touchables"
(Yank, 212).
XL&& that knows .&£.
something.

door to keep out the "un-

One Is unaware of something; one knows nothing shout

Hot that I know of. (Gardner, 85).
Why..not that I know ££.
(Cain, 22).
Why, nothing that I know of (Cain, 21).
HP thing M l *

Only; "but; just.

I saw them arrive at gun stations wearing nothing "but their drawers...
(Pyle, 33)*
Because they're nothing "hut children (Cain, 19^).
nothing can do about fl.'O.
action regarding.

To "be helpless concerning; not be able to take

He stopped, there was nothing more
tns.t he could do about It (Merqudnd, 362).
...like a fly upon the ceiling, but there was nothing you could do about i£.
— everyone else was walking upside down (Marquand, 204).
...vivaciously and passionately, and there was nothing you r.mild do about it
the way the world was going (Marquand, 5^0).
And she was right, there was nothing you could iq about It

(Marquand, 15) •

nothing can sav. To be in a condition in which anything one might say would
be misconstrued.
There was nothing you could say
nothing comes & £ (it.)*
into anything.

(Marquand, 21).

It amounts to practically nothing; it did not develope

I 8UTU ose nothing will come of it. if we're really honest about it(Cain, 137)
Well, nothing came of jt Gardner, 145).
...I hung around the planes...but nothing came of it except that I got a large
quantity of dirt-blown In my face (Pyle, 22).
Hothlng came of the ad^answering (Cain, 3^)*
12 nothing more oawo of it. he could easily write another (Marquand, 290)*

nothing doing.

No

action;

no movements*

Two litter "bearers had just come Into report nothing doing...
nothing ma.tt.ers*

(Yank, 197)*

Anything Is acceptable; anything goes.

Nothing mattered that afternoon
nothing more than*

(Marquand, 4?6).

Only; just; nothing "but.

Actually they were nothlqg more than the famous P-51 Mustang equipped with
diving "brakes (Pyle, 159).
nothing much.

Nothing; practically nothing.

When you got right down to it there was nothing much else he could do...
(Yank, 48).
'Whet* s the Bulldog Club? " ... "Oh, nothing much11. he said (Marquand, 4).
nothing

the kind.

Not; no; not to do something.

You'll do r,nth 1 n g XiX -Lhfi ]*i nd
(Cain, 205) *
What do you mean. I'll do nothing of the kind?
aptftlsfi

£££&.

(Cain, 205).

Not; no.

did nothing o f t h e gnrt.w Serle said with dogged persistence (Gardner, 2>~c
"I had her do nothing
the sort1'. mason said...
(Gardner, 206).
"I

nothing .&£ value.

Nothing worthwhile; only thing which are worthless.

They left practical]y nothing of value or Interest behind.
nothing short ,q £.

Truly; really; absolutely.

They even had Ice cream and Coca-Cola.
ulous (Pyle, 2),
nothing to go j2B.

(Pyle, 147).

That seemed nothing short of mirac­

To have no guide, precedent.

...he designed Hale's firct round bed in 193^»»«w it4 nothing to go
the inspiration...
(New Yorker, X^III, June 28, 1947, 19).

but

no tline.
1.

Insufficient time; a lacking of time.

Jeffrey started to ansver, but trere was no time (Marquand, 114).
...but decided there was no time to do anything about it now...
(Yank, 58)*
There was no time at all now, since you were face to face with something
that was very close to zero (Merquand, 220).

-886-

... Jeffrey wanted to tell her that he Hired it, when she looked up at him
a n d smiled, hut there was jio time (Marquand, 126).
T h e r e was more that Jeffrey wanted to sry, hut there was jaq tlmg for any
of it (Marquand, 442).
2.

Not a proper time;

not a reasonable time.

He realized that he must not make a fool of himself,that
to show resentment (Marquand, 439).
not the least.

it was notitn*»

Quite a noticealbe; rather a stroking.

Hot the least odd feature of the battle scene was the behavior of Jap pri­
soners in the stockade (Yank, 45).
not % ony.

A short time; soon.

MNot very long”. Mason admitted (Gardner, 210).
. . .n o t 1ong ago she applied for...a family allowance...
(Yank, 173)•
Not
ong before that some German raiders did not get through and a bomb
explosion killed three men and wounded nearly a dozen others (Fyle, 103).
not m u c h

Poor; bod

insufficient; not good.

They had been in the same Squadron in the last w*r,and Bill
had been an
observer, and not much of an observer either (Marquend, 563)•
not m u c h

look £,£.

Ugly homely; unattractive.

She
She
She

wc-sn11so much to look at (Marquand, 476).
w a s n 11
so
much tolook at. but she could do anythingwith numbers...
w a s n 11much to look at. but he was tired of looks(Marquand,
476),.

not

only— but («1 an ^.

This...and in addition.

Hofr only had it taken in large sums itself, but it had drawn a bigger din­
n e r trade, and a better dinner trade (Cain, 152).
She h a d come to depend on her ta.ll, thin, profance bartender...not only
f o r shrewd business advice but also for some sort of emotional support
...
(Cain, 176) .
...the resort was coming up, not only for summer trippers, but for yearr o u n d residents as well (Cain, 176).
not g o hot.

Poor; bad; not good.

The Chetnlks are not ££
Tito added... (Yank, 249).
...the bottomrart of it Ian11 so hot. Yank, 133)*
not g o long- ago.

Shortly before; only a short time ago.

He ce-lled me up not so long ago

(Marquand, 395) •

not to
the onlv thing on earth.
be essential.

Not to be of most importance; not to

...the piano lsn11 the only thing on earth . ..
not to Jig much iiafi.
cance.

(Cain, 187) •

Not to do very much good; tc be of little signifi­

My I of course, I did what I could to discourage them, to make them un­
comfortable, but it waan11 much use (New Yorker, SSIII, September 13»
19^7, 25).
to

use.

To be of no value, importance, significance.

.. .it was no use (Cain, 153) •
We tried to duck the challenge, but it was no
...it was only right they should have it when
there was no use telling her there would be
soul (Cain, 109).
...there1s
use telling me, you can't raise
234).
not

word.

use (Yank, 186).
the child was dead, and also
no prayers for the child’s
signers in Glendale

(Cain,

Nothing; no information; nev/s, opinion.

"You mean Veda hasN't told you anything?" MKot & word” (Cain, 193) •
^Sfot a word.11 she said (Gardner, 165)*
the nqyelty y&are -afXdisappears.

it is no longer new, different; the strangeness

He cculd not blame Marianna for thinking so because Alf always struck stran­
gers th«t way until the novelty wore off (Marquand, *+84).
now and then. Occasionally; off and on; frequently; once in a while; from
time to time.
Now and then some youngsters would get hurt...
(Pyle, 226).
We did manage to gain a little wright now and then (Pyle, 3^3)•
He was a driver, and now end then he got an assignment to drive some high
officers (PJ:e, hlh).
Now and then a man was buried (Pyle, 257) •
Nat and then I saw a fanner plowing...
(Pyle, 238).
...decided thpt Anna rated a free pie now and then, too (Cain, 66).
...now end then shell fragments skipped across the water (Yank, 169).
Now and then Shorty will bediscovered in the middle of the street...
(Yank, 136).
Now and then we would see a military convoy...
(Pyle, 32^+).
Noy and then somebody slipped....
(Fyle, 211).
Also, now and then an artillery burst...
(Pyle, 1^9).
Now and then they even had to go on a cleanup detail...
(Pyle,2lh) .
Now and then a fcrtit line flare would light u t the sky...
(Pyle, 202).

...ust inside the gate, in front of that little one*position switch-board
that she gets a right number out of now and then, mostly then (Cain, 36).
Every now and then I heard a story of a wreck caused by the brakes giving
out (Pyle, 276 ).
They painted the town and blew off steam as any active man who lives dan­
gerously must do now and then (Pyle, 329).
...they didn't have a casualty now and then... (Pyle, *+23).
How and then a light would flash on the ground... (Pyle, 3?*0 •
Minot had mentioned Bill Swinburne now and then, since Minot was always
loyal to everyone in the Squadron (Marquand, 570-71)•
Yougave him a Christmas present and now and then another uresent, but he
maintained his rrivete life inviolate (Marquand, 397)•
Now and then blasts from a 20-millimeter gun would splatter the buildings
around us (Pyle, *4-07)*
But
and then a wall would have a round hole through it... (Pyle, *4-03).
...nothing to do all day long but ride around in the boat and doge a shell
now anfl then (Pyle, 277)•
Chief talked npy
then rn the interphone to the rest of the crew (Pyle,
325).
Now a n d thep we'd get clear under the blanet...
(Pyle, 199).
...and now and then some dirty guy who had different sentiments would run
out and take a shot at them (Pyle, 167).
Now and then we stopped one and questioned him... . (Pyle, 98).
Now and then we could see a red tracer bullet arching throughthe darkness
(Pyle 25).
Now and then a soldier would crack ur; before he ever went into action
(Pyle, 189).
HflJt and then he returned to the front with his old outfit (Pyle, 139).
Now £&& then he could watch her with an amused sort of detachment.....
(marquand, *4-35) .
But now and then they'd pick up a lulu of a spot which would take anywhere
up to twenty-four hours to get around (Pyle, 58).
Now and then they had steak (Pyle, 219).
I used to go up and have dinner with him now and then. (Pyle, 31*0*
...this benighted fellow just sat staring at theiloor and now and then shak­
ing hi8 head....
(pyle, 318).
Now and then she would give a boy a look...
(pyle, 290).
...and now and then we could hear the ratta-ta— tat-tat of machinegunning...
Now and then I saw an Army truck radiator decorator with a pair of those
horns (Pyle, 238).
Now X lay ag. down tc sleep. The first line of the children's prayer; "NOw
I layme down to sleep, I praythe Lord my soul to keep; and Should I die
before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."
It was as simple as "Now X lav me down to sleep"
now look at.
Ironic.)

(Marquand, 133).

See wh^t one has become; see whrt one is.

(This is often

-389-

Corporal Hernandez, a half-track driver, described himself as "one of those
guys who wanted to see action, and now look at me" (Pyle, 267)•
now that you mention
(Serve to imply that the speaker had forgotten
something, but now remembers it.)
"How lhat you metntion it. "Jeffrey said, "1'hat’s perfectly true, but I
never thought of it in quite th^t way (Marquand, 3^5) •
now then. (This is used as an attention getting device usually beofre mak­
ing ©. point after certain statements have been made.)
Now then, after you left the sanitarium, you wrote out another twnety thou­
sand dollar check...
(Gardner, 117).
"How then." Mason said conversationally, "suppose tin t it dhould appear that
the defendant...
(Gardner, 133)*
null and void.

invalid; ov no validity.

...you gotta 81op this guy from being a nuisance and perchance making mil 1
and void several just debts you got x»ut standing (Yank, 162).
number pomes up.

To die; to be killed.

She must have been one of the girls you knew...in Paris when you knew that
your number was coming up soon...
(Marquand, 215).
I thought it was my time...I figured my n u m b e r had come
.. (Pyle, 166).
number 1 s up.

One is about

to die;

one

is about

to be killed.

Now there was Stan - he always knew his number was un
a number

of.

(Marquand, 75) •

Several; cuite a few.

A number of others had been there, too... (Marquand, 2~3)•
He was going out to the West Coast as he had every v/intcr for a number of
years... (Marquand, hO?)•
She drove down a number of times and looked it over (Cain, 176).
She told of her progress with the Choping Grand Valse Billiante, repeating
the titleof the riece & number of times...
(Cain, 11).
the nut house. Insanoe asylum; a rlace of safe keeping for those who are
insane, crasy.
...they 'ut my uncle Joseph Aloysius McGonigle in tne nut house... (Yank, 162)
to be nuts about.

To be fond of; to like; to enjoy.

The captain of the guard at the Shanghai camp was nuts about softball...
(Yank, 135).

— oyu—

nuta t o .

(Impolite form of no.)

But •actually he thought little shout it, end if there was going to he any
red tape shout it, he would say nuts to it (Pyle, 137).
11Hut g to you" . Brake said...
(Gardner, 9) •

oak leaves.
An insignia colored gold in the shape of a leaf which
indicates that the wearer is either a major or lieutenant colonel in
the army ora lieutenant commander or commander in the navy(A gold
leaf is the
sign of lower rank and
silver of a higher rank-)
The guy.-• was-.-sporting a pair of oak leaves.. .

(Yank, 141

&SL object £&.Not to like; to beannoyed at;to dislikeimplies that one is vocal in his dislike.)
Is there anything in particular that you object to?

(This

(Cain, 156).

IfiL £& obscured
To be hidden by; to be the cause of not being
able to see clearly.
This view of the future was somewhat obscured bar the circumstances that
kildred didn't know...
(Cain, 208)•

iXL obsession

with-

A preoccupation with; a constant thinking about

somethingThe piano had become ail obsession with her...
ia. obtain from.

(Cain, 144).

To get, receive, from.

...Mildred didn't know exactly how much Veda had obtained from the
Lenhardts...
(Cain, 209).

is. obtrude

on*
To force itself on; to come into without invitation
or desire of another.

...no such motive obtpiflq^ on her virtuous consciousness
the occasion demands.

(Cain, 160).

It is necessary; it must be; it is essential.

Although he is a strict disciplinarian when occasion demands. Stllwell
is no stickler for the more rigid military courtesies
(Yank, 130).
occupational hazard.
business, occupation.

Something of danger

one faces in

one's Job,

Getting hit was regarded as an occupational hazard, and nobody seemed
to worry about it
(Yank, 52).
to occur ip..
To come to one's mind; tobe thought of
introduced by ;lt.)

by. (Often

It didn't occur to her that she was acting less like a mother than a
lover...
(Cain, 208).
..•it occured to Mildred that her encouragement to Mr. Treviso's story­
telling might have been a stall for time
(Cain, 185).

• ••it hadn't occurred £& him she could possibly be interested in this
formidable pile
(Cain, 2 2 2 )•
It didn't occur to hor that there was an element of Justice in this
arrangement...
(Cain, 247).
Has it occurred to anyone...
(Yank, 213)•
It hadn't occurred £& me you'd care to meet any of them (Cain, 146),
Presently it occurred to her thathe might be hungry...
(Cain, 225) •
It never occurred to you there'd be something like that, did it?
(Cain, 172).
It never occurred £ & him that of course she might know the writing,
having seen it before on envelopes addressed to Jim (Marquand, 317).
It didn't occur to me until later...
(Pyle, 444).
But has it ever occurred to you that Kettering's prophecy is undoubtedly
correctT
(Gardner, 21277
oh.* come.

Please;

now really.(This Implies difficulty of belief.)

2k* co°>a. come. come (Cain, 166).
2 k come. come. Mrs. Pierce
(Cain, 193).
odds and ends.
value.

Different, unrelated things; different things of no

Odds
ends from the battered diary of a footsore YANK correspondent...
(Yank, 176).
My patients lounge about the place...
And doing little odds and ends
But never very much
(Yank, 157).
...I asked her odds and ends of questions, and she answered them
(Yank. 132).
You pick up odds and end a of information that are worth remembering
(Yank, 76).
ftf

1-

Of any one; of all the rest of the people.

...the other boys told me he had the worst experiences &£. all
of all t h e
Prom all the; out of all the.
tion of one or a few from many.)

(Pyle, 217)

(This implies a selec­

That was why q£ all the people Jeffrey knew in Washington he thought that
Bill Swinburne would be the best...
(Marquand, 5647.
of all things.
(Indicates mild surprise, astonishment on the part
of the speaker.)
"Well,
ali things." said Mrs. Barnes, "if it isn't Jeffrey Wilson"
(Marquand, 188)•
Artist Wall was then, &£ all things. a cook and KP in an infantry regiment
mess
(Pyle, 448).

•yet he wore only summer Khaki trousers and...of all things. tennis
shoes (Pyle, 231).
of course.
I

Naturally; certainly; it goes without saying.

course understand that aside from your duties as president of the
paper you hare numerous other committments...
(New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 1947, 22)•
Q£ course the poorest people of both countries were pretty close to
starvation.•• (Pyle, 119).
The new boys were afraid, &£ course. and very eager to hear and learn
(Pyle, 189).
The children went along of their own free will,
course (Pyle, 243).
Our prisoner-collecting points were staffed, q£_ course, with American
soldiers who spoke perfect German (Pyle, 124).
I can't,
course, tell you in figures the total of that magnificent
job they did
(Pyle, 285).
Of course, they wanted to go home (Pyle,349).
Of course it couldn't be otherwise, but the aloneness of that man as he
went throuf^i the last few minutes of his life was what tormented me
(Pyle, 51).
0£ course not all of them did that; it depended on the severity of their
wounds and on their individual personalities, just as it would in
peacetime (Pyle, 48).
Of course we had casualties...
(Pyle, 255).
0£ course the people of Paris did suffer during these four years of
darkness
(Pyle, 461).
Q£. course, there had to be some guarantee that propellers didn't get to
whirling inside the plane (Pyle, 211).
0£ course. this delivery guy will probably be a rat-faced punk who thinks
he's a big shot...
(Gsu’dner, 12/.
0£ course. Phyllis knows all about it (Gardner, 20).
There are, q£_ course, certain allowances to be made for the lapse of time
(Gardner, 92T.
0£ course. I did it I (Gardner, 73^.
course 1 gueBB I know my own brother's voice(Gardner,
109).
Of course, it's the truth (Gardner, 109).
To help Alden Leeds,
course... (Gardner, 109).
Of course, it was blackmail 1 (Gardner, 101).
0£ course,
there wasn't any bribery or anythinglike that, but, as one of
the main witnesses.•• (Gardner, 126).
Then,
course. I went to Conway (Gardner, 101).
Why,
course I'll sleep with you, mother 1 (Cain, 114).
£!£ course, if I'd seen you I'd remember it (Cain, 192).
To find out the prices,
course (Cain, 89).
...called him to many different parte of the world, where, Qf_ course.
she would be expected to travel with him (Cain, 32).
0£ course, the store doesn't have anything to do with that (Cain, 35).
He feels it makes a better tie up, and then
course we do quite a lot
of sifting ourBelves...
(Cain, 35).
Of course I'm going to work I (Cain, 147).

Of course he has no money now*.. (Cain, 206).
•••she'll call you up, at course she will (Cain, 210).
Of course 1 newer met your mother (Cain, 132)*
Yes, fit course (Cain, 128).
Madge puckered her forehead and smiled, seemingly amused by her own
forgetfulness, hut fit course she knew her name (Marquand, 537).
Of course, superficially she's rather pretty, and she has a pretty figure
(Marquand,537)•
Jeffrey wondered how it had ever got into Charley's mind, and then he
realised that, fit course, it had come from the progressive school.••
(Marquand, 223) •
But at course he knew what Minot Boberts meant (Marquand, 246).
Of course, it all came hack to Jeffrey's mind at once (Marquand, 398).
... goodbye to something he would never see again, for fit course he would
see it all again (Marquand, 408'.
"Why, Jeff,'' he said, "of course I-will"
(Marquand, 395).
This, at course, was before Bankers and Executives were swept away into
the Limbo of disrepute...
(Marquand, 24).
It meant fit course that Jim loved her...
(Marquand, 131).
"Well," Jeffrey said, "fit course he can't help that" (Marquand, 96).
Sometimes, of course, there is more than excitement...
(Yank, 48).
And then, Qt course. I leave it to become a chaplain (Yank, 164)•
Of course, rank didn't make much difference...
(Yank, 26).
Morgan, fit course, was there in his underwear... (Yank, 181).
Your draft board might try to reinduct you into the Army, fit course...
(Yank, 170).
They were divided into the American and -National League and, fit course.
we had our own World Series (Yank, 185).
Later, fit course, he would casually show the scar and speak disparagingly
of it...
(Yank. 193).
...everybody on the side lines, except the Japs, of course, nearly choked.••
(Yank, 186).
Of course I had the usual run of small Jobs (Yank, 95).
Of course. I ain't got too much to complain about (Yank, 1 0 1 ).
of every description.

Of all kinds; of many different varieties, kinds.

By midafternoon the countryside extending far inland was packed with
troops and vehicles fit every description (Pyle, 28).
fit §& evening.

In the evening; at night.

And when they sat around together fit && evening, nine tenths of their
conversation was exuberant and full of howling Jokes (Pyle, 178).
2 f it all.

Of all of it; of it.

The amazed Sicilians Just stood and stared in wonder at the swift precision
fit it all (Pyle, 29).
of -- own free will.

Without pressure, force, from another.

The children went along
own accord.
own free will*

(Pyle, 243)*

Without pressure* force, from another; of one's

...the door, as though
to he of service.

q£ their free will, of course

its own accord, swung slowly open

(Cain, 230)*

To he of assistance; to he a help to someone*

The soldier was giving him his thanks, and asking him if he could he of
further service, and Jeffrey told him no (Marquand, 229)*
of some kind*
(Cf. some kind of.) (This implies something which is
not valid, genuine, of the hest quality.)
...she obviously submitted a marriage certificate of some kind...
(Yank, 174J.
of sorts.
Of a kind*
(This implies something that is hardly valid,
genuine, of the hest quality.).
This time it's an intermission q£ sorts (Yank, 73)*
The Army had managed shelter of sorts from the first*. •
stone*

Constructed, made, with stone.

Everything is &£ stone
off and on*

(Yank, 42)*

(Pyle, 415)*

Frequently; occasionally; now and then*

We shot off gfti on.. . (Pyle, 391).
I'd known Louis off and on for several years (Gardner, 100)•
I chatted off and on with Clayton*..
(Pyle, 449).

Array

off at & tangent.

from and not toward the speaker*

The German shells traveled o ff at a tangent from us, and we were in no
danger (Pyle, 202).

OLL fe£Lag££*

Hot balanced; not in balance*

Picking up my coil, I noticed that it was off balance but decided there
was no time*..
(Yank, 58).
off the beaten track.
visited place.

Away from the usual traffic; at an infrequently

Their post is hundreds of miles off any beaten track...
off the coast of.

(Yank, 29).

In the sea, lake, ocean, near to*

Then he went to the Balearic Island off the coast of Spain

(Pyle, 138)*

-o y o -

off color*

Vulgar; ’bawdy; salacious, pornographic.

• •.he was always a little bawdy and off-color whenever they went to
Fred's and Beckie's...
(Marquand, 117)1
There was a little bit of a bar, made to look: like a bistro with some
slightly off-color Parisian illustrations (Marquand, 318).
off the cuff.
Impromptu; without preparation*
talk, report, etc.)

(This implies a speech,

Day before the freezing order the President had explained why in the
simplest vernacular.
Talking off the cuff to a group of civiliandefense volunteers he made them a little homily
(Time (Air Express Ed.)
Aug. 4, 1941, 1).
off gnarfl.

Not attentive; not watchful; relaxed and not watching.

He. ..chatted with Mildred until she was off guard. ..
off hours.

Time not at work; free time.

...off hours are spent rig£t at the battle stations
office boy.
odd Jobs.

(Cain, 134).

(Pyle, 10).

A young man who works in an office to run errands and do

He wants an office boy, and you can start in tomorrow

(Marquand, 163).

office building.
A building usually in the center of a city, or busi­
ness section, whose upper stories are used for offices.
...the lunch—hour crowd — the girls and boys from the office buildings.
pressing against the soda counter...
(Marquand, 240).
aa officer and & gentleman.
(An officer of the U.S. armed forces is
supposed to conduct himself at all times as a gentleman.)
He was a commissioned officer and a gentleman who in ten days would be
going to war
(Marquand, 526).
He was helping a girl down very carefully because he was flfi. officer and g,
tfCBUqrcfrn (Marquand, 527).
officers1 quarters.

A building in which armed forces officers live.

There weren't any special officers' quarters in our caves...
office work.
etc.

(Yank, 27).

Work in an office including typing, stenography, filing,

Any one of them could take chr.rge of all the office work for a small
firm...
(Cain, 33).

off In.

Away In; in; not near in.

...shells fly through the air like three red dots slowly converging into
one* the landing off in the distance
(Yank* 45).
off into.

Away into; going into.

...the others went scuttling off intp the night...

(Cain* 161).

off on.
1. Going away on; leaving on.
We slid past* off on our mission into the unknown

(Pyle* ll).

2. Away on; at a distance away at.
...a G-I off on a flank answered the Jap with an accurate shot
off pitch.

(Yank* 52).

Not on the proper musical note; off key.

...she's off pitch half the time..-

(Cain* 234).

off T inn ta.
(a term designating a place where service men are
forbidden to go.)
(Also attributive).
...Pvt. Morris Humphrey of i£ast Point, G. * was posted to enforce the
"Off Limits" edict (Yank, 179).
off the record.
Not to be quoted; not to be used, written or spoken
a b o u t . ( T h i s implies a statement to newspaper reporters which one
does not want published.)
Once, in a confidential mood and very much off the record. Walter's
publisher had said that he was everlastingly damned if he could say
(Marquand, 27).
...they were asked to speak for f if teen.. .minutes on any subject they
pleased, entirely off the record...
(Marquand, 34).
PoopB is talking to us — off the record. Just to his old pals
(Marquand, 34) •
Your Correspondent confidences off the record which may be revealed
fifty or sixty years from now, confidences a bit too heady for you
or me at present
(Marquand, 26).
Then Miss Pringle had said that a little bird, but it was a little bird
that was off the record . ..a little bird told her...
(Marquand, 453>.
...more or less to forget it, because it had been all a little off thq
record
(karquand, 336).
It was off the record. Just among friends, but Walter's own impression...
(karquand * 349).
off the rdad.

Not adjacent to, but not far from, near, the road.

-OVO—

▲ gray stone farmhouse sat dimly off the m a d
off shore.

(Pyle, 427)*

In the sea, lake, ocean, near to the shore*

They had f l o a t i n g m i n e B o f f - s h o r e » . . (Pyle, 362)•
•..Mac and his squad watched the biggest naval battle of the Solomons,
on 20 miles off shore..• (Yank, 24)•

fi££ £&•
1. At a distance away to.
I moved way off to the right
(Yank, 2 1 ).
Anzio and Nettuno were in sight off to our right (Pyle, 231).
Say, who is that crazy pilot that left your formation and dropped his
bombs off tsl the sideT
(Pyle, 206).
...P-46s that were strafing something off to the left (Yank, 242).
...the terrain off to our left...
(Yank, 242).
There was a voice yelling off tp my right
(Yank, 168)*
...the crack of rifles off to the right
(Yank, 144).
A group of Americans off to one side had a burner going under coffee...
(Yank, 52).
...the voice moved off somewhere, and another one began, off to one
side...
(Cain, 234).
2. Away to.
Then she sent both children off to their grandfather's
(Cain, 13).
Somewhere in the rear a band strikes up and you're off to your last
camp in the States
(Yank, 64).
We were off to war again (Pyle, 354).
Then off to work I go...
(Yank, 157).
off white.
white.

White which has just a little color in it; not a perfect

She went to Bullocks, and bought sharkskin dresses, of a shade just off
white, with a tint of cream in it...
(Cain, 119).
oil burner.

An automatic furnace which burns oil.

...there would be the same amount of money, the same cars in the garage
the same oil burner in the cellar and the same electric water system.
(Marquand, 511).
2£L 211 portrait.
with oil colors.

An oil painting of some person; a portrait painted

.. .aja. oil portrait of my wife.. •
okey doke.

OK; all right.

(Yank, 237) •

-oyy-

He said, gee that was swell of her, and if she really meant it, it was
okey-rini™ hy him (Cain, 52),
O.K. har
doke.)
O.K. by me

All right with one; agreeable with one*

(Cf. okey

(Cain, 27),

the old army gflfflfi.*
Any game of chance in all the players except one
are practically certain to lose; any sort of gamble in which one is
almost certain to lose.
It' nothing but...the old army g&Htt.
AH old, bird.

(Cain, 200).

A disagreeable person; an unliked, unpopular, person.

This "old bird" . as Fred called him, althou^i he sometimes referred to him
as...
(karquand, 107).
old boy.

(A friendly term for greeting, u s u a l l y used only by frienda)

"Are you in fighting trim these days, old bovT" we wanted to know

).

(Tank,

100

I (m always in fighting trim, ole boy.•.
(Yank, 100).
I got faith in meaelf, ole boy (Yank, 103)•
Thanks to you, Jim, old boy, we got here in time
(Gardner, 43).
old codger.

An old person; one in old age.

He began to feel like a sweet old codger, but there was no way to prevent
it (karquand,13l)•
...but then, perhaps, that was the way it was when you suddenly became an
old eniigar andthought of your children
(ldarquand, 132).
old cronies.
Very close friends; two or more persons who are on intimate
terms with each other.
They're greatfriends—
the old days.

old cronies, you know

(Gardner, 8 ).

The past; the past time; time in the past; old times.

The old days on the paper seemed just like that
(karquand, 196).
He's a card...talks occasionally about the old days in the Yukon country,
never mentions any of his own adventures. • • (Gardner, 127).
a& old. fashioned.
An alcoholic drink prepared by mixing rye, or any
whiskey, with sugar, bitters, slice of orange and lemon, and a cherry.
She looked the way a well bred woman, a wife and mother, ought to look...
and not more than one old-fashioned (karquand, 130).

— yuu—

...a guy with an ojhi-faahioned on the table likes to listen to the bumble­
bees (Cain, 178)•
Anybody who doesn't want an old-fashioned yell... (Marquand, 126).
old fashioned.

Out of date; antiquated; sticking to old customs.

...maybe he was al& fashioned...
(Pyle. 336).
...the crashings around us were not artillery but plain old--P«-«»M
thunder and lightning (Pyle, 466),
We may seem old-fashioned... (Yank, 213).
The good sergeant. . .alibis that perhaps they are old-fashioned. .. (Yank,
214).
Just an ald-faBhloagfl custom...one that's almost out of date...
(Gardner,
185).
Fortunately I could still turn the cylinder the o l d - h4nn^, way...
(Pyle
136).
an old fogy.

An old fashioned person; one who is dull and boring.

Just ga old fogy that eats lunch with me every day

(Cain, 77).

Old fashioned; out of date.
A passel of furtive folk vigorously committing homicide to get hold of a
bejeweled statuette of a falcon may sound old-hat to present day cinemagoers, but Director John Huston makes their.••activities...immediate
(Time, Oct. 20, 1941, 28).
old home week.
Originally a homecoming, s returning to the home village
town; hence, a meeting, reunion, of old friends.
It was like Ql^, Home Week for a while
old ladv.

Mother.

...to talk to her old lady...
old line.

(Pyle, 269).

(Yank, 161).

Old, respectable, established.

When Sinclair broke away from what he called being awage slave and a yes
man in that old-line publishing company...(Marquand, 337).
A few more are old-line dog faces with years of service...
(Yank, 190).
. . . i t had seemed to him that there were only a few old-Hne houses which
had published all the books...all with a long and dignified tradition
(Marquand, 334).
old house.

An old, established, respectable, business.

•• .not being presented to his public as he should be (although of course
he was being published by a fine old house....) (Marquand, 334).

cld lor*■
One's former deep interest; a fascination.
(This in no
way implies the love of a man for a woman unless it is so designated.)
...he spent most of his time with his old love. The Chinese f i t t i n g man
(Tank, 131).
I vrent with the infantry because it is my old love... (Pyle* 431).
old man.
1.

Old boy.

(A polite, friendly greeting between friends.)

N21d- SSA*N Walter said, "how about a drink in a quiet corner somewhere?
(Marquand, 43).
I'd like to very much, old man, but it's...impossible
(Tank, 237).
■I tell you what, Greengroin,
BAA*" th* top said...
(Tank, 99).
Aw, wait a minute, ole man...
(Tank, 99).
"Hi, old man? he said...
(Marquand, 119).
2.

Father.

The old ABA ran the trolley to Holden...
(Marquand, 7).
...myd d q b a
always unemployed...
(Yank, 161).
"Don't," the Old Mq a said (Marquand, 158).
"Lilly," the Old Man called
(Marquand, 158)•
"That's enough," the Old Man said (Marquand,159).
The QJUL Man's face was turned towards Jeffrey, but he did not seem to be
looking at him (Marquand, 159).
.Everybody works in our house but ny Old Ajga — and he drinks Peruna (Mar­
quand, 158).
"Mo," the Old Man answered, "I won't be going until after Jeffrey graduates"
(Marquand, 157).
"You go to the bank, Alf," the Old M&A said (Marquand, 158).
The Old Man drank his coffee (Marquand, 157).
The 91A UflA doesn't use it...
(Marquand, 153).
"The Old M&A doesn't use it," Alt told him, "because he doesn't go around"
(Marquand, 153) •
...ay old q a A "*• down for his physical the other day***
(Tank, 236).
The Old Man will give you five (Marquand, 155).
It was only later that Jeffrey realized that the Old Man knew nothing much
about this except in theory (Marquand, 177).
3.

The commanding officer; the boss.

The 01* Man Just beat your score (Yank, 225).
Then when the Old. Man, made him his assistant and he had to read plays...
(Marquand, 275) •
All they had to do was let the Old Manknow...(Yank, 139).
The Old MaA made me a tech the time I sneaked behind the Jerry lines at
uirafsa... (Tank, 139).
But don't tell the Old M&A about this (Yank,
138).
The Old Man was beginning to wonder, I think
(Yank, 138).

Riding with us on the mission was the "Old Mga", Lt. Comdr....Bulkeley...
(Tank, 253).
4.

A man advanced in years; a man past middle age.

The relatives are closing in on the old ask, that's all
fill the old school»
former time.

Holding ideas and concepts and disciplines of a

...he was a newspaper man
old shoe.

(Gardner, 14).

the old school

(Marquand, 17).

Unpretentious; easy going; not formal.

...he was sort of aid. i&efi. and easy to talk with...
old stuff.

(Pyle, 394).

Not a novelty; something to which one is accustomed.

The post-war air age is old stuff to the ingenious hush pilots of the Far
Sorth (Coronet, Jan, 1946, 53).
old

One who has been in something for a relatively long time.

The flliirUjBfiCl.*••gravitated together...
(Pyle, 353).
And that is how I was first introduced to Sergeant Frank "Buck" Eversole,
one of the old-timers (Pyle, 194).
old times.

The past; the idealised past time; the good old days.

Ee understood what Walter meant, hut it wasn't like old times
123).
It*8 like old
(Marquand, 123).
olive dr a h .
uniforms.

(Marquand,

▲ dark green with some yellow in lt used often in military
(Also attributive.)

. . . a muddy blanket, a hand grenade, a torn section of an olive-drab puttee,
a rifle with a pair of socks near it...
(Marquand, 233).
Then he saw that three dead men were lying about ten feet in front of him,
two in German field-gray and one in olive-drab (Marquand, 233).
£& 322. £ A

.

To be paid for by one; to be one's treat.

Let me order...this jLfl. flfi me (Marquand, 36).
Whatever outlay it involves Ig. q & me* because I've become inspired.••
(Cain, 23).

OR ftCCPUflt
1.

q£

Because of; due to.

It's flA n o o n t h e children and I don't want anybody at all to know
it*••
(Cain* 52)•
And it'll all be q a ^co-mint q X. you (Cain* 75)*
Every good thing that happens is
no.o.nnnt of you, if Mother only had
sense enough to know it (Cain, 75).
.•-decided on Alice Brooks Turner mainly
no.omint of the crisp succinct­
ness of her advertisement*•• (Cain* 35)*
She would be too late, or not qualified, or disqualified, q a noonnnt of
the childreft, or unsuitable in one way and another (Cain, 32)*
•••the other to take the place of a lady who had to retire QA a£££UA&. q £
ill health (Cain, 34).
So Bert came around, and Mildred was excited by him, mainly q a
of
his dashing ways
(Cain, 16).
Well, you know. I've got a couple of toes off q a *r.r»«nHt of frostbite —
taken off in Dawson City (Gardner, 216).
So, QA awfiniiwt g£ all that fine domestic efficiency you were telling me
about*. • (Cain, 40).
There was some little trouble about it, on a rrm in t of zoning regulations
(Cain, 174).
...Mildren presently broached the subject of an operation*
It was some­
thing she knew little about, and hated, not only q a acnonnt of its
physical aspect...
(Cain, 199).
They wouldn't take me q a
of my eyes (Yank, 160)*
...a wan, smiling wraith who talked in
whispers, q a Ar^nimt of the condition
of her throat...
(Cain, 257).
2.

Because; for the reason that.

The Ities call us "Black Death" .• .on
of our work was at night
(Yank, 123).
I don't like this situation q a account
of there is a couple ofguys back
in camp that owe me dough...
(Yank, 162).
...I can reach out and touch the Hip q a
of there is a hole in the
tree (Yank, 162)•
...I am worried about that Purple Heart business qa
of they put my
uncle Joseph Aloysius McGonigle in the nut house when he said he had blue
blood (Yank, 162).
QA across.

Across; over or beyond something and across.

But the Japs surged q a across the field until they fell
(Yank, 93).
Plans call for it to continue q a across more miles...to meet the old Burma
Hoad...
(Yank, 177).
£A ShSfiiL*
On

Ahead; before; in front of.
there were single rifle shots.••

on the air.

(Pyle, 428).

Performing on the radio.

...her daughter was

qa

the air

(Cain, 212).

-yw—

...her regular spot on the air was Wednesdays..•
(Cain, 214).
You mean she's playing on the air? (Cain, 209).
...Veda had been
the air quite a lot...
(Cain, 210).
on all 8 ides.

All round; everywhere nearby.

But £& all sides 1 heard:
"It was never this bad in '-Tunisia"
...Jap rifle fire sounded q& all sideB. . . (Yank, 250).
2IL and &££•

First working and then free; on duty and off duty.

They worked two hours £A and four off...
QA and QA*

(Pyle, 141).

(Yank, 202).

Without stopping; continuously; seemingly endlessly.

The men worked qja. and on. and every one of the Company officers stayed
throughout the night Just to be there to make decisions when difficul­
ties arose
(Pyle* 69).
It is true we didn't fight q q and on like the infantry, that we were
usually under fire only briefly and that, indeed, we lived better than
the average soldier (Pyle, 85).
ten in battle reach that stcge and still go qja and on
(Pyle, 85).
on arrival.
When on, it, arrives at a place; at the time it, one,
arrives, gets, to a place.
I will see that the best possible care is taken of him qja arrival
(Yank, 142).
on -- back.

Supine; lying with the back down.

One lay right side up, the other qa its back

(Pyle, 452).

QA back to.

(Of. back to.)

Back to; towards the rear to.

...he led them qa back to our side of the invisible fence of battle
(Pyle, 407).
What it hasn't time or facilities for doing it hands qa back to the next
echelon in the rear
(Pyle, 419).
The idea all along the way is to do as little actual surgical work as
possible, but at each stop merely to keep a man in good enough condition
to stand the trip qa.back to tne hospital, where there are full facili­
ties for any kind of work
(Pyle, 51).
qa beyond.

Parther than

something; beyond.

tfe went through shattered Carentan and qa beyond for a few miles
(Pyle, 426).
oa the black market.
(See: black market.)

Available in, sold by, the black market.

▲ pack of any one of the leading U.S. brands of cigarettes costs 80
cents qa the black marlfHt (Yank, 6 6 ).
on the blink.

Not operating properly; not in good mechanical condition.

Now the lawn morer, she's q a the blink again, and that hand cultivator
and the pruning shears
(Marquand, 512).
QA the block.
As it were on the executioner's block; in a position
where one is unable to defend oneself.
...this searchlight business meant the enemy had us
(Pyle, 21 )•

OIL business.
0A ihfi. button.

(^ain, 257).

On the chin; hence, in any vulnerable spot, place.

them on the button this time

0A c&Ll-

the block

In relation to some business aB contrasted to qa pleasure.

t«r. Levinson happened to be in town on business...

Vie hit

qa

(Marquand, 544).

Subject to duty only when needed.

You're q a call twice a week from five to nine, same wages as in the
daytime
(Cain, 49).
He's q a call all the time, too
(Cain, 179).
Around headquarters the two aides were on call constantly...
(Pyle, 309).
once 1a

a

while.

Occasionally; now and then; frequently.

I bet you civilians raise the Merry Old Ned once in a while
...once in a while a rare hara-kari knife..• (Yank, 235).
£>he gets to see him once in a while
(Yank, 70).
on the chance.

Taking a chance;

.. .Mildred went to her own room,
wait for her...
(^ain, 252).

qa

(Yank, 143).

chancing.
the chance Veda had gone there to

on
conscience.
Bothering one; worrying one.
o ne'8 conscience troubles one.)

(This implies that

Pvt. Luckey will have no dead Japs qa his conscience when they kill him
(Yank, 2 1 1 ).
QA the contrary.

Just the opposite; the opposite is true.

"On the contrary. I really care for him," Carrel retorted
QA & date.

(Gardner, 133).

1* While one has an engagement; during a date*
Any girl that has to
2 . In relation to,

have a chaperone along fijj. a date...

(Yank, 211).

in regard to, an engagement, date.

They can't go around
hammering on the apartment doors of all the
the city who have stood up trollops aa dates
(Gardner, 79).
fi£L the (day, evening. etc.) &£•
day.
You saw him

During the time; at any time of the

qjl the evening of the seventh of this month?

on tfre dot.

Precisely; exactly.

men in

(Gardner, 190).

(Implies time.)

At ten o'clock fla the dot
(Gardner, 192).
I got up there at eight-ten fia the dot
(Gardner, 148).
...Hazzy Cowe somehow managed to get both himself and me up right
dot
(Pyle, 292).
on the double.

the

In a hurry; hurriedly.

There are some fighter detachments in the village and they came out jm the
double. fanning into position on the mountain (Yank, 71).
on down.
1 . ^rom the highest rank, degree, to the lowest; in descending order
of rank, importance, size, or the like.
Jflverybody from the commanding general
down depended on him...
(Pyle, 411).
-Regimental handed me down to battalion, and battalion
down to the
company I was to stay with (Pyle, 181).
2 . Continuing away from; going away from.
away from the speaker.)

(This implies that one is going

Bob Copa braved the dangerous funnel*..leapfrogging past it
street to meet the Germans (Pyle, 407).
3.

on down the

Downward; below.

They were going oa down head first
the drawing boards.

(Pyle, 348).

In the planning stage; being planned.

While the plans were still
the drawing boards, the preliminary clearing
...was...in progress
(Yank, 120)1

2&

& dJQUdK*

Becoming drunk, intoxicated, and staying in that condit­
ion for some time; extended drunkeness.

...if krs. Gassier had* ••not gone off
2A, duty*

qa

her four—day

(Cain, 255)*

Working; at work; actively responsible for something.

Since katt was qa duty all the time***
(Yank, 199)*
Slides and cave-ins kept the road aaintnance crews Qa 24-hour duty (Yank,
179),
At his apartment house the elevator hoys and the doorman were qa duty (kar­
quand, 303).
The man who was qa duty at the switchboard knew Perry kason (Gardner, 60).
on earth.

(An intensive.)

•••there's one like me in every Glendale qa earth... (Cain,
187).
There's no question qa earth as to when he ate hisdinner(Gardner, 85).
•••I didn't see why I was the one person qa earth that had to stay home
(Cain, 98).
Nervous; strained; tense.
I think everybody was a little q a
on the edge o f.

(Pyle, 428).

Barely on; on the verge

of*

•••Bert, who sat qa the edge of her box and**.held her hand...
Walter was sitting qa the edge of his chair (karquand, 49).
on either side.

(Cain, 238).

On both Bides.

The leaves of the newly planted trees between the concrete lanes were turn­
ing like the larger trees qa either aide (karquand, 103).
Here and there qa either aide of the road were the bodies of dead Germans,
their equipment scattered around (Yank, 106).
Parking is in the center of the street leaving plenty of room qa either side
for the Iranian Army which is strong on marching (Yank, 6 6 ).
...the 8 eat that opened for rubbers with the mirror above it and racks for
canes and umbrellas qa either aide... (karquand, 95).
on qa&.

Seemingly without end; without number; many.

He was at the front only a few hours of the day, instead of day and night
for months qa end
(Pyle, 157).
on — - sfltil*
side or top.

Being placed so that one end is down as contrasted to a

...he put four big cartons qa their endB

(Yank, 34).

•ywo—

on the end of & limb.

Without a defense; defenseless.

"Ri^it q a the end of the limb. 11
on an Arrand.

Mason said

(Gardner, 76).

Performing an errand; engaged in an errand.

...sent Letty qa

SBl.errand

on the face of the globe.

that would take her all afternoon

(Cain, 200).

Anywhere.

The palace is perhaps the ugliest building 2 a. the face of the globe
Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 22).

(New

on the face of it»
Apparently; seemingly, appearing to be something
which in reality may not actually be.
It looked iron clad q a the face of it. but alibis should never be taken at
their face value
(Gardner, 210).
on --- feet.

Standing up; standing.

Kettering was q a his feet
(Gardner, 193).
Kettering was q a bis feet
(Gardner, 199).
Opposing counsel was q a his
(Gardner, 27).
...we found Hague awake and q a his feet (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947
21 ).
on the fence.

Undecided; unable

Personally, I am sort of
2A file.
papers.

qa

the

to makeup one's mind.

(Pyle, 154).

In the files; in a classified, well arranged collection of

...we do quite a lot of sifting ourselves, before we place a name
(Cain, 35).
QA fire.

Afire;

burning; in flames.

(Of. £&

qa

file.

set on fire.)

...a secret-service man came up and told them one of the hoods was q a fire
(Yank. 199).
A shelter half...was q a fire (Yank, 240).
You were on the telephone, and I scremed,when I
saw the smoke, that the
place was q a fire (Gardner, 43).
...all of Eniwetok seemed q a fire (Yank, 250).
...a Jap came running out with his clothes q a f^rq (Yank, 192).
on foot.

Walking; by means of walking; afoot.

...the general started out q a foot around the area...
(Pyle, 395).
Nothing could cross it, not even men q a foot... (Pyle, 361).

Wandering q a ffiflJL aod observing very carefully, you could see the si&is...
(Pyle, 117).
Most of these trips are q a foot because the narrow jungle trails stymie
even jeeps
(Tank, 130)7
So the officers left Orlie waiting in the jeep while they went ahead on
foot
(Pyle, 120)*
•••our driver parked the jeep under a tree and we proceeded on foot along­
side the infantrymen (Tank, 107).
It was hot and there were no transportation facilities, but Lou had covered
the distance q a foot
(Yank, 111).
They had been fighting and moving constantly forward q a foot. •. (Pyle, 399).
A man could just barely make it qa foot by holding on to the rock Jut tings
and practically crawling.•• (Pyle, 6 6 ).
fiA furlough.

Having official leave, vacation, from the army.

They went home qa furlong --.
the g o .

qa

(Yank, 1 2 2 ).

Active; moving from place to place; in action.

during the critical periods he would be q a .the go till 4 A.M., snatch a
couple of hours' sleep on the ground, and be off again at seven (lyie,
53).
2A the

g£QJ3Ai»

At a place; to a place.

On the other hand, California authorities, who have appeared q a the g-rmmd
in Seattle, are equally positive that Alden Leeds...
(Gardner, 122).
2A lbs. ground(s) that.
...she
that
2A

For the reason that; because.

stopped Mrs. Kramer from sectioningmore chickens,
nobody would be there to eat them...
(Cain, 160).

She. rrowti

floor.
ant position.

theground

In a position of having information; in an import~

For every general there ought to be one private
137).
QA SUACdl*

qa

qa

the *-rmmd flooy

(Yank,

On duty as a guard; watching; guarding.

The men who were not q a guard sat around talking sex and politics, except
for the night guards who were sleeping (Yank, 60).
...a fellow q a guard told us why this was a dull day... (Yank, 196).
One soldier...pretended to be q a guard... (Yank, 202).
...we usually have two men to a hole and an outpost, one q a guard and one
asleep (Yank, 149).
on

guard.

(See: qa guard ) Watchful; attentive to danger.

••♦a young lieutenant warned me, "You'd better be on your guard for snipers"
(Tank, 106).

on hand.

Available in reserve; in storage which is convenient.

...package of cigarettes Mildred kept aa battL for Monty...
(Cain* 156).
Tou*ve got a good deal of cash a a
(Marquand,404).
...very little gas ca hfifitL (Yank, 121).
...mortars capable of out distancing anything the Yanks had &a hand
(Yank,
191).
Ifi. &S. QA hand .

To be at a particular place.

Over the years, we have been on
many times to watch the boys »nd girls
take off from Grand Central for their summer camps (New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6 , 1947, 21).
...he might be routed out on an early mission, and he had £& £& QA JUUVL
(Pyle, 330).
Captain Jed Daily...was on hand, too
(Pyle, 250).
on --- hand
1.

a-

To be dealt with.

But try to put anything over on him, and you have a righteous uproar on
your hand a (Yank, 36).
Any time you cross Uncle Alden, you have a fi^it 2a your hands (Gardner,
172).
2.

For use; available.

...the people had more butter
their hand* than they knew what to do with
(Pyle, 415).
An air crew man had lots of spare time £& his hand a (Pyle, 328).
on hand b and w-naaa.
knees; crawling.

On all fours; supporting oneself on one's hands apd

I followed...forward q a hands nnd knew a through the long padded tunnel over
the bomb bay (Yank, 117).
...then he was Stan Rhett crawling away from the side of the plane slowly
on h1 a handa and lmflfta (Marquand, 231).
The press photographers were setting up lights in the corner, crawling about
on their h a ^ ^ and knees looking under chairs and divans...
(Marquand,
291).
We...dropped
our hap^a and knees to peek through a tiny hole in the side
(Pyle, 453).
QA the heels of.

Immediately after; directly following.

The other bad moment came £& the heels of the storm
on

high horse.

(Pyle, 21).

In a state of assuming great dignity, much position.

It was only the dyed-in-the-wool Nazis who got
refused to talk (Pyle* 123).
on the high seas.

their high horses

qa

On the ocean; at sea.

"It'll do you goo<Vsaid his father, who had been a private
master outfit qa the high seas...
(Yank, 2 2 ).
on --- honor.
one's honor.
jsivery person was

in a Quarter­

Having as the only restraint one's honor; restrained by

qa

his honor not to drink...

(Pyle,343).

on the hoof.
In
a condition of not being skinned,gutted,nor
hoofs, feet, removed; the total of an animal.
...after that, they're Congressmen, or they talk about beef
mining properties...
(Marquand, 414).
OA the horizon.

qa

having

the hoof or

In the near future; not far away in time.

First there had been the Bolsheviki, a menace which had appeared qa
horizon with the close of the war
(Marquand, 210).
on

a h°t suot.
spot.)

You're standing

In a bad condition; in trouble, difficulty.

qa

A red-hot snot

thm

(Cf.

qa

the

(Gardner, 76).

on the inside.
Within an organization; being a member
opposed to one who is not a member.

of a group as

Because if they're just giving it away, it looks as though there'd be some­
body, q a the inside—
(Cain, 80).
on installments.
(To buy or sell) in partial payments; paying part on
a regular, agreed, schedule.
...or any of those other appliances which she and Wilbur had been buying
on InatniimentB— and Wilbur could get them at special rates...
(Marquand,
357).
on the .lob.

At work; working.

With you qa the lob. I don't see why we should lose a lot of sleep (Gard­
ner , 65)7
With you q a the lob. I feel that I don't have to worry(Gardner,
84).
"Paul Drake had operatives q a the lob all last night," Mason went on (Gard­
ner , 81) •
Give Phyllis Leeds a ring after a while just to let her know we're q a thq
Jfli. (Gardner, 93).

.. .why did you want me to keep q a the -lob last ni^fcit and this morning..•
(Gardner, 84)•
I'll he q a the .lob pretty much from now on (Gardner, 84)•
...a large party that had gone down with them q a the .lob. spotted a Jap
officer...
(Yank, 55).
“I can," he said, "get someone q a the .lob down there by telephone, and then
can send..."
(Gardner, 157).
Heuser, too, was hack q a the .lob (Yank, 16).
Lieutenant Tousineau had heen q a the loh for six weeks
(Pyle, 277).
He was very conscientious and always q a the loh (Pyle, 104).
QA --- knees.
1 . Standing on one's knees; supporting oneself on one's knees instead
of on one's feet.
Sally was q a her knewa taking out the picnic and laying it on the ground..•
(karquand, 551).
2.

In supplication; with humble entreaty.

...she knew*..how she would make even a coloratura come grovelling,
knees
(Cain, 220).

qa

her

OA l«id.
Ashore as contrasted to being on water, the sea, ocean, lake,
or the like.
On 1an^ the G I finds more than 200 miles of roads...
(Yank, 231).
...past sailors and soldiers q a lfiB& *ho weren't going along and who waved
good-bye to us
(Pyle, 11).
on leavq.
or navy.

(See:

qa

furlough.)

Having an official vacation from the army

Pilots from the various fields dropped in there when they were in town on
lflSXfi. (Pylet 164).
It must have heen one of those times q a leavfl when faces and scenes shifted
too fast
(Marquand, 132).
There was no use sleeping when you were qa leave
(Marquand, 2 2 2 ).
When they were q a leave, they liked to stick together.•• (Marquand, 218).
He thought he was like those pictures of officers he had seen in advertise­
ments and he was coming home Qn leave (Marquand, 525).
•there was almost always one man away q a leave
(Pyle, 326).
ansients...q a leave did eat at this m e s s . T T ( P y l e , 339).
i-ney were in sown
a -leave.
• . iryie,
3They
town q
qa
leave...
(Pyle, 347).
We were both qa l e a v e (Marquand, 116).
...and groups of crumpled-looking dough boys q a leave from the front lines,
eating peanuts
(Pyle, 134).
on Tenvlng.

When leaving; when departing from.

...release which he used to feel q a leaving a room where he had been
struggling with a college examination (Marquand, 446).

on the level (with).

Honest with; fair to.

They call me because I ’m q a the level with themand save them
of talking to nitwits to nitwits like you (Cain, 38).
<2A .
the line.

the trouble

Speaking on the telephone; to the telephone.

The girl at the switchboard said, "Miss Leeds q a the line. says it's
a
matter of the greatest importance ” (Cardner, 13).
•••be sounded impatient, as though he had been qa the line for a long
while
(»arq.uend, 582).
Della street was q a the line (Gardner, 104).
"I'll talk with whoever's q a the line." ««son told her
^Gardner, 174J.
That was your office q a the line (Gardner, 89).
QA location.
At a place away from a moving picturestudio where
part of a picture is to be filmed.
The U.S. Army isn't

qa

location for a

sarong opera

a

(Yank,74).

l0.iffi.QA the lookout (for).
for; to look for.

To bewatchful for; to keep an eyepeeled

...naval force had alleys £o_ bQ.

qa

to iffi. only the
fraction of.

I'll be only

a

(Pyle, 272).

To be but a small part of; to be but a

That was onl.v the beginning. . .
only a minute.

Ihe lookout for them

(Yank, 164).

A short time; a very little time.
minute

(karquand, 184).

ifi. only to g-lafl tp (infinitive).
To be well pleased to; to be
happy to; to be glad to.
(A polite form.)
I'll be only to glad to
OP. the make.
easy manner.

let you know —

by paid telegram

(Cain, 34).

Attempting to get money, pleasure, from some one in an

...hard-looking tarts

qa

the make

(Yank, 212^.

on the menu.
Printed on a menu and available for eating in a res­
taurant, cafe, or the like.
In other words, they didn't ask the waiter what was qa the menu and then
make a selection
(uardner, 2 1 0 ).
on --- mind.

In one's thoughts; thinking of, about, by one.

— yXM—

VYhat seemed to be 2 & her mindT (Yank, 157).
...a commendable attitude, we thought; for a m a n with a great many things
on his mind
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 19).
What's
your mind? (Yank, 65).
The Monday pies, however, ’^ere 221 her m i n d , and she kr.ew she had to get
at them (Cain, 95).
Nothing '8 fla njy m1nd
(karquand, 14^.
It hasn't heen q h my mind at all
(karquand, 14).
23 a mission*
On an assigned air flight; on an official trip in an
airplane.
(Lften this means a flight for fighting or dropping bombs.)
I've already mentioned that interesting psychological thing accompanying
the "rubbing out" process of the last few missions a combnt airman
went qa before he completed that final one and returned to America
(Pyle. 172).
They finally let him go 2 a a few missions to try him out
(Yank, 186).
Ordinarily a gunner went 23. only one mission a day...
(Pyle, 24).
...he had balled up half the missions he had gone on...
(Pyle, 216).
on the move.

Moving; going away; leaving.

On the eleventh day the battalion was 2 3 the move again...
(Yank, 8 ).
In fact, the whole regiment of more than three thousand men was 2 a the
move
(Pyle, 202).
23
neck.
to one.

Serving as an obstacle, hindrance, to one; being a trouble

It kept tenaciously 23 the eneny's neck
on an occasion.
23

(Pyle, 397).

Once; one time.

one occasion during maneuvers, the general was absent from his head­
quarters for two days
(Yank, 131).

23 the off chance.
8UCC888 «

On the bare possibility; with little hopes of

So I went up and checked through the traffic violations
chance I mi^it find something
(Gardner, 156).
23 the offensive.

Taking the offensive action;

23

the off

making the attack.

• ..Field ivarshal Erwin Rommel and his Axis troops were 2 3 the of fens lve
(Yank, 128).
23 one point.
or the like.

Concerning one point; regarding one issue, point, fact,

On one point we were all agreed

(Yank, 180).

-915-

2 ja
At

order*

Ordered; bought but not paid for; not delivered*

the ranch where her chickens were
waiting for her...
(Cain, 116).

op or o f f .

2&

order, she found twenty-six

Being or not being; to be or not to be*

...we hadn't known for sure till after breakfast whether it was
off again
(Pyle, 432).
on the other han d.
Yet; still; notwithstanding; however.
a statement before to which this is a rebuttal.)

2A

or

(This implies

On the other comparatively few men
do crack up (Pyle,
1E4).
Q a the, other hand. I did try, while Wick never raised an arm (Pyle, 239).
2 a the
hffMlittle towns only ten miles from Paris you could
get eggs...
(Pyle, 462^.
If, Q U the other h a n d , you had noted any unnatural apathy of the emotions,
you would have suspected dementia praecox
(Gardner, 32).
On the other h a n d . California authorities, who have appeared on the ground
in Seattle, are equally positive*••
(Gardner, 122).
On the other h a n d , if an author wanted to think it over and wanted to
come to him and be one of his...
(k*arquand, 336).
Q a ££& other h a n d , if the going gets tough you pray...
(Pyle, 442).
But £n the other h a n d , maybe not
(Yank, 89).
...the new replacements, 2 & the other h a n d , have suffered nearly 50 percent
casualties or missing
(Yank, 148;.
And, p a the other hand*. .it might be that someone who suspected rather
strongly.. . (Gardner, 91-2).
2B

the outside*

Not confined in prison; outside of a prison.

The people 2 H the outside would pick up the game on the short wave and
slip u b the batteries and inning-by inning scores...
(Yank, 185).
2a
own*
Being unaided, unsupervised by any others; being in a
position in which one must follow one's own decisions, inclinations.
A f t e r g o i n g t h e r o u n d s I d e c i d e d tha t if t h e A r m y f a i l e d to g e t a s h o r e o n
G - d a y t h e r e w o u l d b e e n o u ^ i . . - c o r r e s p o n d e n t s to f o r c e t h r o u g h a
beachhead 2 a their own
(Pyle, 298).

But Buck went 2 B his own before he was sixteen.••
(Pyle, 194).
Q a its o w n , the band was liable to go in any direction, careening and
screaming through the air
(Pyle, 115).
The publishing world was changing when Sinclair herriwell got started
2 H, his own
(karquand, 33?).
...If Sammy gets married, he'll be completely 2J1 his own. ..
(Cain, 194).
.. -Greek men and women — working all day 2 H their owr. with picks and
shovels...
(Yank, 218).
...we were on our own most of the time
(Yank, 122).

- v i.o -

2131 lnitltative.
of one*s own free will*

221

Without pressure* force, from any one else;

If h e ’s a decent hoy, he'll do the right thing
(Cain, 2 0 0 ).
HI pa per.

O R

221

his own inititative...

Employed hy a newspaper; working for a newspaper.

The old man ran the trolley to Holden, and Walter was 221 the paper in
Boston
(idarquand, 7).
At least this was whr.t his old friends on the paper told Jeffrey
(liar—
quand, 17).
221

--- (p a r e n t 's) side*

delated hy hlood to one of one's pa-ents.

A cousin Q a his mother's side. Pvt. Don Tracy of Jamestown, is a Japanese
prisoner of war...
(Yank, 2 2 ).
the part o f .

O R

By; from.

Kis question goes to show hias q j j . the part of this witness
(Gardner, 139)
The low pitched hum of huzzing conversation, the rustling of restless
motion £ £ the part of the spectators... (uardner, 186).
k Par with.

OR

Equal to;

of the sacs value as.

It is quite 221 a par with the tactics that counsel has used...
134).
221 pass.
Having a short vacation.
from the armed forces.
...that nit^it he was on pass
2 IL

patrol.
guarding.

(Gardner,

(One, two, or three days) usually

(Yank, 205).

Patrolling; going on a regular* heat, journey, watching,

Cpl. Wilbur C. Beghtal of Dldon, Iowa.•.went out 221 patrol...
(Yank, 145)
...some other GIs went 221 another patrol. ..
(Yank, 145).
...the others in the company were 2 a patrol to the right and left flankB..
(Yank, 18).
2 B.

--- person.

Carried on one's own hody; on one's hody.

...twenty thousand dollars in his possession, prohahly
a money helt
(Gardner, 199).
221 a hi gale-

1.

Attending,

b e i n g a m e m b e r of a picnic.

221

his pers^q in

Jeffrey had not heen q a a picnic for years and years with Madge or with
anyone
(Marquand, 546)*
2.

Having an easy, pleasant, time; not encountering any difficulties.

So...they weren't
o& the point

q£

picnic when they went out to work

qa

(gerund).

On the verge of; about to.

Por a second or two, it seemed that she was
swift speech
(Gardner, 162).
on purpose.

(Pyle, 164).

qa

the point of rushing into

Purposely; intentionally.

You know you were doing it q a purpose
(Marquand, 31).
On purpose I didn't.••
(Yank, 226).
It was solid as though it had been done q a purpose
(Pyle, 56).
OA the radio.

Through, by means of, the radio; performing on the radio.

...this was one of the things that Veda had made popular on the rahin
241).

(Cain

OA relief.
Being supported by public funds; receiving money from the
government on which to live after having certified that one has no money.
I'm not exactly

qa

relief. ..

O A — — (right, left).
of one.
The unit

qa

(Cain, 194).

On one's right or left side; to the right or left

the battalion's right had pushed ahead...

QA
ri-gh* track.
principles.

(Yank, 5).

In the proper direction; according to proper, good,

You could see that the playboy had good stuff in him — if someone would
put him Qa the ri.ght track — and someone would
(Marquand, 423).
QA
rminha.
On a regularly scheduled visit to different places in
turn; going regularly from place to place.
The boys had started out
OA the run.

qa

their day's rminfl...

(Pyle, 363).

Sunning; hurrying; in a hurry.

She Jerked off the headset and started for the door q a the :qja
59).
to be on tfoQ safe side.
succeaB, safety.

(Gardner,

To be perfectly safe; to take steps to assure

SSL 32S. 2 fl. the safe side, they hired tiro nagos. at a cost of fifteen dollars
each
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).
on sale.

For sale; ready for selling; available to sell.

There *s nothing like it
on the same line.

S&Lfl. anywhere

(Cain, 159).

About the same thing; regarding the same.

There were half a dozen other broadcasts q & the same lines

(Yank, 127).

on
say s o .
Because one says something; due to one's word; on the
strength of one's request, asking, command, statement, or the like.
Surely you don't think the district attorney's going to quit cold simply
on .vour say-so
(Gardner, 110).
on second thought.

After thinking a while; upon thinking about it.

On second thought. I remembered an even meaner trick

(Pyle, 125).

on the side.
In addition to one's regular job but not a part of it;
another job than one's regular one.
...you made $50 a week
He thought he would do
190).
Tom told me his mother
Island, and that she
aide.

salary and $1,500 Q & the side
(Pyle, 447).
all right and make a little money q a the side

(Pyle

was a high school teacher at Far Rockaway, Long
wrote q a the side
(Pyle, 38).

Agreeing with and supporting one; defending one.

In the endless bickerings that had marked the last few months, she had in­
variably been qjj, his si de , and often withered her mother.••
(Cain, 12).
to be on the side o f .
of.

(See: £ & —

side.)

To defend; to take the part

Jeffrey found himself being on the side of weeds and cutworms...

(iiarquand

226).

to be on sneaking terms w i t h .
relations with.
I

ain't

qa

speaking

tolmg

with

To be friendly with;

him

(Yank,

to have friendly

98).

on & splurge.
On a spending spree; spending much money.
one time rather than a continuation.)
That would send her q a
15).

&

(This implies

splurge. not make her settle down...

(Gardner,

~y±y-~

on th e s n o t .
1*

At a place In person*

But to us there 2A the soot at the time it was known simply as the "'break­
through •' (Pyle, 430)*
2.

In trouble; in difficulties*

•••the defense lawyer is trying to tamper with one of his witnesses, and
they'll have you 221 the snot so fast you won't have a chance...
(Gard­
ner, 98)*
...someone else might come to see Louis, and push the door open, and find
him, and be 221 SL BPot that would let me out
(Gardner, 78)*
on the square.

Honest; above board; fair.

He was lucky with dice all right, and the game was
72).
aa atflBfi.*

221 the aaiiara

(Gardner,

On a stage before an audience.

...Veda alone on stage for at least ten minutes...
to be on the stage.

(Cain, 234).

To be an actor or actress professionally.

Besides, Marianna killer was a & the stage, and stage people did Just one
thing according to kinot's book of rules
(Karquand, 247)*
It turned out that his father*, .was for many years 221 the ataja...
(Pyle,
178).
on the strength o f .

Because of; due to; on account of.

Several men...quietly requested an interview with the captain 221 the strength
2 £ this bulletin
(Yank, 182).
On the strength of her new contract, she had a phone put in, and began to
drum up more trade...
(Cain, 6 8 ).
Serle went down and gave himself up 221 the strength of it (Gardner, 87).
on the subject.

Regarding, concerning a topic.

YANK received a great number of letters 2 a the subject...
on the surface.

(Yank,212).

Noticeably; being evident.

With each step Jeffrey had expected something to change but nothing had,
on the surface
(Marquand, 407)•
on tap.

Ready; prepared.

They waited table in the officers' mess and ran
hot coffee was 221 tap twenty-four hours a day

the wardroom pantry where
(Pyle, 40).

J

2A

— - tail.

Immediately following one; Just behind one.

For we were right
323 )•
2A

2 JB,

the tail (of).

his t ai l. Just where we should have been*..

(See! q a o n e 1a talji»)

Following closely; Just behind

But the weirdest one I heard of was described by a pilot who was
tail of a kesserschmitt one day
(Pylet 168).
on a technic a l i t y .

(Pyle,

the

Because of, due to, a technicality.

...and look up the law, and she went to bed frantic lest this, her first
big chance, would be lo 3 t £ & a legal technicality
(Cain, 80).
on the telephone.
the line.

Speaking

by means of a telephone; on the phone; on

On the telephone?

(Gardner, 108).

on that score.

Because of that; due to that.

I didn't complain
on the theory.

2 a.

On

that score

(Cain, 147).

the assumption; assuming; believing.

...began to drum up more trade with the
neighborhood customers, 2 J1 the
theory that a few extra pies were no more trouble. ••(Cain, 6 8 ).
...I could move to strike out this entire testimony 2 a the theory that it
is predicated upon facts which are beyond the doctor's knowledge
(Gard­
ner, 131).
...that for years they were searching for Bill Hogarty, 2 a the theory that
he had murdered Alden Leeds
(Gardner, 123).
on thinking it over.

Upon reconsideration; after careful second thought

On thinking it over later, he knew that Louella must have regretted that
playful gesture...
(karquand, 204).
on through.

Through; throughout.

...and continued 2 a thrmig^ Italy...
(Pyle, 129).
Those who didn't lieed immediate further attention were carried right on
through to the ward tents to wait for the next ambulance going back to
the hospital
(Pyle, 53).
on time.
At a place, doing something, at the proper time; at the pre­
scribed time.
kilton's always 2J1 time

(karquand, 401).

Re must have heen aft. time at all his lectures later, qft time when he
worked in a bond house downtown, 2 ft time to his luncheons.. .on time
for golf dates, and now he was 2 ft time to dinner, right there on the
tick
(Marquand, 401).
You know they're alrays a n time
(Marquand, 398).
Milton must have been 2ft time for school when he was a little boy
(karquand, 401).
Always 2ft t i me . eh?
(Marquand, 373).
Anyway, we're both on time
(Cain, 91).
He was sorry because it made JeBse Fineman very, very nervous when people
weren't aft time
(Marquand, 79).
We arrived just aft time..(Pyle, 359).
And yet Company £ attacked — and aft time, to the minute 1 (Pyle, 439).
aft (time) o f f .
working.

Ihiring one's free time; during the ti^e one is not

Oa his afternoons off he hopped
2 ft

tiptoe.
trying to be

On the balls of one's feet.
very quiet, make no noise*)

There's Harold Leeds, Freeman's
(Gardner, 25).
2 ft

to.

a train...

To*

boy —

(Pyle, 213).
(This implies that one is

the one walking 2ft. tiptoe

(This implies a continuation.)

jiur* luason, would you mind passing the word 2 ft Jtft
number twelve telephoned*••
(Gardner, 89).
to be on --- toes.

Orake that operative

To be attentive; to be watchful.

On the front bumper of the general's jeep was a red-and-white plate
displaying three stars, and of course this drew a salute from every
officer
or soldier who was on his toes
(Pyle, 308).
-

to be o n t ongue.

To say; to speak.

Their names were 2ft her tongue before she fairly saw their faces.••
(Cain, 121).
on top.

Above; on the top.

You've captured yourself a lower and Florida is 2ft top
(Yank, 64).
In addition, the packers would cram their pockets with cigarettes for the
boys 2 ft top
(Pyle, 144).
2 ft

ton o f .

1. On; above; over.

They laid down hundreds of yards of "burlap and placed chicken wire
2 P top
it, making a firm roadbed up and down the "beach (Pyle, 28).
...the lieutenant came tumbling down o a top of him (Pyle, 282).
It was o a top
a mountain almost overlooking themain road that the
Jerries were using
(Yank, 48).
...then a 60-mm hit right flp tor of him and he Just disappeared...
(Yank, 123).
Two of the boys...landed right o a top of a mine
(Yank, 122).
Crossing the mediterranean I knotted myself up o a frop of a pile of mail
sacks...
(Pyle, 295).
...he aniled them together and made a raft to float oa top of the water
(Pyle, 254).
The soldiers' dugouts were made by digging a square.*.hole about shoulderdeep, then roffing it with boards and logs, piling earth 2 a top of
that...
(Pyle, 257)•
One day an ammunition truck drove past and it had a little black-andwhite dog standing o a top of the hood
(Pyle, 115).
...each table shaded by a deep blue canvas umbrella ap the ton of a
pole plunged through the table's vitals
(Marquand, 115).
top.
Hill 608 he had a home of canvas, bamboo and sandbags, labeled
"Sky Hoorn"
(Yank, 55).
...the nude lady a p top of the marble fountain was basking in the sun...
(karquand, 240)•
. . .when Aunt Minnie opened the door he almost fell in p p top of her
(Yank, 183).
...her sensible, backwoodsy sort of hat, also trimmed with gray squirrel,
was p p top of it
(Marquand, 357).
'Two of his sergeants were ahead of him, almost pp top of a Jap pillbox,
working together as a team
(Yank, 17).
Bullets splattered into everything, cutting down the shelter half p p top

him...

(Yank, 7).

Once Jim hod pulled the drum table p p top of himself, and there was
still a slight Bear...
(karquand, 58).
...covered with a silk Persian rug, and on top of the rug was a cluster
of photographs of Minot's friends and family, each in a heavy silver
frame
(Marquand, 385).
There also were a good many pet dogs riding into the battle on top of
tanks and trucks
(Pyle, 460).
Above her was a high bank, evidently with some sort of sidewalk on top of
it (Cain, 173).
.•.when I see a guy p p top of one...
(Cain, 132).
2

. In addition to; as an extra to.

On ton o f that, h e ran th e p l a c e as b o o k k e e p e r . . .
(Pyle, 294).
And then pp top of that I got a late trade...
(Cain, 175).
. ..pp top of that I got a little dinner trade..•. (^ain, 175).
A cigar qn. top of this dinner would make you feel at peace with the world,
generous, kmdhearted, and impulsive
(Marquand, 158).
3. Very much crowded together with; closely packed with.

-y * > -

There were boats stacked afi. tot> of each other...

(Pyle. 366).

4. Following closely; immediately after.
When the Germans would withdraw a little the •‘•■inth was ri^it on ton of
them
(Pyle, 397).
to “be a n the town.
I'm QJ2, the town

To live by prostitution; to be a harlot, whore.

(Cain, 31).

on the trail.
Following one or something; searching for something
after having located a spoor.
She may telephone, and let her know we're a&, the trail

(Gardner, 159).

afiL
trail.
Following one; tracing one; tracking one.
detection into one's activities.)

(This implies

I knew one thing, I'd hate to have him a n ny trail
(Gardner, 172).
Then, in some way, Leeds found out Hogarty was a a kis trail . and ran
away...
(Gardner, 168).
S2R

trial.

Being tried in court, being in court as a defendant.

You are a nephew of the Alden Leeds who is an trial here in this action
as a defendant
(Gardner, 137).
cn g. trip.

Taking a journey; journeying.

...she wasn't feeling well
on up.

qji

a train trio from Illinois...

(Yank, 212).

Up; upward; farther up*

...I crawls a n
to the branch to investigate
(Yank, 162).
>Ve passed by, of course, and went backing an ap. the road
(Pyle, 429).
on tfre up and

jje..

Honest; true; fair.

If this tip proves o a the u p and u p . you'll get the thanks of the
department
(uardner, 176).
It'll be an, the u p and u p
(Cain, 80) .
bhe wanted to keep the family background Qjn the v p and u p . and make
nice impression on Alden Leeds ^Gardner, 72').
aft the verge of.

Immediately preceding;

a

almost having, doing,something.

...particularly Glendale, was aft the verge of the real-estate boom of
the 1920's...
(Cain, 6 ).
onward and upward.
To ever greater improvement; to increasingly better
and superior knowledge, moral values, etc.

..."but the light of faith and their gratitutde to Old Bragg High would
lead them* onward and upward
Uiarquand, 165).
fiA the warpath.

Fighting; hattling; angry.

Although they are only twice the size of the "black ants hack in the
dtates* they are ferocious creatures, always & & the warpath. and they
snap...
(Yank* 42).
fiA the way •
1

. ^oing; moving.

On tfre way up we were sailing along across a rise when, "Bang J"...
(P y le , 2 6 4 ).
...Lindley was sweating out a picture that was supposed to he
the way
over
(Yank, 208).
I stayed in the nose until we were well £ & the way home, and then crawled
hack and sat in the copilot's seat
(Pyle, 324).
"0^ the w a y . 11 Hodgson yelled again
(Yank, 107).
It wasn't the heavy flak up above or the medium flak qjo. the wav down
that worried the pilots so much...
(Pyle, 164).
Other people's hushands were out of the house and a a their wav downtown
hy eight-thirty...
(ivarquand, 4).
I am a a my way to see my girl in Boston...
(Yank, 187).
Anyhow, I was to go to his apartment at ten-thirty, and in the morning,
we were to get married, and he q a our wav
(Gardner, 73).
In a few more weeks they were ca their way to California again...
(Yank, 23).
On Christmas Bay they were flja, their way to Oregon..*
(Yank, 23).
They were
their wav to an Italian Partisan camp...
(Yank, 25).
She's here in Boston...and I'm £ & “Y **a v to see her
(Yank, 187).
...kids £J1 their way home from Westwood...
(Cain, 175).
He was dressed now in army hoots, sport jacket and knickers, and was
£ A his way to Naples where he lived
(Yank, 50 )•
She'd left a note, saying that she saw it wouldn't work out, and she
was £ & her w a y , that we weren't to try to follow
(Gardner, 113).
...and as they looked, an express train hurtled hy it £ & its wav to
Boston
(Larquand, 92).
...were Qja, their wav to Tel Aviv
(Yank, 116).
&very so often we'd pass some Infantry replacements going in, others
their way out
(Yank, 58).
As soon as he has recovered.•.we will he 2 A our wav hack to civilization..
(Yank, 142 J .
I trust he is already Q & his w r y . *.
(Yank, 142).
He would probably have been $ A his wav home hy then
(Pyle, 336).
2

. While going; while traveling.

Th ey.•.told the soldiers...whnt road strafing they did &A the wav home
(Pyle, 179).
On the way hack Bill looked out
(Pyle, 348).

-925-

...giving Buck syrettes of morphine to administer inside the super­
structure fifi the way down
(Yank, 46).
I did not know him very well before, but I got to know him
the way
back.•.
(harquand, 216).
I'd been joking and bragging cn the way down about what a crack rifle
shot I was...
(Pyle, 188).
It was true that they were to stop a n the way at l>ladge1s Uncle Judson's
for lunch, but there w o u l d be nothing to do if they got there early
(Marquand, 89)•
We walked through c a our wav to work and idly stopped to listen...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 21).
Op my way to Italy, I flew across the Mediterranean...
(Pyle, 142).
We used to sit in those doorways at midnight,
our wav home...
(Yank, 187).
...they had forded a river qt± their wav up and their feet were freezing
(Yank, 48).
On our wav to the front lines in the battle for Cherbourg, we stop ed
at a town...
(Yank, 105).
...plunge to ruin was so rapid he could hardly see Pierce Homes disappear
on his way down
(Cain, 7).
3. Located on one's path, street, way of going somewhere; not out of
o n e 's way.
Why, it's right
my wav
(Cain, 64).
"We're going to a happy land where everything is bright,” M.not Siiid,
"and 52nd Street is qji the w a y 11 (liarquand, 72).
Going about one's business in an accustomed mam.er;
on --- w a y.
doing things as usual.
...he and Madge were having breakfast just as though the world were on
its way to peace
(harquand, 586).
wheels.
Mounted on wheels, rollers; arranged with wheels for
easy moving.
.. -and a great many tables
wheels so that 3 alads and crepes Suzattes
could be prepared right under the noses of you and your companion
(liarquand, 318 ).
2£L the whole.

Generally; for the most part; in general.

...she submitted to what, qfi, the whole. seemed a reasonably appropriate
finale...
(Cain, 129).
...though
the whole not quite so satisfactory... (Cain, 129).
There were sit-down strikers in France and there was unrest in Spain,
but 2 U. the whole. the world seemed quiet
(i/arquand, 2 1 2 ).
But a a the whole the letters showed no general tendency to give up
(Pyle, 124)1
On the whole. they applauded...
(Pyle, 172).

-yizo-

the whole our troops found Sicily perhaps a little "better than North
A f r i c a ( P y l e , 8 8 ).
•••2a the whole they aren't very good at the Job...
(New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 1947, 19).
A majority who truly loved
to fly and at times found a certain real
exhilaration in combat, but who
£ & the whole existed only for the day
when they could do their
flying more peacefully
(Pyle, 178).
...Q£ the whole the adults
looked like people anywhere — both good and
bad
(Pyle, 416).
• • • O H the whole it had been bitter
(Pyle, 293).
But q r the whole the duck is almost as wonderful in this war as the Jeep
(Pyle, 276).
On the whole the natives seemed a pretty third-rate lot
(Pyle, 31).
The corners were knocked off a few buildin.« and some good-sized holes
were gouged in the streets, but q r th& whole. Licata had got off
pretty nicely
(Pyle, 30).
Or

O R

the witness stand.

In court as a witness; in court to testify.

"I don't suppose," i-ason said, "That under the circumstances, you'd care
to go £21 the witness stand and tell your story"
(Gardner, 183).
on the world.

To earn, make, one's own way, living.

No, I was thrown out £21 the world when I was a child

(Gardner, 52).

on the wrona: track.
Doing the wrong, incorrect, thing; following a
wrong trail, spoor, idea, etc.
If we're

qjb. the

wrong track, we want to know it.

on your w a y .

(Gardner, 159).

Go away; leave; get away.

On .vour w a y . son

(Gardner, 145).

once and for all.
concern over.

Finally; for good; without more to do with or

She raised one leg, looked at it Judiciously, decided once and for all
it was not bowed...
(Gain, 29).
But she also knew, from the look that went around, that now it was
squelched, once and for all
(Gain, 108).
...high time that this festering sore was cut o u t ...once and for all
(Yank, 213).
qjG£Sl

ifl a lifetime.
frequently.

Only once in a long time; very seldom; very in­

Come gn.ce i£. a lifetime. sing all a
I see what comes once in a lifetime
Once in a while.

trill... (Gain, 217).
only — a
great coloratura (Gain, 218)

Occasionally; off and on; sometimes; now and then.

Once in awhile they work around to women*.•
(Yank, 192).
...to see her once in ft while
(Cain, 167).
I drop in once in a while
(l-»ardner, 22).
But once ip a while a Fort would go down the runway swiftly and "become
airborne sooner than the others
(Yank, 127).
oh — . might as well be original once in a while
(Cain, 90).
Once in a while there was a tankman who had a feeling of claustrophobia.
(Pyle, 264).
Our own heavy artillery mahe such a booming that once in a while we had
to wait a few seconds in order to be heard
(Pyle, 251).
Once Afi. a while they'd give him the Fascist salute*••
(Pyle, 308).
It's a shame somebody didn't shave with it once in a while
(Pyle, 240).
The general also liked to get up at four o'clock in the morning SAPS A &
a while...
(Pyle, 295).
Down there fliers did get...to town once in a while if there was a town.
(Pyle, 328).
Once in a w hi le , we had steak
(Pyle, 240).
...also cans of dterno, so they could heat some coffee once in ft while
(Pyle, 144).
Once Aft ft while the army set up portable showers*.. (Pyle, 1 1 0 ).
Once in ft while there was a quick flash of a hand grenade
(Pyle, 25).
Once A & fi. w hi le . they'll go up a river valley and get isolated
(New
Yorker, XXlII, Sept. 13, 1947, 27).
once more.

Again; another time.

Once more she felt like herself, and began thinking about the Job with
cool detachment••.
(Cain, 62).
The Marx Brothers take over once more
(Yank, 73)•
Then once more her fixed resolve rose in her
(Cain, 172).
The wearing of white hats became optional once more
(Pyle, 44),
once or twice.

A few times; occasionally.

He tried it once or twice...
(Yank, 185).
She had been there with him once or twice, and she knew very well that
it had not worked
(marquand, 408).
once upon a time.
Once; at one time in the past.
(This was used
very often among writers of fairy tales for the beginning of a romance
and it has romantic connotations.)
Once upon a time, he used to press his pants with it...
one after another.

(Pyle, 413).

First one and then another; one following another

...he smoked one after another
(Pyle, 447).
It's problems, from balancing the dishes to picking up starters, flitted
through her mind one after another...
(Cain, 62).
As gun after m n came off the stack I looked to 3 ee what was the matter
with it...
(Pyle, 423).
They came in groups...one right after another
(Pyle, 434).

-y * o -

Qne gigantic explosion after another
(Pyle, 847).
It was a six-barreled rocket rack which fired one rocket after another,
electrically
(Pyle, 193).
.. .a mother who fried things in the kitchen and kept bringing in plate
after -plate of them all through the acts for the family to eat...
(karquand, 553).
You want to register as having had one cigarette afteranother. with
only a puff or two from each
(Gardner, 79).
They tried one target after another. and one of the targets happened to
be our ship
(Pyle, 23).
the one and only.
sweetheart.

The only person one loves; the loved one; the

To me he'll always be the one and only..•
(Cain, 183).
...the picture of his one-and-only was good enough for him and to hell
with pin-up p i c t u r e s v P y l e , 180).
one and the same.

The same; identical; self-same.

...I had no idea L.C. Conway and John hilicant were one and the same
(Gardner, 108).
...or how you found out Conway and Milicant were one and the same
(Gardner, 117).
...Leeds would never know that Conway and John hilicant were one and the
same person
(Gardner, 73).
...so far there has been no evidence definitely establishing that the
decedent and Bill Hogarty were one and the same
(Gardner, 146).
Are you trying to suggest to me that your brother and L.C. Conway are
one and the same? (Gardner, 54).
one another.

Each other; one to the other.

.. .Smith.. .and I crouched. .. to smoke., .and tell one another whcit had
happened..•
(Yank, 251).
<?ne at a time.

Singly; individually.

They weren't heroic figures as they moved forward one at a time...
(Pyle, 401).
The men went forward one at a time
(Pyle, 401).
They dug in one gup at & time...
(Pyle, 388>.
one big happy family.
(Often ironicT)

A family, group, composed of harmonious people.

...all one big 'appy family
one b.v one.

(Cain, 217).

Singly; individually; one at a time.

The years had been cut off one by one without his knowing where they
had gone
(Marquand, 533).

-929-

One by one the planes of the group had gone down
(Yank, 8 6 )*
When Tojo gave his orders
To kill us one hy one...
(Yank, 176).
Jirnuy Hyan stood snapping his knuckles one h.v one
(Ldarquand, 164).
.. .they'll figure they'll get through somehow, then pick us off one hy
one...
(Yank, 181).
Then they sneaked in, ofiS. Jar one
(Yank, 25).
The homhs dropped.. .Qaa. 1an one...
(Yank, 118).
The homhs dropped one hy &££,. *• (Yank, 118).
One hy one the batteries of the battalion rolled in...
(Yank, 133).
One hy o n e , the girls filed in the dining room (Cain, 6 6 ).
German planes came over one hy one
(Pyle, 370).
We arrived one hy one at the appointed place...
(Pyle, 353).
We came hack over our airdrome, peeled off one hy one, and landed
(Pyle,
325).
One hy o
the platoon leaders felt their way up to the head of the col­
umn...
(Pyle, 200).
One hy one those scores of dive hombers got themselves successfully landed
...
(Pyle, 174).
The engines started going clear out, one by one
(Pyle, 348).
...and one hy one I discovered that —— with one exception— every boy in
that tent had been through at least one violent experience
(I^rle, 215).
Then, sag.
one, erratically, the others went out too
(Pyle, 2 2 ).
...I could sense them moving, one by o p e , close to Captain Waskow's body
(Pyle, 185).
They picked off our soldiers ope by one. ..
(Pyle, 373).
...seeing their comrades wounded one hy one and taken down the mountain
(Pyle, 144).
one d a y.

Once; at one time in the past.

...had been tongue-tied at social gatherings, and then, one day, he too
had hit upon the Secret
(harquand, 190).
••.one day Wally Burgan strolled into the Pie Wagon...
(Cain, 245).
...hatchet that she knew one day would have to fall
(Cain, 130).
.Returning to field headquarters one day after a long trip in the field...
(Yank, 130).
One &§£ she entered an office building and, beginning at the top...
(Cain
40).
John started scheming, and then, one d a y , he came to me and said he'd used
(Gardner, 73).
One day old iir. Jenks who customarily wrote this lead...
(fcarquand, 197).
A Jap 47 objected ope day and threw several rounds at Schulte...
(Yank,
55).
One day he put it to his boss again the general said...
(Pyle, 306).
One day about noon, our commander asked for volunteers..•
(Yank, 9).
So one day I asked one of the lieutenants...
(Yank, 27).
We hit a car one day. ..
(Yank, 124).
One day I went along with an infantry Company...
(Pyle, 398).
One day I heard him ask a battalion what his position was
(Pyle, 446).
One day my friend Private William Bates Wescott found a mother rabbit...
(Pyle, 412).

-930-

One day at the hotel* there was a knock at my door (Pyle* 347)*
Qasl
I rode around with him on one of his tours (Pyle* 395)*
One dav I stood hy the road***
(Pyle* 273)*
One
Buck went stalking German officer in close comhat**.
(Pyle, 196)*
Murph and I got to talking about newspapermen one day
(Pyle, 447).
.••Lieutenant Miles*..almost shot himself down one day
(Pyle* 167).
One dfiJE during the Hukawng Valley campaign a frightened Jap prisoner tried
to shake hands with him
(Yank, 129;•
Ed Bland was so interested in his strafing one dav that***
(Pyle* 167).
One day in battle they were having it tough
vPyle* 186)*
One day a tank destroyer rolled in
(Pyle, 423)*
He told one day about an old cowboy who went to the city
(Pyle, 331).
My friend.* *told me about flying suddenly over a hilltop one day
finding a German truck right in his gunsights
(Pyle* 161).
hat comes off t o .

One shows respect for; one admires*

hat comes off £& you fellows in India, Italy* the Aleutians* the South
and Central Pacific*•«
(Yank, 218)*
— - heart sinks.

One loses hope; one becomes frightened* scared.

The squadron leader1s heart sank
one hell

&.

(Pyle, 206).

(This is used as a strong intensive.)

We had one hell of a fight in the spring
(Gardner, 115)*
...I think h e 18 one hell of
American
(Yank* 215)*
end to a nice vacation
(Cain* 110)*
one horse.
Insignificant; small and of little consequence.
in relation to a town.)
...every one-horse conservatory...
one Ifl — -.

(Often used

(Cain, 187).

(Used to show the approximate percentage)

(Cf. one out of.)

•••about one man Xu. 15 has succeeded in finding his own barracks bag...
•Ere is one voice jjq a million
(Cain, 218)*
Only qbs. X A ten of them has any instinct for planting...
(New Yorker*
XXIII, June 28, 1947, 19).
one I s a s good as another.
There is no essential difference between the
two (or more); one is no better than another.
sassa.

ms .

S A

good a§. another...

(Pyle* 255) .

one .lump behind.
Not to be up with; to be slow in understanding as re­
gards; to comprehend slower than another acts.
I want to mix this case up so much and rush it through so fast that he'll
be one .lump behind, us all the way along the line (Gardner, 128).

one {mm army*
a very proficient soldier on the battlefield; a soldier
who has killed many of the enemy.
The hoys called him a "one-man army”
one moment.

Wait a little while; wait a moment.

One moment. please
one night-

One
And
One
Ida
One
One
And
One
One

(Pyle, 186).

(karquand, 437).

Once at night; one time at night in the past.

(Cf. one

night 1 crawled down into an ack-ack battery...
(Pyle, 413).
then one night she came home...
(Cain, 142),
•.Mildred knew Veda was drunk (Cain, 191).
cornered her one ni<zht...
(Cain, 191).
night a few weeks later, he noticed four dogfaces.••
(Yank, 34).
night up front a corporal...assailed censorship by mail
(Yank, 130).
then one night in the den...
(Cain, 145).
night Sergeant Slim Aarons of Yank Magazine said...
(Pyle, 247).
night. I ran into two soldiers...
(Pyle, 246).

one of the boys.
1. A regular fellow; a hair fellow well met; no different person than
the others.
...said the commander, MI*m Just one of the boys 11
2.

(Yank, 46).

One of a group of men.

Every ration night the GIs begin festivities with a song dreamed up by
Bob Lewis, one of the boys in the band
(Yank, 34).
one of these days.

Sometime; at some time in the future.

If you don't watch out, I may call you one of these davs
(Cain, 5).
You may even be carrying me one of these davs
(Pyle, 372).
one qf. tfrees things.
Something; a thing.
beyond rational explanation.)

(This implies something almost

It's Just one of those things that two people hate to think about
(Cain,
85).
"Well," Drake said, "it's Just one of those things" (Gardner, 87).
It wa 3 one of those things that you would half remember and then lose before
it assumed any concrete shape
(Marquand, 585).
The way I happened to go to that certain squadron was one of those things
(Pyle, 320).

to be one o n --- .
To be something for which one isresponsible; for
one to be the cause of something.
That was jyjg, S & you that time, Hr. Wilson (Marquand, 513).
I t *8 one on you, Mr. Wilson, that mower
(Marquand, 513).
one out of.

(Used to give approximate

One out of 14 I

(Yank, 230).

percentages.

Cf. one in.)

one sided.
Without equality of responsibility, winnings, etc.;
unequal in that one shares, wins, holds, more than others.
But this one-sided correspondence..*
(Yank, 212).
...it became so one-sided that Bell had to make it look good and let them
save face
(Yank, 186) •
one single thing.

Anything; one thing.

Is there one single thing I ever denied you?
one sten at a time.
(Cf. a t £, time).

One move

(Cain, 207).

at a tine; one action eachtime.

People just can't realize that we must take one sten at a. time, and this
step we are
taking now took nearly half a year to p r e p a r e ( C a i n , 16).
one ston.
(Descriptive of a store in which one is able to purchase
a great many different items.
The implication is that one can purchase
everything he may want there.)
[The Columbia, «,o., cooperative grocery store]
(Cooperative Consumer, Mar. 17, 1942, 6 ).
one summer.

is a one-ston store

Once in a past summer; during a summer in the past.

One summer he worked as an ordinary day laborer...
one thing.

(Yank, 131).

Something.

One thing you might consider... (Cain,
one thing and another.

2 0 1 ).

This and that; many different things.

...presently the thing became so public, what vith pieces of paper...
and one thing and another...
(Cain, 142).
one thing or the other.

This or that; either one or the other.

It would be one thing or the other
one time.

(f.arquand, 229).

Once; at one time in the past.

Why, he was in a mutiny one time...well no...I guess he wasn't either
(Gardner, 56).
to he fins. is. (infinitive).
person who*

To he a person who; to he the type of a

iv-ildred was pretending to herself
hut Veda wasn* t one to let such
S. one track mind.

that she was doing Veda a kindness,
a spot
go to somebody else (Cain, 114)

A mind capable of thinking of hut one thing.

..-he has a one-track mind. ..

(Yank, 20 )•

one way.
Capable of being used as a road in only one direction.
(Sens iinlqna. )
(This refers to roads, streets, etc., where traffic
so heavy that all traffic moves in the same direction.)

is

In many places we had to make roads one-way for miles
(Pyle, 378).
On one street.. .they had to make sidewalk traffic one-way. ». (Pyle, 298)
one way or (a n )other.

In

someway, fashion, manner.

Like as not, China won't have any effect one way or another on either
of us
(Yank, 30).
One recent midweek afternoon, we sneaked out of our office and up to the
Polo Grounds, where...an astonishingly large number of citizens who
had, one way or a n o t h e r . taken half a day off
(hew Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6 , 1947, 19).
Wop or spig, I wouldn't trust either one as far as a snail can hop,
so it doesn't make much difference, one way or the other
(Cain, 91).
not one whit.

Not tlie least; not one bit; not at all.

. . -with the sensitive awareness of intelligence but without the power
to change their course one whit (Larquand, 353).
one word leads to another.

To quarrel; to argue angrily.

One word led to another. and guns were pulled
(Yank, 220).
One word led to another, and, after two days, we weren't speaking
(Gardner, 112).
only too.

Very; rather well; extremely.

...she would have been only too glad to regard this as "the first move11..
(Cain, 2 1 1 ).
open air.
butive. )

Outdoors; al fresco; out of doors; outside.

(Also attri­

...to get his coat and hat, and to get into the elevator, and into the
open air
(harquand, 353).

It was near the filling stations and. the drive-in luncheons and the
drugstores and the open-air markets.*.
(kiarquand, 455).
open and shut.

Clearly decided; of no question.

On a morals charge* all the jury wants to know is the
after that it's dead open and shut
(Cain, 2 0 2 )•

Lige

of the girl —

to open a branch.
(When one has a business which is successful and
wishes to expand, one often opens a new store in a different location
which may well be almost independent of the original.
This is £& open
a branch.)
• •■started a. campaign to get Mildred £ 2 . open £, branch in Beverly. • .
(Cain, 175).
to open £ can.
To take off the top from a can so as to be able to
remove the contents.
...I'll open myself another can of beans

(^ain, 225).

open city.
A city, in time of war, which is officially declared to
be undefended and therefore, according to international law, not subject
to attack.
President i-oscicki said his message was in reply to Lir. .Roosevelt's
message, "in which you recommend that open cities must not be bombed"
(New York Times, Sept. 18, 1939, 5).
...the State lep?irtment was represented as viewing with favor the sugges­
tion advanced by Norman H. Davis...neutralized hospital zones, a pact
restricting bombing of "open" cities...
(newsweek, July 4, 1938, 9).
an open fight.

A fight which is carried on openly, publicly.

...the average German soldier fought a & open fight and lost
to open firq.

To begin shooting;

(Pyle, 374).

to start firing a gun.

...the after battery once again opened fire. so Buck stayed where he was
(Yank, 46).
At 2105 gun No. 2 of Battery B opened fire to register a target for the
other 11 guns
(Yank, 133).
->ueller and Verde opened fire rith B.aRs, and Eoltz rolled grenades down
the slope
(Yank, 53).
...the Japs spotted them and opened fire
(Yank, 191),
...a .30 caliber machine gun opened fire on me
(Yank, 1C).
The second one threw searchlights on Big B and she opened fire(Yank, 4o).
to open a .grave.
To remove the earth from a grave; to take the dirt
out of a grave.
(This usually implies that the one opening the grave
is intending to remove or to molest the body.)
'

One group of Japs opened §. grave we had dug for others killed two days
earlier...
(Yank, 54).
open house.
An entertainment to which everyone may come; an entertain­
ment, tea, party, for which no invitations are issued in that all are
welcome*
That was part of the fun of it, knowing interesting people, having open
house for everyone
(wiarquand, 337).
opening night.
The first night; the first performance of a play,
opera, musical comedy, or the like.
Changing into her unfirom, i..il,ired was as nervous as an actress on
opening nlp-ht . . .
(C a in , 6 6 ) .
To prepare to Bay something; to say something;

ifi. QPefr —
mouth.
to make s remark.

His tightening face muscles showed his temper was rising, and he opened
his mouth to say something
(Cain, 4).
She was opening her mouth to say something peevish...
(Cain, 230).
I literally can't open my mouth in a theatre... that she isn't there,
"bustling down the aisle.-.
(Cain, 253).
i»ildred opened her mouth to say she couldn't do any deducting...
(Cain,
247).
o pe n m o u t h (e d ).

(a

term us e d to indicate surprise,

astonishment.)

Yk'ally said "by Cod he had a notion to find out, when all of a sudden he
was standing there with open mouth...
(Cain,125;.
...the mater sat open-mouthed with amazement
(Yank, 155).
open to.

Available to, for; not closed to, restricted for.

...night clubs open to all the public.••
(Yank, 212).
There were two choices open to the unfortunate recipient
cookies
(Yank, 140).
JL2 . o p e n

trap.

ofhome-made

To speak; to talk; to say something.

The others seemed so relieved to be out of the war that
their traps and let it run
(Pyle, 123).

theyjust opened

QEfija yp.

1. To begin to shoot repeatedly.
...we opened u p with all our guns
(Yank, 10).
ueorge followed him in and opened up with a tommy gun (Yank, 8).
...a machine gunner opened uu on us at a range of about 20 feet
(Yank, 125)

. ..by that tine everything in the vicinity that could shoot had opened u p
(lyie, 160).
The attacking airplanes left* but then Italian guns opened u p on the hills
back of the beach
(Pyle, 23).
A m a c h i n e p i s t o l opened u p a n d t o r e the t o p o f hi s h e a d o f f (Yank, 21).
He wae returning with a patrol one moonlit night when the enemy opened u p
on them
(Pyle, 450).
...Just then a .25 caliber machine gun opened u p . and we immediately dived
into the hole
(Yank, 9).
...another .25 caliber opened up from another direction
(Yank, 9).
...a .25 caliber machine gun opened u p from the left
(Yank, 10).
Pour of our planes...opened u p on the Japs
(Yank, 203).
ivachine guns, BARs, m o r t a r s and r i fl es o pe n ed up in a d e a f e n i n g d e l u g e of
fire
(Yank, 92).
When the Jap artillery opened u p it directed some embarrassingly accurate
fire...
(Yank, 53).
When a machine gun opens u p . the new men squat right where they are
(Yank,
148).
...some machine gunner on the other side of the valley opened up
(Yank,
180).
The Japs had allowed platoon after platoon of American troops to pass through
before they opened u p
(Yank, 251).
If they threw a grenade or opened u p with their weapons...
(Yank, 145).
...the 8 8 s opened u p again
(Yank, 135).
...a tank would open u p across the river...
(Yank, 239).
. To speak freely and to disclose much information; to talk without
restraint.

2

All of them were sort of diffident at first, but they opened u p when I
had known them for a little while...
(Pyle, 353).
...instead of answering questions in a tight-lipped defensive way, as she
had at other places, opened up a little
(Gain, 33).
By then, Ida had opened u p on Lr. Chris, with everybody standing around, to
watch the result
(Gain, 67).
They were still under a restraint that wouldn't let them open u p
(Pyle,
377).
But he'll open u p on the subject of his home town o r his neighborhood beer
Joint
(Yank, 36).
3.

To open; to open a door, lid, cover, or the like.

I o p e ne d u p my dinner unit a nd b e g a n to eat
(Yank, 21).
Then you went into a little cubbyhole and opened u p the box, and allaround
you w a s the...
(Aarquand, 403).
She took him to the kitchen, opened u p the great range
(Gain, 96).
4.

To develop.

It may well be that, as your case opens u p . the evidence will become per­
tinent
(Gardner, 146).

5.

To unfold; to expand; to spread out.

The stove has folding legs and folding griddles which opens u p . ..
242).

(Pyle,

6.
To prepare a store, ’business, for the day "by unlocking the door and
getting things ready for business.

It was her morning to open

jjjb,

(Gardner, 95).

7. To open the accelerator; to put on full speed; to go as fast as a
vehicle can go.
...the PTs opened u p and made tracks for home...

(Yank, 255).

8.
To establish a place of business operations; to begin a new store,
place of working.

...I succeeded in o w n i n g u p and wiring in the forward CP
to

open th e w av.
To p r e p a r e th e
c a n g o t h r o u g h , m ake p r o g r e s s .

w ay;

to

(Yank, 241).

m ake a n o p e n in g s o

th a t one

...a 35-day fight that was £ & open the wav to the valley leading to Cassino
(Yank, 125).
22 S&

Y.9 UT m 2 X & h &£& gkut.
eves (and I* 1 1 give you something £2 . mate* 2211
wise) •
A rhyme one says to another usually when one wants to surprise
another with an excellent tid-bit of food.)

"Silly,M Louella said, "open your mouth and shut your eyes.
you something to make you wise" (Marquand, 204).
opera house.

1*11 give

A n auditorium and stage where opera is performed.

...Mildred became acquainted with...opera houses...
£fl. bfi. operated o n .

(Cain, 234).

To have an operation; to be subjected to surgery.

He had been in the .Navy for a year and was operated on for appendicitis
after arriving in the Mediterranean
(Pyle, 40).
operating r o o m .
A room, specially designed, and kept immaculately clean,
used for surgery.
...it was as clean as an operating r o o m : everything was in its proper place
and everything worked
(Cain, 2).
operating table.
A table on which a patient lies while being operated
on, while being under surgery.
The operating table was rioved...

(Yank, 146).

-yjo-

orange juice.
The Juice of an orange.
(This drink is very popular at
breakfast.
Not to be confused with QraBgga&fi..)
...eating pale sandwiches stuffes with lettuce and mayonnaise, and gulping
double orange .juices because they were rich...
(karquand, 240).
tfi. o r d e r
around.
que manner.

To tell another to do something in a rather brus­

She began to order him a-rnnnd
(Cain, 144).
The general did and the soldier never knew he had been ord Bring the general
around
(Pyle, 6 8 ).
orderly room.
work there.

The office of a military, army, company; also those who
Also attributive.

"Here in the orderly room?" we asked
(Yank, 98).
He began to work away from the orderly room. ..
(Yank, 138).
...Walt heard the sharp click as the orderly-room door opened...
(Yank,
138).
He kept drifting farther away from the orderly room...
(Yank, 138).
Your orderly room failed to notify ODE about your discontinuing the $25
allotment...
(Yank, 171).
...okay, you loud mouthed orderly-room Jerk
(Yank, 138).
orders call fo r .

Instructions, a mandate, requires, insist on.

Orders from Gen. Wheeler called for a road to cross the India-Burma border..
(Yank, 178).
orders say.

Hegulations, instructions, insist on, require.

...my orders savs nobody's car...gets by here today
to order a taxi.
come for one*

To telephone to a taxi company and ask for a taxi to

I didn't order any taxi
to order u p .

(Yank, 179).

(Cain, 258).

To order; to c a l l for; to request.

says they were discussing a business deal, and that he ordered up the
dinner but can't remember what time it was
(Gardner, 85).

8 erle

q t . else.

Or one will have trouble, difficulties.

You wouldn't think that men could Joke about the proximity of death; but
they sometimes had to Joke about i-t—
else
(Pyle, 285).
I'd been joking and brag.;ing. •.about what a crack rifle shot I was, so I
had to make good ar else
(Pyle, 188).

-yjy-

originnl settler.
One of the first of iAiropean descent to claim land
and to live on it in what is now the United States.
hy great-great-grand father was one of the original settlers— you know, the
gay caballeros that gypped the Indians...
(Cain, 91).
or more.

And more than that.

(Used to give an approximate amount.)

Y*e talked soldier talk for an hour fi£. more...
or not.

(Pyle, 155).

Or not (to do something already stated).

I don't remember whether I heard any noise fi£ not
(Pyle, 247).
No two people, whether they were married or. not, could not possible look at
any subject in exactly the same way
(llarquand 1 2 ).
She didn't know whether to raise her glass fir n o t , but finally did
(Cain,
127).
...I don't care if we've got a Depression fix. not
(Cain, 10).
They were divided about fifty-fifty on whether we should draft labor or
not
(Pyle, 110).
Well, was she angry at him o x not? (Cain, 29).
...all they ask is: Do you own property q x not?(Cain, 79).
...service stripes can be worn by those "who have served honorably",
whether continuously fix not...
(Yank, 172).
"I don't care whether he's dead fix no t ." she blazed indignantly
(Gardner,
110
I don't know whether it was picked up fix not
(Pyle, 356).
You didn't care whether you got hit fix not
(Pyle, 365).
Whether he wanted to fir n o t , he was becoming part of it
(liarquand, 423).
Lilicant said, "I don't know whether he and Sis are going to hit it off or
not" (Gardner, 22).
...did I want to unlock that door again fix not? (Cain, 232).
...it didn't concern him whether I was singing fix n o t ...
(Cain, 231).
...she wasn't at all certain, after it finished, whether there had been one
or not
(Cain, 239).
She couldn't make out...whether there was to be a ballet fix n o t ... Cain, 239).
...whether the great masters liked it or not
(Cain, 188).
...it didn't make a bit of difference whether you could play the piano or
not
(Gain, 139).

).

or so.

Or about that much.

(A device for giving an

approximate amount).

She had no trouble for a mile fix §fi.. • (Cain, 172).
In a day fir. gfi, she had asked Lorn and hr. Pierce...
Cain, 238).
...after her dozenth fix sjfi reappearance, she came out followed by Lr. Tre­
viso...
(Cain, 241).
It takes a minute fix gfi before you notice that a rumming commentary in
1'rench...
(Yank, 73).
Tor the first year a x sfi it was always "Jerry"
(Pyle, 242).
Ke went around every day fix
and inspected...
(Pyle, 340).

It often did, she knew, specially when she was a day pr. 3 2 . late at the
"beauty shop.*.
(Cain, 93).
She wae a thin, dark: woman of forty pr. go., with lines on her face that
might have come from care...
(Cain, 8 ).
As we caught up to within half a mile p £ 2 2 ., we could finally see the
running lights of other planes...
(Pyle, 323).
In a day px. so...klldred decided...
(Cain, 188).
For an hour px. s o . yes
(Gardner, 141).
But at this beachhead just a month fir. gp. after the initial attacking wave
...
(Yank, 39).
...they din't see even an American plane more than once a month g£. so
(Yank, 29)•
An hour p£ gp. later I began to get sore...
(Pyle, 437).
The tents were scattered throughout the vineyard, fifty g £ gp. yards apart
...
(Pyle, 207).
...they had a dozen pr gp pans...
(Pyle, 421).
...after you've been here a year pp gp,
start turning a little whacky
(Yank, 30).
...New Year's party he had invited her to, a week p p g p before
(Cain, 159)
...Prank X. Talbot describes Diamond as an inch p£ sp under 6 feet, pushing
the scales to the vicinity of 200 pounds
(Yank, 110).
fter an hour pr. gp, one of our colonels said we'd better move...
(Pyle,
370).
...another inch over pr sp would make it a different story
(Yank, 193).
...we drove on out of town for a quarter of a mile pr. sg. (Pyle, 425).
I carried it
half a mile pr sg....
(Pyle, 367).
...we had to
lie off and wait for an hour pr. so... (Pyle, 286).
They tried to keep ahead by fifty graves pr gg
(Pyle, 284).
Y!e nosed out
to sea, for a mile pp sg., then dropped anchor
fora couple of
hours...
(Pyle, 230).
...the Germans had pulled a tank out 01 ' the woods a mile pr so away...
(Pyle, 192).
He got his instructions from the regimental command post half a mile pr. pp.
to the rear
(Pyle, 100).
or so

thinks.

Or

one thinks it is true; or one supposes so, thus.

...that's olcay— pr. sg. I thought until I found out...
or two.

Or

more.

(Yank, 173).

(A term for giving an approxim-ate amount.)

In another day pr two. they had strung 50 miles of telephone wire...
40).
...within a week p £ two. two things happened...
(Cain, 244).

(Yank

or words to that effect.
Or if not in those words exactly,then in
words that mean the same thing.
He'd skin her alive when he got back, pr words to that effect

(Pyle, 335).

the other d a y .

Hot long ago; sometime in the near past.

Only
other da y , lioger Newell* • .well, Aoger had come to him in an awful
state...
(tiarquand, 400).
"I had a letter from him the other d a y . 11 Jeffrey said
(warquand, 276).
A hard-working business girl found a notice in her mailbox the other day
saying that a package was being held for her at the Railway Express
office
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 23).
It was suggested to us the other day that we...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sent.
6 , 1947, 20).
the other side.

The

side away from one; a side where one is not.

about 30 Uerman planes
came over, looking for a village on the other side
of the mountain-••
(Yank, 71).
.•-you could hear the dull boom of the bombs as they dropped on the other
side
(Yank, 71).
They live on the other
side of Huntington Avenue... (Cain, 164).
to be others where --- comes from.
to be a supply of.

£o

be more of,

to be

stillmoreof;

His only thought was...that there must be others where he came from, and
that he must not get back to the others...
(Liarquand, 236).
out above.
The awnings
out across.

Projecting away from and over.
were out above the downstairs windows... (iviarquand, 184).
Away from a place and over, across.

This Sunday afternoon the Dead End Kids had patrols out across the
the north and south of Walawbum
(Yank, 91).
V/hen we looked out across our valley...
(Pyle, 98).
He glanced out across the desert
(Yank, 139).
out against.

river to

Prepared against; on the offensive against.

Ho long as that warrant is out against him, he dare not come back...
202).
out ahead.

(Cain,

Ahead; on ahead; away from a place and forward.

...a perimeter defense of outposts out ahead of a circular main line of
resistance
(Yank, 5).
In Hicily even the infantry took off its hat to them— for not infrequently
the engineers were actually out allead of the troops
(Pyle, 78).
out along.

Away from a place and by, on.

They drove throu ;h the main street and out along the Post Road
257).

(harquand,

out a t *

Away from (here, this place) at.

Some cops were out a t the house messing around with fingerprints and stuff
(liardner, 55).
Were you out at the houseT
(Gardner, 55).
I think she's out at the house
(Gardner, 55).
.. .he shaded his eyes with his hand and looked out at the ocean
(Yank, 182)
...the demure, pathetic little figure pouring all thi3 elaborate fretwork
out at the stars
(Cain, 240).
Instantly mortar fire lobbed out at the exposed Americans, hitting 26
(Yank, 52).
...be had heard Ladge saying to someone across the table, when they were
out at dinner, that she had bought it...
(liarquand, 2 1 0 ).
He laughed excitedly, strolled over to the window, stood looking out at
the rain
(Cain, 27).
...pulled a chair to the window, and sat there in the dark looking out at
the familiar scene...
(Cain, 15).
...he had worked on the script a great deal with ter. Bless out at Palos
Verdes
(Marquand, 453).
out back.

In the rear;

at a place behind a house, building.

The yellow and purple iris blooming in
the bed
out b a c k ...
(iviarquand,157).
He strode around, throwing up
windows, going
out back and opening doors,
letting air circulate...
(Cain, 92).
...when highballs were being served on the lawn, out b a d e ...
(Cain, 236).
Out back was a lattice, and beyond that the walk that circled the house
(Cain, 93).
Y/e slept out b a c k , on balsam boughs— sleeping together for warmth, and
neither one of us speaking
(Gardner, 113).
...she built an annex, out back of the parking space...
(Cain, 174).
out behind.

In the rear; out back; behind a building.

...their palatial residence...with...the peacock out behind..-

(Cain, 141).

outboard motorboat.
A small boat, rowboat, powered by a detachable,
portable, motor, which is fastened on to the rear temporarily.
...fishing parties in an outboard motorboat. --travel up the river...
234).
A t Kukum, you'll see outboard motorboats...
(Yank, 234).
out iy.

(Yank,

Away from (this) place, here, by.

He stood out by the side of the runway...
(Yank, 229).
...the station wagon was out by the front door already with the picnic in
the back seat and with Sally waiting to get in
(iviarquand, 547).
out dancing.
dancing.

Away from one's home in a dance hall, cabaret, night club,

I saw your old girl friend out dancing the other night
to out distance.

(Yank, 100)*

To go further than; to go faster than.

...the Japs were...well fixed with mortars capa'ole of out r^st^nclpg any­
thing the Yanks had on hand
(Yank, 191).
out door.

A1 fresco; out of doors.

...tables for out-door drinkers...
the out door.

(Cain, 178).

The door for going out of a room.

Mildred started for the kitchen, barely missing a girl who appeared in
the out door
(Cain, 47).
out flat.

Flat; not folded, made up, arranged.

Containers in the drawer under the case, they're out flat and you'll hare
to fold them...
(Cain, 124).
to be out for.
going for.

To be proceeding for; tohave

thepurpose of;

to be

...she proceeded at demure leisure, merely a lady out for a Saturday
swim...
(Cain, 91).
out from.

Away from; from within.

The soldiers' dugouts were made by digging a square...or hole about
shoulder-deep then roofing it with boards...and dig :ing a trench out
from it...
(Pyle, 257).
...one of the big shells makes a white geyser a couple of hundred feet in
the air...and out from it a quarter of a mile go little corollary white
splashes as shrapnel gouges the surface
(Pyle, 278).
...plain fronds were floating out from the beach
(Yank, 250).
It's going out from the KBC studio right here in Hollywood...
(Cain, 210).
He went around poking his head out from hunched-up shoulders with a quizz­
ical half grin on his face
(Pyle, 332).
It's just as though I'd taken a whole piece of time out from back somewhere
...
(karquand, 470).
out fr ont.
1.

In front.

(This usually implies in front of a house, building.)

He was .. .watching his boy 3arl...mow the patch of lawn out front
(Mar­
quand, 19).
He heard Mildred call something to her, and she went out front. where other
children were waiting for her
(Cain, 7).
I mean their palatial residence on Orange Grove Avenue, with the iron dogs
out front...
(Cain, 141).

. - a groat many cars seemed to 'be parked out front*. . (Cain, 230)*
...one of the pillars, out front. had...been hit by a truck...
(Cain, 220).
2.

To the forward part of an army in battle; in the battle zone.

Out front the right guide steps alone,
Pivot of the column's tread...
(Yank, 152).
We never had to askno questions about who wasout front...
3.

(Yank, 122).

In the front office; in the office where most people enter.

A receptionist...wants to sit out front where everybody can watch her do it
(Cain, 36).
...Lir. Eldridge and Mr. Nichols would come in from the editorial rooms out
front and all of them would chat...
(Marquand, 202).
4.

Into the leading position; into a position of leadership, attention.

It was a little like those marathon runs, where some scrawny, hollowchested
boy, the last one who you would think could do it, would cough and wheeze
his way out front
(Marquand, 19).
out here.
Here,
as regards somewhere else; here in relation to another
place, other places.
...you know how hospitable people out here are
(Marquand, 462).
"Any God-damn' tree out here." tors. Newcombe said, "is a monkey puzzle tree
..."
(Marquand, 461).
...out here in the sun...
(Yank, 253).
They don't figure that weather out here can change within a half hour...
(Yank, 206).
We'll bring it out here, that is, if you like music, but I guess you'll have
to help me (Karquand, 186).
You know how it is, but it's fine out here (Marquand, 583).
"If I lived out here." Jeffrey answered, "I'd want to get back home"
(Marquand, 429)•
Harold, will you come out here. for a minute?
(marquand, 208).
...he came out here
(Cain, 132).
...I've been out here only three months...
(Yank, 30).
"I know why you're out here." he said.. (Pyle, 319).
"You ought to live out here." Hal said
(Marquand, 429).
What are you doing out here in the corridor?
(Gardner, 44).
out in.
place•

Away from (this place) here and in.

(In relation to another

...Shorty will be out in the cold, just another dog of the streets...
(Yank,
137).
She was lying at anchor out in the harbor— ...
(Pyle, 1).
Eight of the finest and most hardened soldiers in the American .army out in
picnic fashion, having fun shooting at rocks...
(Pyle, 188).

y*>.

He was attached to a big general hospital out in the country (Pyle, 303).
Out ia the darkness, one of the mule skinners kept up a long monologue...
(Pyle, 203).
Jeffrey was out in the street in the best month of the year (Marquand, 15).
...the only rest he got was at the dump out in the country... (Pyle, 275).
The terrier would get out in the fields to play (Pyle, 355).
It was out in the country at the edge of a small town...
(Pyle, 157).
The bulletin board of a church out in Queens last week bore the following
hospitable message...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
...I stayed in the bare, cold room of a hugh empty house out Jji the country
(.Pyle, 118).
...the general had an aversion to occupying buildings and usually kept a
command post in tents out in the open (Pyle, 308).
Linemen were out in the darkness feeling with their hands...
(Pyle, 199).
His response returned to us; out in the darkness the voice was youthful
(Pyle, 17).
They scrubbed in gasoline, using sandpaper for guns in bad condition after
lying out in the rain and mud
(Pyle, 421).
I heated up the dishes before I left, but carrying it out in the air ain't
helped it none
(Gardner, 145).
I found them at the edge of a small open field far out in the country tPyle
383).
Some of our soldiers stood boldly out in the middle of the road (Pyle, 428)
When you are out in the middle of a desert, no road makes sense...
(Yank,
31).
...a comirnnd post
five miles out in the field (Pyle, 233).
Bill Strand...was
out in the littered hallway in his underwear... (Pyle,
248) .
...standing out in a field, shooting wildly into the air...
(Pyle, 164).
...at one of those week-end parties out in Connecticut...
(Marquand, 30).
...the crews of ships that sat out in the Mediterranean unloading (Pyle,
278).
He was out in the
hallway by the elevator (ilarquand, 412).
He had heard the bell out in the hall and he was grateful for the inter­
ruption...
(Marquand, 330).
They had us out in a place...
(Yank, 122).
"They sing it out in Sill," Jim said (Marquand, 548).
A guy walked past out in the street, and Alden turned loose his slingshot,
and.•• (Gardner, 56).
...our mortars out in the yard would get busy (Yank, 239).
I went out in the yard...
(Yank, 240).
I really wish I were out in the foxholes with you, but...
(Yank, 84).
Out ia, the corridor, Della Street fell into step with Perry Mason (Gardner,
153).
Out jji the rear of Hill 260 on the fork of the Torokina Hivor, four Japs...
(Yank, 55).
Here I was, with a dead partner, out in the middle of the north country...
(Gardner, 114).
Go out in the other room and sit down (Gardner, 70).
Then Mildred and Li’s. Gessler were out in the corridor where Vtally presently
found them (Cain, 87).

V*+o-

You musta 1)6611 out in the Jungles a long time.*.
(Yank, 201).
Well, you two girls go out in the kitchen and get the salad (Marquand, 359).
Hardening marches through the snow out in the woods
(Yank, 190).
It was a flat carved case with a weh strap which looked as though it had
been out in the weather
(Marquand, 213).
to he out in force.

To he out in full strength.

All the Greek political organizations were out in force...
out in front (of).
In front; before something.
or under protection. Cf. 4£L front of.)

(Yank, 219).

(In relation to inside

...I don't want to stick you right out
in front...
(Pyle, 400).
.. .he was keeping himself in the background and pushing me out infront
(Gardner, 73).
Whenever he did, he was out in front getting shot at before you could say
scat (Pyle, 139).
...the outposted enemy, sensing that something was out in front of them,
opened fire (Yank, 123).
out in the open.
1.

Openly; publicly; open; public.

(Cf.

the open.)

...it was just as well to have it over
and out in the open and not hanging
fire (Marquand, 402).
...a drink they can have out in the open, without having to give the pass­
word to some yegg...
(Cain, 148).
2.

Not covered; unprotected; out of doors.

hows of chairs were placed for them out in the open
(Pyle, 191).
...we had to cross a little culvert right out in
the open...(Pyle,401).
More than half the trail was out 4a the open... (Pyle, 147).
A man is less nervous when he's out in the open...
(Pyle, 381).
...I moved my head under and left my stomach out in the open
(Pyle, 370).
out in the sticks.

In the country; in a rural place.

...I'm not one of those small town hicks, but I love a little girlie who
lives way out in the sticks
(Marquand, 155).
out into.

Away from (this place) into.

"Good night," Mason said, and strode out into the cold rain (Gardner, 121).
...she went to the kitchen door, reached out into the wet, and pulled open
the car door
(Cain, 162).
...shook hands all around and stepped out into the darkness (Yank, 61).
...escorted Mason through the anteroom, and out into the corridor (Gardner,
183).

Mason led the way out into the corridor (Gardner, 172).
...they drove past the liquor package shop and the stationery shop...
past the church and out into the country (Marquand, 528).
...he was "blown clear gut into the grapevines (Pyle, 219).
QHtlffiPk SR life-

Attitude toward life; philosophy.

The average artilleryman's outlook on life can be summed up...
out loud -

Aloud;

(Pyle, 102).

audibly.

One soldier came and looked down, and he said out1 mid --. (Pyle, 155).
...the men...wondered out lpyi whether Eniwetok was another Kiska...
(Yank, 250).
hegan was... groaning out loud (Yank, 226).
At exactly 10 o'clock in the afternoon someone wondered out 1o«d why the
Jerries hadn't shelled the town, and 15 minutes later they did (Yank, 50)
... Don't repeat this out loud. Paul
(Gardner, 157).
And I said
out l o u d ."Good Godl" (Pyle,
453).
Well, I've just been thinking out loud...
(l/arquand, 44).
Just out loud without fanfare (Marquand, 44).
out of.
1.

In a condition of having no more of.

I'm out of ice and seltzer...
(Cain, 223).
...remember you're the girl from across the hall, and you're out of matches
(Gardner, 160).
He was out of smokes*.• (Yank, 158).
Out of what?
(Marquand, 367).
Somehow Petchal's plane got separated from the rest of the fli^it and wound
up far out over the Sahara Desert and out of gas (Pyle, 217).
2.

Not in; no longer a part of.

(This implies no more membership in.)

Cpl. Jimmy kartin is out of the guardhouse now...
(Yank, 165).
Private Schneider was just out of high school...
(Pyle, 276).
...a young, good-looking boy who looks as though he were just out ofcollege
(Yank, 70).
3.

From the inside to the outside of; through from the inside of.

He drew a pair of dice out of his pocket and threw them across the desk
(Gardner, 16).
I stuck the rifle down my pants leg and snrug ’iled it out of the cabin when
I went out to get wood (Gardner, 113).
...if there was any delay about cashing the check, he would take his account
out of the bank (Gardner, 49).
He strode out of the room, took the elevator to the lobby (u-ardner, 119).
ka3on hung up and sprinted out of the restaurant
(Gardner, 105).

-9^0-

Barkler took the pipe out of hie mouth*.• (Gardner, 9)*
Kettering flung himself out of the door
(Gardner, 210)*
He got to his feet, crossed over the cuspidor, tapped ashes out of his
pipe...
(Gardner, 58).
You have to sit straight as a ramrod to keep your feet from slipping out
2X the office during the middle of a conference
(Gardner, 60).
Two male nurses come out of the sanitarium and start dragging him out of
the car (Gardner, 32).
But you did have him strong-armed out of an automobile inorder to place
him in an institution...
(Gardner, 154).
She went to the bedroom, got it out of the closet, went to the kitchen, and
opened it (Cain, 54).
Presently they stopped, and he started out of the kitchen again, but she
stopped him (Cain, 5).
...in what was intended to be a lofty, resigned way, and started out of
the kitchen (Cain, 4).
Then you might as well pack right now, and leave for good, because if you
go out of that door I'm not going to let you come back (Cain, 5).
She lifted the cleaver out of a drawer, held it up, put it back, while he
watched contemptuously (Cain, 5).
...the hostess trying to restore order, and themanager flying out of the
kitchen (Cain, 44).
Sorry to bother you, Mildred, but ny cor key must have fallen out of my
pocket
(Cain, 60).
...let out the first ripple of laughter that had come out of her in months
(Cain, 59).
The quart of milk she took out of the icebox with care, so as not to joggle
it...
(Cain, 25).
He stalked out of the kitchen (Cain, 5).
She got a bridge table out of the closet and set it up in front of the fire­
place
(Cain, 28).
He was looking out of the window again at the buildings, watching the bright­
en in g suniight (Marquand, 5 87).
a s Jeffrey sat staring out of the black window the sky was a~low with light
(Marquand, 579).
He stopped and looked away from Madge and out of the window (Marquand, 521).
Almost the instant they were out of the elevator, a hatchet-faced woman
took Jeffrey's coat and hat...
(i~arquand, 341).
Jeffrey did not want to hear any more of it; he wanted to be out of that
room and out of that house and by himself (Marquand, 138).
Jeffrey pushed himself out of his chair (Marquand, 52).
They were pushing out of the room...
(Marquand, 42).
He was near enough to see their faces as they stepped out of the car and to
see the brief case one of them was holding (Marquand, 559).
Other people's husbands were out of the house and on their way downtown by
eight-thirty...
(Marquand, 4).
"In this damned study," Jeffrey said, "and looking out of this damned window"
(Marquand, 569).
It used to come to him when he landed and climbed out of the pland
(Mar­
quand, 218).

A flame about a foot long shot out of the exhausts and it worried me...
(Pyle, 323).
...the breeze tore an envelope out of a wounded man's hand...
(Pyle, 287).
...bombardiers drop bombs out of planes...
(Pyle, 210).
The toilets didn't work, so we had to flush them with a hat full of water
dipped out of an always filled bath tub (Pyle, 158).
But still it served its purpose by getting the men out of the foxholes..•
(Pyle, 245).
...the fleeing German released out of the hail of his plane a parachute...

(Pyle, 168).
They were almost blown out of the water once...
(Pyle, 226).
...they took the handle out of the front door (Pyle, 378).
...he had invented a gadget that cleaned rust out of a rifle barrel.••

(Pyle, 422).
The boys rustled up anything they could find out of old buildings
(Pyle,
257).
He couldn't see out of his little prison (Pyle, 453).
Three Japs darted out of one hole and ran...
(Yank, 251).
Coming out
a crater behind a tank I ©aw the captain step out of his coil
(Yank, 58).
The pilot lifted himself out of the cockpit.•• (Yank, 229).
ken streamed out of the hangers..•
(Yank, 230).
They watched the crew come out of the plane...
(Yank, 230).
...before he passed out was pulling the butt of his own rifle out of the
Jap's forehead (Yank, 54).
I walked out of that convent and back up the hills to camp (Yank, 27).
Then an Italian came out of a farmhouse...
(Yank, 11).
The Jerry took his pistol out of its holster...
(Yank, 27).
It was a nice w a r m d a y w i t h a b r i s k A f r i c a n w i n d t h a t ... t h r e a t e n e d to l i f t
m e ou t of m y j e e p . . .
(Yank, 31).
...I had pulled a wounded QI out of a truck... (Yank, 168).
Foreign Secretary Bevin having proclaimed his scheme to get the gold out of
Fort Knox by Christmas..• (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 29).
...ultrasonic vibrations will be used in the future to shake the dirt out
OJt clothe* (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 17).
"Little by little," he said again, and blew a thick cloud of smoke out of
his bearded mouth (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
He took a pack of cigarettes out of his habit and, after offering us one,
limited a cigarette for himself (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
As we came out of the Belancey Street subway station...
(New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
4. From the inside of to the outside of (a place, area, geographical
boundary.
...we drove on out of town for a quarter of a mile or so (Pyle, 452).
But in a big push such as the one that broke us out of the beachhead...
(Pyle, 443).
It was the last regiment out of France in the last war (Pyle, 433).
...when I met him he had been out of America for eighteen months (Pyle, 449)
...I can pull anuthing out of anywhere with it (Pyle, 426).

950-

It was the day we began a mighty surge out of our confined Normandy spaces
... (Pyle, 432).
And it gets him out of this lousy place
(Cain, 177).
I walked about 40 yards out of the perimeter...
(Yank, 9).
Surely history will give a name to the battle that sent us boiling out of
Normandy (Pyle, 430).
Then an officer came out of the orchard
(Pyle, 428).
Out of the orchard around us roared and thundered our own artillery (Pyle,
427).
...his white tracers came slanting down out of the sky (Pyle, 427).
Little strings of oily gray smoke soon began to sprout upward out of the
vineyard (Pyle, 208).
It took us half an hour to feel our way out of the big orchard...
(Pyle,
202
He figured out that the Germans had pulled a tank out of the woods... (Pyle,
192).
Within an hour...they would come screaming out of the sky right on top of
that gun and blow it up
(Pyle, 159).
The ships sailed from North Africa, ovft of every port; right down to the
smallest ones
(Pyle, 15).
Drive who out of France?
(iarquand, 243).
...his lungs finally took him out of the field into the hospital (Yank, 243)
...Lt. Comdr. .. .Bulkeley.. .broughtGen. wacArthur out of the Philippines
(Yank, 253).
A Jeep shot out of the headquarters enclosure...
(Yank, 230).
...the truck had bounced out of the yard...
(Yank, 137).
Wave after wave of Japs poured out of the jungle and into the clearing...
(Yank, 92).
...you'd have been out of here a little sooner than you expected (Cain, 207)
But when she got out of the block her pace quickened (Cain, 91).
They...carried them swiftly out of town...
(Yank, 26).
Has he ever carried our dead out of the jungle for burial? (Yank,
211).
...put on their packs and moved silently Indian-file out of their perimeter
with their pack mules
(Yank, 94).
...the last dead-panned German soldier marched out of the city...
(Yank,
218).
Jerry planes tried to bomb them out of the hills
(Yank, 27).
The train was pulling out of the station (Marquand, 200).

).

5. Of; from.
(In a sense that something is made of, constructed of, fab­
ricated from something else.
...they took the good parts and started putting
guns out of them again (Pyle, 42l).
The boys and their mechanics had built a small
boxes...
(Pyle, 327).
The group was based on a magnificent gield that
British engineers out of a gigantic vineyard
Colonel Clizbe had a large dog house for Tarfu,
boxes...
(Pyle, 221).

them together and making
shower room out ofpacking
had been bulldozed by
(Pyle, 206).
built out of frag-bomb

They...made a shelter out gf their life raft under the wings...
(Pyle, 217).
For the last two years, Gwen had made a scene out of every trivial
incident...
(karquand, 562).
Our only chance is to mix this thing all up, so the .3.A. doesn't know
just what to go after, and then grab the facts we want out of the
scramble (Gardner, 88).
...all the Green Mountain Boys should get tech sergeancies out of this
(Yank, 237).
..•the formation...of a complete army...out of absolutely nothing...
(Yank, 248).
For bridge nails, the Engineers sharpened the ends of bolts out of
artillery-shell cases (Yank, 40).
Well, if we can't use them as interpreters, let's make guides out of
them (Pyle, 147).
The first tourniquet which he made out of a piece of gau^e and a stick. .
(larquand, 234).
There was even a story that they had rendered plants in which they manu­
factured soap out of their own dead
(hiarquand, 202).
...GIs make rings...necklaces out of Jan p r o p e l l e r s • (Yank, 234).
...a decision built out of theory and experience (Yank, 248).
They made a sort of pancake out of flour...
(Pyle, 229).
...he was.•.whittling silhouettes out of a piece of board
(Pyle, 266).
I know how a gunner can make a chanel out of the Gperry lover ball.. (Yank, 187).
6. Prom being in to being a ray from (as "danger", "control", "range",
"character", and the like.)
Out of the flash would come a tiny red -.ot (P;/le, 25).
..•he got me up out of my beauty 3leep (Gardner, 95).
It was that sad human desire to keep individuality out of universal
experience
(Lar .uqand, 451).
But by now her dislike of Ida was intense, and she made no effort to
keep the acid out of her voice...
(Cain, 49).
Those binoculars seemed to take twenty-five per cent of the darkness
out of the night (Pyle, 230).
She couldn't keep the acid out of her voice as she spoke (Cain, 82).
Occasionally sickness or wounds would keep one out of the air...
(Pyle, 173).
The six .Taps...were the crew, caught out of position (Yank, 8).
Baxter had spotted the German diving after a lone B-17, forced out of
formation with a feathered engine...
(Yank, 16).
...they were nev^r entirely out of danger (Yank, 33).
Better get it out of your mind...
(Gardner, 84).
Out of combat for a brief rest, he spent a few days in an "Exhaustion
camp"...
(Pyle, 448).
They should have known that no one man could keep a country out of war..
(iarquand, 134).
IVhen soldiers came down the mountain out of battle they were dirty,
grimy, Tinshaven and weary
(Pyle, 150).

He would lire for a while in one of those compartments...and then...
some inner force of growth or decay would move him out of there
(Alarquand, 30 ) .
"You don't like that?" inquired a soldier out of the dusk (Pyle, 428).
...they'll begin to feel normal after two days out of the line
(Pyle,
270).
•••a whole regiment was out of the line for a long rest
(Pyle, 271).
That day £id couldn't get his plane out of a dive (Pyle, 154).
...he finally got the plane out of the dive...
(Pyle, 165).
...he turned out of formation as he neared the field...
(Pyle, 172).
Once straightened out of the dive, they went right on down to "the
deck", which means flying close to the ground (Pyle, 160).
Another favorite expression of soldiers out of combat ran like this...
(Pyle, 150).
The other seemed so relieved to be out of the war that they just opened
their traps and let it run (Pyle, 123).
Out of this background as a proven fighting man, Von Ripper was painting
the w; r (Pyle, 140).
He had crashed — though he must have come out of hisdive in time so
that it was entirely a crash...
(iwarquand, 229).
...there might be a few men left in the country who were notglad that
Woodrow Wilson had kept us out of war (harquand, 203).
He steers the five soldiers out of the stream of Hollywood Boulevard
traffic
(Yank, 159).
We might as well have been out of combat (Yank, 2l).
The moon had come up by this time, bringing the slopesof Iwontecassino
out of the darkness
(Yank, 57).
We had to come floatin' down to get him out of it
(Yank, 223).
Coming out of the dark, I found even this light seemed bri^it
(Yank, 59).
It looks as though we're out of the mess, this time
Oarquand, 53).
We think he can do more to keep us out of war
(karquand, 134).
"Keep us out of it?" Beckie began, and then she stopped...
(karquand, 134).
Minot's black town car rolled out of the dusk and stopped at the curb
by the apartment awninp (i.arquand, 72).
...he rather liked the spectacle bee; use it pushed the warout
of his
mind (liarquand, 240).
He wished that he could get the idea out of his mind that he was saying
go od—by to something he would never see again. •.
(i.arquand, 408).
...for the past three years I haven't been fortunate enough to get into
it (or out of it for that matter)
U-arquand, 218).
7. Because of; due to; for.
we all peered closely at sentries in every open hedge gate, just out of
nervous alertness
(Pyle, 427).
Somebody shot his .45 one night, just out of exuberance
(Pyle, 327).
Out q £ the kindness of his heart, and not in any sense out of a desire
for personal profit...
(harquand, 190).
...he ’m e w that he would keep on doing it, c iefly out of a fearthat
he
would miss something...
(2-arquand., 239).
They didn't want to leave...anybody who knew too muchabout their work
in ureece, possibly out of fear...
(Yank, 220).

Out of their fear of the Germans these people concealed strange things
in strange places
(Pyle, 119).
All we can do is fumble and try once more — try out of the memory of
our anguish
(Pyle, 466).
Jeffrey had clipped the coupon, largely out of shame because a year
before that...
(..arquand, 191).

.

8 Of; belonging to
of the whole)•

(in the sense of making, representing, a part

...they have been taking pay out of my $50 every month (Yank, 174).
If he did not want to pay for it, why, she would pay for it out of
her own money...
(harquand, 21l).
But i>±r. Fernald was there in Woburn in the house that he had bought out of
his sixty-five a week
(ilarquand, 19).
...with beer out of the company fund and cigars...
(Yank, 184).
...we charge you twenty-five cents rent on the uniform; that comes out of
your check...
(Cain, 46).
...one of the pillars..-had evidently been hit by a truck, for there was
a big chip out of it....(Cain, 220) .
Her split out of twenty
thousand bucks(Gardner, lb).
Tag served for three months in the British Commandos when volunteers
were asked for out of his company...
(Pyle, 185).
I figured that the Lieutenant's own "personal hero", out of a whole
company of men...must be a real soldier indeed (Pyle, 184).
Out of any front-line rifle company of around two hundred men in the
thirty-fourth, there were usually fewer than a dozen men who had first
shipped overseas with the division (Pyle, 181).
I don't know of one soldier out of ten thousand who wants to fidat
(Pyle, 182).
F o r e x a m p l e , not a s i n g l e o f f i c e r out o f that regiment had been lost
in more than a year o f combat (Pyle, 102).
...not more than two out of ten planes ever madetheir b o m b runs...
(Pyle, 382).
...Hutch is the only line soldier left out of the old bunch.*.
(Yank, 242).
He's been hitting it for about 15 minutes out of every hours..
(Yank, 197).
...her parents, who will be here to review themen and pick the .guilty
one out of the line-up (Yank, 182).
Instead of bearded figures, caked with mud, there is a colonel out of
"Hsquire" going by...
(Yank, 39).
...little guys what eight out of 10 wear glasses and got buck teeth...
(Yank, 161).
The clippings consisted of colored ads cut out of magazines...
(Pyle, 12b).
...how the law of averages made it unlikely that our si ip out of all the
hundreds involved would be hit
(Pyle, 5).
9. (Introduces a j-repositional phrase which serves as an intensive.)
he scared the sugar out of them first...

(Yank, 26).

10. At.

d

-y > * -

. ..a long incoherent telegram.• .dated, out of Phoenix...

(Cain, 132).

11. Not in.
He thought of the young officers he had seen downstairs and he knew that
he was out of it (karquand, 575).
...not quite of things, yet not quite out of them...
(Cain, 152).
It looks as though we're out of the mess, this time
(Marquand, 53).
They had come out of the sun, seemingly out of nowhere, the way they
often did (Harquand, 230).
Let's sit hy the swimming pool...by the wall, out of the wind (harquand,
447).
It's out of the wind...
(Marquand, 447).
If you had offered him his choice between voting in November and finding
a dirty cowshed to lie down in out of the rain, the cowshed would have
won (Pyle, 137).
It was better to be out of that atmosphere and to maintain his perspective..
(i.arquand, 293).
12.

As a base of operations, center of activity.

He's a detective working under Homicide out of headquarters (Gardner, 185).
...they were then back overseas on their second tour of comb; t duty,
fighting out of Hnglad...(Pyle, 204).
13. (indicates complete separation from.)
He would occasionally throw hisalmost bald head
hair out of his eyes.
(Pyle, 315).
They'd laugh you out of courts martial 1 (Yank,
...he was raising his head to wipe the sand out
...lie raised his head, wiped the sand outof his

back

asthough tossing

138).
of his eyes....
(Yank, 182)
eyes...(Yank, 182).

14. By; by means of.
What do horses eat out of? (Iviarquand, 156).
The gunners had to stand in chow line...and eat out ofmess kits
(Pyle,
214).
Up in the mountains I saw hundreds of soldiers, stark naked, bathing in
Sicilian horse troughs or out of their steel helmets
(Pyel, 65).
...while I was there he shaved and then took a sponpe bath out of a
wash pan (Pyle, 215).
...fellows can make a living out of drilling square holes...
(Yank, 172).
15. Prom.

(In the sense of receiving from.)

Twenty thousand dollars cash advance I shook out of him
(hiarquand, 461).
One night, driving with Wally, she said abruptly:
"Wally, I want fifty
dollars out of you11 (Cain, 69).
a lot of front-line soldiers who hadn't even been in a pup tent for
months used to fet a laugh out of that one (Pyle, 132).

...just inside the gate, in front of that little one-position switchboard
that she gets a right number out of now and then, mostly then (Cain, 36)
Veda got victory out of these struggles, she a trembling, ignoble
defeat
(Cain, 73).
...said he'd used the Conway connection to get a stake out of Alden
Leeds... (Gardner, 73).
...an operative, posing as a friend and doing a lot of talking, got the
information out of the hairdresser...
(Gardner, 154).
A f t e r a l l , h e p a i d t h e b i l l s a n d he might a s well get something out of
Albert...
U l a r q u a n d , 62).
I get more out of tools than anybody, but I give 'em wear and they
don't stand up like they used to
(harquand, 572).
...to get the most out of everything when she traveled, particularly out
of churches and picture galeries
(La.rquand, 227).
...this shack, that you blackmailed out of myfather...
(Cain,207).
Pull the crap out of it
U-arquand, 425).
...I'm not going to be foreclosed out of my home for a measly fifty
bucks
(Cain, 69).
Ke usually wore an Air Forces fleece-lined leather jacket that he once
haggled out of some flier friend (P*le, 261).
...the only invitation Charlie and noberta ever got out of you
(Cain, 167)
...gay Caballeros that gypped the Indians out of their land, the king
out of his taxes, and then sold out to the Americans... (Cain, 91).
...to bluff information out of
bally... (Gain, 209).
16. From.

(In the sense of disrobing, taking off clothes.)

...helping her out of her clothes...
(Gain, 173).
Get out of those clothes
(Gardner, 79).
17. From.

(in the sense of "away from",

"from" a container.)

...the sort of happiness that went with...drinking out of glasses with
"Whoops" written on them...
(iarquand, I d ) .
He gave me a drink out of a bottle
(iviarquand, 588).
When Bert came back he resumed
his seat, took a
meditative
sipout of
his glass...
(Cain, 59).
out of action.
1. dot in battle; away from battle.
...after his officer was out of action. ..
(Yank, 125).
.but the Old nangers are out of action
(Yank, 126).
The men are out of action... (Pyle, 363).
2. dot in operation usually because of a breakdown; not running due
to a fault.
.•.how they were ever going to hit it with the after turret almost
certainly out of action
(Yank, 47).

out 2£ ~be<i.
Away
from the bed.
(Thisoften implies a waking of an
individual as well as getting him up.)
The average man wasn't out of bed yet (Pyle, 324).
He routed people out of bed...
(Pyle, 335).
It was funny to see them come out of bed (Pyle, 332).
8he jumped out of bed and began marching around the dark room, bitterlyreviewing the history of Pierce Homes, Inc...
(Cain, 30).
8he...hustled him put of bed... (Cain, 225).
out
the blue.
Without warning; without previous notification.
(Cf. out of a clear sky.)
...can't you see what it means —
that girl here out of the blue?
out of bounds.

sending a telegram — just bringing
(toarquand, 521).

Forbidden to enter.

In Cairo., .any restaurant with a tablecloth is out of bounds to other
ranks
(Yank, 116).
...practically every cafe fit to patronize in Cairo, hgypt, is out of
bounds to American enlisted me:. (Yank, 212).
out of breath.

breathless; breathing rapidly; panting.

ohe was out of breath, and she had stopped laughing, but her lips were
parted in a smile
(harquand, 262).
out of a clear sky.
Y/ithout warning; without previous notification.
(Cf. out of the blue.)
There was a lull in the talk among the players, and then out of a clear
sky one of the boys, almost as though talking ir, his sleep, said...
(Pyle,. 106).
...he designed Hale's first round bed in 1936, out of a clear sky and with
nothing to go on but the inspiration...
(hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28,
194?, 19).
aut of commission.

Hot operating; not in working condition; broken.

"Tojo's Ice House"..-is also out of commission..•
(Yank, 233).
Tven then some ship or boat would be knocked out of commission (Pyle, 361).
...the interphones were temporarily out of commission (Yank, 186).
?ut of the corner o f
eye.
By looking sideways without turning
one's head; without looking directly at somethin".
3ut of the corner of her e.ve. she could see her, camped in front of the
dressing table...
(Cain, 72).
L'he men looked at each other uneasily out of the corners of their eyes
(Yank, 204).

He just caught them out of the corner of his e.ve. and he almost jumped
out of his seat
(Pyle, 323).
out of the corner o f

mouth.

Cotto voice.; very quietly.

gvery time I passed Hal Boyle...he said out of the corner of his mouth..»
(Pyle, 313).
out of date.

Old fashioned; no longer in fashion.

...it had never occurred to Jeffrey until that afternoon that all that
part of Fifth Avenue could ever he out of date
(Larquand, 383).
"Just an old-fashioned custom," kason said "— one that's almost out of
date — that of shooting square with a client"(Cardner, 185).
If it was outof date. at least it stood for the more recent days of 1929
when...
(i-arquand, 397).
out of doors.

Outside;the open air.

Then the door
from the oldpriest's hole which now connected old Colonel
Oastlewood's study ’-'ith the out-of-doors would open...
Uarauand, 151).
out of hah it.

From hahit; because of, due to, hahit.

Ever thing that -adge had said was true, hut still he liked Jesse
lineman, perhaps out of hahit
(Larquand, 276).
Once in a while they'd _:ive him the Fascist salute, out of old hahit. ..
(Pyle, 309).
out of --- hands.

hot any longer one's responsibility, duty, obligation.

...content in the thou. :ht that you have done everything you could and
it is now out of your hands
(Yank, 42).
out of a .job.

Unemployed; without work; not working.

I've planted an operative who's become friendly with him, posing as a
waiter out of a .job (uarnner, 126).
out &£. keening (with).
usual thing (for).

Improper (for); not correct (for); not the

...any kind of attack. . .was so utt-erly out of keening: with the benignity
of the sea...
(Pyle, 16).
out &£ key (with).

Hot in keeping (with); not usual, ordinary,

(with).

There was a grim note in the scene that was obviously out of key mith
his humor
(Cain, 3).
out &f the kindness
good ness.

q£

heart.

Because of, due to, one's kindness,

Out &£, the k i n d n e s s of his heart. and not in any sense out of a desire
for personal profit...
(iiarquand, 190).

to be out of -- life.

To no longer bea part of one’s life; to no

longer be connected with one.
If Bill left me, and he's out qf my life, why do you have to do till this
thinking...
(Gain, 29).
out a£. line.

hot in line; not lined up strai *ht; crooked.

The remaining skeletons of the Jap revetments are sadly out of 1ine.. .
(Yank, 235).

J2S. out &£ —
line.
To be something about which one knows little;
to be something one is not accustomed to.

iflL

It was a little out of his line but he put it across
(Yank, 139).
The obvious truth that it was entirely out of his line made it even
kinder
(barquand, 370).

out of luck.

Luckless; unlucky.

You're going to be out of luck (Cain, 149).
do I guess you're out of luck-(Cain, 37).
out of nowhere.
where.

deemingly

without point of origin; from no one knows

...Bthel was his sister, but she was, and not badge's sister — coming
out of nowhere, like a thought in the night
(..-arquand, 256).
They had some out of the sun, seemingly out of nowhere. the way they
often did (harquand, 230).
...and now this storm had to come up out of nowhere
(Pyle, 19).
...a question like that would come out of nowhere
(harquand, 13).
Then a rolling little subchaser out of nowhere took a dim shape along­
side us...
(Pyle, 17).
out of order.
Not in the proper, usual, accepted arrangement,
classification.
...I will now’ call one more witness slightly out of order —
Gerle
(Gardner, 190).
out of the ordinary.

hr. Guy L.

Unusual; not customary.

He knew that this idea wa3 a little out of the or dinar:,’ line and perhaps
was not good for business, or was it?
(marquand, 336).
Gilt &£ patience.
As

Impatient; restless and dissatisfied.

we went by, he w a s , as usual, out of patience

(Yank, 110).

out of the -picture.

Hidden; secret; not talked about, discussed.

When we have that habeas corpus hearing, keep Emily i-ilicant out of the
picture
(Gardner, 24).
nut of

place.

Not belonging; improper.

One of them, a sergeant, was a short, slight man of scholarly appearance
who seemed out of place in a uniform
(Pyle, 142).
he*..almost seemed out of place in such a rugged outfit as the para­
troopers
(Pyle, 151).
out of the question.

Impossible; not likely.

Until that's over, work, for me, is out of the question
(Cain, 147).
Taking care of the children was out of the Question, so she engaged a
girl named Letty, who cooked the children's lunch and dinner...
(Cain, 68).
out of range.

Beyond the limits of a gun's fire; too far away to shoot

..•a plane was either shot down or went out of range...
(Pyle, 289).
...targets that were out of range for the riflemen...
(Yank, 124).
out of roach.
of one's arms.

beyond one's ability to touch, grasp; Beyond the length

dhe retreated out of his reach, he followed with slow, lazy strokes...
(Cain, 94).
V.hat made me so damn mad was that I was just out of reach of my rifle
and couldn't crawl over to it, or I'da got five more of them (Pyle, 54)
...the wounded wire chief had been pulled out of reach cf the Japs...
(Yank, 145).
out of respect for.

Because of, from, due to, respect for.

They also said he was a real soldier, and out of resr^ect for the ser­
geant's honor, did not question him
(Yank, 49).
out of the side of --- mouth.
corner of one's mouth.

Gotto voce; quietly; aside; out of the

imd, I might add out of the side
my mouth, if a person had got real
nosey he might have discovered that a couple of those canteens, instead
of holding out beautiful ure water...
(Pyle, 61-2).
out of sight.

Beyond visibility; too far away to be seen.

Zorn tracked the German with his 50s until the olane was out of sight
(Yank, 16).
And watched him out of sight
(Yank, 156).

-you-

Heason: there's an 8 o'clock curfew that sendB the Bidewalks scurrying
put of «lgfat...
(Tank, 6 6 ).
As soon as the real guard was out of sight... (Yank, 202)*
He was...still watching the spot where I had dived out of sight (Yank, 181)
We»..saw him lug the load over the rim and out of sight
(Yank, 198).
...the target was completely out of sight and that even if it were visibel
a Tiger tank at that distance would have looked about as big as a Mary­
land chigger...
(Yank, 134).
... now and then we could hear the ratta— ta-tat-tat of machine-gunning up
out &£ siaht in the blue...
(Pyle, 251).
...the HP's hid araored cars out of sight so that the generals couldn't see
them...
(Pyle* 380).
...moving methodically up the slope, and over the crest and out of sight
(Marquand, 235).
Now safely out of sight, she ground the soap into her hair, swimming with
her free hand
(Cain, 93).
As for the cook, as soon as she gets the dishes out of sight, she's going
to put on a warm dress
(Cain, 28).
Correspondents were dribbled out of sight a few at a time in order not
to
give a tip-off to the enemy by a sudden mass exodus (Pyle, l).
...Tarfu would wait about fifteen seconds, then slip out of his doghouse,
get into Colonel Clisbe's sleeping bag, and burrow clear down out of
sight
(Pyle, 221).
Almost out of sight, great graceful cruisers and wicked destroyers raced
on out perimeter to protect us
(Pyle, 12).
out of thin air.

Out of nowhere; seemingly without a point of origin.

As the Sicilian campaign drew to an end and we went into our rest bivouac,
rumors by the score popped up out of thin air and swept like a forest fire
through the troops
(Pyle, 90).
Without any help, and out of thin air, you were obliged to create an im­
aginary world.>. (Marquand, 491).
out of this world.

Unearthly; supernatural; unbelievable.

It was a poor day when he didn't survive at least one escapade that was
sli^itly out of this world (ly-le, 218).
Lucky is out of this world and should be confined in a small room heavily
padded.••
(Yank, 211).
Everyone thought the American talk a little out of the wnrlrd. because it
seriously discussed...
(Yank, 71).
Ojlt

o£. touch

with.

Not in contact, communication, with.

So, you see, there's one advantage in being overseas and out of touch with
things (Pyle, 1 2 0 ).
out &£ turn.

Improperly; not in good taste, fashion, breeding.

He was a shy boy* and he knew that he had spoken out of turn...
18).

(Marquand,

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filll &£ J&ft. SUL*
1.

Hot preventing; not

obstructing*

The molten metal from the shell ran a c r o s s the floorlike lava and
he
stepped out of the way (Yank, 45)*
▲ plana*, -pulled itself out of the way
(Yank, 230)*
The other PT fired...and scurried out o f the way (Yank, 255).
...giving Veda time to get her hands o u t o f the wav (Cain, 185).
...he knocked him out of the wav...
(Pyle, 246).
I think you waited to get me out ofthe w a v , but there1c no usegoing on
about it (Marquand, 439).
It was as safe as any place else, it k e p t me out of the way, and it gave me
a fine view of everything (Pyle, 24) .
2.

Finished; completed.

Once this election's out of the w a v , t h e y ' l l enlarge the Arny (Marquand,
251).
It was a ritual, but after the preliminaries were out of the wav it was
enjoyed by each child differently
(Cain, 56).
That time she took care to have her p i e s out of the way early, and to make
a cold lunch (Cain, 84).
out

q A*

Hot inside; not within, and on.

It seems he caught a tiny observation p l a n e , similar toour Cubs, while he
was out on a low-level mission (Pyle, 171).
He's out on call half the time, and who knows where he goes...
(Cain, 244).
Out on our ship it seemed to me that a l l hell was breaking loose ashore,...
(Pyle, 25).
..•we found him dead out on the grass o n e morning (Pyle, 412).
Are those boys yours out on the lawn, Louella?
(Marquand, 172).
"Do you remember how you put that girl o n roller skates and pushed her out
on the floor and ran away and left h e r ? "
Hr. Sales asked (Marquand, 116).
...out on deck several half-tracks b r o k e their mooring...(Pyle,
231).
They were out on early tests hops
(Pyle, 208).
Several men who had walked out on the c a t w a l k reported that flames...
(Yank,
45)
A li^it-bomber outfit was making a run w i t h a brand new replacement pilot,
out on his first mission (Pyle, 206)*
...they took turns with me out on the b a c k porch — dancing (Yank, 83).
Out on the street, she said, "Chief, w h a t does it mean?" (Gardner, 174).
They were out on the terrace with the f i n e Perpendicular Gothic facade of
the old country house behind them...
(Marquand, 150).
He slept in a tent ri°jht out on the l i n e In order to be near his Job (Pyle,
212

).

out onto.

Hot within, Inside, and o n t o .

We conjectured about clambering out o n t o
356).

the trailing pontoon...

(Pyle,

962-

out oyer«

Over; away and over; on.

.. .would be reconciled as man and wife again, as they looked out over Cen­
tral Park
(Marquand. 84).
Aa I plowed out over the wet sand. I walked around a couple of pieces of
of driftwood.. . (Pyle, 368).
Somehow Petchal's plane got separated from the rest of the flight, and
wound up far out over the Sahara Desert... (Pyle, 217).
out rnn|raH -

Superceded by a superior officer.

"Yessir, General. sirN , the out-ranVa^ "but determined Humphrey replied
(Yank. 179).
outside a£.
1.

Not within, inside of.

...the trees looked barer than they ever did outside of New York...
quand, 170).
2.

(Mar­

Except; but.

Outside
that I don't remember what my emotions were
(Pyle, 247).
...but rnitalda of that the hotel was Just about the way it must havebeen
in peacetime (Pyle, 461).
no one knows, outside of my office staff and those who are working with me
(Gardner, 55).
the outside world.
ment.

That part of the world outside of one's own environ­

...he knew less them a Brooklynite about the outside world
the outskirts of.
in.

(Yank, 36).

The outer boundaries of; the part adjacent to, but not

1 found a sign on the outskirts of Gafsa...
(Yank, 31).
Serrano and 19 other Partisans made their way down the mountain paths
the outskirts of the town...
(Yank, 25).

to

S33SL t h e r e .
1.

At a place away

from here! at another place*

We don't know to this day
exactly what happened outthere,
butwe doknow
that the Navy never did fire
(Pyle, 6 8 ).
If I can go out there and
get one crack at them...1can't stayhere...
(Marquand, 569).
This is Just like being out there and givin' 'em hell (Yank, 224).

Of course the house had a bar, like every proper house out there
It seemed unlikely that a naval "battle could "be going on out there. •.
(Pyle, 230).
But at other times he may "be pinned down "by enemy fire so that the aid
man can't get to him, and he will have to lie out there for hours
"before help comes
(Pyle, 51).
All day he was oui. there on the water... (Pyle, 276).
You know how important that is out there (Yank, 185).
And that sergeant, who dedicated himself to Colonel Doolittle that
miserable night out there in China, was still General Doolittle's
mechanic...
(Pyle, 319).
...just one of countless other cockney tommies who were doing their bit
out there
(Marquand, 349).
...you had to be out there in the desert to understand the democracy
of war, that great universal leveler...
(Marquand, 349).
Cnee oni. there we had to lie off and wait...
(Pyle, 286).
Standing out there on the water was the greatest armada man has ever
seen (Pyle, 369).
...out there in the morning (Cain, 132).
The gigantic collection of ships that lay out there... (Pyle* 369).
...the guys.• .were still out there fighting without benefit of kisses
or applause
(Pyle, 463).
...he felt so sorry for all the kids out there (Pyle, 395).
.•.who was out there and where they were (Yank, 123)•
Going out there again tonight
(Yank, 209).
...I turned on the radio and heard what it's really like out there
(Cain, 163).
...his time had not been severed suddenly in one grand sweep, as it would
have been had he died out there when he was young...
(Marquand, 533).
I generally recommend Mr. Murock, out there in Glendale, just a few
blocks from you (Cain, 104).
Figure you could handle the situation out there. Perry (Gardner, 165).
...a busy and lonesome burro who had come out there to get away from it
all (Yank, 31).
...we're sending quite a lot of troops out there (Marquand, 444).
As the bucket was in the garage and Mildred didn't feel like going out
Bay begem to pout
(Cain, 54).
...those boobs have got to feel that I'm their little baby...that they've
got to come out there and root for me (Gain, 238).
2. At a place outside, out of doors.
Because it's bad out there
(Cain, 162).
...what he had heard that night out there in the park (Cain,
232).
Let's get on the ball out there. Pvt. Durkee (Yank, 138).
What are you doing, drinking that beer out there? (Yank, 34).
...to the running board of Rally's car, andfor some time she has heard
them talking out there while she worked
(Cain,125).
In a moment she was out there. rattling the knob, but he kept still
(Cain, 7).
Looks pretty nice out there
(Cain, 3).

96**-

>ee that bathtub and that hopper
3.

out there, kid?

(Marquand,486).

At a place not in here; in another room.

’he boy's out there (Gardner, 146).
ion she ain't no good out there, none whatever, so let herwipe while
he washes, and that'll help (Gain, 123).
uildred suggested the hallway, and he looked out there (Cain, 57).
Then even a hockshop had to have this receptionist thing out there in
front to show it had class (Cain, 37).
Lt's a mess out there (Cain, 45).
4. In the west; on the west coast.
..that was what you called San Bernardino out there, in case you didn't
know it...
(Marquand, 476).
That time is it out there? (Marquand, 438).
)o you really think you'll have to go out there? (Marquand, 562).
>. .he had been a rancher out there, and he loved it (Pyle, 410).
Ie wished that he had been out there for a longer time and more adjusted
to his surroundings... (Marquand, 448).
>he had been out there with him once or twice, and she knew very well
that it had not worked (Marquand, 408).
hit there on the Pacific Coast, it would be the iiast Indies, or Australia.
(.Marquand, 583).
[ ought to get out there for Christinas (Marquand, 581).
hit there to see Jim (Marquand, 589).
...what about that play of your own you were writing out there in
California (Marquand, 289).
['m awfully glad you're not going out there
(Marquand, 588).
hit there they always said "Your bet"
(Marquand, 455).
>ut through.

Outward and through; penetrating.

ie ambled out thrmi*>h
the outer door movingas casually asthough he had
all the time in theworld (Gardner, 51).
...a pot-bellied stove, its pipe running out through the wall (Yank, 247)
[t was the vanguards of the city moving out through those stony fields
and old orchards (Marquand, 111).
ta lift out to.

(infinitive).

1 . To be at a place for the purpose of (doing something).
iis current ambition was to land an airplane at the Tulsa airport, with
his family and friends all out to meet him (Pyle, 178).
2.

To have a purpose; to be determined to; to intend to*

...roared like some gigantic inhuman beast that had broken loose and
was out to destroy the world (Pyle, 81).

W e 'r e o u t t o

w in b a t t l e s *

n o t d re s s p a ra d e s

( T a n k , 129).

aut la1.

To th e

w est to ;

w e s tw a rd to *

I got oat. to Seattle, still going under the name of Fogarty (Gardner, 115)
Then sometimes I go out to the Coast
(Marquand, 49).
He must think of some excuse as to why he was not going out to the Coast
after all
(Marquand, 584).
They're sending me out to Denver...
(Yank, 189).
H e was g o i n g o u t t o t h e W e s t C o a s t a s h e h a d e v e r y w i n t e r f o r a n u m b e r
of y e a r s . . .
( M a r q u a n d , 407).
• •.it occurred to him that if he went out to the Coast in April as he
was planning.•.
(Marquand, 327).
I'm Just going out. £ & China on the Clipper...
(Marquand, 461).
When y o u g o o u t t o t h e C o a s t . . . tell them about Volsky, Jeff (Marquand,
373) .
She had even talked about going out to the Coast with him when he went
there again to work on a picture
(Marquand 566).
I've got to go out to Hollywood, Minot, and there is something I want to
ask you
(Marquand, 391).
J e f f . . . y o u 'l l b e g o in g o u t to

th e

C oast

th is

s p r i n g , w o n 't y o u ?

(Marquand, 143).
If you are going out to the Coast the way you say you are, the Jasons
say they will move out...
(Marquand, 555).
2.

O u ts id e

to; t o a p l a c e o u t s i d e .

The doorman scurried out to the Bidewalk and blew his whistle
(Marquand,
72).
The only consolation that stayed with him as he walked out to the street
was that he had tried...
(Marquand, 575).
The orderly would call Bill Strike, and he would go out to the telephone
box and then there would be a little silence when he came back
(Marquand, 219)•
The front door was open that morning and a draft eddied through the
hall from Lime Street out to the back garden...(Marquand, 157).
We got into the Jeep again and rode out to theplane(Pyle, 322).
We Jumped into our clothes, grabbed towels and ran out to the washhouse
for a quick dash of cold water on our faces
(Pyle, 322).
But what I say is, when you have a moment, you ought to go out to the
b a n and get together
(Iviarquand, 512).
3. From inside a room to another room.
...Mildred ran out to the kitchen...
(Cain, 186).
They walked out to the corridor, came to angle, went on
(t-iain, 101).
He led the way down a long, dark corridor, through a sacristry that
8 me lied swetly of incense, and out to the main altar
(Hew Yorker,
XXI11, Sept. 6 , 1947, 20).

4* To a different place at some distance away.
The officers who would take Hetreat would he moving out to their places
and there would be.*.
(Marquand, 581).
• ••it meant that he could take the time to go out to Cambridge to see
Jim (Marquand, 291).
...we swam out to her yacht
(Tank, 209).
Don't go out to the field with me, sweet
(Marquand, 463).
We'd...walk innocently out to them (Yank, 188).
...Sinclair would be awfully glad to hear them, and why not come out to
Happy Hocks sometime? (Marquand, 337).
I'd hit a softball f i a t £fi. my outfielders...
(Yank, 188).
They moved out to the field sites in armies*. • (Yank, 120).
...and Hal would let him have a car so that he could drive out to the
studio
(Marquand, 407).
Ask them to please send someone out to the apartment to make sure he's
all right
(Gardner, 78).
They can't get their copy out to the world (Pyle, 365).
When Jeffrey took the train out to Woburn to call on Mr. Fernald..•
(Marquand, 194)•
Then Alden Leeds took all the gold, and mused out to civilization
(Gardner, 168).
Gwen would be in her room doing homework and perhaps Madge was out to
dinner
(Marquand, 490J.
We drove oni. £& the field in a jeep
(Pyle, 322).
For a while he was put on special assignment, living in townand making
trips out to the airfield by jeep (Pyle, 128).
...we got into Major Bland's jeep and went touring out to Pompeii
(Pyle, 133).
Westcott and I drove out to our bivouac area (Pyle, 370^.
out to sea.

In the ocean away from the shore, land.

...ships standing in droves out to sea (Pyle, 360J.
Then suddenly a flare popped in the sky, out to sea.. . (Pyle,391).
They carried soldiers bodies out to sea... (Pyle, 368).
...and a balcony in front of each room where the occupant could sit and
look out to sea, if there was not too much wind (Marquand, 432).
The prisoners too were looking out to sea. .. (Pyle, 369).
...to motor just anywhere and they had parked on that bluff atPalos
Verde, looking out to sea (Marquand, 431).
Hext morning the battlaion stood on the beach and looked out to sea
(Yank, 9).
par ahead of us, directly out to sea, we saw occasional flashes of
gunfire
(Pyle, 230).
out toward.

Away from this place, here, and toward*

He could see her profile as she looked put toward Center Street
(Larquand, 187).

out ufl&SZLOut

Out aide and under.

dar a tree I saw machines at work...

out upon.

On; onto*

(Pyle, 418).

(This implies an opening to a place outside*)

...lots and lots of cloisters with rooms opening right out upon lots
and lots of miniature gardens...
(Marquand, 445).
out walking*

Walking out of doors*

•..operative number twelve telephoned in that Guy L. Serle is out walking
the streetsT
(Gardner, 89).
tie's out walking the streets (Gardner,
89).
Of course, I was Just a kid, but we used to seeyou outwalking
(Mar­
quand , 52 )•
out
way.
lives*

In one's neighborhood;

at,near, theplace where one

Tremendous families out my w a y , and farming out is the custom
Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 194?, 22).
over and above.

(New

In addition to.

The liquor will be over and above the five hundred
(Cain, 151).
That'8 over and above all your unfiroms, food, laundry, heat...
(Cain,
40).
over apd over.

Repeatedly; again and again.

...a colonel I had known a long time was walking up and down behind the
the farmhouse, snapping his fingers and saying over and over to himself,
"goddamit, goddarait."
(Pyle, 439).
Over and over. they saluted him as their "Leader”...
(New Yorker,
XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).
Over and over, she kept saying:
"I owed her a nickel 1" (Cain, 104).
...we fought the Tunisian wars over and over again
(Pyle, 259).
...he was all abubble and said over and over again that he'd had the
best time that evening ho had ever had in the Army
(Pyle, 409).
Over and over they told us they didn't want to fight
(Pyle, 31).
Over and over I was told the story of one of the three who had died
(Pyle, 103).
For months, over and over. troops and ships practiced landings
(Pyle, 16).
He said that over and over for about 10 minutes
(Yank, 45).
it says this over and over again
(Yank, 188).
The boys liked to tell over and over how the infantry all around them
were crouching...
(Pyle, 388).
It's like dreaming the same nightmare over and over again
(Pyle, 365).
Jfcfi. &£ gy.gr apfl. done with

To be finished completely; to be ended.

It could, well "be that the European war will be over and done with*..
(Pyle. 464).
over at.

Some distance away at.

What's more, the waiter over at the restaurantremembers the occasion
perfectly
(Gardner, 85).
But he looked over at Lt. Hillard, noticed the tenseness in the lieuten­
ants face.*.
(Tank, 95).
Jeffrey looked over at the parasols and thechairs withwheels...
(Marquand, 122).
over the brow of a hill.

Over the top, highest point, of a hill.

.. .1 came over this brow of this hill and a machine gun let loose on me
(Yank, 126).
over b v .

Some distance away by.

Capt. Rodney E. Snow J r .... walked over by the tail of the plane
(Yank,
208).
...Miss Jacobs told him that he could find it himself over by the window
(Marquand, 178).
Up on top of the Hotchkiss. ..over b.y Lexington Avenue
(Marquand, 34).
over coffee.

While drinking coffee.

"And I'l discuss that over the coffee and the cigarettes," Mason said
(Gardner, 124).
over --- head.
Beyond one's understending; too difficult for one to
understand, comprehend.
...it's a little over the kaydets' heads
over here.

(Cain, 212).

Here as contrasted to a place some distance away.

...these people over here in Pasadena...
(Cain, 167).
Back to Lt. Harmon — why are we over here if not to prevent our homes
from ever feeling a . .."Bombing raid"?
(Yank, 217).
We have officers over here that I...would gladly go to hell for
(Yank,
216).
...a hell of a lot more USO soldiers over here...
(Yank, 216).
Stand over here in the light so I can see :,rou better
(Yank, 160).
There's room over here. isn't there?
(Cain, 223).
.wobody cared much for stripes back there any more than they do over here
now (Yank, 244).
Over here one of the new boys...put it right...
(Yank, 244).
...going to industrialize Russia in no time, and make all of Russia so
comfortable that people over here would forget the advatages of a
democratic system
(Marquand, 210).

•••I'll be n a m i n g my own little soiree over here...
(Cain, 151).
The loud, tough guyB in the States turn out to be the weak sisters over
..
(Yank, 148).
over the hill.
forces.

Absent without leave: AWOL; desertion from the armed

"See a tree, see a tree," something sang in his ear, "over the hill and
see a tree” (Yank, 138).
"I was AWOL," muttered Durkee, "I was over the hill...11 (Yank, 139).
To see how many angels
Took off — over tfre hill
(Yank, 157).
over the Hump.

Over the mountains between India and China.

...ground and maintenance men flew in over the Hump.. ♦
over the h u n m .
hardest part.

(Yank, 121).

Past the most difficult part; finished with the

The new man had his teeth into the game again, and he was over the hunm
(Pyle, 205).
over & hurdle»

Past, beyond, an obstacle,

intervention.

Vitamin pills and an easy work schedule help you over the hurdle
(Yank, 42).
over in.

Some distance away in.

...I saw this figure, dark-like, over in the ditch...
(Yank, 123).
...when I was over in North Africa last summer...
(Yank, 170).
It's that den of yours, of Bert's rather, over in Glendale (Cain, 228).
He's over in the corner now, talking about the Cod-damn war (iviarquand,
347).
But I was over in Beverly the other night, and got talking...
(Cain, 40).
A lonely n i ^ t bird was sounding off over in Purple Heart Valley...
(Yank, 58).
"Where you dropped it," krs. J^ewcombe said, "over in the corner"
(Marquand, 463) .
...most of us over in France don't pretend to know the right answer
(Pyle, 466).
...ivory thumper over ill Glendale...
(Cain, 131).
"What's the nice man doing over in the corner?" krs. Newcombe asked
(Marquand, 130).
Someone over in London...
(Marquand, 49).
.•.over in London you had the exciting, thrilling sense of grinding
mills
(Marquand, 41).
ah overnight bag.

A small suitcase; a little piece of luggage.

-9 7 0 -

This time she was carrying ea overnight bag
over night k-it.

A small suitcase; a little piece of lug-age*

*. .she... bought *..overnight kita « » »
over o n .

(Gardner, 63).

(Cain, 130).

Some distance away on.

Over Q & the Burma side...
(Yank, 177).
Over on the far hillside where the Germans were we could see a distant
li^it
(Pyle, 199).
over the past (years)>

Over, during, a period of time in the past.

He had bought the furniture over the past few years himself —
filing cabinet, a bookcase.. • (karquand, 508).
over the phone.

a tall

On the telephone; by means of the telephone.

Over the lookout's phone came a voice, "Destroyer sinking on our star­
board bow"
(Yank, 44).
"1 can't tell you — over the phone." she said (Gardner, 66).
1 can tell from the way she was wailing over that phone that it's bad...
(Cain, 182).
From over the phone came the Admiral's voice;
"Fire when ready."
(Yank, 44).
...were .jarred away from their positions at the 'scopes but voices came
in over the phone (Yank, 44).
The talker repeated the message over the phone. and the commander walked
away
(Yank, 45).
Some reports of injuries could be heard over the phone but not much
(Yank, 47).
...the voice came back plaintively over the phone (Pyle, 317).
You don't remember everything a man says to you over the phone the first
time you try to recall the conversation (Gardner, 194).
Serle let something slip about a conversation Aiilicant had over the phone
(Gardner, 105).
...it is almost impossible for her to take long lists of names over the
phone after lunch (new Yorker, XXII^, June 28, 1947, 22).
over the telephone.
the phone.

On the telephone; by means of a telephone; over

Over the telephone
(Gardner, 144).
And how about this talk Mil leant had over the telephone. . . (Gardner, 161).
...do not be surprised at any conversations I have with you over the
telephone
(Gardner, 120).
Be hysterical over the telephone
(Gardner, 78).
"I can't tell you over the telephone." Aadge said
(marquand, 438).
Something's coming in over the other telephone (Gardner, 60).
Jeff, I can't tell you over the telephone (i'arquand, 438).

o v er th e re .

1. At a place some distance away.
TVe started pulling the wounded out of the vehicles and carrying them
over there
(Yank, 168)•
You have to go over there
(Cain, 181).
But if you do want it, for God's sake get over there and act like you
mean it (Cain, 41).
I'll go over there, as a courtesy to you
(Cain, 41).
She put on the print dress, made her face up nicely, and went over there
(Cain, 32).
...it's riflht Beyond you, and tl at is the door over there (Cain, 28).
So get over there (Cain, 41).
Get the dirty dishes over there,on No. 3
(Cain, 48).
I took your d a u ^ t e r over there. . • (Cain, 147).
...and take Veda over there
(Cain, 133).
And over there to the right is Beacon Hill
(Yank, 187).
...Mow down the "bunch over there, boy.'
(Yank, 92).
They would stop over there. just around the corner, and when they stopped
over there, there was no brook...
(Marquand, 545).
It was away off, over there
(Marquand, 229).
...it'll look like that living room over there..•
(Cain, 228).
I think all they're waiting for is to get rid of some more pill boxes
and that 88 over there
(Yank, 109).
"I didn't ast you to shake hands with filler over there.“ whispered
the sergeant
(Yank, 226).
And you don't have to sit over there yelling at me.•• (Cain, 223).
2* Overseas.
(Used during war times to indicate a place overseas
where American soldiers are fighting.)
Seeger thought it was odd that he should be over there during a war...
(Pyle, 166).
Over there where liquor was hard to get he drank hardly ever...
(Pyle,
307).
Over there and right then was when w o u n d and service stripes would have
given a guy a chance to get a little kick out of... (Pyle, 136).
Like all our Army over there they were strung out...
(Pyle, 425).
...he didn't have to be over there at all
(Pyle, 411).
His folks just happened to be traveling over there... (Pyle, 409).
But it's nothing like the swell job you boys are doing over there
(Yank, 83).
He knew what d e m o c r a c y meant because he loved her and because he was an
American, and he was going over there to settle things
(Marquand, 424).
He was taking the first boat over there because it was his fight as much
as hers
(Marquand 242).
Whitehead had been in more amphibious landings than any other corres­
pondent over there
(Pyle, 365).
There wasn't a correspondent over there...
(Pyle, 430).

They had been over there long enough... (Pyle, 343).
They carried a new type of 'barracks 'bag, which few of us over there had
seen "before (Pyle, 226).
Many of the civilian workers over there were allowed membership...
(Pyle, 342).
He didn't have to be over there. at all
(Pyle, 221).
I actually got .jealous when 1 saw some of the soldiers over there with
dogs deeply attached to them
(Pyle, 221).
1 don't know. ..but anyhow I got through it and the recording was later
broadcast to the troops over there
(Pyle, 94).
Jeffrey, it was over there somehwere,
wasn't it?(Marquand, 228).
"toy husband's airplane," she said, "was shot down overthere" (iiarquand, 228)•
Red Mason was a lieutenant over there somehwere(Yank,
243).
First of all, the Luftwaffe was weak over there at that time (Pyle,
161)
over to .

Som e

d is ta n c e

aw ay t o .

...when Bhe comes over to Mother's...
(Cain, 132).
...he walked over to the shelves again...
(Cain, 135).
...Miss Turner... sent her over to the housekeeper's ,job... (Cain, 169).
You'd rather live there...and drive over to the club inthe afternoon
(Cain, 147).
...Mildred...started over to Beverly
(Cain, 188).
...he would walk over to Operations.•. (Yank, 229).
but she drove over to Beverly...
(Cain, 175).
...they walked over to the little marker...
(Cain, 155).
Mr. Levinson.. .walked over to Veda...
(Cain, 236).
Then she...went over to the cash box...
(Cain, 152).
He looked up from the envelope...and over to the girl sitting beside him.
(Yank, 157).
...a captain in the CP...came over to the men (Yank, 198).
He was trying rather unsuccessfully to get some young officers over to
his table
(Yank, 212).
... he came over to me. .. (Cain, 231) •
...the colonel, walking over to the counter of the PX (Yank, 224).
...a few men you've brought over to dinner...
(Cain, 146).
doing over to him she slipped it in the breast pocket of his coat
(Cain, 143).
Veda.•.reeled over to the piano...
(Cain, 225).
...maybe a week ago, I took Veda over to the Sheriff's office...
(Cain,
201 ).
And Martha, tell me when Father comes and then w e 111 all walk over to
the Hall
(liarquand, 159).
...going over to him, she asked...
(Cain, 167).
...I rocketed over to the Old Man hare
(Yank, 171).
Regan...went over to the .juke box...
(Yank, 226).
iVa going over to the sheriff's office nyself (Cain, 205).
Would you like to go over to your grandfather's, darling?
(Cain, 105).
It was six o'clock when they drove over to the tavern for an early dinner
and seven before they got started
(Cain, 95).

It was dark when they got up and they drove over to the tavern for
dinner (Cain, 94).
One of the men came over to him (Yank, 229).
She raced over to the Broadway Hollywood and bought swimming things...
(Cain, 90).
He squashed his cigaret and came over to her
(Cain, 77).
Ida went over to the cask, picked up a "blue pencil came hack to the
door...
(Cain, 66).
Next day, during the luncheon rush, while Mr. Chris had stepped over to
the hank to get more change.•• (Cain, 65).
•••one Sunday Mildred drove over to Ida's with a fine, wet, beautifully
made blueberry pie
(Cain, 64).
Eat your cake now, and then run over to Grandfather1s and see if he
minds taking me...
(Cain, ll).
The bailiff crossed over to Mason...
(Gardner, 205).
Ke broke off as Kettering came storming over to their table (Gardner, 204)•
liason strolled over to one of the chairs, sat down, and lit a cigarette
(Gardner, \77),
he crossed over to the switchboard operator, paid the toll charges, left
her a dollar tip...
(Gardner, 124).
He walked over to the curb, gave a 3hrill whistle, and sprintedfor the
corner to stop a cruising cab (Gardner, 173).
She felt wretched, wished Veda would come over to her, so she could take
her in her arms...
(Cain, 12).
Miss Turner got out a card and savagely wrote a note on it, her eyes
snapping as she handed it over to Mildred (Cain, 41).
Ida came over to Mildred (Cain, 49).
What was in the envelope, Caief, and why did you rush it over to the
expert?
(Gardner, 90).
Over to the north, he could see the lights of the city against the sky,
miles and miles of lights
(Marquand, 446).
He got to his feet, crossed over to the
cuspidor, tapped ashes out of
his pipe...
(Gardner, 58).
...who read a few lines and crossed over to kneel beside Alden Leed's
chair
(Gardner, 107).
She broke off as the low wail of a siren directly behind them signaled
them over to the curb (Gardner, 40).
I butted in and said, "No, it's over to
the ri^Jit and about thirty feet"
(Pyle, 200).
...that clipped on the lining of his breast pocket and want over to the
small steel mirror on the wall
(Yank, 90).
They were complaining about the traffic on their field and they said
they believed they'd bring their fifty planes over to our field
(Pyle, 175).
A tall, thin, happy woman...came running over to our jeep (Pyle, 456).
Miss Leeds crossed rapidly over to Mason's desk...
(Gardner, 2).
I started reading my mail just before going over to meet him (Pyle, 313).
over under.

Some distance away and under.

Over nndar the trees, the ground crew was warming up a grotesquely
painted P-40... (Yank, 194).

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over the wires.

By means of telegraph or teletype*

...the press would flash a story.. .over the wires* ■ .
over a JtaffiBfl.*

(Yank, 175).

Because of a woman; due to a woman.

I understand it was over a women
(Gardner, 138).
At one time, he said that he'd been in a shooting scrape over a woman
(Gardi.er, 138).
over the years.

Throughout, during, years in the past time.

Over the years, we have been on hand many times to watch the boysand
girls take off from Grand Central for their summer camps... (New
Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 21).
to owe a debt.

To be in debt to someone; to owe; to have an obligation
*

That'll square up a little debt I owe you, of five hundred and twenty
dollars... (Cain, 224)•
You owe me a debt? (Cain, 224).
oxygen mask.
An apparatus, like a mask, which fits over the nostrils
whereby one can breathe oxygen.
...I also drew a helmet with earphones and an oxygen mask...
(Yank, 117).
...Dr. Gale had the maalc of the oxygen apparatus over her face, and
Mildred caught the thunderstorm smell of the gas (Gain, 103).
oxygen tent.
A device, like a small tent with a window, which is
placed over a sick person and kept filled with oxygen. Used in cases
of shock, pneumonia, etc.
...when we brought in an oxygen tent to ease his breathing...

(Yank, 193)

-

1ft
tha IlftfiL*
a Halted spaoe*

975-

To

•“* forth; to oalk nervously within

Mwoi, BftftllC I k floor* nil* "Paul, w o 't o al^ly got to fix the tine
of tko telephone oall" (flariitr, M ) *
Too oea't Bftftft. lift. HftflE. (Gardner, 64)*
Lot's co to an off loo where we earn Bftftft. lift, floor (Gardner, § & K
look la kls office, Masea Bftflftl I k floor* puffing away at his oigarette*.*
(Gardner, 65).
1ft ftftl ft kft*

To pat lato a ooltoaso clothes, toilet articles, etc*

•••oka acted quite aproosU7 about It, oalA of course they eould go*
and necked ft llttlo hag. for thoa (Cain, 19) •
1ft M. Bftfilftft 1ft Ibft fiUOEklftft*
ooapletely fall load*

Vo bo thoroughly packed; to hare a

The ship sftft BftfikftdL 1ft Ifeft CBftBlftft

(Pyle* 11)*

ft Bftflhyw ftl
A saall ooatalaor of twenty cigarettes.
(Also, ft fiftfik fi£ ftlftftCftllftft*)
▼oda pleked op ft BhfikMft fil kfl^fillil* **

(^ain, 156) •

ft MMlBMft ll goft*

1 saall eiatalaor of fire stloks of chewing gun*
(Also, ftrftftftk iX ftBft*)

Bring tko geatleaan orer there kalf a dosoa packages of ftg
ft Phfihftl fiX ftftlfihftft*

((krdasr, 157)*

A book of aatehos; a aatoh folder*

•••I take the pftfiktl. fiX Mlfihftft oad stlok thoa la the Jap's haek pocket...
(leak, 162).
ft Bifik kOftli*
A harness, several straps* by which a load lo f M toned
oa aa aalaal's back*
®o wore a long troach coat with Bhfik harases...
ft BftBk B i t *

(Pyle, 410)*

A aule used to carry leads oa its back*

•••their ooloaas started to striae out as Bftftk Bklftft tuebled off ridges*••
(leak, 176).
•••oad sored slleatly Iadlaa-file out of their perlaetor with their
BBfik
(Teak, 94)*
A r ^ - H l 1 conpsmy of kerrIll's Marauders, sorlag up* forced Goa*
Stilwell'e Jeep to the side of the aarrow Juagle trail (Tank, 129).
ft Bhflk fiX*

A package of; a container holding*

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tfhile ire were talking he
to peek- off.

To

pulled out & Pftck

Chesterfields(Yank,

seed away; to dismiss roughly;

to

27)*

sendoff.

...he...will be racked off in the first shipment heading back to his
old commend (Yank, 171).
a pack of liars.

A group, crowd, of liars.

They're & pack of goddam liars

(Cain, 23).

& pack train.
Sereral
animals (mules, horses, donkeys,usually)
carrying loads on their backs forming a unit, train.
Lost contact with the pack train

(Yank, 17C).

A Pack trip.
A trip, journey, into an inaccessible
trip suppliesare carried on the backs of animals*

region onwhich

There was a pack trip, for instance, which he had always wanted to take
in the Rockies
(iu&rquand, 6 8 ).
to

pack

u p

.

1. To put clothing, toilet articles, etc*, into a suitcase, trunk,
or the like.
He
and left, bag and baggage
(Gardner, 82).
It made you feel that within five minutes Walter Newcombe could pack u p
and go
(Larquand, 46).
It made you think of Walter Newcombe always packing u p . and going...
(harquand, 45).
She was also smart enough to go home, pack up her things and move out
that afternoon
(Gardner, 10).
His friends had been sympathetic when they packed u p and went home. ..
(Yank, 183).
Senora keneses packed up. and left tow* the next day...
(New Yorker,
XXIIi, June 28, 1947, 18).
It could pack up and be under way in probablyless than an hour
(Pyle,
420).
...these corporals and T—5s to be able to tell the silver eagles to
Pack u p and get out (Yank, 199).
...for my money he can pack u p and ^o to some other post
(Yank, 137).
Then pagk jj£, Bert
(Cain, 5).
J-t was one of those houses where the maidsunpacked and hiseverything.. •
but they never packed you e b . again
(karquand, 124).
2.

To carry upward on one's back.

In one ten day period American soldiers packed u p this one mountain
nearly a hundred thousand pounds of supplies for their buttalion
(Fyle, 147).

A lot of stuff was packed u p "by the fighting soldiers

to

(Pyle, 144).

^pntirwftjn.
To go against the current; to struggle against
customs, mores, habits of others.

Such an incident might necessitate paddling upstream through choked Army
channels for months...
(New Yorker, XXIii, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
page after page.

Through many pages; for many pages.

He read the Washington Post, page after page, deliberately, until five
minutes after twelve...
(karquand, 576)•
page hob.
A style of women's hair cut, coiffure, in which the hair
is cut at about shoulder length and the ends of the hair are curled in
toward the neck.

iiadge was looking at the gabardine tailored suit and
and at the organdy blouse.•• (karquand, 531).

at thepagebob

paint peels off.
Paint sometimes when dry cracks
on which it was applied and curls outward.

awayfromthesurface

It was of plain board construction, painted green and white once, that
universal color of bungalows, but now the paint was peeling off so
that it looked more gray...
(karquand, 481).
ifl. paint the town (red).
To have a very good time; to enjoy oneself
immensely publicly.
(This often implies drunkenness, fights, etc.)
I can see you've been painting the town red while I've been holding my
nose to a grindstone
(Gardner, 61).

They painted the town and blew off steam as any active man who lives
dangerously must do now and then (Pyle, 329).
pa^nt

To apply germicide, anti septic, to a body wound.

ne had some iodine, and was going around painting
scratched... (Pyle, 249).
BL Pair of dice.

u p

those who

had

been

Two dice.

He drew a Pair q £_ dice out of his pocket and threw them across the desk
(Gardner, 16).
a pair ail long drawers.

A suit of long underwear, heavy underwear.

ued Dog gave me sin extra pair of long drawers to put on

& paJLr ail opera glasses.

(Pyle, 322).

6 mall binoculars for use in a theatre.

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Mr. Pierce was handing her a pair &£. over a. glasses
a na-ir of EflJaBBA*

(Cain, 240).

A suit of pajamas; pajamas.

Inside his suitcase were the other shirts, the socks, one clean suit of
underwear, and one pair of pajamas
(karquand, 255).
a ~oalr of

Trousers; pants.

...and an old woman seated on the steps, sewing a p^tch on a Pair &£
panta (Yank, 69).
a pair of ahoea.

Two

shoes which are mates.

Fe bought a pair of low tan shoes which cost tendollars*.
a Pair of socks.

Two

-(karquand, 25

identical socks.

...a torn section of an olive-drab puttie, a rifle with a pair of socks
near it•. • (karquand, 233).
tie bought a pair of low tan shoes which cost ten dollars and three pair
of socks for a dollar and a half.. • (karquand, 255).
a fialX

spectacles.

^ ye glasses; glasses.

tie had taken a pair of spectacles from his pocket and placed them on
his nose, while Stephen stood there waiting (karquand, 252).

palm frond.

A leaf of the palm tree.

...huge palm fronds were floating out from the beach (Yank, 250).
...started to pull the nalir, fronds away from the hole (Yank, 145).
the pa.1m o f

hand.

One's palm; the inner part of one's hand.

Then he began banging on the steam table with the palm of his hand
(Cain, 45).
palsy walsy.

Very good friends; good pals.

It's Chiang Kai-shek and his -adam to you, dearie, but they're Just
palsy-walsieB to Walt (karquand, 458)*
Everybody with a name's a palsv-walsy (karquand, 458).
Ifi. X2&2L out.

To be successful; to end successfully; to turn out well.

That lead didn't nan out.
pstfits leg.

(liardner, 10).

One leg of a pair of pants, trousers.

I stuck the rifle down my pants leg and smuggled it out of the cabin
when I went out to get wood (Gardner, 113).

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a

aaifll*

An effeminate* sissy, person; a prissy person.

...if some of those pantv-waists had to be stuck out some place where
there were no white women. • • (Yank, 214).
a -paper boy.

A boy who delivers the newspapers to one's house.

The panar boy was 12 years old...
(Yank, 224).
He'll be a, paper froy without a
birthday cake if I don't find some way
to get it over there (Cain, ll).
Had to beat that lucky paper boy. • • (Yank, 225).
Sunday the -paper boy had five nickles
(Yank, 225).
The paper boy also played with it (Yank, 224).
When the rwner boy pl^ed the pleasure device...
(Yank, 224).
•••in a few minutes the paper boy entered
(Yank, 225).
Oh, the paper boy (Cain, 11).
& paper cun.
A cup for drinking made of paper, cardboard, intended
to be thrown away, discarded, after use.
...there was no brook, nothing but paper c u p s which other people had
left (liarquand, 545).
Then as he stood there with his sandwich and one of the paper coffee
cups that always burned his fingers...
(karquand, 546).
& paper Hat.

A hat made of paper worn at parties, dances, and the like.

kildred floated in, seeing faces, flowers...paper hats...

(Cain, 230).

the paper is out.
The newspaper is printed; an edition of the news­
paper haa been printed and is ready for sale and distribution.
Althou^i it was only one o'clock, the afternoon papers were out. and
Jeffrey bought one at Columbus Circle...
(karquand, 239).
paper work.
Planning; designing.
(This implies office work of a
sort compared to work in construction, and the like.)
...Chinese engineers began paper work in January 1944 (Yank, 120).
In the morning she did harmony, and what she called "paper work" (Cain,
180).
They were relieved to finish paper work...
(Pyle, 355).
parade ground.
A large place in a military post, establishment, for
parades.
(Attributive meaning!
"conduct becoming a soldier on the
parade ground.")
It is not parade—ground discipline but comes from a knowledge and belief
in what they are fighting for
(Yank, 70).
parcel post.
The collection and delivery of parclels, boxes, cartons,
and the like by the Post office*

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...the demands of soldiers that they be protected against the parcelpoat system
(Yank,140)*
Pf»T*rinri aft,
Pardon ms
Park

Excuseme*

(This is an apology.)

while I regain my composure

iTnmia.

(Cain, 157).

A very, very fashionable street in New York City.

She would want to stke it clear that she knew about golf and tennis and
lived on Park Avenue..« (Marquand, 267).
a park bench ♦
A bench placed in a park for use of the public.
(This
carries an implication of poverty in that in the past the poor have
slept on park benches.)
Veda would go to her father, her grandfather, the police, or a park
•hanoh - tut not even whips could make her stay...
(Cain, 43).
parking lot.An area set aside for

automobile parking.

...he could help on the parking lots

(Cain, 179).

parking meter.
A device to charge for parking.
The insertion of a
coin placed into a mechanism placed at the curb.. •causes a flag to
disappear. A clock mechanism is than released which allows the flag
to return to full view as the time runs out.
In July of this there came to the attention of the officials in Dallas
a device known as the narking meter
(American City, Jan., 1936, 9).
parking strip.
planes.

The area set aside and used for the parking of air­

T7e turned and taxied to a parking strip

(Yank, 119).

A part of.
1.

A portion of; a fraction of.

She was already in the brick—red uniform...and obviously wanted to be
part
the show (Cain, 150).
...these large outlays were only part of her difficulties
(Cain, 243).
They used to escort us part of the way home...
(Yank, 188).
2.

Characteristic of; a trait of; a quality of.

...it seems to be part of the feminine mind that it can tack indefinitely
upwind...
(Cain, 220).
...ifonty seemed moody...with little of the flippancy that was normally
part of him (Cain, 140).

Those "banquets, those foolish-looking "blueprints of houses that •will
never be built, are a part of him
(Cain, 228).
a, party, line1. A single telephone circuit on which there are several telephones
in different houses.
"Yes," Jeffrey said, "it's like a party line"

(karquand, 577).

2. Statements, beliefs, arguments used by a political party.
usually associated with the Communist Party.)

(Now

Somehow, even talking to one's friends in these days
you came to racial
issues that bordered on a part:/ line
(karquand, 391).
to pass along.

To give from person; to give out; to distribute.

...the French underground.. .passed along a fake edition of L'Amerique
en Guerre... (Yank, 129).
to pass aronnri.

To give several different persons; to distribute-

I took it to the front with me, a box at a time, and passed it around
(Pyle. 263).
One fellow lit his cigarette with a match and then passed the cigarette
around 30 the others could light up
(Yank, 59).
Word was passed around to collect twenty—four hours 1 field rations...
(Pyle, 198).
£S> Pass back.

To send to the rear; to pass rearward.

...no word of casualities had been passed back

(Pyle, 404).

to pas8 by.
1. To go by; to go near but not to stop.
•••they were so drab next to those of stage H u s s i o n s
who were p a s s i n g by
(Yank, 132).
All the convalescent patients were allowed to go outside to watch the
President pasa by (Yank, 200).
but the head of the department, addressed by everybody as ktrs. Boole,
kept passing her
and she grew furious at this injustice (cain, 33).
"There goes the Old Man" said Cpl. Thomas Donnelly Jr. of Jersey City,
N.»T. as the colonel passed by in a jeep
(Yank, 109).
Iranians are good horsemen and a body of Iranian cavalrype.sslng by
is quite a sight
(Yank, 66).
...arranged the casket, and stepped back to permit the guests to pass by
(Cain, 108).
We passed by., of course, and went backing on up the road (Pyle, 429>-

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2.

To by-pass; to i^ore; to leave alone; to disregard*

It is not true that the ■war has passed this place
p^flq^pi|P-A-r H s t «
airplanes.

however

A list of the names of passengers usually on ships or

They dug up old passenger lists of the steamship lines
to riawfl inspection.

(Yank, 42).

(Gardner, 65)*

To he suitably done; to he well done*

..-the job they did would pass inspection in any New York tailoring shop
(Pyle, 238).
to pass muster.

To he suitable; to he acceptable.

She expressed a preference for a quiet place, for she was afraid the print
dress wouldn't pass muster anywhere else*..
(Cain, 53).
la BSftB. Q&*
1.

To receive and to give to another.

Isaman loaded them and passed them
(Yank, 9).
They felt no exuberance about receiving the money since they were merely
going to get a look at it and pass it on (New Yorker, X^III, Sept.
19, 1947, 26).
2.

To die.

Murph and I agreed that it was fortunate his grandfather passed on.. •
(Pyle, 447).
la nass on to.
1.

To give to; to distribute to.

A professor might occasionally.. .pass on to deffrey his contagious
enthusiasm for a line of poetry of a historical personage...
2.

To leave something and go

...but Mason casually passed on

to something else.
to something else(Gardner,

193).

to. pass out.
1. To lose consciousness; to become unconscious.
(This sually implies
loss of consciousness caused by drinking alcholoic drinks.)
Because so many of his squad had been killed
out from sheer exhaustion...
(Yank, 10).

and wounded orhad

passed

-9 8 3 -

Hazel Harris was in tears and the playwright had -passed out, on the bed
in the next room (karquand( 169)*
The last thing the lieutenant remembered doing before he passed out was
prilling the butt of his own rifle...
(Yank, 54).
I just feel like passing suit (kiarquand, 233).
2.

To give to others; to distribute.

After supper she passed out a bottle of Coca-Cola*..
(Pyle, 290).
...not the Croix de Guerre meant much because the French had alrays been
passing them out to pilots, but 3till it was a ribbon...
(kiarquand,
570).
...the crew always helped her pass the cokes out
(Pyle, 290).
3.

To cease to be; to cease, stop, existing.

.. .places that can read the handwriting on the wall are going to cash in,
and those that can’t are going ifl. pass out
(Cain, 143).
to pass over.
1.

To treat lightly, as of no significance; to disregard.

Perhaps the man knew he had made a fool of himself, but it would have
been better to have passed over the explanation (liarquand, 262).
...whenever I come to you with a problem, you try to pass it over
(liarquand, 68).
2.

To go above; to pass by in flight.

All night long the sky above us was full of the drone of planes —
the HAF passing over on its nightly raids
(Pyle, 322).
tfl. Pfl&S. through.

To go through; to go into and beyond; not to stop in.

...they passed on through the city quickly...
(Pyle, 463).
During the time I lay at the clearing station with my own slight aches
and pains, hundreds of wounded soldiers passed tb F ^ g h on their way
back to hospitals in the rear
(Pyle, 47).
The Japs had allowed platoon after platoon of American troops
pass
through...
(Yank, 251).
Along the road for twenty or thirty miles behind the fighting front I
passed through one demolished town after another
(Pyle, 117).
As they BflgB.fti through. there was scattered firing...
(Yank, 8).
Bftff.B. thrrm,gh
hands.
To come into one's respohsibility and to
leave one’s charge; to be one's charge for a short time.
...many passed through his hands
(Pyle, 423).
Pitiful as wounded men are, it is easy to become hardened and cross
with so many passing through your hands
(Pyel, 48).

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to pass the time*
To do something in order to make the passage of time
more pleasant; to occupy someone for the purpose of waiting for time
to pass; to krill time*
He said they often cooked just £& pass the time
(Pyle, 214).
Thought it might help pass the time (Cain, 26).
to r\ft.aa the time of day.
To converse about trivial matters; to talk
about something unimportant*
.Everyone in the Clinton Club felt able tfi. pass the time of day with
everyone else*..
(Marquand, 242).
...I stayed and passed the time of day
(Pyle, 257).

to pass u p *
1.

Not to attend; not to take part in.

We passed
2*

up

regular breakfast in the mess*••

(Pyle, 416).

To send forward from person to person.

...a message was passed
Jift pass upon.

up

the line

(Yank, 176).

To decide about; to render judgment on.

...the court will retain some reputable psychiatrist
condition of Alden Leeds- (Gardner, 34).
to pass word*

pass upon the

To send a message from person toperson.

Word wag passed down the line...
(Pyle, 406).
By field telephone, radio and liaison men, word was passed down to the
very smallest unit of troops...
(Pyle, 433).
Standing at the head of the line, he had been forgotten when the word
Was, passed
(Yank, 46).
...kr. idason, would you mind passing the word on to Mr. Drake that
operative number twelve...
(Gardner, 89).
...Capt* Bowman came out from inside and passed the word for the group
to move along (Yank, 46).
Shortly after supper a lieutenant... told the sergeants ia. pass tha word
to be ready to move in ten minutes
(Pyle, 443 ).
Fora had passed around that Cmdr. Bulkeley...would be going along...
(Yank, 253).
Occasionally, when he was wounded badly, he would call out, the word
Wflulfl
passed back and medics would make a dash for him (Pyle, 252).
...when the word was passed around that at the next station there was a
uAAFl (British Post iixchange)...
(Yank, 115).
...the word was passed back down the line...
(Pyle, 403).

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thA neat life.
The conditio as, situations, incidents* acts in one's
life prior to the present time*
"Wanted: Information concerning the past life of William Hogarty, age
fifty-four y e a r s . ( G a r d n e r , 120).
My accurate information as to past life, heirs and former associates
of this man will receive liberal reward
(Gardner, 120).
to natch things pp.

To restore unity, harmony, friendship.

Emily tried £& natch things up

(Gardner, 112).

iSL Efit£h U£L*
1.

To repair by adding old parts; to repair by patching.

While waiting for the crippled plane £o. b& natrhflri u p . ..
(Pyle, 338).
But Sutter and his gang just patched them up., and it kept on flying
(Pyle, 222 ).
2 . To treat, care for, hurts, wounds and the like.

They crawled out...and patched UP their wounds as best they could
(Pyle, 217).
They took a piece out of his leg
patch u p his wounded shoulder
(Pyle, 261).
patBAfc. leather.
A leather to which several successive coats of varnish
or lacquer have been applied.
Inferior *rades of leather are often
used.
(Also attributive.)
Minot was wearing a quilted smoking jacket and patent-leather pumps
(Marquand, 387).
...Jeffrey could see the light from the fire reflected on Minot's
patent-leather pump
(karquand, 390).
he was dressed in blue serge, didn't wear an overcoat, had black patent
leather shoes and was smoking a cigar
(Gardner, 63).
Pfii
t. £& tik® back.
gregariousness.)
There
the
Every
you

(‘
This implies good fellowship and is a sign of

are two kinds of boys, I've found out —— the ones you can pat on
back...
(Yank, 149),
time they save him they would pat him on the back and say:
"Bell,
plenty big man"
(Yank, 186).

tfi. Pfit —
hand.
sympathy.)

(This is usually considered as a sign of condolence,

She slipped in without a greeting, sa.t down beside Mildred, and began
P&t.tJrflg. her hand with the infinite tact...
(Cain, 107).

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Mlldred kept patting her hand -. . (Cain, 138).
...she lingered, patting Ida's ]afij3&, basking in her approval
(Cain, 122).
She was grateful to Bert when he patted her hand and said he would attend
to all that
(Gain, 106).
...he.. .patted her hand...
(Cain, 249).
to p a t
oa the head.
affection.)

(This is usually thought of as a sign of love,

never once did he let Mildred.. .pat him Qfl the head. ..
to pat —— on. the shoulder.
approval.)

(Cain, 142).

(This is usually considered as a sign of

I reached across the table, patted him oa. the shoulder. . . (Yank, 164).
Mason, smiling broadly, patted him 2a the shoulder as a deputy sheriff
approached (Gardner, lto).
to paw a t .

To handle; to feel; to touch insinuatingly.

Then she stepped quickly aside as he pawed at her
payable to.

(Gain, 60).

In favor of; to be paid to.

...you wrote out another t-enty thousand dollar check also payable to
Conway, but endorsed so asto make it payable to bearer (Gardner, 117).
Payable £2. bearer.
To bepaid to, in favor of, whoever presents the
check, bill, or the like.
...you wrote out another twenty thousand dollar check also pa?'Uble to
Conway, but endorsed so as to make it payable to bearer (Gardner, 117^.
That endorsement makes the check payable to bearer
(Gardner, 5).
The effeet••.being virtually to make it a check payable to bpp^^r
(Gardner, 7).
to pay alimony.
To pay, give money, to an estranged, divorced,
spouse.
(lujst often the husband pays the wife.)
... this...monk...told me I'd have £2. pay her alimony
£2 . pay a call.

(Yank, 174).

To visit; to go to see someone.

They had decided £2. pay a social call
Pay attent ion.
to read carefully.

(Pyle, .747).

To be attentive; to listen carefully; to concentrate;

Sure he talks all the time, but we don't pay any attention (Pyle, 73).
Iviy sisters pav absolutely no attention to the rule, but everybody else
takes it very seriously
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 23).

Nobody paid any attention to him (New Yorker, X X m , Sept. 6 , 1947, 23).
They naturally reached the conclusion that it was a stand-up
andpa,Id no
further attention to it
(Gardner, 82).
...without paving much attention where I was*.• (Yank, 126).
...tars. Levinson paid no attention (Gain, 236).
Lildred...paid no attention (^ain, 213).
...I hope you all p»ld close attention to the critique ofoperatic acting
(Cain, 234).
Mildred had intended to pay no attention to the affair...
(oa in, 212).
But Jake paid no attention to the others
(Yank, 158).
...she p«id scant attention to anything except her immediate concerns
(Cain, 140).
...Hed Hiding Hood... walked briskly by, paying little if no attention to
him...
(Yank, 135).
1 T~>nid particular attention to this matter as I lay there, and no
mounded man ever made a request that a wardboy didn't go jumping to
fulfill
(Pyle, 48).
But Bert paid no attention. (Cain, 57).
Ida...pfiiii. no attention when Mildred introduced her around
(Cain, 127).
Doolittle paid no attention (Pyle, 316).
In the last few years, Jesse Fineman had paid attention to his office
and a decorator had gone to work on it..-. (Marquand, 267).
He had a nice quality...of paying close attention to other people's
conversation (Pyle, 308).
But she paid no attention..• (Cain, 222).
Paving no attention to Monty...
(Cain, 173).
The vehicles had signs on them forbidding anyone to sit in them, but
nobody paid a bit of attention to the signs
(Pyle, 14).
nobody paid any attention to that uniform stuff any more
(Cain, 51).
She paid little attention to the customer, except to wonder whether his
bald spot was brown by nrture or from sunburn (Cain, 8 8 ).
It must have meant that Mr. and i-rs. Barnes did not think that he was
paying Luella too much attention (Marquand, 205).
Paving no attention to Lefcty... (Cain, 186).
.. .Mildred was tor. busy £2. pay much attention to Veda (Cain, 174).
• ••afternoon programs that nobody paid any attention to..• (Cain, 210 ).
But Mr. Beragon didn’t pav much attention to the law (Cain, 92).
She assembled Fancho, Letty, and .arline for final instructions, paving
most attention to .--rline (Cain, 119).
&2. BOV back.

To repay; to recompense;

toreturn payment.

I'll pav it back (Cain, 50).
But it's to be a loan, and I'll pay you back (Cain, 69).
Oh, Mother, I cheated her out of it, and I meant
t£ pay it back, but —
i owed her a nickel
(Cain, 104).
...he omitted his usual mumble about paving it back (Cain, 145).
...tell her...to beg borrow enough money...io. pay back every cent she has
received...
(Yank, 173).
You can pay back port by working summers...
(Marquand, 163).

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T.'ell — I'll T3a,v it baciL (Cain, 143).
...Cod willing...I'll nay you back (Cain, 170).
All...never -pav “back a money. • • (Cain, 217).
Soothingly, Mildredexplained that if she really meant ic. pa;/ it back,
this was the main thing, and presently Veda was quiet
(Cain, 104).
to pay a bill.
bill from him.

To pay a debt; to pay a creditor upon receipt of a

...somebody else pav & bill now (Cain, 216).
...if Veda did happen to ness who was pay in** the bill...
to pay cash.
To
buying on credit.

(Cain, 216).

pay in money as contrasted to paying with a check or
(A check issometimes considered cash.)

...tars. Gessler had a devil's own time finding liquor, and for much it
had Jfcp. nav cash (Cain, 153-4).
to pay a check.
To par the amount of a check; to pay the amount noted
on a slip of paper itemizing what one has received.
He could see the display of brightly packed confections by the cigar
counter where you paid your check. .. (iarquand, 240).
pay day.

The day on which employees are paid.

...there is a couple of guy 3 ..-that owe me dough from last par dav. -.
(Yank, 162).
to pay dividends.

To be profitable; to well worth while.

...if you gave cooking and food a little thought, it paid enormous divi­
dends
(i.nrquand, 123).
JS2 . pay expenses.
with business.

To earn enough money to pay bills, expenses,

...the wholesale pie busin* ss. ..was payin** all expenses...
to pay for.
regarding.

connected

(Cain, 129).

To make compensation for; to make payments in full

...I am expected to pay for them (Yank, 171).
...a UT who accidentally loses his dentures does not have t£. par for
them...
(Yank, 171).
± 2. Spy .Interest.
To pay money
mortagae, contract to sell.

to another for the interest on a loan,

And it was covered with mortgages
interest on...
(^ain, 206).

that he couldn't even have paid

the

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la. pay off•
1.

To pay in full, completely.

...she paid pff the last of the $4,000 she had owed...
(Cain, 174).
I took after 'em, found Hogarty, stuck a gun in his belly and made him
m v me off in gold dust
(Gardner, 216).
She had to go. to deliver pies, to pay off painters, to ch e c k on announce­
ments.. . (Cain, 99).
hi Id red.. .paid off the mortgages Bert had plastered on the house...
(Cain, 180).
2.

To be rewarding; to return in good measure.

They don't nay off on work...
(Cain, 188).
...they pay off on talent
C^ain, 188).
The chance paid off (Gardner, 98).
It8 previous battle experience paid off
(Pyle, 397).
the pav off.

The surprising result, finale, ending.

The pay-off was that one borrb hadn't gone off and was still lodged inside
the Portress's wing...
(Pyle, 175).
la p a y
a compliment.
about someone.

To compliment one; to say something nice

...what he was really doing, if she only had sense enough to know it,
was paying her a compliment
(Cain, 4 5 ).
l£L pay out.

To pay; to expend.

This is all money I'll have Ip. pay out before I can start at all
(Cain, 204).
I’irst you paid out to aanta Claus, and then you paid the income tax
(karquand, 326).
to pav rent.

To pay money for rent.

..•the other three places wouldn't yield enough to pay rent under the
lease...
(Cain, 244).
pay

respects.

To say "how do .you do" rather formally.

Afte we had paid our respects to the weather...
Sept. 16, 1947, 2 0 ).
E&H*
group.

list of names

(new Yorker, XXIII,

of persons employed by one business, concern,

There is no need of listing the names of all the other ren in the room be­
cause this is supposed to be a Christwas story, not a pay roll... (Yank,183)«

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to p a y
shore.
just portion.

To pay an amount of money which is one’s share,

o h e ' s got to nay her share
to pay

u p

(^ain, 250).

To pay in full; to pay completely.

.

A n d Wally, h e ’s not naid h e , even a little hit (Cain, 24).
...and her room rent's paid un until the first, and today's payday
(Gardner, 95).
H e r room rent was naid up (Gardner, 125).
A n d he's all naid un bee; use he bought your dinner, and that makes it
square
(Gain, 24).
i'he po l ic y was for 51,000, paid-un value 5256, and he had never taken
out m o r e . .. (Cain, 60).
t o p a y a visit.
. . . s o m et i me
. . .she p a i d
more t h a n
E v e f y fiber

you'll pay us a visit there...
(Cain, 226).
a visit to this autnority, and found it made no loans of
$16,000.••
(Cain, 242).
of her being had wanted to na.v a visit there...
(Cain, 208).

p e a c e o £ mind.
D e a r God —

To visit; to make a call; to call on.

Equanimity; calm temper; composure.

Please give me neace of mind... (Yank, 155).

& p e a k henT.
A time, hour, when activity of some 3ort is
greatest; a rush hour.
At

at

its

peak hours it was hard to get within yelling distance of the bar...
(Pyle, 343) .

P ear 1 Harbor.
The aerial attack by the Japanese on Honolulu and
P e a r l Harbor Dec. 7, 1941..
A t a staff conference shortly after Pearl Harbor... (Yank, 130).
C o m p a r e these recently abandoned myths in Britain with the pre-Pearl
harbor folklore about the Japanese which prevailed in the United
Gtates
(Progressive, Jan. 31, 1942, 12 ).
gedfrl pushers.
pair of slacks, trousers, for women which come to
the knee or thereabouts.
'.Then college girls took to riding bicycles in slacks, they rolled up one
trouser leg, then rolled up both. The whimsey has now produced a trim
v a r i e t y of long shorts, called 'pedal pushers1 (Life, Aug. 28, 1944,
65) .
peek a boo.
n term, usually used with small children, when one pre­
tends to hide and then says this to startle the child, or the other
w a y around.

"Peek-a-boo .11 he said

Gvc&rquand, 157).

to peek out.
To look out from a hiding place, from within a place,
cautiously, carefully.
They seemed
behind an
I went back
They peeked

to..-make us want to cower and hide and peek out
from
elbow (Pyle, 392).
to the doorway and stood peeking out at the tank (Pyle, 404).
out and saw a German at a latrine...
(Pyle, 375).

to peel off.
To curve away from another air craft — the movement
as one machine comes up close to another and then slants away is
sup osed to resemble the act of peeling off the skin of a banana.
Get in string, peel off and bomb from east to west
(Yank, 194).
Pour of our planes peeled off from the formation...(Yank, 203).
Both planes peeled off (Yank, 15).
We came back over our home airdrome, peeled off one by one, and landed
(Pyle, 325).
to peep ifl.

To look into a place cautiously, carefully.

Then she went to the door, and peeped in (Gain, 2 2 2 ).
Y,'e peeped i£. and he was lying on his mattress on the floor...
ifl. peer out.

(Pyle, 289).

To look outward from inside something.

The wombat's charming but popeyed offspring peer out from this pouch
(Yank, 40).
£*S£l and ink.
Characteristic of a kind of drawing in black and white
clone with a pen.
iiis sketches...are sometimes distorted and grotesque, and often he goes
into pen-and-ink fantasy
(Pyle, 140).
a pencil sketch.

A drawin ; made with a pencil.

oomebody had done a pencil sketch of her at a party back home*.•
(Pyle, 266).
S, Bgppy for your thoughts.
your mind?
A penny for your thoughts

'"hat aI*o you thinking about?

What is on

(Larquand, 229).

USht liH*
Confined; stored.
out as in pent up emotions.)

(This implies a great pressure to break

There was an excess of energy, pent up after days at sea...

(Yank, 223).

a people'a army.

An army of civilians; non-professional soldierB.

The intelligence of & p e o p l e d army is usually good, since its forces
are everywhere (Yank, 70).
pep talk.
A speech* talk, "by which one tries to make others very
enthusiastic.
(Often used in connection with athletics as a coach
usually gives his team a pep talk before a game.)
...he called his staff in for a little pen talk...
(Yank, 236).
All the little things had been done, and pep talk no. 103 took plao- .••
(Yank, 87).
kosie always gave us a p o p talk before a mission (Yank, 87).
to pep u p .

To cause to become enthusiastic; to encourage; to become

encouraged.
They pep the whole place jjp.

(iaarquand, 310).

JlC. perch on.
To sit on; to rest on; to settle on.
(This is a
comparison to a bird's alighting on something above the ground as on
a tree.)
...two men were left perched on the rail
(Cain, 212).
I went in a jeep, perched high £»£. toP of a lot of bedrolls
i2. percolate down.
rank.

(Pyle, 191).

To move, advance, go slowly downward in degree,

According to word percolating dovm to the family from the youthful
master 13 ~tudy, he is now putting the finishing touches on a work to
be entitled...
(New Yorker, gXIIi, Sept. 13, 1947, 29).
ifl. Perform a postmortem.
To make an examination of a Tody after death
to try to discover the cause of death.
How do you determine the time of death when you are performing a :ost—
mortem. Doctor?
(Gardner, 131).
jfcfi. perform aji autopsy.
To make an examination of a body after death
to determine the cause of death.
But all you know of your own knowledge, Doctor, is that you performed an
autopsy on a body, thatdeath had occurred..•
(Gardner, 132).
iQ. perk i2£..

To become

lively,animated.

...thirgs perked u p in the valley below
...poor Bert perked up ...
(Cain,211).
ifl. permit -- a luxury.
when one wishes.

(Yank,

198).

To enjoy something luxurious and to have it

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...one luxury she permitted, herself
PA-raian cat.

An Angora c

(Cain, 130).

a domesticated cat with long fur.

...fancy treed, like a blue Persian cat

(Cain, 217).

to persist in.
To go stubbornly about something; to continue with
something regardless of opposition.
Lildred might have persisted in this...

(Gain, 189).

personal belnn^in^a.
Personal property; those things which belong
to the individual as clothes, toilet articles, and the like.
...the walking enlisted men...with only a few personal beloru-dn^a in...
ditty bags
(Yank, 223).
personal property.
Property, belongings, which are not construed as
real estate; clothing, toilet articles, automobiles, books, and the like
...nobody here can take one dime of your money, or your personal property.
(Cain, 247).
person to person.
A type of long distance telephone call in which
one asks the telephone operator to get a specific person.
Contrasted
to station to station in which one asks simply to speak to anyone who
answers the telephone.
After waiting two days for
person-to-person, and he
But Jeffrey said he wanted
person. and the operator
t 2. pertain ;tp>
to.

an answer, Jeffrey
sat for two hours,
to talk to Colonel
said she w o u l d . . .

decided to telephone him,
wniting (karquand, 564).
hwinburne, person-toG-nrquand, 5 64).

To be associated with; to belong with; to be connected

...on whatever pertains to show, to decoration alone, be a little modest
(Cain, 228).
iQ. peter out.
To come to nothing; to end fruitlessly; to become
exhausted.
(This implies a gradual dissolution, wasting away.)
It petered out in about ten days

(Gardner, 114).

jietit, point.
Embroidery, needle work, whereby one takes a piece of
canvas and covers it with embroidery.
It often has a b l a c k background
and highly contrasting colors with pictures or other designs.
There was a bench covered with petit point. with Jacobean legs, standing
just in front...
(karquand, 385).
••.he walked to the petit-.,oint bellpull and pushed the little button
behind it (u-arquand, 305).

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■petty officer*
A non-commissioned officer in the Havy; an enlisted man
in the Uavy appointed by his commanding officer to this rank and
having authority over the lower ranks.
-here was another -petty officer who not only rated him hut...

(Yank, 43).

a Phi Beta
Kappa key. An insignia which shows the wearer
is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa,the famous scholarship fraternity in American colleges
and universities.
Lew Brown was a Harvard man, which was something of a handicap, and he
wore a Phi Beta Kappa key on his watch chain (karquand, 278).
£. Philadelphia lawyer.
used as a comparison:

A rather sharp, unscrupulous lawyer.
ag. slippery as a Philadelphia lawyer.)

(Often

The Philnrielphia lawyer■and the sea lawyer are stock American terms for a
bore and a pest
(iTew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 25).
phone book.
A book, i s s u e d annually for separate
are l i s t e d the names of people who have t e l e p h o n e s
and telephone numbers.
...any place where he could get to & phone book
S. phone cadi.
telephone.

citicB,
in which
a n d their a d d r e s s e s

(Gain, 203).

A telephone conversation; a talking by means of a

...the ol' boy had phone calls from all over the country...
(Yank, 225).
...the concert was interrupted by a phone call (Gain, 181).
■hen he got home he sat there by the telephone, swerting, waiting for
the inevitable phone call
(Pyle, 206).
...when he nade a phone call he always aaid "if you please" to the -e-rny
operator
(Pyle, 308).
iO. phone i&.

To

report by means of

...information was phoned in to him

a

telephone; to phone

a

report.

(Pyle, 387).

phone number.
A telephone number; a number which represents, for the
purposes of telephoning, a person.
Here's three, with phone numbers and addresses

(Cain, 203).

iiiS. phone rings.
The bells connected to the telephone are rung indi­
cating someone wish s to speak to another by means of a telephone.
Before he could turn to say anything to the lawyer another phone rang,
and .Drake picked up the receiver...
(Gardner, 64).
The phone rang
(Gain, 105).
They sat together by the little fireplace talking in low tones and
waiting for the iPhone to r-in • (crardner, 70).

photo finish*
The end of a race in which two of the contestants are
so close together that it is impossible to tell who won without the aid
of a photograph taken at the exact instant of the end of the race; hence*
any close race.
...T/5 Ed Berg of Albany, N.Y...-couldn't quite pass Ggt. Randall in the
photo-fin-tsh of the American race to Acland '3 outstretched hand
(Yank, 30;.
p-tann legs.
Human legs, usually women's, which are shapeless,
straight, having thick ankles.
V'e used to call you "Piano Legs11. do you remember?
to nick between.

(larquand, 360).

To choose one of two; to choose between.

If I had ifi. Pick between the two of them to live on a desert island with,
I'd pick Sales (harquand, 335).
JLfi. Pick --- for.

To choose one for; to select one for.

Prank said a colonel in Oran nicked him for the 3ob because ho always
kept himself neat and clean (Pyle, 310).
ia p.lck off.
1.

To shoot at and to hit; to hit with gun fire.

...the Germans tried Jjfl. pick off our men as they passed through open
sections (Yank, 107).
Every now and then snipers would nick off a man (Pyle, 397).
...they figure they'll get through somehow, then nick us off one b.y one...
(Yank, 181).
de were picking them off all morning...
(Yank, 53).
•kH night long the outfit remained silent and stable, -nicking off the Japs
as they crept forward
(Yank, 20).
They nicked off our soldiers one by one...
(Pyle, 373).
If they flew in a strait;ht line for as long as fifteen seconds, the
Germans would pick them off (Pyle, 163).
Nothing could make me any prouder than the way I nicked off little
white rocks right along with those veterans
(Pyle, 188).
2.

To remove b.y picking; to pluck.

I don't know whether or not these are dangerous.. .but when I saw their
fangs, I decided j£>. Pick them off the walls of the cave with tweeters
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
ifi. Pick ££..

To choose; to select.

khat did she have i£. nick on my boy for?

(Gain, 14).

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to p i c k
teeth.
£'o clean food from between one's teeth with a
toothpick, snail stick.
-hey ~icked their teeth und they put their bridgework in a glass of water
every night
(karquand, 26).
to pick --- wav.

To choose one's way, path, direction, course.

...no bomb fragment made could nick its way through all those roots...
(Yantc, 41).
to pick out.
1.

To select; to choose.

...she actually got around £o_ r irking out a house? ('■'air, 221 ).
I've uicked out you four for a starter. ••
(Gain, 190).
-he colcnel had also picked out the officer who was to teach the men
the meaning of combat intelligence
(Yank, 190).
...be suggested that he nick out his furniture himself...
(Cain, 235).
'<e drove up the road a little farther and nicked out another one
(Pyle, 445).
The Army had nicked out a hotel..• (Pyle, 461).
a sergeant had been forwarded about half a mile ina jeep and nicked
out a farmhouse
(Pyle, 445).
sometimes the mermans would nick out one of the farmhouses... and blow it
to smithereens
(Pyle, 238).
He had to wear both the dressing gora and the slippers because...-adge
had nicked then out herself (karquand, 4).
...the three-quarter mink coct, the erect model she had nicked out for
herself...
(Cain, 190).
5he did not want to have books nicked out for her beforehand by anyone...
(i~arquand, 100 ) .
There weren't any tin cans or anything, so we'd nick out tiny white
rocks...
(Pyle, 188).
Shortly afterward the ^ e r ^ L S nicked out tin t house for the center of a
barrage
'Pyle, 235).
...a place he had nicked out for billeting...
(Pyle, 242).
And then picked out whoever looked best
(Pyle, 281).
...gone into Pullock's and nicked out an evening gown
(Cain, 159).
In September he had been rich, and Lildred nicked out the mink coat she
would buy when the weather grew cooler
(Cain, 7 ).
I nicked out an empty spot and spread them out
(Yank, 5 9 ).
Her piano, nicked out when i-ilired i icked out her coat, never actually
arrived...
(Cain, 11).
...when she handed him the menu
nick out his dessert, she asked
innocently...
(Cain, 66 ).
2.

To distinguish; to recognize one among many' others.

You can't realize how nearly impossible it is to arrive in the dead, of
ni^it at exactly the right spot with a convoy, feel your way in through
the darkness, nick out the designated pinpoint on an utterly strange
shore line.*.
(Pyle, 26).
It was close to impossible for a German bomber t£. pick out their position.
(Pyle, 385).
I picked them out from a distance, because I could spot Jack Thompson's
beard (Pyle, 363).
...they might even pick out the gun batteries...
(Pyle, 391).
3.

To remove by picking; to lift out.

They nicked out knives and forks...and sorted them into different piles
(Pyle, 283).
to nick out of a hat.
of paper from a hat).

To select, choose, at random (by taking a slip

Take hemingway, or Faulkner, or Steinbeck Just to pick a few names out
the hat at random, and he was not making a pun...
(karquand, 335).

a pick up_.
1. A person one meets casually and takes along with one for pleasure;
a chance acquaintance.
She settled back, lost a slightly uneasy feeling she had had, of being
Just a pick-un (Cain, 92).
2. Hastily prepared of whatever is on hand; unplanned.
to a meal.)
Wait, I'll ask Jeff —

if you don't mind a -pick—un supper

(This refers

(karquand, 331)

ip. nick un.
1.

To gather; to lift by picking.

Veda nicked up. a package of cigarettes...
(Gain, 156).
After nickinm up. the menu, and dropping it quickly so the girl wouldn't
notice her trembling...
(Cain, 44).
8 he nicked up. the empty wine bottle, heaved it into the pantry, laughed
wildly (Cain, 31).
Ie nicked un her bag and led the way to a small back room whose only
furnishings...
(Gain, 92).
She put on the rubber slippers, nicked un the soar
(Cain, 93).
as she nicked un the phone a horrible feelir.g came over her that God had
had her number, after all
(Gain, 97).
a match in the fireplace caught his attention, and he stooped to nick it
112. (Gain, 105).
.•.and wings into four different dishes, and placed them in the icebox
so she coul^ nick up a portion with one motion (Cain, 117).

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He nicked u p the violin.••
(Cain, 135).
Ida went over to the desk;, -picked un the "blue pencil, cane "back to the
door...
(Gain, 66 ).
...never wondered if a dish was done, hut always knew, and at tfcu-t moment
nicked it h e
(Cain, 75).
.. .Liildred. ..nicked un her handbag. . • (Cain, 188).
And he nicked un the paper
(i-arquand, 77).
Buck was nicked un bodily and thrown inside the compartment. -. (Yank, 46).
...Just put it there on the table, son, and come back when we call and
nick un the dishes
(u-ardner, 145).
Alden made signs to him, so he nickedun the note and read it and waved
his hand to show that he understood
(Gardner, 56).
Drake nicked it un. said into the transmitter, MHold the line for just a
sinut e"...
(Gardner, 60).
“ho,” kason said, "we'll have
nick un the c a r ’s and decide how toplay
our hand "’hen we see what aretrumps"
(Gardner, 17).
-sson looked at the dice, nicked their, h e and rolled themthree or four
times, then laughed (Gardner, 16).
Della nicked un her menu (Gardner, 156).
Before he could turn to say anything to the lawyer, another phone rang
and Drake nicked un the receiver.. .
(Gardner, 64).
•■■ason nicked it H2.» said, "Hello,11...
(Gardner, 8 8 ).
—ason nicked un the telephone.•. (Gardner, 45).
...every time one tried $£l nick un his helmet he would nick un the soccer
ball instead (Yank, 185).
The top nicked un the receiver (Yank, 100).
He nicked un a stake...
(Yank, 182).
Picking he. my coil, I noticed that it was off balance...
(Yank, 58).
ie nicked un the meat dish
(Yank, 231).
He...nicked un the menu...
(Yank, 229).
-rinybody can nick un. .. the Jap post cards...
(Yank, 235).
At noon chow Halt Durkee nicked un eartra sandwiches and fruit
(Yank, 138).
*.e rcept drifting farther away from the orderly room, pretending ia. nick
UE cigarette butts (Yank, 138).
...he nicked un a tiny pin...
(Yank, 245).
•e were nicking them EEL two days later
(Yank, 122).
de nicked un both the chair and the coat carefully, and found a hanger
in the closet (marquand, 147).
Jeffrey had nicked up. his coat and now he held it by the collar (Larquand, 67 ).
Lizzie was bringing in the clear pale consomme, a n d hr. hapes was nicking
H£> his spoon (harquand, 98).
ohe was point in ~ to a letter beside his plate and. he looked down at
it
and nicked it HE. (arquand, 586).
i-inot looked at his glass carefully before he nicked,it
(i-arquand, 244).
He lighted his cigarette carefully and nicked un the newspaper...
(i.arquand, 305 ).
Jeffrey spelt it and the girl nicked un a mimeogra hed list and then
she wrote down the number of a room
(idr^uand, 57 l).
Jeffrey nicked HU a piece of yellow copy paper and a pencil Carquand, 198).
In the hall, .-hen Jeffrey start'd
nick un his suitcase, albert darted
forward ('.arquand, 306).

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kinot doberts parked the car at the edge of the turn-ground at the front
of the house and slammed the door and packed up his tennis raquet
(i.arquand, 261) .
h e picked u p the New York Times and turned to the second page...
(i.arquand, 214).
TCe pic'tied one
and admired it (New Yorker, 30CI11, ^ept. 15, 1947, 26).
As the first hoy cane through, a nan ducked under the rope, picked him
and kissed him (new Yorker, XXIiI, Sept. 6 , 1947, 22).
Now and then they had to go on cleanup detail and help pick u p trash...
(Pyle, 214).
The landlady picked it Jip. with the tips of her fingers...
(Pyle, 462).
He would pick u p something from the discard...
(Pyle, 340).
I picked u p a. . .£ihle*.• (Pyle, 367).
2.

To collect; to obtain; to get.

An outfit would pick up some kid...
(Pyle, 243).
The officers rill p i c k u p y o u r nail as it cones in... (Gardner, 101).
I don*t know why I picked it up,...
(Pyle, 367).
...he had already picked up several little cntisue whiskey glasses...
(Pyle, 413).
He boarded up blown-out windows, lid our washing, and even sicked u p the
scraps of wood and built a little fire...
(Pyle, 119).
Lots of soldiers had picked u p local logs as pets
(Pyle, 115).
...I'm not too proud to pick them up...
(Gain, 149).
down on the dock was a big boxlike cart in -hich they picked up slop
buckets and trash...
(Pyle, 274).
.« .there came trucks with the picked—u p . rusting rifles of men killed or
wounded...
(Pyle, 412).
r-e*d picked us.
money in a captured German headquarters
(Pyle, 414).
...I don't know whether it was picked up or not
(Pyle, 356).
special Coast Guard tugs were assigned to pick then up. (Pyle, 356).
He has.• -a few Japanese invasion coins he picked u p during some 50 days
under fire on Guadalcanal (Yank, 22).
It didn't take him to discover that if he saw a book once at Gimbels,
he was lively to see it again and again, presumably as a result of its
having been picked u p in bulk at a rer.iainder sale
(hew Yorker, XXIII,
->ept. 6 , 1947, 20).
recently a hospital orderly picked up a letter to mail for a wounded man
(Yank, 36).
^ number of others had been there, too, who had dropped things and had
forgotten
pick them up... (harquand, .3 3 ).
...its walls "ere finished in old pine paneling which ^eckie had nicked
UJ2. here and there...
U-arquand, 126).
She wouldn't pick up a tip (Cain, 170).
Just thought I'd drop around for a little visit and maybe pick u p a
couple of things I left in the desk...
(Cain, 53).
Some guys expect to P i c k up a new gun from a casualty whenever they need
it
(Yank, 150).
You can pick up your orders when you bring him in (Yank, 226).

...our request to stick around for a few days is.
Pick £ 2. aload, of
uictures and stories (Yank, 196).
They wandered off behind the sand dunes, uicking
us. stakes(Yank, 182).
I'll keep biscuits out all the time,
and you nick them h e . yourself
(Gain, 119).
Pick un your own bread and your own biscuits, but put them in separate
baskets..*
(Cain, 119).
Fick them jje. quick, and nick up enough(Gain, 119).
. . . 3 h e d r o v e back t o t h e h o u s e , •picked u p h e r p i e s , a n d made t h e
rounds
of delivery (Cain, 116).
I'll nick it mg. next week (Cain, 90).
...a woodshed* • .where vrls may pick u p art materials...
(Yank,233).
Sach Army outfit.. .picks up its allotment
(Yank, 232).
He picked up their letters and waited for a barrage of shelling to stop
before he left (Yank, 29).
Hot Jeep was ordered to go to Oran with a weapons carrier to. pick up our
rations...
(Yank, 139).
3* 'To meet and take somewhere*
The chauffeur drove them across Jilshire Boulevard on the way to the
Bronxville ip. pick u p Jeffrey's bag.. . (har-iuand, 428).
a private runs £e. pick him u p * ..
(Yank, 180).
...I got a jeep and went and picked him h e . (Pyle, 300) .
The Partisans counted 20 Jerry dead and picked up seven wounded...
(Yank, 2 8 ).
...she went down to i-rs. Biederhof's corner and picked him h e . (Cain, 198).
...he said they'd already been picked up
(Yank, 168).
...she again ylckefl. yj> Bert at hr s. Biederhof's corner...
(Cain, 202).
...and I'll pick Zinily h e . as she leaves the office
(uardner, 51).
Lonty said he had no car*..and could she pick him u p ? (Cain, 221 ).
Te'd P i c k e d up our p a t i e n t a n d w e r e s t a r t i n g b a c k o v e r t h e r i d g e . . .
(Yank, 180).
As they parted, kildred asked Ida if she'd li-ce her to stop by and pick
her
on the way over in the morning (Cain, 64).
kinot's coming here £2. pick me he.
seven (harquand, 66 ).
4. To arrest by the police or the like;
police.

to take into custody of the

...the raiders were iQ. rick up several of the town's leadin' Fascists...
(Yank, 25).
Or they'd pick up escaped Allied prisoners i'or the uer ians.... (Yank, 26).
They confiscated a lot of equipment, nicked up a couole of underlings *..
(Gardner, 6 2 ).
...others wore picked up for wearing baseball caps...
(Yank, 231).
...the ..Ts would have picked me up
(Pyle, 299).
I think sheer awe was all that kept the ids from picking me
(Pyle, 298).
5.

To discover; to find.

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Ee nicked u p the agency for this loaded dice business
(Gardner, 100).
The Germans night pick them b e forth miles from their target
(Pyle, 162).
They were on their way home when they picked b e . their alternate target...
(Pyle, 168).
An Army officer had been washed oberboard but had been picked b e . by another
about four ships behind
(Pyle, 20).
Our correspondent wants to know if he's to try and pick BE.
Hogarty
trail (Gardner, 65).
I picked up a partner by the name of Hogarty (Gardner, 112).
...our chances of being picked b e .*ould be slight
(Pyle, 356).
.. .searchlights picked u p the incoming landing craft...
(Yank, 124).
...a plane was picked u p within range...
(Pyle, 289).
I p icked up Serle — a guy about forty, nervous, quick-moving...
(Gardner,
16).
6.

To learn; to get to know and to use.

To top it all off he spoke perfect French and was picking up Italian like
a snowball
(Pyle, 73).
They picked u p a lot of incriminating stuff, but couldn't prove any deliver­
ies (Gardner, 101).
"I
BE. the new words and phrases," Jesse answered (i^arquand, 275).
...he too might have been like Walter Newcombe, p i c k i u p ideas (friarquand,
41) .
You pick b e . odds and ends of information that are worth remembering (Yank,
76).
... I went around picking u p tank lore
(Pyle, 264) .
I didn't pick b e .much about the rest of the boys...
(Pyle, 387).
•••he had picked u p some of the rudiments of tailoring (Pyle, 190).
It was the first word that girls like hiss Ainsley picked u p
(Earquand, 269).
Yihat he didn't see himself, he picked u p from the cooks...(Yank, 199).
...confused and harassed their make-believe enemy with
screwballtactics
they had picked b e while fighting the Japs (Yank, 91).
Pricks, labels— where did you pick u p that kind of talk?
(Yank, 89).
"c»ay, where did you tend bar?" "Oh, just picked it u p " (Gain, 26).
•••so—called GI slang, the oft—repeated phrase picked u p in boot camp...
(Yank, 164).
7. To make an acquaintance with one of the opposite sex and to have an
engagement.
(This implies no formal introduction and is considered un­
mannerly. )
And the men they pick u p ! (Cain, 191).
And all they're up to is picking u p men (Cain, 191).
...I'm not good at picking BE people in club cars, and when I do, they're
not worth picking u p
(Marquand, 414).
• ..in a speako Y/ally had taken her to, and helped Anna
picku p aman at a
nearby table
(Cain, 68 ).
8.

To steal; to purloin.

-

1002-

Oar driver even had a feather "bed he had nicked h e from a French family
(Pyle, 426).
...Hot Jeep would go out and nick h e . enough to make up the deficit...
(Yank, 139).
Hot Jeep became so proficient at it, particularly at ^ir.lcing h e . the vehicle
from which he derived his name...
(Yank, 139).
9.

To give enthusiasm; to encourage.

They thought maybe their presence would -pick the boys H E a bit
10.

(Pyle, 319).

To begin; to start again.

...all four motors would stop for about five seconds at a time and then nick
un again (Pyle, 348).
f.*adge did not have to drop one chain of relationships and nick un another
when she v a w Ethel...
(Marquand, 356).
11.

To get up; to rise; to stand up.

When Jimmy nicked Jaimself he. off the floor...
12.

(Yank, 165).

To improve; to get better.

Behind the marble counter, the bankers waited, rubber stamps in hand, for
business to nick un (.New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13,1947, 26).
After a couple of days down below they began £e nick un
(Pyle, 150).
...when business nicked un...she voted for him...
(Cain, 180).
13.

To receive as on a radio; to tune in on.

The ship's news came mostly from B.B.C. in London, the German radio in Ber­
lin, and our little daily newspaper assembled from
world-wide
shortwave
broadcasts nicked h e .during the night (Pyle, 41).
The Home radio nicked h e the item, completely distorted it, and used it for
home front propaganda (Pyle, 112).
...up to the radio shack to go over the news reports which the wireless had
nicked un
(Pyle, 7).
The people on the outside would nick un the game on the short wave...
(Yank,
185).
It was one of those radios which could nick un Japan as easily as a local
station...
(karquand, 386).
14.

To clean, arrange, set in order as a room in a house.

The front hall had been nicked un very neatly

(l^arquand, 398).

15. To earn; to get money usually very easily and sometimes not quite
honestly.
He told me he'd made a killing, had nicked un twenty grand on the first in­
stallment...
(uardner, 101).

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to pick up a SLUflL*
understand instructions whether plainly stated
or implied and to act in accordance with them*
His face froze for a moment "but then he picked aa, his cue with surprising
convincingness
(Cain, 58).
to pick u p

feet.

To lift one's feet when walking.

...he doesn't knot- how to pick u p his feet and walk on grass and rocks
(Yank, 149).
to pick up the pieces.

To repair damage; to restore harmony, unity.

He wanted to pick up the pieces and start all over again...
to

pick up

weight.

(Marquand, 476)

To get fat; to put on flesh; to get heavier.

These people had picked u p weight since 1 last saw them
to pick up where one left off.
another stopped.

(Pyle, 349).

To begin at the point, place, where

Howitzers...have picked u p where the heavy barrage from seaward left off
(Yank, 180).
picnic basket.
A basket designed for carrying food and drink often con­
taining silverware, dishes, cups, and the like, to be used on a picnic.
Then they would get the picnic basket, which was very heavy when it was
filled with ice and sandwiches and milk and tea (Marquand, 544).
...with cups and plates and two thermos bottles which had cost sixty—five
dollars but somehow the picnic basket had not worked
(Marquand, 544).
The summer he and Madge were first married and owned their first car, they
had bought a picnic basket with cups and plates...
(Marquand, 544).
a picture

q£.

a

photograph showing.

...pictures of herself and lengthy accounts of her career...
(Cain, 229).
.«.pictures
Monty and...accounts of his career (Cain, 229).
P.lctur£. star.

A prominent actor, actress, in the cinema, moving pictures

I'll bet the picture stars don't have anything like that in Hollywood
quand, 517).
Pis £L lg. mode.

A piece of pie with ice cream.

bring me apple pie &. 1&, mode. and lots of coffee
£. Piece

the paper.

(Gardner, 99).

A newspaper story; a news story.

(Mar­

-1004-

But presently the thing became so public, what with pieces ifi, .tfefi.
about the sele of his polo ponies*••
(Cain, 142)*
a piece of furniture.
or the like.

PCX

A single item of furniture; a chair, table, sofa,

This was the most expensive piece of furniture she had, and the only one
that had been made to order (Cain, 117).
£ niece of luck.

Luck; good fortune.

But Jeffrey knew that by some piece of luck which was not his fault at
all Walter Newcombe was there to sing the dirge of destiny
(liarquand,
461).
a piece of music.

A musical composition; an aria, lyric, or the like.

...the little fat woman... found a piece of music. sat down at the piano*..
(Cain, 216).
Re...found a piece of music...
(Cain, lo5).
a piece &£. property.
Some real estate; some real property; a house,
farm, land, or the like.
You got yourself & Piece of property this time, kildred
& Piece of tail.

(Cain, 121).

Coitus; sexual intercourse.

...that'8 all I've been to you, s. Piece of tai^ (Cain, 146).
...you're still the
best piece of tail I ever had, or ever couldimagine
(Cain, 145).
£. piece of work.

Work; an item of work.

That Revere did a fine piece of work, and he deserves recognition
237).
a Piece

writing.

(Yank-,

Writing; a story, poem, letter, essay, or the like.

...I found the letter...the most disgusting piece of w r | f t 1 have ever
had the misfortune to read (Yank, 210).
Jtfl. Piece, together.
To put together from many items, pieces, singly; to
form by fitting together into a whole.
l’his is the story of the Big Bastard's first surface action, pieced together
from the accounts
of the men of her complement
(Yank, 43) .
All sorts of things
began to flit through kildred's mind, andpiece themflCi.Y.eC together...
(Cain, 258).

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nie tw*ff>p-

A small shop which sells cakes, pies, and coffee.

From you, and your pie-wagon (Cain, 207).
...people that run filling stations...and pie wagons
(Cain, 156).
...Sigrid, from the Fie Wagon itself...
(Cain, 230).
a pile driver.
ground.

A large heavy machine for driving large posts into the

For many years he ran a Pile driver
to pile in.

(Pyle, 186).

To get into a car, automobile.

to we piled inand directed Chauffeur Cogan to set
village of Le Pieux (Pyle, 408).

out for thenearly

to pile out. To get out, leave, a car, automo'bile.
Finally, we hit the beach and as we piled out into the water we were worse
scared than ever (Pyle, 26).
They came piling out of that plane like rockets (Pyle, 348).
The crew piled out through the bottom hatches...
(Yank, 119).
We piled out quickly at the beachhead
(Yank, 144).
It caught fire, and the whole crew piled out and ran as fast as theycould
(Pyle, 267).
...the first two assault waves piled out of amphibious tractors...
(Yank,
250).
to pile
1.

u p

.

To increase; to grow larger.

The Army worked so smoothly that material never piled u p on thebeaches but
got immediately on its way to the front
(Pyle, 36).
And as the afternoon droned on with the state remorselessly p H lng u p an
avalanche of fingerprint evidence against the defendant...
(Gardner, 151-2)
They argued their case in quite noisy fashion, letting the counters pile
HE, with orders while they screamed...
(Cain, 45).
...because convoys pile u p behind you and c a n ’t get around...
(Pyle, 426).
. . . a nice little corporate reserve piled u p too
(Cain, 243).
This was so...in excess of her living expenses that the moneypiled u p on
her account...
(Cain, 243).
...an unhappy recollection.•-of what had been piling u p between them these
last few months
(Cain, 171).
>•.still it piled u p
(Cain, 180).
It was also the climax.•.of a financial catastrophe that had been piling
on her-.(Cain, 242).
Corporal Le Barr's plane...had more missions than any other — 23 — and was
piling them h e ,by one and two a day (Pyle, 210).

1006-

2. To place one on top of another; to form a pile.
any order, plan, arrangement.)

(This does not imply

I could lean over and watch the men down below oiling u p ration boxes
(Pyle,
279).
...from one piled—up mass of earth and shrubbery to another...
(Yank, 243).
We nile u p rocks (Yank, 150).
Dead Japs were being piled u e on the beach...
(Yank, 252).
“The dishes weren't piled u p T w fcason asked (Gardner, 170).
a pillar of smoke.

Smoke arising into a single comumn.

...facing the burning plane that seemed to be rising to heaven in a Eillfit
of smoke (liarquand, 230).
E Pill roller.

A physician; a medical doctor.

...I am under the care of a bunch of pill rollers...

(Yank, 161).

a, pinball machine.
A game consisting of a glass covered, slightly in­
clined, table in which there are several holes.
In a slot are about 10
steel balls driven by a plunger connected to a spring. The object is to
try to put all
of the balls in the holes.
...the month the
ninhal1 machine was installed (Yank, 224).
...the pinh^jl-^ machine was used by officers...
(Yank, 224).
Our pinball machine at the officers' mess...
(Yank, 224).
pin
The person who resets the bowling pins after they have been
knocked down.
(He works in a bowling alley.)
The celebrated pin boy from this tiny Ohio town...
(Yank, 17b).
The famed nin boy did not apply for a commission (Yank, 175).
He used to be pin boy at the Sportland Bowling Alley...
(Yank, 175).
ill pinch pannlflfl.
be extravagant.

To be very careful of money; to be very saving; not to

I always have in. pinch pennies

(Yank, 163).

Pin down.
To cause another to be unableto move.
(In use in connect­
ion with the Armed Forces it means to shoot at a person and forcehim to
lie still.)
• •.was so close to the enemy that it was •nipnflri down by machine guns and
mortars...
(Yank, 134).
Terry, in the meantime, was kept busy by a machine-gun pillbox that had
h i m down behind a tree
(Yank, 17).
...the German ring that tried ip. pin us down in the beachhead area (Pyle,
442).
Our men were pinned down for a while...
(Pyle, 363).

They were pinnad down right on the water's edge...
(Pyle, 362).
A patrol had succeeded in pinning down the Japs occupying several pillboxes
(Yank, 52).
..•sometimes our machine guns get pinned down when they stay up with us
(Yank, 150).
...they pinned us down with fire from .50-caliber machine guns...
(Yank, 10).
...the whole outfit was pinned down without a field of fire, only a few
feet from the sea (Yank, 9).
The men are pinned down on the beach
(Pyle, 363).
Tag Allumbaugh way lying within shout distance of where Teck was pinned
down... (Pyle, 186).
But at other
timeshe may be pinned down by enemy fire so that the aid men
can't get to him,and he will have to lie out there for hours before help
comes
(Pyle, 51).
£. nine knot.
joined the
good fire.)

A piece of wood from a pine tree at the place where a limb
trunkof the tree.
(A pine knot has much resin and makes a

vThen they got back it was late, but they gathered pine knots by the car
lights...
(Cain, 94).
V/hen they got back, it was cold, and they decided to build a fire, of pine
knots (Cain, 94).
ping pong.
on a table.

Table tennis; a game something like tennis which is played
(Also attributive.)

...bullets bouncing off him like ping-pong balls (Yank, 166).
There was a ping-p^ipft table in the Rumpus Room...
(Larquand, 126).
la pin op..
1.

To fasten with a pin.

...she took his
orchidsout of the icebox and pinned them on... (Cain, 152).
...the general...pinnedthe Silver Star gfl the sheet (Yank, 130).
2.

To accuse one of something and to force one to be responsible for it.

...one or both of you is quite apt to get a first degree murder rap pinned
2a you (Gardner, 119).
The natural way for him to get out is to try t£. pin it ca you (Gardner, 75).
The natural way for you to get out is to try to pin the murder on him (Gar­
dner, 75).
They don't have a ghost of a chance q£_ pinning this
you (Gardner, 153).
TTe're not
anything
anyone— but Harold can never convince a jury
he didn't do it (Gardner, 164).
You can't pin it sa Harold
(Gardner, 164).

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T>int sized.

Small; tiny.

One of the Psychological Warfare Branch’s major functions is publishing
one of the world's biggest newspaper chains — weekly, pint-sized
sheets turned out in Uerman, French, Dutch and Flemish...
(Yank, 129).
a -pin u n .
A picture of a scantily dressed girl, usually in a bathing
suit.
(Also attributive.)
I had known a bunch of Air Force mechanics who boasted thirty-four pj.fi,ups... (Pyle, 266).
. ..YALK with its pin-ups
(Yank, 214).
...he could use the mashed—up goo for parting. ..YAIUi p in-ups on i is
barracks wall
(Yank, 140).
backed or. the vails were three dozen of the most striking pin-ups I
ever saw (Pyle, 180).
Don't slam our oin-ups
(Yank, 214).
...who started this idea of pin—u p s . ..
(Yank, 214).
...a recent letter about p.n-uns in YAIU\.. . (Yank, 214).
Dhe boys had a pin-up of ^nrguerite Chapman, salvaged from a beat-up
British magazine (Yank, 60).
-feep the a in- up pictures coining
(Yank, 214).
Ihere was one pin-up gallery in a room occupied by six mechanics...
(Pyle, 130).
Cordes was also the pin-up champ of the entire army... (Pyle, 266).
to pin

up.

To fasten, hold up, with a pin or the like.

...the soldiers carefully took out the needles to pin u p that picture of
Jane nussell...
(Yank, 141).
ihe pinned kildred's dress un, so it was a sort of sash around her hips..
(Cain, 162).
S. Pin up girl.
A picture of a girl, woman, usually in a bathing suit,
often posed in a provocative position.

In that feminine gallery there was one pin-un girl who meant more than
the rest
(Pyle, 266).
On the tables were pictures of their girl3 and parents, and on the

corrugated steel walls they had pasted pin-up girls from Yank and other
magazines
(Pyle, 326).
But they had the same oin-un girls, the same flying talk...
(Pyle, 333).
Looking at a pin-up girl is pleasant..- (Pyle, 180).
ihere was a controversy... over the pin—up girls versus the girl back
home (Pyle, 180).
...was usually bare except for a shelf and some pin-up girls
(Pyle, 257)
A redhead — looked like the champ of all the pin-up girls
(Yank, 209).
Is this the much publicized "Pin-Up Oirl11... ? (Yank, 214)".
a pioe dream.
unbelievable.

An impossibility,

improbability;

something fantastic,

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...then run smack into some modernistic structure that looks like an archi­
tect's pipe dream (Yank, 75).
a nine fitter.
One who fastens pipes together; one who cuts, threads,
reams, and fastens pipes.
Carmichael used to he a nine fitter for the gas company...

(Pyle, 269^.

hiuer Cub.
.Trade name for a small airplane which carries two passengers
and has a top speed of less than 100 miles per hour.
This field had been used in the previous two days as a landing area for
Piper Cubs evacuating a few wounded.. . (Yank, 92).
Lt. A.J. Howell. •.left to take off in a Piper Cub (Yank, 133).
to pine

u p

.

To speak without warning; suddenly to say something.

Suddenly.. .the cook piped u p : 11damned if there isn't a third one dead
ahead"
(Yank, 254).
...a shave tail that isn't old enough to grov' a beard pipes u p . ..
(Yank, 172).
pistol belt.
men.

a

wide, about 3 inches, web, canvas, belt worn by service

There were torn pistol belts...
pitch black.
see by.

(Pyle, 267).

Jark; completely without light; without enough light to

...iiside the barracks all was pitch black and silent...
iflL Pitch is..

(Yank, ll).

To assist in the work; to work hard helping.

The merchant seamen also pitched in and helped carry (Pyle, 287).
That was also the time everyone pitched in to haul ammunition. • • (Yank, 33).
'Vhen Tick was working on the rock garden on the lawn, Jim pitched right ia
and i.elped him...
(i-arquand, 131).
But the crew came running, other crews pitcned in to help, and they had a
new wheel on the plane. •• (Fyle, 171).
la Pitch --- voice.

To put one's voice on a note, tone.

You were pitching your voice to two different tones, and doing all the
talking yourself (Gardner, 200).
P.T-th helmet.

a

fiber hat ventilated with holes for wear in hot climates.

he should also bring the following items.. .-ith helmet...

la

!§. hitiful to see.

(Yank, 142).

To be pitiful; to be a source of sympathy.

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^by» it's pitiful to aee how grateful they are just to have a hard deck to
sleep on (Pyle, 4).
the -pit o f

stomach.

The upper part of the abdomen; the epigastrium.

It gave Jeffrey a cold sensation in the pit of his stomach

(.aarquand, 37).

to -place a call.
To put in a telephone call; to attempt to make a phone
call; to give a telephone operator the number one wants to speak to.
...you nevertheless told these men that you were going tp. place the call
at somewhere around ten-thirty? (Gardner, 196).
S. place of -- own.

A house, a farm, or the like which one o-ns.

...we's talk about...having a nloce of our own (Yank, 183).
It was a place of their own where they could keep their own things...
(karquand, 212).
to place on the altar.

To offer as a sacrifice, alms, oblation.

Io ask the women of Texas to. place their daughters qii the altar of
sacrifice to the evil that will come from the pro ram.. • (Yank, 210).
£2. ulace on a (sound) basis.
To arrange affairs according to business
practice; to set affairs in order.
...the corporation was to be placed on a sounder basis.♦•
JtS. b§. plagued by.

(Cain, 247) .

to be annoyed by regularly; to be irritated by.

...I've been plagued by doubting Thomases...

(Yank, 172).

a plain clothes man.
a detective who does not wear a police uniform
but rather wears civilian clothes.
Two plain clothes men, who had been standing near the door, converged
on the group of officers (Gardner, 119).
& pjujA face.
face.

a

face which is neither handsome nor ugly; an ordinary

...taking in the conviviality with a twisted rin that seemed strange and
pathetic on her extremely plain face (Cain, 127).

iiiaia silly.

Very silly; stupid; foolish.

It was nice of deorge, but the truth is I'm just .-lain silly
a

.caJJLs for.
plan.

(Pyle, 94).

The plan demands; the plans are for; it is in the

-1011-

Plana
1 for it to continue on across many more miles*••to meet the
old Burma Bead.••
(Yank, 17?)*
to

on.
To plan to do something; to make plans to do something*
(Plan on is followed by the gerund, while plan to takes the infinitive.)
rilan

I think she was.. .planning on spending the night v-'ith him
plate glass*
attributive.)

(dardner, 110).

A high grade, thick, polished sheet of glass*

(^-lso

...in the light reflected from the nlate-glas3 window at the front of
the restaurant
(Gardner, 94)•
There was not much effort at beauty on porches in those days — no colored
rugs, no tables with plate glas3 tops...
(warquand 184).
A fragment of flak had broken through the plate glass at his side
(Yank, 16).
to play around.

To play aimlessly; to enjoy oneself in aimless play.

...they went up and played around at 10,000 feet...
fte played around for a w h i l e ( d a r d n e r , 72).
in. plav ball.
To participate in a ball game:
baseball, or the like.

(Yank, 203).

football, basketball,

There should have been a cow gracing on it...and boys playing ball or
tag (marquand, 112).
in nlay ball with.

To cooperate with; to assist.

To the extent that you play ball with him, I ’ll plav ballwith
(Gardner, 77).
in plav a part.

To be a part; to be an essential;

i-ocks clayed a part

in the mountain war

a play boy.
to have fun.

you

to beimportant.

(Pyle, 149).

man whose main interest in life is to enjoy himself,

I told you, h e ’s just a play-boy. Hormar

(i»arqi. and, 422).

in play bridge *
To participate, take part, in the card game of auction
or contract bridge..
(At present this generally implies contract bridge.)
...everyone would smile and shake hands, and then go on playing bridge.
or reading...
(ig.rquand, 218).
in plav cards.

To participate, take part, in a card game.

The sergeants who were playing cards stopped the game

(Yank, 207).

1012-

to pl«v a dance.
To furnish music by playing a musical instrument in
an orchestra for a dance*
...Jimmy had ifi. '.lav

a dance that night

to play dead.

pretend to he dead; to feign death; to play possum.

To

(Yank, 165)*

The Jap officer played dead until Lt. -doss approached and then leaped
at him bare-hnnded
(Yank, 55).
...he still lay there pla.vin.fi: dead.. • (Pyle, 189).
to play for -— .
To perform on a musical instrument before one; to
give a recital for one.
...I'd played for him once, and he wasn't at all appreciative

(Cain, 231).

to play — - game.
To behave, act, as another desires; to act in
accordance with another's wishes.
...many of their own people who..-are playing Hitler's game

(Yank, 215).

ifi. BJLSY a game with.
To cooperate in pleasurrble,innocent,
with, as a father plays a game with his children.

pretense

...brought it all back, the game he used to play with nay, all the gay
nonsense between t:.e elex?hant and the monk
(Cain, 105) .
to play golf.

To go

piling; to take part in a game of golf•

sometimes he played golf

(Pyle, 337).

ifi. olay -- hand.
To behove, act in a rather complicated situation;
to perform a series of actions all related to the achievement of one's
goal.
...we'll have to pick up the cards and decide ho*’ to play our hand when
we see what are trumps
(Gardner, 17).
ifi. Play hide and seek.
To take part in a child's game in which one
of the children a l l o w s the others to hide from him and then attempts
to find them: hence, to take part in any extended hiding and searching
for.
snipers, too, play hide and s e e k in t h e fog
to play hob (with) .

(Yank, 180).

To ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of.

The armored divisions practically ran amuck, racing long distances and
playing hob...
(Pyle, 442).
The war plaved hob with his business
(Pyle, 410).

-1013-

to play the h o rs e s .

To "bet on horse races;

to w ger on horse races*

te's just a punk kid who's drifted around* . .plays ’-.hat money he can get
on the horses..•
(^ardner, 126).
in filfiy & hunch.
hunch.

To act in accordance ’with intuition; to act o>. a

"I couldn't," Drake admitted, "unless I'd been up on my toes and olayed
a hunch 11 (uardner, 6o) .
But good detective work consists of a lot of luck and a lot of hun^ji
plav in/: (<jardner, 63 ).
to play i n t o
hands.
To act,behave, .iust as another wants; to do
something unconsciously for another's benefit; unintentionally to act
for another's good.
"Veil," hason said, on the road down, "I've olaved right into the D.Jt.1
hands" (vardner, 172).
pot to be able to ploy a. note.
instrument.

To be unable to perform on a musical

...the guy couldn't play a note...Irvin- Berlin

(Cain, 139).

is. alaz out.
1.

To perform; to act as in a drama.

Cn the opposite bank of the crater, tuo huge soldier audiences stood
watching that noisily profane craftsman play out his role
(Pyle, 74)
2.

To diminish to nothing; to become exhausted.

I knew it might play out tomorrow or the ner.t d a y or the next week. . .
(uardner, 114).
..-the counterattack had played out
(Yank, 241).
£2. Play a part.

To feign, to pretend.

...you try to make me ilav little part...
iSL pimy the piano.

(Cain, 219).

To perform on the piano.

...you can forget you ever tried £ 2. play the piano. ..
(Cain, 187).
...witn fingers like steel from playin;: the piano♦..
(Caip, 234).
...it didn't make a bit of difference whether you could play the u i a n o .
or not

(Oai:., 139).

£& a lay §. iece.
strucent.

To perform a musical composition on a musical in—

-XUX*4—

To have Veda play the piece about rainbows...
...Veda had plaved the piece...
(Cain, 186).

(Cain, 169).

to play politics.
To participate in, take part in, politics; hence,
to engage in activity of a sort to try to get support for oneself.
...block hiir. off from a job he was entitled to have, and then go around
playing all the politics you know how, to get it for yourself
(Cain, 30).
to play polo.

To participate in, take part in, the game of polo.

He nlays polo for kidwich, and he lives in Pasadena, and he's rich...
(Cain, 125).
to play the ponies.
■t& P horses. )

To bet on, wager on horse races.

A lot of people play the ponies these days
12 play 'possum.

(dee:

£ 2. play

(Gardner, 126).

To pretend to be dead; to feign death; to play dead.

I played possum until he got back

(Yank, 19g).

la. plar the races.
To bet on, wager on, races.
(This usually
implies horse races but it may also mean ■rayhound races.)
He played the races
(Gardner, 126).
harel ulayed. the races and Oscar Boker played them.
tU. play a slot machine.

(u-ardner, 126).

To gamble by means of a slot machine.

...vnispered life, "the;.' shot craps, -played slot machines free"
(Yank, 150).
"here," Beckie called, "here are nickels for anyone who wants to play the
slot machines11 (karquand, 126).
hr. Sales and karianna were clay in.: the slot mpcf-i ineR
(harquand, 126).
12 play tennis.

To participate in, take part in, the game of tennis.

...before they start

dayinr tennis

(Cain, 17h).

12. Play a trick (on).
To trick; to deceive by means
to defraud.
(This does not imply serious deception.)

of artifice;

In a way, she had played him a trick
(Cain, 235).
^.nd that trick I played on you, making you improvise an accompaniment to
the little gavotte...
(Cain, 137;.
..ell, I sort of owe Hogarty one for the trick he played onme with tnose
•allopin; dominoes
(uardnor, 217).
12

p I a v a tune.
ment .

To perform a musical composition on a musical instru­

-1015-

...the orchestra nla.ved the tune...
to play to a. full house*

(Cain, 341).

To draw capacity audiences; to fill a theater.

...it had been panned unanimously by the first ni,;ht wolf pack, "but it
was still playing to full houses with standees
(Yank, 152).
a pleasant air*

Pleasant, plcasin •■, conditions, influence.

...a cluster of small dining rooms, each with a nlc^annt air of intimacy
about it (Cain, 178).
2 , pleasant alow.

pleasurable sensation, feeling.

...bach to work as soon as he left, though in a pleasant glow now, feel­
ing that everybody was trying to h e l ' her
(Cain, 118).
to be pleased with --- •

Yo be self— satisfied; to be self-complacent.

...be looked so pleased with himself...
plenty of.

(Pyle, 377).

Ynough; sufficient.

ihere are plenty of chairs and tables...
(Yank, 54).
from that moment on, the Pi.j bastard and the rest of the U.b. tas- force
saw plenty of action
(Yank, 45).
Put there have been plenty
others s he ’s met, girls her own age...
(Cain, 168).
...i had plenty fif reason for not walking to meet the honorable signor...
(Gain, 321).
...they took plenty of baths
(Pyle, 327).
tfl. BlQP down.

Yo

drop down; to droi? and fall relaxed.

Yhen she plopped down in a chair.••• (Cain, 127).
I plopped down and wiped s o e of the sweat off try face

(Yank,

59).

JtQ. plough a path.
i’o force one’s way; to push others orthings out
of o n e’s way to make a path.
...a fat l':dy with a small Cairn terrier, who got off at the fourth
floor by piou.thing a, path through the interesting people
(.arquana, 540).
Blow u p .
To turn earth o v e r with a plow; hence, to
to disturb the surface of the .ground, soil.

...the nearby fields were gradually being plowed
i2. Plug along.

u p

turn

(Pyle, 256).

To continue sloml ' but with determination.

"V’e ’re plug -iny along." tas on said

(c-ardner, 50).

earth;

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to plug in.
electricity.

To connect to the electric wires; to connect to the

...^rs. dossier plugged, in the big radio. • • (Cain, 212).
Each ack—ack battery had a portable generator, so Lamp arty just
it la (tyle, 413).

:lu:. :ed

& ulumber1s helper.

A person who assists a plumber by handing him
tools, running errands, etc.

"TVhy hall. Church, you "'anted me to work as a plumber1s helper11
a pocket Bible.
only.

(Yank, 90)

A small Bible usually containing the hew Testament

I picked up a pocket Bible.♦.

(Pyle, 367).

a Pocket guide.
A small booklet which tells about places of interest,
where to go, what to see.
...and they don't want handy pocket uiidos that tell them how to keep
from getting lost
(Yank, 96).
Everybody in the Army seems to be writing handy pocket guides these days
telling you How to Keep from 'netting Lost in a J u n g l e ( Y a n k , 96).
pocket lighter.
(Also ci warette lighter.) A small devicehaving a
flint, steel s riking wheel, and banning benzine used for lighting
cigars, pipes, cigarettes, etc.
There is a pigskin key container, a vy.tch, a cigarette case, and a
oocket lighter
(Gardner, 129).
poetic license.

freedom of the use of

language by a poet.

It sounded well, but granting the necessity for :o•tic license it lid
not sound like the voice of a fisherman
C~nrquand, 146).
+oet laureate.

-he preeminent poet of

a group, place, city,state, etc.

The i.arauders. .. •al at least one jun- *le—hapoy ooet laureate among them
(Yank, 176).
woint blank.
Aimed directly at with no allowances for rind, curvature
of the earth, etc.
(This usually implies a very short distance between
tne .u n and the object aimed at.)
...he hauled down on the thing
point-blank... (Yank,lhd).
Our bazookas were firing point-blank
(Yank, 124).
he...fired no int-blank into its bottom...
(Yank, 25k).
Then he saw that the Jap ship had been nit a1moot woint—blank by all
three shells
(Yank, 47).

...destroyers had it out no int-blank with the hi;;; guns in those concrete
emplacements
(Pyle, 362).
Our men had been caught there that first night by a tank in the valley
below firing at them poipt-dlank
(Pyle , 184).
to ooint a finder a t .

To point at by using o n e 13 index finger.

Then he burst into loud lau^iater, and 'pointed a derisive finder at Ida,
as though it was a great joke on her
(Gain, 67-68).
the coint is>

The essential, important thing is.

...think it was right around ten-thirty, but the point i s . they arerft
3lire (vjardner, 88).
‘
The point is that the general flatness forbade whole armies taking cover
(Pyle, 236).
The point
that somewhere in the world there is a louse of a cnn with
two quarts of whisky inside him who should have his neck wrung off
(Pyle, 126).
the point of death.

death; the division between life and death.

Twice on that trip, he had been necu the point of death

(aardner, 215).

& point &£ view.
Viewpoint; one's method, stand, standards, by which
one judges, thinks; the opinion, inferences, resulting from such a view­
point.
I'm only repeating a, Point of view.. . (karquand, 42).
"You mean," Jeffrey said slowly, "that we all made 0 big mistake-— is that
your point of view?"
(Larquand, 64).
...all nixed together in a confusion that made him curious about the point
of view of the people who had planted them
(karquand, 428).
...who carry over to the battle-field many oftheir peacetime habits and
points of view
(Yank, 51).
...I hope I have a mature point of view on these matters
(Cain, 157).
...only two readers supported the point of view advocated by Pvt. Luckey
(Yank, 212).
I think it's fun, don't you, .Cthel, when people have two opposing points
of view, to compare them?
(karquand, 360).
"'.7hat point of view?" Jim asked
(harquand, 551).
"It gives you a different point of v ie w ." Jeffrey said
(karquand, 551).
.••in not being afraid of dying, but Jeffrey could not develop that point
of view
(harquand, 371).
He was obliged to shift his point of view so often that he was not sure he
had any of his own
(harquand, 356).
...with his irritating point of v i ew ...
(Gain, 131).
.-.a point of view completely alien to her...
(Cain, 185).

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to point o u t .

1. To state; to ssy to tell.
synonyms given.)

(This implies an emphasis not in the

Ee went on & 2. point ou,t that "there is no "bad hoys in Jersey City"...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).
It was true, as the Research Department had pointed out. that another hook
had appeared...
(Larquand, 420).
"But this witness.. .the night of the murder," Judge Knox -pointed out
(uard
ner, 198-99).
Then, after pointing out what was to he done in the kitchen, she got in
the cor* again, to resume her errends
(Cain, 116).
"And," Kettering pointed out. in a sudden hurst of inspiration, "there!s
no obligation..."
(Gardner, 188).
...they pointed out such cases as that of the
soldierwho was discharged
from the Army on physical grounds...
(Pyle, 177).
"But," Lason pointed silt* "your only knowledge of when dinner was eaten is
predicated entirely..." (Gardner, 131).
They pointed out that the crossing would have to he made at a point 3,6000
feet up in the mountains...
(Yank, 178).
The exports
point out that these are the high points of a planned Uippone
tour of the Pacific...
(Yank, 235).
Beg, Walter pointed out. wa3 not quite the word for it
(Uarcunnd, 4l).
...he pointed out that there are many qualified Yugoslavan pilots...
(Yank,
249).
2.

To show hy pointing; to indicate by pointing.

"It's a little hard to point it out." he said (Larquand, 229).
Ur. Uintz had a lovely home in Beverly Eills which was pointed out hy sight­
seeing "busses...
(Larquand, 418).
...where they got such wonderful pies, and when she pointed out Uildred,
she was amazed (Cain, 67).
They reached the dining room, and Ida pointed out the station
(Cain, 46).
He proudly pointed out the tiny reflectors that screwed into the maple,
almost invisible...
(Cain, 118).
...lifting the painters' cloths to show him the new maple tables, P ^ftPitiryT
out the smart linoleum floor covering...
(Cain, 96).
The map was of Central Italy, and he would point out the target
(Pyle, 209)
Then T/Sgt. Perry Uaki of South Swansea, Lass
pointed out the direction
... (Yank, 31 )•
Kow can you give me a line on the other relatives without seeming to point
them outT (Gardner, 25).
You won't know what I look like, but if you ask any of the waiters for me,
they'll point me out
(Larquand, 316).
He...flew all over the state, pointing out all the spots of interest
(Yank,
166).
...tell him that Perry Lason, the lawyer, wants to see him and point me out
to him (Gardner, 94).
...then point that standing person out to a witness when I'm asking a ques­
tion vGardner, 207).

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tfte point to .

The essential in; the meaning of.

There's never any point to anything, tut Beckie will take care of me
poison i vv »
Rhus toxicondendron; a poisonous Sumac; east of the Rocky
iiountains also poison oak: a low bush whose branches and leaves contain
an oil which causes blisters on a person's skin.
...you have much less chance of catching poison ivy in the average jungle
than you have around...
(Yank, 96).
poison oak.
Bhus quercifolia; a poisonous Sumac; east of the Rocky
fountains confused with poison ivy. The plant grows in the western part
of the country.
It has the same toxic effect of poison ivy.
Along the same line are the vicious local cousins of poison oa|c and sumac
(Yank, 42).
Ifi. P o i s o n
mind against.
To talk about a person to another saying
disparaging things about him and causing the other to believe them.
She let Wally Burgen poison her mind against me
Ip. Poke arnnnft -

(Cain, 211).

To visit and to examine.

The general also liked...to go poking around into message centers...
395) .

(Pvle,

poker faced.
Having a face which is devoid of expression; a condition
of repressing the expression of emotion of one's face; deed panned.
Carrel, poker-faced. steady-eyed, came forward, raised his right hand, and
was sworn
(Gardner, 132).
1*2. poke out.
fastened to.

To stick out beyond something; to penetrate and to remain

...Buck could see the big 16-inch barrels poked out over the starboard rail
(Yank, 46).
a rifle poked out of a foxhole at the officer's feet and covered the Liarine
(Yank, 52).
to poke

up

a fire.

To stir a fire so that it burns better.

...and there were his mother and sister fixing some hot food over a wood
fire, and poking u p the fire so he could warm his feet
(Pyle, 189).
a police record.
A record of arrests in connection with crimes; a record
of a person's arrests by the police.
I'd never had a police record

(Gardner, 73).

— 1020—

To c
clean up an area hy picking up trash and in general
making the area neat.
neat
(This implies a military establishment.)

$SL Police li£.

Ee's policing jjp. the area
(Yank, 138).
Your first duty will he to police u p the area (Yank, 138).
After two hours of policing u p TTalt found three small hones and a dried up
rattlesnake skin (Yank, 138).
...he resumed his policing u p duties
(Yank, 138).
Did you finish policin* u p ? (Yank, 139).
police whistle.

A whistle carried hy

The police whistles were blowing, crowds
street
(luarquand, 266).

&£. ggAish
1.

the police.
were streaming

solidly across the

off-

To finish with; to end; to bring to a conclusion.

...a detail Hague and the other boys on the auditorium's stage polished off
in less than sixty seconds
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 23, 1947, 20).
...we had a big breakfast and polished it off with a cigarette...
(Yank, 14).
Then, having polished off the past, he looked at the future
(Cain, 139).
...trun ((sic)) me out in the cold every morning to do an extended order,
to be polished off with some close order
(Yank, 102).
2.

To remove by polishing.

So I took my silk handkerchief, polished off all the doorknobs I'd touched,
and beat it
(Cardner, 171).
t£. polish

up

.

To renew; to redecorate; to repair and clean up.

The things they had done in polishing
England farms...
(liarquand, 107).

up

and landscaping those old New

polo coat.
An informal topcoat, overcoat, made of camel's hair or an
imitation of it.
...maroon sweater, plaid skirt, polo coat. leather beret...
a Polo plaver.

One who takes part, participates, in the game of polo.

...maybe one day he'll be a
ii. polo pony.

(Cain, 133).

p o Io

player

(Cain, 132).

A horse trained for the game of polo.

...the sale of his polo ponies...

(Cain, 1^-2).

a polo shirt.
-a
T shirt; a shirt made of knittedmaterial with quite
short sleeves and a loose collar or none at all.

...he put on a fresh pair, with polo 3hirt and blue lounge coat
to oonder on.

(Cain, 2).

To ti-ink about; to reflect on; to consider.

While we...
Uould hesitate and ponder on a scheme
To bargain interest to preserve their dream
a •ooodle dog.

Any of the dogs of the poodle family.

To get your money's worth?
£, pool of blood.

(Yank, 151).

A lackey, a -poodle dog

(Cain, 170).

A blob of blood; a large spot of blood.

I'rom the little pools of blood on the roadside, blood had only begun to
congeal... (Pyle, 451).
a Pool room.
a business establishment which rents pool tables to people
who wont to play the game of pool.
(This has an unsavory connotation in
that people feel that disreputable persons stay in pool rooms.)
(Also
attributive.)
You left there after the murder and vent to the -pool room where you ’anew
you could find... (Gardner, 200)•
And from the -pool room, you went directly to the police station...
(u&rdner, 200).
Isn't it a fact that when you entered the -pool room.you told witnesses there
...
(Gardner, 195).
Notwithstanding the fact that you knew when you entered the -pool room that
you intended to call..(Gardner, 195).
He hung around a p o o ! room for two or three hours, then put through a call
to Conway
(Gardner, 86).
I saw no reason for telling pool-room loafers fill of my private affairs
(Gardner, 195).
to be popped out.

To be very tired; to be worn out; to be fatigued.

'The old man's pooped out...
•poor but honest.

(Uew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).

Unsullied; plain; simple.

...dressed neatly in patched fatigues to give the impression of a poor but
honest homespun G-.I. (Yank, 164).
to be a poor day when.
day when.

To be an unusual day that; to be an extraordinary

It was a poor day when he didn't survive at least one escapade that was
slightly out of this world (ig/le, 218).

-1022-

-coo t dear*
(A term expressing sympathy* but it is usually considered
too saccharin.)
He just wanted to help his poor dear uncle, and that was all he thought
about
(Gardner, 155).
Vrhy you poor, dear LotherJ
(Gain,114).
a poor show.

A poor showing;

a bad performance.

The local people
said thereason their army put up such a poor show in our
sector was that the soldiers didn't want to fight
(Pyle, 30).
pop goes the weasel.

(It had suddenly disappeared; it is no more.)

That's the way the money goes. P o p goes the weasel
(marquand, 285).
'The House of 3eragon is ge-finished.•-alsa it is no more. Pop goes the
weasel
(Cain, 141).
to pop in.
To enter suddenly and unexpectedly.
a short visit, staying.)

(This usually implies

do, she evidently hadn't even taken her hat off, just popped in and popped
out again (Gardner, 64).
hr. Hosen popped
his headin. again... (Yank, 133).
Hr. Hosen popped
his head
the door...
(Yank, 133).
to

pop

out.

To leave, go out, quickly and unexpectedly.

do, she evidently hadn't even taken her hat off, just popped in and popped
out again (Gardner, 64).
Go out he popped and gave her a great big smackeroo...
(Pyle, 222).
... Walter used to sit at the telegraph desk and when the dispatches popped
out of the tube...T,Talter would pull them out of their leather projectiles
(Marquand, 16).
...Monty popped out of the door...
(Cain, 163).
t2. p o p u p .
action.)

To appear; to become evident.

(This implies a suddenness of

It's funny how people p o p u p when you least expect it...
(Marquand, 4).
-at Christmastime they went AT70L in droves, popping u p in several Indian
cities to spend wads of douf^i...
(Yank, 91).
as the Gicilian campaign drew to an end and we went into our rest bivouac,
rumors by the score pooped u p out of thin air and swept like a forest
fire through the troops
(Pyle, 90).
In the remotest and most ancient town, we found that half the people had
relatives in America, and there was always somebody pooping u p from be­
hind every bush or around every corner who had lived for twenty years in
-Duffulo or thirty years in Chicago
(Pyle, 89).

1023-

•oork chot>»
A slice of pork with the rib and part of the tenderloin.
(On nenus, and in general use, the term is usually in the plural.)
They had such trinys as
fhe food was acout what
a

pajA

ble typewriter.
known as a portable.)

-pork chops...
(Pyle, 338).
we had back home — Doric chops. .. (Pyle,540).
■«. small typewriter with a carrying case.

(Also

He was seated to the left by a crura table before a portable typewriter
(karquand, 463).
...his brief case and the case for his portable typewriter (tiarquand, 407).
portal to portal pay.
A term used originally by the United hine Workers
to mean pay to be figured as beginning when the laborer entered the mine
property instead of when he began work and continuing until the time he
left the mine property.)
He emerged with proposed contract Ho. 3: an intricate formula which cagily
skirts any mention of increased hourly
wa~es or "aortal—to—portal11pay
(fine, Oct. 35, 1943, 21).
fi Port of call.
A seaport into which a ship sails .and remains for loading
or unloading cargo; hence, a place of visiting.
i-mowing ny weakness for the foot soldier, you won't be surprised to learn
that my next port of call was an infantry company...
(Pyle, 131).
a possible doubt.

A possibility of doubt; a question of doubt.

...and a comparison of the word "Komar" and "Hogarty" remove any possible
doubt
(o-rrdner, 92).
to post & cuard.
-o place, put, a sentinel or sentinels :round, at, an
area zo be on guard, to watch.
The way we caught ... "iiad i..organ".• .was by posting a ,-ruard around the bulletin
board...
(Yank, 181).
T7e posted a. cmn.rd e.round the bulletin board.. (Yank, 182).
post mortem.
An examination of a body after death to determine the cause
and time of death.
How do you determine the time of derth when you are performing a post-mortem,
-loctor?
(Gardner, 131).
.•.while the time of death as fixed in a p q st-nortera depends upon various
elastic factors-•• (Gardner, 130).
-ost office.
The branch of the federal -overnnent concerned with the
collection and distribution of moil; more commonly the building where a
local post office is housed.

A

-102H-

YTe couldn't get the post-office to kick loose with a forwarding address
so we sent twenty-five bucks on a chance
(Gardner, 98).
They made a U turn and passed the old Post Office and turned uptown on
Broadway
(Larquand, 281).
post operative.
(Also postoperative)
operation, surgery.

After, following, a surgical

rhr-t'c a post-operative case, and I carried on the best I could
38).
a potato masher.

A German hand grenade.

Op the other side of him...were two potato mashers
770^
pot bellied.

(Gardner,

(hand grenades)

(Pyle,

Having a fat stomach, abdomen.

He's a fine, upstanding, decent young man, that looks a little like a pot­
bellied rat...
(Gain, 23).
lot. bellied stove.
A cast iron heating stove which is larger
middle than at the top or bottom.
...there was a pot-bellied stove...
PQ.t boiling.

V.kiting exclusively

in the

^Yank, 247).
for money instead of for art.

That was what they always called it, "pot-boiling" (harquand, 389).
Jeff, why don't you write something of your own instead of doing pot-boiling
for someone elseT
(Harquand, 389).
a bot of coffee.
1.

A container holding coffee, often two cups.

You say there was a pot of coffee?
2.

(Gardner, 170).

Some coffee.

•y boy friend's been working late, and I'm making a pot of coffee and some
scrambled eggs
(Gardner, 160).
to pounce o n .

to seize; to grasp; to take hold of.

One of the things psychiatrists like t£. pounce on in senile dementai cases
(Gardner, 17).
to pound away a t .

To reiterate; to emphasize.

-1025-

3ut by p p - w d ^ g f-asg. ^ hor.e-front morale and raising doubts in the Geraan
wind, psychological warfare nay create a sense of defeat...
(Yank, 127-3)
to -aour.d out.

-o cause a loud r.oise "by teat in.--, striking, hard, ban ging.

'.■hen tae planes were really close and the juns were pound ing out a mania of
sound, we put on our steel helmets...
(Pyle, 563)*
to -pour a drinfc~o pour a beverage from a pitcher or the like into a
glass.
(-his usually implies an alcoholic drink).
fhe bottle was getting low now, but he poured himself another drink, and
pot around to w hat he had come for
(Gain, 60).
First he poured two stiff drinka for the children, cluck-clucking loudly
at what runries they —ere -et:ing to be...
(Gain, 55).
to oour fire.

Io shoot continuously; to shoot, fire, unceasingly.

Her secondary batteries continued to •pour fire into ei ’ht Jap destroyers
hiding in a cove
(Yank, 4o).
to "our in.
1. To enter in large numbers, quantities; to cause to enter in great
quantities.
...^ernan infantry that poured in behind the tan'is (Yank, 244).
...suddenly all that pent-up candy c.ue pouring in•••
(Pyle, 262).
...the shells our artil.ery m s pouri n g in there would have hit the limbs
and burst before they struck the ground...
(Yank, 197).
he cane down on it, pourina in bullets...
(Pyle, IcS).
2.

do add to by pouring.

He took two one-gallon cans of eg powder, poured in sixteencans
densed milk...
(Pyle, 114).
-hen another soldier poured
some sugar (Yank, 109).
to pour it on.
intensity.

of con­

lo do something with vigor, speed, and with great volume,

1'hen they really poured it on him (Pyle, 454).
"Pour it on". ordered Lt. Knight...
(Yank, 254).
to pour oil on troubled waters.
do be diplomatic and to calm people who
ore excited, cngry; to make peaceful, calm.
has on said, after the manner of pouring oil on troubledwater*. "Why
you m end have a frank talk with her, Paul?11 (Gardner, 159).

don't

-1026-

to

pout

out.

1. To hurry out, awsy, in large numbers; to leave rapidly in great
quantities.
floods of American uniforms poured out of the buildings
(Pyle, 227).
...the man...forgot ev rything except what was pourim? out into the night
(Cain, 213).
I don't know why the ixerman's didn't fire at them as they nonred out
(Pyle,
405).
All that money pour in.? out 1
(Newiorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1S47, 25).
The infantrymen poured out on the "beach...
(Yank, 147).
Everyone came pouring out of the village to watch
(Yank, 71).
2.

To pour from a container.

The louey poured out
four stiff glasses of vodka (Yank, 165).
At first some of thepackers would chert a little and p o u t out some
precious water...
(Pyle, 147).
There's the bottle. Pour it out (harq.uand, 444).
3.

To tell about, reveal,

of the

something quiclcly and without restraint.

re kept asking questions, and she poured out the whole story, excitedly
flattered that a professional loafer could be interested (Cain, 96).
i2. p o w d e r
nose.
for a woman to apply face powder to one 's nose.
(This, can also mean for a woman to put make-up on her face.)
..."I don't, want her
to see me until I powder mynose.11 and dashedfor
bathroom
(dardner, 70).
power of attorney.
A written document
buy and sell, for one.

the

iving another authority to act,

All he had wanted was to sign the powers of attorney
(karquand, -404).
He ’"anted you to sign your mowers of attorney before you go (inrquand, 598)
The time had come for us to make our powers of attorney...
(Pyle, 552).
the powers that be.
power.

Those in authority, com.and; persons of authority,

In one of the outfits I noticed the boys always used the word "uncle" when
they meant the powers that be
(Pyle, 150).
practical .joker.

One who ma'.ies a joke of .an action rather than of words.

...cursing the urf.mown practical joker
(Yank, 151).
One of the meanest stunts I heard of was a Christmas envelope full of
clippings that a practical joker hack home sent a soldier (Pyle, 125).

-1027-

to practice music.
voice.

To r^ractice on a musical instrument or with the

...about the limousine they would have, and the grand piano, on which she
could practice her music
(Cain, 74).
You could practice your piano lessons, or play, or whatever you want to
do (Cain, 105).
S. practiced eye.

.acute ability for observation; a sharp eye.

Avline surveyed the place with a practiced eve. counting tables
praise for.

(Gain, 119).

Saying good and complimentary things about.

Eert called, with all wishes for her happiness, and sincere praise for
!.onty...
(Gain, 229).
a aratt fall.

A fall, falling, in which one lands on one’s bottom.

Like a vaudevillien taking
pratt— fall (Stephen Longstreet Last kan Around
the !7orld, Random House, N.Y. , 344).
prayer book.
A book of prayers and liturgy; a boo!: in the Anglican,
Episcopalian, church dating back to 1549 and containing all necessary
prayers, liturgy, and the Psalms; The Book of Common Prayer.
Somewhere she had dug up a prayer book, and it was a moment before hildred
realised she was reading responses...
('jc.xn, llo).
a prayer shawl.
A shawl worn by an adult male in the synagogue at morning
worship, weekday or Sabbath, among Orthodox or conservative Jews.
It may
be worn at the home for private service.
Old men in prayer shawls
Were dragged and hung with signs;
n Jew” . (Yank, 152).
to be predicated on.

To be based on; to be founded on.

...imposed upon by greedy and officious relatives, whose affection is
predicated primarily on a financial consideration...
(.-ardner, 34).
a T-vrg-tpf* pg against.
a dislike for; a prejudice which caused one not to
like, enjoy, be pleased with.
Lildred had no such critical pre indice against mr. Somerville...

(Cain, 211).

a preliminary hearing.
A preliminary examination; a hearing, examination,
before a judge to determine if a crime has been committed and if enough
evidence exists to believe the arrested man to be guilty and held in jail.

-1028-

This is the time heretofore fixed pursuant to stipulation for the prelim­
inary hearing (Gardner, 128).
to prepare for.

To get ready for;

to ready for.

...as though he had been prepared for "burial...

(Cain, 185).

to be present or accounted for.
■*- military answer that allmen in a
company battalion, or the like, are present or if not presentthe commanders
know where they are.
... there would be the commands and the batteries would be present or aRrmintft^
for, and the senior officer would take over (karquand, 581).
to preside over.
To be in charge of a meeting; to be the principal
person at a gathering; to take charge of.
......ildred would have been incapable of presiding over such a party.-.
(Cain, 230).
...a large cash register presided over by a menial, fat man whoso lips were
held in a good-natured grin of easy affability
(d-nrdner, 94).
to oress down.

To press; to push.

Towards the end the boys were clowning, holding the guns out at arm's
length and shutting their eyes like mirls, and pressing- down the trigger
and Just letting the gun jump
(Pyle, 188).
ureas into service.
something.

To be ordered into service; to be forced to do

...the Air Corps engineers were pressed into service as road builders...
(Tank, 178).
to press -careless.

luck too far.

To take too many chances; to be too reckless,

V.q thought there was such a thing as pressing our luck too far in one spot
(Pyle, 250).
pretty rood.

T,uite good; very good.

she'3 pretty rood that way
(Larquand, 550).
...he figured that would be a pretty good trade to stick to after the war
(Pyle, 331).
pretty much the sang..

Essentially the same; of little difference.

Cpl. btenker was about to say it was pretty much the same, especially...
(Yank, 95).

1029-

pretty nicely.

^uite, rather, well.

The corners were knocked off a few "buildings and some good-sized holes were
gouged in the streets, but on the whole, Licate had good off -pretty
nicely (Pyle, 30).
pretty soon.

Soon; in a little while, before long.

.. .-pretty soon we were in the thick of conversation
(Pyle, 409).
It'll be the bank's house -pretty soon if I don't find a way to raise the
interest money
(Cain, 15).
Pretty soon he glanced in the other direction (Pyle, 348).
Hey— you go back to the kitchen, then, and wait, and believe me nretty soon
you're going to see something (Cain, 117).
?£gt,ty. soon he came to the door and motioned
(Pyle, 408).
Pretty soon I heard them snoring (Pyle, 392).
Pretty soon the word passed back down the line that the street had been
cleared...
(Pyle, 403).
...pretty soon a medic came...
(Pyle, 406).
Pretty soon they were weary...
(Yank, 122).
Then we talked a little while in low tones, but -pretty soon somebody started
to move and before long all of us were asleep...
(Pyle, 199).
to pretty u p .
T o make oneself attractive by applying make up to the face
and by putting cn clean clothes.
You could tell that the women had prettied
pretty well.

especially

(Pyle, 459).

T,7ell; rather well.

I pretty well knew (Pyle, 423).
rhey said they could pretty well guess...
to prevent from.

u p

(Pyle, 416).

To keep from; to stop; to cause to stop.

...itlden Leeds has become afflicted with a tempor: ry impediment of speech
which prevents him from answering any questions
(Gardner, 124).
to price out of ^he market.
To raise prices so that others find it
difficult or impossible to buy.
...any customers were being priced right out of the market. ..by the accelerated
rise in living costs
(Your Investments, dept. 1946, 9.)
is oricklv wave.
An odd sensation in the skin or near the surface of the
skin in which the flesh seems to contract, to become goose-flesh.
...as cold prickly waves iaspt sweeping over her...
to prick out.

(Gain, 213).

To cut small bits; to prick.

V.'ith a penknife, he pricked out designs on ell his medals

(Pyle, 216).

M

-1030-

to p r i d e

on.

To ta k e p r i d e i n ; t o be p ro u d o f .

Priding themselves on being soldiers.. -they were natural...unassuming
leaders...
(Yank, 148).
&. prime mover.

A very large tractor, truck,often driven by
wheels, and often mounted on caterpillar treads.

all

Them -prime movers don't give a damn what they hit
(Yank, 225).
A sergeant in charge of one section of the prime movera took me around...
(Pyle, 425) .
the prime of life.
The period of one's life when one is at one's
best physically and mentally, when one is strangest and alertest.
(This is a very elastic term in that as a person grows older he believes
that he is still in the prime of life.)
A good strong nnn in the prime of life. who did not smoke too much, could
have jumped out and trotted beside it...
(Yank, 115).
...one of those cases in which a man, somewhat past the prime of life.
is very apparently imposed upon...
(Gardner, 34).
a print dress.
.a dress made of material with the pattern printed,
stamped, on it rather than woven into it.
»hat with the rain, and the general clammy feel of the night, the little
print dress was becoming more and tore uncomfortable...
(Gain, 28).
prior to.

Before; in advance of.

...by examining the state to which those digestive processes have progressed
prior to death, we can, when there is food m the stomach.••
(Gardner, l.Q)
...that death had occurred from eight to fourteen hours orior to the time
you made your examination...
(Gardner, 132).
a prisoner of war.
One of the enemy captured and held by an army
usually a service man: soldier, sailor, marine.
•••two dozen German prisoners of w.r. ..same to the station (Yank, 213).
..•incredible that German prisoners of war should be afforded the amenit ies.. . (Yank, 213).
...those Boche prisoners of war...
(Yank, 213).
rvt. Jon -racy of Jamestown is a Japanese prisoner of war...
(Yank, 22).
-—

private affairs.

One's own business, affairs.

I saw no reason for telling pool-room loafers all of my private affairs
(Gardner, 105).
Gince you want to mess around in my private affair a. why doesn't he
marry me?
('Gardner, 19).

-1031-

2. private bath.
A bathroom connected to a bedroom for the sole use
of the occupants of the bedroom; a bathroom whose use is restricted
to one or more particular persons.

...-ommy, with a room and private bath

(Gain, 229).

a private detective.
A detective who offers his services to anyone
who will pay him; a detective who is in business for himself as contras­
ted to a detective who is employed by the public.
What this needs is a. private detective
(Gain, 203).
His appearance of general lassitude and lugubrious disinterest in life
kept anyone from suspecting that he might be a private detective
(baraner, 9).
& privet hedge.
A hedge made of the privet plant, Ljgustrum vulgare.
an ornamental evergreen shrub.
He always heard the snipping of shears, squaring off a orivet hedga. and
voices and laughter from the lawns
(i^arquand, 260).
pro and con.

i’or and against.

...and argued pro and con over whether Germany had some hidden Luftwaffe...
(Pyle, 5).
Id probe a
.
-o speak, talk, about a touchy subject; to talk
about a situation, problem, which is not open to criticism.
he...probes an old wound...
a process server.

(Yank, 213).

One who delivers in person legal summons, subpoenas.

...you're getting her out of that house, so no process server can find
you (Cain, 251).
I believe by law the court is required to send & process server to deliver
the summons in person
(Yank, 142).
In choosing this process server make sure he is not an alchoholic...
(Yank, 142).
S. professional comic.
specializing in humor.

A professional actor who is a comedian; an actor

Gpl. .cilly Lac Intyre, orofess ional comic from Washington,
over...
'.Yank, 34).
professional pride.
standards, its ethics.

P.O., came

-he pride one has for one's profession, its

i-y professional pride is hurt

(Yank, 162).

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the professional touch.
The assistance, performance, of one who is
a professional in contrast to the performance of an amateur.
...I agreed to lend a professional touch to the ships daily.. -newspaper...
(.Pyle, 3).
to be proficient at.
for.

To be good at; to do well; to have a facility

hot Jeep became so proficient at it...

(Yank, 139).

§L progressive school.
A high school or elementary school which bases
its discipline and curriculum largely on the philosophy of John Dewey;
a school which does not emphasize discipline, subject matter, nor skills,
but rather says it educates the "whole child" by allowing it to select
its own interests and needs.
(The term itself is in bad odor even
with those who practice its creed because of the excesses performed
in its name and by its starry eyed devotees.)
Charley had gone to
progressive school something unheard-of in Jeffrey’s
youth
(ifiarquand, 213).
They did not teach spelling or manners to the pupils in progressive
schools but they did teach them tc be natural and rude to their elders
(Marquand, 213).
.••then he realized that, of course, it had come from the progressive
school, where children now discussed such problems
(.i-arquand, 223).
t2. promote to.
in station.

To

raise in rank, degree, to; to advance, elevate,

...i.xs. Kramer had been promoted to cook...

(Ca.’
.n, 179).

a property man.
The person in a dramatic production in charge of
properties:
furniture and those things handled by the actors, in fact
everything except scenery and costumes; a prop man.
'.hey could talk to the property men and actors...

(harquand, 427).

ifi. propose a toast.
To propose, sutyest, that a group drink to the
honor of somebody, something.
Tow I’m going
ho prop u p .

propose a toast
To support

by

(Cain, 127).

propping.

■adge had propped herself U2. on her elbow and was looking at him across
the space.. • (.karquand, 534).
proptective coloration.
A design in color on something which blends
with the background color so that the object, usually an animal, bird,
or insect, is not readily seen.

-1033-

...bis costume was so like the house that it resembled, a sort of pro­
tective coloration (i.jaT4.uand, 481).
a. proud father.
(a term used to designate a man whose wife has just
given birth to a baby.)
I wonder what &, proud father would say...
to be nroud of.
pleased about.

(Yank, 217).

To have pride in; to be proud about; to be well

One of the things the battalion is most proud of is the time it scored
a direct hit on the turret of a Tiger tank from 16,000 yards
(Yank, 134).
not to be able to prove it b y
news, knowledge, about something.

For one not to have any information,

.. .Bert said.. .you couldn11 prove it b.v him.. . (Gain, 210) .
I don't know how it was once., -you can't prove it by me
(Cain, 166).
to prove nothing.
moment.

To be unessential; to be worthies 3 ; to be of no

The whole procedure proved absolutely nothing, and yet Jeffrey felt very
nervouse, very tense.
(Larquand, 380).
to prove to be.

To be; to become recognized as.

Betner proved £& bfi. a handwriting and fingerprint expert who qualified
himself as an expert...
(Gardner, 150).
The monastery proved to be an ancient red brick building...
(hew Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 6 , 1947, 19).
££. prove too much for.
can cope with, handle.

To be too difficult for; to be more than one

The overwhelming automatic firepower facing the Japs proved too much for
them, and 700 were slaughtered in one day
(Yank, 54).
ta.

provoked

To be aroused by; to be incited by.

. .. she went into a rage almost as bad as the one that had been
by l.r. Hobey
(Gain, 238) .
to. prowl arminHTo search here and there rather aimlessly; to look
at place after place without much intent.
but they get the idea they can prowl around in the dark...
(Yank, 13l).
...but if I catch anyone prowling around the house, he's going to wish
I hadn 't ('Gardner , 50) .

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& prowl c a r .
a squad car; a car owned 'by local police which has a
two-way radio and which can he dispatched hy the radio from headquar­
ters to a place of trouble.
The prowl car usually carries two police­
men and travels constantly about the city.
One of them, leaving the prowl c a r . started to make out a ticket
(Gardner, 41).
to n m n e hack.
To prune severly; to cut excess or unw: nted limbs,
branches, from a tree, hush, vine rather severely.
The crimson woodbine around the gateposts had been pruned back. ..
(i.-arquand, 94).
pruning shears.
A pair of shears, a scissors like instrument, for
cutting limbs, branches, from trees, bushes, vines.
How the lawn mower, she's on the blink again, and that hand cultivator
and the pruning shears
(farquand, 512).
to pry out.

To remove by prying.

But when a stone is loosened by hammer blows, you can chip .'.round it with
the nail file and finally pry it out
(Yank, 123).
ptomaine poisoning.
almost all kinds.)

(An inexact ter;-1 w' ich covers food poisoning of

..-those five people that pot ptomaine poisoning, from the fish...
(Cain, 130).
a public address system.
An electronic device consisting of a micro­
phone, an amplifier, and a loudspeaker with which speech, music, can
be amplified and heard by lrrge groups of people at once and at one
places a P.A.
...and by 0630 the people hove gathered around the public address system
which the staff has rigged up outside the house
(Yank, 68).
...to broadcast a message to his comrades over a front-line public
address system
(Yank, 56).
A Public hearing.
A hearing, examination, a presentation of argu­
ments, proofs, before an official of the court open to the public to
determine whether a crime has been committed and if there is enough
evidence to hold the man arrested for the crime.
In his present nervous state, the patient would become highly excited
if he were brought into a public hearing
(Gardner, 31) .
public relations.
The activities of a corporation, college, labor
union, business, or the like to present propaganda putting themselves
in a good light with someone else, usually the general public.
(Also
attributive.)

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11Public relations, toy", Eill Swinburne said
(karquand, 573).
Kg could see what was coining — Public delations. and the movies and
then Bill Swinburne opened the door again
C-arquand, 574).
...some of us have got to stay right here and we've got to ‘build up
•public relations
(-a.rq.uand, 574).
...there was room in the P u b l ic Relations particularly for someone who
had "been overseas and who knew t}e spirit of the Air dorps
(korquand,
574).
...what about that sergeanc’ for my rublic-relutions man?
(Yank, 237).
...s/Sgt. Jim Smith.. -divisional public-rolstions noncoin...
(Yank, 40).
The first ones in the city to stay w e r e. . .•public relations men and cor­
respondents
(Pyle, 463).
public telephone.
pay phone.

A

telephone which anyone may u3e.

It is usually a

They drove a do gen blocks before i.ason found an all—niglit restaurant
with a public telephone
(uardner, 80).
i>£. puffed Ha..
To be personally flattered, encouraged; to have
one's ego inflated.
ouoyed and puffed up by this international osculation,
plane and we were off (Pyle, 293).
JLQl Puff a cigarette.
it out the mouth.

To draw smoke

Veda puffed, her cigarette...
££. wull anchor.

I floated onto the

through a cigarette and to blow

(Cain, 207).

To weigh anchor;

to take an anchor off the sea bottom.

As soon as that was finished we nulled anchor and sailed
(Pyle, 287).
It was a thrilling thir.g to see an LoT pull anchor when its turn ca me...
(Pyle, 235).
&2. null aside»
from others.

To take to one side; to take one away a little distance

Lt. Col. Kidd and Col. Harding pulled aosie as ide to find out tbiigs
(Yank, 87).
hQ. p » n

away.

‘
To leave;

to go away; to depart.

...he pulled away from the curb in the easy, wand style...
(Cain, 249).
ohe pulled away and '-rove home
(Cain, 61).
.Then the taxi door slammed, and it hud noisily nulled away ♦. . (Cain, T59) .
b£L P u l l ba ck .
1.

To take out of the front lines in war; to move toward the rear.

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Whenever his company mil 1 ed back from battle*. • (Pyle, 260).
...they pulled back for training and replacements
(Yank, 125).
ihe ha n g e r s

pulled

back again

to

train

(lank,

125).

. . -they pul1ed back to allow the artillery and mortars to ive the place
a thorough working over
(Yank, 5).
...the battalion rulled b..ck to O'brien nil l...
(Yank, b).
The Infantry -pulled back to gather itself for another try
(Yank, 17).
...the Hangers nulled back to -.emours, on the coast of Algeria
(Yank,
124) .
They received fire from pillboxes and nulled bade to let the mortars in
(Yank, 9).
...the German defenders of the hedgerow started nulling back (Pyle,
441).
...they were -pulled back for a rest...
(Yank, 177).
Our second tank pulled back a little and just waited
(Pyle, 407).
For instance, when I
1 on back of the lines to do some writing for a
few days...
(Pyle, 118).
2. To pull towards one; to cause something,
one when the other is going away.
...he was...trying £ 2 . null her back

someone, tocome towards

(Gain, 171).

a bo ner.
To do something foolish, stupid; to act, behave,
foolishly.
(This implies that one made a mistake.)

ifi. P u l l

how did you pull a b o ne r. Paul?
(Gardner, 6b).
..ell, now, h e r e 13 where we -pulled our boner
(Gardner, 63).
It's bad enough ip. null a boner without telling a client about it
(Gardner, 63).
iQ. uni 1 candy.
(Certain candy like taffy, after it has been cooked
must be pulled, stretched, and folcei back and pulled again and again
before it becomes brittle.)

Her hair was the color of nulled molasses candy, very fine with little
crinkles in it.
(*arquand, 319).
to pul1
chestnuts out of the fire.
To do another's dirty work
for him; to assume another's responsibility w! ich is odious.
...torrent of distracted words — America First...the age—ols quarrels
of Fur ope ...jr
their chestnut s out. . .'Thumbs up...
(.nrquand, 464).
to mill down the shades.
To draw the blinas; to lower the shades;
to cover a window so that no one can see in.
T h e n she

and t u r n e d o n several, lamps
(Cain, 26).
Inside, she m l 1 ed her own shades d o v n . locked all doors, checked ice­
box, range, w r ter hooter, and s.-,i ots
(Gain, 90).
Go, with the door tightly locked, the shades nllea low:: and the key­
hole stuffed up...
(Gain, 53).
mulled down

the

shades

1037

to Troll a hltch»
services.

To serve a period of enlistment in one of the armed

re had •■-ip,
! lei a hitch at achofield ba rracks, .r.d he told us stories
about the Army...
(Tank, b’43).
to null in.
1. To move, go, inward.
.'.e
ed, ip, and parked under a tree
(Pyle, 370).
Once she...pulied in at the curb
(Gain, 514).
One nulled in to the curb...
(Gain, 17l).
b.

To draw;

to attract.

And it'll mil 1 in more people for the dinner trade
to null into.

To enter; to go into.

iie hod nulled into nr. apple orchard.. .
to n u l l

(Cain, 150).

le.•»

To tease one;

(Pyle, 371).

to kid one.

...resentful officers thought I was .milin.-- their 1 eus when they inter­
viewed me for various jobs
(Yank, 172).
">j o 1 iann you," he said, "don’t mil 1 her le,?"
(...areaand,346).
to null off.
1.

To remove;

to

...they could still
2.

take off; to take a?ny.
null me off this boat and back to duty

To move away; to go off.

(This implies

(Yank,

226)•

going but a shortdistance.)

If we were really puzzled ^bout our destination we'd have 12. Biiil Q f £ and
study the hodge-podge for five minutes before finding out anything
(Pyle, 132).
3.

To be successful in doing something; to do something well.

...the kid was all set, and before very long she'd be nulling off some­
thing big
(Ga in, 139).
to null o n .

To don; to put on.

3he nulled on boath coats...
(Gain, 171).
ohe was at the door,
ng pn her gloves...(Gain,
io. n u l l

punches.

186).

To be discreet, prudent, circunsgect.

In peacetime the eu.id.es had to be discreet with mixed groups of tourists
but in wartime they didn't have £ 0 . null their punches.. . (Pyle, 134).
to mil 1
thoughts to>?ether.
one's thoughts in order.

To collect one's wits; to arrange

"iiadge," Jeffrey began, and he nulled his thoughts together

G~arquand, 56

to n u l l
together.
To rally oneself; to bring oneself to a 3tate
of well being, mental stability, equanimity.
This had. nulled me all to -ether
(.arquand,52).
Jeffrey would tell her that breakfast was the o n l y meal that ever ,ulled
him together.. • (harquand, 3 ).
It's great to see you, Jeff.
You null me all together
(narquand, 47).
It nulled me all together
(..nrcuand, 44).
jit . j s . uessler's look, hildred nulled herself together . at least tried
to muhe intelligible her violent outburst
(Gain, 5^1).
Jeffrey nulled himself together
(marquand, 66).
Jeffrey nulled him .-self together
Gn rq u a n d , 63).
i 2. null o u t .
1.
To remove by pulling;
inside of something.

to pull out- ar

; to cause to come from the

...when the associated Press dispatches popped out of the tube... ..'alter
v.culd null them out of their leather projectiles...
(harquand, 16).
drawers were nulled out of the desks, and the filing cabinets were open
(oardner, 49).
...baiter opened a lower drawer of the secretary desk and nulled out
a bottle of whiskey...
(I-arquand, 47).
i e nulled out his fountain pen
(l.nrquam, 50).
Go I null out a box of matches.. . (Yank, 162).
Jeffrey's father sat down on a golden-oak easy chair and nulled out
iiis silver watch
(harquand, 160).
...assistant third gunner, nulle l the pins out and took off increments
from the shells
(Yank, 107).
Then he nulled out the comb that clipped on the lining...
(Yank, 90).
Ho crossed the room to one of the shelves and oul 1ed out a book
0<arquand, 14).
re p u n e d out an envelope...
(Pyle, 36b).
bhile we were talking he nulled out a pack of Ghesterfields...
(Yank, 27).
•joe. . .nulled out a }3ack of paper napkins
(Yank, 230).
I pulled out this bullet myself...
(Yank, 10).
...he oul1 ed out his bottle
(harquund, 10).
i.e nulled out his notebook, glaced through the description and. said,
"It fits"
(Gardner, 23).
ie could remember how mj.no t would null out his gold cigarette case...
(m r q u a n d , 121) .

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he :r,n lad out his handkerchief and rubbed it hard across his forehead
(harquand, 443).
...circumstantial account of how his3 ulissa Landi had nulled out the
gun and shot ±.r. Lionel Barrymore in the stomach
(Cain, 114).
a s the nurse milled out the hot—water bottles and uropged then’ to the
floor the root, te&an to fill
(Gain, 102).
And bed will have £ & null her out i (Gain, 71).
...after he was mortally wotmded he mil 1<=>d out a grenade...
(Yahk, 192).
hiss Turner pulled out a lot of drawers, set them in a row on her desk
(Gain, 37 ).
Then I ’d mill out my razor and cut my way out
(Yank, 173).
2-

To remove;

to take sway.

...all we had to do was hook a chain to the tank and null it out
of the
ditch
(Pyle, 429).
.. .1...practically nulled you out of the gutter...
(Gain, 231).
...when they nulled bull out of the foxhole...
(Yank, 243).
His regimental commander had shortly before commended him for running his
jeep right down to the edge of a battlefield and -null ine- out the
wounded
(Pyle, 152).
There were two small branches..-that went up to. null out crippled tanks
under fire
(Pyle, 418).
...companies
ere will ad out for a rest...
...there was an order for our ordanance evacuation company to pull put
some crippled tanks
(Pyle, 426).
Vorst part of being nulled out when it's d a r k like that and you're sleepy.
(Yank, 181).
By pulling out the officers find men for the JP— tro 1, the batt£l1 ion ea^cened.
tne perimeter...
(Yank, 6).
He was nullad o u t . unhurt
(Yank, 7).
...the .^angers were nulled out for a litt.le more than a month...
(Yank, 126).
...we would.• •gall the guys out when they got hit...
(Yank, 125).
3.

To leave; to go a-ay;

to depart.

ihe train for Palestine n u l 1ed out of Gairo station slowly...
(Yank, 115)
VJe had hardly got aboard and we
j ) efl out
(Pyle, 356).
he nulled out through the hedgerow gate onto the main macadam highway
(Pyle, 426).
They always "milled ou t 11 in the morning
(Larq.uand, 441).
Ve're mill inp- out tomorrow morning
(harquand, 44l).
It was just daylight when we nulled out
(Pyle, 355).
...the rest nulled out and ran
formiles
(Pyle, 451— 2).
To extricate;

to get

out of;

to right.

...they had nulled out of the dives
(Yank, 242;.
The ulanes.. .milled out in tight circles...
(Yank, 242).
They "hit the deck" the minute they pulled out of their bombing dive...

-10h0-

A regular fighter would get to going too fast...and the pilot would
have to start nulling out of his dive so early that he'd have to drop
his bombs from too great a height
(Pyle, 109).
...Walter had been eating a can of peaches while waiting for someone
to null it out
(wiarquand, 350).
Yet somehow he pull ed out, and up to about a thousand feet
(Pyle, 34).
5.

'To move, go, to one side.

.hen an Army truck pulled out to let his three star jeep pass, he
always turned and said "Thank you" to the driver
(Pyle, 368).
to null over.

To move, go, to one side.

Then unexpectedly Bert nulled over. stopped, and looked at her
i£. null &. oistol o n
point it at one.

(Cain, 251).

To withdraw a pistol from its holster and to

...one Jerry pulled a pistol on him
ifi. Pull St rabbit out of & h a t .
something that appears magical.

(Yank, 28).
To do something extraordinary; to do

Act on the assumption that you can null & rabbit out of the hat any time
any place
(Gardner, 203).
to null rank.
‘
To assert one's privileges, rights, due
ior rank in the armed forces; to demand another to obey
superior rank.
There's no rank pul1ing
(Yank, 2Cf).
...it certainly wasn't because he nulled his rank
•k° Pull shut.

To close; to shut.

1 nulled it shut

(^arclner, 147).

ifl. wul 1 (some) g.tuff«

(Yank, 216).

‘
To do something which may seem sneaky, unethical.

You can't null that stuff and get away with it...
iQ. pull a stunt.
to deceive.

toone's
super­
due toone's

(Gardner, 204).

To do something unexpected, tricky; to play a trick;

They shot my best friend in Italy by pulling that stunt
JLo. n n l 1 t h r o u g h .
To l ive, c a u s e to live,
c o v e r f r o m a s i c k n e s s ; to g e t well.
be a n d the o t h e r d o c t o r s w e r e p r o u d
they might be
(>ryle, 1 2 1 )»

(Yank, 108).

d u r i n g an illness;

of pullin,* D i c k

through —

to r e ­

as w e l l
*

leaning he waB going £ & null through
to -mil 1 together.

(Pyle, 49).

To coordinate; to unify.

I have a sort of reputation for pull in- • things together
to pull to one side.
To go, move, to one side.
usually a stopping in an automible.)

(This implies

8he stopped, and pul led to one side of 1'oorhill Boulevard
to null t<? pieces.
To analyze and
by sarcasm, ridicule.

(Cain, 198).

criticize sarc: stically; to reduce

I didn't come here to pull you to. pieces. ..
to pull a trick.

(.aarquand, 389).

( Xarquand, 898).

To trick; to do sometnin : sneal^y, unethical.

Hell, you know I wouldn't mill any cheap tricks like that on you, don't
you?
(Cain, 29).
tp pull a trigger.
...he didn't pull

To shoot a gun; to fire.
the

trigger

(Yank,

167).

I2UU HE.1.

To stop; to end a forward movement; to arrive and stop.

A gentleman.. .was distracted when a maroon Holls pulled u p and a liveried
chauffeur in his late sixties stepped out...
(hew Yorker, >31111,
oept. 6, 1S47, 22).
United n a t ions' c.ar p u l l e d u p in f r o n t o f a m i d t o w n h o t e l one afternoon
last week...
(New Yorker. XXIII, oept. 13, 1947, 27).
But I suppose our second tank eventually pullc-d u p to the corner. • •
(Tyle, 407).
. ..Veda's car pulled u p at the curb
(Oain, 182).
Bulling u p in front of our meeting place we quickly unloaded the ’-ire
(Yank, 57).
e could hear their trucks pull in:: up and every once in a while we could
spot, a few...
(Yank, 91).
I inally a laundry t r u c k pulled u p , and sie got the driver to straighten
her out
(Cain, 42).
...twisted through bushes tnat whacked the w i n Jshields, and pulled u p
with a Jerk behind a little shingled shack
(Cain, 92).
. . .when they pulled up at the gate of the settlement it was only a little
after two
(<Jain, 92).
One of our planes ulled u;. an - ca:..e down ,,t him in a. dive
(Pyle, 171).
H e n . ..pulled u p sherply at the edge of the flying field
(Yank, 230).
It pulled up at the end of the field...
(Yank, 229).

-10*4-2-

2

.

To draw;

to pull; to drag.

...when
Then he
Lildred
began

she felt it catch the
-pm 1 <=>ri up a chair and
mill ed un a chair and
making queer noises

to pn,
n

up

stakes.

(This implies a movement toward one.)

curb, nulled u p the hand brake
(Cain, 172).
cat down
(Cain, 77).
sat down beside hr s. tesaler who at once
(Gain, 126).

To leave; to depart;

...why they could write it off and null
(i-arquand, 431) .

to mill the wool over --- eyes.

up

to

goaway.

stakes and try something else

To deceive one; to mislead one.

3 he sent me a phony letter from a Yuna hotel, hoping that would mill the
wool over my e.ves
(Gardner, 180).
He said she ought to know by now she couldn't - m 1 the wool over his
e.ves
(Gain, 82).
a. nunk kid.

A youth, young man, a kid.

(This is a term of derision.)

tie's just ft punk kid who's drifted around, flunky in a lumber camp,
waiter...
(Gardner, 126).
a p u p tent.
j*. tent, composed of two separable pieces, large enough
for but two men; a shelter tent.
(The halves are each a shelter ha lf .)
...they would take only pun tents and two blenkets apiece...
pure and simple.

Actually;

really.

(This is an intensive.)

It was the old siphon system, pure and simple
the Purple Heart.
medal
in action against the enemy.

(Pyle, 347).

(Pyle, 207).

iven to any service man who iswounded

...the Purple Heart may be awarded to personnel wounded in action...
(Yank, 173).
The word "element".. .permits award of the Purple Heart to personnel
severly frostbitten...
(Yank, 173).
...he wears ft Purple Heart
(Yank, 173).
...two men in my barracks had the Purple Heart
(Pyle, 334).
to push ahead.

To be ambitious and to attempt to realize one's ambitions

Veil, I know you never try
push yourself ahead.. • (Yank, 163).
Vhat hidden springs had there been within him that had rushed him ahead?
(marq u a n d , 19)
to push ahead o f .

To get in front of; to move before.

At least that's the way it was with one battalion of Infantry when it
pushed ahead of the rest of the Fifty .^rmy...
(Yank, 48).

-10h>

to p»ph ajc233£4.#
will on another.

force another to do as one wishes;

to force one's

Vhy are we pn aheri around like cattle?
(Yanlc, 213).
But I'm not going to be nus fried around
(Gardner, 5).
They'd have .u 3 hed him around to get to it...
(New Yorker, XXIII, June
28, 1947, 21).
You could always get more writers on it, but then you couldn't -push
writers ground too much, either, because they had temperament
(i-a.rcjuand, 419).
•oush aside.

12

To push to one side; to push out of the way.

The executive officer pusaed. aside one of the men to
drew buck his hand cover, d with blood
(Yank, 45).
to nush away.

look out the slot and

To force away by pushing.

...they had Jta push her awa,v
(Pyle, 191).
...both palms in .-onty's face, ousp him away. . .

(Cain, 171).

l£L EUSJl ISLEk.
1

.

To cause to retreat;

to cause to go away from the front.

...we landed in France and began pushing the hermans
back (Pyle, 373).
The initial enemy resistance h-d been pushed ba ck ...(Yank, 32).
2

.

To push away from one.

"Oh, God,"
*-r. Fernald said, "excuse
re just a minute," and he pushed
back his swivel chair and ran out... (liarquand, 18).
8 erle scraped his plate and pushed it
back with a vesture of irritation
(Gardner, 99).
berle pushed back his plate
(Oardner, 99).
3.

To push awav from a center, central place.

Chairs were being pushed back

(harquand, 4h).

IS. P.agb OH*
1.

To move, go, forward in the midst of difficulties.

Those units pushed on inland without rest...
(Pyle, 363).
h e s n men were rushing vast supplies to keep our armies mushing on into
Prance
(Pyle, 368).
8

.

11-aybe

To go away; to leave;

to depart.

we'd better be pushing o n . 11 Jeffrey saia

(...arquand, 71).

-1044—

to push ou t .

To remove, take out, by pushing.

.....or. ireviso accompanied her on the piano that had been pushed
out
during the intermission
(Cain, ^41).
he hud to push it o u t . and the glasses rattled
(Larquand, 519).
0. push over.

"It'll be

a very simple, eas y, task, affair.

push— o v e r . 11 he heard someone say

push through.

(Yank, 44).

To penetrate by pushing.

Our Pinth Division pushed through...

(Pyle, 374).

to p u s h u p .
1

.

To raise;

to elevate;

to lift.

Then he had bulldozers push, up a thick wall of dirt around
every cache
(Pyle, 281).
sally was we r i n g u g r e e n pull-over g r e a t e r , the sleeves of w h i c h - e r e
mushed up
(— o r q u a n d , 547 j .
...the leading edge of the win* was ■uslied uo mbout eight inches find
crumpled like an accordian
(Pyle, 137).
8

.

To force oneself forward;

to center attention on oneself.

...his aides ”ere full of stories about how he stayed in the background
rather than call attention to himself by pushing uo where he had a
ri^it to be
(Pyle, 307).
to push --- w a y.
To move, go, in a difficult place;
midst of difficulties which seem to retard.

to move in the

...when our formidably escorted convoy pushed, its way blindly into...
massacre day
(Yank, 180).
"Okay, Inez," Drake said., pushing his way into the room and taking care
not to remove his hat
(Gardner, 160).
They began pushing their way into the living room
(.-nrquan■, 341).
...completely disregarding the grouc, pushed his way -through them to
stand in the corridor .and summon tne nurse
(Gardner, 56).
The German's snowider hod been stooped forward as he pushed his way
through the t. ticket...
U-arquand, 237).
to put across.
1. To be successful; to do well.
to do as one wants.)

(This implies persuading someone

he told me I'd have to help him put itacross
that then we'd get married.
(Gardner, 75).
It was a little out of his line but he put it across
(Yank, 159).
I wasn't certain I could :.ut it across. so I didn't want to tell you
A,.4*

4 ^

UJ

V
> v«

A A

^

-1W>

I certainly think I can nut it acroaa
(Gain, 77).
You really think you can out that across? (Gain, 77).
hut I don't think we can nut that across with a jury now
(G-arnder, 178)
...there goes your restourant, and the prettiest deal I've had a chance
to put across since rierce liomes folded
(Gain, 80).
ahe put that one across all right
(Gain, 21u).
. To act successfully in a play, opera, or the like, so that the
audience trioroughly appreciates the chn ract •■•ri zat ion.
2

...the whole test of operatic acting is how few motions they nave to
make
nut across what they're
tryin • to deliver (Gain, 234).
to out an ad in the paper.
adver t i s ement.

_o pay a newspaper to print,

...tney nut an ad in the nnner
not to out anv stock in.
faith in.

(Pyle, 417).

hot to "believe, trust, in; not to have

No one nuts much stock in it
to out ---

publish, an

arm around another.

(Yank, 2h5).
To embrace another; to hug another.

...he nut his arm around her
(Gain, 824).
...while he nut his arm around her he continued sombre...
(Gain, 225).
•iosie came down the line, --ut his arms around mi ke 1 s shoulders and
said...
(Yank, 87).
*• »~put your ar around my neck
(bain, 173).
He came over, nut one arm around her..(Gain, 170).
./hen he put his:■rm around her...
(Gain, 163).
But when he sat
down beside her and cut his arm around her, she got
up..
(Gain, 52).
'Then he nut his arm around her, in
a casual, friendly kind of way,she
didn't resist...
(Gain, 53).
to n u t

arm through (amother 1s ) .

i-inot nut his arm thou,::
to nut around.

his

To link ,-rias; to join arms.

(-marquaud, 55c).

To place in different positions.

Arline had m t tr,e tables around. so that wh. t had been a dreary pile of
wood, metal, and cloth...
(Gain, 116).
v

to nut aside.

To ignore; to forget ten:; orarily; toput out ofmind.

Ghe tried t^. nut this aside..•
to nut at ease.

(Gain, 214).

To cause to be comfortable; to cause to be relaxed.

-1046-

Re always -nut people a£. their ease
(Pyle, 307).
'i'hey were tousle—headed., florid-faced., .and the?7- out
you at.ease at once,
just like you and me
(i.-arquand, 36).
Re knew that he should say something ip. out them all jj_i their e a s e . . •
(Llarquand, 296).
. ..there was a new man to he out at ease by Rosie
(Yank, 87).
to out away.

To

3 tore;

to place in storage.

...the gun was nut away
(Pyle, 594).
...so she siyhed, out the things a w a v . and watched while Veda tossed
out her own idea of suitable garb...
(Gain, 133).
Ghe put the car awav. ..
(Gain, 252).
...ars. Hannen out the violin away...
Cain, 136).
bnpuck that bag and out the things away
(uardner, 70).
I'll out the table away for you
(Cain, 28).
ohe out the car a w a y . closed the garage, and ran into the house with her
bundles...
(Gain, 90).
Adam will out it a w a y , and he'll rustle up the bags.
(iarquand, 115).
I think this butter ou ht to be out away
(Yank, 2 ol).
to out b a c k .
viously .

To replace; to pun in a place where it has been pre­

...that was just enough to bac’
.: the car out of the garage, wash it and
out it back again
(Yank, 155).
We can out him bad: on squadron—area duty as of tomorrow's morning report
(Yank, 139).
...one of the most attractive features of a dehexing ceremony is the fact
that the hex isout back on the person who
start d it
(ilew Yorker,
XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).
kach time it was repaired and put back into action
(Fyle, 405).
to out

the bee on ---

To exert pressure on one; to inti idate one.

...you
out the bee on him and say that's what he's been up to all along
(Cain, 6 6 ).
to out behind -----Toignore;to forget; to disregard.
(This implies
that
one is trying to forget something that has already happened.)
how it
was a question of taking up where he had left off, of nutting it
behind him, and
of goin^ back to the other room
(llarquand, 443).
not to be able to out a book down.
To be so interested in a book that
one continues reading it until one has finished it.
That book wei hs about a ton, but I couldn't out it down
to pu,t d o w n .

C-arqu^nd, 52).

-10**7

1* Do set; to lay; to place*
(Ihis
a freeing of oneself from the object

implies areleasing
placed down.)

or relaxing,

Planes by the score roared over and dropped their deadly loads, and as
they left our artillery nut down the most devastating barrage w e 1d
ever used against a single point, even outdoing any shooting we did in
runisia
(Pyle, 81).
Then he sut that down and said:
"So the invasion's started"
(Yank, 95).
The youngster who was nut down beside mo said, "Hi, pop, how you getting
along?"
(Pyle, 50).
He put our man down on the ground...
(Pyle, 572).
He had never been more conscious of silence than at the moment when he
out down th- t telephone
(li0 .rcj.uand, 442).
"Every danged thing grows when you out down good dressing," hr. Gorman
said
(Larquand, 515).
Jeffrey out down the paper
(i.-arquand, 562).
If Uncle dam ever told me to fight the Russians, I'd justout dor.71 my
gun and go home
(P”le, 106).
Jeffrey was in his study at half-post three in the afternoon when he out
down the telephone
(Larquand, 565).
I noticed that smoke shells were "being out down in front of the town,
blocking out...
(Yank, 57).
"V,hat's the matter?" Perry asked, out tin-: the dice down on the- desk
(Gardner, 55).
If you out your head down somewhere for a minute while you ore washing
your feet or pressing your pants...
(Yank, 96).
hhen she set it in front of hr. aund the other men aio.n't even let her
jlit tlie ice cream down
(Gain, 67).
All these things, though, she noted without iiiterest until he ,.ut down the
menu and glanced at her
(Gain, 68).
...I out it back down on the beach
(Pyle, 367).
...he out down his haraer ana wire...
(dnin, 528;.
ivery few minutes he would hove to rest and
out star down(marquand, 257).
But after a few moments, she nut shem down
(Gain, 241).
I put it down again
(Pyle, 367).
"Loveliness," Alf was saying, "out down that Drue Love Gtory magazine"
(..nrquand, 27 9).
2.

Do write; to record; to ,w ke a record.

They have been put down as scoundrels...
(hew Yorker, :5XIII, Sept. 13,
1947, 25).
^ext I out down oergeant Gharles hamseur...
(Pyle, 2 1 c).
. ..his Pringle could out that dow n, if she wonted to: ho emotion and
good work
(i.arguano , 454).
...I would duck in and talk for a moment and nut down a name or two
(Pyle, 404).
...I forgot tp_ put down his name
(Pyle, 444).
",'alter saw everything, and he put down everything (.-nrquand, 28).
Finally I started to out down their names...
(Pyle, 215).
Dhe words you out do on about it sounded feeble to the point of asininity
(Pyle, 457).

-10^8-

I was just starting £ 2 nut down the boys 1 names when my turn came to 2 0
(Pyle, 402).
Down here, out down everythin.- they order, and the first thin- you got
to learn...
(Jain, 46).
If there was something else you could do, you'd have out it down in ,.,-reat
big letters, ri ht on the card
(Gain, 37).
Seclcie had three large account books.. .and sue out .everything down in
those books
(i-aryuand, 104).
to nut an end t o .

ho stop; to finish; to end.

kildred began etting annoyed, but it was Veda who out an end £2 . the
discussion
(Cain, 112).
I beg of you £ 2 . nut an end to this mistake...
(Yank, 173).
...he was goin - £ 0. out an end to all this Hoover extravagance...
(Cain, 131).
to nut the

fin :er on .

-o identify and to ooint out.

...we h; ve no one who knows her personally, and no one £ q . out the finger
on her
(Gardner, 154).
to nut --- finmer on .

ho locate; to i n d i e te; to touch.

hr. Gorman had put his finn-er upon the crox of the difficulty, and
Jeffrey knew that Hr. Gorman would keep his finger there
(hartiuand, .14)
I don't know how to out my fin :er on it, but you sort of became more
human
(Yank, 207).
to out tire finishing touches on.
finishing.

-o be nearing completion of; to be

. . .he is nor: watt in •: the f i n i shin,-; touches on a work to be entitled. • •

(flew Yorker, H X I j-j., dept. 13, 1947, 29).
to put — —

foot down.

I out my foot down

fo refuse; to be obdurate in one's

(Gain, 80).

to nut --- hand over (anotner's ).
another's hand.

'ho take another's hand; to hold

..uickly she y;ut her hand over his and patted it
£0

decision.

(Gain, 140).

auk jji.
1.
io install; to u; ve an appliance placed in a home,
or tuo like and connected.

store, office

...—e've since collected enough r.onev to l a y concrete and out in junrle
gyms, swings, and a basket b a l l court
(Hew Yorker, kXIil, Gept. )6 , 20).

-1<*9-

They had not yet been nut in the prison
cage (Pyle, 369).
A f t e r th e bombs w ere clam p ed inside the bomb b a y , t h e y nut in t h e f u s e s
(Pyle, 211).
Alf was going £2. nut in abathroom
(karquand, 586).
...the people you have to
have, for every little feature you nut in
(Cain, 77).
On the strength of her new contract, she had a phone out in . and began to
drum up more trade...
(Cain, 68).
2. To place; to put an application, claim, order, or the like before
the proper person.
kick said he would
plea of insanity
...warned him what
claim l£L. and he
3.

be glad to appear at my court martial and nut in a
for me
(Pyle, 239).
you were doing, and begged him to go down and nut his
wouldn’t do it...
(Cain, 30).

To include; to make a part

of.

...she started to talk. She nut in everything that seeded relevant...
(Cain, 198).
Kio father deliberately nut in the middle name so the initials would
make TNT
(Pyle, 58).
cure, that's why they put them A &
(Gardner, 148).
We tell them what &£. nut in
(Yank, 140).
4.

To place within; to place, put, inside.

Frank told me he had the damnedest quirk — he d i d n ’t smoke a great deal,
but the moment the crew was c .lied to the gun and was just about re:dy
to put the shell i&, he went crazy for a cigarette
(Pyle, 109).
Yet he rut it in there as though he were using o pointer, and he nut it in
fast too...
(Pyle, 232).
...I'm going to open a special account down at the bank, and keen nutting
itt...
(Cain, 140).
Now she out them ia by the clock andtook them out by the clock...
(Cain, 76).
i

•

To work; to be at work.

...some truck and duck drivers put in 12 hours on many days
(Yank, 234).
...they would have to nut in a full snift next day...
(Yank, 253).
&S2. P u t

Aji b e d .

To cause one to go to bed, retire.

...end .out her to b e d .. .

(Cain, 128).

to nut in a call.
To
tance oper tor, to try

ask a telephone operator, often the long dis­
to get a telephone conneccion with another
person.

1 put in the call and dinner came up

(Gardner, 191).

-1050-

W e ’re going £fi. put in £L call ((Gardner, 175)*
The phone rang two or three times, and he put in a couple of calls
(Gardner, 102).
to put in the hands of --in char-a of something.

To give one the charge of; to put one

There's nothing about that place that can't be nut in the hands of an
agent, and handled like any other
(Gain, 147).
to out in order.

i‘o arrange neatl.y and orderly; to make neat.

ohe got a dustcloth and began moving about the house, cleaning, dusting,
nutting things ifi. order
(Cain, 111).
"How about it, Della," he asked, "can you put the place
order?"
(Gardner, 69).
to put in place.

io place; to put in a proper position.

fhey carried mines...for the engineers to nut in place
iQ. put ia & position.
To place; to arrange.
in relation to something, someone else.)

(Pyle, 26b).

(This implies a placing

Leeds' innocence, however, puts your office Aji an entirely different
position, and puts l.-ason in a different position, legally, ethically,
and morally
(Gardner, 209).
He had never dreamed that Charley could nut him in a position where he
would be so completely uncomfortable
(marquand, 224).
to pu,t into.
1.

i’o make a part of; to include in.

They don't begrudge the toil and sweat they're putting into it...
(Yank, 179).
2.

To sail into as a boat.

(This implies a harbor, port.)

There was a general impression that Gassier trucks often dropped down
to Point Loma, where certain low, fast boots put into the cove
(Gain, 9).
ifl. out into action.
To begin; to start.
contrasted to planning, thinking.)

(This implies actual movement

...they were glad to start putting their plans into action
iQ. put into a capsule.
succinctly.

(.Pyle, 35b).

To summarise briefly; to epitomize; to state

-1051-

It was necessaryr for him to say something, J^o. out it all
a casual
capsule
Unrquand, M3).
He had i£L out the whole thing jjn a canan! e (larquand, 443).
to out into effect.

x'o cause some thine-* to be done; to

cause to become.

...Beragon, br. , out into effect his bizarre ideas for improvement
ICain, 242).
And the whole plan was originated, organized and out into effect in five
short months...
(Pyle, 14).
to put into --- head.
responsible for one's

To cause one to think of something; to be
thinking of something; to suggest to one.

I don't know what out it into her he ad . and it doesn't do any good to
tell her that I'm not in a wheelchair yet
(karquand, 579).

to out into print.

To print; to publish.

His feelings can't very well be nut into orint
to out into words.

(Pyle, 374).

To say (it); to verbalize; to speak.

...he was very glad that he had tried tg. out it into words
They couldn't out into words what they were fightingfor...
to out it.

(har quand, 271).
(Pyle, 333).

To say it; to put it into words.

It was easy enough to say that the work of V/alter iTewconbe possessed a
plus quality of literary essence, as his publisher rut it...
(Larquand, 2 S ).
The main art of raking salad consisted in fatiguing it properly, as the
French 30 picturesquely out it
(.-argj.and,129).
That's one wry
^rut it
(larquand, 551).
...but Jeffre: knew that Walter wouldn't out it just that wav
(harquand,
134) .
It — well, out it this way
(harquand, 582).
"buppose I out
this way," he said slowly, "suppose I come tomorrow"
(Larquand, 582).
...that the house which published him, as bookmen out it. had done
absolutely nothing about promoting his last book...
(Marquqnd, 335).
h'ell, there you had it in a nutshell, or in a thumbnailsketch, if you
wanted t2. out it that way
(Marquand, 349).
...no matter how you tried £a. put it. there was no wagofescaping what
Sir Thomas thought of Americans
(harquand, 252).
You wouldn't have out it that way either — once
(aarquand, 379).
...not wanting to have their parties too booky or provincial, too printer's
inksy — vinksy, as Hlla put it
(..arquand, 340).
As S/Sgt. nay H. Hoblnson...out it. "the first ni :ht after Breman we
were too scared..."
(Yank, 86).
He was thinking of the hideous indelicacy of the way halter out it

-1 0 5 Z -

Prince Valsky was a disciple of the forward seat, a perch, as he put it,
such that the rider's weight was...
(Larduand, 372).
"You can put it that way if you want to," the doctor snapped
(Gardner,
132) .
Frank's duties were, as he nut it. "to keep the general happy"
(Pyle, 310).
...badge told him not t£. put it in such a horried way (Larquand, 102).
...as a first sergeant put it: "Sometimes...that Jerry artillery made
you want to cry"
(Yank, 122).
It was not exactly true that Bill Swinburne hod asked him to come down
to .ashington, but somehow it seemed right
uut it that way to
badge (i.hrquand, £68) .
A Chinese divisional co .::onder later put it another way
(Yank, 34) •
You haven't so many ties — that may- be one way to. put it (Larquand, 470).
She engaged.. .-lent and Frieda, and couple who had worked for ij. Beragon
before "es went kaput," as Lurt out it
(Gain, 22?).
For her weekly broadcast Veda received $500, er.d was "sewed", as .-r.
Levinson nut it. for u yeor...
(Gain, 205).
He puts it this way... (Yank, 179).
'ixever take the mistress if you can get the maid', is the way he puts it
(Cain, 157).
He was not thinking of Jesse as much as he was wishing that he could put
it all more clearly (marquand, 271).
"Combat," as one of them put it. "seems to seduce a guy"
(Yank, 91).
.. -nothing said to bally or Veda until they had something to "lay on the
line", as Bert out it
(Cain, 204).
One day he put it to his boss again and the general said...
(Pyle, 206).
...one of the new boys.. .put it right:
"b’e had to take the chow up to
the line..."
(Yank, 244).
Ke had, tp. put it mildly, a strange tr.3te in clothes
(Yank, 166).
JtQ. p u t

mind on.

Bo think about; to consider; to reflect on.

Cf course, I haven't nut my mind on it as much as you have, but I thought
waldwin rather discounted the Russians
(Larquand, 507).
VOiy don't you put your mind on Gwen?
(Larquand, 68).
narianna was not like Lodge, who had so many things to do that she could
very seldom nut her mind or. hat he said
(Iiarquand, 467).
It was like those books he had always planned to read when he was young,
somethin.-^ which he had meant tp. out his mind on when he had the time...
(i-orquand, 327 ).
...he and everyone else would have to. out their minds on work (Larquand,
78).
And ■e out his mini on it
(Larquand, 443).
to out off.
...I have had

Bo -elay; to procrast in rite; to defer.
wut off this rneno

(mew Yorker, kXi_I, June

, 1947,

) •

I'd watied for a slack time —
.aybe sort of out it off
(Gardner, 148).
...nothing could Bftt o£f tke moment when he nrust speak unless he drop ed
o.ead or run away
(Larquand, 165).

-1053-

i'he invasion would have to occur between 4:39 Ami... today and 4:41 a .L.
tomorrow or else be nut off for a month
(Pyle, 297).
...it cannot be out off for long (Pyle, 464).
You can't keep -putting it off
G>-arquand, 6).
And don't out it off by saying your in love with me
(harqunnd, 103).
He could tell himself that he vr. s tired, but his anxiety to. out it off
came from somethin" much deeper (Marquand 494).
There was hot water to sh ve with, unless you w nted £ 2. put off shaving
until later....
(Marquand, 219—200).
She had out off buying it until the 1- st moment. • • (.Cain, 153).
to out £&.
1.

To don.

dveryone began to strug -le into his heuvw flak suit, putting it &Z1 over
the parachute...
(Yank, 118).
So thereafter, when a hard day's work was done, he would go back to the
base, shave, take a helmet b-. th, out on clean clothes, sit down
against a tree and
li-dit a big gift cigar in his own honor (Pyle, 72).
naturally they didn't take time to out on leggings (Pyle, 109).
Then when it .got light and the firing mission w. s over thev lay around
scraping mud off their shoes and outtina on their leggings
(Pyle, 109).
...as though the boys were li :ely £2. rut on full dress and soend an
evening in a ni-rt club
(Pyle, 125TI
The actors nad finished ,
rind they were in the orchestra '.mtiim: on their
hats and coats
(harquand, 84).
a Canadian T'ornar. who
has been practicing flying by out tiny on a pair of
homemade wings...(hew Yorlcer, XXII, Peb. 15, 1947, 21).
Dry socks were wet five minutes after tney were out on
(Pyle, 252).
i.y pants had been lyin y on the chair that went throu ;n the door, so I
dug them out. ..out the::: 0£... • (Pyle, 243).
V.’hon 1 went to. out on my boots...
Gyle, 242).
...I Just put 2H. my steel helmet...
(Pyle, 247).
As the second game started, Dewey out his suit coot on again
(hew
Yorker, XXIII, bept. 6, 1947, 19).
It made me so damn mad that I
Just called his gun outof action while we
all sat down
and out on the leg ings
(Pyle, 110).
Then she put on the 'alo3hes.•.
(Cain, 172).
The airplane business sc astounded and impressed hack's company commander
that he clean up, out on his dress blouse for the first time since he
had left America...
(Pyle, 12?).
I Just reached
out and out my steel helmet on...
(±yle. 255).
Jeffrey ,ut on
his dinner coat
(Marquand, 67).
I out or. a helmet...
(Yank, 16).
.. .noticed- t.he smell o f rhe -ar’er ias a n d h a d started £ 2. ~-Ut o n his .gas
mask...
(Yank, ^6).
...the

pretext

thrt

she r.ust y u t

on a s u i t a b l e d r e s s

(Cain*, 230).
L t. Eaddow.. idn't out on...flak suits

(Yank, 118).

for

the

occasion

-105**—

He took, off his hat...then quickly out it
again...
(Gain, 163).
...we put on our steel
helmetsin bed...
(Pyle, 383,).
jxed Dog gave me an extra pair of long drawers to nut on
(Pyle, 322).
"'..ell, ,ut ga somethin
• else," Jeffrey said
(..arquand, 304).
...he was in the front
hall of the apartment rutting on his hat and coat
(i.-arquand, 3 3S ).
milton took off his glasses and looked at them and put them Qja again
(..nrquand, 405 ).
^.ildred. ..put on her hat
(Cain, 207).
..e nut them qjl (Yank, 15).
One soldier put on all nis equipment...
(Yank, 202).
Her 3hoes, by careful sparing, were in fair snnpe, and she out on simple
black ones
(Gain, 25).
ohe examined a great nary stockings, found two that showed no si ;ns of runs,
nut them Qja. (Gain, 25).
she nut on a print dress, the best she had
(Gain, 25).
i-ildred never put on a uniform
(Gain, 179).
as for the cook, as soon as she gets the dishes out of sight, she's going
ifl. t>ut on a warmer dress
(Gain, 28).
3lacks hadn't made ti.eir appearance then, but gray flan, els rad: he
put on a fresh pair, -ith polo shirt :nd blue lounge coat
(Gain, 2).
Che put on the print dress, made her free up nicely...
(Cain, 32).
ohe put on the rubber slippers, picked u p the soap
(Gain, 95).
Veda's things were there, even the dress she hod rut on toniwht...
'.Cain, 252).
...she..-put on a kimono.••
(Gain, 152;.
And she told you t£. out that uniform o n ? (Gain, 69).
ohe had her put an apron on. over the -ash drosses she case to work in...
(Gain, 69).
I told her right off, but she hollered and carried on so I out it on
.just to keep her quiet
(Cain, 69).
o.:e put on her pajamas, turned out the lig t, but kept --'Iking around
the room...
(jain, 75).
...that nil I'm. ood for is .uttia; on a uniform and waiting or. other
people...
(Gain, 51).
...I was still in my beach si.orts, and I had £ 2 ~cut on some pants
(Cuj n , 110).
~ow, sne hurriedly got into on., tut op her xip--op snoes, stuck on the
little cap
(Cain, 119).
re started £2 . nut or. nis combat pack (Yank, 103) .
By now they were putting their coats 2Ii» •*
(Yonk, 163).
■tilf ;mt on his coat, which was ti ht at the —aist that it made his
shoulders**.
(..arquand, 154).
The weary Dead iaid Kids out on their packs arid moved silently Indian
file...
(Yank, 94).
2.

To at -ach to; to -'usten on; to apply (to;.

Then uncannily it would drop to a much slower speed, as though, it had
put on a brake
(Pyle, 25— 6).
... she... never -ut on the brake...
(jain, 130

Eob.. .cashed the blood off my face before rut „inr on the iodine
(Pyle,
249) .
In fact, we put on more than an American mule could ctorry over such a
trail (Pyle, 145).
"hoy, he'll have £ 0. nut on a new barrel after that one," a soldier c id
(P”le, 199).
He lit a cigarette with the cool competent carelessness of a woman
nutting on lipstick before going -*ownstairs. . • (Yank, 89).
...another thing trey wanted £0 put on it was:
'Erected b:^ her 1ovine*
grandparents...1 (Gain, 155).
i'hey wanted £_q. out a quotation qjx it, 'Suffer the little children... 1
(Gain, 155).
...the 1st of July, when the interest roul.^ be due on the mortgage; iert
:.rd nut on the house
(Gain, 31).
"You put it on after shaving," Alf said
(Larquand, 153).
...you'll have to fold them, then tie them up and out the carrying handl
or
(Cain, 124).
Put it QQ your face, and now hold still and let me brush you off
(,.arHuand , 1: 4 ) .
"Put it aa your sleeve," bellows tne n.agor (Yank, 204).
3.

i'o employ; to hire; to set to work at, on.

Pour days later Serrano was out on an Italian destroyer...
(Yank, 25).
Bor a while he was out on special assignment.-. (Pyle, 128).
Got some men you can put on Emily Lilicant when she leaves, Paul?
V.jardner, 48).
1 put a mem qjl him when he left your office, and got another man to tag
along for relief
(Gardner, 46).
I want a damn clever operative put on that pcrty
(Gardner, 157).
...I was put on a detail :s a sort of "bucket brigade" member...
(Yank, 171).
...You've yet to put somebody 221' (Gain, 45).
4.

To prod.uce; to cause a performance of.

...there wa3 no reason t£. out on a facade for Marianna, but it was
different with Hal 3lis3 and ^lise
(larquand, 4^3).
Isadora Juncpn's brother put on a one-nan play, entitled "Ly Life Story"
(hew Yorker, XXII, Peb. 15, 1947, 21).
"It wasn't fun," Jeffrey answered, "but he outs on quite a show"
(...arqnand, 99).
.•-he had organized a few amateur talent acts and out on a floor show
(Yank, 34 > .
But before tne colonel could out on his mortar show...
(Yank, 53).
5.

To cook; to place on a fire for cooking.

I haven't put the potatoes qjq, yet...
(Pyle, 215).
x'hey went back to tne den until it should be tine t£. out the vegetables
on to boil...
(Gain, 27).

-1056-

6.

To turn on; to switch on.

ohe went to the switch "box, nut on the lights
You put the light on...
(Cain, 163).
7.

(Cain, 120).

To place, set, lay, on.

...and as he nut the accent
the last syllable she asked:
"Is it
FrenchV 11 (Cain, 91).
...those dear little cobblers, benches tnat you could stand in front of
the fireplace to nut things qji. ..
(luarquand, 108).
8.

To grow; to develop.

(This implies a vegetative growth.)

^ow when you had good stuff around little apple trees they nut on bier
soft .juicy foliage...
(i-arquand, 516).
y.

To pretend; to feign.

And put it Qji thick

(Cair., 66).

to p u t
on.
To make a telephone connection for one to talk to
another.
(This implies usually a priv;te switch board so that the
telephone operator can ask if one wishes to speak to the caller.
The
answer is: Put him on.)
Okay, this is Drake talking. Put him aa. (Gardner, 64).
.aeon said, "Put her
11 then cuppin * his hand over the mouthpiece...
(Gardner, 13).
"Put him on.11 *~asor. sl id.
('Gardner, 92).
to nut on an act.
To behave; to act.
feignir. *, an insincerity.)

(This implies a pretending,

...you'll have plenty of excuse for having had a sleepless night and
putting on the weep act(Gardner, 79J.
. ..leading the fellows on a merry ch.-.ae while
he ut on a swell act of a
man about torn keeping business appoint vents
(..-ardner, 48'.
Our squadron leader stood
there nuttin?; onan act ofalt-crnntely tearing
his hair and hiding his
face (Pyle, 174).
to p u t on airs.
t o act, behave, in a superior manner; to behave as
one thinks those in a higher station act.
..'ell, if you ask me, 1 don't think his familyhave any right Jfcfl.
airs
('Gardner, 19).

nut &&

to put
tne defensive.
To cause oie to have to defend himself or
nis position, belief, statement, or tne like.

-1057-

Then Or. Aldous arrived, a tall, fray, kindl;;- man who sat near Li Id red,
and didn't nut her 2 H the defensive at all for not being a member of
his church
(Cain, 109-0) .
The offhand dismissal of the 3ubject nut her 2H the defensive too
(Cain, 95).
It outs the enemy 2£L the defensive
(Yank, 129).
to nut on display.

To display; to show to the public.

...one was sold the day Hr. Barnhuett-'r's postwar round
display
(liew Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 20).
to out one foot

in front of another.

...they were no
198).

Ion :< r _ble to out one foot in front

JlQ. out 2 a ------ feet.
on a sound basis.

bed wasout on

To walk.
of the other

(Yank,

To yet into a sound financial condition; to put

... it was going to out the restaurant business 2H its feet
le. nut 2£k the .1ob.

(Cain, 149).

To set to work at a job; to cause to work at a job.

...tne air-line hose and jack ha.ners were put on the job cutting eightfoot holes in the rack...
(Yank, 178).
12. out on the

nosebag.

To e a t .

’Veil, we've got to out op the old nosebag now
£2. dut

on pounds.

To

grow heavier;

to et fat;

He weighed 117 pounds when he went in but
three years
(Pyle, 104).
t-0 Put o n
ing, one.

(liarquand,

To set to followin'' one; to set to tracking, shadow­

tail.

on wel. h t .

to put on weight.

had nut on 43 more in those

do you hove an operativeyou can put on his tail?
tn put

156).

To

(Gardner, 23).

:et fat; to grow heavier.

He said he'd had his nose broken since and had put on a lot of weight...
(Gardner, 153).
Her hair was d: rker, and she had put on wei ~ht. but she looked the way he
knew she would-•.
(Larquand, 171).
••.she hadn't put on any more weight...
(Gain, 221).
He had put on some wejght but his heart and blood pressure were normal and
he knew quite a lot about war
(i.iarq u a n d , 563).

to put out*
1. Jo place ic an a ccssible place; to remove from storage and place in
the open.
...would you nut out i.y evening clothe*, please, Albert?
(i.mirquand, 63).
But you know how he is, so tomorrow, v/hen I put out the samples Lildred's
going to "bring...
(Cain, 66).
She put out whiskey, ice, and seltzer...
(C in, 225).
...no Bottles to put out. no cash to count..*
(Cain, 161).
Lildred.. .p u t o u t wine and whiskey..i
(Ccin, 152).
...I'll put out the green pajamas...
(Cain, 166).
...they would rrait until Just before the men came to putout thefood...
(Yank, 230).
2.

To extinguish as a fire, a light.

You better put that out. sir...
(Pyle, 427).
...volunteering to climb to the top of a smoke stack to nut out a fire
there (Yank, 46).
Putting- the light out she felt her way upstairs...
(Cain, 252).
Put it out yourself
(Yank, 200).
You'll put out that cigarette...
(Cain, 156).
3. Jo cause to leave, depart, go away.
a house, building, or the like.)

(r *ic impliesan exclusion

from

...so she could have an income, and not be put out of the house on the 1st
of July, when the interest would be due...
(Cain, 51).
It certainly did have to core if you Trent ond out that poor boy ou t
(Cain
14).
You mean
you put Bert out? (Cain, 14) .
4.

To serve; to have available for serving.

It's Just awful, the pie you put out here, and expect people to pry for it
(Cain, 63).
...a place that will put out a real line of ready desserts
(Cain, 175).
5.

To publish; to print.

. ..L'Amerioue en Guerre, the newspaper put out by PV<B for the French
(Yank, 129).
6.

To emit; to discharge; to send out.

...smoke pots ashore out out a blinding cloud of fog (Pyle, 272).
...with two bullets he put it out of action
(Yank, 18).
...o direct hit by the 81s put it out of action
(Yank, 8).
The Gun is still working and will continue to work until it is out out
action...
(Yank, 33).

of

-1059-

to nut out of commission.
to put out of action.

To incapacitate; to make unfit for use;

Giulio let go at the first truck and nut it out of com??ission

(Yank, 28).

to nut over.
1.

To be successful; to do sometning well.

’.Then he nuts over a deal— ...
(Gain, 84) .
...do you feel run-down, a little headachy,
things over7 (harquand, 337).
He said he was putting over a couple of big
2.

without the old pep to nut
deals(Gardner, 102).

To cover.

Eut badge only put her hand over the transmitter and called up to him
(llaruunnd, 567).
3.

To send above, over.

How many waves of heavy bombers we nut over
4.

I have no idea

(Pyle, 433).

To deceive; to fool.

Eut try to put anything over on him, and you have a righteous uproar on
your hands
(Yank, 36).
You're not putting anything over on us
(Yank, 60).
nut pressure on .

To apply pressure on; to press; to exert pressure on.

".e've out enough pressure on already to break this situation, but still
they hang on, so we'll have to figure out some other way (Pyle, 312).
tjSL put a tail o n .

To enga-^e someone to follow, shadow, trail, another.

Tell him Ned Barkler is in my office, that he's leaving, right away; to
put a tail on him
(Gardner, 59).
I P.ut a tail on him to see if he has any contact with Gonway(Gardner, 16).
You see, Perry, I can't put a tail on her because wo have no one who
knows her personally...
(Gardner, 154).
to putter about.
heartedly.

To engage in seemingly aimless activity; to work half­

i'he girl puttered about. complained of the service that was demanded of her...
(Gain, 44).
to putter » -round .
To engage in seemingly aimless work or activity; to
work half-hear tedly.

-lUfcU-

He 3aw .Tsipa .. .nutterinr around os if there were no war within a thousand
uile3
(Yank, 7).
to -out throu/th.
1.

To dispatch; to send; to deliver.

...if any call came from hew York, they would -out it through to hr. Bliss's
house?
(Larquand, 4*29).
...his orders had not "been nut throuth
(Pyle, 216).
2.

To penetrate; to cut out.

...a drill hole was nut through to handle electric lines
sept. 13, 1947, 28).
to nut throurrh a call.

(iTew Yorker, XXIII

To place a call; to make a phone call.

Let's yet to a telephone where I can nut t h r c u h a Ion;: distance call
(Gardner, 173)•
He huny around a pool room for two or three hours, then nut through a call
to Conway (Gardner, 86).
He nut through the call, and asked if everythin,'" was okay
(G-ardner, 87).
2 iAt tne tins o f
fin--erg together.
~o cur; the palms cf both
hands and to t uch the thumb of the riyhth a n d to
the thumb of the left
hand and so on with the other fin :ers.

Jesse put his elbows on the red leather desk, -rut the tins of hisfin
to.rether. and cleared his txAro;. t softly
(Larquand, 268).
Jesse rut the tins of his firr crs together a,yain (Larquand, 268).
ifi. GUt to.

:ers

To set one at; to cause one to beyin; to 1ut one to.

she handed out uniforms and nut them both t£. work
(Cain, 115).
she starteJ the other soup, tne cream of tomato, and nut Pancho £o.pre­
paring vegetables
(Cain, 117).
...I'll have £&. put an operative t£. word...
(Cain, ,_02).
Bill was detached from strai-^at sol.'.ier lutyaftc-r a ve.-.r in the infantry,
and out to work on the division's weekly p.-per
(Pyle, 129).
The two of then had been out to work by tne uernnns in a factory at
wiener meustadt, the biy industrial center near Vienna
(Yank, 70).
If they refuse they are -ut to "work, and held for emchunye
(Yank, 70).
I'll hire a detective a eucy and nut aer tg. --ork (Gardner, 2).
I miyht tie it on you, and nut you t£. work
(Cain, 27).
to -; u t

L2. bed.

To cause one to retire, to

After nut tin;: t h e children to. bed she
■
Ir *\
l c / i

-o to bed.

nt to ti.o livin- root-....

(Cain,

-1061-

H o m e a g a i n , s h e out V e d a £o. b e d , b u t w h e n sh e - e n t to b e d h e r s e l f , she
c o u l d n 1t s l e e p
(Gain, 1 0 0 ) .
oo t-.ey n u t n:e to b e d o n a cot, g a v e m e p a r e -oric a n d b i s m u t h , a s p i r i n
and c o d e i n e , soup a n d t o m a t o j u i c e . . .
(Pyle, 4 5 ) .

r.o o u t
to an expense.
do cause one to s e:.
to have, make expenditures.

money; to cav.se one

LilGred, I've probably nut you t£. a lot or expense over nothing (Cain, 101)
...xvurt and
i'rieda at $150 e month, jut her .*£>. somewhat heavier expenses
in the kitchen than sac had expected
(Jain, 2 4 5 ) .
ha hiii. 'iQ: :c.ther.
1.

To assemble; to fit together.

...tney took the
421).
2.

-cod p. .rts and started outtiny them to :ether. ..

(Pyle,

To develop; to build up; to form.

..•he has put to .other a good stable...
tfi. n u t
sleep.

to. sleep ■

(Yank, 255).

To cause one to

-ro

to sleep; to cause one to

Late that ni ht he arrived at the hospitrl, was rut to sleep on ..prj^hine,
and La.ior
VTillia... Pitts performed the brain opo .ation
(Pyle, 121).
...the lr st
thing he did before themorphi..e .ut him
sleep.. .
(Pyle, I22).
-he capsules not only rut us t^o sleep. but they constricted our tnrouts...
U'vle, 258).
LQ. r u t

to

tne

Thi s b r i l l i a n t

tost.

To

post;

to

s c h e m e . . .was n e v e r

try.

rut

LS- f u r
^ 2. t r o u b l e .
-o c a u s e
difficulties.
(This i m p l i e s t h a t
o n e ’s t r y i n g to kelp.)

to t h e

tost

one to h a v e
n.e t r o u b l e

(Gain,

trouble;
comes as

1 8 9 J.
to *ive o n e
a r e s u l t of

...other. . . I ’m tr in. • to o r r a g e
t h i n ;s t y . e l f , - i t h o u t p u t t i n g .you g.
t all
k i n d s o f t r o u b l e a b o u t it"
(Caxn, 1 93).
d a m n it, t h e t r o u b l e y o u ’r e r u t t i n y me t o i(Gain, 1 7 2 ) .
to p u t

two

realize
"P u t t i n y
ifi.

put

u p

and
’-hat

two

no i n f e r f r o m f a c t s or

observation;

is y o i n y on.

two a na
.

to pe.th r .

two

t o g e t h e r . 11

i-asou s a i d

(Gardner,

85).

to

-lOfeZ-

1*

To o f f e r ; to ^ iv e .

’.Then a fuy's <t;oins ££. out uo the cash to spring you on a felony rap,
you don't let half an hour slip through vour finyers
(G-ardner, lu4).
Then -o cown to pail, be booked, out uo a cash bond, and walk ri'iit out..
CGardner, 102).
...you also insiste ’ that lie must out uo bail
( a r ’ner, 19 ).
The local people said tho reason their array out uo sucn a poor show in
our sector was that the soldiers didn't want to fiyht
(Pyle, 30).
...the call fro: the station, «iu»rrp in a cab, come down, and out uo the
bail, and that would be all there w: s to it...
(Gardner, 105).
...Serle called, for Gonway so cone ’.own and out uo the bail...
(Gardner,
88 ).
At last tney decided ££. out it
in a raffle, and use the proceeds to
care for children whose fathers had been killed servin ■ the regiment
(Pyle, 112).
Then Private Lamyl Yancey, of aentuc’y, not a miniature bottle of Goca^Gola and he put it up a3 second prize
(Pyle, 112).
2.

To erect; to assemble; to build; to set up.

This consisted of a motorized pump, a sand filter, a chlorinating machinet
and a collapsible 3,000-^allon canvas tank which stood about shoulder
hiuh when out uo
(Pyle, 60).
Somebody out up a blackboard behind the lose-and—found department...
(Yank, 185).
The hospital, invited ’.Vick Fowler..-sarin- they'd .ut u - a tent for us
(Pyle, 250).
...Jeffrey asked to out uo the tablo
(Tnr quand, 415).
...the captain...hod a cot with a mattress on it out no for
:e on deck...
They aifc. th£)t
when they first arrived because someone told tj_en the
station was in bherwood Forest
(P.le, 327).
That ’
,vor!:ed the dayliyhts out of the boys w h o took down and ut un the
tents
(Pyle, 397).
Toe men are nuttin-: uo t.neir shelter halves..(Yank, 235).
3.

To attach in a relatively hi oh place; to exhibit.

...after si -ns had been out un alony the ro:4. ..
(Gain, 178).
That was why the walls were bare and why hadye had never out uo any
curtains
(i.-arijuand, 508).
Up in the yallery, workmen.. .were ~ut tii.y uo a backdrop showing a
fishin - scene...
(Larquand, ^12).
The Jerries kept nut t inn the wires
and we kept tear in-- then down
(Yank, 26).
Toth American and British armies had nut un thousands of stenciled and
painted si :ns alon.r the
• (Pyle, 131).
Last Au.ust, as a -a,.^, someone had nut un the red ribbon across to Berlin.
(Yank, 87).
4. To ive one a place to stay; to
implies a temporary visit.)

;ivc one a bed.

(This pone rally

-1063-

The Army had commandeered several hotels, and I was nut uo in a dun^eonliiie cell that overlooked an alley inhabited ‘by a melee of Sicilians
who screamed constantly and never cleaned up anythin;
(Pyle, 90).
.e can nut you up. in the living room on the day bed
(Yank, 160).
0.

To recommend; to represent as worthy.

..•they were about to be nut un for presidential citation (Pyle, 426),
m any squadron were
many men willin •to fly be'ond thestated missions
if it was out ut.- t'
them...
(Pyle,22c) ,
6.

1.0

raise; to lift.

Before any unsuapectinw Yank could nut un his own head in reply, a hi
off on a flan!'...
(Yank, 52) .
££. hJdl liil 2, bluff.To bluff; to feiyn to
is not.
I -uess I've out un :uite a, bluff.
I really thou kt I had the stuff..-.
to rut un with.

besomethin

-,someone,

one

(Yank, 1:6).

To endure; to abide.

.. .her... cruel insults to Lr. Levinson, her r, vii.y. . •’ere a little :ore
than even i..ildred could u t uo with amiably
(Gain, 036).
...not only .out un -ith him...
(Gain, 130).
...she would ut un with konty.•• (lain, Ihl).
Jeffrey hud always nut un with it and he supposed turn; ifo''. hod too
U-arquand, 176).
...they would h ve io. ~ut u t : ith his mistakes . . .(harquana, 40).
...this man, whom she had ip. out u,.; with because he brou ;ht Veda closer
to her...
(Gain, 1 5 7 ) ,
Then Lieutenant Libertore stouted tolliny me all uhat he had ip. nut un
with
(hie, 187).
iP. put --- where

is.

To be the cause of one's success or failure.

...who the hell nut that uirl where she jLp. today?
•pyramidal tent.
or ten men.

(Cain, 050).

-a tent shaped like r pyramid capable of housiny eiyht

rhe b. ttalion was livin.y in nwr midal t^-uts. ..

(Pyle, 347).

—106**—

a question of.

A matter of; a matter concerning.

...an exact account of what the quarrel wa3 about, and let her ascribe it*
to "a Question of discipline"
(Cain, 256).
Then the Question of a hat had to be decided
(Cain, 257).
This i3 not a question of money
(Cain, 216).
to queue u n .

To line up; to arran pe in a line.

...back from Lunster to the French coast, enemy fighters queue in a- un on
them (Yank, 06).
uuixit as. a flash.

Yery rapidly; quickly.

And quick as cq flash.. .iie was down to his red underwear
duick as. 2. flash they jumpea up...
(ryle, 579).
la ha uuicfc l a (iniinitiv e) .

io oe recdy to; to

*-*.0

(Yank,

s o s t 1■iny easily.

The sailors and soldiers r.t the roil were quick to spot them...
la Qu i e t down.

little talk.

22 ?).

(Ynn'.c, 204).

a confidential conversation.

"You iear. you rant to hove a uuiet little talk." «7i-: said
la Q.uit cold.

(Pyle,

so become quiet; to become calm.

...when tain -a be an t£. quiet down
LL Quiet

166).

(**nrquand, 294).

To stop completely; to ip; it.

ourely you don't expect the .istrict attorney's «-oin.p tj2. unit cold simply or
your say-0 0
(u-ardner, llw).
-hey quit us cold (Pyle, 4).
tp. idUAl school..
To stop* ..'oin;.: to school before one fi rashes n course o 2T
receives a diploma.
... Teda...persuaded *..ildrod to let her quit hi -ii school. . .
quite all ri lit.

*.11 ri ;ht; suitable; acceptable.

It seemed quite all. ri fat that he res there
q*vito a bit.

(Gain, 160) •

(marquand, ...ml).

A lot; much.

I've found, cut nit;- p_ bit •~*f I'a. ily history
(a.rlner, 121).
oerle aids one of the waitresses -anite a bit. oral she seems to like him
(g-o.rdncr, 90).
■,uite a bo:/.
(a t< rm wnich is often ironic;.Ily used to ...can the boy is
often in mischief.
It may .Iso be a compliment meaninj the person is a
qood, honest, able person.)

-1065-

Tommy 1s ^uite a_ boy
aruunnd, 243).
Jim’s vuite a. ooy
(i.arqu'ind, 230).
iiUjkte a few.

A lo t;

many.

"Yes sir," Volpn. answered, "there ar^> -,nitc
1‘ew of them, but I think v;e
can do it all ri^ht"
(Yank, 108).
11^.uite a few,." dpi. dtenker said, filing his reports
(Yank, 23).
quite si :irl.
(dee:
mite a boy. fnis t rit is used both ironically and
in a complimentary way.)
daily’s quite a q:irl
uults a S03L -

(i».ar--iuand, 442).

(See: Quite a

Yon iirrf»r was i,u.Ue a - x c v — a soldier of forture ir a way, yet he d i d n ’t
look or act like one
(Pyle, 139).
suite a k i d .

(dee:

-m i to a. bo:/.)

"kid," «dlf said, "you’re kind of different, but I al’-ays Icner that y o u ’d be
quite a kid" (...arcnan.I , 222) •
Quite a little.

a

Jurin-- the six weeks
a little of Yally
Quite a ± Q t .

lot; much.
hildred had beenlo^kim-: for work,
(Onin, 52).

she hadseen quite

A lot; much; many.

You two kids like each other v.uite a lot. d o n ’t you?
(La.ruuT.ni, 522).
dhe saw him .,y i t e a lot. in connection with tl.eir real-estate relations
(bain, 150).
"You see, some of us were killed," he said, "not so many, but quite a lot"
(i-arq.uand, 64).
Quite

-possible.

'.Tholly possible; e n t i r e l y possible .

-•t is q u i t e -possible t h a t A i k e n L^edsc o u l d
ake a s t a t e m e n t
far t o w a r d explaining-, the m a t t e r . . .
(/r.rdner, 124).
quite a

•.n y .

dome d i s t a n c e ;

not

close;

<v.ite

a v.-.iii1 e .

go

ne--r.

we started b .cl down, berman s h ell ' : be,pan
behind us
(Pyle, l ± o ) .

..hen

wnichwould

ro.. pin

wUito a

a:/

lory tii..e.

fhey talked about it for ...,uite a while bee use it made a brilye between
them...
(-mir-uand , 1.^-j.
.. .1 has iTiown ueneral rJdny for unite f wi..ile.• • (Pyle, 592;.

4

-1066-

"Ko," Jeffrey sai^, "not for quite a while11 (Larquand, 365).
...I think this is the last quiet su •er we're .^oin ; to have for quite
a while
(-'-ar..uand, 5 L2 ).
They stayed Quite a. while in one place...
(Pyle, 380).
It's more like being allowed to do sor^tning that you should have done
Quite a while ago
C-ar quand, 470) .
That had beer a t one of those theatrical parties s o m e w h e r e in h e w York...
and that mis Q u i t e a wh i 1 e ago
(Larquand, 47-5)*

i’irst she had "been an in 'enue in one of those boy-and-gir 1 plays...and that
was quite a while ayo (Larquand, 448).
hell, I s u p p o s e this has b e e n b u i l d i n g up for quite a. r.’hi 1 e
(.arquand,
480).

I suppose it's been building up, building up, for quite a while
U-arpuaru , 479) .
They had to hunt quite a while.. . (Pyle, 084).

1067

rah"oit warren*
rabbits•

A rabbit hutch; a warren; a place, pens,

forraising

...every little grouo of Gernum soldiers heid its own rabbit warren
(Pyle, 412).
to race around.
place.

'Jo move hurriedly; to move ray,idly from place to

Our ship and t.:o other command ships raced around herding their broods
into proper formation...
(Pyle, 13).
to race av.-ay.

To leave, deport, hurriedly, rapidly.

..•the ’river raced civ a y . leaving the captain and me alone with our reels
of barbed wire
(Yank, 57).
race horses.

Horses bred and traiiied to race.

1 could h e a r t h e m t a l k i n g tnere s o m e t h i n g a b o u t rac e h o r s e s . a n d I sort
of kept n y ears p e e l e d . . .
(Gardner, 1 4 t ) •

In race out o f .
ill race oast.

ho depart from, to go aw: y from, hurriedly, rapidly.
‘
Jo go by, pass by, hurriedly, rapidly.

behind us a group of Legionnaires raced -past. shooting coppistols
at
two nuns who leaped into the
air and fledtnrough the .rate of Track35
(-er Yorker, LXIII, dept. 6,1947, 22).
a race track.
An elliptic 1, eg ■shaped
'/dsually implies a place for horse racing.

track, roadr/ay, for racing,
Also the track.)

I met liarold out at the race track (uardner, 167).
...vacationists rack the sunny city in search of race tracks..•
...the race tracks ore far more enticing....
(Yank, 217).

(Yank, 217

race u p .
1.

To hurry upwards in, on through.

. .. thousands of people sitting tnere wait iny:. . -o dier thousands racing
UP the ra.'.ps and alonr the aisles...
(Gain, 25^).
Looking over tx.e starboard '-nil he sat/ a Jap s;,ip racing uo
(Yank, 47;.
h.

Jo hurry tov rds someone, comet hi-p:#

Loo king o v a ’ the star bo -.rd rail ne saw a Jag. ship racin : un

(Yank, 47).

to radio back.
To answer by means of radio; to send a message in
answer by radio.

-1068-

. ..they had radioed back the "all cle.r" signal
&.

(Yank, 202).

radio car.
a prowl car; a squad car.
(a car equipped with a radio
telephone owned by the police and c a r r y tv.-: usually two policeimen.)

-ney'll h'-Jid you a line and tel you tney'll n ve a radio car drop by
for an inspection...
(Gardner, 79).
uadio City.
a lar :e "build in - wr.ich is part of .iockf»rf oiler Center in
..ev York City.
He had reached Fifty Avenue "by then, and tne bulk of -iadio City stood in
front of him...
(.arquand, 593).
radio tv-ye.
-he section of a newspaper, ;::aqazi:.c, which reports the
news about radio, rad io pro-rats, radio actors, and the like.
She found the radio oage of t.-.e rives...
to rn e at.

(Gain,

. 9).

-o storm. : t ; to s.;erf: to in .-rent, uncontrolled, an ;er.

. . .-irchie was ra -in.- at tne inferior punl it" of the top sirloins...
. ii_, *^45) .
ra ~e mounts.
ad .

One

-et oryrier and anerier; one vets increesi.. ly

her rage m.oppted still ni gher
_ tailrosd nan.

(j^in, 167 ) .

A man who i s

employed 'ey a railroad.

...lived... on a pension he receive
to rain cats and dons.

.o

as a former railroad mar.

rain hari; to pour rain; to rain buckets.

"It's raining cats and dogs." hr. Barnes said
It was raining cats and do vs . .• (Pyle, 395).
to rain down.

(Cain, 13)•

(-arquand, 208).

Co seem to fall like rain; to fall in a rain-like manner.

bchrapnel rained down on the decks, making a terrific clatter
(Pyle, 7).
-'here was a blinding flash and roar and shrapnel rained down like cinders
(Yarf', 46).
Che "-hole vessel shook with every 3alvo, and scorched wadding carre raining
down on the deck (P-’le, 23).
to rain in.
like.

For the rain to enter m

enclosure, house, building, or the

...all they had time to do at ni~r.t was dig a hole, drop a poncho in the
bottom and let it rain in (Yank, 4h).

-1069-

rain soaked..
a

Wet with rain; soaked with rain.

rain-soaked lieutenant in charge of the detail...

rain water.

V.ater

...hut the rain w.ter
(Yank, 196).

(Yank, 198).

directly from rain; w ter from rain asit falls.
running off tneir hacks...kept washing itoff

Jtfl. raise hail.
i'o arrange for hail; to get someone to put up hail;
to get someone to go hail.
evidently Conway had agreed ££. raise hail for him

(cardner, 87).

tfi. raise a child.
-o rear a child; to take c re of a child all of his
immature years and to train him, educate him, and ;ive hi:, a moral
sense.
...while other women were learning professions, she had heen makin-' a
home, raising two children...
(Cain, 37).
ih. raise jy douht«

io create a douht; t.o cause dishelief.

But hy pounding away at home—front morale and raising douhts in the
he m a n mind, psycholoric.nl w a r f a r e may create a sense of defeat...
(Yank, 127-8
1j2. raise a, glass to.

-*-o drink to one's honor.

..rs, messier was quite positive ahout it, and everybody laughed, and
raised a glass to -ildred
(Cain, 127).
to raise hell.
disturbance.

fo cause trouble; to make a disturbance; to create a

Ve better stop or the colonel mignt raise hell ahout wasting ammunition
(Pyle, 168 >.
•••tnis bunch of Yank fighter—pilots who have raised so much hell with
with the Japs in Burma
(Yank, 194).
And *~aggie, she raised hell about taking nay to tne hospital
(Cain, 110).
££. raise m e r r y -.ed»
i’o have a good time though in a riotous way; to he
boisterous in enjoying oneself.
I bet you civilians raise the -err'/ Old -ed once in a while
££. raise money.

(.Yank, 143).

f- get, obtain, money.

You got ts. raise some money.... (Cain, 246).
it'll he the hank's house pretty soon if I don't find a way ta. raise the
interest money
(Cam, 15).

-1070-

He probably told t»erle he knew where he could raise the money
67) .

(Gardner,

to raise -- stick.
For the conductor of an orchestra to lift his baton
to indicate to the ore estra members that he is ready to begin.
...there seemed to be a little more tension than usual before kr. Treviso
raised his stick...
(Gain, 240).
ia raise & fi-tink.

To cause difficulties, trouble; to raise hell.

i-ayor La Guardia raised an awful stink when that happened...
ri

ise lie..

(Yank, 207).

i-o rise; to lift up.

ne raised
and said...
(Pyle, 205;.
Then he would raise his head up. and..-come out
(Yank, 245).
When the medical men went to help him he raised what was left of himself up.
on his elbows...
(Fyle , 103).
JLQ. r a i s e

voice.

to lift one's voice, to s eak louder.

he worked all night along with the rest ana he never got cross or raised
his voice
(Pyle, 72).
.to. rake off.

To remove by raking.

The funniest thing about this was that whenever a train approached a
tunnel it stop ed in order to let the hangers on getoff, so theywouldn't
be raked off by the tunnel "-alls (Pyle, 135).
a ranch hand.

One ~-ho works or:

r.

ranch; a cowboy.

He too was tall, more than six feet; he had
beenranch handback home,
and his voice was almost like a musical instrument
(Pyle, 43).
££. range in.

To find the range; to locate

I ranged in with

tracers...

theproper distance.

(Yank, 124).

:the rape of dankin.^.
The scandalous behavior of the Japanese army in
the destruction and looting of Nanking.
..•veterans of six years' fighting in China and of the rape of Jumping
(Yank, 51).
rapid fire.

Gtaccato; rapid; fast*

...Della Gtreet, catching up with her fountain pen ontherapid-fire conver­
sation, held her hand poised over the shorthand n o t e b o o k (Gardner, 171).
rat faced .
A thin, unpleasant face with a sharp nose, sharp chin, and
small furtive eyes.

Of course, this delivery guy -will probably be a rat-faced punk who thinks
he's a big shot...
(Gardner, 12).
rather than.

In place of; instead of.

...to carry on a monologue, rather than cope with an extraneous personality
who would never mean anything to him...
(Larquand, 30).
ration points.
(During V/orld T.Var II when rationing was in effect each
person was allowed a certain number of points per month.
Different
articles of food and gasoline and shoes perc rationed and each article
was rated at a certain prescribed number of points. The buyer had to
deliver to the seller ration ^oints as well as money.)
Lust be 10 times tou ;her t: an usual fi-*ura^ng out rat ion po int s for all
Christmas orders
(Yank, 184).
i£L rattle the knob.

them

To shake a doorknob so as to make a noise.

In a moment she was out there, rattling the knob, but he kept still
(Cain, 7).
L 2. rattle off.

To

speak rapidly and seemingly withoutthinking.

. . .then when he spoke he rattled the ,Lrase off so fast I felt I was being
left behind
(ryle, 162).
Jifl. rattle through.

To perform, go through, hurriedly, rapidly.

Veda rattled through this piece like a human pianola...
a raving beauty.

(Cain, 136).

very, very beautiful woman.

I wouldn't call you & raving beaut.v. but y o u ’ve got an A-l shape...
(Cain, 37).
raw boned.

daunt;

having little flesh.

(This implies having big bones.)

He was a bif, raw-boned man, with a heavy coat of sunburn and a hint of the
sea in his large blue eyes (Cain, 112).
The animal was boney — big boned, Jeffrey supposed the technical term
would have been, or raw-boned.. . (idarquand, 374).
raw materials.
Interials before being manufactured intogoods;
cessed materials.

unpro­

As an investment, baby, an investment in time, effort, and raw materials
(Cain, 23).
to reach down.

To

reach downward; to extend one's hand lower than one.

-1072-

fhen the first men squatted down, and he reached down and took the captain'
hand...
(hyle, 156).
to re_.ch for.

To extend one's hand to

rasp.

One of the deputy sheriffs reached for the telephone
(o-ardner, 183).
she had a moment of complacency as she reached for the chicken: now she
could reap her reward...
(Cain, 120).
to reach the limit.

To arrive at, come to, the limit, end.

...for I've quite reached the limit of my patience.'
to reach out.

(Cain, 195).

To extend one's hand; to stick out one's hand.

Somebody reached out and tickled the blind guy (Yank, 224).
...I can reach out and touch the nip...
(Yank, 162).
...until he came to his hip, then reached out for his hand
(Yank, 45).
I .just reached out and put my steel helmet on...
(Pyle, 255).
...we could have reached out and touched them (Pyle, 254).
to re: ch over.
To extend
distance separat in. ’.)

one's hand.(This implies, emphasires,

the

ohe...reached over and rubbed his bold spot
(Cain, 170).
The fliers on theground began acting out comically exaggerated scenes of
how the ambulance driver?' fac s would look as they'd roach over in
dis -ust and turn off their switches
(Pyle,
175).
He reached over and ;ently straightened the points of the captain's shirt
collar...
(Pyle, 156).
to r e a c h
-peak.
condition.

To

arrive at, come to, a high point of operation,

hot Jeep probably reachad his peak on a trip to Oran (Yank, 139).
The hazelnut and almond season reached its peak just as the campaign
ended
(Pyle, 91).
to reach a. noint.

To arrive at, come tc a point, place, position.

...it looked as though he and she had reached that point
(Cain, 160).
On Hastings midge it reached a point vhere individual ..ction and individual
courage were knitted together...
(Yank, 17).
uradually he even rfeached & point where he could think in ohinese
(Yank,
131) .
to reach a settlement.
To come to an agreement; to a,:ree.
argument or discussion.)

(This implie

... I told them the property settlement had been reached, out of court
(Cain, 87).

to reach
1.

up

.

io raise oneself upward; to lift oneself upward.

'Jhere was one funny little old woman, so short she couldn't reach un to
hiss him...
^yle, ■459).
’Thereupon the little maid reached uo with her pretty foot and gave it a
hug© kick...
(Pyle , 463).
2.

io raise one's hands upw rd.

do hd...reached clear na. to the dash...
to re..h about.

(Pyle, 165).

To read concerning, regarding.

I wonder what's happened

to the old navy we u3ed to. read about

to rend and read.

read a

Jo

(Pyle, 37).

Teat deal, very much.

he was taking a course on the Publish -.ovel th: t year and it was a hard
course for him because it wasnecessary £ 2. read and read
C.-arquand, 178).
to read absently.
-o appear to read; to lookat as if reading.
(Shis
implies a reading but o n e '3 mind is thinking about something else.)
Lt. Killard opened a V.ar department letter and read it absently
95) .

(Yank,

to re;.id between the lines.
io infer; t-~> -et from what is said or written
more than is actually there.
It was hardly necessf r r £ 2. read between the lines to ar.der stare. what
minot was tnkin -• for granted
(.arcv:and, 2 4 7 ).
.> found himself examining it exactly as tnou h he were dim, trying i£ L read between the lines to discover whether she was lad... (harquand,
317) .

to read by sight.
Vo play, sing, a musical com osition tne first time
one sees it having no practice.
(Of. sirht-reodin ~.)
...maybe i'ave somet 'ing she can read by sight
(Gain, 218).
...dees girl . ..read a whole Inflam -atus by, sight. . • ( w a i n , 218).
to read the handwriting on the wall.
io know, realize, understand, that
calamity is to come; to sea the future failure, disintegration of somethin*.
(Prom Daniel's interpretation of i-ene. mene. tekel. uioharsin. Juriel
V. 25.)
And places that can read tne handwriting on the wall are going to cash in. . •
(Gain, 148;.

A

-1074-

to read i n

eyes*

i'o infer from one's facial expression.

I can read it i n his e.yes
rfladintT

-lasses*

(Gardner, 113).

Glasses, spectacles, one uses only

forreading.

They must have been
r lassea and not bifocals, because when he took
them off...
(iwarquand, 481).
to r e a d
mind.
telepathy.

i’o

loiow what another is thinking; to practice mental

I read your mind
(Gardner, 47).
"I'm supposed to read your mind?11
rot to be able to read a note.
music.
Garuso,

Drake asked

To be unable to understand written

'e could not read one note. ..

to r e a d ---- off.
person to hear.

(Gardner, 17).

(Gain, 218) .

To read aloud, usually somethin,-;short,

for another

"I took down the schedule as Faul Drake read it off." she said
68) .
ready for action.

In readiness; prepared; ready.

...the id's hid armored cars...there ready for action..♦
ready for more.

(Gardner,

(Pyle, 380).

.iot satisfied; desirous of more, not satiated.

...they still were ready for more

(harquand, 36).

ready
1.

lkade already; previously made; made before needed.

...the ready-made German foxholes...

(Yank, 242).

2. Clothing made in large quantities not to an individual's order, as
opposed to tailor made, custom made.
A sallow— skinned lad in the early twenties, whose clothes were the cheapest
of ready-nmips. yet cut in the most extreme style...
(Gardner, 143).
ready to -x>.

In readiness; prepared; in pood shape.

...the crews had that plane j.etched and ready to go on the next mission...
ready with your r.al 1 .
(A phrase used by long-distance telephone operato
when they have completed a telephone connection, indicating that one
may now talk.)

1075-

We're ready with .vour call to mr. iaaon

(Gardner, 66).

real estate.
iteal property; property such as houses, ‘buildings, land,
farms, or the like.
(-also attributive.)
...was always undergoing alterations, so trat personal relationships were
nearly as impermanent as real estate values...
(harquand, 97).
...the Army's contract with the real-estate people has a clause...
(Yank, 236).
She was glad, somehow, that since the renl-estate deal started, Tally fcuid
been curiously silent about romance
(Cain, 87).
...particularly Glendale, was on the verge of the real-estate boom of the
1920's..• (Cain, 6).
Heal listate — Insurance
(i»iarqu&nd, 160).
..-their real-estate relations
(Cain, 150).
to reap —

reward.

To obtain one's profit; to get one's returns.

...now she could reap her reward for all her observing, thinking, and
planning (Cain, 120).
rear echelon.
The comnand, the echelon, concerned with supplying the
army's need in contrast to the forward echelon which is fiehting. Hence,
an outfit not in combat.
(Also attributive.)
He scorns the comfortable rear-echelon headquarters in Hew Delhi...
(Yank, 130).
a reassuring smile.
approval, aid.

A smile, pleasant expression, which implies sup ort,

riiyllis Leeds, seated within the bar, lookin’- ill at ease, returned iason's
reassuring smile with a nervous twist of the lips
(Gardner, 26).
receive a, jolt.

To be astonished; to be astounded.

ohe received her first .iolt when she... found it made no loans of more than
cf16,000 (Cain, 242).
bhe received another .iolt when she went to her bank
(Cain, 242).
to receive word.

To receive, get, a message; to hear.

The commanding officer has received word that a member of this unit h-is
been having improper relations with a local girl
(Yank, 181).
reception desk.
a desk at which one goes when enter in • a business
office for information.
He was taken to the long reception desk just b^low the stairs where a thin,
tired-looking girl looked uo at him...
U-arquand, 571).
a. reception room.
A room where one goes on entering a large establish­
ment, business, for the first time; a room for receiving people.

1076-

That big reception room —

perfect for the restaurant part

(Cain, 78).

a. reclining chair.
A chair whose back is adjustable; a choir whose
bock can be raised to the vertical or lowered to the horizontal.
...on immaculate hospital bed ’"ith snovry white linen, a r eCI in in : chair, a
white enameled bedroom table...
(Gardner, 36).
iC. recommend

highly.

Do give one a very good recommendation.

^rline, a small, half-pretty girl of twenty-five, hadn't looked very pro­
mising, but Ida had recommended her highly
(Cain, 115).
in. recover from.

Do get over; to recuperate from.

...Letty recovered from her fright
(Cain, 173).
...the car, never quiet recovered from the batterinf: it took in the storm..
(Cain, 174).
As soon as he has recovered from his jungle trip...
(Yank, 142).
red clav.
.a clay which is tinted any of several shades of red usually
by oxide of iron.
..•the seat of my pnnts were plastered thick with wet red clav...
444).
red hot.

(Pyle,

Very, very hot; heat enough to cause iron to turn red.

hut our harmless rotating band, we found a few minutes later, was a
jagged, red-hot. foot-square fragment of steel...
(Pyle, 398).
..ot until the flumes from below made the deck almost red hot and set his
pants r.fire did he move
(Yank, 45).
£L

red hot mamma.

A very passion .te girl, woman;a lustful

woman.

ao him, you were a red-hot mamma the second he found out about you
(Cain, 32).
to be red in the face.
Do be flushed; to have the blood rush to one's
face.
(rfought to be caused by embarrassment,exertion, anger, etc.)
.7e all -ot kissed until we were literally red in the face. and I must say
we enjoyed it
(Pyle, 456;.
a. red 1 i^rht.
Once a sign of a
(wot common at present.)

wnore house, a nouse of prostitution.

...about the record in the apartment house, I thought we'd find u red
11wht burning over the door
(dariner, 21).
red r.encil.
A pencil with a red lead as contrasted to
which has black lead.

the usual pencil

-1077-

. ..a map of the city of Los Angeles with the course she would take narked
in red pencil...
(Yank, 155).
red tane.
-he scrupulous, exact, methodic.l ahierence to rules and
regulations in administration and handling of routine matters.
They're here, not to unwind red tane. "but to administer justice
(Jardner, 206).
.»11 tney had to do was let the Old A-an know the red taue had then. down.. .
(Yank, 139) .
.e leave red tane...to the flagship don. the co st...
(Yank, 253).
There was always someone who had heen to TTashington, who would s-y it was
a madhouse and that all the new bueeaus were clogged with red tane...
(t-ar^uand, 509 ) .
...tnere was little red tane about it
(Pyle, 0 2 4 ).
3ut actually he tuought little about it, end if there was going to he any
red tape about it r.e would say nuts to it
(Pyle, 157).
Lfi. reduce —— to. dollars and cents.
To consider in terms of money; to
think about, sped: of, in terms of money.
he saw athel looking at it ana he knew that she was reducing tne things
tnere into dollars •t u cents.. - (..ar ._ucu.:d, 365; •
iC. reduce

rubble.

-o destroy; to m.ak^ rubble, waste, of something.

...Allied bombers in Italy were prep..ring the intensive ..oriul blit r tim t
was £ e. reduce Jmssino i£. rub cle (dank, 157''.
red» white, and blue.
-he colors of the baited ottt s fl .g; colors
representative of the L.5.
(a Iso attributive.)
a

11 that separated the bullnorer from lurna soil was a red—vt.ite—and—
blue ribbon
(Yank, 177^.

refectory table.

a

dinir.-* tcble usually Ion.

and nar-ow.

The hall of — inot's apartment was r rk oak. with an Italian refectory table
and a Venetian wilded mirror above it...
(i.ar.grand, 534).
iC. refer to.

To speak, write, in reference to; to call attention to.

Aita t:.er. there were people whom ,is father referred to as "scrubs", t.ue
••orders in m e carpet 'rills...
(.xrguand,17b) .
to refrain from.

To abstain from; to avoid; to keep oneself from.

r.e. •.refrained from a skin - embarrass ja,; questions

(Jain, 505).

to regain -- commosure.
To get oneself un.er control after h ving
lost control of one's emotions.

A

-1078-

Pardon me while I regain my
regardless of.

In

shattered coimosure

(Cain, 157).

spite of; no matter what;not considering.

...he'll do the right
thing on his own initiative, regardless of what his
family saps
(Gain, 200).
everyone salutes everyone else
his rank. (Yan>, 70).
res-slar arniv.
The permanent army of the C.6.; the professional army as
contrasted to the kationa.1 uu-\rd, the Organized reserves, etc.
(Also
attributive.)
It's very funny being an officer's wife and seeing regular army officers'
v’ives who have moved around everywhere
(harquand, 555).
a regular guv.
syncrasies.

An ordinary, well liked, person with no unusual idio­

everybody said
he was a "regular guv"...
(Yank, 175).
And for my dough, he's a, regular guy
(Yank, 200).
to relate to.
to.

To be connected with; t-* have a relation to;to pertain

...the court will receive it on your statement thrt it will be connected
up ana tnat it is related to some particular aspect of the case.•hariner, 146).
i£L relieve --- of.
To free one from; to take from one.
a burden, responsibility, or the like.)

(This implies

...she began to feel driven, and relieved herself £f every detail she
could possibly assign to otnors
(Gain, 179).
...when I try i£. relieve you &£ responsibility...
(Gain, hOl).
Two days later the shavetail was relieved of his censorin. ■ uuties
(Yank, 130).
U.

religious conviction.
a religious belief; a strong belief in religion
hence a strong faith, belief.

...her almost religious conviction. . . (.Gain, 132).
...she had a deep., almost religious convict ion that Veda was "talented",
and olthov ght she li n't exactly know wn.r t at. . . (Cain, 11).
to remark on.

To speak, tell, talk, cbout.

. .. h e . ..renarked

morning

on ■••nit an
(Pyle, 315).

to remember about.

unusually

nice fori... -„ion they were flyin. ■ th. t

To think about; to come to one's mind

-1079-

. .. she was slipping him ^10 'a and 320's regularly, either when she remembered
about it.-.
(Cain, 143).
to remind --- &£.
mind.

To

cause one to think about; to brin

Prom every rotten, stinking thing that reminds me
207).
remote control.
a distance.

q£ .

to one's

the place...

(Cain,

Operation, control, electrically or electronically from

A gunner turned a switch on the side of the gun, and it went into remote
control
(Pyle, S90-1).
in render unto Caesar that which is Caesar1s .
(mark X U , 17.) To paydue respect and honor to one; to give one respect and honor that is his
due but not anything more.
jen. oitvell's ruling simply rendered unto Oaesar the t irn-s that were
Jaesar's . to -ds the things thrt were ul (Yank, 130).
to rent out.

To rent; to be used on

a

rental basis.

...a gal who can rent herself out as an ice cube any day
Ll

reueat performance.

(Yank, 20.?).

A re-doing; a second performance.

The visitor had to return to the station for & repeat performance
(Yank, 201).
,.is Adam's apple slid down his throat anl rose majestically again, to
await a repeat performance
(Yank, 29).
to r e p o r t back.
1. To report; to give an accout, report, to someone who has asked that
an investigation be made.
...the company commander first reported back to degiment...
(Yank, 167).
We made a check and reported back... (Yank, 240).
...you report back with information and let it go at that
(Yank, 13).
2. To present, announce, oneself at one's headquarters, after having
been away.
x saw packer after packer report back in at the bottom of the trail saying
he "couldn't make her"
(i-yle, 148).
reoort card.
-n. formal report issuer regularly from a scnool to a
student's parents on the student's progress, ability, and deportment
in school.

-1080-

hildrod told him the main news ahout them!
cards from school...
(Gain, 54).
to renort in.

how they had

mot -ood report

To announce, present, oneself at one's headcquarters.

They...rcpprted, in to Gamp butler. . •

(Yard:, 1 ,.a) .

to resort to.
-o have recourse to; to use; to apply.
s:rir. :ent measures, profit difficulties, a last resort.)

(This implies

...couldn't you have come to
(Gain, 307).

blachi.iail

r..e,

instead of resort i n

c.-

to—

Hot to belittle, to ridicule, another's opin­
tn respect --- opinions.
ions; to honor another's idea, opinion.
he had a nice quality of respecting other people's oipinions...
to be responsible for.
of, for.

To be in charme of; to have tne responsibility

otilwell's underst-indin ~ treatment
r.is most popul:.*r nickname, Uncle
I would not care i£.
responsible
appearance
(Gardner, 31).
...3howed Arline how to dip it up,
for desserts as well as starters
to rest assured.

(Pyle, 303)

of his enlisted men is. responsible for
Joe
(Yank, ISO) .
for the results following such an.
reminding her she would be responsible
(Cain, 118).

l'o be certain, sure, positive.

"That's miyhty white of you, hr. i-ason," he said, "and you can rest
assured that I'll beep all of this -under my hat"
(^ar her, 173).
x&sJl

1.

&&.•

do place on; to set on; to lay on.

Another horauder... rested his carbine
(Yanh, 129).
2.

tne fender an; as’ced...

To depend on; to be supported bv.

ut wru.t he didn't real ire --as that all
money...
(Cain, 144).

these t..i.. -srested squarely on

to rest o n
laur el s.
To be content with one's achievement; to be
satisfied — ith what honor one has achieved, obtained, and not to word for
any :ore honor.
If I'd bad his wound I would have pone -:ome and rested on ny laurels
forever
(Pyle, la2).

-1081-

to result in.

To have as a result; to end in.

...severe frostbite... sometimes results in amputation
(Yank, 173).
rhe 7th division's showing in the maneuvers raavil ted in hen. ctilwell's
appointment as 03- of the III ..-xrmy Corps...
(Yank, 131).
l£L ilfi. retained b^.
To be employed by; to be hired by.
(This implies
a lawyer or other professional man who is being employed.)
...he had been retained by several of her creditors as a lawyer
245).

(Cain,

a retaining wall.
A wall usually of stone, brick, or concrete, built
to hold earth in place, to prevent its sliding and washing away.
. •-had any verbal promise been made at the time of the sale that the
corporation world put a retaining wall in the roar?
(Cain, 58).
ifi. retire from.
Tosever professional connections with; to quit.
(This implies a severance from a position in such a manner that both
employer and employee are satisfied and tne employer usually provides
a portion of 3a lory.)
'./hen peace comes, he plans

ret ire fro;., the Army...

(Yank, 131).

return address.
The sender's address which is usually placed
upper left hand corner of an envelope or package and sometimes
bac'r of the envelope.

on the
on the

...an envelope with no returp address. addressed to L.C. Conway, and con­
taining scribbled
noranda
(dardner, 129 J .
to return a favor.
To return a kindness; to do for another a kindness
in repayment for the kindness another has done for one; to do as much
for another.
rerhaps I can return the favor some day, soldier

(Yank, 212;.

return fire.
shooting, fire from guns, artillery, in return; another's
snooting -at one after being shot at.
m.is time there was

no return fire from the first big barge...

to return fire.
in rc-turh.

To snoot at one aft r in vin- been snot at;

(Yank, 223).
to shoot

in too-cranued a nosit ion t£, return fire the »Trip swung his long nrisaka
rifle as a club...
(Yank, .4).
to return from, the dead.
To r e n i n alive when others have lost
one; to return from, a mission which seems suicidal.

I . ope

for

-1082-

In celebration of their return from the dead they named him Omer
(Pyle, 336).
to return a salute.
salute in return.

To salute another after he k; s salute^ one; to

I fumble!, a second ana then returned t.,g_ salute rith my left hand
(Pyle, 259).
& Zl£A strike.
a
fabulously rich discovered depost of ore; a finding
of ore bearin ; much metal.
...left in a shallow rave by Alder. Leeds following ^ rich stride v.’hich
the partners made in a miniu,; claim
(Gardner, 123).
tfl. ride alone.

To

ride.

(along is here an intensive.)

2key were just riding, alon : in their jeep.. . (Pyle, 425).
They rrvde a^py..^, each, tryin • to think of so:..t’t;.ine. . . (uain, 205).
As he rode alon; in a truck he would shake his fist at sometough looking
crew c::ief..•
(Pyle, 212).
fr.o ride around.
To ride here m l
vehicle, usually an automobile.

th.ere; to ~o to different ’ laces in a

...I rode arouno, ’rith him on one of his tours
(Pyle, 595).
~ke xuieral rode around the front a rent deal
(Pyle, 513).
...would he be ood er.ou -h to. ride around with her, and let her yet h^r
.e rin. -s before s..e. .• *ot around to nicking out a
house? (lain, 221).
he rode around for o while and then vent uv to her hotel room...
(Yank, 202).
. . .now about c. lXiuy so; e _ er.ts, so ti.ev could ride around too...
(dai-., 221).
.ill day long he rode around ir> an LC7P...
(Pyle, 276).
* rode around with him one day...
(Pyle, 276).
.ex O'.-.eilly rode around in a bo. tfor six hours...
(Pyle, 565).
...not kin.* to do all day long but ride around in a boat..- (Pyle, 27?).
ia ride off.

To leave, yo away, depart, by riding.

Then tne crew rode off in mreat style to the ii.terro >tion, e ch man on
a jeep
(Yank, 85).
££. ride out.
town.

do go to a place some distance away, usually outside of

..ould you like £& r ide out and take a look at the new Army canr. ?
160).

(Yank,

iQ. ride out of t o m on £ rail.
To show contempt, ridicule, for one by
forcing to sit astride a rail and carrying him out of town.
(rhe
implication is th. t one is not to return.)

-1083-

ivlost of his guests would have preferred "being ridden
rail
(Pyle, 276).
to ride u p .

out of town on a

T o approach, come ne .r, "by riding.

And Julia and
Ida, they liked to have you ride up in a carwhenyou went
to see them.**
(i.arquand, 233).
soldiers from a Prench desert outpost rode up to the caravan and took
charge of them
(Pyle, 217).
riding hoots.
hoots with
to fasten them.

stiff leather covering the leg with no laces

he was wearing riding "boots and spurs, and God alone knew why it was
regulation for aviators to wear spurs...
(Larquand, 525).
"You have to wear
spurs witn riding "boots.11 he had said(harquand,
526).
a. rifle "butt.
That part of a rifle which is made ofwood andplaced
against the shoulder in shooting; the stock.
...a doughboy c a r v e s his name or initials on his rifle butt
a. rifle crack.

The sound

(P y le ,

423).

made by shooting- a rifle.

..here was another rifle crac.i that seemed to come from tne hill on our
right
(Yank, 107J.
right

about.

At about; approximately.

Right about then a shell whizzed by u3, followed tgickly
108) .
rJLsht after.

by more

(Yank,

Imn.ediately after; Just after.

I left there right after we'd eaten, went down to a pool-room I knew...
(Gardner, 103).
He stepped into the apartment ri.rht after you'd left
(Gardner, 178).
He entered the apartment right after his uncle, and found ...ilicant dead
(Gardner, 175).
Dale got to be a sergeant right after -e came into the Army...
(Yank, 243).
Right after Uncle Alden left
((Gardner, 169).
...make it appear that the decedent had been murdered right after that
telephone conversation..(Gardner, 200).
'..hat's more, Inez Colton took a powder right after the murder
(Gardner, 125)
I smelled a rat on that Drake remittance right after re'd nude delivery
(Gardner, 100).
he said he was coining up and surrender and make bail, and le ft right after
that
(Gardner, 87).
„.ason si.id, "Hell, Paul, it must have been either while Leeds was there,
or right after he'd left"
(Gardner, 87).
iiiere was very little food in Paris right after the liberation (Pyle, 461)•

-108k—

rlgfat along*
terruption.

Continually; from the pastto the presentwithout in­

She's teen doing it right along. stealing tips off my tables
the ri.dat and, left*

On both sides; on the right and left sides*

...his neighbors to right and left snatched
right aTnnpd-

(Cain, 44).

for it...(liarquand, 38).

At about; approximately.

I guess it was right aroupii ten minutes past eight when the dinner arrived
(Gardner, 191).
The men who heard the telephone conversation think it was ri^ht arnnnri
ten-thirty...
(oardner, 88)*
I left right aynund eight minutes past e i ^ t
(Gardner, 148)*
-iip-ht around ten o'clock (Gardner, 104).
right away.

Immediately; at once; right off.

Develop them right a wav. . . (Yank, 229).
i'he colonel will want them right awav
(Yank, 289).
"night awav.11 he said again
(Yank, 829).
...I will be drafted right awav again...
(Yank, 170).
i'll see him right awav
(harquand, 269).
Two soldiers and our coi'n died right awav
(Yank, 144/*
although he was busy at the moment he got up right awry and walked to the
uncomfortable cubicle...
(Larquand, 279).
That drew the fire away from us right away
(Yank, 180).
Gay yes, right away — like that (Cain, 89).
8h e ' s

got

to

have at r a n s f u s i o n ,

right

away

(Cain, 10C) .

Ajght away?
(Cain, 60).
she ’-as too near collapse for -rgument, however, and beyond repeating that
she wanted water right awav. said nothing (Cain, 44).
"I'm sorry, i-adge," Jeffrey said again, "but there's something i ' v e got to
tell you — rirht away" (marquand, £68).
And there had to e some sort of version right away. for asho^tin-*
script,
because hal was already making tests
(-..arquand, 419).
i ' l l hop ri-dit to that right awav. *r. 'Yilson
(larquand, £10).
"not right away. I don't think," Barkler so id (aardner, 58).
..alter knew Jeffrey right awav
(j.arquand, 43).
,^lter knew hi v right a -a y .. . ii.ur.uand, 43).
I realized right away wh^t a dreadful thing itwould beif bncle Alder, had
been victimized by swindlers or blackmailers
(Gardner, 6).
xhey said I could go abaord right away
(Pyle, 1).
I took to it right away as a fine ulace. * . (new Yorker, XXII, i’eb15,
1947, 83).
. hen x-adgo' s lVj.tr.er na.I d i e d , sne s t a r t e d
a f t e r her t n i r g s . . .
(i-rirquand, 399).

I felt like going out and grabbin
riv.t away
CYank, 12).

r i g h t awav h-.ving h i l t o n

look

a hoe a n d going to work on the farm

-1085-

Toll him Nod. Parkier is in my office,
thathe's leaving riafat a m v : to put
a tail on him
(Gardner, 59).
.. .Beckie hud seen its possibilities right away
(harquand, 107).
11-Tight aray?11 Jim repeated ufter him
(harquand, 5 2).
1 'd do it —
ri ght avav
(Arquand, 552) •
oometiir.es a wounded man taken hack right awav (Pyle, 51).
Gince dicily was new terrain for me I f i b r e d I might os well get sick
right away and get it overwith (Pyle, 4A ).
right behind.

Imr ediately behind.

-ti rnt behind them would be another infantry and two aroreddivisions
(Pyle, 430).
...T had got into conversation with a group of soldiers who were to go
right behind me
(Pyle, 402).
It seems to me anybody could see she's right behind the sofa (Cain, 57).
The boys got me a tin box to sit on right behind him... (Pyle, 324).
The navy sent salvage parties of Geabees as/ ore ri .hit behind the assault
troops and began reclaiming the Sicilian harbors and fixing up beaches
for unloading
(Pyle, 35).
right between the eves.
1.

In a vulnerable place.

rue thing hud hit you right between the eves
(uardner, 178).
i'll present it to Judge Treadwell, and we'll give Jason Carrel a jolt
right between the eyes (Gardner, 14).
2.

between the eyes; in the forehead.

...mien it exploded it hit her right between the eves...
£&

right d o w n
or does well.

alley.

(Pyle, 239).

l'o be one's specialty; to be wlu.t one likes

...night fighting is rifht down the Partisan alley
(Yank, 24T).
..•he started comin-• right down our alley (Yank, 166>.
right face.
A turning of the body one-fourth around, a ninety degree
turn, a quarter turn, to the right.
George wal’-el to the table and did a smart right face
right from.

(--arquand, 247) •

Immediately from; just from.

...steak, right from our own built-in charcoal broiler
right from the first.

(Cain, 177).

Prom the very beginning, from the very first.

night from the first. the evj ence s .owed t.-mt dinner had b<-en ordered
•;t the blue and k i t e Cafe...
(Gardner , 210) .

1086-

right

hand»

leiny .t, on, one's ri, ht side or to the right of one.

"Iial," said hr. idntz, "There's a v-hite tablet in
U^ruuand, 428).
right hand.

nyright-hand desk

One's chief a..si3tart; a de -uty; one wno

drawer

ives great

r.elp •

fym's

ri--:ht hand v.a ^ a staff sergeant. ..

right

here.

Here.

(Yank, 18).

C.n.ign.t is an intensive.)

...the *.HG studio right here in Hollywood...
(Gain, 210).
And studied right here in Los Angeles
(Cain, 238).
...now she stole fifteen out of a forty-cei.t tip right here —
rer do itJ
(Cain, 44).
"rti.-nt here," ia-dye said (I.arquand, 91).
Your mother's right here (marc-uand, 382).
right in.

In.

and I seen

(l i A t is o f'ten an intensive.)

It's that living room of yours, right in the sane house
(-'nin, 226).
. . .Jilden turned loose his slingshot., nnd darned if he didn't hit the yvy
right in the leg (Gardner, 56).
. . .a. hunk of hot metal struck him ri. -h i in thechest (Pyle,
536).
ri :ht in the middle

of.

during;

in themidst

of

(Of. jjx the middle of).

Dick imd a chew of tobacco in his mouth, and ri lit in the middle of his
refrain the whistle got full of tobacco .juice and went p.rvly (Pyle, 39).
to be right in there with ---wish for one's success.

To be in sympathy with one; to hope and

"V,e all see you," ne said; "we're ri -ht in there with you, Gwen"
gpAnd, 66).
ri .„.-h.t now.

(har-

iioiv; immediately; at tais instant.

anybody can ;ick up r :ht now the Jap post cards...
(Yanlc, 235).
Aiaht now I am badly in need of a rod ana a staff t- co fort me...
(Yank, 184).
>hy not sit down ri -lit now.. • (Yan-', 175).
...you caii kill it right now...
Cain, 187).
...I can tell you right now...
(Cain, 207).
You'll yet your things out of tnis house right now... (Gain, 208^.
...and .tierce homes was ours right now, she'd be better off...
(Gain, 250).
...why you're making all that stuff riant now (Cain, 175).
.ii,-:ht now. you can 't cry (Gar •ner , 71) .
vhen you might as well -•••re’: right now, and 1<^ *ve for good.. • (Coin, a).

d

-1087-

hight now I could put ".fiinily luilicant on the spot
(Gardner, 185).
I can see that right now
(Cain, 27).
Jhere's nothing open right now, "but I'll remember whwt you said about the
kitchenware...
(Cain, 3o).
*:ow right now. Lucy
(Cain, 107).
...between ny "belly and my pride, I'm tellin : ou right now, I'm picking
my "belly every time
(Cain, 41).
...for some reason nobody seens to want a real-ostate office right now
(Cain, 80).
low right now he isn't
(Cain, 20).
I wouldn't ask much to take a powder on you, right now
(Cain, 5).
...tuere didn't seem to be much I could do right now (harquand, 531).
"You're being one right now.11 i.ason said
(Gardner, 100).
"I'imt," i-ason said, is wn.it the police are interested in right now11
(Gardner, 83).
i'm inclined right now to the suicide angle
(Gardner, 68).
"Yes," the operator said, "here he is right now." and Jeffrey head hill
owinburne's voice
(i.arquand, 565).
hight now I hope we stay out until we see what, we can do. •• (hurquand, 415).
".-aybe we could try a little right n o w ." mr. Gorman said
UaXquand, 517).
"You mean right now?11 Charley ashed
(harquand, 508).
"Yes," Jeffrey said, "I mean right now" (han-tuand, 5u8).
ue's
in bad ei.ough right now (Gardner, 155).
oor.ie
doctor has him under opiates right now (Gardner, 24).
right off.
1.

Just from; immediately from.

This
stuff, the gin and the Ccotch, is right off tneboat,
than he's tasted in years
(Cain, 24).
2.

Immediately; right away';

I just took a bath, an
(Pyle, 131).
right on.

On.

l

and better

t once.

sure enough I started to sniffle right off

(right is here an intensive.)

If there was something else you could do, you'd have ut it down in great
big letters, right on this card (Cain, 37).
— i<-ht on the main line, end Ike still m s hi.: trucks
(Co i n , 177).
do you want me bawling right on your shoulder?
(Cain, 177).
right siae

u p

.

Upright; with the top upward and the

bottom downward.

One lay ri. h t side lip.• • • (Fyle, 452).
1h likes the name on the 'uhc- s ri. ht si -le up, so 'e cc n re a. 'em when
'e ;~ts in
(hew Yorker, ICCIii , Gept • , 1347, -2).
r i , -ht smack.

(hsed as

an i n t e n s i v e . )

-1088-

A German bazooka gunner fired a rocket...right smack into the muzzle of the
hi * gun (Pyle, 424).
Towns sit right amack on top of needle-point mountain peaks
(Fyle, 89).
right then.

Then; at that moment.

flight then the people had more butter on their hands than they knew what
to do with
(Pyle, 415).
Over there and right then was when wound and service stripes would have
given a guy a chance to get a little kick...
(Pyle, 136).
right there.

There; at that place.

(.flight is used here as an intensive.)

She knew she had to sit down or topple over, rlgfrt there on the eidewalk
(Cain, 43).
...Simons agency... i t 'b right there in Hollywood...
(Cain, 203).
And, baby, right there is where I come in (Cain, 24).
We let him have it right there (Yank, 26).
You can’t realize how nearly impossible it is to arrive in the dead of
night at exactly the right spot with a convoy, feel your way in through
the darkness, pick out the designated pinpoint on an utterly strange
shore line, and then put a ship safely ashore right there (Pyle, 26).
Usually the sound of Jim's voice brought Jim back as though he were right
there, but it was different this time
(narquand, 582).
flight there is the biggest difficulty and the weakest feature of the Army’s
medical setup
(Pyle, 51).
right through.

Through.

(right is used here as an intensive.)

Tommy leaped right t h r o u g h a hedge...
(Pyle,450).
We read in the paper the next day, though, that the Governor had stayed on
right through the final putout
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
rigor mortis.

The rigor of death; the stiffening of a dead body.

...while the time of death as fixed in a post-mortem depends upon various
elastic factors such as rigor mortis, the cooling of the body, etc...
(Gardner, 130).
to rig u p .
To construct; to build; to put together.
make-shift, temporary, construction.)

(This implies a

The boys...had built a small shower room...and rigged u p a tank for heating
water
(Pyle, 327).
The only traffic was a slow stream of jeeps rigged u p with a steel frame­
work. .. (Pyle, 427).
...around the public address system which the staff has rigged u p outside
the house
(Yank, 68).
in . uLen a MIL1.

To cause a bell to sound, ring.

^

-1089-

We rang: the hell and heard it sounding deep inside the building (New
Yorker, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
...drove to Veda's...with every intention of stopping, ringing the bell.♦.
(Gain, 214).
Tommy...rang the bell twice...
(Cain, 230).
2.

To cause one to remember; to cause one's mind to be attentive.

Sinclair never wanted to work for and with an author whose work...did not
ring a little sort of bell in his mind...
(harquand, 356).
ring down the curtain.

To end a performance; to stop something.

This had the effect of ringing down the curtain...(Cain, 153).
JtQ. ring a gong.

To

cause agong to sound, ring.

...the kaydetB rang a ship's gong...
to ring in.

(Cain, 212).

To enlist; to cause to Join, help, aid.

They rang in cooks, truck drivers, clerks and anybody else they could lay
their hands on (Pyle, 144).
ifi. rifig, out.

To sound loudly; to produce a loud tone.

The metallic clatter of the pieces rang out over the baseball field
(Xank,
201 ).
Pinally the ominous word "Creengroin" rang out in the misty air (Yank, 102).
"Commence firingl" rang out above the confusion...
(Pyle, 393).
.•.good—will-towards-men rang out through the air
(Pyle, 378).
a ringside seat.
One

G rI

in ring

who had a
up

.

A place of observation close to
ringside seatat the conference...

an event.
(Yank, 199).

To telephone; to call on the phone.

He wrote a note asking whoever found it ££, ring me u p and tell me where he
was
(Gardner, 56).
Then he ran g up Uncle A l i e n and had the conversation hmily overheard (Gard­
ner, 7).
riot g»nAn automatic short barreled shotgun; a sawedoff shotgun.
(Used by the police to quell a riot, or similar disturbance.)
In this anteroom, two men were constantly on .-pard, a locker, containing
riot guns and tear gas bombs, close at hand (Gardner, 176).

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riotous colors*
colors.)

Brilliant, 'bright, colors.

(Usually this implies many

They dress in riotous colors in this lovely, warm season...
2, rioe old age.

(Pyle, 459).

An unusual old age; sixty-five years old and older.

doing into Battle with an infantry company is not the way to live to a
ripe old age
(Pyle, 399).
la £]£. <*££•

r"o remove By ripping.

...and the hand-hewn oak Beams in the living room— Simpson knew they would
Be there if you ripped off the ceiling...
(Ldarquand, 110).
to. rip open.

To open By ripping; to open hurriedly.

...this was something the dogface hopefully rinsed open with anxious hands
only to discover a can of Spam (Yank, 141).
...and By letting the 9. a . prove hilicant was hogarty, I could rip their
case wide open (dardner, 185).
tfl. rip out.

To remove By jerking, tearing, ripping.

The half of the window that was shut was ripped out...
Our telephones had Been ripped out... (Yank, 241).

(Pyle, 247).

a ripple of applause.
a little applause; a small amount of applause.
(This implies applause Beginning at one part of an audience and moving
across the audience.)
...there was a. r inn le of applause. ..

(Cain, 241).

a ripple of laughter.
a little Bit of laughter which seems to move from
one person to person across an audience.
A ripple of laughter swept the courtroom,
in t o a guffaw o f mi r th
(Gardner, 140).

swelled in one or two instances

...let out th® first ripple of real lauohter that hod come out of her in
months
(Gain, 59).
to rip

up.

To destroy By pulling up; to plow up.

The Big tanks rip u p the pavings
Of your ancient towns
(Yank, 189).
to rise aBove.

To transcend.

But we rise aBove normal powers...
rise and fall.

(Pyle, 465).

Undulations; voriety in elevation.

Thou#*, the beachhead was flat, it did have some rise and fall to it
(Pyle, 236).
to rise and fall.

To increase and decrease alternately in volume.

.hen the guns had awakened him, their cadence would rise and fall like
thunder (karquand, 533).
rise and shine.

To ,-et up; to get out of bed.

...we were told t£. rise and shine...and wait for landing orders
ifiL rise to leave.

(Yank, 202)

To get up, stand up, preparatory to leaving.

Yeoman Schwartz and I rose to leave

(Yank, 133).

to rise u p .
1.

To rise; to ^et up; to stand up.

...Hetherington saw a Jap rise up from under the leaves... (Yank, 250).
I couldn't rise up any more to fire back
(Yank, 21).
I rose u p to take a look
(Yank, 2 1 ) .
He could see the terrainrising u p to meet them through thesmashed and
spattered windshield
(karquand, 230).
The geometric bulk of apartments rose u p among them...
(Liarquand, 3).
2.

To grow; to develop; to come into being.

...no frost to leave the foundations, and so the framing of thosenew
communities rose u p overnight
(karquand, 428).
a rising storm....
..•in the face of a

A storm which is increasing in intensity.
rising storm...

(Yank, 191).

a river boat.
A boat designed to sail on a river
boats", "ocean going boats".
And in and out through it all were river boats...

in contrast

to "lake

(Pyle, 358).

si roadside stand.
A small, usually jerry built, booth, stand, store,
which is placed near a highway and in which are sold often: vegetables,
fruits, and other farm products.
dow they had turned off the concrete of Houte 7, there were no more road­
side stands or signboards...
(karquand, 111).
the road to hell is paved with good intentiona.
To mean well is not
enough; good actions and good works are better than good intentions;
misdirected intentions.

-1092-

. ..the Chaplain says the Hoad fa Hell ia. paved with good intentions
179).
roam around.

(Yank,

To wander from place to place; to go here and there.

...they just roamed around with their tongues wagging— talking mostly about
home
(Pyle, 412).
Funny thing a'oout how those people would roam around
(Yank, 124).
to roar back.

To return with a roaring noise.

...the B-29s roared back from Yamata...
to roar over.

(Yank, 121).

To go, pass, fly, over with a roaring noise.

Every time transport planes roared over to drop rations...
to rock --- back on — - heels.

(Yank, 176).

To stun one; to 3trike one hard.

...the advancing enemy ran head-on into light machine guns, rocked him back
on his heels
(Yank, 5).
rock bottom.

The lowest point; the ebb.

Army physical standards today are probably at rock-bottom. ..

(Yank, 170).

&, rocking chair.
A chair which is mounted on two curved pieces of wood,
rockers, so that the chair can rock back and forth; a rocker.
And they 3at side by side in the rocking chairs
(karquand, 187).
He forgot it was a rocking chair (karquand, 136).
i.y trunk becomes a rocking chair...
(Yank, 157).
It made him forget about the rocking chair (karquand, 186).
He felt easier, even in the rocking chair. because it must have meant that
she...
(karquand, 186).
The rocking chair -pitched slightly forward (karquand, 186).
Jeffrey leaned backward and again he forgot it was §l r o c k i n g chair
(karquand, 186).
He sat down in one of the rocking chairs and Louella sat down on the one
beside him...
(karquand, 185).
...he remembered how the rocking chair had tipped backwards and how he had
kicked out his legs involuntarily to balance it (karquand, 260).
to rock with laughter.

To laugh heartily; to laugh loudly.

In fact, kr. herriwell admitted as much himself with rueful humor that made
the tables rock with sympathetic laughter
(karquand, 27).
We rocked with laughter
(Yank, 240).
£L roll back.
An action by the government forcing business men to sell
goods at a former, previously, lower level.

-1093-

OPA had denied their plea for a 1roil-hack1 of ceiling dates that would
recognize the lag "between rising wholesale and retail prices
(Time,
i\.ay 11, 1943, 30 j.
to roll "back*

To disappear; to open up.

fiie clouds and mists of illusion were rolling back
to roll bones.
game •

(karquand, 191).

To shoot craps; to shoot dice; to participate in a crap

"Seeing you rolling those bones.11 the prospector said, "makes me think of
something"
(a-ardner, 216).
to roll b y .
1. To pass, go, drive, by without stopping.
a vehicle.)

(This implies a passing in

Diesel trucks roll by on the invisible hi diway behind the orange trees
(karquand, 486)•
2. To pass by; to go by.
(This implies that one is in a vehicle and that
it appears to him that the scenery moves instead of himself moving.)
...wctching the desert roll b.v in the starlight

(Yank, 116).

roll call.
a calling of the names of a list, roll, to determine who is
present and who is absent.
He didn't answer roll call for today
The roll call went on (Yank, 103).
to roll dice.

To

(Yank, 138).

shoot craps; to shoot dice; to throw dice in a crap game.

John was rolling the dice
(Gardner, 72).
dtop rolling those dice
(Gardner, 83).
£o. roll down.
1.

To roll over and over n>-ain downward to form a sort of cylinder.

His legs were bare with ,-ray r.rmy socks rolled down to his shoetops...
(ryle, 227).
2.

To move along; to go, move, along.

He watched... the ba,;ga e trucks roll down the platform* with the mail
quand, 25S).

(kar­

109**—

be rolled into one.
To be several things at once, at one timej
fill several capacities at one time.

to

...she was a completely charming hostess and guest of honor, rolled into
one (Gain, 23C).
roller skating.

Skating on roller skates, skates with wheels.

A private.•.came down here as a roller-skating specialist...
to roll in.

(Yank, 201).

To approach in a vehicle; to come in a vehicle.

...50 Japs were dumb enough to sit down placidly for breakfast at dawn, the
very moment our tanks rolled in for the counterattack (Yank, 54).
One by one the batteries of the battalion rolled in and began to dig emplace­
ments...
(Yank, 133).
One day a tank destroyer rolled in (Pyle, 423).
rolling country.
valleys.

Undulating lend; land with a series of low hills and

he owned about three hundred acres in the beautiful rolling country north
of Gan hrancisco...
(Pyle, 221).
to be rolling in dough.

To be rich; to be wealthy; to have much money.

...she be living off you, and rolling in dough

(Cain, 251).

a roll of blankets.
A blanket roll; about two blankets rolled and tied,
fastened, at the ends, and carried over the shoulder.
•«-rd if he'd appeared .at your back door with a roll of blankets over his
shoulder, rag. ;ed, unkempt, and asking for a meal...
(uardner, 140).
& roll of coins.
A package of coins, different denominations being
different in number: pennies— 50^, nickels— $2.00, dimes— $5.00, quarters
— $10.00, half dollars— $10.00.
she asked for $10 in change, against the requirements of the evening,
dropped the rolls of coin into her handbag, and went on (Gain, 116).
to roll off.

To roll to the edge of something and fall from it.

...one of the sailors had rolled off the bench...
§. roll of fat.

a

(Yank, 116).

protruding bit of fat; a spare tire.

...she retained

little rolls of fat just above the hipbones

to roll over.

To

turn over when lying down.

(Gardner, 4).

109>-

Bob said he was so scared he just rolled over and laystill
I rolled over into a small depression..-(Yank, 10).
to roll round.
of the like.)

To arrive; to come.

Five o'clock rolls slowly round...

(Pyle,

189).

(Often used with a day, an hour,

(Yank, 157).

JL2. rPiiL HE.1.

To form into a sort of cylinder by rolling.

The rugs had been rolled u p from the floor of the entrance hall...
(;~arquand, 303).
.._r. Barnes wore a straw hat and carried a rolled-un newspaper...
(karquc«nd, IBS).
2.

To roll over and ever awain upwards to form a sort of cylinder.

Oaring the day they kept the sides of our tent rolled u n . and it was pleas­
ant enough lying there with nothing to do (Pyle, 47).
3.

To arrive; to come.

V.hen the fog rolls u c . like a window curtain...
to roll

up

>e-..rolled
rolv ooly.

a score.
up

(Yank, 180).

To make a large score; to score very much.

a score of 70,000

(Yank, 2■£).

ohort and fat.

He was a roly-poly little man, and after seven seconds of purring condol­
ences, he got down to brass tacks
(Cain, 105).
si Homan candle.
a kind of fireworks which is in shape n long (12" - 15")
thin cylinder (3/4" - 1") which when li-fted sends out brightly lighted
balls of fire and sparks.
...as if it night go off in one's face, like a defective Homan candle
(hew Yorker, XXII, Beb. 15, 1947, 21).
room and board.

Boom and food; a place to live and food supplied.

iesides his tuition, his .ynndf:ther .give him four hundred dollars annually
fcr room and board... (..arquand, 175).
ESPfe £fir.

.ft. place for; a possibility of; an opportunity of.

-io root: for question there

(Yank, 172).

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a rooming house.
A house in which rooms are rented; a house where one
nay rent a room.
(This does not imply ai;,-jt:..or.t house. nor Joes it imply
a place where one may eat, board in,- house. )
...a waiter, his a :e as twenty-three, his residence as a roomin r . house
(..-arJner, 145).
He telephoned harel's rooairir' house. and they said she'd left before mid­
night last night, took a suitcase with her, and beat it (^ardner, 95).
roo ,t, service.
In hotels the service offered to ru«st3 in their rooms,
the bringing of ice cube3, the g e n i n g the daily papers to the room,
bringing food to the room, etc.; hence, one who performs such service.
I wonder where the devil that Hoorn service is (karquand, 47).
'.7e really ain't equipped to handle much room service like that
(omrdner,
147).
It was the doom service w: iter with the ice...
(i>.arquand, 48).
room temperature.
house.

neither heated nor chilled; the temperature of the

...serve at room

temperature

(Few Yorker, XHIII,June 2 8 , 1947, 17).

£& root for.

To encourage and applaud for.

...they've --ot to come out there and root for Lie
to roue off.
or the like

(Cain, 238).

To tie a rope and stretch it across a path, road,
to exclude people from an area.

street,

The side streets were roped off and deserted...
(Pyle, 458).
.."hen we finally left, the plane was roned off.. ♦ (Pyle, 17o).
rosy cheeked.
rted cheeked; pink cheeked; having cheeks tnat are bright
pink.
(Considered attractive and a sign of health in children.)
...her six rosv-cheeked. good-natured little children
to rot in hell.
one's sins.

(Yank, 183).

To be punished after death by being sent to hell for

...he was going to kill him if they hung him for it and his 30ul rotted in
hell
(Cain, 198).
rouah and tumble.

Hard and difficult with many unforseen emergencies.

These men lived o rouA-atd- tumble life
a rou-h customer.

(Pyle, 57).

A hard bitten person; a dangerous person.

In brute strength Thompson was as rou~h a. customer as the men he w?a to
lead...
(Yank, 190).

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rou^h lcokin/;.

Jnn^erous appearing; seeming to "be dangerous.

...a rough-looking. oddly dressed character walked up...
rou^rfa stuff.

(Yank, 25).

lighting; "brutality.

There wasn't any real rough stuff
r ™ v ¥ cheeks.

(Yank, 124).

Cheeks which are full fleshed and firm.

Bull is a "big boy...with round cheeks. ♦.
■round the clock.

(Yank, 243).

Twenty-four hours a day; day and night.

It was a roupd—the—clock job, seven days a week,
178).
round faced.

a

up on “The Point"(Yank,

face which appears to be almost round.

s. round-faced sergeant...
(Yank, 206).
"C.J.", the bombadier, round-faced, and amiable, a little quieter than
hike...
(Yank, 86).

round m i m W y fen on units of ten.
(Used in approximating; for example,
18 to 22 in round numbers would be 20.)
...T7© are sticking to nice, round numbers...

(New Yorker, XX111, Sept. 13,

1947, 27).
a. round 0 f

applause.

Applause; clapping.

he was met by a round of applause as he made his way to the center of the
stage...
a round

(harquand, 165).

of g o l f .

One game of golf; playing golf once through the whole

golf course.
...they didn't invite him out for a round of ^olf

(Pyle, 280).

la. round off.
fonslusion.

To finish, end, smoothly; to bring to a well developed

But before he
way rounded
41).

finished, he would like to tell one more story, which in some
it off, because it showed the spirit of democracy
(iuarquand,

to round out.

To complete; to finish; to end.

They claim he was rather old when he enlisted— 32; so by now he
rounding out his second century
(Yank, 110).

must be

1096-

as Lt. Col* Mizony, ypnpd ipp- out 22 years in the A r r a y . . *
(Yank, 251)*
...he might best round out his picture by telling of an encounter with
a little Creek soldier...
(Marquand, 350)*
...if people like Walter would stay at home where they belonged instead of
trying £2 .round out pictures in a nutshell
(Marquand, 351).
When he had finished his peach that man made a gesture, which rounded out
the whole picture and put it in a nutshell
(Marquand, 350).
a round pep: in a square hole.
A misfit; a person notwell adjusted,
suited, to his environment or job.
He didn't think he was a very good cannoneer, butif they wanted him
to be
a round peg
in a square hole he was going to do the best he could at it
(Pyle, 108).
Joe Talbot was an aviation ordnance man first class, and since there was no
aviation aboard our ship he was a round -peg i p g, square hole (Pyle, 38).
round trip.
A trip, journey, to another place and a returning to
place where one started.

the

Hoyt hod been in the Havy for two years and was on his ninth round trip
across the Atlantic, with a couple of invasions thrown in (Pyle, 95;.
12. round

up

.

To gather; to collect; to get things together.

Fred used to call it a rodeo, when they rounded u p old trees
The lieutenant told him to round u p the men... X Y a n k , 1 4 4 ).
Y.Te had to round u p about fifty dead Germans...
(Pyle, 372).
...all the h i ’den gunners were rounded u p
(Pyle, 373).
to. rouse

u p

To awaken; to wake up.

.

Gleep and rouse
a routine .job.
...they were
12. rout out.

(Marquand, 110)

up

(Pyle, 3 y 3 ).
A regular, customary, usual, job, business.

too busy doing their routine .job...

(Yank, 33).

To ©waken one and cause him to get up to do something.

He slept wherever he could, for it was an unusual night when he wasn't
routed out to get some emergency supplies to the top (Pyle, 146).
It was funny to see them when they were routed out on a firing mission just
before dawn (Pyle, 109).
For he never ’'new when ho might be routed out at 2 A.M. on on early mission..
(Pyle, 330).
during one of my last nights with the battery we were routed out of our
blankets an hour before down to put down a barrage preceding an infantry
attack (Pyle, 116).
SL

rubber of bridge.
A winning of two out of three games of bridge;
hence, two or three rames of bridge.

1099-

Then he would risk who wanted to play a rubber of bridge...

(tlarquand, 219).

a Kube Goldberg.
An overly elaborate mechanical contrivance usuallyconstructed of odds and ends.
(Also attributive.)
(Rube Goldberg is an
rtjr.erican cartoonist who draws pictures of fantastic inventions which are
absurd raid very funny.)
...the crowning luxury of this palatial establishment was a Rube Goldberg
arrangement of ropes and pulleys...
(Pyle, 258).
to rub it i£.
To harp on; to reiterate and reiterate; to continue to
make a point of.
(This usually implies an error, mistake, ^jolishness,
which is being called to mind.)
You had ^ 2. rub it in
(Gain, 170).
...an even bitterer one called his "jtssinine11 misspelling the word, with
two s's, just to. rub it in
(Pyle, 274).
ior Christ's sake, don't rub it ini (Gardner, 20).
ifl. rub shoulders with.

To associate with; to be friendly with.

Officers there looked us if they wouldn't mind rubbir.g shoulders with other
ranks
(Yank, 212).
ruddy cheeks.

Red cheeks; cheeks which are a healthy pink.

Put ruddy cheeks are for girls...

(Pyle, 379).

ruddy fu.ced.

v r . ich

Red faced;

a

face

is a healthy red.

Then o ruddy-faced man of middle a -e*•.drove up...
tfi. ruffle -- calm.
emotionally.

(Pyle, 277).

To disturb one's emotional balance; to irritate one

V.’utching him soak up his arid hardship you got an impression that nothing
ruffles his military calm
(Yank, 36).
§ ru----ed deal.

Something which is difficult, hard, sometimes unjust.

"A rugged deal. 11 sighed the corporal, "really a rugged deal"
t,
o ruin the nlay.

(Yank, 225).

To destroy, ruin, cause luvoc, with something.

•she blew up, said everything was fixed with Alden Leeds and that it would
ruin the -play to have John bring a cigar-counter girl into the family
(varoner, 73).
io. rule off.

To draw parallel and equidistant lines on a piece of paper.

Reekie had three lnr.p-' account books all ruled off for Laundry, dentist...
(Larquand, 104).

1100-

■pil

;j.(i reT.iil:..tinna«

Rules; regulct ions.

...I'm not a stickler for m l
too G-I (Yank, 95).
a m l in,- o n .

ps

and r e m l a t ions nor do I believe in being

A jud.-uent '’bout; a conclusion concerning.

...a »Tuc* go Advocate rul ina or. that question makes it very clear...
174).

(Yank,

to r~q;.w--dir_e around..
To hunt for sometning among by opening cabinets and
other storn e places.
...I got a hungry spell, and was rnpmftgin-- around in the bag for candy...
Pyle, 414).
Then some of us rummaged around the debris to see if anything left was worth
taking as souvenirs
(Pyle, 76).
a rumpus room.
A play room; an ir.forr.nl, large room often in the basement
used for parties, children's play, and the like.
ahe Rumpus doom in the basement had been the summer kitchen (2.nrquand, 126).
"Gome or," he called, "Cocktails in the Rumor a Room" (harquand, 126).
.here was a ping-pong table in the Ruinous Room and...
(harcuand, 126).
A glow of good fellowship b gan to fill the Rumens R o cm (korquard, 127).
iO. run across .

To ;..eet by accident.

...he was one of the
rnn along.

To

.most enga *ing human beings I ever ran across
leave; to .go;

(Pyle, 316).

to depart.

./ell, I've got t£. run, alone
(Gain, 9).
-vnn alon>r now (Gain, 11-12).
All right, mildred, you run alcra. and I wish you all kinds of luck...
(Cain, 89).
If hrs. Biederkof is waitin ' up for you, why don't you run alonirT
(Gain, 110).
to run amuck (amok).
in a frency.

To attack

vigorously everyone one meets;to attack

The armored divisions practically ran amuck... (Pyle, 442).
...he would doubtless have run amuck (Pyle, 447).
a run around.

An evasion; an evading a question, situation.

"h.at sort of a run—ar-ound were you
ner, 50 ) .
to run around.

-iving me with the Parkier i'uy?

(Gard­

-1 1 0 1 -

1. To enjoy oneself through goinr to pnrties, having dates, engaging in
activities.
:-e sure he doesn't drink too much or run around vuth loose women
m e n next day they're out running around
(Cain, 79).
...you got to cut out this running around...
(Cain, 548).
2.

To run from place to place, here

(Yank, 96).

and there.

So he had been running around all over Algiers tellingpeople
what a wonder­
ful person I was...
(Pyle, 94).
Major Lay Vessels...was rppnin^- around without a stitch ofclothing
(Pyle,
248).
"It's not good to run arnunfl like we did," the major said...
(Yank, 60).
everyone in the village ram. out to watch, running arnup^ and pointing up
at the planes and cheering them on
(Yank, 69).
. ..Letty.. .was soon rnnn-i m- arrmnri frantically. .. (Cain, 173).
...SS men used to force their prisoners to m n around this yard...
(Yank,
220 ).
3.
a

To encircle; to surround.

balcony ran around the room

(Pyle, bo9).

to run around together.
To associate with each other; to be in each
other '3 one another's company quite a lot.
The three ser -eants in L;y crew sort of took me under their wing and we rnn
around together for ~wo or three days
(Pyle, 333).
£0 run at the nose.

To have the nasal mucous drip out of on e '3 nostrils.

They shoot up a temperature, start running at the nose. refuse everything
you give them to eat...
(Cair, 99).
ia. run awav (from).
To flee; to vanish; to leave, go away, with no
thoughts of returning.
(This usually implies escape.)
He ran away from Home when the Jerries started sending the young Eyeties to
work up north
(Yank, 28).
I can't run away from it
((Gardner, 66).
IIhnn awav from what?" Mason asked
(Gardner, 66).
I don't think you're the type who would run away from a killing in a fair
fight...
(Gardner, 130).
Instead he ran away from home at fifteen...
(Pyle, 138).
He ran away and went to sea when he was only fourteen
(u-nrdner, 3).
It looks as though you were runnin;; away and didn't intend to come back
(Gardner, 117).
He ’m e w he couldn't draw twenty thousand in cash without making it look as
though he were runnin' • away
(Gardner, 117).
Go one shot at them and no one ran away from them
(Yank, 147).

-AXU<£—

"Do you remember how you put that girl on roller ske.te3 and. pushed her out
on the floor and ran away and left her?" hr. bales ached (Larquand, 116)
bo he decided to run away (Gardner, 107).
...don't you run away while we're “-one...
(Pyle, 372).
You could not run away
(Larquand, 511).
...other Yugoslavs ran awav or refused to fight...
(Yank, 249).
Then what did she run away for?
(Gardner, 161).
dunning away isn't *oin to do you any -ood (uardner, 165).
...ran away— vanished into thin air, leaving his wife behind him (Gardner,
163) .
to jron back.
1.

To run toward the rear.

I dust went around the country starting battles, li'.'.e a nasty little boy,
and then immediately I'd run back and hide
(Pyle, 261).
bo he hah taken La j . Lew's messu -e requestin'- more ammunition and run back
four miles..*
(Yank, 03).
2.

To return

to a place running.

...he would run back to wait in vain for his own people at his own empty
boat
(Pyle, 263).
to run a boat.
...learning how

To operate a boat; to drive, manage, a boat.
to run a boat...

(Pyle, 278).

to run a bluff.
To bluff someone; to pretend tohave strength,
'growled e , in order to et someone to say or do something.

power,

You two are trying to run a bluff, figuring you'll
162).

(Gardner

run a business.

*et me to talk

To operate a business; to ma.nn._e a business.

...ildred, annoyed at being told how to run her business. ar;gu©d back...
(Gain, 149).
You'd think I didn't know how to run my own business
(uardner, 6).
...re fi'gure she can run thi3 business as -ood as anybody can run it
(Gain
a4o) •

to be rup b y .

To be operated by; to be managed by.

The paper _i§. run by an or ani r: t ion of cone 15 people...
It's run by a Trench couple
(Gardner, TO).
to run close t o ♦

(Yank, 68).

To ap rorimute; to come near to; to approach .

I forgot to ask how many individual maps there ’was, but it would surely run
close to half a million
(Pyle, 64).

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run down.
1.

Jelapiunted; rot in

-ood condition; in poor shape.

The place...hr’ a run-down look to it...
(J- ir., 220).
In town you may orss a row of run-down buildinus, private and oublic...
(Yank, 75).
Instead of beiny heavy or x.ret-.-ntious or baroque, the Clinton Club had a
sliyhtly run-down atmosphere of solid tradition...
(harqunnd, 242).
...Look here, —r. Ciormar., the place was r little run-down ti is year, rmd
what was the matter?
(i-a.ruuand, 503).
3. Jired; worn out; listless.
which erists for some time. )

(This implies usually a listless condition

...Lurch, the drr.:
.:ermonth, do you feel run-down, rlittle
the old pep to put
thin :s over? (—rr^uand, 337).
to

run

r eadachy, without

down.

1. do cease; tc stop.; to finish.
(This implies n yrulual ^.iminishiny due
to a jranuai loss of force, power, volume.)
his er.er..;.- never ran
down
(Pyle,73).
one let *.om run down. :nd aftor alor. * silence, said:
(Jain,
r., 14).
14 ).
2.

"It's not

.srs. hiederhof"

Jo hunt for end to find; to search out; to search for and to discover.

I e r e c t more
lea s (far
to run for.

Jo run towards with tie idea of ataer.ptin- to reach.

Ihr® Jans...ran for the beach
to run for it.

(Yank, 231).

Tc escape by rur-r.in--; to

-et r.~ny by rur.niny •

sometimes

they tried

t£. run for it.• .

(Pyle, -'-11) •

to run in

families.

Jo seer: to bean inherited characteristic.

I sup c se it runs ±rfamilies
(hair.,
206).
...he always understood this hind of thiny rar. in families

(Oair., 139).

to rufi into.
1.

Jo aeet; to come in contact with; to encounter.

icu p.or tr.e wry you run into tnirys
(inrpuar.d, ;12).
•£ Just Lap.p.ened to run into it," he said...
(Inraunnd, i 2),

d

110U -

Practically everybody I ran Into iu the Army pt Christmas Packages
(Pyle, 125).
When I ran into him a,-;ain. • .
(ryle, 139).
If you should ever run into him back home, ,iust i -nore the DCS...
(Pyle,
217).
(The strongest case of self-consciousness alonr that line that I'd run into
was Captain T»7aldo Love of Los Cruces (Pyle, 662).
...he ran flush into another unit of unknown strength...
(Yank, 5).
One day I ran into Lt. Col. YJillinm Profitt...
(Pyle, 250).
In that area, I ran into a n old friend...
(Pyle, 337).
obey.. .told the soldiers e x a c t l y . . .how much flak they ran into. how many
enemy fighters they saw...
(Pyle, 179).
Within half an hour they h a d run into a new fight...
(Pyle, 443).
We don't know what we'll rum, into... (Pyle, 400).
Then a small section with mortars, in case they run into something pretty
heavy (Pyle, 400).
...then slid down a pile of rubble to the main floor, where we ran smack
into a Kiwi with a tommy ,>gun (Yank, 60).
They were the remnants of a patrol the Americans had accidentally run into
(Yank, 49).
In town you may pass a row o f run-down buildings... then rup. smack into some
modernistic structure...
(Yank, 75).
.at the foot of the hill t h e y ran into a paratrooper (Yank, 135).
...if that's the kind of s t u f f you run into. I'll go myself (Yank, 155).
...he ran smack into a J e r r y
(Yank, 124).
2.

To enter running; driving.

Taormina himself wuw so b u s y looking for snipers that he ran right into a
shell hole in the middle o f the street andalmost upset ourJeep
(Pyle, 30).
3.

To i.it and to penetrate.

...the end of the barrel ran smack into a big tree
to run into d Iff lenities.

(Pyle, 423-4).

To have trouble, difficulty.

... I am going to run into difficulties with some of those pretty shave
tails...
(Yank, 216).
to run into (bad) luck.

To encounter

I've— run into a little bad, luck— that's
to run the length o f .
length of.

bad luck; to have bad luck.
true

(Cain, 143).

To extend the length of; to stretch out for the

The long table ran the l e n g t h of the visitor's room in the county Jail
(Gardner, 176).

d

1105-

run --- life.
To manage one's affairs, one's thoughts, one's friends
and the like for him.
...he wondered how her Uncle Judson liked it when she tried JL2. run his
life (iiarquand, 98).
Fire you went him
run his own life, and then you w o n’t let him do what
he wants
(Larquand, 395).
to run like a scared rabbit.

To run very fast.

...we'd jump to our feet and run like scared rabbits all the way down the
hill...
(Yank, 187).
to run like this.

To be as an expression, phrase, idiom, as for example

Another favorite expression of soldiers out of combat ran like this:
"bell, let's go down to Uaples and start a second draft"
(Pyle, 150).
iSL C3St low.

To be almost exhausted; to be almost used up; to be in a
condition of having little remaining, left.

bait Durkee's food was beginning
run low. .. (Yank, 138).
The Dead JSnd Kids were running low on ammunition (Yank, 93).
running board.
The step which extends from the front to the rear fender
of an automobile.
(Current models have eliminated the running board.)
lert, Wally, and Veda had adjourned their meeting, on Ida's invitation,
to the running board of Wally's car...
(Cain, 125).
...two more outside, one on each
running board (Cain, 191).
The other stood with an arrogant
foot on the punning
board andbawled,
"-here's the fire?"
(uardner, 51).
...she stepned off the running board... (Cain, 173).
..-^oes by in his birthday suit, riding on the running board of a truck
(Yank, 42).
a running fire.

.-tapid, continuous, speech.

You ’
grow, John, you keep up a running fire of comment
running lights.
navigation
shown by a vessel, airplane,

lights; lights, lantern,
from dusk
to d a w n .

(Uardner, 22).
lamps,

carried, a n d

as we caught up to within half a
mile or so we couldfinally,-see the
running lights of other planes...
(Pyle, 323).
r.e had forgotten about the flares anc ta ought they were the runnin;: lights
of the. plane ahead of us...
(Pyle, 323).
runnin■■ water.

'Yater flowing through or available in

pipes.

-he clerk asked if he wanted a room v-ith running water(Pyle, 531).

-llOO-

...and there was a kitchen with running w. ter and a fireplace
a. run Qf.

(Yank, 48).

A 3eries of occurrences, happenings.

Diarrhea was common, there was a. run of some queer fever I had had, and a
good many men came down with malaria
(Pyle, 87).
to run off with♦
1. To go away; to leave.
(This implies a spouse's deserting bis or her
family to live with another person.)
"I didn't run off with her," Jeffrey said
O-arquand, 148).
Well, you must have had a good time when you ran off with your kiss killer
(Par qua n d, 148).
...where no one took to drink or ran off with someone else's wife or talked
about working...
(...arquand, 106).
...kept a running harangue about mothers who rup off with some ’nan and
leave other people to take care of tfteir children. (Cain, 98).
2.

To leave, go away, depart, hurriedly, ravidly.

Don't never run off like that again...
(Yank, 026).
I quit early
run off with you ('Jain, 96).
The moment the shooting begun we got quickly under way — not tp. run off,
but to be in motion and consequently harder to hit
Uyle, 23).
3.

To flow off; to fall off by flowing.

...trie rain water running off their backs and shoulders kept ’'-ashing it
off (Yank, 196;.
4.

To play a musical

recor:.; to

....just talk pleasantly and forget
again
(karquand, 272).
5.

about it before we

see themr u n .it

off

To print; to publish.

...cut a stencil, to be
(Yank, 175).
6.

show a movie.

runoff and mailed to very editor in the land...

‘
To finish; to .end ; to acco.u lish.

nut there he was, with half nis allotted missions
(Pyle, 335).
run of tne i.lne.

I r o n y r>rn off

Jo;:; ..on; ordinary; usu-l.

.ho rest were .just run of one mine —
Uyle, 79).

one-time clerks, butchers, corpunch«rs

-1107-

to run

on.

i’o operate, manage, according to.

It '"ar- run on the same -principle. ..
to ran onto.

(Pyle, 342>.

-o meet by cl.ar.ce; to discover accidentally.

In this courtyr.ro I ran onto two boys...
(ryle, 375).
In one ciun crew I ran onto there was a cor.noneer who usel to be a photo—
pra her for Harris and Gwir. • in "..ashinytor., bach in the days v;hen I
worked in '.ashin -ton (Pyle, 108).
r. -ain I ran onto hay or Henry Prankel...
(Pyle, 242).
vinallp they found trachs, and the same day ran onto a carrel caravan
(Pyle, 217).
iore soldiers told about running onto another soliier stretched out in the
bach seat of a jeep...
(P'le, 240).
.ever a day passed that I d i m ’t run onto half a oren people I had known
(ryle, 34-9).
One niyht, I ran onto t,T,o soldiers...
(Pyle, 24-6).
.. .the r.iyht before they had run onto each other for the first t ir.ie•
..
(Pyle, 411).
I ran onto the story of a crew of ack-ac/ers... (Pyle, 388).
'
rhe station seemed to me to have about the finest spirit I had run onto
in our Army
(Pyle, 321).
-ir.other time he ran onto a mule that was down and cryir. ■ in pain...
(Pyle, 193).
£l run out.
a hasty departure; a fleein.-; and hid in;; and a s-.irlcinp of
responsibility.
r-fter h e ’s -iven the cuild a name, :hen he cpn do his rim-out
(Cain, 199).
...a dirty little rat that took advantage of Lor and now wants to do a
run-out
(Gain, 199).
Le better do a. run-out. and do it fast..(Gain, 19.).
Ip. run out.
1.

-o leave, to yo out, depart, from within hurriedly.

"Oh, God,"
2-r. Fernald said...and he pushed bach his...chairandran out
front to
the editorial room...
(«-arquand, 17).
Gveryone in the village ran out to watch, runnin- around and pointing; up...
(Yank, 6 -)•
...and now and then some
dirty yuy who had differentso:tinentswould run
out and take a shot at them
(Pyle, 167).
He r*ot up and ran out
(Gardner, 191).
Our medics ran out with a stretcher..(Pyle, 264).
I -Tabbed my helmet, ran out onto the deck...
(ryle, 20).
...this Itie ran out. ..
(Yank, 1..3).
...U.o. troops throw yrenades inso an enemy position and -Tape run out
unarmed...
(Yank, 21l).
...if I v.ere in a durout and forced
run out I would v:ait mercy (Yank, 211).

A

-1108-

xhen she ran cut to observe its effect
^Cain, 56).
...a Jap came rnpyln■- out wit:: his clothes on fire
(Yank, 1?2).
hhan four Japs ran out of tne other entrance...
(Yank, 145).
a s soon as one ter.o. was nit, another ran out ar.i grab' ed its ran.. .
sYank, 9c).
...wetting a call that "."il'Vie's ,-ot the croup, raid out you run.. and maybe
you cone bac-< next day...
(Tain, oc).
Jo extend; to stretch.
-hrough t..is...and ran out at right anales to the "beach like a beeline
highrsiy throu :n a forest, was a solid line of shore-bound borages...
(ryle, 2c).
-to niers.. .run out free, the bl..ck volcanic sand...
(Yard:, 251).
several main roads...ran wagon-spoke fashion out through the beachhead
area
(ryle, 256).
to ran out ($£).

0*

becone exhausted; to be no irore of.

'Then he ran out of anything to do he Just sat around, always in sight,
awaiting our pleasure
(Pyle, 119).
he kept on flying...although actuall" he an? far north of where his nap
ran out
(Pyle, 169).
"e've run out of ammunition...
(Pyle, 115).
'.hen their food and ammunition ran out they surrendered
(Pyle, 374).
she said it r:s Just terrible what the peo le said, when hildred's pies
ran out and sne had to serve the b kery pies
(^‘ain, 67).
--s c-nmunition ran out. the tension
increased (Yank, 95).
...the stockpiles grew so grea* ond so enormous that we al'ost ran out of
room for establishing new dumps
(Pyle, 274).
I don't ".ir-or whet" or he ran out of
ammunition or ot tiredor what
(Yank, id).
.b.e.n he ct the parental news, he so ehow r.ana;;ed to buy a box of cigars,
cut he ran out of recipients when the box was abort half gone
(Pyle, 72)
ahe ..avy boys ran out of bandages and plasma (Cam, 169).
...ogt. aobert Chamb rs of bend, Oreg., ran out of grenades...
Pour dragons rushed to the spot and relieved Colwell, who was ninninr out
of gas
(Yank, 194).
fne Japs, too, must have run out of ammunition (Yank, 93).
Others £gga out of gas
(Pyle, 316).
He found his home field Just as he ran out of gas
(Pyle, 169).
...pulled their 45s and didn't stop firing until they ran out of cartridges
(Yank, 49).
della said gushingly, "Oh, I'm from across the hall, and I've run out of
matches"
(mariner, 160).
They sometimes ran opt of water
(Pyle, 443).
to run over.
1.

To go some distance; to go to a person, place.

1109-

Kow, you rim over to yer hut and polish yer buttons like a little nan...
(Yank, 99).
’Then I ran over, sure enough it was my friend, Captain-..infield
2.

To defeat decisively; to destroy.

After the SS men ran over the Company, Bud was listed as missing in action
(Yank, 244).
They ran over a Company and 0 Company
(Yank, 244).

o.

To bully; to intimidate.

...the general was not what you would call easygoing.
(Pyle, 308).

Uobody ran over him

To manage, take Cfire, of one's own life, one's own
to run -- own show.
business, one's own affairs.
He was running his own show, and perhaps that was all that anyone could, do
(harquand, 28).
...aybe it's funny of me, cut I like to run my own show, while I con (karqucind, 389).
I want to run my own show
(haruuand , 390).
to ran raw od.

To cause one to become weary, tired, worn out.

I hear they ran those sin ers ragged rehearsing then...
is. run rings around.
ance, ability.

(Cain, 210).

To be superior to someone, somethin';, in perform­

The 7th was 85 percent selectees but it ran rin-s .-.round its "enemies" in
the 1941 California maneuvers...
(Yank, 131).
ifi. run second to.

To be second to in number, volume, ability, or the like

Hanning second to dogs...were Italian kids
to run a shop.
You ’mow, who runs
to run short.

(Pyle, 243).

To operate, rnana e, a store, shop.
the shop called the 'Books and Books'(Larquand,
To exhnust; to deplete; to run out.

...there was no danger of their runnin-: short a.-ain
to run the show.

343).

(Pyle, 388).

To be in charr*e; to be responsible and to hove authority

He was the u y who ran the show (Pyle, 335).
verybody had to depend so heavily on him that he practically run the show
(Pyle, 146).

1110-

to m m a temperature.
03.5° F.

To have a bodily temperature r.oove the normal

...when she seemed to he runnin/: a temperature. the had called dr. hale,
and he had advised taking her to n hospital
(Cain, To).
i£L run things.

To manage affairs; to take care of things.

V.'e don't like rookies coming in here and telling us how to run things
(Yank, ICS).
to m m

through..

To perform; to do.

Take it up and run it through again
to run t h r o u w h

head.

To

do

(Larquand, 536).

thou-.ht of by or.e;

to occur to one.

The thought kept running through h is head as he watched the captain and the
navi pot or walk calmly hack and forth...
(Yank, 44).
"It's a poem," Linor said, "it's heen runnin throu-'h my head all day" (l.mrquand, 71).
to run through -- mind.

To he thou ht of l v

one;

to occur to one.

...now all sortr. of tiir-'S that lie had said and she had said were running
through his nind (Laruuand, 521).
.Tim and the story were hoth running thr ongh his mind (Larquand, 427).
jri tune that had nothing to do with 31 i.orocco was running through his mind. .
(l-arquand, 440 )•
to run a trolley.
The old man

ran

To operate, drive, a street-car; tram; trolley.
the trolley to Polden... (Larquand, 7).

to run true to form.
To act, hehave, in accorkmce with one's principles
reput:.tion, or the like.
Our admiral had
the reputation of always -ettinw up close where couldhave
a hand in the shooting and he certainly ran true to form throughout the
invasion (Pyle, 21).
ia. run U2.*
1.

To approach "bv running; to come ‘up to one running.

...laughed at the tanks, ran u p to them and threw .renades and Lolotov cockrails on the backs...
(Yank, 54).
...he c-'.r::e runr. ir ■
; an to n-e in full steam and yelled. ♦. (ryle, 3).
...a soldier in coveralls, with a rifle slung over £ is should.er, ran u p
breathlessly...
(Pyle, 453.) •
...a soldier came running u p the pasture...
(Pyle, 426).

...destroyers ran ri -ht 112. iato shallow water...
(Pyle, 8S2).
By the time the captain was ready to leave with the medics, Pvt. Volpa of
;’recno, Calif., c.nme run air.-- an
(Yank, 108).
...a little old fellow in 1*acted tine overalls ran up. ..
(Pyle, 077).
One of the men ran yj}. .. (Yank, 040) .
2.

Bo buy on credit; to charye.

. ..nrny of its .o:::or-rs spilled, broke -lasses, tried to run uu bills for
knrtinis at the bar...
(harcpuani, 04).
.rt.nd another r c bit you wonderful home' af-.ers have :ot is runnin 'u'O a lot of
bills you thought friend husband vould pay...
(Cain, 28).
...we left hotel rooms still runn ivi:, u p bill3
(Pyle, 823).
"One of vour most recent ten.ants," jrcke vent on, "is a irl w h o 1sbeen here
before end rap u p r bunch of bills" ('Jrsrdner, 158).
3.

To increase; to cause to

row.

he's reasonable, and w o n 11 run u p char.y3 on you, and he'll attend to every­
thin.; the way most people want it done
(Gain, 104).
...he ..vr.ru 'ed. five hours a day in his Jeep, and
sometimesranit upto oi ;h
(Pyle, 308).
4.

To rO

to a place for a short visit.

And then he said, '’
./ell, I could run up for ,iust a ,.inute1 ifyou want
(v-rdnsr, 103).
I aon't wont to be away more tnan a minute or two, but I can. run up. if you
want
(Gardner, 103).
5. To accuvul.te; to obtain; to
accumulation. )

at.

(iris ii .plies a

-raduc 1 pro ressive

•• •i"w U30O. "to tak.e six months raid bore to run up the alloted total
214) .
to run

up

a.-ainst.

(Pyle,

To meet in a conflict; to have a stru- le with.

At one point, I ran up a rainst a Pusski secret-service man...
(Yank, 109).
...we hod run up a -ainst concentrated -under, round defenses...
(Yank, 251).
In the end, one always runs up grain 3 t something; unreasonable, something
mysterious
(hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 29).
to run wild.

To be undiscip!) ined; to act without restraint.

Apparently their owners had left without them, and they were runnin w wild
(Pyle, 403).
a ruptured duck.
A small insignia to be worn in the lapel button of a
man's /jacket, coat (a pin for a woman) which indicates that the wearer
has received an honorable discharge from one of the armed services.

-1 1 1 2 -

. .. the rlesi;-?! of the present discharge button is not popular
it as the *ruptured duck1) (Time, Oct. 29, 1545).
to rush around.
to there.

To move,

,

(C-Is know

hurriedly from place to place, from here

They printed pictures of G-erman fortifications, and told of tne sudlen
re°roupin.' and rush in*: around of German troops
(Pyle, 297).
to rush down.

To

"o hurriedly, rapidly, to a place.

He had rushed down end surprised the
...we'll rush down and "rah some...

Jerries (Yank, 21).
(Hew Yorker, XYIIII, June 28,1947, 20).

rush hour.
.a. tine of -reat activity anonp; people.
(Noon is a rush hour
in a city restaurant; five o ’clock is a rush hour as people leave the city
and yo hone on trains, "busses, cars.)
Because ri ht in the middle of rush hour you wonderful little homemakers
have a habit of yetting a call...
(Gain, 38).
to rush off.

To leave, yo away, depart, hurriedly.

Three of the other boys rushed off to the tent hospital

(Pyle, 250).

to. rush out.

To leave, yo out, exit, hurriedly.

...saw the whole

action and rushed out. lifted him to his feet...

to rush over.

To "O, send, hurriedly to a place some distance

(Yank, 46).
away.

the bank sends up the second check, Della, rush it over to our hand­
writing expert
(Gardner, ol).

Vshen

to rush to the soot.

To yo rapidly to a place; to hurry to a place.

Four Drarons rushed to the soot and relieved Colwell...
to rustle u p .

To find and

(Yank, 194).

pt; to uet after some huntin' and working.

That's his way of 3ayina;,"I '11 yo rustle un a truck"
(Yank, 36).
Adam will put it away, and he'll ru3tle uo the bays
(Larquand, 115).
j'he boys rustled uo anythin”’ they could find out of old buildings (Pyle,
257).

A

-1 1 1 3 -

a lacred cow.
esteemed.

I n u n t o u c h a b l e thing;

s o m e t h i n g w h i c h is h i g h l y

R eserve, "being a sort of s a c r e d c o w o u t s i d e t h e r o u t e i n e b o o k k e e p i n g s y stem
...
(Cain, 2^3).
£ s ad d u t y .

A n u n p l e a s a n t task;

d i s p l e a s i n g task.

Ours is the sad

d u t y to r e f e r y o u to...

a sad s t o r y .
treatment.

A n u n p l e a s a n t r e c i t a l of d i f f i c u l t i e s , hardfcips, m i s ­

(Tank,

171).

» a d s t o r y h a s s u c h a l o n g b a c k g r o u n d of p y r a m i d a l woes...
the s ad t r u t h .

The t r u t h t h o u g h u n p l e a s a n t ;

The s a d t r u t h , chums,

(Tank, l6h).

the t r u t h of the matter.

is that G u a d a l c a n a l h a s g o n e g a r r i s o n

(Tank, 231)*

a safe d e p o s i t s b o x .
▲ l o c k box; a metal b o x w h i c h is s t o r e d
in a
tier o f o t h e r s u c h b o x e s i n s i d e its o w n l o c k e d d o o r w i t h i n
a va u lt
w h i c h is kep t g u a rded.
T o r the s t o r a g e of v a l u a b l e s .
Most o f t e n found
i n banks.
•. .man to w h o m y o u
s h o w e d y o u r k e y a n d w h o g u i d e d y o u p a s t the t iers of
the s a f e - d e p o s i t
b o x e s to the o n e that h a d y o u r n u m b e r
(Marquand, h03).
S h e . . . o p e n e d h e r s a f e - d e p o s i t b o x . ..
(Cain, 220).
safe deposit v a u l t .

A va u l t

in w h i c h safe dep o s i t bo x e s cure kept*

The d i n i n g r o o m s e e m e d l i k e the p l a c e w h e r e y o u w a i t e d in the B a n k before
the g r i l l e s of the s a f e - d e p o s i t v a u l t
(Marquand, **03)•
safe from.

Hot

in d a n g e r o f ; p r o t e c t e d from.

.. .my p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y w a s safe f r o m a n y a n d a l l
c orporation.. .
(Cain, 2h7)»
A n d n o w h e r e a r e t h e r e p e a c e f u l f i e l d s to n a m e
A s safe f r o m w a r . ..
(Tank, 198).

c r e d i t o r s o f the

s afety r a s o r .
A r a s o r w i t h a h a n d l e w h i c h is p e r p e n d i c u l a r to the
short t h i n blade.
T h e b l a d e is c o v e r e d w i t h a g u a r d as a p r o t e c t i o n
a g a i n s t c u t t i n g t h e s k i n as o n e shaves.
H e h a d b o r r o w e d h i s b r o t h e r A l f 's n e w s a f e t y rp.zor. a n d w a s s h a v i ng h i m ­
self for the t h i r d time in h i s lif e
(Marquand, 152)*
—

m i g h t h £ V £ s a i d so i n the fi r s t p l a c e .
It w o u l d h a v e b e e n wise,
p o l i t i c , diplo m a t i c , to h a v e m a d e the statement in the beginning*

Well, y o u w i a h t h a v e s aid so i a the first p l a c e

(Marquand, 193).

-XXX**—

to s a i l

along.

To travel,

go,

in

a

v e h i c l e s m o o t h l y a n d comfortably.

O n t h e w a y u p w e w e r e s a i l i n g a l o n g a c r o s s a r i s e when,
204).
to s a i l

on.

To c o n t i n u e sailing;

"Bang 4*

(Pyle,

to go on sailing*

V e s a l l a d o n o a s t t h e stone b r e a k w a t e r w i t h the w a v e s bea t i n g ag a inst it
••«
(Pyle, 11)*
a s a i l o r suit*
A suit o f clothes, u s u a l l y for children, c o pies f r o m
s a i l o r s ' clothing*
A s f o r t h e l itt l e g irl in the s a i l o r suit...
(Tank, 137).
.. .a g i r l of 6 in a sailor suit w a s l o o k i n g at a m o v i e b i l l b o a r d
137).
. . . a d o g . . . a n e n e m y of c h i l d r e n i n s a ilor s u i t s T
(Tank, 137).

(Tank,

s a l e s •promotion.
A n a c t i v i t y of a d v e r t i s i n g b y v a r i o u s m e a n s to i n ­
c r e a s e the sales of c e r t a i n goods*
. . . a d v e r t i z i n g m e n m i g h t d i s c u s s a b e a u t i f u l s a l e s - p r o m o t i o n Job
123).

(Tank,

sales p e o p l e

clerks.

( p e r s o n s ) ...

T h o s e w h o do the selling;

salesmen;

H e r e a r e sales p e o p l e . m e n a n d w o men, ev e r y o n e of t hem w i t h an Ar-1
r e f e r e n c e — they can really move goods
(Cain, 39).
2; sa-los talk.
A t a l k in w h i c h o n e a t t e m p t s to p e r s u a d e a n o t h e r to
o n e ' s w a y of t hinking*
T h e I n t e r v i e w , obviously, w a s ended, but M i l d r e d forced h e r s e l f to mak e a
l i t t l e speech, a sales talk.
(Cain, 37)*
s alt a n d p e p p e r *
A t e r m u s e d to d e s c r i b e a p a t t e r n of a t w e e d cloth
i n w h i c h there a r e specks of l i g h t a n d d a r k color, u s u a l l y b l a c k a n d
white.
W a l t e r h a d a n e w suit of s a l t - a n d - p e p p e r b r o w n
(Marquand, 348).
H e s i m p l y stood w i t h h i s hands in the p o c k e t s of the u n a t t r a c t i v e salt-andp e p p e r coat...
(Marquand, 2 48-9)•
£ "Q-lt b o x .
A house, u s u a l l y of wood, w h i c h has two stories in front
a n d o n e behind,
so that the r o o f is longest in the rear*
It h a d s i m p l y b e e n a n o l d r a m s h a c k l e t u m b l e d o w n p l a d e . . .although the house
w a s o n e of the d earest o l d salt— b o x e s that B e c k i e h a d ever s e e n . ..
( M a r q u a n d , 106).

-1115-

. ..the h o u s e v a i o n e o f t h e d e a r e s t o l d
seen, w h a t e v e r a s a l t - b o x m ight be...

salt b o x e s that B e c k i e
(Marquand, 106)•

a salty character,
A n e a r t h y per s o n ;
p h y s i c a l a p p e t i t e s w i t h gusto*

a p e r s o n w h o s a t i s f i e s his

This "old b i r d " .. .must h a v e b e e n w h a t F r e d c a l l e d "quite &
( M a r q u a n d , 107)•
same h e r e ,
same,

I w i l l h a v e the same;

1 b e l i e v e t h e same;

b a d ever

salty character"

I w i l l do the

"The r o a s t lamb, for m e , " h e s a i d to t h e s t r e s s ,
"Same h e r e , " D r a k e t o l d h e r
(Gardner, 156),
the s a n d r u n s o u t

in t h e h o u r g l a s s .

T i m e is passi n g ;

t i m e is going*

...hopeless, h e r o i c f i g h t ...The s a n d w a s r u n n i n g out in the h o u r g l a m
(Tank. 127)*
a sand t a b l e .
A t a b l e w i t h s i d e b o a r d s a t t a c h e d a n d c o v e r e d w i t h sand,
(Often u s e d as a t o y for c h i l d r e n o r f o r m i l i t a r y s chools for t eaching
tactics,)
H e sa i d t h e m i n u t e the w a r s t a r t e d h e w a s g o i n g to get a «and t a b l e a n d
start m a k i n g h u m p s a n d v a l l e y s a n d d r a w i n g l i n e s i n the s a n d
(Pyle,
33*0*
sandy haired.
tannish brown.

H a v i n g h a i r of t h e c o l o r of sand; h a v i n g h a i r w h i c h is a

A l i t t l e s a n d y - h a i r e d GI...
(Tank, 146),
He w a s a stocky, s a n d y - h a i r e d m a n o f ab o u t forty, a n d n o w w o r k e d for the
receivers...
(Cain, 19)*
Santa Claus.
St. H i c h o l a s ; the m a k e b e l i e v e p e r s o n who b r i n g s p r e s e n t s
to g o o d c h i l d r e n o n C h r i s t m a s Bve.
T h e n y o u h a d t h e C h r i s t m a s tr e s s a n d the S a n t a C l a u s e s on the street, a n d
n e w ideas for C h r i s t m a s p r e s e n t s . . .
(Marquand, 325)*
to save f a c e .
To m a i n t a i n p r e s t i g e ; to k e e p the respect of others;
k e e p o n e ' s d i g n i t y in f r o n t of o t h e r p e o p l e .

to

That s a v e d f a c e f o r e v e r y o n e i n c l u d i n g the u m p i r e w h o w a s a D u t c h m a n
(Tank, 1 8 ^ ) 7
...we h a d b e t t e r t h r o w the g ame a n d let the J a p e save face
(Tank, 186).
But w e d e c i d e d w e h a d to s ave fac e
(Tank, 185)•
. ..Bell h a d to m a k e it l o o k g o o d a n d let t h e m sav e face.
(Tank, 186)*
to save —

from.

To r e s c u e from;

to p r o t e c t from*

-1116-

O n l y the soft, m u d d y J u n g l e earth, w h i c h b u r i e d t h e shell b e f o r e it buret,
saved the general and hie aide fro m injury
(Tank, 131 )•
to save --- life.
To k e e p one f r o m b e i n g k i l l e d ,
f r o m a fa t a l injury*

dying;

...it w a s G o l d i l o c k s w h o u n d o u b t e d l y s a v e d m y l i f e . . .
not to sav e — —

life*

to p r o t e c t one

(Pyle,

292)*

(This is a t e r m u s e d to I n t e n s i f y the n eg a t i v e * )

...he c o u l d n ' t w r i t e a t w e l v e h e a d . . .n o t to s ave h i s l i f e h e couldn't*
(Marquand, 20)*
to save up*

To hoard;

to a c cu m u l a t e ;

to g e t g r a d u a l l y a n d to keep*

...the sergeant s a v e d up em p t y w o o d e n C - r a t i o n boxes...
to s aw —

4a half*

25*0.

To cut in two l e a v i n g r a g g e d edges*

. . .t o m m y guns p r a c t i c a l l y sa w e d h i m 4 a h a l f
to saw o f f *

(Pyle,

To cut off;

(Tank, 1 h5) *

to r e m o v e b y sawong*

I've s a w e d m i n e o f f short
(Tank, 1^9)*
A n o f f i c e r * . .ex p l a i n e d the w a y of a l l the s w w e d - o f f trees in the flat...
(Tank, 197).
. . . they c o u l d s a w off the h a n d l e s
(Pyle, 429).
saw t o o t h e d *
Jagged*

P r o j e c t i n g in a m a n n e r r e s e m b l i n g the te e t h of a saw;

Two m o r e S c o u t s * . .were g i v e n the sweet t a s k of g u i d i n g 50 inf a n t r y - m e n over
s a w - t o o t h e d S a r a n a R i d g e . ..
(Yank, 191).
a s ax p l a y e r .

O n e w h o p e r f o r m s on, plays,

Cpl* J i m m y Martin, £
...
(Tank, 165).
to say a b o u t .

the saxophone*

sax p l a y e r w h o u s e d to g i v e out w i t h the d r e a m stuff

To t a l k of, concerning;

to s a y in r e g a r d to*

...she s h o u l d n o w c l a i m G l e n d a l e as h e r own, a f t e r a l l the m e a n things she
h a d sai d a b o u t it
(Cain, 238).
to say a lo u d .
s ay o ut loud*

To s p e a k a u d ibly; to speak so that o t hers m a y hear;
(This is u s e d i n c o n t r a s t to w h i s p e r . )

"Lofd, let me out a n d I'll change m y ways," he
to s a y £ f e w w o r d s .

To make,

said a l o u d

deliver, a short,

to

(Tank, U U ) m

informal speech*

-1117-

And, now, our fellow mem'ber.. .would, ear a few words a tout the speaker
(Marquand, 39).
.. .speakers a m o n g them, w a i t i n g is.
to say g o o d b y e .

To s a y farewell;

& few words

(Marquand,

37).

to tell s omeone goodbye.

M i l d r e d . . .sweetly s a i d g o o d - b y e to t h e m a l l
(Cain, 162).
I h a d said g o o d - b y e a f e w days previou s l y . . .
(Pyle, 363).
Then w e started t£ say good-bye
(Pyle, 292).
But h e s t o p p e d a n d s a i d g o o d - b y e all a r o u n d again.. . (Pyle, 197).
It has b e e n 2 6 m o n t h s since I s a i d g o o d - b y e to h e r in B o s t o n
(Tank, 187).
to s ay —

goodbyes.

To tell

M i l d r e d h u r r i e d to h e r locker,
(Cain, 90)•
to say h e l l o .

To g r e e t one;

several p e o p l e goodbye.

changed,

said her h a s t y g o o d - b y e s , a n d scooted.

to salute informally.

One a f t e r n o o n a s o l d i e r came b y to sav h e l l o . ..
I d r o p p e d in £ o say h e l l o
(Pyle, 350).
to say a k i n d w o r d .
or t he like.

(Pyle, hlh).

To say s o m e t h i n g w h i c h is kind,

inpraise, flattering,

J e f f r e y h a d ne v e r t h o u g h t that h e w o u l d be g r a t e f u l to his son for h a v i n g
said a kind w o r d
a b out h i m
(Marquand, 131)*
to s ay the least.

At

least; if not h i n g more.

W h i c h w as d i s c o n c e r t i n g , to the prisoner, £ o say the least
(Pyle, 125).
To the layman, the
w h o l e affair a p p e a r s puzzling, £ & say the least
(Gardner,
123).
A d i s c r e p a n c y of t h i r t y - t h r e e y e a r s in the date of a man's d e m i s e is
startling, .to s a y t h e l e a s t . ..
(Gardner, 123).
to say M a s s .
To b e in c h a r g e of the c o m m u n i o n service in a R o m a n
Catho l i c C h u r c h a n d to r e a d or reci t e the B u c h a r i s t i c rite.
...Cha p l a i n T h o m a s J. T r a c y of Bismarck, N. Dak.,
be s i d e the t r a i n
(Tank, 23).
to s ay n o t h i n g of.

said Mass i n the snow

H o t to mention; not to include; not to consider.

A d i s c r e p a n c y of t h i r t y - t h r e e y e a r s in the dat e of a man's d e mise is
startling, to say t h e least, 1ft say not h i n g of the fact that it...
(Gardner, 123).
not to yav one w o r d .

Rot to speak;

T o u wo n ' t have to s a y one w o r d

to be silent;

(Cain, 65)•

to say nothing.

A

-llio-

to say & - p r a y r .

T o pray;

to m a k e a s u p p l i c a t i o n to God.

I h o p s y o u ' l l s a y a •prayer or two
Not for onl y as...
(Tank, 1 56).
to say the right t h i n g .
To say wha t one s h o u l d say a n d is e x p e c t e d to
say; to say the a c c e p t e d thing*
J e f frey w a n t e d
570).

s a y the r i g h t t h i n g a n d do the right thing (Marquand,

to say so.

To s a y a s such;

to say specifically.

...he co u l d h a v e s a i d ho l ike a gentleman...
(Cain, 186).
He didn't say s o .
h u t w e g a t h e r e d that it w a s a considerable t a s k to
k e e p u p the l a r g e c h u r c h a n d school in the f a c e of the cha n g e s the
neighborhood had u n d ergone
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^7* 20).
to say something a b o u t .

To sp e a k concerning;

to t a l k regarding.

She w a s o p e n i n g h e r m o u t h £ o s a y some t h i n g p e e v i s h about p e o p l e w h o forget
their keys...
( C ain, 230).
to say t h a n k s .

T o thank;

Don't k n o w w h o ta c a l l up,
to say too m u c h .
much.

to t e l l one's gratitude.

s a y t h a n k s ...

(Cain,

T o say s o m e t h i n g one s h ould not hav e said;

A p p a r e n t l y she k n e w s h e h a d s a i d too m u c h . ..
to say to —

•

216).

To

to talk too

(Cain, 195).

think.

She k e p t s a ying to h e r s e l f that she must tell Miss Jaekel about the check
(Cain, 2h3Y.
a scandal b r e a k s .

A scandal becomes known,

is m a d e public.

M i l t o n w a s t e l l i n g a b o u t the S.E.C. a n d about a scandal that h a d b roken
downtown, a n d M i l t o n h a d k n o w n the m a n v e r y w e l l
(Marquand, h02^.
to s c a r e

away.

...Put this in the
to be scared o f .

To k e e p a w a y by means of fright; to H i g h ten off.
m e s s h a l l to scare the rats a w a y

(Tank, 1^1).

T o be a f r a i d of; to be f r i g h t e n e d of, at.

... the best d a m n e d driver I h a v e eve r seen a n d not scared of a d a m n e d thing
(Tank, 133).

-xxxy—

to scare — —— i n t o *
to intimidates

To cause o n e to do s o m e t h i n g b y me a n s o f fright;

So I h u n t e d up t h e l a n d l a d y . . .and s c a r e d h e r into c o nvulsions

10 ).

to scare —
out o f —
one to death*

wits.

(Gardner.

To f r i g h t e n o n e quite "badly; to scare

...a shell s u d d e n l y w h i p p e d in, s c a r e d u s out of our w i t s , a n d e x ploded
b e h i n d the b u i l d i n g
(Pyle, 2h5)»
The o ld l a d y w h o s a w m e fi r s t w a s s c a r e d out of h e r w i t s
(Tank, 12).

to s c a r e

silly.

He s c a r e d m e s i l l y
to scare to death*
an intensive.)

To frighten one severely; to give one a b ad scare*
(Tank, 125)*
T o frighten;

to scare*

(To d e a t h o f t e n serves as

T he y h a d m e s c a r e d to d e a t h
(Pyle, 3^0).
One ni g h t in N a p l e s w e h a d a c o u p l e of small e a r t h q u a k e shocks w h i c h shook
our cot8 a n d scared u s half to death
(Pyle, 137)•
The old— timers w e r e s i c k to d e a t h of battle, a n d the n e w r e p l a c e m e n t s were
s c a r e d to d e a t h o f it
(Pyle, 182)*
...he w a s scare d to d e a t h . . .
(Pyle, 216).
...he w a s s e a r e d to d e a t h h e w o u l d fou l u p
on his first m i s s i o n
(Pyle, 205)
...you don't h a v e tg. s c a r e e v e r y b o d y to. d e a t h
(Cain, 186).
Some of the p u p s w e r e a b s o l u t e l y i n d i f f e r e n t to the blast f r o m the h e a v y
guns, w h i l e o t h e r s w e r e s c a r e d to d e a t h
(Pyle, 116)*
He w a s young, thin, s c a r e d to d e a t h , a n d o b j e c t e d f u r i o u s l y th b e i n g
g i v e n a shot o f m o r p h i n e
(Pyle, 56)*
...they're s c a r e d to d e a t h
(Pyle, 196).

to scare u p *
T o find; to discover;
particular thing before finding it*)
...and said,

1

).

"Gosh,

Dell a ,

to scare the w i t s out o f —
badly*
Those s udden b l a s t s

(This implies hunting for a

can't y o u scare me uj> a goo d m y s t e r y T "

.

To f r i g h t e n one severely;

to scare one

s c a r e d the w i t s out of the res t of the c rew

to scatter a r o u n d *
To d i s p o s e at r a n d o m her e a n d there;
w i t h no order, a r r a n g e m e n t *

(Gardner,

(Pyle, 332)

to dispose

...were the bodies of dead Germans, their equipment scattered around

106).

(Tank,

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Two o r three M e x i c a n rags w e r e s c a t t e r e d arnnnfl_ a n d the f u r n i t u r e w as
oak, w i t h l e a t h e r seats
(Cain, 92).
a school h u e ,
A "bus w h i c h ca l l s for c h i l d r e n of school a g e at or near
their ho m e s a n d d e l i v e r s t h e m at t h e school.
It also ret u r n s the
c h i l d r e n to their homes*
All y o u n e e d e d w e r e two c h a r a c t e r s a n d hut ter on the table, the town meeting, eggs for b r e a kfast, the scho o l h u e , the c h u r c h supper
(Marquand, ¥30)*
£ s chool d r e s s .

A n informal dr e s s for y o u n g g i r l s to w e a r at school*

V e d a w a s in a s c h o o l dress that h a d n ' t b e e n w o r n yet,..
a s c hool fif thought *
a b o u t something*

(Cain, 121)*

A g r o u p of p e o p l e h a v i n g the same opinions,

ideas,

...there seem to h e two schools o f thought a m o n g the fas h i o n d e s i gners
(Yank, 227).
to sc o o u o u t *

To remo v e h y scooping*

It hit at a n a n g l e a n d Just s c o o p e d out a h i g c h u n k of steel,..
to s c o o p u p *

To g a t h e r toget h e r ;

to get rapidly;

scooping

i n the lin e h a d b e e n
52)*

to sc o r e a rjafiju

in bssehall or softball*

We eve n tried a p p l a u d i n g e v e r y t ime
run
(Yank, 186),

hZh}*

to o b t a i n hurriedly*

. ..and combat o u t f i t s not c u r r e n t l y
a l l the best souvenirs...
(Yank,
To m a k e a score

(Pyle,

up

one of the m hit the hall or s c ored a

S c o t c h a n d soda.
A n a l c o h o l i c d r i n k p r e p a r e d w i t h one ounce of Scotch
w h i s k e y a n d a g l a s s of s o d a w a t e r , charged water, a n d ice*
A d o u b l e Sc o t c h - a n d — s o d a
(Marquand, 577),
"A S c o t c h - a n d - s o d a ." J e f f r e y said to the b a r boy...

(Marquand,

577),

s c r a m b l e d eggs.
Bgg s w h i c h a r e t h o r o u g h l y mixed, p o u r e d into a greased
skillet a n d s t i r e d w h i l e cooking*
K y b o y frie n d ' s b e e n w o r k i n g late, a n d I'm m a k i n g a p o t of coff e e a n d some
s c r a m b l e d eg g s
(Gardner, 160)*
Mr. W i l s o n expects som e orange juice a n d coffee a n d scrambled eggs and bacon
u p s t a i r s in his s t u d y in f i f t e e n min u t e s
(Marquand^ 306)*
to scra m b l e o u t *
in no arrangement,

To leave,
or rank*

depart, w i t h no order;

to get out hur r i e d l y

The m e n scra m b l e d out a n d the c a p t a i n c h e c k e d to see that e a c h
his proper load
(Tank, 57)•
The J e r r i e s « c r a m b l e d out a n d t o o k cover b e h i n d their trucks

man had
(Tank, 28).

to scramble up.
T o get tip; to stand up; to rise*
(This implies a
l a c k of c o o r d i n a t i o n in the p a r t s of the b o d y o n rising*)
M i l d r e d * . .s c ram b l e d up a n d l u r c h e d a f t e r h e r
(Cain, 255)•
...she s c r a m b l e d u p . a n d t h e n slipped, slid, a n d s t a g g e r e d home...
173).
a scrap d r i v e *
scrap metalss

(Cain,

A c o n c e r t e d effort b y a city, commonity, to collect
o l d pots, pans, p i e c e s of i r o n or steel a n d the like*

Aye,

tear its t a t t e r e d p a g e s out;
Declare it obsolete*
All for the scrap d r i v e r s o p e n snout,
Rescind, destroy, d e l e t e J (Tank, 155).

to scrape d o w n .
To r e move the surface f i n i s h
Off, remove, t h e surface pa i n t or varnish*

of w o o d or metal;

to

take

There w a s also a n o l d m a p l e chest of drawers w h i c h R e e k i e and F r e d h a d
s c r a p e d d o w n t h e m s e l v e s . ..
(Marquand, 123).
to scrape o f f *

To r e move b y scraping*

The p a i n t h a d b e e n Bcraped off t h e o l d p i n e r a i l i n g a n d risers...
123).

to scrape up*

(Marquand,

To remove by scraping and collecting or gathering.

...he saw y o u d o w n on y our hands a n d knees s c r a p i n g up che w i n g g u m

(Tank,

236) .
£ scrap of c o n v e r s a t i o n *
A sentOnce or two of a conversation*
i m p lies a n overhearing, a n eavesdropping.)

(This

J i m said that h e w a s happy, Just s t a n d i n g in G r a n d Central Station,
c a t c h i n g scraps of p e o p l e ' s conver s a t i o n s
(Marquand, 23**)•
to s c r e a m at*

To y e l l at; to sp e a k v i t u p e r o u s l y toward*

To h a v e her s c r e a m at her w a s p ai n ful...
...it w as she that w a s b e i n g s c r e a m e d at

(Cain, 189).
(Cain, 189)*

s c r e a m i n g meanies.
(Also s creaming m i m i s . ) A German n e b e l w e r f e r . a
six b a r r e l e d rocket r a c k w h i c h fires one rocket after a n o t h e r electrically*

The boys called them "screaming meanies" instead and, brother, they were
bad indeed to listen to (Pyle, 193).

-1 1 2 2 -

scr earning m i m i s .
A G e r m a n n e b e l w e r f e r , a s i x "barreled r o c k e t rack*
(Named f r o m t h e s o u n d of the shell p a s s e s . )
We w o u l d r e c eive a "barrage of S c r e a m i n g M i m i s . ..
(Tank. 239)*
"S c r e a m i n g M i m i s . w B r u s i e s a i d
( T a n k . 108).
...we saw smoke t r a i l s of t h e s i x p r o j e c t i l e s of a S c r e a m i n g m m i
projector)...
(Tank. 198)*
a screen door*
A n o u t s i d e d o o r w h i c h is c o v e r e d w i t h a w i r e
u s e d f or v e n t i l a t i o n and for k e e p i n g i n s e c t s out o f the house*

(rocket

screen

T h e n the s creen d oor o f t h e "bungalow s l a m m e d a n d A l f g l a n c e d s i d e w ays
quickly
(Marquand. *+83).
Just t h e n t h e s c r e e n d o o r slammed, a n d h e l o o k e d u p
(Marquand. 212)*
...there w a s a r a p o n the s c r e e n d o o r , a n d Mrs. Geseler, w h o l i v e d next
door, came in
(Cain. 8)*
a screen test*
A short p h o t o g r a p h i c test of a n a c t o r ' s ability;
m o v i e in w h i c h a n a c t o r is g i v e n a trial, test, of h i s a b i l i t y *
...Fa b r e a k i n g h i s n e c k to get m e a s c r e e n t e s t . ..
to s c r e w

up*

"That screws

To

c o u rage*

M i l d r e d . . .s c r e w e d

(Cain, 196)*

ruin; to mess up; to cause to become u s e l e s s , valueless.

up the short cut," h e

to s c r e w u p - —
b e brave.

a short

To

up h e r cou r a g e

sai d (Tank, 198)*

g i v e o n e s e l f courage;

to f o r c e o n e s e l f to

(Chin, 191)•

to sc r e w up — —
face.
To contract the f a c i a l m u s c l e s into a n odd,
p e c u l i a r , f a c i a l e x pression.
Her fac e s c r ewed up into the squAnt...
(Cain, lh6).
Mr. H a r m a n
s c r e w e d t o h i s f a c e as t h o u g h h e w e r e i n great pai n . . .
135).
to s c r i b b l e a w o r d .

To w r i t e b y hand;

to w r i t e in longhand*

T h e y . ..had s c r i b b l e d some w o r d s in c h a l k on that shell
to sc r u b o f f *

(Cain,

(Tank,

135).

To r e m o v e by scrubbing*

It t o o k l*f b a t he r s three m o r n i n g s to. scrub o f f t h e sea and b e a c h stains
(Yank, 23*0.
to scrub o u t *

To c l e a n a p l a c e by scrubbing,

mopping.

T h e Jap s who h a d b e e n l i v i n g th e r e h a d s c r u b b e d out the p l a c e b e f o r e
leaving
(Tank, l*+7).

-

to scrub tip.

1123—

To was h by scrubbing*

M i l dred quickly scrubbed u p h er h a n d s . . .

the bcujb of the earth.
worthless people.

xmdesirable people; vulgar, low,

Bxtremely

To Veda, the Shgels w ere the s c u m o f
scummier than his parents, if t h a t
to scurry a r o u n d .
pl a c e to place.

the

e a r t h , and William w a s even
p o s sible
(Cain, 1 12)#

w a s

To move h u r r i e d . X y ,

Two destroyers a n d ourselves w e r e d o l n ^
ships in close to land w ere s c u r r y !
to hit...
(Pyle, 23-4).
to scurry o u t .

To le-ve, d e p a r t ,

rapidly, here and there, from

the shelling, while all the other
around to make themselves har d

g o

...they scurried out w i t h a terrifiedthe scuttle butt.

(Cain, 192).

away, hurriedly.

" A n revoir"

Humor; u n f o u n d e d -

(Pyle, 379).

stories, reports, and the like*

A great Joke to cadets a few w e e k s a g a o was the scuttlebutt (rumor) that
the Bureau, of Supplies a n d A c c o u n t m * . .had stocked the station w i t h a
large supply of caskets...
(Time, J u l y 14, 1941, 32).
a sea d o g .

A n experienced s a i l o r *

The rest wer e erstwhile civilians t r a i n e d into sea dogs almost overnight
(Pyle, 15).
to s e a l
off.
compartment s .

To close o f f tiela.'tly; to separate into different

...she sealed herself off f rom the c r i m e s
the seamy side (of).

The unpleaeaLxvt part;

...they didn't see the seamiest s i d e
to search a r m i n d t

o f

To looke for;

(Cain, 245).

the distressing side.

the w a r

(Pyle, 385).

To hunt in d i f f e r e n t places;

While they had been searching a r o u n d ,
Department
(Marquand, 420;.
to search for.

of the Say...

to search here and there

«. novel had come in from the Book

to h u n t

for.

So completely were the officers f o o l e d , b y this clever ruse, that for years
they were searching for Bill H o g a r b y . on the theory that he had murdered
A l d e n Leeds
(Gardner, 123).

to seat —
at 4 table*
To tell, show, one where one is to alt at a
table; to show one to one's place at a table*
They seamed, pleased, and she seated them at £ table in the corner
121

).

(Cain,

to be seated at a Plano.
To sit before a piano; to sit at a piano.
(This implies that one is preparing to play, perform on, the piano.)
Veda...seated at a big piano...
the seat of.

(Cain, 139)*

The cause of; the fundamental reason for*

Captain Doran liked to get at the seat of a man's ills
the seat o f
pants*
covers one's bottom*
He wished that he
out the 8eat of
In a little while
clay...
(Pyle,
a second chance.

(Pyle, h5)*

That part of the trousers, pants, slacks which

were Jeffrey
Wilson's age and he would not bewearing
his pants in any office (Marquand, 203)*
the seat of my pants were plastered with thick wet red
U4b)*
Another opportunity; another chance*

...it's a little Xike being given a second chance, when you think that
every chance for a second chance is over (Marquand, h?0)*
second class.
1. Poor; not very good or desirable.
Archie...had been wasted for years in a second class place...

(Cain, 178).

2. The second, next best, accommodation on a railroad in a passenger
car.
(This usually implies a European train. )•
The sergeants it carried second class

(Tank, 115)*

the second front.
In World
War II a fighting front other thanthe
Russian front after the expulsion of the British from Dunkirk and the
fall of Prance*
The second front here is more than a problem in logistics (Yank, 72)*
It...will not make everyone forget about a second front
(Yank, lh7).
The Army got the correspondents together for instructions on preparing
for the second front.
second hand.
Used; having been used; not new.
change of ownership. )

(This implies a

-.- 125 -

...Carl...who drove the little second-hand delivery truck...

(Cain, 1*±2).

second story.
The floor above the ground floor. (In the U.S. the
ground floor is the firet etory.)
Juet then a German stuck hie head out of a nearby second-story window...
(Pyle, 376).
second wind.
energy.

A recovery of energy after one has exhausted one's

Prom t h e n o n t h e y go int o a sort of second-wind dase
secret service.

Secret police.

(Pyle, 8*0.

(Aleo attributive.)

...a secret-service man came up and told them...
(Tank, 199).
...I ran up against a Huseki secret-service man... (Tank, 199).
a section boss.
A man in charge of a section, a length, of the railroad
bed and track.
It is his responsibility to keer the bed and track in
good condition.
...he worked with his father, £ section boss for the Northern Pacific
?milroad (Tank, 22).
to see about.

To learn about; to find out about, regarding.

...next morning, when the soldiers went .to see about their clothes,
they found dozens of American shirts and pants...torn into shreds by
shell fragments
(Pyle, 233).
to see action.
To participate, take part in; action.
implies participation in battle.)
...he wanted to see more action...
not to see anything- funny about.
amused by.

(Pyle, **-25).
Not to see the humor in; not to be

...he was good and mad, and he said he couldn't
(Pyle, 202).
to see fit to (Infinitive).
to.

(In war this

Anything fnnny about jt

To decide on an action as worthy; to decide

He saw fit to favor the Judge with a grin

(Gardner, 213).

to see for — -.
To look at in person; to examine personally.
in contrast to receiving a report by another.)

(This is

...the highest brase of the regiment decided to see for themselves
169).

(Tank,

1126-

to s e e
for
with one.

minute.

To have a 'brief conversation, conference,

It was always serious when Madge wanted .to see him for a minute

520

).

"Jeffrey," Madge said, "can I see you for a minute?11

(Marquand

(Marquand, 519).

not to he able to s e e
hand in front o f
face.
The visibility
is low; it is so dark, cloudy, or the like, that one cannot see.
The ground is slick and you can't see your hand in front of you
200 ).
to see how.

To understand, comprehend, how.

...I don't see how they missed
to see how —
like, is.

is.

(Yank, 126).

To find out what one's condition, health, or the

...five of us drove out in a Jeep to see how they were
be seeing you.

eyes.

(Gardner, 67).

To infer from the expression of one's eyes.

•••I saw in his eyes that he thought he was going to die
to see it «11.
I see it all now
to seek out.

(Pyle, 250).

I'll be seeing you; goodbye; so long.

"Be seeing you." Mason said and hung up
to see in ——

(Pyle,

(Yank, 193)»

To understand clearly; to comprehend fully.
(Cain, l67)»
To hunt for and to find.

...the advance party sought out the safest beachhead (Yank, 191)*
They knew how to seek out the best place to settle down in a new bivouac
(Pyle, 186).
Several times enemy guns sought it out...
(Yank, 33)*
to see — —

last.

To see one the last time; to see one before.

When did I see you last?
to see the light of day.

(Marquand, 85)•
To be published; to be exhibited openly.

And even I...felt no assurance that my feeble reports would ever see. t.he
light of day (Pyle, 365)*

-1127

to «eem only yesterday.
To seem a short time ago; to appear as
yesterday eren though it happened a long time ago.
They met — well it seems only yesterday, actually it was several weeks
ago...
(Cain, 1937#
to be seen with.
To he with; to have others know one is in the company
of; to make public one's friendliness toward.
...not the type of girl that a soldier would like tg. J>e seen in -public
with (Yank, 211).
to have seen better days.
To have been in better condition at a pre­
vious time; to have had more wealth, better position, or the like.
He had, in truth, seen better days

(Cain, 6).

to s e e
off.
To accompany one to a place where oneleaves on
Journey, trip; to go to a station, airdrome, or
the likewith one
one catches a train, plane, etc.

a
as

...and personally drove Jack the fifty miles to the nearest airdrome
to see him off (Pyle, 127)•
to see the paper.

To read the newspaper.

He wasn't on any list, and it seemed unlikely he had seen the Clendale
papers
(Cain, 125)*
to seep out.

To be divulged gradually; slowly to be made public.

The details of that raid have graduallyNseeped out
to see areason.

(Pyle, 316)#

To understand; to comprehend.

...so you made some statements to the effect that you saw no reason why
you should co-operate with the officers...
(Gardner, 197/*
to see the show.
movies, cinema.

To attend a theatrical performance or to go to the

...on that basis Bhe had frequent invitations to take a ride, have dinner,
or see a show (Cain, 63)•
to see things.

To look at things; to observe things.

That she can't see things as you do, and that she tried to stop you from
growing
(Marquand,
to s e e
through.
assistance#

To assist one; to help one; to go to one's

-1128-

BAP...people saw ue through the formalities
(Pyle, 29*0.
Alden Leeds has dough. He can see me through (Gardner, 75).
...for the money he had cost her...if she had them, would see her through
(Cain, 151)*
to see to --- •

To assume the responsibility that something is done*

I've knocked around a hit myself, and I saw to that
Our automatics and heavy weapons sure seeing to that
to see

way clear.

(Gardner, 72).
(Tank, 56).

To find it feasible, possible.

• ••if y°n can possibly see your way clear. send me the damn aagasineJ
(Tank, 212).
to sae what — — can do.
consider what one can do.

To think about what action one can tSLke; tfc

I'll see whajp I can do
(Cain, 159).
"We'll see what we can do about it," the general promised
see what X me*m?

Do you understand?

So they went off and panned it.
critics sure (Tank, 132-3)•
to see w h a t
Xs about.
citement, or the like is.

(Tank, 130).

Is it clear to you?

See what X mean?

That's kind people

To find out, learn, what the trouble, ex­

...a major, who has dropped over t<£ see what the shooting was about
(Tank, 20h).
to see what is the matter.

To learn, find out, what the trouble is.

Holcomb nosed back to. *88 what was the matter
to see what it is all about.
causes, reasons, or the like.

^Fyle, 282).

To learn, discover, find out the

Finally we moved to the door to see what it was all about
not to be able to see w h a t
sees in — •
stand what attractions another has for one.

(Pyle, 178).

Not to be able to under­

...about the boys who were beginning to call on Gwen, and Jeffrey said he
could not see what she saw in any of them, .. (Marquand, 102) •
see what ——— thinks.

(Imperative.)

What is one's opinion, idea.

"I think," Jesse said, "she'll have to throw him another line.
you think. Jeff"
(Marquand, 80).

See what

-1129-

to eee why*

To understand, comprehend, the reason.

I don't see why you want to go out with that girl tonight
(Yank, 160).
He knew that the room was ugly and Madge often said she did not Bee why
he wanted a room like it...
(Marquand, 508)*
to see with —

own eyes*

To witness pereonally; actually to see.

...he wished thoBe people could see the job with their own eyeB
(Tank, 201)
"I saw her with my own eyes.11 said the woman, "giving signals through
the window last n i g h t " ( Y a n k , 105).
self-conscious*

Embarrassed; awkward*

At first she had been self-conscious about them...
(Cain, 228).
It made him self-conscious, because everyone had been saying lately that he
was looking fine
(Marquand, 459)*
Letty nodded, with a self-consclous grin (Cain, 119)*
They had always found that reviewers and authors, no matter how selfconscious and silly they might have been at first...
(Marquand, 339).
Mildred...feeling trembly and self-conscious...
(Cain, 127).
Keeping up a sort of self-conscious commentary...(Cain,
223)*
self-control*

Control of oneself*

For a moment, Alden Leeds seemed to be fighting for his self-contro^
(Gardner, 179)*
self-defense.

An action indefenee of oneself.

Leeds had shot him in self-defense
8elf-express!on*

(Gardner, 213).

The expression of one's ego, personality.

I suppose it's a matter of self-expression, a matter of feeling I'm
not dead yet (Marquand, 490).
self-pity.

Pity for oneBelf; a feeling sorry for oneself.

He looked with a little self—•pitying smile into the fire...
(Cain, 168).
It betrayed regret over folly, perhaps a little self-pity... (Cain, 197)*
self—respect.

A respect for oneself;

a belief inoneself.

...pride, of arrogance, of regained self-respect, that no talk, no liquor,
no love, could possibly give (Cain, 62)*
self-styled.

So called, termed, by oneself, itself.

...not likely to be after even a short spell in this self-styled "Little
Paris of the East"
(Yank, 66)*

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self- auffl cl eat.*
Sufficient \into oneself; not needing the love, help ,
or the like from any others*
Sver since Charley was five he had been completely smlf-sufflcleqft
(Marquand, 505)•
to s e l l
-•
To cause another to have a high regard, esteem for one;
to make oneself popular.
Back in those days, Jesse could not have helped eel ling himself if he
had tried (Marquand, 283)*
Alf was selling the car all through dinner, and Jesse was sell
himself
(Marquand, 283)*
to s e l l
on.
To persuade one about; to cause one to have a favor­
able belief about,
•..they had thoroughly sold them oil the belief that we would shoot them
...
(Pyle, 398).
a sell out.
something.

A condition of being completely sold, of selling all of

...the thing was a sell-out

(Cain, 238).

to sell out.
1. To betray; to be a traitor to someone.
Serle's sold us out to the D.A., lock, stock, and barrel (Gardner, 105).
...a whole people, bewildered and sold out...
(Yank, 2U-8).
2. To sell all of something.
••.gypped the Indians out of their land, the kin& out of his taxes, and
then sold out to the Americans when Polk started annexing (Cain, 91)•
to sell —— out.
To betray one; to reveal one or one's
to another.
(This usually implies a bribe.)
Serle sold us out right
to send along.

plans, operations,

(GaAier, 126).

To send in company; to Bend.

He asked to have another vehicle and another driver sent along w ith him
...
(Yank, 129).
to send around.

To send to a place.

If the Old Man sent

him around to see Georfee Arliss, forinstance...

(Marquand, 283).

A

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to sen d b a c k *
1. To send to the rear, rearward*
The front, unperturbed, eent back word to tirow hi* out (Yank, 176)*
I asked if a lot of sen dldn *t get sick of exposure and have to be sent
back (Pyle, 253)*
Then they sent hi* back after a crowbar*..
(Pyle, ^29).
The lieutenant sent back for me*..
(Tank, 10).
One man was sent back u p
the road...
(pyle, ^29).
...it was worked o u t
repaired or rebuilt or sent back forsalvage*..
(Pyle, i+19).
Men went to pieces and had to be sent back (Pyle, ^39).
2* To send to where one, it, has been but is not now.
.. .and in a short time the Army was going to send him back to America*..
(Pyle, 122).
Joe*..was sent back to the States from Pearl Harbor...
(Tank, 177)*
Then he was sent back to America (Pyle, 166).
It was flabbergasting to me to lie there and hear wounded soldiers cuss
and beg to be sent right back into the fight
(Pyle, h8)*
•..the barrel was beyond repair and was sent back to Sngland for salvage
(Pyle, i+2h).
.. .if yop. did not feel a mental upsurge at the end of ten days, you
could send it back (Marquand, 191)*
If they refuse they are sent back to their homes...
(Yank, 2^9).
3* To send in return.
...the Germans sent one back which exploded so close to the gun pit that
it wounded seven of the twelve men*..
(Pyle, 256)*
to send a bill*

To mail a bill; to Bend a bill by mail*

...I would like it*..if you'd send y oir bills*..to me...
to send down.

(Cain, 219)*

To send; to send some distance.

"I can," he said, "get someone on the job down there by telephone, and
then can send down a clever woman o p e r a t i v e * " (Gardner, 157).
to send for*
To send another to someone with the purpose of asking
him to come to one*
...she sent for Bert
to send home.

(Cain, 138)*

To cause to go to one's country, fatherland.

There is an odd psychological factor in the system of being &eftfe
after a certain number of missions (Pyle, 161).

-1 1 3 2 -

They said the German s. •.bogght clothing andlbod to send home to their
families (Pyle, 119).
He said he didn't see why his outfit wasn't sent home... (Pyle, 400).
12. 8end XA m.
1. To cause to enter; to cause to come in.
...they sent in a volley of grenades

(Tank, 18).

2. To mail in; to send to one hy mail*
We are grateful to you for sending in these items...
XXIII, June 28, 1 ^ 7 , 22).

(New Yorker,

to send love.
To send a message of one's love, affection.
plies friendship hut not physical love.)
If <^im were here he would send you his love
to send off.

(This ins-

(Marquand, 555).

To cause to go away; to send away.

...we sent off our bed-rolls (Pyle, 353).
The Army sent us off in jeeps...
(Pyle, 35*0.
to send on.

To send; to send along.

He said, "Make a complete report by way of confirmation and sen4 it
airmail" (Gardner, 65).

by

to send out.
1. To send from within an area-, place, building; to cause to go out.
...thinking about what he could have done, and sent out more patrols
(Yank, 50) •
At 0800 the battalion... sent out a combat patrol to the extreme right flank
(Yank, 6).
Then on the fifth day the stymied Infantry sent out patrols (Yank, 18).
The colonel decided to sit tight and send out patrols (Yank, 48).
...Ida repeatedly came in, m^de change, and Bent Arline out with it, so she
would get her tip (Cain, 124).
Before her clean apron could be issued, Mildred saw the Sagels drive up with
her mother, and sent her out to let them in (Cain, 111).
He said to send out for the chops if I had to, but he wanted chops
(Gardner, lW£).
...at night we sent out patrols to feel out the German position...
(Yank,
2-52).
...the Scouts had been...sent out as intelligence reporters to Kodiak...
(Yank, 190).
We used to Bend out natrols and the Jat> boys would bring (em back in

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2. To send; to send some distance.
We sent out an investigator on this assignment
(Hew Yorker, XXIII. Sept.
6, 1947, 20).
Do you want me to have Drake send out a woman operative to stay with
you? (Gardner, 50).
It was indeed the standard living room sent out hy department stores as
suitable for a Spanish bungalow...
(Cain, 1).
"When Jesse is worried," Jeffrey told her, "he always b a w Ib out orchids"
(Marquand, 309)*
3. To mail; to send by mail.
...they sent out a letter...
(Yank,122).
His main activity, since she had seen, had been to send out the announce­
ments. ••
(Cain, 117)*
to send over.

To send some distance;

to cause to go a distance.

...caused by the shells we had Just sent over

(Pyle, 116).

to 8end u p .
1. To deliver; to cause to take something.
movement•)

(This inmlies an upward

Would you ask Room Service to send u p a bowl of ice — dear?
(Marquand,
46).
At eight-ten, a restaurant a couple of doors down the street sent up
two dinners (Gardner, 62— 63).
...Louis gave me the number of a restaurant and told me to have some grub
sent up
(Gardner, 102).
When the bank Bends up the second check, Della, rush it over to our hand­
writing expert
(Gardner, 51 )•
2. To cause to go upward.
Flares were sent up and our artillery had shelled them (Yan:, 59).
They sent up all kinds of weird things from their ack—ack guns
(Pyle, 168).
3. To 8end, cause to go, toward the front, forward.
Dry socks were sent up about every other day...
to send word.

To send a message; to cause a

(Pyle, 252).
message tobe delivered.

She had sent word to him that she wanted to see him... (Cain, 8l).
Roderick MacDonald sent word that he was in a hotel...
(Pyle, 300).
They sent in word for John to come out
(Pyle, 412).
He sent word back to Theda...
(Pyle, "35).
They attacked, and within an hour they sent word back...
(Pyle, 439)*

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Senior Prom.

A dance held by the senior class,

"Some men in your class," Louella said, "were at the Senicn Prom this
winter"
(Marquand, 183).
a (Mack)
comedy.
A type of cinema, movie, comedies produced
■fay Mack Sennett, in the early days of cinema and up to the late twenties
characterized by broad farce; prat falls, fat men, bathing girls,
automobile races, ludicrous taxis, throwing pies in people's faces,
absurd policemen.
It's like a Sennett Comedy a little —
there isn't anything to laugh about
a sense of,

custard pies, a hearty laugh when
(Marquand, 47**),

A feeling of; a seneatlon of,

...her sense of inferiority in the presence of "society people" would
have combined to make hereacutely miserable...
(Cain, 230),
There was no other city that gave Jeffrey a sense of ownership like
Washington — ...
(Marquand, 558).
There was the usual musty smell which gave him, even as an experienced
traveler, a faint sense of anticipation (Marquand, *+13),
...v/e all felt a sense of relief (Pyle, 393)*
a sense of humor.
An appreciation of humor, fun; a liking for humor
and a disposition for Joking,
The German soldier must have had a sense of humor, because he didn't
pull the trigger
(Yank, 167).
... some sense of humor that only an aristocrat ever has,..
(Cain, 170),
It was a grim and stupendous job, but he managed to keep the famous
Doolittle sense of humor about it (Pyle, 315)*
sense of time.

An

ability to measure the

passage of time byone's mind

He had no sense
of time on that imaginary island with Marianna,and it was
only on rare occasions...
(Marquand, **67)»
There was no sense of time (Marquand, 595)•
to be sent by.

To

Yes, I was sent by —

be caused t6 go by; to

be instructed to goby.

(Cain, **2).

Sergeant Quirt.
A character in the play What Price Glory, about
Americans in World War I. Sergeant Qjnirt was a hard, driving, profane
sergeant.
Jack was s wonderful guy, almost a Sergeant Quirt. except that he waB
good-looking, smart and friendly (Pyle, 186).

-1135-

eerlal number.
A number issued to each item for the purpose of records;
in armed services each soldier had such number.
*
A third class E allotment, hased on an incorrect serial number...
(Yank
171).
Three girls worked.. .getting the names, ranks, and serlft|l p^mba-ra 0f
escaped prisoners...
(Yank, 27).
serious business.

Serious; a serious affair.

...severe frostbite is a serious business...
£ servant girl.

(Yank, 173).

A domestic servant; a house servant.

...but a servant girl, just the same
(Cain, 130).
...she was a sgrvfmt girl...
(Cain, 130).
servant1s night ofrt.
(Cf. m a i d 1* night out.) The evening of the week
on which the servant is free to do and go where she pleases. On that
night she prepares no meal.)
There's no hurry about supper on the servants* night out

(Marquand, 361).

to serve --- cmmt.ry.
To act, work, in the service of one's country;
to work for one's country; hence, to be in the armed forces of one's
country.
...men and boys that are serving their country...

(Yank, 211).

to serve drinks.
To prepare and give a drink to someone.
implies an alcoholic drink.)

(This usually

...brought him into the den, though she didn't bother to light a fire or
serve £ drink
(Cain, 52).
to serve on.

To be a member of ship's crew; to be a sailor on.

If a sailor served on an escorting destroyer...

(Yank, 170).

to serve papers on.
To deliver in person, personally, a court order,
subpoena, or the like, to.
...they've gone to Philadelphia...so papers can't be served on them...
(Cain, l*tl).
service ribbon.
Small varied colored insignia worn on the left breast
of a member of the armed forces in lieu of the medal for which it stands.
...I see the little nun who let me in eat up the gunner's wings and the
service ribbons
(Yank, 188).

in6-

to set ablaze.

To set afire; to cause to burn;

to set fire*

...the grena.de
set dry grasp afire around him and finally eet his clothes
ablaze
(Tank, 192)*
to set about.

To begin; to start*

...for v/arding off direct hits by big bombs, so each 01 set about making
his own arrangements
(Tank, ^1),
...and one at the entrance, while the others met about preparing breakfast
(Tank, 59).
to set --- afire*
To cause to burn; to set on fire*
(Cf. to set ablaze, to set on fire.)
...the grenade
set dry grass afire around him*..(Yank, 192).
...the schoolhouse, which was eet afire
(Tank, 221)
...threw grenades and Molotov cocktails on the backs
set them afire...
(Tank, 5*0*
They sprinkled the wrecked plane with gasoline and set it afire
(Pyle,
217).
Not until flames from below made the deck almost red hot and set his
pants afire did he move
(Yank, h-5)*
One day one of our pilots, after a dull time in which he saw nothing worth
destroying decided to set a baystdck afire
(Pyle, 167-8).
to s e t
against — — •
To cause
mutual distrust and dislike*

each to dislike the

other; to cause

...he had deliberately tried to set Veda against her...
(Cain, 167).
You've set her against me
(Cain, 168).
...you've set her against me (Cain, 168).
...because you set her against me...
(Cain,169).
...you'll tell me who's setting yourchild a g a i n y o u T .
(Cain, 169).
...this man...setting the child aeainat, her...
(Cain, 157)*
to set aside.

To reserve; to hold back*

Transient correspondents at Algiers stayed in six rooms set aside for
them at the Aletti Hotel
(Pyle, 9*0.
to set a t .

To pl?ce at; to fix at.

The cost of the approaches, originally estimated at $23*000,000, is now
set at $36,000,000 (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7, 27).
to s e t

back.

To force rearward; to move back, backward.

I felt the blast sweep over me and set me back a little

(Pyle, 391)*

1137-

To set back ,211
heels.
to astonish one.

To shock one; to stun one; to astound one;

At least they tried not to t h i n k of It In terms of themselves( but
Ray Clapper's death sort o f set us back on our heels (Pyle, 193).
Veda looked a little set b a c k on her heels... (Cain, 13*0*
to set & brake.
To pull -up a hand brake on a car; to tighten the
emergency brake in an automobile.
Mr. Beragon set his brake, started to get out, and then said...

(Cain, 92)

to set down.
1. To cause to sit; to p l a c e on a surface and not to support but let the
surface support.
As she set down the plate, s h e asked:
"Well, what are you grinning aboutt"
(Cain, 90).
After a long delay, his wait r e s s set the drink down in front of him...
(New Yorker, XXXII, June 2 8 , 19^7. 21).
Capt. Harts set her down, lllce a mother placing a child in a crib (Yank,
119).
When we got to the edge of t h e town, the captain set his coil down ne^r
an overturned Sherman and stopped (Yank, 58).
Jeffrey eet down his glass
(Marquand, 579).
Mason finished his whiskey, set down the empty glass, grinned at Della
Street,..
(Gardner, *+5).
Regan set his coke down. ..
(Yank, 226).
Just wait till I set down t h e s e bottles (Marquand, 57).
Then she picked up Manhattan "No. 3. drank half of it, set it down again
(Cain, 170).
Their father eet down his c o f f e e cup (Marqupnd, 157)•
2. To write; to publish.
...the natural beauty of the place, he may set it down as "picturesque"...
(Yank. 7*0.
There were lots of rumors w h i c h you could not set down in print (Marquand
202

).

to set an example.

To act., behave, in an exemplary fashion, manner.

...they mu81 a p p e a r to be b r a v e in order to set an example
to set eyes on.

(Pyle, 380).

To see; -to look at.

Promise me I don't hnve to. e e t eyes on Jesse Fineman before I go on
(Marquand, 29h).

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to s e t
face.
To cause the expression on one's face to become
fixed; not to change
one's expression*
...she set her face as

if it had been cast in metal**.(Cain, 208)*

to set fire to.

cause something to burn; to setsomething on fire.

To

.. .going through machine-gun fire that came so close it set fire to his
pack (Tank, 1*4-9).
Go into his office and set fire to, a wastebasket where it *11 do about
ten dollars worth of dammage
((Gardner* *4-5)•
to set foot on*

To be on, at, in.

...four Scouts, sillAlaskans, were the first Tanks to set foot op Ziaka
(Tank, 191).
What was going to become of my record of being sick in every country I'd
ever set foot onT (Pyle, 131)•
to set forth.

To present; to say, write;

to deliver.

Many of the facts which were set forth had been obtained through an inter­
view with Perry Mason*..
(Gardner, 213)*
to set going.

To start; to begin.

I forgot to ask how

the pill was eet going

(Pyle,

1?2)*

a set grin*
A mechanical smile; a fixed mirthless smile;
with the mouth only.

a smile, grin,

We in the jeeps smiled back until we had set grins on our faces
*58).
to set in.
"

(Pyle.

To develop; to begin and to develop; to become established.
V

...we could sense that it had set in for the afternoon (Pyle, 400)*
Blood poisoning set in from an infested blister
(Gardner, 110).
to be set in*
ways.

To be firm in; to be unwilling to change opinions, ideas,

Being old fashioned and set in my ways, I liked the first one best

(Pyle,

302).
Jeffrey had always heard that one became set in one's opinions as time went
on...
(Marquand, 97).
to set off.
1. To emphasize; to make more attractive; to cause to be more beautiful.

Veda...wearing a pal® green drees to set off her coppery hair...
(Cain
139).
The shoes...eet off the whole costume with a hit of sip (Cain, 221).
2. To cause to explode; to detonate.
A fragment of the shell had set off an ammo trailer...
(Yank, 196).
...hut they kept talking about the dog walking right across those shells
as though there might have been some danger of his setting them off...
(Pyle, 115).
3. To cause to begin; to start.
A single gun blast set off a continuous rebounding of so'ind...

(Pyle, 203).

To separate; to set apart.
I didn't realize how different certain parts of our country are from others
until I saw those men set off in a frame, as it were, in a strage faraway
place
(Pyle, ^9).
&

of false teeth.

Dentures; upper and lower plates.

...the set of false teeth issued to him by the Army
a set of rules.

(Yank, l?l).

A code of conduct; a code, rules, for conduct, behavior.

They spent the next half hour thoughtfully drawing up a set ofrules
for it
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 19^7. 20).
~
a set of
tennis. A number of games of tennis played asunits
tennis match. The winner wins by two games.
How about a set of tennis. JeffT
to be set on.

in a

(Marquand, 258).

To be determined about; to be inflexible about.

Mildred, there's one thing I can do, and if you're set op this, I want to
do it
(Cain, 85).
to eet —
fire.)

on fire.

To cause to burn; to set afire; to burn.

(Cf. oa

A shell could set the strawstack oji fire... (Yank, 239).
...a certain corporal, who shall be nameless, set the tent on fire and smoked
me out
(Yank, 96).
to set out.
1. To place openly; to set in an open place.

1 1 * 4 -0 -

... Jeffrey and Alf went swimming somewhere, while his father and his aunt
and Sthel set out the things
(Marquand, 5*4-6).
...Ida's quick eye spotted the desert dishes, and she set them out on a
tray (Cain, 123).
She set them out on the kitchen table, then resumed her talk (Cain, 2*4-).
2. To start on a trip, journey.
The most remarkable thing about our meeting was a letter I had received
a few hours before, as I was setting out for General Clark's main
headquarters...
(Pyle, 213).
So we piled in and directed Chauffeur Cogam to. set out for the nearby
village...
(Pyle, *4-08).
In the week aboard ship before we set out on the invasion...
(Pyle, 3).
...Fed Riding Hood set out to go to her grandmother's house (Tank, 155)*
to set the -pace.
1. To establish the speed; to move end have others move at the same speed.
Uncle Joe sets the -pace on all trips

(Yank, 130).

2. To establish and maintain a fashion, manner, way, so that others
imitate.
But Carolina still set the pace, and a year of wraetling with French and
Italian hadn't changed their accent a bit
(Pyle, 101)*
to set a record.
To establish a record; to make a record; to do
something bbetter than anyone else has ever done.
I watched the men set a new unofficial record by firing three rounds in a
little over *4-0 seconds (Yank, 13*0•
to set £ table.
To place knives, forks, spoonf, china, salt, pepper,
sugar, batter, bread, and the like on a table*
...when the laundry service delivered her napkins and doilies, she couldn't
resist setting £ table to see how it looked (Cain, 116)*
"Want me to. set the tablet" I asked (Gardner, 1*4-5)*
to set the time*
To name, establish, designate, a time at which
thing is to happen.
He set the time of the funeral at noon the next day
the setting sun*
In the
R a y '8 head

soms-

(Cain, 106)*

The sun as it goes down in the evening*

arm, as rainbow was shimmering over the spray, framing
(Cain, 108).

to settle back.

To relax in a chair, bed, or the like.

Judge Teadwell leaned forward to appraise him...then settled back in his
chair with an air of complete detachment
(Gardner, 29).
Tou settle back again with your thoughts but after a moment...
(Tank, 6*0
She settled back, loset a slightly uneaBy feeling she had had, of being
just a pick-up (Cain, 92).
But she had barely ee_ttled back when he took his arm away (Cain, 22*0.
Frankie settled back on the bunk...
(Tank, 122).
Working with the hose, they extinguished the flames, then settled back in
the darkness to await further action (Tank, *4-6).
to settle a claim.

To pay a debt, obligation, satisfactorily.

Tou had an opportunity to settle this claim w ithout trouble or expense...
(Tank, 142).
to settle d o w n .

1. To become quiet, still, relaxed.
Settle down — curtain (Marquand, *4-96).
...I could somehow feel the quiet, composure that comes to men of turmoil
when they settle down for the night...
(Pyle, 291).
F i n a l l y w e fust s e t t l e d d o w n to w a i t

our turn...

(Pyle,

359).

...the war settled down and there was room for movement...
(Pyle, *4-18).
While everybody settled down for the night, I sat on the platform...
(Tank, 116).
The patrols went out and the battalion settled down to wait (Tank, *48).
2. To choose a place of residence with the intentions of living there
for the rest of one's life.
We had met a Memphis schoolteacher, married her, and settled down there in
a job at the Linde Air Products Company, making oxygen (Pyle, 37).
...he was t o m between flying after the war or going back to Colorado
and settling down to enjoy the mountains (Pyle, 165).
She's evidently buying furniture and settling down (Gardner, 15)*
When I was fifteen, he came back here £o settle down (Gardner, 3)*
When pe^ce comes he plans to...settle down with his family in Carmel,
Calif.
(Tank, 13l).
3* To settle; to come down; to descend.
He used to run his -uncle's bar in Middlesboro and. he said when the war
was over he was going to drink the bar dry, and then just settle down
behind it for the rest of his life
(Pyle, 27).
As she turned into Pierce Drive the night chill settled down. and she
felt cold...
(Cain, 15)*

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4. To load & quiet life; not to dissipate; not to run around, travel*
It1* time you settled down (Marquand, 101).
"Someday," Walter said, "when I settle down, I should like a home like
this" (Marquand, 121).
That would send her on a splurge, not make her settle down...
(Gardner.
------------

15).

He thought when he got married to a nice girl and settled down his stomach
would he hotter... (Marquand, 276).
Her name was Agnes, Just plain Agnes, five letters and when you added
them to Alf, it made eight, and Alf was setting down (Marquand, 476).
He was getting fat himself and he was settling down (Marquand. 476)*
5. To arrange one's goods, furniture, in a residence, habitation,
after having moved.
It was a strange, unnatural Veda who Bettled down w ith her at the hotel*. •
(Cain, 257).
The furniture seemed stiff and unreal as though it had not as yet become
accustomed to its new surroundings and settled down to homey comfort
(Gardner, 18).
They figured one day for moving, one for settling down... (Pyle, 470)*
to settle down to.
1. To concentrate on; to work at*
...we settled d own to w o r k

(Tank, 203).

Letty arrived, and Mildred had her make lunch forArlineand Fancho, then
settled down to what she really liked, which w*>scooking(Cain, 116)*
2. To become in essence; to become essentially*
...the situation on Hastings Ridge settled down to a period of consolidating
*.. (Tank, 19).
to settle on.

To decide on; to choose.

He finally settled oja Lt...Robert H. Thompson of Moccasin, Mont.
(Tank, 190).
On the choice of a casket, Bert haggled bravely, bringing all his business
Judgment to bear, and presently settled on a white enamelled one*..
(Cain, 106)*
to settle things*

To make peace; to force peaceful relations*

...because he was an American, and he wa* going over there to settle
things (Marquand, 424)*

-xjl^y-

to settle tip ,

1, To pay a debt, obligation.
That n«w8, incidentally, was the occasion for settling
het.
(Pyle, 13).

up

any number of

2, To come to an satisfactory agreement in an argument, dispute, or
the like,
I remember he told somebody that things had been all settled up. and
there wasn't going to be any trouble (Gainer, 103^,
to set to (gerund),
to do.

To

bb placed in a Job, position; to be given work

Correspondents were snapped bank from Europe and put on the slot, or were
set to running the morgue,..
(Marquand, 2h),
to eet to work.

To begin to work; to start working,

...and thereupon had set to work with an old razor blade and had worried
all the pennies out
(New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19^7, 23) •
to set a trap for.

To attempt to ensnare; to try to catch; to ambush.

He said this with quiet complacency, for he had set a little trap for
her, and she had fallen into it
(Cain, 3).
She didn't really believe they were dirty bastards, and she had set a trap
for Wally (Cain, 30),
&JLL22EL*

-A- condition, situation, position.

This set-up was Italian 3 M with German officers
(Yank, I2h),
In a set-up like this, they could never whip us
(Yank, 53).
to set up.
1, To create; to cause to come into being.
...setting up camp in all available space...
(Yank, 115).
(Co.)...A pushed out in advance, taking up positions and setting up an CP
...
(Yank, 7),
Defense of the beach was Bet up facing the sea...
(Yank, 8),
Capt. Downen set up his CP in a 1,000 pound bomb
crater (Yank, 7),
...the battalion pulled back to O'Brien Hill and
set upa perimeter defense
of outposts...
(Yank, 5)*
...and retired colonels, were all buying Connecticut farms and setting
up roadhouses...
(Banquand, 111),

A couple of Navy kids tad eet up a temporary aid station...
(Yank, 168).
Later that afternoon the battalion medics set u p an aid station across
the street from the CP...
(Yank, 50)*
.. .ack-ack guns set up a turmoil...
(Pyle, 234).
...while a circle of rosebuds, spaced neatly around the rim, set up a sort
of silent twittering (Cain, 8).
...you discontinued that allotment and set up one for $45 (Yank, 171).
...setting up the fear that...she was denying the child... (Cain, 133).
German doctors had eet up shop in a shed...
(Pyle, 375)•
They set up a small Public ’’elations section...
(Pyle, 397).
It was ironic to walk into a half-demolished building and find a command
post set up in the remaining rooms...
(Pyle, 183)*
The regiment was bivouacked over an area a mile or more square, with...
regimental commend posts set up in farm houses
(Pyle, 182).
...before communication centers could be set up ashore (Pyle, 15).
...our many command posts were set up wherever possible in Italian farm or
village houses
(Pyle, 132).
They had s_et u p a "correspondents' room" ...
(Pyle, 302).
...Pal lie ter set up his headquarters at a small town called TingoMaria
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
He thought he might set up a small restaurant in Bvansvillle
(Pyle, 449).
...our Public Relations section was set up in a camp... (Pyle, 230).
You'd know if you ever set up a trust fund for children
(Marquand, 402).
After the war he guessed h e would set u p another auto repair shop (Pyle,

hll).

...the firBt thing it did was set up security (Yank, 48).
Ordnance is set up in a vast structure of organization...
(Pyle, 418).
Transmission facilities were set up to carry a maximum of half a million
words a day...
(Pyle, 299).
To further this interest he had set up a nice little laboratory in one of
the tents, complete with microscope and glass tubes
(Pyle, 45).
...but when the artillery set up positions, the Japs...
(Yank, 41).
2. To erect; to construct; to put together.
We've never yet had a chance tj> set it uj) (Yank, 149).
But men ought to be trained to set up guns
on all kindsof terrain(Yank,

150

).

The Japs had set up a dual-purpose antiaircraft gun...
(Yank, 145).
There was a Jap setting up a machine gun...
(Yank, 145).
She got a bridge table out of the closet and set it up in front of the
fireplace
(Cain, 28).
Under Bert's direction, they set up trusses near the window, and arranged
the casket, and stepped back to permit the guests to pass by (Cain, 108)
The press photographers were setting up lights in the corner... (Marquand,
291).
There were Bren guns, and the Kiwis were setting up an antitank gun,
carried up during the night (Yank, 60).
...the ordnance companies began leapfrogging each other, one working while
another of the same type moved around it and set up (Pyle, 420).

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...he saw some soldiers, wearing the p&tch of John's division, getting
ready to take a hath at an outdoor shower the Army had set u p
(Pyle,
412).
...we once again set up our cots in a tent...
(Pyle, 463).
Once in a while the Army set up some portable showers in the woods a few
miles away and the gunners could go, a few at a time, in a truck and get
a hath (Pyle, 110)•
3. To arrange in order; to place in the proper position*
...we set up the mess hall for supper (Yank, 229)*
...the men h.d barely., .set up for what they thought was a waiting period
outside Font L'Ahbe...
(Yank, 134).
He used to set 'em up for the Sportland howlers... (Yank, 175)•
One day he h a d hiB plane set u p for a flight to northern England (Pyle,

318).

He didn't like to set up the tables... (Yank, 229).
...he had to know how may tables to, set u p An his mess hall...
(Yank, 229)
...he would have the KFs set u p a few tables...
(Yank, 229)*
Macy has a number of completely furnished model bedrooms, living rooms,
etc., set up off its principal furniture display...
(New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
4. To place in an upright position.
...the tree that had already been set u p . ..
(Cain, 153)*
On the shore, painted wooden markers were immediately set up directing
various units to appointed rendezvous areas (Pyle, 28).
to set up the machinery.

To arrange a method, plan, organization.

If the Array could have set up the machinery and told every soldier
to step up on the proper day and mark his "X"...
(Pyle, 137).
seven days a week.

Every day.

It was a round-the-clock job, seven days & week. up on "The Point"
(Yank, 178).
sewing basket.
A container a woman use# in the home to store thread,
needles, scissors, buttons, and the like in addition to clothes
mending repair.
But around four- o'clock, when it started to rain, she put the sewing
basket away, went to the kitchen...
(Cain, 25).
sewing kit.
A small, pocket sized folder which contains needles, thread
scissor8, buttons, and the like, often carried by soldiers or travelers*
Upon receipt of the sewing kit, the soldier carefully took out the needles
to pin up...
(Yank, l4lT7“

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sewing machineA machine, electrically or foot operated, for
stitching, or dewing*
...because Ethel loved her electric sewing machine as much ae she loved
her washing machine that washed and dried...
(Marquand, 357).
The first two sewing machines he had bought from Italians...
(Pyle, 190).
to sew

up

.

1. To get in a position, condition, situation, so that one must remain
unable to move or take action.
Anderson and Levorson were sewed
(Tank, 191).

up

in the cross-fire for several hours

2. To enclose; to secure; to control.
He said into the first telephone, "Okay, keep the place sewed

60).

u p 11

(Gardner,

3. To repair cloth by sewing.
Jed couldn't sew

up

those holes for $10,000

(Pyle, 26l).

to shack (up) with.
To live with a woman who is not one's wife for
some time for the purpose of coitus, sexual intercourse.
The medicine man was Orley Buaham...who years ago had shacked up with a
half-breed cook (Time, Oct. 14, 1946).
She wanted me t^. shack with her tonight...
(Walker, Show Me the Wav.
Viking Press, New York, 1947, 191)•
a shade under.

A little less than.

She was £ shade warier medium height, and her small size, mousy— blond hair
...
(Cain, 16).
to shake down.
1. To blacloaail; to get money from another under false pretenses.
You're Just trying to shake her down, shake the whole family down, for
money (Cain, 205T.
Trying tcj shake me down (Gardner, 98).
They tried to shake me down, and I told them where they got off
(Gardner,
55).

2. To settle down; to become after a period of trial and error.
...the bar shook down into a profitable sideline...

(Cain, 174).

to shake hands (with).
T o grasp another's hand with one's right hAnd
or farewell; to greet o x x e "by a hand shake.
He shook hands all ar o u n d
(Pyle, 197),
He sliook hands and said t ± x o . t he would see me tomorrow (Tank, 59)JefTrey did not listen t o
*fcheir names, when they called him "sir" and
shook hands (Marquand.
296).
I jumped up and grabbed h . i m s by the arm and started shaking hands...
(Tank.
---12 ).
I wante to shake your h a n d .
(Pyle, -M*>).
...frantic men, women a n d
c h i l d r e n grabbed us and kissed us and shook
our hands... (Pyle,
6 )•
...Tito rose to shake harudLei again (Tank, 2*+9).
We shook hands.
("tank.
2*4-9).
We shook “hands until our
were brdsed and scratched (Pyle, **58).
.. .whether he was s u p p o s e d , t o spring from his chair and shake hands
and say that he was p l e n s e d to meet them...
(Marquand, 2M+).
Mason shlled genially as *fc.Xsey crowded about him, shaking hands, showering
congratulat ions (Gar dix ^ xr . 215 ).
"Well, pard," he said, "X • I X be shaking hands now" (Gardner, 217).
...when she had let them d - n . they had all shaken hands, taking her for
"a friend" (Cain, 112> _
Harry Xngel, the u n f o r t u x v s ^ e possessor of the anchor inventory, got up
and shook hands, awkwar~«a_X.y and self-consciously (Cain, 112).
He shook hands, sat down.
c r o s s e d well-croosed, gray trousers...
(Gardner^
2TT.-------...it was large enough s o
*fchat one was conscious of its size when one
walked around it to shwLlfmrc hands
(Marquand, 267) •
That day when all those ‘i'«e-riJcs were shaking hands, laughing and passing
around flasks...
(Yan^c ^
30 )*
The oldsters among us w t u X _ d shake hands (Pyle, 35*0 •
...everyone would smile a x i d shake hands, and then go on playing bridge...
(Marquand, 218)•
...they shook hands r a p i d L 3 _ y all around...
(Pyle, 2?9).
...Australian armored c a r M
were going to break through and shake hands with
the Americans...
(Yank.
31)*
Jeff, shake hands with Mr* _
Jesse Fineman (Marquand, 283)»
...a few seconds later, w s l s shaking hands with the calmly competent,
complete unperturbed p x * o « p e c t o r
(Gardner, 55)•
He shook hands with a f i n e
show ofhospitality, offered a drink as though
the liquor were his ovnx •
. . (Cain, 58).
Wantcha shake hands with m y ree-placement... (Yank, 226).
I didn't ask you to shak«
ktemde with Miller... (Yank, 226).
She shook hands with him.
-then remembered she should kiss him... (Cain,
H27:
,
.
... Monty... slipped into t; k x e box and shook hands with Bert (Cain, 239)«
And did you shake hands w X t h himT
(Gardner, l ^ y i
She shokk hands with them.
sl XI...
(Cain, 127).
And then I turned to s h a l e h a n d s with Reif (Pyle, 293)•
I would shakehands with e - v e r y one again... (Tank, 12).
...she went over and s h o o X c inis hand (Cain, 2*4X).

1148-

Then I shook hands with Hogarty and left
(Gardner, 191).
Milicant crossed over to shake hands with Mason (Gardner, 23).
to s h a k e

head.

1. (Used to indicate the negative.)
Jeffrey shook his head (Marquand, 10).
...and Madge would shake her head at him when Fred offered him the "box
(Marquand, 132).
Mason shook his head (Gardner, 68).
Mason shook h i s head (Gardner, 128).
He shook his head
(Gardner, 111).
She shook her head
(Gardner, 110).
The waitress shook her head (Gardner, 95)•
Mason shook his head (Gardner, 211).
Mason slowly shook his head (Gardner, 217).
Leeds looked at him, steadily, slowly shook his head (Gardner, 183).
She thought that over silently, then shook her head. and said, "No"
(Gardner, 75)*
The first nurse had Bay's wrist, and Mildred saw her catch Dr. Collins's
eye and glumly shake her head (Cain, 103).
Bert listened, and began shaking his head (Cain, 202).
...Mr. Simons shook his head (Cain, 204).
The corporal looked sadly at the envelopes end shook his head (Yank, 29).
As I shook my head she removed the gum she had been working on throughout
the interview
(Yank, 133).
The lawyer shook his head
(Gardner, 158).
2. (Used to indicate that one does not understand.)
Jeffrey sighed and shook his head (Marquand, 394).
The colonel shook his head and agreed (Yank, 50).
Drake shook his head (Gardner, 50).
Mason shook his heed, slid open a desk drawer end threw some dice in it
(Gardner, 16).
He...shook his head (Cain, 135).
...he shook his head, as though she were incredibly obtuBe.. . (Cain, 145).
Mrs. GeBsler listened, sipped her tea, shook her head (Cain, 83).
Then Mrs. Geesler shook her head (Cain| 10).
...then shook his head
(Cain, 150).
...they'd .just shake their heads and laugh (Yank, 12).
to shake off.

To rid oneslef of; to get rid of; to do away with.

...she could never shake off the feeling that if he accepted her as his
social equal he would act differently about it
(Cain, 142).
We drank warm coffee to shake off the morning chill...
(Yank, 255)»
...sat there in the dark looking out at the familiar scene, trying to
shake off the melancholy that was creeping over her (Cain, 15)•

-Ilh9-

Jeffrey Btill co\ild not shake off the feeling that he was saying good-bye
to something (Marquand, ^13)•
a shake up.

A thorough going change;

...he doesn't know it yet, but his house
*4-0).

a complete revision,
is due for a big shake-up (Cain.

to shake u p ,
1. To perturb; to disturb; to agitate.
Mildred was so shaken up by Mr. Treviso's last revelation...
(Cain, 219),
...what shook up Mildred...was the perception that this child was no
longer a child (Cain, 190),
2. To shake; to jar.
Nearby bombs shook us ug., too
shame faced.

(Pyle, 7)*

Shamed; ashamed.

...take her in her arms and tell her about it in some way that didn't seem
so shame-faced
(Cain, 12),
to share and share alike.
amounts.

To share equally; to get the same, equal,

...wanted to throw in her lot with two prospectors on a basis of share and
share alike. (Gardner, 180).
to share a bond.
To experience common pleasures, hardships, and the
like so as to become connected one to another.
Yet those of us who became friends right at the beginning in Africa or
even back in England seemed to share a bond as though we were members
of a fraternity or a little family, and getting back together again
was comfortable and old-shoelike
(Pyle, 83).
to shave off.

To remove whiskers, hair, by shaving,

...30 minutes to get that beard shaved off (Yank, 172),
Anderson had grown a red goatee which he was not going to shave off
till the war wes won
(Pyle, h28).
...where he immediately got into trouble because he refused to permit his
beard to be shaved off. and because he patted a pretty nurse in the
right piece (Yank, 110),
Another one who finished the same day...shaved off the beard he had been
growing for months
(Pyle, 1?2).
Ram8eur was about to shave off a half-inch growth of whiskers
(Pyle, 216).

-115©-

a s h a v tail»
A second lieutenant; the lowest rank of commissioned
officers in the army,
...in that uniform that anybody could have seen what he was, a shave-tail
Just commissioned in the Officer*» Reserve...
(Marquand, 525),
I'm afraid I'm going to run into difficulties with some of those pretty
shave tails (Yank, 216).
About that time ft shave tall that isn't old enough to grow a beard pipes
up...
(Yank, 172),
shaving kit.
A compact container for a razor, shaving brush, shaving
soap, face lotion, and powder.
The compact shaving kit
A shaving mirror,

(Yank, l4l),

A small mirror.

There was a fireplace with brass andirons and a mahogany bureau with a
shaving mirror
(Marquand, 258),
shaving soap.

The soap used for lather for shaving.

It reminded him that it was time to buy a stick of shaving soap...
(Marquand, 240)•
to 8hear away.

To remove; to cut off.

...beauty was completely shorn away
to shed blood.

(Yank, 227).

To kill.

There are not always tanks to help, and not always is it done with so
little shedding of blood (Pyle, 407)»
to shed (ft) tear(s).

To cry; to weep.

Shed a tear for some poor colonel...

(Yank, 154),

to be sheep driven to slaughter.
To be helpless in the hands of some­
one else; to be obliged to do as one is told without defending bneself.
The German soldiers were sheep being driven to slaughter, but at the
same time they possessed barbarous vindictiveness
(Marquand, 202).
sheer luck.

Pure chance; only luck.

Most of their hits were sheer luck
sheer pride.
intensive.)

(Yank, 181),

Nothing but pride; pride,

(Sheer is used here as an

Sheer pride demanded that she say something,..
sheer silk.

(Cain, 145).

Transparent silk cloth* very thin silk material.

...smooth lines of her neck stretching down into perfectly formed
curves visible beneath the sheer silk of the lounging pajamas...
(Gardner, 160).
shell fire,
projectile.

Firing of large cannon and the explosion of the shell,

•. .Buck was trying to recover his sight after being dased by shell fire
(Tank, 47).
shell hole.
A hole, depression in the ground, excavated by the
plosion of a shell, projectile.

ex­

•. .wiggled through an entrance that was nothing more than a shell hole
in the wall...
(Tank, 60).
The sidewalks had shell holes in them (Pyle, 235).
to shell peas.
To remove the hulls from green peas; to get the green
peas out of the pod.
...popped the chicken into the oven, scraped four potatoes, shelled a
little dish of -peas (Cain, 27).
shell Bhock.
Battle fatigue; a psychoneurotic condition among soldiers
developing due to stress and strain in modern warfare.
(Shell ahnnlr was
used very little in World War II.)
The Japs would stand up there on the hilltop, shell-shocked. I suppose
(Tank, 53).
a shelter half.
One half of a shelter tent, pup tent; the part of a
pup tent each man is issued.
(Two men put their halves together and
form a tent large enough for the two of them.)
The men are putting up their shelter halves...
(Tank, 235).
One of the men. ..yanked the shelter half off the ammunition (Tank, 240).
A shelter half...was on fire (Tank, 240).
...some of them were trying to sleep, stretched out on wet shelter halves
(Tank, 50).
2. Shetland -pony.
A diminutive breed of horse, pony, characterized by
a long mane and bushy coat.
...it is possible to get less costly furs, such a s ...Shetland ponies
(Tank, 227).

-1152-

£o shift i a n

•

T o e a r n o n e ' * o w n l i v i n g a n d to b e i n d e p e n d e n t of

others for decisions; to b e on one's own.
He thought t h e y w o u l d h a v e s h i f t e d for t h e m selves so e a r l y in l i f e that
w o u l d hav e built u p the inner strength...
(Pyle, 1 5h).
to shift f r o m one f o o t to the o t h e r .
To
stand first on one f oot a n d then
o n the other; to sh i f t on e ' s w e i g h t from foot to foot.

Jeffrey found himself shifting from one foot to another

(Marquand, h8h).

J i m s h i f t e d h is w e i g h t f r o m one foot to the other w h i l e J e f f r e y . . .
(Marquand, 59) •
to shift o v e r .
po sition.

To c h a n g e p o s i t i o n s ;

to mov e to a d i f f e r e n t location,

(Pyle, *4-21).

Then the w h o l e g a n g s h i f t e d over a n d scrubbed the p a r t s
to shine s h o e s .
T o p o l i s h shoes;
the shoes to m a k e t h e m shine.
I starch m y cap a n d s h i n e m y shoes...

to a p p l y p o l i s h to shoes a n d to rub

(Tank, 157).

to s h i n n y d o w n .
To c l i m b down; to d e s c e n d b y climbing.
the sort of c l i m b i n g a s d o n e w h e n one climbs a tree.)

He dropped the walkie-talkie and shiniled down
to shinny up.

(Tank, 92).

T o climb up; to ascend b y cliiding.

.. .Purg of Malden, Mass., a m o r t a r observer, s h i n n i e d
p e r c h h O feet a b o v e the river...
(Yank, 91)•
to ship o u t .

To leave;

to depart;

(This implies

(See: £0 s h i n n y
u p a tree

shock t r o o p s .
Sold i e r s , troops, e s p e cially selected,
o r i e n t e d for attack; e s p e c i a l l y g o o d troops.

to shoo a w a y .

be shipped

trained and

(Tank, 122).

G e n t l y to f o r c e b a ck, away;

Mae s h o o e d h i m a w a y

to a

to go away.

Tou might not hear from me for a while, as I am expecting to
out any day now — to North Carolina (Tank, 8h).

Being shock troops got in their blood

down.)

to p u s h w a y

kindly.

(Tank, 133 )•

to shoot a t .
To f i r e a gun, cannon, pistol, or the l ike at,
w i t h the i n t e n t i o n of h i t t i n g someone, something.

toward,

-1153-

In JiiiX8ty-niM cases out of a hundred an artillery m m never sees what
he's shooting at
(Pyle, 97).
...the infantry found itself being shot at with our weapons...
(Tank, 5).
They'd never been shot at and had never shot one of their own guns...
(Pyle. 8).
Tou see — well, perhaps I'm silly — I used to be shot at. once
(Marquand, 579)*
to shoot back.

To return fire; to shoot at one after having been shot

f

...I figured the Germans would shoot back (Pyle, 404).
If you could Just man a gun ans shoot back it wouldn't be so bed
380).
to shoot craps.
of dice.

(Pyle,

To throw dice; to participate in a crap game, a game

Does he ever shoot crans for large stakesT
(Gardner, 14).
A couple of customers came in and pretty quick they were shooting craps
(Gardner, 72).
...they shot craps, played slot machines free (Tank, 159)*
Have you shot any c raps with him lately?
(Gardner, 22).
to shoot --- cuffs.
To pull, force one's cuffs down onto
so that the cuffs protruce from under the coat sleeve.
...he snapped his fingers again, and shot back his cuffs...

45).

to shoot dice.
game.

one's hands
(Marquand,

To throw dice; to shoot craps; to take part in a dice

It came my turn to shoot the dice

(Tank, 173).

to shoot down.
1. To shoot at an object in the air and cause it to fall.
Anri another one who didn't fly at all wrote home that he had just shot
down three zeroes (Pyle, 137).
...a pleasant guy with a sourpuse, went on shooting down fighters that he
was reluctant to claim (Tank, 86).
...Ed Eland...was shot down behind the German lines
(Pyle, 166).
He wanted to tell Jim about Stan Rhett that day they were shot down
(Mar quand, 543)•
A daily score was kept of the planes shot down...
(Pyle, 382).
...one four gun battery shot down fifteen planes in the first two weeks
(Pyle, 382).
It has such a high score of planes shot down (Pyle, 385).

•..a plane either vrae ehot down or vent out of range... (Pyle, 389)*
"Jeffrey," he heard Madge saying, "where wa s it that your plane was
shot down?" (Marquand, 229).
"My husband•s airplane," she said, "was shot down over there"
(Marquand
228).
...if shot down he had almost a fifty-fifty chance of becoming a prisoner
(Pyle, *70J T
A mechanic whose plane had been shot down was like a boy who has lost his
dad (Pyle, 170).
Best of all, we were credited with shooting down one of the planes
(Pyle, 7).
3flvery time I went to an airdrome it seemed as if I always slept on the
cot of the last pilot who had been shot down (Pyle, 177).
...Lieutenant Miles,..almost shot himself down one day (Pyle, 167).
It was a gesture of elation similar to that of a fighter pilot doing a
snap roll over the home field after shooting down a Sazi plane
(Pyle,
172).
The Germans tried to shoot them down with ack-ack.. . (Pyle, 240).
The leaflet planes...shot down a respectable number of enemy fighters...
(Yank, 127).
Tou have been told that he was shot down (Marquand, 216).
...the battery commander told us that our tentative score for the night
was 8even planes shot down (Pyle, 393).
When it was over...we found four planes had been shot down (Pyle, 7)*
Some were shot down over Japanese territory (Pyle, 316).
He shot down a Messershmitt-llO with a BAR (Yank, 125).
...stillness that reminded him of that field in France and that patch
of woods were he and Stan Rhett had been shot down (Marquand, 5^6).
...gunners ehot it down with all four motors streaming fire (Yank, 118).
2. To kill by shooting.
There was a lieutenant who had been shot down near a pillbox... (Yank, 10)
He drew a bead and shot down the burning Jap
(Yank, 192).
Has Pvt. Luckey ever seen his friends... shot down by the JapsT (Yank, 211)
to shoot first and ask afterwards (later).
To be very wary and to take
no chances so that upon hearing or seeing something, someone, to shoot
and later to try to discover the identity of what was shot; to be trigger
happy.
...tough Partisan soldiers who shoot first and ask you to halt afterward
(Yank, 2i*7).
to shoot for.

To set as ag>al; to aim for.

A goal i8 what anyone overseas needs —
(Pyle, 329).
to shoot from the hip.
careful aiming.

a. ddfinite time limit to. shoot for

To fire a rifle, pistol, or the like without

They ought to learn to shoot from the hip in a harry...
to, shoot a glance at#

(Tank, lb-9) .

To look quickly at; to glance at hurriedly#

Wally ehot a glance at Veda...
(Cain, 201).
Occasionally they shot glances at the executive officer looking for help
(Yan ., k 6 )•
She...shot appraising glances at Mildred...
(Cain, 193).
to shoot golf.

To play golf; to take part in a game of golf.

Oh, go ahead and shoot your golf, you hig bluff, and don't breathe a word
of this to anyone (Gardner, 93)•
to s h o o t
in the back.
suspecting.

To shoot one when one is defenseless, un­

Lt. Ross whistled because he felt guilty about shooting him ix^ the back
(Yank, 55)*
a shooting gallery.
A place indoors set aside for shooting, target
p r a c t i c e . ( O f t e n found in carnivals, fairs, or the like as a business.)
...I bad been feeling pretty much like a flay pigeon at a shooting e-all «ry
(Pyle, 232).
2: 8rooting scrape.

An affair in which people shoot at each other.

At one tine, he said that he'd been in a shooting scrape over a women
(Gardner, 138).
...talks occasionally about the old days in the Yukon country, never
mentions any of his own adventures, becomes interested in stories of
frontier brawls, and shooting scrapes. (Gardner, 127)•
a shooting war.
War which involves actual shooting and use of arms as
contrasted with the cold war, the phony war.
35%»•.are ready to risk some kind of shooting war at once

(Time, Aug. 4,

m i , 5).
shooting stars.
A meteor flying brightly illuminated for a brief
instant through the earth's atmosphere.
Until you sleep under the open skies you never realize how may shooting
stars there are in the heavens (Pyle, 91)•
to shoot off.
1. To rbmove by shooting.

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Any Allied, soldier foolish enough, to stick his heed over thil rock promptly
got it 8hot off (Yank, 167).
...he had his pants shot off as a second lieutenant...
(Yank, 167),
Once the tank he was serving in was hit, and his tank commander's head
shot clear off (Pyle, 269)•
...lying on one of the upper levels with one leg shot off (Yank, 47).
2. To fire; to cause to explode, fire.
Why don't you let me shoot off that thingT...So Bubble went over, pulled
the lanyard, and sent the big shell on its way (Pyle, 113).
to shoot o f f
knowledge.

mouth.

To talk hastily; without thinking or much

He sure shot off his mouth about our treatment of the Japs

(Yank, 211).

to shoot out.
1. To break, destroy, by shooting as a window, light, or the like.
And at the same time he shot out all the rrd flares he had in the plane
(Pyle, 330).
We may have to shoot out some search lights (Pyle, 20).
Flares are seldom completely shot out...
(Pyle, 392).
...Pfc. Jose Cervantez of Solomonsville, Ariz., had shot out another with
a BAP...
(Yank, 18).
2. To go out from, away from, very, very rapidly; to erupt.
Flames were shooting out of it...
(Pyle, 267)•
The 88 came closer and lobbed two of the rockets the Germans are using now
— deadly looking affairs shooting out like huge red flames (Yank, 16).
to shoot out of.

To remove by shooting.

His closest escape was when his waist gun was shot right out of his hand
(Pyle, 331).
to shoot out from u n d e r
is riding.

.

To kill or destroy a mount, vehicle, one

But...Satch Elkins had another half-truck...to replace the old one that
was shot out from under him...
(Pyle, 259).
He had had two tabks shot out from under him...
(Pyle, 262).
to shoot a picture.

To take a picture; to make a picture.

When they were...called to the Russian legation to. shoot conference
pictures... (Yank, 199).

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to shoot fltmare>

To "be fair, honest, above board*

"Just an old-fashioned custom," Mason said, "— one that's almost out of
date — that of shooting square with a client"
(Gardner, 185).
to shoot through*
1. To penetrate; to go quickly throughout*
A hot, savage thrill shot through Mildred

(Cain, 203).

2. To cause to go through very rapidly; to cauBe to penetrate fast*
"The tunnel could handle upwa d of fifteen million vehicles, all right,"
Spargo told us, "if there were some way to line them up and ahoot them
thro\igh whenever you wanted to..."
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19*47,
27).
to shoot

up

*

1. To shoot many times; to ruin by shooting*
Many of them had been pretty badly shot up...
(Pyle, 318).
Hal wrote that the plane was the most 8hot-ut> ship in the squadron (Pyle,
222
There would be light stuff in the Skagerrak, already, shooting u p the
German transports...
(Marquand, 78).
...they had been shot up
(Pyle, *4-23).
...their tank had been shot up three times (Pyle, 405)*
Another time his plane made a crash landing after being b-^dly shot up.. .
(Pyle, 215).
It took the pilot...two hours of intense map study to figure out what field
he had shot up so beautifully (Pyle, 169).
Whatever he found he shot up (Pyle, 167).
TSd often thought how ironic it was that his father had spent a lifetime
making trains run and how his son was overseas shotting up trains so
they couldn't run (Pyle, 165).
And another time, one of our Invaders got shot up over the target
(Pyle, 162).

).

2. To rise rapidly; to go up very fast.
It was Mrs. Forrester's turn to shoot up as though her legs were made of
springs...
(Cain, *0).
They kept firing at us and the water kept shooting u p ... (Yank, 116).
Then she shot up as though her legs were made of springs...
(Cain, h2).
Then a chill... shot up Mildred's backbone (Cain, 212)*
...another chill shot up Mildred's back (Cain, 213)*
After the other system went into effect, efficiency diot up like a rocket
(Pyle, 279).

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There wasn't even any aerial combat during the night and only a few flares
shot up from the beach (Pyle, 25)*
T 3« To grow; to increase in size.
That's why the lawn keeps shooting u p and why you can't keep it down with
a twenty-five dollar m o w e r CMarquand, 515)*
4. To expend, use up, by shooting.
And our big guns on an average he^vy day were shooting up more than
$10,000,000 worth of ammunition (Pyle, 417).
to ahoot up a temperature*
rapidly.

To develop a high bodily temperature

They shoot up e temperature, start running at the nose, refuse everything
you give them to eat...
(Cain, 99).
to shoot the works.
attempt.

To give all on one's efforts; to make a supreme

The Germans were shooting the works now, and now the show was on
78).
You've shot the works. and there it is (Marquand, 370).
In whatever pertains to comfort, shoot the works
(Cain, 227)*

(Marquand,

to shop around.
To try out different ones; to look at different ones
before making a choice.
Pruitt said he Just shopped around in the Army till he found the pilot
that suited him
(Pyle, 3'32)•
As a child she had gone to the Methodist Sunday school, but then her
mother had begun to shop around, and finally wound up with the astrologers
...
(Cain, 106)*
a shore dinner.

A meal of sea food: fish, lobster, oysters, or the like.

They want a shore dinner —

fish, lobster, and crab...

(Cain, 177)»

the shore M a e .
The edge of the shore next to the water; the line at
which the water and shore meet.
(Also attributive.)
It forced the assault troops into the most bizarre invasion of enemy
shore line in the second World War (Yank, 180).
In this shore-line maseto of carnage...
(Pyle, 366).
to shore u p .
To prop up; to support.
(This implies a supporting of a
w®ll, the sides of a ditch, and the like.)

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It took a lot of lumber £2, shore
(Pyle, 257).
a shortage of»

ut>

all those thousands of dugouts

Not enough of; a deficit in.

...some day m the future there will be a shortage of fighter replacements
when the enemy needs them badly (Tank, 128).
short circuited.
Being in a condition of having a complete electrical
circuit through a medium of low resistance; hence, broken, burned out,
destroyed by a short circuit.
...the rest did not work as the wires had been short-circuited

(Tank, 18*0.

a short cut.
A way, path, manner, which is mo e direct, shorter, than
the usual one.
Eo's pretty good at verbal short cuts
(Tank, 36).
"That screws up the short cut.w he said (Tank, 198).
to short cut.

To take a more direct manner, way, path, than usual.

I like the dashing way you short-cut the conventional methods
212

).

short of.

(Gardner,

Not quite at but near to.

... shells...began to sprinkle the landing beach, just short of the in­
coming boats (Tank, 250).
to be short of.
Not to have enough of; not to have sufficient of; to
have a deficit in.
Sicily was known to be short of water in summertime, so our invasion
forces brought enough water with them to last five days (Pyle, 60).
Whatever happens to him, he won't be short of folding money (Tank, 28).
They were short of ammunition... TPyle, 233T«
If you were short of any of these things, you had better buy them quickly
(Marquand, 510)
short order.
An order a la carte; an order of food, usually one dish,
especially cooked.
If you like the daily special. I'd recommend it —
short order.

unless you want a

a short order cook.
The cook who prepares the a la carte orders; the
cook who prepares the individual dishes, specially prepared food.
...I can do it ell with...a fountain man, a short-order cook... (Cain, 175)
After his graduation he took a job as a short—order cook...
(Tank, 22).

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short order lolnt.
A small, inexpensive, inelegant restaurant special­
izing in a la carte orders such as steaks, sandwiches, etc.
Ee had newer done any cooking before Joining the Kavy, except
few hamburgers at a short-order Joint (Pyle, *1-0)•

tofry a

a short snorter.
A humorous, informal. Jesting, club of aviators who
have done a lot of flying. One becomes a member by paying two members
a dollar each and by having them sign a dollar bill which becomes his
membership c?rd.
(Also attributive.)
They all had Short Snorter bills
a short spell.

(Pyle, 3^9).

A short time; a little while.

Prices here are high, and vaalthy is one thing you're not likely tobe
after a short spell in this self-styled...
(Tank, 66).
short stop.

The

even

baseball player who stands between 1st and 2nd base.

...I'd stand down there by short stop...

(Tank, 188).

short wave.
A radio broadcasting or receiving on a wave length of
sixty meters or less; a radio for long distance reception or broadcasting.
The people on the outside would pick up the game on the short wave...
(Tank, 185).
a short way.

A short distance; a little distance.

That scene may sound very warlike to you, but so great is the contrast
between the actual lines and even & short way back that it we.s actually
a feetting of great calm (Pyle, 251)•
shot

up.

(Cf. tg, shoot

up.

)

Damaged; dilapidated; in poor shape.

...clearly marked by strips of mine tape, strung on two shot-up six-bysixes and two wrecked ambulances
(Tank, 57) •
to shoulder arms.
To place a rifle so that the barrel rests on one's
shoulder and the butt of the rifle is in one's hand.
(Usually implies
the right shoulder.)
Then the men shouldered arms and began to march away
a shoulder blade.
The scapula;
lower than the shoulder.

(Tank, 201).

flat, triangular bone in the back

This instrument had been inserted on a downward slope, clearing the left
shoulder blade and penetrating the he^rt (Gardner, 130)•

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... showing the fatal knife which protruded from the hack. Just above the
left shoulder blade
(Gardner, 129)*
shoulder deep.

In depth to one's shoulder; about five feet deep.

It was about shoulder—deerp. ..
shoulder high.

(Pyle, 265)•

In height to one1s dhoulder; about five feet high.

The Germans had masses of great six-pronged spiders...standing shmilrie-rhigh... (Pyle, 361).
shoulder strap.
▲ narrow piece of cloth usually sewed at the shoulder
seam and buttoned near the neck indicative of commissioned officer rank
and on which the officer fastens his insignia on the blouse.
...self-repeating, shoulder-strap model
(Tank, 121).
. .shoulder-strap button-hook catch...
(Yank, 121).
shoulder to shoulder.

Adjacent; next to each

They sat quietly shoulder to shoulder dressed in
...should worry.

other.
Claes A's

One needs not worry; one has no reason to be bothered

...he should worry whether he could tickle the keys or not
to shout back.

(Tank, 88).

To shout in answer; to answer

...the old woman shouted back...
to show (some) action.
activity.
*

(Cain, 139).

by shouting.

(Tank, 2^0).

To produce results; to take part in purposeful

...you show us some action by a week from tonight...

(Cain, 248).

to show around.
To take one from place to place so that one can see
different things.
The shift leader was Sergeant Prank Zigon...who showed us around (Pyle,
2^5) •
He had been shown around the place by David Schweizer... (New Yorker, XXIII
June 28, 19^7, l57t
Monty's showing the prospective buyers arrvppd (Cain, H H ) .
You show me aroun' the place
(Tank, 160)•
The lieutenant showing me around shook his head...
(Pyle, 3^0)*
I was shown around by three of them (Pyle, 3^0).
show business.

The theatre; theatrical business, activity.

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He drove out to Bragg because he wanted an excuse to get...away from the
show business (Marquand, 169),
to show cause.
To give reasons, facte, and law to assist the judge to
make a legal decision.
You will be ordered to appear and show cause why you should not be found
guilty of contempt of coxirt (Gardner, 39)•
a showdown Inspection,
A military inspection of personal equipment to
(l) make certain that each man has all of the equipment and clothing in
his possession that he ha.d been issued or (2) determine if stolen pro­
perty is in any man's possession,
...he willingly paid a $100 fine for not wearing a helmet at the last
showdown inspection before the Marauders started...
(Yank, 92),
to show —

hand.

To display one's defense, strength, plans.

Mason said, "I'm not going to, show my hand until you've shown yours*
(Gardner, 111),
to show an interest.

To be interested; to exhibit signs of interest.

At least Yeda did nit up at this, and show some faint sign of interest
(Cain, 7*0 •
to show --- in(to).
place.
Finally, an old,
three straight
the show is on.

To lead one into a piece; to escort one into a

bearded man...showed us into a square parlor finished with
chairs...
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6,19*^7, 20).
The action has begun; something has begun, started.

The Germans were shooting the works now, and the show was on
78).
a show of.

(Marquand,

A display consisting of; an exhibition of.

There was a show of photographs at the dinner...

(Yank, 70).

to show off.
To be ostentatious in a presentation; to display
ostentatiously.
(This implies a self-centered, egoeentric, person.)
"I'm not showing off," Walter said (Marquand, hh).
You know I don't want to show off, don't you (Marquand, Ub).
He smiled when he said it, because he did not want to show off
185).
He'll show off when he sees you (Marquand, **-7*0.

(Marquand,

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. ..he was sure that she would think that he was showing off

(Marquand,

188)•
a show qf --- own*

A fight, disturbance, in which one is engaged.

...a task force of the Big Bastard and several other battleships and
destroyers cut away from Its carrier for a little show of its own
(Tank, h-3).
to s h o w
out.
exit to one.

To escort one to the outside door; to indicate the

...I'll have Harris show you out
a show place.

(Cain, h3).

An estate, home, or unusual beauty of elegance.

Mr. Gorman knew that Mr. Wilson didn't want a show -place but a farm...
(Marouand, 502).
to 9how resentment.

To exhibit resentment; to be openly resentful.

Lest she show resentment. she started for the kitchen, but it seemed impos­
sible to get away from Ida (Cain, h8).
to show signs of.

To have indications of; to exhibit evidence of.

In mid—November lest year the tension of the Guadalcanal campaign showed
signs of wearing th Lou (Tank, 110).
For the first time, Miss Turner departed from her hard-boiled manner, and
showed some sign of annoyance
(Cain, h i ).
to show speed.

To

do something rapidly, hurriedly.

And if you could step on it slightly, show just a little speed —
might get to Arrowhead in time...
(Cain, 89)•
will show (th)em.
jperseverance •

One will demonstrate one's abilities, strength,

We'll show 'em, won't we JeffT
to show to advantage.
the best light.

why I

(Marquand, 193)*

To exhibit advantageously; to show, exhibit, in

She stood in the doorway...a position which accidentally showed her figure
to advantage
(Tank, 159)•
to show ——

t£ a chair.

To indicate to one which chair he is to sit in

He showed me £0 a chair next to his desk

(Tank, 2^9).

-116**—

to show

UP.

1* To a r r i v e ; t o come t o a p l a c e .
Boy, if they show

106

).

in a fi ghting meod I«m taking out of here

(Pyle.

When I firBt shoved up he was perfectly courteous...
(Pyle, 2**5).
...hut he did pour a dust-cutting libation for visitors who showed up
at suppertime...
(Pyle, 307)*
...it hadn't showed up yet
(Pyle, 333).
Every time you'd show up in Tunisia, we'd have a battle (Pyle, 261).
He had lived in tke field, for nearly two years, co king in a truck...
and always having a snack for a cor espondent, no matter what hour he
showed up (Pyle, 259).
Our lltalian boy. ♦. show d up Jist as it was starting to get daylight
(Pyle,

292

).

...she curtly told him when he was t_o show up... (Cain, l***'-)*
...the convoy showed up ahead of time (1fank, 28).
Two friends whom the staff had thought were dead showed up (Yank, 69).
...and after the citation was issued, a cute little t r i c K showed up
at the traffic department and paid the fine
(Gardner, 1$5)•
Whenever I show u p , dear, the Romans always hide their wives
(Marquand, 70).
His folks just happened to be traveling over there at the time he showed
up
(Pyle, **09).
Then I asked the manager if she gave apartments to every tramp who
showed up without asking for references (Gardner, 10).
.. .he was waiting for his girl friend t<> show up
(Yank, 26).
General 3ddy especially liked to show up in pieces where his soldiers
wouldn't expect to see him T^yle. 3^5).
...I showed up at their remote position...
(Pyle, 33**).
Another much-needed item that had at last shown up in good quantity was
candle8 (Pyle, 2**3).
We asked Mr. Carroll what he does on very cold nights, when company
fails to show up
(New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19**7, 23).
Well, he said th?t if the prosecuting witness didn't show u p ,it
was
no skin off their skins (Gardner, 197).
It was the first time it has occurred to her that she could open a
restaurant and then have nobody show up (Cain, 120).
If they claimed it was Leeds she'd murdered, Leeds could show up very
much alive and well
(Gardner, 182).
That had been before Jknily showed up (Gardner, 181).
The next time the blonde shows u p , the situation is radically different...
(Gardner, 6**).
"Ever know Emily Mili cant before she showed up here?" Mason asked
IGardner, 57).
He'll show up when he gets ready (Gardner, 58).
Your uncle will show up all right
(Gardner, 50)•
...but he showed up anyway, and got the party started... (Cain,
158).
...I had no idea jrou'd show u p... (Cain, 163)*
...one customer showed u p . . . (Cain, 161).

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• ••'hut a buyer h#*d better ehow up pretty soon, or M on t y ' M be eating the
peacock (Cain, 1^2).
Last year...he showed up paralyzed and when Aunt Minnie opened the door
he almost fell in on top of her
(Yank, 183).
''organ...as puzzled as anyone when nobody showed up to inspect
(Yank, 181).
He usually showed up on Christmas with a load on (Yank, 183).
Mr. Levinson showed ug,, saying he happened to be in town...
(Cain, 257).
2. To come into being; to become evident.
But in the Mediterranean it didn't show up until the beginning of the
Scilian operation...
(Pyle, 158).
Then the term "Kraut" showed u p . .. (Pyle, 2h2).
His done, the secondary troubles of life on an equatorial island showed
up
(Yank, ^l).
3* To appear; to look; to present an appearance.
They showed up wonderfully at night and were fascinating (Pyle, 137).
If he were in 'uniform he could show up es well as a lot of them and
perhaps better
(Marquand, 570)•
a shrill laugh.
A laugh in a high pitched tone which is uaually con­
sidered a nervous laugh.
Then she broke into a high, shrill laugh
to shrink away.

(Cain, 193)*

To leave, go away, stealthily.

...to twitch or shrink away if you poke them
19^7, 17).

(Hew Yorker, XXIII, June 26,

to shrugg off.
To disregard as uninportant; to try to pay no attention
to as valueless.
Mildred tried £ 2. shrug it off, but Blanche was quite bitter about it...
(Cain, 112).
...Mrs. Gessler shrugged it off (Cain, 178).
to shrug -— shoulders.
(A rather indefinite gesture used to indicate
lack of knowledge, indecision, or the like.)
Mason shrug-ed hie shoulders (Gardner, 153).
Walter sailed and shrug red his shoulders (Marquand, h2).
to shuffle --- feet.

To move one's fe^ t about awkwardly, indecisively.

He was trying to plan what to say to Louella next...and that he must not
shuffle his feet
(Marquand, 185).

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to shuffle off the mortal coll.

To die*

•..the object of their so-called affection Is sufficiently inconsiderate
to postpone shuffling the mortal coll. leaving behind, of course, a
favorable will (Gardner, 3*0•
to ehut down.

To cease operations; to stop work.

Several times each of the three air-fields had
hours...
(Tank, 5*0.
shut eye.

shut down for a few

Sleep.

Hope I can...grab some shut-eye (Yank, 209).
W e . .. stretched out on the bunks for a little shut-eye (Yank, 255).
...the same guys in bed getting some shut-eye while bedlam went on
around them (Pyle, 3°?)•
to shut —
eves.
To disregard irregularities; to pay no attention to
known irregularities.
But, again through the influence of this-very influential friend, the hotel
seemed to shut its eyes and let me stay...
(ryle, 299).
B o n 11 shut your eyes to facts (Marquand, 3**6).
to shut off.
1. To disconnect; to turn off.
The drivers shut off their diesel motors (Pyle, h27).
We shut off the motors and waited (Pyle, h-28).
...the driver shut off his motor and we climbed down (Pyle, 429).
A n armored car drove around us, pulled unto a ditch ahead and shut off
its motor (Pyel, *4>27).
The door of his room was closed and the telephone was shut off, but
there were familiar sounds beyond the door (Marquand, 327)•
2. To enclose; to separate from soaathing else.
...to stare at the window around which an ornamental, iron grille work
shut off a little balcony some four feet wide (Gardner, 36).
3. To exclude; to stop; to end.
He could not even tell
what he wanted to getawayfrom,unless it were a
sort of insincerity,
an insulation there which shut off all genuine
expression (Marquand, 138^9) •

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a Bhut off valve#
A main, water valve in a building, house; the water
valve connecting the water main to distributing pipes.
•. the plumber who had. installed the plumbing had cheated Jeffrey and had
done something mysterious with the shut-cff valves (Marquand, 500).
Mr. Gorman h^d worked on those shut-off valves for hours and hours until
he had thought he had them licked (Marquand, 500).
...he had told Jeffrey to come right down cellar and see the shut-off
valves himself (Marquand, 500).
Jeffrey had not gone down cellar to see the shut-off valves and Madge
said that Mr. Gorman had a reason for everything(Marquand, 500)•
to shut out.

To exclude; to keep out.

He was gone, leaving a silence that shut out the sounds outside
(Marquand, ^>65) •
to

shut

u p

.

1. To cease, stop, talking, speaking, making vocal sounds; to be silent.
When the planes came the Gun shut u p . .. (Yank, 33).
Now kindly shut up
(Cain, 61).
Now 8hut up and let me tplk (Cain, 23).
M- eon said, "Shut u p . Paul2 (Gardner, 162).
"Shut up,," Alf said, "I've had a pretty good time, kid, a better time than
you"
(Marquand, h>88).
"Alf," Jeffrey said, "shut u p " (Marquand, h88).
"You shut u p ." Mrs. Newcombs said (Marquand, 460).
Do your work and shut u p . is what I say (Marquand, 512).
Finally he blurted out, "Shut u p i" (Yank, h-6).
"Shut u p . Page," said a voice (Yank, ^6).
...He would start singing and the pilot would have to yell at him to, shut
up"
(Pyle, 331).
"Aw, shut up I" (Pyle, 203).
Finally, some soldier in the darkness told him to, shut up (Pyle, 203)*
Mason said, "Shut u p "
(Gardner, 119).
Aw, shut u p . you rebel...
(Yank, 207).
Oh, for God's sake shut up
(Cain, 167).
:ill you Just kindly shut upT (Cain, lhO).
Loud talking interfered with the radioman's reception and he shouted:
"Shut vip, back the^e"
(Yank, 59).
...will you for God's sake shut upT (Cain, 177).
"Oh, you shut u p , Alf," Ethel said (Marquand, 157)«
Oh, shut u p ...
(Cain, 177).
2. To enclose; to confine.
The average doughfoot or airman said no one could ever get him shut u p in
a tank
(Pyle, 26h).

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to ahy offA

To turn away in fright, in anticipation of clanger.

The 190 ehied, off hut the
to he sick and, tired, of.
fed up with.

83 returned...

(Yank, 15)*

To he disgusted with; to hetired

of; to he

...I'm pretty sick and tired of going through induction stations

170

).

to he sick at —

stomach.

(Yank,

To he nauseated; to have nausea.

...a man who is a little sick at his stomach (Pyle, 352).
Petchal kept getting sick at his stomach (Pvle. 217).
A third complained, "I'm hungry, hut I can't eat anything.
Ikeep getting
sick at my stomach" (Pyle, 49).
Some of the wounded men werh sick at the stomach (Pyle, 57).
sick hay.
The room, cabin, or the like on a ship used as a hospital
ward; hence, members of the medical staff working there*
"Sick hay." he called, "send help"
(Yank, 43).
Sick hay is on this circuit and they'll send a doctor (Yank, 44).
At sick hay he
found men stretched out on every available
table...(Yank,
sick call.
The daily call, opportunity, a service man
hastotellhis
commanding officer that he is sick, ill, and to he required to report
to the medical officer for an examination.
...I thought I would cover up by going on sick call
to he sick of.

(Yank, 217).

To he disgusted with; to he tired of.

were pretty sick of that...
(Pyle, 385)•
They told him they wr-re sick of being browbeaten and starved by the
Germans, who had lots of wheat locked in granaries in Licate (Pyle, 30)
I'm mighty sick of it all...
(Pyle, 195).
Oh, for God's sakes, stopntdking about overshoes; that's all I've heard
for weeks and I am sick of listening to it (Pyle, 364).
They

to he sick to death of.

To he very disgusted with; to be very tired of

The old-timers were sick to death of battle...

(Pyle, 182).

side by side.
1. Being in a position of having one's side next to, near to, in line
with, the side of another.

1169-

They were walking aide by aide acro88 the court and up the State
Department atepa
(Marquand, 560 ).
He only knew that they were aitting aide by aide on the Bofa and that
Louella1a face waa fluahed (Marquand, 207) •
Just by the atepa that led to the revolving door on Arlington Street
were two tablea aide by aide with two pretty girla behind them
(Marquand, 296),
.. .with red leather 8eata along the wall where you and your conrpaniona
would ait aide by aide, tete-a-tete...
(Marquand, 318).
And they aat aide by 8ide in the rocking chair a (Marquand, 187).
...we would have three infantry diviaions, aide by aide (Pyle, *4-30).
2. Together; in cooperation.
It ia a Joint Br it iBh- American under taking... enlisted men and civilians,
working aide by side (Tank, 128).
eide linea.
field, etc.

The lexghwise boundaries of a playing field, aa a football

...everybody on the aide linea...nearly choked while trying to keep from
laughing (Yank, 186)•
aide meat.
made.

Bacon; salt pork; that part of the hog from which bacon is

They lug along their own side meat for frying-grease...

(Yank, 192).

aide show.
An entertainment, show, exhibition of freaks, in connection
with and incidental to a circus, carnival, or the like.
(Also attributive.)
Walter and all hiB colleagues were a little like the eide-show barkers
outside the tents at a county fair (Marquand, 3*48) •
to eide step.
1. To evade; to walk around.
Aa the major led the way, I alde-Bteuod our barbed wire. Jumped over a
block of masonry and leaped in and out of a crater...
(Tank, 60)•
2. To evade; not to ment, obey, an issue, order, etc., by evasion.
Gen. Stilwell eide-atepe formalities even when presenting decorations
(Yank, 130).
a side street.
street.

A street which ia not heavily traveled; not a main

Then he took to the aide streets to get back to his hotel...

(Yank, 201).

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The Val Halla va« on a side street off tha boulevard and tha city h
grown up around it (Marquand, **5**— 5) •
£ tlgti of content*
wall being*

A sigh which ia indicative of content, happiness,

...aha wriggled into his belly quite posseasively, and dropped off to
alaep with £ sigh of deep content
(Cain, 95)•
tha eight of*

The seeing; the looking at*

*.♦tha sight of tha rifles made Jeffrey move his hand to his side vary
slowly(Marquand, 235)*
to sight read*
(Cf* to read at sight*) To read, interpret, music,
play, sing a composition, the first time one sees it and with no
practice*
I tell where she go to learn sight-read...
sight rgadlag*Playing, singing, a musical
one sees it with no practice*

(Cain, 218)*
composition tha first

time

Tour sight-reading is remarkable, tha sure sign of a musician (Cain, 137)*
Let's try tha sight-reading (Cain, 135)•
And ha gave me the names*..who could teach me theory, and sightraw ding. and piano...
(Cain, 232).
I asked him if there was a little sight-reading ha wanted done...
(Cain,
232)*
Mildred told about tha...sight-reading*.. (Cain, 138)*
a sight to behold*Unusual, peculiar, odd looking.
With a long beard and a big grin and no teeth he was £ sight to behold
(Pyle, 173).
The gunners' tent...was a sight to behold...
(Pyle, 218)*
He was a sight to behold (Pyle, hll)*
& s;lght to see*

Wall worth seeing; somethingto see;

a sight*

It was a sight to see a bunch of combat soldiers after they had shaved
and washed up (Pyle, 150)*
-language.
like*

Communication by means of gestures, postures, and the

In sign ^an^uage he explained that his daughter lived in Cherbourg. •.
(Tank, 106)*
...a little old fellow in faded blue overalls ran up and asked us, in
sign language, to come to his cafe for a drink
(Pyle, 377)*

-1171

to be no » l m ojT.

To 1)0 no evidence of; to be no indication of*

There was still no sign of Japs...
(Tank, 250).
In fact there was £ 2 ai<3i of anything... (Yank, 31)*
There was £2. sign anywhere o£ the British Eighth Army (Yank, 31).
"So a t m of a fire here," one of the officers said belligerently.
(Gardner, 42).
to sign up (for)*
To sign a contract for certain things; to agree
formally to certain conditions in return for something*
When a convict in Alcatraz who had signed up for a correspondence
course...
(Hew Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 19^7, 21)*
to sign up (with)*
Their growers.. .all

To Join; to enlist; to become a member of*
signed u p

with the Exchange...

(Cain, 141)*

a silence falls.
A silence descends; there is a sudden silence;
everything becomes quiet.
A silence fell on them, a glum silence that lasted a long time

(Cain, 13)*

silhouetted againstBeing between one and the light so that the object
appears in silhouette, as a dark object with distinct outlines*
...we could finally see*..the dark shapes of grouped planes ahepd sil­
houetted against a faintly lightening sky (Pyle, 323)•
8ilk hat.
(Cf. high silk h-.t.)
A hat, usually m e n ’s, having a silk
finish, silk exterior, often with a high cylindrical crown*
Their

lk hats, were on again

to be silly about*

To be foolish about; to be stupid concerning.

...Elaine may be a bum —
a silver dollar.
cart wheel*

(Marquand, 560)•

well there’s no use being silly about it.

The silver coin worth a dollar; a dollar coin; a

...the size of a big silver dollar

(Cain, 222)*

silver fox*
A red fox whose fur has silver tips on the pelt.
attributive.)
She tried a silver fox fur.. .and wore it
the simple truth.

(Cain, 221).

The truth; the whole truth*

(Also

-1172-

To tsll the simple truth, moat of ua over In Prance don't pretend to know
the right answer
(Pyle, 4-66)*
aince God knows when.
Real gin i

Tor a very long time; in a long while*

I haven't tasted it since —

aince when*

God knows when

(Cain, 26)*

When; at what time*

Since when did he start
hell—ringing?
(Marquand, 114)*
"My God," Mrs. Newcombe said, "since when did you startin giving
stockings?"
(Marquand, 4-59)*

her

since you ask*
I did not intend to tell you, but inasmuch as you
have inquired, I will*
...since you ask, with enough money, I can get away from you...
207) .
not a single.

(Cain,

No; not one; none*

...everyone was trying to express some idea of his own, although not a
single idea had any value (Marquand, 137)»
single file.

A line

composed of people one at a time; Indianfile*

A long slfrvle file ef men.•. (Tank, 207)*
...the colonel made us keep a 60-yard interval between men in single file
...
(Tank, 197)•
single handed.

Singly; alone; with no help from anyone else*

At Salerno
guns*..
(Tank, 14-9)*
to

put*

e—handedly knocked out four German machine

To separate one from all others; to t a k e one from a

group*
...wanted to know why Ida had been singled out to manage the Beverly
branch...
(Cain, 176)*
...the Germans had singled them out because they were so good (Pyle, 385)*
to sing out*

To shout; to yell; to call*

Just sing out if you want anything (Marquand, 259)•
Henser did most of the calling, singing out the fighters' positions...
(Tank, 15) •
to sing t)raises.

To eulogize; to praise lavishly*

-1173-

...reporters reciprocated this donation of information "by singing...
•praises of the manner in which Perry Mason had solved a puzzling case
(Gardner, 213)*
to aing a song.

To sing a composition, aria, or the like; to sing.

...may I sing a son^ Just because I want to sing itt

(Cain, 2J*1).

sing songy.
Having a regular, monotonous, rhythm with equal rises and
falls in tone.
The whole thing.•.was sing-songy. ..

(Cain, 160).

to sink back.
To rest one's back against a support, as the back of a
chair, or the mattress of a bed.
Mom turned white, and sat bolt upright, but Mr. Pierce spoke quickly, and
she sank back, her lips compressed (Cain, 98).
The stranger sank back in his seat
(Marquand, 10).
to sink —
hook into.
possession.
"Judge Treadwell
as soon as the
to sink in.
He pauses to let

To get control of; to get into one's control,

might think she was waiting to sink her hooks into
court freed him."
(Gardner, 2*0.

Leeds

To be fully understood, comprehended, realized.
the dramatic effect of these words sink in

(Tank, 20*0*

a sinking spell.
A lowering of the life vitality; a weakening of a
sick persoh; a becoming more ill.
Shortly after that, the patient in fifteen had & sinking spell
38).

(Gardner,

to qix^ qr swim.
To survive or perish according to one's own efforts;
to be independent and on one's own.
.. .hardly given him a lineof advertising but he had simply thrown the
book out perfunctorily and let it sink or swim (Marquand, 333)•
to be able to s i n k
teeth into.
to be able to take hold of.

To be able to come to grips with;

Poor people get right down to brass tacksj love, hunger,murder,forgery,
embezzlement — things a man can sink his teeth into, things he can
sympathize with (Gardner, 1-2).
to sip q drink.

To drink in small sips; to drink slowly.

-117*+-

...the m a n , . .sipped his drinlg

(Cain, 213).

&. »1*ter—in-law.
One'a wife's sister, or one's husband's sister, or
one's husband's or wife's brother's wife.
Jeffrey saw that his sister-in-law was doubled up with laughter

*83).

It was like his new sister-in-law, Agnes...

(Marquand

(Marquand, *83).

to alt across the table.
To sit so that a table is between two people;
to sit at the opposite side of the table.
Jeffrey wished that she had been sitft<T|^ across the table, so that he
did not have to turn his heod to see her
(Marquand, 321).
to sit aQ& t w i d d l e

To sit idle; to be idle.

The other men of the Third Division didn't just sit and twiddle their
thumbs while all this was going on (Fyle, 67).
i

to sit apart.
To sit away from each other; not to sit next to, near,
each other, or others in a group.
...Pancho and Josie, who sat apart, not quite of things...
(Cain, 152).
They sat apart in one corner, disdainful of the Italians (Pyle, 30)•
to sit around.
1. To sit idly; to sit with nothing in particular to do.
...we were still going on and on, still moving every few days, still
listening for the uneven groan of the German night bombers...and once
in a while sitting around talking after supoer...
(Pyle, 8*).
At the first camp I came to, about two hundred Italian soldiers and the
same number of civilians were sitting around on the ground inside the
wire
(Pyle, 30).
When he ran out of anything to do he just sat around. always in sip-ht,
awaiting our pleasure (Pyle, 119).
Afterwards, they sat around and sang and there was some spontaneous dancing
much like our square dances
(Yank, 71).
And when they sat around together of an evening, nine tenths of their
conversation was exuberant and full of howling jokes (Pyle, 178).
They didn't spend much time sitting around glooming to each other about
their chances (Pyle, ??*).
...they sat around taking rusted guns apart
(Pyle, h22).
He didn't want to just be sitting around (Marquand, 516).
...Yugoslav pilots.. .who are Just sitting around in Allied territory
(Yank, 2h9).
...he would talk as long as the boys would sit around and listen to his
stories...
(Yank, 139)*

-1 1 7 5 -

They had been back from Oran an hour or two and wore sitting around with
the boys,..
(Yank, lhO),
There wasn't any loafing, there wasn't any sitting around chewing the
fat in Lew Brown's City Room (Marquand, 278),
For three days*..I rode and I sat around with Lieutenant-General...
Bradley... (Pyle, 306)•
This little chore involved getting up at 3 A.M., working about two hours,
then sitting around chinning and drinking coffee with the radio operator
...
(Pyle, 3)•
All that day during the lulls the men sat around on piles of shells or
water cans, sewing at their shirts and jackets - like a bunch of old
women (Pyle, 110)•
I sat around on the grass and chatted...
(Pyle, h2l)*
After supper everyone sits around and sings (Yank, 69)*
At night they would sit aro^pd their tents and bitch about "paradeground soldiering"*..
(Yank, 91)*
The men who were not on guard eat around talking sex and politics...
(Yank, 60).
...a group of lieutenants Bat around inside their flat—roofed quarters*..
(Yank, 206)*
...she, and Veda, and Monty sat around in the small library,,. (Cain,
231).
"The hardest part of the war," observed a major, "is just sitting around
doing nothing"
(Yank, 23*0*
•He sits around all day —— • ...Feet in front of the fire passing the time
away*
(Marquand, 158),
But after the cake had been delivered, and she had a»t. around with them
a few minutes, she detected something in the air (Cain, 13).
.. .what kind of place this was anyway, to let people sit around without
even asking them if they minded waiting (Cain, h?),
2. To sit so that the group encircles; to sit on the perimenter of
something*
Then we went into the back room of the local pub and sat around a big
round table with two battered old
British
women*..
(Pyle, 333).
...Lieutenant Tony Libertore*. .was lying on
the ground with severalof
the sergeants sitting
hlmr just gabbing about this and that
(Pyle. 187).
to sit at.

To sit before and next to; to sit facing*

...where Veda was seated at the satiny black grand (Cain, 181)*
...Mrs. Gessler, and Veda were sitting at a table...
(Cain, 153).
One night in London I was sitting at a table with some friends... (Pyle,

320 ) *
...he saw three Russians sitting at a table and drinking vodka (Yank, 165)
In stolid silence, Mason sat at the
wheel while
the officers pulled
alongside (Gardner, hO—1).

1176-

Jfcfi Sl±

1. To lean 'back in a chair; to rest one's hack against the hack of a
chair, seat•
...toward the end, the orchestra sat hack and listened...
(Cain, 2^1).
...she sat hack comfortably...
(Cain, 185)•
She..sit hack like a duchess...
(Cain, 217)*
... I sat hack and searched the face of the chaplain for a reaction (Tank,
i6fc7T
Personally, I just sat hack, relaxed with a cigarette (Tank, 16)*
2. To wait quietly, relaxed*
...it pleased her that she could give the pair of them a good waspish
sting, and then sit hack and watch their faces (Cain, 18)*
Sit hack and simply act as a lawyer, presenting a case (Gardner, 175)*
to sit down*

To sit; to seat oneself; to become seated*

Mildred got up, handed over Mies Turner's note, and s»t down while
Mrs. Forrester read it
(Cain, h2).
Mildred, I invited you ^2. ait down (Cain, ^2).
Mildred pulled up a chair and sat down beside Mrs. Gessler...
(Gain,126).
Wally pulled over a chair and sat down with Bert and Veda (Cain, 122)*
He sat down, and resumed his unwinking stare at Veda (Cain, 112)*
Mildred sat down, and Mr. Pierce resumed his account of the catastrophe
When a customer came in and sat down at Anna's station, Mildred motioned
Anna, hack to her coffee
(Cain, 88)*
She sat down, watched Ray's face turn white, then blue...
(Cain, 102)*
Then he pulled up a chair and sat down (Cain, 77)*
Then he sat down quite sociably and watched her work (Cain, 82).
9e broke off, sat down, and began cursing...
(Cain, 80)*
Mason strolled over to one of the chairs, sat down, and lit a cigarette
(Gardner, 177)*
Sit down where you can he comfortable, and get it off your chest (Gardner,

1667T
Go out in the other room and sit down (Gardner, 70).
Serle eat down (Gardner, 99)*
"Sit down.• Judge Treadwell said (Gardner, 35)*
Serle sat down (Gardner, 99)*
Barkler said, •Don't he lon^,* walked hack to the leather chair, and sat
down (Gardner, 59) •
The lawyer sat down (Gardner, 27)*
They don't start eating the main order until anywhere from ten to twenty
minutes after they sit down, sometimes half an hour (Gardner, 1^9)•
Barkler sat down, pushed the tobacco down into the howl of hisjipe
with a horny forefinger...
(Gardner, 55)•
"Sit d o w n .• she Invited tonelesely
(Gardner, 18)*
He shook hands, sat down, crossed well-creased gray trousers... (Gardner,

1177

Juat alt down and make yourself at home
(Marquand, 184).
And he aat down on the floor
(Marquand, 145).
Milton aat down near the deak, and Jeffrey closed the door, and Milton
unenapped hie brief case (Marquand, 403)•
Bill Swinburne eat down behind one of them and Jeffrey drew a chair up
beside it (Marquand, 573)*
He stood ~ the General did not ask him £ 2 ait down — he simply stood
there listening to the General talking (Marquand, 574).
Jeffrey sat down cautiously on the red leather bench (Marquand, 318).
"Sit down. Tommy," Minot aaid
(Marquand, 252).
Jeffrey sat down with the script on his knee and looked up at the stage
(Marquand, 80).
Walter aat down in one of the armchairs...
(Marquand, 47 ).
Walter sat down and tapped the cigarette case
(Marquand, 48).
Fred Was there at the hunting board working at the salad already when
they aat down.. . (Marquand, 129).
He sat down behind his field desk and asked: "Anything new thia morning,
corporal?"
(Yank, 95)•
On the morning of June 6 he came into the S-2 tentand artdown behind
his typewriter, humming to himself
(Yank, 95)*
Suppose I ait down and talk it over?
(Yank, 209) •
After that he sat down on a little stool...
(Yank, 12).
We sit down in separate, straight-backed wooden chairs
(Yank, 189)*
"Sit down, for God*s sake 1” he snapped (Yank, 130).
When the generals sat down for their first dinner in Iran...
(Yank, 200).
She covered it up herself and then sat down at a safe distance to watch
(Yank, 72).
I threw off my pack and sat down (Yank, 21).
While he was talking, the handyman came over and eat down (Yank, 70).
They had no sooner sat down than it started again... (Pyle, 341).
It is not merely that the officer sits down with his men; it is that
they...
(Yank, 70).
It made me so damn mad that I Just called this gun out of action while
we all aat down and put on the leggings
(Pyle, 110).
One forenoon a nice looking young soldier walked up and aat down on the
earthen ledge behind our gun pit
(Pyle, 113)•
•. .as long as a man was in uniform all he had to do was to Walk in and ait
down (Pyle, 172).
I wrapped a blanket around me and sat down on the floor...
(Pyle, 392).
We figure the least we can do is get the old lady somethings she can sit
down in or sleep in without going through to the floor
(Hew Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
to sit down at 2 Ei2E£.
performing on it.

To ait at a piano preparatory to playing it,

...Veda who sat down at the -piano was quite a different Veda ...
185).
S. sit down strike.

work but resiain idle.

(Cain,

A strike by labor in which the workers report for

There were sit-down strikes in France and there was unrest in Spain...
(Marquand. 212).
to sit down to a (meal).

To eat.

...we wandered into a division command post and sat down to &
of fresh, crisp, American-style fried chicken...
(Pyle, 151).
to sit heavily (heavy) o n
cause indigestion.

stomach.

To he difficult to digest; to

...the half-melted brick of green, white and orange ice cream, eat heavily
on Jeffrey’s stomach... (Marquand, 37)*
to sit in on.
To participate, take part, in a conference, discussion,
game of cards or the like.
...one of them...was telling how he had asked the king Jfco sit in on a
crap game
(Marquand, 36).
...both called from the writers* wing to, sit in on the conference, and
they, too were wearing coats...
(Marquand, *+19).
I sat in on scores of briefings in England and Africa...
(Pyle, 208).
Later I was with a squadron of A-20 bombers and sat in on their earlymorning briefing (Pyle, 179).
...you couldn't blame the bugs and caterpillars for knowing good stuff
whan they saw it and kind of
in on that orchard on the hill...
(Marquand, 516).
to sit on.

To sit upon.

(on usually accompanies sit.)

Then Jeffrey would say that there wasn't anything £0 sit on and besides
he liked to eat standing up (Marquand, 5^6).
... there was never anything but a helmet, a water can or a sandbag to
sit o n . and a little straw on the ground to lie on (Pyle, 114).
to sit —
out.
out £ dance.

Hot to take part in; not to participate in, as to sit

•• .Russia and the U.S. were still sitting it out on the sidelines
218).
to sit still.

(Tank,

To sit quietly; to sit and not to move.

She sat perfectly still. .. (Cain, l*+6).
But she sat perfectly still, not distracting by so much as a movement
the attention of those on whom Bay's chance depended (Cain, 103).
"I like it here," Jesse said, "because I can Just sit still and I don't
have to think"
(Marquand, 27*+)•
to sit there.

To sit; to remain seated.

-1179-

And if it were opened, that meant that Bert would sit there, and sit there,
and sit until every drop was gone...
(Cain, 5*0.
to sit through.

To remain seated and to watch, observe, a performance.

...it was a poor play and no one would want £& sit thrnngh
could call him a fascist if he wanted (Marquand, 55*0•

it,andJesse

to l i i ligfet.

1. To remain convinced of one's actions; not to change one's opinion,
rescind one's Judgment*
Serle squawked his head off and tried to get it at a thousand, bat they
sat tight at five (Gardner, 88)*
2. To remain silent in regard to a particular problem, question; not
to talk about something*
Go on home, sit tight, and don't worry (Gardner, 83)•
Go home, sit tight. and see that your Uncle Alden gets in touchwith
(Gardner, 83-4).

me

3* Pot to move; not to go anywhere; to remain relatively still*
The colonel decided to sit tight and send out patrols

(Tank, h8).

a sitting duck.
An easy target; anything which is easy to shoot
because of its open, unprotected, position.
All the Germans had to do was take easy aim and let go at the sitting
duck (Pyle, 1*05) •
We were within simple and easy gunning distance. We were a sitting duck
(Pyle, 21).
to be sitting pretty.
ation; to be well off.

To be in a very good position, condition, situ­

...there was a German in the foxhole, sitting pretty, holding a machine
pistol in his hands
(Pyle, ^50).
A deal that would leave you sitting so pretty you wouldn't e ron need a
backer (Cain, 78).
£. fitting room.
A living room, the main
room of a house,apartment*
(At one time there was a
sitting rooma s well afl a living £.qpp in
American houses, and the
^ t.ting room was the less formal of the two.)
The phonograph was in a little sitting room, on the left (Marquand, 186).
The big a^tti££ room was already filled with the sort of people who
appeared at a time like that...
(Marquand, 291)*

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to sit u p .
1. To r i s e to a sitting position; to Bit after having lain down, or
having been relaxed.
Veda, sat xvo. lit another cigarette*..
(Cain, 197).
Thereupon, the hoy eat up and said eagerly...
(Pyle, 12h).
Artie s a t u p and turned steely, or at least glassy, blue eyes on us
(Tank, 101).
The men w h o s e names were called sat u p sleepily...
(Tank, 19).
...s h e g n v e a little giggle, and then she sat u p very straight
(Marquand
157).
Jeffrey f o u n d himself sitting up straighter (Marquand, 299).
Jeffrey s a t u p straighter in bed (Marquand, 535)*
"Here I" c r i e d Ourkee instinctively s^tt^iyf up (Tank, 138).
Jeffrey f o u n d himself
up straighter (Marquand, 251).
•. .picked, up the newspaper and waited, sit^i^g u p a little straighter
as he b e a r d Albert cross the dining room (Marquand, 305)*
...she s a t up in bed...
(Cain, 219).
2. To

sit; to be in a seated position.

There s e e m e d to be no other except the roaring flames
and hewassitting
up a l o n e in a sunny field... (Marquand, 231).
I heard o f one boy who tried to sleep sitting m
in his foxhole... (Pyle
253).
Marianna, w as efrtttn^- u p straight
(Marquand, h98).
...a n a n really had to sleep half sitting up. .. (Pyle, 268).
A Jap w a s
up inside...
(Tank, lh-5).
3. To
At l eas t
(Cain.

sh ow evidence
Veda did sit
7*0.

of interest, surprise, astonishment.
qp at this, and show some faint

signofinterest

h. To remain awake and not in bed after the usual hours for retiring,
going b o bed.
Tou sit

up

sill night

(Tank, 116).

a six b r six.
Any army vehicle, usually a truck,
having three axles
w h i c h furnish
driving power to the wheels: the two front wheels and two
pair o f rear wheels.
(Cf. a four by four, usually a Jeep.)
... clear X y marked by strips of mine tape Btrung on two shot-up elx-bysixee suad two wrecked ambulances (Yank, 57)*
.. .gi rders and bomb craters large enough to hide a six-by-six^ we made
our w & y along (Yank, 58).
There l a also a truck driver...who operates the sjx-by-six that hauls
the Oixn from position to position (Tank, 32).

a alx footer*

A parson who ia six feet or more in height*

Serrano is a six-footer...

(Yank, 25)*

the a^xSj-foy dollar question*
The most diffieolt, the most iaportant
the most puzzling problem, question*
The reply to the £64 question 'Where is the Jap fleet1 1 thus lies in
an analysis of Tokyo's present strategy (Newsweek, March 20, 1944, 23).
.. .and now for the $64 question —
'List the contents of your home J Al­
most impossible to do from memory J' (Time, May 8, 1944, 44).
eix ways from SSBSSZ*

Bvery possible, conceiTable way, manner, fashion

When you're under fire, you've got to think six ways from Sunday
149)*

(Yank,

to 8i»e up.
To make an opinion concerning something; to estimate; to
get the measure of something*
Conversation with him was rather hard. ..for I know how Westerners like
to size people up first
(Pyle, 194).
Mason, sizing up his man, made no effort to crowd him,but tilting back
his swivel chair...
(Gardner, 56)*
The officers exchanged glances and sized Mason up (Gardner, 42)*
Mason sized them u p . and said, "Your Uncle Freeman looks like an
opinionated cuss"
(Gardner, 25)*

in

to skate on thin ice.
To take great chances; to proceed in something
where there is danger, peril.
"You have to admit," he said, "that you skate on pretty thin ice. Mason —
how long have you known Serle was the guilty party?"
(Gardner, 210).
to skim over.
To read hastily and without concentration; to skim; to
read through quickly.
...he was reading the New York Times, avidly skimming over each dispatch
with the hope that he might come on something reassuring between the
lines*
(Marquand, 543).
to skin —

alive.

To punish one severely; to reprimand one*

...if she started using lipstick at her age, he'd skin h er alive
335).
to skip it.

^Pyle,

To pay no attention to something; to disregard something*

Then suddenly he wanted to skip It because if he did not skip jt. if he
did not think of...
(Marquand, 298).

-1182-

You have a right to an
skin i t 1 (Marquand,
"Well. . .let's skip Ilf"
"Let's skin It." Walter
Let's skin it. here we

opinion, and for God's sake, don't
53).
(Marquand, 47).
said (Marquand, 45).
are (Marquand, 45).

to skin out.
To leave, depart, go away,without
going; to leave furtively.

say(Let's

telling where

one is

She skinned out after the murder because she didn't want to be involved
(Gardner, 175).
So the police won't know she packed
sk&£ outt (Gardner, 69).
tfO skin tp.

To paB* over one thing to another.

He skimped down to the end.. tend you shall tell me of all the wonders.
(Yank, 157).
sky hook.
An imaginary tool for which novices and apprentices are sent
by Journeymen.
Considered very funny. Often said to be an apparatus
for lifting heavy weight*.
...this has no connection with left-handed monkey wrenches or sJSSL hooks
(Yank, 172).
to slacken u p .
T o slow down; to slow up; to do something slower or
less frequently.
He's beon hitting it for about 15 minutes out of every hour, but lately
he's been slackening up (Yank, 197).
to slack off.
1. To relax; to become less tense; to quiet down.
But when her apprehension slacked off...

(Cain, 140).

2. To decrease; to lesren; to become less.
Trade slacked off...
alack time.
activity.

(Cain, 244).

▲ time when one is not busy; a time of relatively little

...we customers sure held as living advertisements when we enter a restaurant
during the slack time (Gardner, 150).
I'd waited for a slack time — maybe sort of put it off (Gardner, 148).
You ’enow, in a Joint like that...a waiter can't take food out until he
catches a slack time (Gardner, 147).

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to »|iVt a door
*~*** f&ce»
To shut a door with a great force thus
denying one entrance or further conversation.
(Considered an insult.)
It was like having a, <loor

in his face

(Marquand, h42),

to slam u £ the receiver.
To slam a telephone instrument down on the
cradle of the phone,
(Usually considered a sign of anger.)
Mildred slammed up the receiver.. . (Cain, 205),
He was getting ready is. elan up the receiver when the nan at the other
end of the line said something,..
(Gardner, 5)*
slant eyed.
Having Mongoloid eyes; having eyes which seem to slant
upward away from the bridge of the nose instead of being horizontal.
They carry their children in sashlike cloth contraptions which only a
slant-eyed little Javanese could appreciate
(Tank, 75) •
to slap --- around.

To hit one frequently when one is defenseless.

••.the Nazis had the habit of slapping their bleeding victims a-rrmwrt the
room,..
(Tank, 220),
slap happy,
mental ly.

A little foolish; not quite bright; not wholly normal

Are you slap-happy? (Marquand, 528),
"Tes,” Jeffrey said, "slap-happy.11 and he laughed, but the colloquialism
disturbed him (Marquand, 528J,
to slap —
jjfc the face.
pleasant, insulting.

To staitle, surprise, one with something un­

Wait until I slap him in the face with that and ask him how it happens
that Inez Colton,•. (Gardner, 156),
to 8lap
To give something someone does not want to him so that he
is forced to take it.
Maybe you. I, and Veda will all have papers slapped on us today
251),
to slap —

oa the shoulder,

(Cain,

(An act of good fellowship, gregariousness.

He had not loved it, either, when the Captain slapped him o& the shoulder
...
(Marquand, 225)*
to slap --- thigh.

(An action showing mirth, good humor.)

...Bert, who slapped his thigh

(Cain, 212),

-118**—

to

elated to*
arranged to.

To te registered to; to be contracted to; to be

They were slated to sing in London

(Pyle, 339)•

to alegp £&•
the like.

(One sleeps in a bed. room, house, or

To sleep within.

Nobody was in the room, and it hadn't been slant in (Cain, 252)•
We figure the least we can do is get the old lady something she cansit
down in or sleep in without going through to the floor (New Torker,
XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7, 26).
medicine, drug, which relaxes one, allows one to
sleep.
He had taken & sleeping tablet
a sleepless night.

(Pyle, 36*0.

A night when one gets little or no sleep.

...you'll have plenty of excuse for having had a sleepless night and
putting on the weep act (Gardner, 77)*
lo ,als<g> £Ut •
doors.

To sleep outside of a house, "building; to

sleepout of

They had "been...sleeping out on the ground...
(Pyle, 399).
We travelled continuously, moved camp every few days, ate out, slept out...
and Just never caught up on sleep, rest, cleanliness, or anything else
normal
(Pyle, 85).
to sleep with.
To occupy the same "bed.
together this means sexual intercourse.)

(If a man and a woman sleep

...Mildred asked Veda if she'd like to sleep with her, "Just for tonight"
...
(Cain, 198).
...for a time she ate with him, drank with him, slept with him (Cain, 1*1-2)*
'Ave a sweetie on a side, guy she like to sleep wit'
(Cain, 217).
If she sleeps with Doakes she gets twenty bucks a week, if not she gets
twelve^ (Cain, 37) •
They began sleeping with their wives, and I guess it worked out all right
(Cain, 37).
I slept with that girl once, in Berlin, In 1885...
(Marquand, 17).
sleight of hand.

Legerdemain; magic; a deception.

So adroit w as this sleight-of-hand. that the children, in spite of their
shapened watching and concentrating, never got...
(Cain, 55)*
■fro ■i|i
up.
To clean up; to wash, bathe, put on clean clothes, shined
shoes, and the like.

One ni.rht they slicked all u p . put on their dress uniforms with all their
sergeants stripes and their silver wings and all their ribbons...
(Pyle, 333).
to slide along.

To move easily; to move quietly, seemingly effortlessly.

Our vessel slid along at half speed, making almost no sound
to slide hack.

(Pyle, 11).

To rSturn to one's normal habits, actions, gradually.

Hour by hour ve eculd feel the ship slide back into her normal ways
44).
to slide by.

To pass by, go by, quietly, easily, almost effortlessly.

...we idled our engines and slid by both barges...
to slide down*

(Tank, 255).

To slide downwards.

...a washout, where part of the hill had slid down on the road...
163).
...we...slid down to the next turn (Tank, 241).
We had £ & elide down the elevator shaft
(Tank, 168).
to slide in.

(Pyle,

(Cain,

To enter by sliding, seeping.

...even the concussion from our own big guns would start the walls sliding
I* (Pyle. 257).
to slide -pest.
effortlessly.

To slide by; to move, go by quietly,

»lld -past, off on our mission into the unknown
to slide

to

.

easily, almost

(Pyle, 11)*

To raise by sliding.

Tou could slide u p the whole back wall and there the bar would be right
in Hal's workroom (Marquand, 433).
a slight stooo.

A slight, little, boding forward ofone's back and head.

...a slight stoon. as well as streaky white hair, hinted at the illness
that Monty had mentioned (Cain, 13*0*
to sling £ash.
or the like.

To wait on tables; to be a waiter in

The last I heard, you were slinging hash in that...

a cafe, restaurant,

(Cain, 96).

1186-

to sling O T e r
shoulder.
To suspend, csu*ry, on one's shoulder* to
suspend on both sides on one's body from the shoulder*
The captain now had the machine pistol
over his shoulder (Tank, 49)
...a soldier in coveralls, with a rifle siting over his shoulder- ran up
breathlessly...
(Pyle, 453)*
There is one soldier.. .with a banjo slung over his shoulder (Pyle, 367)*

to siin away (from).
1. To leave, depart, go away, quietly, unostentntieusly.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon the hnrborwas empty and our ship
slipped away from the pier
(Pyle, 11)*
Convoys arrived, discharge^, and slipped away for another load (Pyle, 36)
2. To go out of one*8 control; to get out of one's possession.
...Mildred felt the argument slipping away from her...
(Cain, 168).
...everything she had hoped for slipping away from h er in one nightmare
of an evening (Cain, 123).
to sjiip back.

To move slowly, quietly, toward the rear.

...his hair was beginning to slip back in front...
to slip by.

(Pyle, 254)*

To go, move, by quietly, easily.

...one track was still open, and she slipped easily by
to slip ip.

(Cain, 163)*

To enter stealthily, without authorization,

i slipped in here at night and worked on it
to slip Into.

(Cain, 118).

To don; to put on clothing.

It is Just midnight, and while Lulu is slipping intosomething more
comfortable, I thought I'd drop you a l i n e ( T a n k , 83).
to slip off.

To take off, doff, clothing.

Mildred.. .slipped off the galoshes

(Cain, 164).

’While she was reciting, her father contrived to slip off his belt e.nd
stuff the buckle down back of his neck... Tcain, 577:
...she slipped off her apron, pinned on her orchids, and went into the
dining room (Cain, 126).
When she had a lull, she slipped off her apron and went out (Cain, 124).
As she hurried out carrying the apron she would wear in the kitchen, and
slip off when she came out...
(Cain, 119).
& slip of & girl.

A young girl.

-1187-

She seemed to expect him to express incredulity that such & sli-p of &
girl sould ever have been shopping (Marquand, 65) .
to sli-p on.

To don; put on clothing*

...vhen Veda slipped it on...and begged to be allowed tokeep it...
(Cain, 190).
She slipped feverishly out of her clothes, put them on a chair, slipped
on the suit (Cain, 93)*
...so I Just put on my steel helmet, slipped on some wool-lined slippers,
and went to the window...
(Pyle, 2*+?)•
to slip out (of)•
1. To leave,

go out, unostentatiously, quietly.

And so, as she saw this men slip out of her life, the onlyclear
thought
in her head was...
(Cain, 8).
Then she slipped out the opposite door, locking it (Cain, 173).
...the first thing he did was £o slip out and start the engines of his
tank...
(Pyle, 263).
The Vast convoys that brought us over had -unloaded to the last one and
slipped out during the night
(Pyle, 35).
...she slipped out of the car...
(Cain, 21h).
2. To take off, doff, clothing.
Drake slipped out of his overcoat...
(Gardner, 69).
She went to the bedroom, slipped out of it, and hung it up in the closet
(Cain, 28).
She slipped feverishly out of her clothes, put them on a chair (Cain, 93).
3. To slide completely out; to come out.
When the bombs were released, this wire remained fastened to the plane
and the ends slipped out of the little propellers, freeing them (Pyle,
211
... the upper drawer of her wardrobe trunk had slipped out and she had oat
laughing...
(Marquand, h09).

).

h. To say something one did not intend to say.
She had no intention of making a gag, but his eyes were friendly, and it
slipped out on her
(Cain, 89).
to slip — —

over on ——— .

To deceive one.

Try to slip anything over on h im, and 1*11 give you the works
777.

(Gardner,

-1188-

to slip thro-ugh ——

fjLfi£S£ft.

To evade one; to get away from one*

Stay there -until after the police think you’ve slipped through their
fingers, and have quit watching the plade (Gardner, 116).
When a g u y ’s going to put up the cash to spring you on a felony rap,
you d o n ’t let half an hour slip through your fingers (Gardner, lOh).
Drake said, "I have an idea we let the "biggest game
thymigh our
fingers. Perry"
(Gardner, 61).
12

212*.

To rise; to move upward.

Her hand...slipped u p . flipped the light switch

(Cain, 253).

slit -trench.
A very narrow trench used in warfare for personal pro­
tection.
(Cf. f oy hole.) (The slit trench is also used near the front
for a latrine.)
...into many of the caved—in slit trenches had heen swept the debris of
war...
(Tank, 133).
Sgt. Gibson Sapp...was looking at the debris-filled slit tren^h*^ —
(Yank, 133
We were on a little wooded knoll with short shrubby trees and shallow
Sill trenchem (Yank, 20).
He fell headlong into a deep slit *T»«nr»ft (Pyle, 373).

).

to slog along.

To walk with great difficulty through mud.

As we slogged along, slipping and crawling and getting muddier and
muddier, the soldier behind me...
(Pyle, 201).
to slog

up

.

To approach one walking with difficulty through mud.

Lt. Decatur B. Walker of HI Paso, Tex., slogged

u p . ..

(Yarik, lh4).

to slosh around.
To move unrhythmically within a container, as water
sloshes in a bottle when carried.
...with the can only partly filled the water would slosh aroyipri inside...
(Pyle, lh7).
slot machine.
A gambling device in which one puts a coin and pttlls a
lever. Three rolls begin to turn and when they stop, if all designs
are the same, one wine coins automatically returned by the machine; the
one-armed bandit.
There wee a ping-pong table in the Rumpus Room and all sorts of indoor
games such as slot machines
(Marquand,126).
.. .whispered life, "they shot craps, played slot machines free" (Yank, 159).
Here. ..are nickels for anyone who wants to play the slot machines
(Marquand, 126.) •
Mr. Sales and Marianna were playing the slot machines (Marquand, 126).

-1189-

» slow town*
An organized, intentional, decrease In work, output, by
laborers as a sort of weapon in a labor dispute.
The slow-down is criminal
to slow down.

(Topeka Capitol, Oct. 9 , 1940, 7).

To go, move, gradually slower; to decrease speed.

Here, they're slowing down for that traffic. Jam (Gardner, 42).
...our boat slowed down and idled past the.. .barge... (Tank, 255).
So I slowed down, to let him get ahepd (Cain, 231).
As the force approached the village it slowed down and advanced cautiously
(Tank, lh?).
to be slow going.
It was slow going

To be difficult, hard, time consuming.
(Gardner, 114).

slow notion.
An exaggeratedly slow movement es seen in certain motion
pictures when it is desirable to study the actions, movements, carefully
(The camera runs very fast in taking the picture, but the projector
runs at normal speed.)
(Also attributive.)
From nose to tail it disappeared in flame...as in a slow—motion waltz
(Pyle, 435).
The strip unfolded.. .going by in slow motion until it seemed we had been
roaring along a full ten minutes and were still not airborne
(Tank,
117).
To slow down; to decrease the speed; to hinder.

to slow u p .

...the 4—month monsoon rains slowed up construction work (Tank, 179).
Hearing the town of Capaccio, we slowed up a little (Tank, 11).
It sounded like one of those stage speeches which always slowed u p a
play...
(Marquand, 415).
When you pass that thirty mark you begin tjo. slow u p a little
(Pyle, 449).
to slump back.
To fall, drop, back in a relaxed manner.
in describing the falling of a dead or dying person.)
The talker slumped back to the dock
to

b 1»«*p down.
sacroiliac.

(Often used

(Tank, 45).

To sit on the small of one's back; to sit on one's

Mason sat slumped down in the mahogany snivel chair at the counsel table,
his long legs stretched out in front...
(Gardner, 31).
to s m a c k

down.

To refute harshly; to reprimand.

...go ahead and smack 'era down for it

(Tank, 218).

1190-

emall arait.
Any of the gun* smaller than a cannon: rifle, pistol,
machine gun, tommy-gun, and the like*
(Also attributive.)
In one amall-arms repair section that 1 visited the only man who knew or
cared anything about guns before the war was a professional gun
collector (Fyle, 422).
Daily to the smal 1-arms section of the company there came trucks,..
(Pyle, 421).
The Germane don't try for accuracy in smAll arms fire (Yank, 148)*
small fry.

Insignificant; those of little consequence*

...Mildred had to face...several gmall-fry market mem*..
the small hours.

(Also attributive.)
(Cain, 246)*

After midnight; from 12 midnight until 3 or 4 A.M*

I had a tip the car sometimes stood out in front Of the apartment house
until the small hours of the morning (Gardner, 155)*
small scale*

SbhlII; not a major; smaller than usual*

It turned out to be a small-scale massacre
small town.

(Yank, 192)•

Provincial; countrified; unsophisticated*

He'll laugh and call it small— town, but it sums up...
(Marquand, 361)*
You've got to fix it so you don't act small-town (Marquand, 154)*
The bartender, a wise old man, spotted the loneliness in the small-town
kid...
(Yank, 34).
a_ small world.
(A term used to explain the coincidence of meeting in a
strange place an old friend, or a friend of a friend.)
Another small—world, experience befell a couple of soldiers...
Small-world stuff...
(Pyle, 411 )*

(Pyle, 411).

& smart
One who is ostentatious in his wit; a person who wants
attention and tries to be funny to get it.
There wasn't a smart aleck...in the crew

(Pyle, 337)•

smart el*ckv.
Having the characteristics of a smart aleck; being
ostentatious in one's wit; trying to get attention by being forcedly
humorous.
Their egotism in victory almost reached the smart-alecky stage
363).

to smart from.

To suffer superficially because of.

(Pyle,

-1191-

...she was still smarting frog the tax she had paid on her 1935 Income..
(Cain. 180).
to. smash up.

To break In several places; to break, ruin, shatter.

...and then he smashed his leg up some more when he hit the ground
(Pyle. 167).
to smear pp.

To cover with dirt; to dirty; to stain with filth.

Dast and debris came drifting down from the overhead to
thing (Pyle, 7).

tip

every­

to smell a rat.
To become suspicious; to realize a situation, con­
dition, has something wrong.
Serle said, with a burst of temper, "I smelled
rat on the Drake re­
mittance right after we'd made delivery" (Gardner, 100).
to smile from ear to ear.

To smile broadly; to have a big smile.

It shows a dragon with an ear-to— oar smile
to smoke ^ cigarette.
from it.

(Tank, 19*0 •

To light a cigarette and to inhale the smoke

He wears glasses, smokes cigarettes in a long holder...

(Yank, 130).

smoke Jumper.
One who fights a forest fire and is delivered to the
fire by airplane and descends by means of a parachute.
The smoke Innmar^ wear specially designed suits, helmets, steel—mashed
masks, ankle braces and heavy gloves, and use a new type of parachute
...
(Reader's Digest, Jtfly, 19*K>, 70).
to s m o k e
out.
To
force someone to leave, get out, of a house,
building, cave, or the
like, by forcing smoke into the place or by
setting fire to the place.
...a certain corporal, who shall be nameless, set the tent on fire and
smoked me out (Tank, 96).
...it would be a hell of
a lot of fun to smoke 'em out (Tank, 192).
smoke stack.

A chimney, often a very high one.

.. .volunteering to climb to the top of a smoke stack to put out a fire
there
(Tank, **6 ).
smoking car.

A car on a train where smoking is permitted.

1192-

Although he did not mean to smoke it, he went into the smoking car
(Marquand, 200)•
a smoking Jacket.
An informal, casual, jacket designed for comfort
rather than style, usually worn only indoors*
Minot was wearing a quilted smoking Jacket and patent-leather pumps
(Marquand, 387)•
to smooth out*
1* To settle satisfactorily; to come to a pleasant agreement.
...the difficulty was toothed out

(Cain, 17*0*

2. To become smooth; to become placid.
Walter's features smoothed out quickly
to smooth over.

(Marquand, 120)*

To calm down; to quiet.

She seemed to be all steamed up about something, and he was trying
smooth her over with a lot of yes-yes stuff (Gardner, 103)*
smooth sailing.

Easy; simple; not at all difficult.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing
to smother —

to

£o death.

(Cain, 176).

To cause one's death by suffocation.

The volcanic eruption which covered Pompeii twenty to twenty-four feet
deep and smothered everybody to, death... (Pyle, 133)*
smudge note.
Small pots in which material is burned which causes a
great deal of smoke. Used in
citrus fruit and truck farmingand the like
to prevent frost from killing the plants.
He could see the black smudge note under the trees, left there the previous
winter in case of cold (Marquand, h78).
In the weird glow of light cast by smudge pots...
(Yank, 178).
smug complacency.

Self-satisfaction; smugness; self-complacency.

...her panic changed to smug complacency
to smuggle in.
or permission.

(Cain, 159)*

To cause to enter furtively and without due authority

...she had beon smuggled in the back door...

(Cain, 130)*

-1193-

a snake M t t .

A condition of being bitten by a snake*

I no enjoy a snake bite
a snake aheda jta akin*
large for it*

(Cain, 219)*
A

snake removes its akin aa it grows too

Hero and there were dead Shermans, which had thrown their treada as a
snake aheds its skin (Yank, 5?)*
to snap — - finders*
To canae one's middle finger to hit the
of one's hand no as to make a noise*

palm

Then snapping his fingers briskly, he said...
(Cain, 167).
He snapped his fingers as though this were the answer to something
that had worried him*..
(Cain, 89)*
to snap into it*

To hurry; to do something faster, quicker*

"Snap into it. Chaplin," the members were calling to him
to snap — —

(Marquand, 35)*

off*

1* To turn off; to extinguish.
hand.)

(This implies a rapid movement of the

...snapping on lights and then snapping them off when she had passed...
(Cain, l6h).
2* To remove by snapping, a quick breaking;
Br. Collina filed the neck of a vial, snapped

to break off sharply*
it off

(Cain, 103)•

to snap on.
To turn on; to connect electrical appliances.
implies a rapid movement of the hand*)

(This

Mildred dashed into the house and back to the den, snapping on lights as
she went
(Cain, 97)*
He led the way up the big staircase, snapping on lights...
(Cain, 16^)*
...she snapped on the bed light... (Cain, 2 5 2 ) .
He stepped over and snapped on a small radio (Cain, 165)*
...she snapped on the lights...
(Cain, 171).
...when lights began tc> snap on in the house... (Cain, 173)*
... snapping on lights and then snapping them off when she had passed...
(Cain, l & T T
to snap out*
To say brusquely; to speak sharply.
implies anger.)
"For Heaven's sake 1" she snapped out

(Gardner, 53)*

(This usually

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to aaap Q^t o£ JJ^*
well-being, health,
Veda, snapped out of it

To recover normalcy; to regain one's self-control;
(Cain, 189).

to snatch --- sleep.
To sleep; to get to sleep.
when there is difficulty in getting to sleep.)

(This implies sleeping

After three solid weeks of...having to snatch a little sleep at odd
moments during the daytime, that wa» not hard to believe (Pyle, 381 )•
They would go for days...s p a tchlng a few hours of weary sleep at night...
(Pyle, 328).
to snath

up.

...she snatched

To grab; to grasp hurriedly.
up

to sneak in.

the galoshes...

(Cain, 171).

To enter furtively and secretly.

Then they sneaked
Probably m a y will
godfathers will
...occasionally a
(Pyle, 2h0).

in. one by one (Tank, 25).
be carried clear back to America and theircollective
try
sneak them in (Pyle, 2h3).
German fighter sneaked in and made a passat them

to sneak off.

To leave, go a«ay, furtively, unobtrusively, secretly.

You've sneaked <ff for a lonesome walk in the nearby fields...
to sneak out.

(Tank, 65)*

To leave, go out of, unobtrusively, furtively.

One recent midweek afternoon, we gnaflkft^ out of our office and up to the
Polo Grounds, where the Giants and the Cincinnati Reds were about to
play...
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7. 19).
to sneak through.
unobtrusively.

To penetrate, get through, furtively, unostentatiously,

Sadler told how the Japs sneaked through our wire with incredible stealth
and silence(Tank, 5*0.
to sneak up-

To move forward cautiously, carefully, slowly.

The attacking squads sneaked up the sides of the hedgerow...
(Pyle, **41)
They were American bovs. ♦ .sneaking up a death-laden street in a strange
and shattered city...
(Pyle, hOlTT
That pinned the Germans to their holes while we sneaked jh > on them
(Pyle, U4l).

1195-

2. To approach furtivsly.
Sally said, and sho laughed, "he's always Bneaklng
(Marquand, 529)•

"Yds,*

to sneer at.

up

to BlrroriR

To ridicule; to scorn*

He...sneered at her loyalty to Mr. Roosevelt...
...this nan. ..had all the time been sneering at

(Cain. 1^5).
her... (Cain.157) •

to snoop around.
To try to discover something, to Investigate,
going from pla~e to place.
Then, snooping around one afternoon, she ran into a vacant property...
(Cain, 175).
Who asked you to go snooping around my closet to find outwhether there
was any liquor there or not?
(Cain, 55)*
to snow

To overburden; to cover up.

...he could work with the platoon without ynowinjr ypda-r
dividualism which made them valuable (Yank, 190).
to snuff out.

the basic in­

To extinguish a candle.

...the major snuffed out the candle and I crawled in between the blankets
with all my clothes and shoes on (Yank, 59).
to smyyfia pp.
To move close; to get as near
implications of affection.)

aspossible. (This

has

.. .Bert took a seat on the sofa, and both children snuggled u p beside
him (Cain, 53-5*0 •
She snuggled u p to him...
(Cain, 225).
...when Mildred snuggled u p to him one night in the den...
(Cain, 133)*
to be soaked

to the skin.

To be very wet; to be drenched.

...we gradually

became soaked

to the skin

(Pyle,*K>0).

to soak in.

To be heard and understood; to be comprehended.

While all of Veda's delicately shaded accents were soaking 4a, the sound
of the hose stopped (Cain, 112).
to soak

up.

To absorb; to

get much of.

...we lay around on the ground talking and soaking u p warmth (Pyle, 251).
Watching him soak u p his arid hardship, you get an impression that
nothing ruffles his military calm (Yank, 36).

-1196-

SO-a£d-j£.
1.
(A term used to avoid giving ona's, a place1*, name; also need for
hypothetical persons or places.)
...they would suddenly begin talking about the bills, or whether go-andso wa* going to get divorced...
(Marquand, 408).
...So-and-so would lead it and go—and-so would go, and go—and— so. and
they might as well look over the map (Marquand, 219).
They were going to bomb the railroad yards at So-and-so... (Marquand, 219)
Madge used to say, "We*!! go around and see So—and—so and have a cocktail"
(Marquand, 326)•
This So-and-so. my father, and So-and-so. my father — Jeffrey did not
listen to their names...
(Marquand, 296).
...two boys in uniform leaned over from the next table and asked if I
wasn't go—and-so (Pyle, 320).
It was just that he bald he could lick any So-and-So his weight in the
world (Marquand, 588).
If he would come In tomorrow and fill out an application and meet Colonel
So-and-so. there was room...
(Marquand, 574).
A. voice announced itself as General So-anA-So
(Pyle, 206).
2. (An indefinite term of opprobrium, used instead of actual cursing.)
.. .there never was such an old so-and-so as old So-and-so back there on
the City Desk (Marquand, 1977*
They don't make so-and-so1s like that any more (Marquand, 197)*
I said, "Get up, yow lazy so-and-so" (Pyle, 364).
Don't those blankety-blank so-and-sos know there are men here who are
badly hurt!
(Pyle, 286).
soap opera.
A radio serial story, drama, usually maudlin, verbose,
slow in action, involving sex, and love, death, tragedy, melodrama.
These sob-in-the-throat radio d r a m are known to the trade as 'soap
operas' or 'strip shows'
(Harper's, April, 1940, 498).
Transcontinental Newtvork bubbled up out of the 'soap operas1 ...
(Newsweek, Nov. 13, 1939, 44).
so as.
In order; for the purpose. (This
finitive introduced by to.)

is oftenfolbwed

by the in­

The wolf.. .hurried to Granny's joint £ £ as to be there when Red Biding
Eood arrived (Yank, 155)•
...Jeffrey was alwaye cereful to arrive late so £S to be sure that
Kinot Roberts would be there first
(Marquand, 24l).
.. .filled with crabapples cunningly candied with sugar so
bring out
the tart of the apples as well *s the crystal sweetness of the sugar
(Cain, 84).

-1197-

When th® plan®® came the Qua shut up, ®o a® not to give away ite position
(Tank, 33).
Mildred threaded her way
slowly alone the drive, £& ^g, not to disturb
the hundreds of others
who were out there...
(Cain, 155),
...you wrote out another twenty thousand dollar check also payable
to Conway, but endorsed so as to ma>e it payable to bearer (Gardner,
117).
not

bad.

Fairly good; pretty good.

If you could Just nan a gun and shoot back
280).
so bad.

itwrmjldp

be so

bad (Pyle,

So »uch; very much.

...and he wants to go home so bad he talks
cent of the time (Pyle, 102).
a sob sister.
papers.

A woman journalist who writes maudlin stories for the

ShSL sob sister had literally "gone to
a sob storv.
sympathetic.

aboutit nearlytwenty per

A tale,

town" onthe story

(Gardner, 213).

story, yarn, designed to cause one to be

The minute they find out I speak Italian they start giving me & gob story
about how poor and starved they are...
(Pyle, 118).
so called.
1. Thus named or called but probably incorrectly; not properly named,
termed.
...who are impatient that the object of their so-called affection is
sufficiently inconsiderate...
(Gardner, 3*0.
It took us a half an hour to feel our way out of the big orchard and down
a few feet onto the so-called road...
(Pyle, 202).
2. Termed, named, called.
"A.S.F. raid" —
123).
social gains.

so-called because three companies were in on it

(Tank,

Social progress; improvement socially.

...way of life...social gains...democracy...we don't hAve to discomboomer—
ate ourselves...
(Marquand, 4-6*0.
social minded.

Aware of social problems; interested in social problems.

1198-

Wax Iras no place for sensitive, s o M ^ - mlnoed intellectuals
a social sense#

(Marquand,

A sense of, knowledge of, proper, acceptable behavior,

...people like Jeffrey did not know it because people like Jeffrey
possessed no social sense (Marquand, 211)#
a social worker#
One who works in attempting to assist in personal
adjustments of others and in the organization and reorganization of
social groups: American Red Cross, Y.M.C.A., T.W.C.A., County Welfare,
marriage counseling, etc.
.. .SJdwe.rd Mace, who had been a social worker in Chicago,..had told Jeffrey
that the Few Seal had staved off violent revolution (Marquand, 211),
eoclety girl,
A girl, young woman, whose interests are largely parties
entertainments, pleasures, and whose family has wealth and position,
...levy, you've got to kill this society girl stuff right now

(Cain, 238)

society page.
That section, page or pages, of a newspaper devoted to
the reporting of parties, weddings, dinners, dances, and the like.
Her deadline for eoclety-oage items is 12 noon...
June 28, l W , 22^.

(New Yorker, XXIII,

society people.
A social group who by wealth and position are looked
upon a• having a higher place in the community than most people.
How many society people are there in this town...T
(Cain, 238),
...her sense of inferiority in the presence of "society people",..
(Cain, 230),
a sock in the Jaw.

A blow which hits one in the Jaw, on the chin.

That sock in the Jaw was worth two hours of argument
soda yonnte|r.

(Cain, 87).

The counter, bar, of a soda fountain, confectionery.

...the girls and boys from the office buildings, pressing against the
soda counter...
(Marquand, 2hO),
soda Jerk.
One who works at a soda fountain, confectionery, mixing
soft drinks and preparing sandwiches, and the like.
...Pfc. Orval HJerastad works full time as a goda Jerk (Yank, 233)*
...he prefers soda— Jerkins* to his experiences with the infantry on Munda
(Yank, 233).

-1199-

80 do|pg.

Doing something, a certain thing already mentioned*

So doing, he tumped hie head
s°f4 Pillow.

(Cain, 105),

A pillow which i e placed on s. sofa, divan, davenport*

...use them for couches, heaping them, presumably, with the multi—
colored go fa pillows which were now s t r e w n . ( M a r q u a a d , 457).
go far.

Up to this time; until now; up to that time; until then*

He had two l o ^ a r
(Yank, 55).
Our best efforts in Italy
far have been the leaflets dropped on
Home...
(Yank, 128).
"We 've been pretty lucky, £ & far." he said (Yank, 59).
He wasn*t there. And so far...
(Cain, 201).
So far, her Bex experiences had been limited (Cain, 129).
So far, eight bombers...have been confirmed...
(Yank, 194).
There has been some evidence concerning a Bill Hogarty, but ao far there
has been no evidence definitely establishing...
(Gardner, 146).
So far the club has 21 victims, but no member has an individual total of
12 (Yank, 55).
Mason said, "So far we've working on incomplete data" (Gardner, 8l).
...be has had it nice and soft ££ far (Yank, 211).
...that nothing unlawful had been done so far. But he kept emphasizing
that "so far", and looking at Mildred in an accusing way. •. (Cain, 244).
Twenty-one hundred sizable London plane trees have benn taken from Piker's
so far this year and replanted...
(New Yorker, XXII I, June,28, 1947*
19).
O.F.. so far (Cain, 213).
...he informed us that...nearly a million species of insects have been
identified throughout the world eg. far and that more are being discovered
all the time (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
so far as.

To the extent, degree; to the point*

Please note that £ & far as this witness is concerned there is no question
whatever of his testimony being pertinent...
(Gardner, 195).
So far as my mother goes...
(Cain, 146)*
"5he had never heard one note of this music before, so f°r as she knew...
(Cain, 240).
So far as Mildred wn.s concerned, m a n iage for Veda would have been a major
calamity...
(Cain, 194).
So far as my friends go...
(Cain, 146).
...they., .go so^ far as to apologise for the mag...
(Yank, 214).
.. .so far as his doing anything goes. I'd say the next move w 9s up to
them (Cain, 202).
None of it's anybody's business, eg, far as that goes (Cain, 246)*
Oh, it's not that — he's welcome so. far as that goes (Cain, 22).
I mean, there's no sleeping in it, so far as I know (Osin, 40)*

1200-

She was learning thfl business; In fact, ao fax at plea went, aha wae
in business already (Cain, 7h).
far &S. * know, we entered France without anybody making a historic
remark about it (Pyle, 381)*
•••Bert said that so far gs he could sec, there had been no actual
violation of the law (Cain, 2h9).
...so, far £8 she wPj concerned, torch was the lowest conceivable form of
human endeavor (Cain, 211).
...Mildred replied that neither of the Gish sisters had. ever heen in vaude­
ville, so far as she knew (Cain, 237).
So far pls I know, that is correct
(Gardner, 129).
a softball game.

A game of softball*

•. .we played the Japanese in the first softball game between enemy teams
in this war (Tank, 185)*
to soften

up.

To reduce resistence; to cause to weaken.

...this leaflet barrage, which softened up the enemy just as surely as an
artillery barrpge
(Yank, 128)1
a soft .lob.

An easy job*

There are no soft .jobs and no privileges except those that have been earned
(Tank, 70).
It was a soft Job... (Pyle, 277).
soft lights.
lighting.)

A dim light; a quiet li;ht.

(This inrolies artificial

However, of operations have stemmed desires to wax waeky and make with
the soft lights and sweet music...
(Yank, 7*0*
soft spoken.

Quiet; not loud.

He was a tall, soft-spoken man that Corps and even Army were well pleased
...
(Yank, 50).
so help —

God.

(An oath that one is telling the truth.)

•• .over something that had come up, and ,so help him God, his was the first
chance he had had (Cain, 58).
so

is told*

One hears; gossip says.

...I again went to Mexico and got a divorce (so, I wae told)...
so it goes.
And

bo,

Thus it occurs; it happened thus.

it, went on one of the last nights of safety

(Pyle, 6).

(Tank, 17*0.

Ik® ■ol*r Pl*xa»#
The vulnerable spot in the abdomen Just below the
ribe; hence any vulnerable spot, place, condition*
Right at that moment we threw a verbal punch to the solar plexus of the
Italians
(Yank, 128)*
a eddler of fortune*
A professional soldier who fights for money in
different armies of different countries*
Von Ripper was quits a guy — 4 soldier of fortune in a way, yet he didn't
look or act like one (Pyle, 139)•
not a solitary thing*

Nothing*

He hasn't been able to keep his mind on a solitary thing

dear

(Marouand,

so long*
1* Goodbye; be seeing you*
So long, boy (Marquand, 560)*
Not worth mentioning, and I'm headed back to put my nose to the grind­
stone* ..So long (Gardner, 90)*
So long (Gardner, 51)*
So long, sweet (Ma*quan&, h65)«
Weil, so long (Yank, 1^3)*
2. For such a long time; for a long while*
We've waited so long for you 1 (Pyle, h60)*
They had trained so long that they functioned almost automatically
(Pyle, 3 ^ 0 *
so long as*
1. While; during the time; as long as*
So long as I thought you had loved him I didn't have a word to say*,.
(Cain, 206)*
And £0 long as this went on.*.
(Cain, 131)*
So long as that warrant is out against him, he dare not come back to the
state of California...
(Cain, 202)*
2. If; Just so; so that.
It seems to me they don't give a damn whether they live or die £0 long as
they get in (Yank, 53)•
3. To the degree, extent.

-1Z02-

Which is correct so. long aa you don't try to chisel him out of his rights
(Tank, 36).
3&Z*

At some unspecified time in the future; sometime.

Perhaps I can return the favor some day, soldier
(Tank, 212).
I told them I'd he back some day (Tank, 28).
“Some day." Klttering feared, “Mason will defend a guilty man, and then...
(Gardner, 209)•
...they would get to use the Gun some day (Tank, 32).
I told them if they hadn't I was going to be plenty sore at them
some day... (Pyle, 321).
to Ifce some aa&.

(A derogatory statement, highly ironic.)

...Monty, but you're some n a n , aren't you?
some more.

(Cain, 169).

More; longer; again.

After we'd waited some more. Mr. Rosen showed us into her dressing room
(Tank, 132).
...talked about it some more
(Tank, 122).
tome talk.

Gossip; a subject of conversation.

There was some talk about my being appointed guardian
to be something about.
concerning.

To be something indefinable regarding, about,

And there .is something about a house...
so nothing is going on.

(Tank, 239)»

Something is happening, occuri’ing.

"Hello,“ Minot said, "something's going on"
something is
Something was

ut >.
up

(Gardner, 139).

(Marquand, 559)•

Something is being planned, arranged.
. something pretty big

(Tank, 229).

something like.
1. Approximately; about.
On an average night the supplies would run something like this —
of water...
(Pyle, 1^3)*
Veil, something like that
(Gardner, lh2).
It goes something like this: Pour things...
(Marquand, ?l).
2. Comparable to; similar to.

85 cans

-1203-

The bridges of Sicily were graceful and beautiful old arches of stone or
of "bride— faced rubble fill, and shattering them so comoletely was
something like chopping down a shade tree or defacing a church
(Pyle, 59).
something of.
some degree.

Haring some of the characteristics ofj resembling in

Being something of a pioneer by nature, I headed the jeep across country
(Tank, 31).
Something of the sort
(Marquand, 251).
42. £ & something 4a (--- >•

To have character, ability, potential.

It was the squint, Bert confessed afterward, that first caught his fancy,
and convinced him there was "something to her" (Cain, 16).
something to do with (— — ) hands.
Something to hold so that one does
not feel awkward about one’s hands.
...it gave her a piquant...look...and something to do with her hands
(Cain, 24o).
Something wrqag somewhere.
Something indefinably wrong, broken,
not operating efficiently in an unknown place.
It had all been so easy that we had the jumpy, insecure feeling of
something dreadfully wrong somewhere
(Pyle, 32).
sometime ago.

At some indeterminate time in the past.

That party hapoened some time ago...
some time back.

At some undetermined, unstated time in the past.

Wright was wounded some time back...
some way.

(Tank, 159).

(Tank, 243).

A manner; a way; a fashion.

The squadron leaders wished there were some way they could surprise a man
and send him home with six or ei-sht missions still to go...
(Pyle, 162).
somewhere around.

About; approximately.

I won somewhere around a hundred dollars, enough to get a suit of clothes
(Gardner, 22).
so much as.

As much as; but.

It was not the memory of the play so much os the actors that bothered him
...
(Marquand, 113)*

-1204-

...and It wan not the actors so much a s the critics who had written of It
...
(Marquand, 113).
££L Bnc^ £2*
■f® the extent, degree;
Hiuch, a great deal.)

to the point*

(This implies very

He was silently, almost ostentatiously glum a * he lay there and smoked,
so much so that Mildred said: "Penny"
(Cain, 29)*
sonic harrier*
Sonic wall; the point, piece, condition which develops
when an object goes as fast as sound wares and. the sound wates build up
in front of the object*
Army Air Forces sources indicated that AAF probably willtake over the
sonic barrier tests with one of its o w n oilots(Tuscaloosa News,
June 7. 19^7, 1).
sonic wall»

(See sonic barrier. )

Test Planes Tooled up to Tap Sonic Vail
13*0.
son— in—law*

(Popular Science, Aug*, 1947,

The husband of one 1a daughter.

...face of the boy they had chosen for a son-in-law

(Cain, 204).

son of £ bitch*
(Literally 'the son of a dog'*)
not considered polite.)

(An opprobrious term

.. .I can lick any Bon-of-a-bitch my wight (Marquand, 9).
I can lick any son-of-a-bitch my weight
(Marquand, 10)*
Is aon-bltch-bast' ... (Cain, 216)*
.. .he was going to kill that son of a hitch if it was the last thing he
did on earth (Cain, 198)*
...they always said they weren't going to stay there sweating their hearts
out for any son-of-a-bitch who talked like a college professor...
(Marquand, 2?8).
son of heaven*

A Japanese*

...a hymn of conquest found on the bullet—riddled body of a dead Son of
geaven (Yan>, 176).
soon enough*

Soon; after a little while*

She had found out soon enough where Veda, was staying
the sooner the better.
conditions will be*

(Cain, 208).

The more rap idly something is done the better

-1Z0>-

Tou better do It now. The eooner the better (Cain, 5).
The sooner the better, say hie readers (Marquand, 23).
sooner or later.

At some time in the future; sometime; some day.

Sooner or later they got to lead to us...
(Cain, 202).
Bit one thing you'd better get through your head sooner or later...
(Cain, 1**7).
Sooner or later you're going to have those five people that got ptomaine
poisoning...
(Cain, 180).
When the talk wanders aimlessly...sooner or later someone unbuttons
another button in his vest...
(Marquand, 197).
He was thinking that sooner or later you had to pay for everything
(Marquand, 520).
Well, if this is the way it is, they must get you sooner or later...
but I'll go along...
(Tank, 86),
They were sure that sooner or later their big battle there on the
beachhead would come ^Pyle, 261 )•
...they go down...to bring up gold that sooner or later gets buried
deep in the earth again at Tort Knox (Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13,
19^7. 29).
no s o o n e r

than.

At the same time; simultaneously.

No sooner did the first wave hit the beach than Aruy specialists of
every variety... (Tank, 39).
sore dogs.

Diseased, sore, feet.

Sergeant Day would have been hard on his feet in any circumstances,
but when he got into a trench-foot world, 2M-0 pounds was a lot of
trouble for sore dogs (Pyle, 253).
sorry-looking.

Bedraggled; unkempt.

He was a sorry-1 poking goat...
to sort into.

(Tank, 2*4-5).

To separate into; to assign to.

...things began to sort themselves out into little piles

(Cain, 219).

sort of.
1. Variety of; species of; type of.
...th&s was nothing he had invented, as a sort
counter-offensive
(Cain, 167).
The sort of box that caused the recent high female death rate...
(Tank,

ihiyr

He could think of himself as a very decent sort of. person trying to
fit into a type of life which he could not understand.
(Marquand, 287)

1206-

Ton know he isn't old enough to know the sort of girl he wants and they
hare nothing to lire on (Marquand, 52477
There had only been a cringing sort of note penned by William Jennings
3ryan (Marquand, 203).
H e ’s Just the sort of boy that a girl might lose her head over (Marquand.
311).
It was always a gamble what sort of audience you would get In Boston for
the tryout of a play (Marquand, 291).
It was the sort of letter that any father would write, but it wasthe best
that he could "do (Ma quand, 516).
Sinclair was not that sort of person, ewen though there was a good deal
of cutthroat competition T n publishing. .• (Marquand, 3^5).
• ..Sinclair wanted you to know that he was not that sort of fellow at
all
(Marquand, 335)*
— — —
...he knew finally that he would never be the sort of person that Minot
Roberts was (Marquand, 68).
.. I always had the sort of Job where you made 50 a week salary..
(Pyle, hi*7).
...people who were all doing the same sort of work...
(Marquand, 40).
The big sitting room was already filled witlT”the sort of people who
appeared at a time like that...
(Marquand, 2917.
His brown hair, which used to be rumpled was now held in place by some
sort of lotion...
(Marquand, 59).
...the same sort of gong that used to tell visitors to leave ship...
(Marquand, 3b)•
It was approving because he hed been to the right sort of dinner
(Marquand, 77).
"Y tu don't understand that sort of person," Jeffrey told her
(Marquand,
125).
...I only meant i t ’s new to me — this whole sort of home (Marquand, 121)
It was still light when he reached Bragg, a solemn, dull sort of light
(Marquand, 170)•
But Jeff, they’re the sort of people you always say you like
(Marquand,
125).
Nevertheless, he could not see himself as the sort of person whom Madge's
mother had once referred to as "a mere adventurer1*” (Marquand, 287).
...her relation with Veda was developing, twisting her painfully, like
some sort of cancer (Cain, 208).
Everybody...pTayed some sort of game (Yank, 185).
...and a comfortable bourgeois father who ran some sort of a cannery,
and a mother who fried things...
(Marquand, 553).
It was often difficult for Jeffrey to get his mind on any sort of work
after lunching at the Clinton Club (Marquand, 265).
...We put up at a little family sort of hotel in Montparnasse (Pyle, 462)
...Walter was repeating the same endless sort of chant p s a chorus from
Huripides (Marquand, 136).
teserve, being a sort of sacred cow outside the routine booking system...
(Cain, 243).
The Japs...seemed to be doing some sort gf. fatigue work (Yank, 10)»

.

.

You...get that sort of professional Jealousy everywhere (Yank, 236).
In the center of Barnville Is a...sort of public square...
(Pyle, 376).
Near her w»s a door that seemed to lead to some sort of small corridor
(Cain, 93).
...in another sense of the word, it is the sort of hearsay evidence
which, bfr lew and custom, has been universally accented...
(Gardner.
187).
He would be a sort of French Charlie Chaplin (Pyle, h59).
...each tank immediately became a sort of social center (Pyle, 560).
2. Something approximating; something having some of the character­
istics of; something suggesting.
...with it was a strange sort of sensitiveness that was almost taste
(Marquand, 275).
...Veda was the victim of some sort of injustice...
(Cain, 188).
The orchestra was a deserted dark space filled with the peculiar sort of
loneliness which he always associated with theaters in the morning
(Marquand, 79)•
It gave Jeffrey a cruel sort of pleasure which was not paternal, but he
knew, even when he was speaking... (Marquand, 506).
...here was a queer sort of remorse connected with his thoughts, for
he could see his faults so very clearly (Marquand, 566).
Yet it is the only adjective which seems adequate to describe a certain
wistful sort of feeling...
(Marauand, 197).
They were living in a sort of peace which was no longer pe-ce (Marauand,
570).
"It's Just a sort of feeling," Jeffrey said...
(Marquand, 125).
Madge, I h.ve the "Jamnedest sort of feeling (Marquand, 125).
...the phrase, if you stopped to tKink of it, implied an intolerable
sort of patronage
(Ma quend, 1^-5).
...a saT7 materialistic fantasy of peace and plenty, a sort of satire
which should have had no pl*ce in the world of today or any other
world (Marquand, 321)•
There was no other place in the world where the sort of friendship
which he felt for Mr. Gorman could develop (Mar queSTI, 516).
The suite at the Hits had been filled with that sort of hysteria which
was always present at...
(Marquand, 169) •
...also he mast h*»ve had some sort of fear of losing his own identity...
...the sane bourgeoi* sort d unreality... (Marauand, 37).
...a poignant sort of disappointment...
(Marquand, 37).
...it w as the sort o7 happiness that went with charcoal briquettes
and grills on wheels and eating steaks outdoors...
(Marquand, 101).
Madge's father and mother must hflve had some sort of belief that the hous
of Willow Road would...
(Marquand, 93)*
There was a certain fine sort of Justice to it that was better than the
Victorianiem of Locksley Ifill•..
(Marquand, 171).
It was never possible to explain impluses in the li-*ht of ary sort of
wisdom or experience (Marquand, lh-l).

Some sort of restraint, some sort of awkwardness and a clumsy effort
at casualness.,. (Marqunnd, 465T7
...now that he was going away there was no sort of irritation in that
sense of knowing her too well (Marquand, 409).
In spite of any sort of hope, or anyindividual "beliefthat you
would
never get it...
(Marquand, 220).
It filled him with a sort of panic (Marquand, 300)*
Now that the rehearsal was over they were friends with a mutual sort of
respect for each other»s abilities (Marquand, 84).
He could remember that some s~rt of faith in capability, that belief in
an eventual hauuy ending (Marquand, 450).
There might have been a moment of some sort of hope, because of course
no one could be sure of oneself...
(Marquend,498).
...officers are supposed to maintain
a "sort ofawe, a myth of super­
iority"..(Tank, 216).
...I keep a certain distance, thus maintaining a sort of awe...
(Tank,
216).
------He wae thinking that he was caught there in a sort of Justice of his
own contriving...
(Marquand, 497).
The whole group seemed to be seized with an unaccountable sort of hysteria
(Marquand, 483)*
And now he could see a sad sort of truth in that pathetic groping effort
to give order to the unknown TRarquand, 489 )•
There had been the autumn, with a note of hope, then a strange hysterical
sort of crisis, then a leveling off...
(Marquand, 326).
There was a confused silence, but it was not the sort of silence that
he minded (Marquand, 298).
There was an incredulous sort of interrogation in it... (Marquand, 49)*
There was a parrotlike sort of repetition in the women's voices
(Marauand, 134).
He told himself that he must be going mpd, that decency and obligation
and every proper instinct made any sort of escape impossible
(Ma qu&nd, 209)•
The rain made any sort of observe.tion impossible...
(Tank, 49).
In the living room there was exactly that sort of silence which he had
expected...
(Marquand, 443).
...as a sort of afterthought, stood waiting for her to leave (Cain, 222)
Hastings Ei&ge is Just a little place, a sort of oulven in the convulsions
of New Georgia's terrain (Tank, 17)*
...personal satisfaction — that it's Just a sort of excuse to get sway
from her and home and the kids (Marquand, 5?^)•
There they were, and there he was, tied together by that sort of accident
that makes a family...
(Marquand, 313-4).
It v s given them as a sort of reqard...
(Pyle, 348).
I mean that's why when I saw you it gave me a sort of a kick (Marquand,
44).
They were in a sort of daze...
(Pyle, 364).
Those words of Valter's were brittle, and yet they h»d a mocking helpless
sort of insistence...
(Marquand, 464).

-1209-

•«(Vitbin five minutes Walter could. leave it without leaving & trace,and
here that sort of impermanence was Just the same
(Marquand,
h6h).’
It wae not any sort of answer, and he told her so (Marquand, 263),
Whet sort of a deal is thisT (Yank, 213).
.. .so you had the barn P,s it was now — a sort of museum and a sort of a
secondary playroom... (Marquand, 110)*
The Yugoslav front is composed of patches rather than any sort of line
(Yank, 68).
...was a sort of Holy Grail...
(Cain, 130).
Well, I've written a sort of a play (Marquand, 28*0.
As Bert listened unhappily, Mr. Pierce kept calling Dr. Alaous, as a
sort of referee (Cain, 109)*
Frankly, well, Beckie and I had a sort of a row all night
(Marquand, 579).
...I was put on a detail as a sort of "bucket brigade"...
(Yank, 171).
...her talent at making a sort of club out of...
(Cain, 178).
...she was probably pretty in a sort of hightone way, and very respectable
under the blenkets (Yank, 89).
They made a sort of pancake...
(Yank, 229).
Bert.. .watched him with some sort of fascinated expectancy (Cain, 218).
The *1-0 lumberjacks.. .have the same sort of professional amassment...
(Yank, 232).
...to depend on her tall, thin, profane bartender... for some sort of
emotional support...
(Cain, 176).
Keeping up a sort of self-conscious commentary...
(Cain, 223).
With the little green bonnet it gave a sort of French garden-party effect
(Cain, 237).
...a sort of high security, while German shells thundered a few yards
away (Yani , 239).
He was a...goat, sort of a dirty gray (Yank, 2h5).
"She's got the damnedest idea," Fred said, "that I'm doing this for
some sort of personal satisfaction..." (Marquand, 579)*
Bven in normal flight that plane made a sort of screaming noise
(Pyle,

160).

...he had heard many of them speak of something like it with a sort of
faraway affection (Marquand, 262)*
~
There had even been some sort of graceless, perfunctory idea of getting
it over with, now that they were there (Marquand, h-50).
...the furniture was different because it had been in so many other of
their rooms that every piecf of it was a sort of accepted fact
(Marquand,
58).
She was in a sort of service foyer, and in the kitchen, which was only
a few steps away...
(Cain, h2).
...so you had the barn as it was now — a sort of a museum and a sort of
a secondary playroom...
(Marquand, 110).
For a day or two after Bert left, Mildred lived in a sort of fool's
paradise, meaning she got two orders for cakes and three orders for
pies
(Cain, 18).
And that wns the sort of cocktail perty that they were giving for Priscilla
Janks (Marquand, 3^07•

-1210-

He wondered if all the people...repeated those stories endlessly to each
other with a sort of thankful wonder... (Marquand, 13).
He had crashed...in a. sort of pastoral no man's land
(Pyle, h5h).
...it was a sort of unusual experience
(Pyle, hhi).
All sorts of elements seemed to have comined into a sort of chaotic
discontent..
(Marquand, 2h9).
Inside the doorway was a sort of street-level cellar...
(Pyle, hOh).
His skill was derived from a sort of dramatic instinct, a sense of
theater if you wished, but no term could entirely define it
(Marauand,
83).
...they turned out a sort of sickly purple
(Pyle, 13).
3. Amount of; degree of.

Many of the men were suffering from some sort of exposure...
(Yank, 50).
And there had to be some sort of version right away, for a shooting script
...
(Marquand, hl9).
They had a sort of a pattern, even the best of them (Marquand, 150).
...he isn't going to take a chance on cashing a post office money order
without giving the sucker some sort of run for his money (Gardner, 12).
I figured that, with any sort of luck, it would be a year or two before
they found the body (Gardner, 115).
rue others good-naturedly called him "Pretty Boy", because he was
sort of suave looking (Pyle, 215).
It had a sort of uhiversal value
(Marquand, 68).
h. Bather; somewhat; to a degree; to an extent.

...she walked sort of blindly away...
(Pyle, 288).
Fie shook hands sort of timidly...
(Pyle, 19^).
...the morning I left Petchal spoke about his place in the -ar with
the same sort of sadly restrained philosophy...
(Pyle, 22 h).
^e did our work in a big steel—walled room where about thirty radio operator
were taking down code messages by typewriter, so it did seem sort of
like a newspaper office (Pyle, 15*0.
Personally, I
sort of on the fence
(Pyle, 15^0.
Be looked eort of ferocious...
(Pyle, 1^8).
rhe Italian mule outfit was under two Itali°n lieutenants who wore
plumed Tyrolean ceps and looked sort of romantic
(Pyle, lh6).
...I must admit I Was sort of pleas ed TPyle, 293).
^11 of them were sort of diffident at first...
(Pyle, 333).
...the Japs acted "sort of happy—go—lucky as if they didn't give a damn"
(Yank, 53).
But when the coast w„s clear, he would come b*»ck and stare, sort of
hypnotized (Pyle, 1-if).
"Oh no," he said, "it's sort of crowded, isn't it?" IMarquand, 200).
"Maybe I ought to go home," Jeffrey said, "it's getting sort of late"
(Marqu»nci, 206).
fat with typical American tenderheartedness they felt sorry for them, and
little by little they became eort of fond of them (Pyle, 118).

1211-

"He •b eort of big for this room, isn't he?” Jeffrey asked

(Marquand,

37*0.

It was sort of rough on us
(Yank, 224),
He looked sort of fat...
(Yank, 166).
You sort of lean toward petty
(Yank, 89).
...it sort of hurt our tradition (Yank, 165).
There were accidents, too, that sort of went with it...
(Yank, 122),
...I had sort of dreaded the trip (Pyle, 296),
"I guess I sort of lost my head," he says (Yank, 200).
I sort of had a lump in my
throat
(Yank,200).
Hut 1 H t i e things like that do sort of make you feel good...
(Pyle, 376)
I could hear them talking in there something about race horses and I
sort of keot my ea^s peeled...
(Gardner, 145).
...I thought I'd wort of be bothering you if I stopoed in all the time
(Ma rquand, 200).
She didn't say so, but I sort of think she thinks so (Marquand, 579).
...I just sort of tried to
write what thewar was like...(Pyle, 253),
The tree sergeants in my crew sort of took me under their wing...
(Pyle,
333).

...you sort of become more human
(Yank, 207).
I'd waited for a slack time — maybe sort of put it off (Gardner,148),
Well, I sort of owe Hogarty one for the trick
he played on me with
those galloping domonoes
(Gardner, 217).
I think it sort of hurt his pride,..
(Pyle, 218).
Just for diversity we sort of rotated a^ong the three...
(Pyle, 742),
In fact, he eort of traded on it (Pyle, 218).
8ort of gave me an idea (Pyle, 35l).
The old-timers in the compa y sort of took me
in and made me feel a part
of their group
(Pyle, 187).
...in war a man sort of lets his belief hover around it...
(Pyle, 446).
C o t esrondents sort of gang together
(Pyle, 363).
The old-timers eort of gravitated together...
(Pyle, 353).
...I figured my number had come up, and I sort of said good-bye to
everybody (Pyle, 166).
At least they tried not to think of it in terms of themselves, but Ray
Clapper'8 death so t of set us back on our heels
(Pyle, 193).
...we can get a barracks bed and put it in the living room and we can all
sort of be in together
(Marquand, 555).
sort of thing.

Type of thing; kind of thing; situation; condition.

It was completely unexpected, out they must h^ve been doing that sort
of thing for a long, long time, and it caused Jeffrey no embarrassment
(Marouand, 551)•
He wondered if it were because he was not used to that sort of thing that
felt it necessary to be logical with so many neople (Marquand, 352).
He wanted to be silent, to deal with his own surprise that that sort of
thing
s not over with him long agd (Marquand., 450).

1212-

...now they had become the eort of thirty that guests would lo k at
surreptitiovisly and speak of gently among themselves...
(Marquand, 385).
When a tig push was on, our dive-bomber pilots sometimes h»d to go through
this sort of thing three times in a single day (Pyle, 16*0.
It's the sort of thing that happens
(Marquand, 10).
You could not go on with that sort of thing forever
(Marquand, 220).
They had been made for that sort of thing, but they understood how
important it was to live as long as they co Id (Marquand, 221).
He wished that people, if they wanted to do that sort of thing, would
chase each other in private
(Marquand, 262).
That is the sort of thing that sticks in a Journalist's memory
(Marquand,
18).
...war is always a personal sort of thing-, one man against another
(Yank.-,
17).
...what do women know about this sort of thing anyway?
(Marquand, 278-9).
...end that wh<le expression about writing whet you want was the sort of
thing they said at cocktail parties...
(Marquand, 330),
If this sort of thing continues...
(Yank, 213).
He was very glad that she was there, because she understood that sort of
thing
(Marquand, **-93).
sort of way.

Way; manner; fashion.

...it was wonderful in a grim, homesick, miserable sort of way to have been
with them (Pyle, 29*0.
Jeffrey felt as though he were hnly standing watching in a helpless sort
of way, listening to the children's voices and to Jim's voice...
(Marquand, 5^2 ) •
"She would be better," Jeffrey said, "if she cheated in any sort of way"
(Marquand, 101).
In a vague sort of way they all worried about the 600 lbs. of steam
coursing through the pipes all around them (Yank, *4-7).
This sounding intriguing in a dull sort of way...I decided to tag along
(Yank, 29).
to sort out.

To categorize; to separate into different categories.

Then Jeffrey felt completely relaxed and anxious to go on with it, anxious
to sort out all sorts of half-formed thoughts
(Marquand, 271).
Bver sinceTEe last war Jeffrey had noticed terrain and hills and woods,
and his mind sorted them out carefully whether he wanted to or not...
(Marquand, 550)•
On the third day, when Madge was sorting out the mall at breakfast, he
sew her holding a letter addressed to him (Marquand, 316).
Nerro soldiers sorted it out and classified it for cleaning (Pyle, 283).
He took as much pride in our little paper as I did, and it got so he would
sort out the stories by subjects before waking me ot 3 A.M.
(Pyle, *4-1).
so—so.

Average; not very good but not very bad; fair.

1213-

80

tbAt•

1. Resulting in; with a result that.
...it was large enough so. that one was conscious of its size when one
walked around it to shake hands
(Marquand, 267).
...an effect which might have been deliberate so that one's attention
could he wholly focused on the clothes (Marquand, 2h0-l).
This allotment was granted...so that for over a year your mother received
almost $200 in allotments
(Tank, 171).
...so that often on a hot day when he heard the locusts in the trees, a
great deal about Willow Road would come back to him again
(Marquand,

260).

He remembered...the way the blinds were drawn so that shAfts of light made
f ladder across the carpet
(Marquand, ^57).
2. In order that; for the purpose that.
The machine gunners wanted a wide open space in front of the lines so
that they could have an unobstructed view of attacking Japs
(Tank, *fl).
so there.

I have done, said it, and I don't care whet you think.

...I can't ever be such a good wife and such a good mother as Beckie, so
there
(Marouand, 101) •
so to speak.

To use such an expression, phrase, idiom.

...Shorty goes to work and gives the matter a stab, sg. to sneak
13b).
sound and fury.

Noise, confusion, but little else.

(Yank,

(Macbeth).

...a phony attack is nothing but sound and fury...
(Tank,2hl).
The city around us was still full of soupd and fury (lyie, h03)«
sound asleep.

Asltep; fully asleep; deeply asleep.

...all the combat men were sound asleep
(Tank, 207).
There had not been another car on the Post Roed that night, and all the
houses had been sound asleep. .. (Marauand, 91).
Madge was sound asleep (Marquand, 307)•
He's probably sound asleep (Pyle, 325).
to sound off.
1. To play a composition with a band; to bugle.
A lonely ni ~ht bird was sound 1ng off in

Purple Heart Valley.

.. (Yank,

58).

-1214—

The bugler s o u n d e d off with "To the Colors"...
2. To speak; to

(Yank, 177),

say something.

Don't mind Jeff. . . think nothing of it. Jeff's only sounding off again
(Marquand , 31) •
"Sir," says M i l t o n , sounding off..♦ (Yank, 204).
sour grapes»
T h a t which a person wants, desires, but pretends he
does not b e c a u s e he cannot get it it.
(Aesop)
...her sickness In v ol v ed a bad case of sour— grapes poisoning...
(Cain,
211 ).
...no reason, s a d please don't think it was sour graces on his part,
just because ho had not discovered...
(MarquanT,336)•

sour cuss.

dLlsagreeable facial expression.

A

...a pleasant g u y w i t h a sour cues. went on shooting down fighters that
he was r e l u ct a nt to claim (Yank, 86).
so what.

And

w h a t do say to thatT

What do you plen to do about it?

"It's all i l l u s i o n , and so what?" Elsie said (Marquand, 436).
So whatT Sup oce n o bo d y under-stands America, so what?
(Marquand, 434).
So whet? Suppose nobody understands America, b_o what? (Marquand, 434).
"All right," S l s i e said, "so whe t ? ** (Marque nd , 43457
to sow wild o at s .

To dissipate; to carouse.

Minot was turning* h i m into the Distraught Father, whose son was s o w i n g
wild oats
(Mar-cLixand, 393)•
spare time.

T i m e when one is not working; freetime.

In the little bt>blx-e time they had, riding to a new or sitting by the
Gun, they looked, at the strange country...
(Yank, 33).
...there ought b o "be tin-can rifle ranges around every Army post where
men could p r a c t i c e in their spare time (Yank, 149).
I don't know how I got it, but I've worked on it in my scare time
(Marquand, 2 8 4 ) *
An air crew man ha.d lots of spare time on his hands (Pyle, 328).
Later it was p o s s i b l e for him to resume hie art work in his scare time
(Pyle, 139).
to speak about.
...I've only h e ^ r d

To talk about, concerning, in regard to.
Beckie speak about her

(Marquand, 67).

-1215-

to speak for (-— ).
1. To speak in one's own behalf; to say what one has to say instead of
having aaother say it.
...Mr. Walter Newcombe can speak for himself "better than I cen for him
(Marquand t 39 )•
2. To "be self-evident; to be apparent in oneself.
Phyllis Leeds said quietly to the lawyer, "The check you hold speaks for
itself1 (Gardner, 8).
a speaking acquaintance.

A casual acquaintance; a casual friendship.

...although he's pretly well up on his BrltLeh Isles and has a speaking
acquaintance with the rest of the Unpire...
(Tank, 36).
to speak a language —— knows.
To talk about things with which one is
familiar; to talk about something one knows about*
It made the basis for a pleasant sort of friendship, temporary, but very
genial, and they all were speaking & l&nguage that he knew
(Marquand,
*35).
to speak of.
1. To talk, write, about, concerning, regarding.
...our soldiers spoke of the German as the Tedeschi** (Pyle, 2*4-2).
But I've heard Jim speak of her (Marquand, 131)*
"No,* Madge said, "I've never heard you speak of him" (Marquand, 568).
Maybe you've heard me speak of him?
(Marquand, 568).
Madge had wanted him to be a doctor...and speaking of doctors, Madge
wondered why obstetricians were always so happy.•. (Marquand, 102).
Srt. T3.W. O'Hara. .. speaks of "fu :-est iveness" in the. . .Picture. .. (Tank,

21*0 .
2. Worth mention; of any value; worth.
Mrs. Gessler, having no gams to speak of, stood behind her, and the bulbs
went off (Cain, 86),
to speak to.

To talk to; to say something to.

Mildred spoke to her
(Cain, 101).
"I'll have to speak to Fred," Beckie was saying
to speak u p .

(Marquand, 127).

To speak; to express one's opinions.

-1216-

.. .S/Sgt• Manual S (Ugly) Gonzales of Fort Davis. Tex., spoke u.p
(Yank, 149).
One of them epoke up
(Yank, 20? )•
Finally Blakely...speaks up... (Yank, 204).
Bellows spoke u p
(Yank, 206).
Corporal Carnal Meena spoke up at that point and said he'd dreamed the
ni^-ht "before th-=t he was home...
(Pyle, 190).
special delivery.
A delivery service of the Post Office "by special
messenger immediately th*t the letter arrives in the city. Cost at
present 13 cents.
...mark that latter..."Special Delivery"...
to specialize in.
practice in.

(Yank, 1 7 3 ) *

To make a specialty of; to have much art and

They specialize in home cooking (Gardner, 98).
The company specializes in the sale of crooked crap dice.-- like this
pair...
(Gardner, 53).
to speculate on.

To guess about; to ponder.

They speculated on their own chances of getting out
speed limit.

The

(Yank, 46).

top, highest, speed allowable by law, regulations.

...there are wooden signs right out of your home town;
Recons, Jeeps 20 mph...w (Yank, 39)*
to_ speed u p .

"Bpeed limit:

To go, move, faster.

The driver was familiar with the ro*d and he began tc> speed u p . never
lingering long...
(Yank, 57)*
God almighty, the whole show has speeded u p
(Marquand, 196 *.
...just as the traffic jam ahead resolved itself, and Mas>n speeded u p .
following the siren of the police car (Gardner, 42).
to spell out.

To write out letter by letter.

On it was the name "Ernie*1, spelled out in big blue metal letters...
(Pyle, 241).
to spend Christmas with.

To visit on Christmas, »t, with.

Veil, cheer up, at least you'll be able to. spend Chrlstmgs w_i_th_us
124).
to spend the day.

To occupy oneself during a day.

They spent the next three days trying to separate it.. .

(Yank, 32).

(Pyle

Ca.8hm.an*.. spent the rest of the day carting up ammunition to the men
on the line (Yank, 19)*
to spend an evening*

To ppss the time for an evening,

...as though the "boys were likely to put on
evening in a night club (Pyle, 125).
spending money*
pleasure*

full dresaand

spend aft

Pocket money; pin money; money which one spends for

Stopoage of the spending none.v "brought Veda to her milk...
to spend money on*
for.

(Cain, 159)*

To expend money for; to use money to "buy things

...a stagestruck dame that would rather...spend money on her child than
pay her creditors (Cain, 2*+3)*
...you spend plenty money on dees girl...
(Cain, 217).
to spend a month*

To occupy oneself

They spent the next three months makln**
to spend the night.
night*

for a month*
dry runs (Yank, 32).

To pass the night; to stay at a place during the

...decided that Veda should spend the night...
(Cain, 231)*
It w»s Just a suburb now where commuters spent the night... (Marquand, 9;
He was spending the night with Mr. "Bliss at Palos Verdes...
(Marquand,
^29).

Yru can spend the night (Marquand, J+27)*
Jeffrey had said that Miss Pringle ou£ht to know how hospitable Hollywood
friends were — always asking you out to spend the night at their
caanas...
(Marquand, ^53)*
I think she was...was planning on spending the night with him (Gardner,
110) .
...Gen. Stilwell spends the night w ith U.S. liason troops who work with
the Chinese (Yank, 130).
to spend on*

To expend money buying things for; to use money for.

And there*8 the eleven thousand five hundred that Bert spent on the
house, and the corporation's money, not his (Cain, 79)•
to spend time*

To use some time*

We...have decided to spend a little time...to let you know about some
real fighting man (Yank, 212)*
...he spent most of his time with his ole love, the Chinese fighting man
(Yank, 131).

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to spend the weekend.

To visit a place, people, for a weekend.

Once, when thry were spending a weekend at the Pierce's he came on
Saturday and "took her out" (Cain, 53)•
to suew up.

To eject upward; to force out upward.

All f i v e h a t c h e s w e r e s p e w i n g
to spike a gqfrf

up

stuff

(Pyle, 2?9).

To disable, render unusable, a cannon.

...how he and his comrades hed spiked their guns before they left
(Yank, 50).
to spill out.
something.

To fall helter-skelter from within to the outside of

Those cartons by the thousands spilled out...

(Pyle, 368)*

to ?oin around.
1. ^o turn around hurriedly; to reverse a position rapidly*
...the other PT spun around to follow us...
(Yank, 25*0•
...Bhe
Jumped up and began spinning « r m m d in the middle of the floor,
laughing at the ton of her lungs (Cain, 56).
...she spun amiyyi u u t.11 she was dizzy and fell down...
(Cain, 56).
2. To be dizzy so that stationary objects appear to move here and there;
to have vertigo.
Then everything began spinning around, and the sunshine seemed unnaturally
bright
(Cain, **3)»
to spin dr earns.
To fabricate; make up, dreams, beautiful things to
come in the future.
Bert spun her dreams for her...
to spin a wheel.

(Cain, 139)*

To turn a wheel hurriedly, rapidly.

Lt,. Kni rht spun t h e wheel again, and t h e PT boat...
(Yank, 25*0*
The skipper... spun the wheel hard to port...
(Yank, 25*0»
to spiral down.
spi ral.

To descend in a spiral, in a motion suggesting a

...he could see the 190 spiral down end the pilot beil oiit
to spit in (---) eyes.

To insult one.

(Yank, 16).

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They Jess float along up in the air and. suit In everybody *s eye
10 0 ).

(Yank,

to be able to

spit into.

To be very close, near, to.

From where we

sat, we could spit into the waters of Ansio... (Pyle,

to spit on (-- ) hands. To expectorate on the palms of o n e *3
(Used as a sign of beginning hard work with a vim, vigor.)

hands.

Mildred Pierce, Inc., suit on its hands to show what it could do
182).
to spit out.

(Cain,

To eject forcefully from the mouth.

And Ryan, spit out that gum
to splash in.

2hh)

To enter

He splashed in after it...

(Marquand, l6h).
water, a river, lake, ocean, by running.
(Yank, 198)»

to split hairs.
To make distinctions that are non-p!*Fenti»l; to
attempt to make overly careful non-essential differences.
I don't believe any of us was afraid of dying...the emotion is rather
one of almost desperate reluctance to give up the future. I suppose
that's splitting hairs... (Pyle, 5)*
to split in the middle.

To break in two; to break in half.

.. .fly high into the air and the ship start to. split in the middle
(Yank, h?).
split second.
1. Immediately; instantly.
A split second later, the private ran yelling from the pillbox
2R4).

(Yank,

2. An instant; a moment.
In that split second before my own step followed his, I could correct
for what ever happened to him (Pyle, 201).
Ror a split secon d . ell traces of color left the girl's f«ce (G-ordner,
20

).

3. Momentary; very brief.
And above all this were the spllt-3econd golden flashes of big-gun shells
...
(Pyle, 382).

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to split wide open,

To break up; to be destroyed*

...no matter whether the servants left, no matter whether everything
split wide open, but he wfl)» thinking about Jim (Marauand, 31b-)•
to split with*

To divide

ith;to share with*

"Who's going Jto split this coffee with met" Asked the colonel (Yank,
109).
"You'll split this coffee with me, won't you sonT" asked the Old Man
(Yank, 109).
a sponge bath*
A bath in which one has a small bowl of water into
which one dips a wash cloth to wash oneself as compared to a shower
bath or a tub bath*
While I w p s there he shaved and then took a sponge bath out of a wash
pan (Pyle, 215),
sport(s) suit.
comfort.

An informal suit of clothes designed for personal

Then she whipped off her dress, changed intothe little sportssuit
flop-y hat
(Cain, 90)*
She bought a little sports suit. got a permanent
(Cain, 69).

and

a spot check*
A satrpling of onion, number, kind, or the like, done
hurriedly to get an approximate idee of a condition, situation,
A spotcheck sif the House ways and means committee indicated the president's
Jobless p^y liberalization bill...will stay on the shelf...
(Tuscaloosa
Hews, Oct. 31, 19^5, 1).
to sprawl out.
To lie with arms and legs in all directions; to lie in
a seemingly disorganized fashion.
I found myself sprawled out behind a two-foot thick wall, in the company
of a Kiwi...
(Yank, 58).
to s p r e a d
wings.
independently*

Wo attempt, try, to do something for, by oneself

...those distinguished ranks of young men...who first spread their
creative wings in Hew York's old Newspaper Row...
(Marquand, 23).
to spread out,
1. To separate so as not to be close together*
It would always be spreading out and building and changing as the notion
changed (Marquand, 557)•

"Spread out, fellows," the MP Interrupted ue
(Tank:, 52).
...on the opposite hank where the Japs were advancing in spread-out
skirmisher formation (Yank, 92).
I picked out
an empty spot and spread them out (Yank,59).
Spread it out. dammit
(Pyle, 401).
The lieutenant ftept yelling at them as they started, 11Spread it out now"
(Pyle, 401).
2. To unfold and lay in full; to lay something down completely opened.
Church spread one hand out on the desk before him slowly opening his
fingers... (Yank, 89V*
I remember hitting the ground flat, all spread out like the cartcons
of people...
(Pyle, 437).
The lieutenant had an extra blanket...so he spread it out and he and I
both lay under it
(Pyle, 198).
3. To seem,

appear, to open out; to extend.

...It spread
out to the sides and was miles wide
A broad valley spread opt, below us
(Pyle, 99)•

(Pyle, 369)*

4. To spread; to distribute; to scatter.
...black tung oil...was spread out to bind the dust...

(Tank, 121).

a spring catch.
A catch, lock, operated by a spring which locks
automatically when the door is closed.
Nov when he pushed the rusty spring catch it was like examining the
property of someone else
(Marquand, 215).
£ spring chicken.

A young person.

The colonel himself was a big, drawling, typical Southwesterner whose
stamina amazed everybody, for he was no spring qhlcken. (Pyle, 6',)»
to spring from.

To originate in; to come from.

Our family sprang from a long line of Normal milkmaids
(Pyle, 4l4).
It springs from the demanrs of soldiers that they be protected against
the parcel post system (v'arik, l4o).
a sprlna lock.
A lock, catch, operated by a spring which locks auto­
matically when the door is closed*
There’s a spring lock on the doorT
(Gardner, 77).
The spring lock clicked into place (Gardner, 171)•
I think the spring lock was caught back so that the door didn’t lock, but
I ain% absolutely certain about that
(Gardner, 147).

-1222-

to spring oja*
To surprise, astonish, one with some information, idea,
opinion, news, or the like*
If he gets tough, you spring that Eiederhof woman 0£ him, and he's got
to give way, "because on infidelity he can't hlock it (Cain, 81)*
to spring outp

To jump out hurriedly; to get out rapidly.

Three of them snring out with .25 caliber light machine guns...

?).

. ..we saw white parp.chutes "begin to. spring ^ut behind it

(Yank,

(Pyle, 17^),

to spring up*
1* To come into existence; to form.
Fis relatives, recognizing the nuiclr, romantic attachment which had
spring up between Leeds and Iknily Milicant...
(Gardner, 21h).
. . . t h e 8tran*e r e l a t i o n s h i p t h a t had sprung u p b e t w e e n Veda and Wally
(Cain, 205)•
2. To rice; to get up*

(This implies a rush, hurry.)

When it stopped, hundreds of ’Egyptians of all ages would spring
eel" in<* pale round watermelon...
(Yank, 115)«
to s p r u c e u p *

u p

.

To put o n clean, good clot h i n g ; to drees up*

For the most part, he wears disreputable clothes, but oeoe.sionpl"1y he
spruces himself u p e n d steps out
(Gardner, 127)*
. ..they began primping and sprucing up
(Pyle, 152).
a square meal*

A good, filling, satisfactory meal*

We can get a sonare meal there

(Gardner, 156)*

to square a rap*
To make necessary legal a.r -an^ements as thatone is
not jailed, fined*
I told him it was, and that it was up to him to. square the rap
102) .
to square (—

) shoulders*

(Gardner,

To straighten one's body; to stand erectly,

Jeffrey squared hi? shoulders *nd walked into the little marble hall...
(Marquand,— iT.----------to

square up.

To

sett l e ;

To rouere up that old killing

to p a y

up, b a c k , o f f *

(Gardner, 117)*

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You got to raise some money*..so you can square up these Mils...
(Cain, 248)*
.. .you square up for a few weeks, and then you're right "back where you
started (Cain, 251)*
to squ*eh out & cigarette*

To extinguish a cigarette by scashing it.

Veda*..souashed put her cigarette
to squat down.

(Cain, 254).

To squat; to sit on one's heele.

So General Eddy obediently squatted down*.. (Pyle, 396).
...we squatted down for me to write on my knee*..
(Pyle, 402).
Then the first man squatted down, and he reached down axxd took the
captain's hand...
(!Pyle, 156)*
I jumped into one corner of the room and squatted down. . . (Pyle, 247).
to squeeze a trigger*
the like*

To pull a trigger* to shoot a gun, pistol, or

...my finger squeezed the trigger

(Yank, 21)•

Stabat Mater.
Latin:
"The mother was standing"*
of the sorrow of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

A hymn in memory

...a Rossini Stabat Mater (Cain, 218).
...he handed me the Inflammatus from Rossini's Stabat Ma-ter
On piano is a Stabat Mater... (Cain, 218)*

(Cain, 232)*

to stock the deck.
To arrange a deck of c^rds so th^t when dealing
the dealer and his confederates will receive what cards they wish.
It was always a difficult and thankless game to st^ck the decks of the
ca ds which had been dealt in the past*..
(Marquand, 1797.
to stack u p *
To arrange, ret into, close connection with; to crowd in;
to pack together.
...the reinforcements moved rapidly over it from the stg.cked-up ships...
( yle, 360).
3t^,ff sergeant*
In the A m y previous to the change m^de after the
end of World War II there were four ranks of sergeants, the highest non­
commissioned ranks: master sergeant, tech(nical) sergeant, staff sergeant,
and sergeant.
* staff sergeant walked in snd out of the room...

(Yank , 205).

stage manager*
In a dramatic production the person who is in charge of
all the production except the direction of acting properties, scenery,
lighting, and the like. He is responsible to the director.

-1224-

It was only when Mr. Burns made him a stance manager that Jer.re "began to
think about his stomach (Marquand, 275).
stage people.
Those persons who are connected with the theater,
usually actors and actresses*
Besides, Marianna Miller was on the stage, and stage people did just one
thing according to Minot’s book of rules
(Marquand,' 247).
& stage set*

Scenery, setting, used on a theater stage.

It was as ephemeral that morning as a well—planned stage set that was
waiting for the stage hands...
(Marouand, 587).
to stagger out (of).

To leeve, go out, staggering*

...Veda...staggered out of the room
to stagger to (—— ) feet.
slowly.

(Cain, 255)*

To rise, get up, stand up, awkwardly and

Slowly he staggered to his feet. temporarily blinded...
stained glass.

Colored glass.

(Yank, h6).

(Also attributive.)

That light, he remembered, had come through the stained glass very dimly
but there had been enough light...
(Marquand, 594).
...a long oak table holding with stalned-gl^ss shede; two floor lamps of
iron...
(Car, 2).
to st>ake out.
To plot out; to set apart bystakes;
area by means of stakes driven into the gro\md.

to indie-te an

...it was the Scouts who...first paddled ashore...to s t a k e
beaches... (Yank, 190).

out landing

to stalk about.
To walk lack and forth; to walk around.
a defiant attitude.)

(This implie

. ..Montv

stalking gauntly about in his pajamas...

tc Btalk out.

To leave, go

(Cain, 253).

out, defiantly.

Veda stalked out, and Mildred grimly arranged thetray...
to stall along.

(Cain,55)»

To put off; to procrastinate; to delay.

Why not stall »lon^ until I can turn up something on the Colton womanT
(Gardner, 128).
So then we stall the customers alon-~. end hold them just as long as we
dare (Gardner, 150).

-12ft5-

to etfl.ll arougd_.

To put off; to delay; to procrastinate.

Oh, yea, he said to tell you to stall around and ret as much time as
you could, and to tell Phyllis not to worry (Gardner, 58).
to stall for time.

To procrastinate so as to gain time.

...her encouragement to Mr. Treviso's story tel. ing might have "been a
stflll for time.
(Cain, 185)*
to stall off.

To put off; to delay.

I have appointment I'm stalling off
(Gardner, 21).
He wp.8 a man stalling off his departure
(Pyle, 197).
To bring one's foot down sharply.
to 8ta.rr.~p (--- ) foot.
as a sign of anger, impatience.)
He stamped hie foot

(Often used

(Cain, 121).

to stand and fight.

To fight; to make a stand and fight.

But surely the Japs would stond and fight us here
to stand apart (from).
ably different from*

(Yank, 91).

To "be easily distinguished from; to be notice­

Somehow they stood apart from the newer members of the company
156).

(Pyle,

to stand around.
1. To stand idly; to be standing but not to be doing anything.
They stood a r o u n d , and gradual‘y I could sense them moving, one by one
close to Captain Weeskow's body
(Pyle, 155)*
He stood around uncertainly, then made a bid for appreciation
(Cain,

rr.--------

They stood around outside zipping on their heavy flying clothes...
208 ) .
They stood around «.s though waiting
(Cain, 102).
One day I was standing aro\ind an A-20 bomber...
('.-yle, 222).
...while the Italians stood around and shouted curses
(Yank, 19)»
...the KPs were stand ing around... (Yank, 229).
ii’e stood around talking with the ground crew (Pyle, 322).
2. To stand idle; to be unused and available.
Irwin finally managed to borrow a jer>p th^t was standing around...
(Yank, 32).

(Pyle,

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3 . To be at a plg.ce but unoccupied, not busy.
You 'd have Just stood around some store, all day lorn;, waiting for the
chance to make a living, and not making it (Cain, 50)•
to stand at attention*
In military usage for one to stand erect with
one's heele together, one's hands at one's sides, looking directly
toward the front and to remain silent*
Everybody. .. stood at attention

(Pyle, 3*4-1)*

to stand at (— *-) elbow.
To stand next to one or a little to the rear
and to fece the same direction*
He raised his eyes to where his secretary was standing at his elbow, and
said...
(Gardner, l)*
to stand back of*

To suprort; to guarantee; to back up*

I told her you'd stand back of. her as long
she kept her mouth shut
(Gardner, 118)*
I warned Louis-Hogarty - £o stand beck of me
(Gardner, 191)*
You'll promise that Alden Leeds will stand back of me...
(Gardner, 76)*
& stand by.
necessary.

An assistant; one who can assume responsibility if

Their stand-by vss Warrant Officer Ernest Pike...

(Pyle, *4-2 0 ),

to stand by.
1. To be instantly prepared, ready*
...two or three trucks stand by discreetly waiting for him to make up his
mind (Yank, 136).
...the ship's loudspeaker was saying:
"Stand by for gunfire. We may
have to shoot out some searchlights"
(Pyle, 20).
...the battery commander gave a telephone order, "Stand by 1" (Pyle, 389)
...suddenly a voice shouted, "Stand by i" (Pyle, 392).
Suddenly the gun commander, who was at the phone, yelled, "Stand by J"
(Pyle, 390).
Then our own "Stand by I" order come...
(Pyle, 392)*
2. To 8 top near by; to wait near.
T stood close by and I could hear
(Pyle, 155)*
The rest of the crew stood by... (Yank, 15)*
They stood by and watched while the Italians from the house grabbed the
German's boots.,.
(Yank, *4-9).
Now both PTs stood by*

3. To stand at; to remain at,
...I stand by a window looking out
(Yank, 18?)•
/3ach crew posted a guard, which was changed every two hours throughout
the night, to stand by the field telephone and listen for firing
orders (Pyle, 101),
They had steeled themselves to stand by their guns and keep shooting
(Pyle, 161).
h. To fulfill; to be

true to.

...she...didn't know what it meant £o stand by her commitments

(Cain.

2^3).

5. To support; to back up.
I give Alden Leeds the papers if he agrees £&
to stand a chance.

S%3SA & £

me

(Gardner, 75).

To have a chance; to have an opportunity.

Suppose that in the event of his death...you stood no chance of profiting
in other words, that you were not a natural heir of his...
(Gardner.
133).
When he can break away, he'd like to be a real sport; but he doesn't
stand much chance
(Gardner, 25).
^Jven the dizziest of us knew that before long many of us stood 4 n ex­
cellent chance of being In this world no more
(Pyle, 57.
t,o etand the expense.

To pay the expenses; to meet the costs.

But, Pop, he wants to^ stand the expense (Cain, 106).
?pct of the matter. Pop wants to stand the expense, anyhow
to stand for.
tolerate.

(Cain, 106).

To endure; to put up with; to suffer; to allow; to

...we mothers and fathers will not stand for this (Yank, 210).
But she wasn't going to, stqnd for some of the stuff Hogarty had in mind
(Gardner, 181)*
to stand guard.

To guard; to act as guards; to •■atch.

Two men stood guard in the upper story...
to stand (< — ) in good stead.
for one.

(Yank, 2hl).

To help one; to assist one; to be good

...her waitress training...stood h er in good stead now

(Cain, 230).

standing room.
A place to stand in an auditorium, hall, room, where
a drama, trial, hearing is taking place.

- i.£ £ 0 -

...looking in vain for seats, were admonished by a stern bailiff that
there was to he no standing room, that only seated spectators could
remain (Gardner, 196)*
* 8tending Jo£e.

A constant joke; a current hut lasting joke.

It was not only a standing Aoke hut a standing fact...
a standing position.

(Pyle, 2h6).

An erect, upright, position.

He felt in the darkness until he found a talker with phones on and
dragged him to a standing -position (Yank, ^5).
to stand in line.

To wait in a line, <gueue.

...enlisted men were... standing in line by a long counter.. . (Yank, 206)
Like children stood in line at the battery kitchen with tin pails to get
what w*»e left orer
(Pyle, 98).
Why stand in line and pay a dime?
(Marquand, 35)•
to stand in (— --) way.

To obstruct one; to hinder one; to impede one.

She taunted him...with standing
the living (Cain, 83
to stand in the way of.

JLr

her way every time she tried to make

To obstruct; to hinder; to impede.

But being qe I never stood in the way of true love, I got an k&ea as
far r b you're concerned (Yank, 99).
...if she let a little thing like this stand in the way of being there at
the k i d ' 8 first big chance (Cain, 211).
It made Jeffrey feel that they were friends in spite of all the difficulties
that stood in the way of friendship between a father and son. •.
(Marquand, 61)•
to stand it.

To endure; toldrate, something.

Jeffrey could not have stood it if he had thought they were making fun of
him (Marqjsand, 158).
"That's all right," Elsie said, "I can stand it if you can"
(Marquand,
V31).
Madge could never have stood it if they had not been so much in love
(Marquand, 30h).
.. .when she had stood it as long as she could she sent for Bert (Cain,

1 3 8 ).

...he was not sure th«>t he could have stood it
(Marquand, 99).
But I got so sleepy that I couldn't Stand it and I caught a commuting
truck back to the company camp and turned in (Pyle, 69)«
I can stand it (Pyle, b-9 ).
to stand off.

To stand, remain, some distance away.

-1ZZ9-

There the First Infantry Division was having stiff opposition and its
naval escort stood. off miles from shore and threw steel at the enemy
artillery in the hills (Pyle, 25)*
stand offish.

Reserved; not congenial,

...they were genial, ordinary fellows, too, not stand-offish or stuck
up, hut very much like you or me
(Marquand, 25).
(---) stand on.

One's attitude toward; one's opinion regarding.

The assembled Americans admired his stand on the matter
to stand (—— ) o£ (•*— ) head.
one.

(Yank, **9).

To throw one into a turmoil; to upset

Repeal...was going to stand the whole restaurant business o£ its head
(Cain, 1**8).
...all the emotional assumptions of the l^st few months were stood on
their head... (Cain, 213)»
to stand on (— — ) rights.

To Insist on, demand, one's rights, privileges*

Bert, having tried unsuccessfully £2. stand on his rights as a father...
(Cain, 209).
to stand on the threshold.
door.

To stand within a door; to stand at the

The young woman who stood on the threshold was striking in appearance
(Gardner, 160).
to stand on
one's feet.

) toes.

To stand tiptoe; to stand on the balls of

...he had to stand 01^ his toes to sight the gun...

(Yank, 22*0.

to stand out.
1. To be conspicuous; to be noticeable; to be obvious.
...and an artillery duel in the neighborhood of Lille stands out as
the main action on the Western Front today (Marquand, 199)•
He 8tood out among the other wounded because he wes c l e a n l y sh-’ven...
(Pyle, 151).
On some streets an Englishman stood out as incongruously as he would in
North Platte...Nebraska (Pyle, 97)•
The Iowans we mb the veterans, however, and they still stood out
(Pyle,131).
Something in the way he held his head made him stand out among all the
people in the lobby (Marquand, 556).

-X 230-

2. To remain outside; to stay out of doors.
(This often implies a
vehicle or object that might be stored inside.)
We were all standing out waiting for our squadron to come back from a
mission...
(Pyle, 17*0 •
T had a tip the car someti >es stood out in front of the apartment house
until the small hours of the morning (Gardner, 155)•
to stand out to sea.
land.

To head, move, toward the open sea away from the

...the bulk of our fleet stood far out to sea behind us
to stand the pace.

(Pyle, 21).

To endure, tolerate, the speed, great activity.

"She couldn't stand the pace 1"

he said

(Gardner, W-0.

to stand shoulder to shoulder.
1. To be next to each other; to be adjacent to each other.
Of course, men weren't standing shoulder to shoulder. but I suppose the
most indiscriminate shell dropped at any point...would have landed not
more than two hundred yards from somebody (Pyle, 236).
2. To cooperate; to assist e?>ch other.
My dear, Mr. Wilson and I have stood shoulder to shoulder through good
times and bad (Marquand, 2687T
to stand to reason.

To be reasonable; to be logical.

...get paid on commission, because it stands to reason if you weren't
making commissions they wouldn't pay you (Cain, 50).
to stand treat.
To pay for the entertainment, meal, drink, movie, or
the like; to treat.
That night Mildred stood treat to Ida and Anna in a speako Wally had
taken her to...
fc'ain, 6 8 ).
a stand up.
A breaking of an engagement; a failure to be at an
engagement without offering excuses or apologies.
...you pounded and hammered on the door, and he didn't answer, that you
know it isn't a stand-tm because he was going off to marry you...
(Gardner, 78).
They naturally reached the conclusion that it was a stand-up, and paid
no further attention to it (Gardner, 82).

-A A _ ? A <

to stand

u t) .

1. To rise to o n e ’s feet} to get up*
I stood up to go...
(Yank, 2**9 ).
When he read their names, would they please stand up... (Marquand, 38).
bVeryhody stood up while it played (Pyle, 3*+l).
When we. .. stood up again to watch, we knew that the error had "been
caught and checked (Pyle, *+33).
One of them stood u p ...
(Yank, 2*0.
Jef-rey stood up and put the manuscript in his pocket
(Marquand, 8*0.
Then the apartment d o o r was opening and Jeffrey stood u p
(Marquand,

6*f ) .
She smiled at him as he stood u p
(Marquand, 8 6 ).
Jeffrey stood up and Mr. Gorman stood u p
(Marquand, 519).
...he stood u p when I entered...
(Yank, 2h?).
I stood up. spitting dirt...
(Yank, 239).
Jeffrey pushed hack his ch«ir and stood up
(Marcviond, 539).
"Stand up and he sworn, Miss Leeds," he said (Gardner, 26).
T saw one stand up...and I shot him
(Yank, 192).
Aunt Ma -tha stood u p and her hleck
silk dress rustled (Marquand,159).
...T stood up and killed 'em hoth with my carbine (Yank, 1**6).
It was always difficult t o stand u p in ti.ose places, where they
pressed t h e r d g e of the table into t h e pit of your stomach
(Marqua n d , 319 j•
I asked Gertrude Lade to stand up
(Gardner, 206 ).
She stood up
(Gardner, 206).
stood u p
(Marquand, 153).
Jeff, stand up and l e t ’s see you (Marquand, 153).
Jeffrey stood ur anr pulled at his blue coot to straighten it, (Marquand,
153).
"i-Jarhella. ..had to stand up
(Yank, 206).
The Old Man pushed hack hiB chair and stood up (Marquand, 159).
Then he stood up
(Marquand, l 6l).
He stood~up anTT’toseed the m^nusoript on the chslr (Marquand, b-98).
She stood up very quickly as though someone had pulled her to her feet
ancL her voice was almost harsh
(Marquand, **99).
Will you stand up please!
(Gardner, 201).
Bert patted hisThighe, stood u p , and seemed to regard the discussion
as closed (Cain, 83).
As Dr. Collins refilled his syringe, she stood up (Cain, 103).
Ducharme stood up
(Yank, 209).
^hen he stood* u~~'" (Cain, 215).
"But once they*re inside," he said, "they stand up and give orders"
(Yank, 5*+).
"All a guy has to do to get a Purple Heart, here is stand up for 10
seconds," he muttered (Yank. 9'^,
Gertrude Lade stood up
(Gardner, 201).
He stood up and waved his napkin (Marquand, 232.).

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I have a right to ask anyone in the courtroom tjo stand up and then
point that standing person out*..
(Gardner, 207!) •
A surge of pride in the cold child swept ower her. and she stood u p
(Cain, *+3)*
"It's Mr. Bush from Paramount," the secretary said, and Mr.Fineman imned
lately stood up
(Marquand, 269)*
He watched Stan draw i is feet under him and standut :. but.something
gave way and he satdown (Marquand, 232)*
I thought he was going ho stand up and take a punch at me
(Yank, 221).
Jeffrey stood u p and walked to the window (Marquand, 312)*
She had hardly stood up to survey the general effect...
(Cain, 15*0.
They stood up and went through*.. (Pyle, 363)*
When five Japs raised their hands and stood up in full view, the
Americans cersed firing...
(Yank, 52).
...he a.nd Pray, who was spotting for mortar fire, stood tip and huddled
close to each other
(Yank, 19)*
They could st a n d u p in it, end it h a d a r o u g h w o o d e n floor
(Pyle, 258)*
2. To stand; to he in a standing position; to he erect*
Captain Dailey was tall and his black hair stood up end reachedhack
and you'd hove to call him good looking
(Pyle, 26l).
Nero was standirg u p . .. (Yank, 21),
His dinner coat made him stand u p straighten
(Marquand, 71 )•
Albert's wrists dangled from the sleeves when he stood up straight
(Marquand, 63)•
They weren't big enough to allow a man of medium height to stand up
inside (Yank, 220).
Then Jeffrey would say that there wasn't anything to sit on, and besides
he liked to eat standing up
(Marquand, 5**5 )»
cShe wps standing up straight, sailing nicely, and her lipstick was on
very straight
(Marquand, 530)•
...they h»d to stand straight u p and dig their guns in (Pyle, 388)*
Marianna was stending u p . and her eyes shoed him that she had seen whet
he wac thinking
(Ma^nuond, **37)•
...running toward a dropped machine gun, he stood u p , riddled them with
fire and flopped downagain (Yank, 93)*
We sta nd up
(Yank, 189).
Mr. ‘
Barnes was standing up, a tall, pale man handing out the diplomas
(Marqu°nd, 16$)•
All the people stand 1ng up looked as if they belonged in those chairs
(Ma rquand. , 1lS3 •
"Stand up and take it easy," he could hear his father sa; ing (Marquand,
“T 5 S T .
Tha battery's three officers ate standing up at a bench inQide the truck
while the men ate outside...
(Pyle, TOlTT
Just t h n k of some poor captain
Minus til his silver bers
St ariding nr, behind some counter
Selling peanuts and cigars...
(Yank, 15**)•

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•••photo ^aphs on the wall of toys in rows, one row standing u p and
the other row sitting down in front
(Marquand, 296).
Beckie had risen and everyone was standing up (Marquand, 1?2).
He could see the framework of the oil der ickr, standi ng ur, like ex­
tended fingers from the brown hill s in the distance (Marquand, h26).
3. To fail to appear for an engagement without offering excuses or
apologies.
They can't go around hammering on the epsrtmeni doors of
the city who heve *ood up trollops on dates (Gardner,

all the men in
79),

h-. To cooperate openly, publicly.
...woile people...would stand up, join with us...

(Yank, 213).

5. To appear publicly.
If he has to stand up in court and admit he can't pay one cent for them,
he'd rather die
(Cain, 83-^)•
6. To wear well; to last.
I get more out of tools than anybody, but I give 'em wear and they don't
stand up like they used to
(Marquand, 512).
to stand up against.

To fight against; to op-nose vigorously.

Standing up
against
(Yank, 218).
It stood up against the
to stand up for (--- )•
Stand up for him

Germany wasn't considered the fashionable thing...
Germans back in 19*^0. ••

(v«nk, 216).

To defend one; to justify one; to support

one.

(Marquand, 358).

to stand upright.

To stand erect; to stand up.

...the infantrymen. ♦. stood upright and moved inland
to stand up under.

(Yank, 250).

To endure; to tolerate.

I c o u l d n ' t B t » n d u p under the responsibility of m o - r i n g a decision t h a t
would take human life (Pyle, 312).
to stare at.
Some time.

To look at openly;

to glare at; to look at rudely for

...they stared at one of Mr. Simon's fliers...
(Cain, 20h).
Mi Idred... staged at the...creature who had sat down opposite her...
205).

(Cain,

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.. .staring at the ceiling...
(Cain, 189).
...she had stared at the floor of the car (Cain, 186).
Veda...staring at the ceiling...
(Cain, 186).
...she...stared at Veda...
(Cain, 245).
...her light "blue eyes stared at Mr. Levinson with a fixity...
236).
...Mr. Hannan...stared hard at her
(Cain, 175).
...Mr. Hannen...resumed staring at Veda (Cain, 136).
Veda was staring at the Pierce upright...
(Cain, 154).
stare into.

(Cain.

To appear to he looking at with concentration.

He was staring into the embers of the fire
to etare (— -) in the face.

(Cain, 111).

To be obvi 011s to one; to be clear to one.

-And all the time, he*s got it staring him In the face that the harder he
makes it for you the harder...
(Cain, 84).
to stare out.

To lock with concentration from.

Her block eyes, staring out from above the hollov/ed cheeks...
4).

(Gardner,

the Star of Bethlehem.
The star which guided the Magi to Jesus'
birthplace in Bethlehem.
(Matthew II, 9)»
It was as though the Star of Bethlehem had. ..apneared in front of her
(Cain, 138).
stark naked.

Naked; completely unclothed.

For Veda was stark naked (Cain, 254).
Many make it a practice to walk stark naked from their outfits to the
bathing stream...
(Yank, 42).
Up in the mountains I saw hundreds of soldiers, stark naked. bathing in
Scllian horse troughs or out of their steel helmets
(Pyle, 65)»
Star-Spangled Banner.
America*

The national anthem of the United States of

The orchestra crashed into the Star— Spangled Banner...
to start all over egain.

(Cain, 239)«

To begin again, all over.

He wanted to pick ur> the pieces and start all over again: and she was a
real widow...
(Marquand, 476).
to stert and.

To start to; to begin to.

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Beckie was never tired of tolling about tho fun that she...had hAd with
that old house, and if they had to start and do it all over again*..
(Marquond, 109)*
to start anything.
fight.

To begin trouble; to make trouble; to begin a

...the people on shore were so damned scared by whatever was about to
attack them from out there on the water that they were afraid tc> start
anything
(Pyle, 22).

to start at the bottom and work ur>.
to advance, be promoted, in rank.
business.)

To begin in a lowly position and
(Considered proper in American

St= rt at the bottom and work un is a good motto..,so I give this guy a
hotfoot
(Yank, 162 ;.
to start back.

To start to return, to go back.

Whan we started b«»ck down, German shells began dropping quite a way
behind us
(Pyle, 1^8).
The result was that the determined ambulance boys drove nearly halfway
across Sicily before they finally gave up and started back (Pyle, h5).
Ve were start ing back to the old horrible life...
(Pyle, 35*0.
We put him on a litter and started back into our own •perimeter...
(Yank,
10 ).

Convoys had started back to Africa for new loads before the first day
was over
(Pyle, i?T.
At chow time the u n it ...started bpck through the 1st ‘Battalion lines
(Yank, 5 )•
...men died as they started back with casualties or came fo'-ward with
Bupplias
(Yank, 6T...a big black dog...dashed out, grabbed the grenade in his mouth, and started
back... (Pyle, 191).
Anyhow, I think he'll be starting back soon (Yank, 1B8).
At the end of each nan we turned so auickily that the ship heeled far over.
Then we would start right back
(Pyle, 2h).
Ships unloaded and started right back for new cargoes
(Pyle, ^5).
...we had started back with a litter for Johnny
(Yank, 252).
•
’ive days later I made my escape and started back in the night...
(Yank,
11).

‘

to start the day off right.
to good luck.

To begin the day auspiciously. according

He always did it to start the day off right
to start down.

(Yar.k, 126).

To begin to descend; to go down.

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. ..be saw Chambers start down

toward him

and

...so I...started down to the

other hAlf

of the house

to start for.

yelled a warning(Yank,
(Pyle,248),

To begin to go tot toward.

That morning the 164th was alerted and on Dec. 12 started for the West
Coast
(Yank, 23)*
to start from.

To begin at.

We drove a total of sever t.y— five agonizing miles over dusty gravel roads,
and then found the hospital all set up and re*dy for bsines6 within
four miles of where we had started from in the first ple.ee
(Pyle, 4-5),
I'll start from the very beginning
(Yank, 174),
to start In.

To begin; to start.

But the city was already crumbling when we started ifi on this strong
point...
(Fyle, 407),
They found that a new pilot, star 1iv/r in to bu Id u ■ the required missions
for going home, had seventy five per cent chance of comine- through
safely...
(Pyle, 170).
He wants an office boy, and you can start in tomorrow
(Marquand, 163),
"If I'm pa; ing for it," his grandfather said, "he can start in at the
carpet factory tomorrow" (Marquand, 163).
...he might start right_jji eating Gooey-Yum-Yum's wrappings, partitions,
string, APO number and all
(Yank, 140),
He had started in as a child wi+h the Commercial Cable Company and had
been a radio operator for eighteen years, though he was .-till a young
man
(Pyle, 41)•
to start the motor.

To cause a motor to run, begin to operate,

... she...started the motor,..

(Cain, 171),

to start off.
1. To leave; to start to go; to begin to go.
We started off for our next door neighbor's
(Yank, 60).
As we started off again, I hoped silently that he wottld continue to miss
(Yank\ 58) •
He oicked up his coil and started off, hugging the bank alongside the
road
(Yank, 58),
To begin; to start.
Marine buddies meet on the street and their faces light u
off by saving...
(Yank, 76),

and they start

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The captain, the wireroan and I sta-ted off in a jeep, sitting all three
in the front...
(Yan', 57).
Pishing the key out of her shoe they started off and rode silently to
Mrs. Biederhof•s...
(Cain, 6l).
to start off with a b^ng.
attracts attention.

To begin vigorously, noisily, so that one

One th-^t would start you off with a bang.

(Cain, 78).

to start out.
1. To begin; to start.
We started out in the Army at Fort Jackson, S.C....
(Yauk,242).
You start out a .'underkind. .
(Gain, 18?).
1 sta rted out in the normal fashion...
(Pyle, 398).
Started out when she was 11 years old (Yank, 132).
He starts out by telling a
few GT yarns right out of ’’Private Hargrove”.
(Yank, 65)•
He storrted out in the telegrauh room Just before I left...
(Marquand, 7).
2.

To prepare to le-*ve, go out, go away.

She threw some things into a sled, and started out (Gardner, 181).
His drivers used to say when they started out."Holdon"...
(Pyle, 395).
...the general started out on foot A round the area...
(Pyle, 395).
The boys had started out on their day*s round...
(Pyle, 363).
to, start o v e r .

To b e g i n A g a i n ;

to e t « r t a g A i n .

You got to raise some money...so you can square un th^se bills and
start over
(Cain, 248).
to start

ut >.

To begin; to start; to rise.

...just before the Japs started uu the second night...
(Yank, 146).
Then it would start un again across the conn4ry with vifclent fury
(Pyle, 98).
to start with.

To begin with.

They left the States with around ^52000, and when they arrived in Jingland
and turn-d their money for foreign exchange, they hod 15,000 more than
they started with
(Pyle, 105).
to start wi th a bang.

To begin noisily, enthusiastically.

Hans. ..got the party J^tarjt_ed with a bang. . .

(Cain, 15?) •

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fro
to death.
very hungry.

To die or to "be almost dying from hunger; to be

But you're starving to cieath, ba.;y (Cain, 51).
.. .eventually they would starve plumb to death...

(Pyle, ^17).

J^AJl® house.
The building which houses the state's legislature bodies,
the governor's offices, and the like; the state capital building.
.. .he would develop the desire to call upon the Governor at the 3tate
House
(Marquand, 198).
state of mind.

A condition of the mi>nd; an emotional state, condition*

All these details were trivial, but in some way they illustrated his
state of mind, and that of h i B country...
(Marquand, 255).
”fch, nah," said S^t. Plump, "thass
a state of mine" (Yank, 103).
statement of charges.
\ statement, notice, of a debt incurred by a
serviceman and owed to hie U.S. government usually for los;-- or willful
destruction of property.
. . .a H who accidentally loses his dentures does not have to pay for them
on a statement of chp^ges (Yank, 171).
Uoes a GI have to sign a statement
of charges if heloses the set of false
teeth issued to him by the Arrayt (Yank, 171).
the States.

The United States of America.

He had not fired one since he left officer's school in the States but now
he drew it (Marouand, 235)•
states side.

In, at, relating to, the U.S.&*

...it occrurred to him that Stateside newspapers mieht carry stories of
the air attack...
(Karis and Xelley, Battle T-er>orts, 1 9 ^ , 151).
station platform.
The platform adjacent to the railroad tracks where
one gets on, gets off, a train.
He coxild see the stat 1 ~>n platform when he ^ot off the tra n, e»rly in the
afternoon (Marquand, 2h3).
A station to station call.
A long distance telephone cell whereby the
caller simply tells the telephone operator the city and telephone
number he wishes.
(Cf. person to person call).
...I m=ke a LD station—to— station call what sets me back a sawbuck...
(Yank, l6l).

statlop wagon*
A type of automobile body having two doors, three
seats, the "back two of which are removable, a tail gate. Much of the
body is made of wood or prepared to look like wood. Usually about the
most expensive of the different bodies.
Once during the next summer
even inspite of thegas rationing Jeffrey
took the station wagon by
himselfand tried to find the place
(Marquand, 5^9)•
So I just hopped in the station wagon and got us two hundred feet at
Maxon's Store (Marquand, 5ll)*
Meanwhile, Madge had taken the station wagon to do the shopping and she
had taken Gwen and Jim...(Marquand, 212).
...then the lawnmower would
have tobe carried in the station wagoq
downtown for an old man...
(Marquand, 222).
status quo.
The state, condition, in which a thing ist
status in quo, 'the state in which'.)

(Latin

The corpse is supposed to remain in, what the lawyers terra, statue quo
(Gardner, 123)*
statutory rape.
The rape, having sexual intercourse with a girl who
is under age of consent either with her consent or without.
statutory rape, nothing unpleasant like thet.
to

stave off.

(Cain, 201).

To prevent; to ward off; to keep away.

•. ."Edward Mace, who had been a social worker in Chicago.. .had told Jeffrey
that the New Leal had staved off violent revolution (Marquand, 211).
Anything was desirable which would steve off his ordeal, but time was
moving on inexorably (Marquand, 165)•
H stay at home.
places.

One who does not travel; one who hos not seen many

Christ A'mighty, Alden's been through things those stay-at-home bastards
never even dreamt of...
(Gardner, 56).
to

stay away.

To remain awake.

They finally got to the point where they couldn't stay awake...
2 5 2 ).
to

stay away.

(Pyle,

Not to come; to remain away.

...the Japs stayed away when the Lightnings were up (Yank, 203).
Another was that reports of congestion hAd frirhtened prospective
customers into sta Ing away (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13» 19^7, 25).

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to.

J2®41nd»

To remain; not to go when others go*

I stayed behind when the coiqoany went forward
to at ay home*

(Pyle, 204),

To stay, remain, at home*

She s t a y e d h o m e .. .

(C ain ,

196).

When some friends invited me up to their cottage*..I didn't see why I was
the one person on earth that had to stay home
(Cain, 98)*
You may as well stay home nights while you*re here (Yank, l6 o)*

±2.

i&a

1* To stay, remain, within an area, place, building*
I told people we*d struck it rich, and that Leeds, my partner, was
staying in to watch the claim...
(Gardner, 114),
The tent pegs woul4n*t stay in...
(Pyle, 395)*
Ternight everybody's got to stay in and shine their hut.tons (Yank, 99)*
It was February and he was suffering from a slight cold in the head, so
he stayed in for the day to work in his study...
(Marquand, 326)*
He had seen it all, he had heard all the voices first in summer, and that
was the way it stayed in his mind (!4arquand, 260).
2. To remain a member; to continue affiliations*
(This often implies
remaining a soldier after one could receive a discharge.)
He liked it fine, and thou h t he might stay in after the war
Not that he intended to 9tay in after the war
(Pyle, 33?)*
to stay it out*

(Pyle, 4o)*

To remain, stay, as lon°: as necer»s^ry.

When the conpany came out of the lines some of the men could barely walk,
but they had
stayed it out
(Pyle,252)*
to 9_tay off*To keep off; to remain off;
Keep your feet
to stay on*

not to get on*

dry and stay off themfor two weeks

(Pyle, 253)•

To continue to stay,remain*

When I'm finished with this script, I might stay on and work on it
(Marquand, 451)•
...the other stayed on alone (Yank, 245).
Only the rugged ones stayed on
armorers
(Pyle, 211).
We read in the paper the next day, though, that the Governor had stayed
on ri °ht through the final nutout
(Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 194?, 19)*
to stay on the Job*

To remain at work; to continue working.

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. ..Okay, stay on the job and keep reporting

(Gardner, 64).

to stay out.
1. Not to become involved in; not to be joined with.
When his first three years were up, he stayed out just six days and then
re-enlisted...
(Pyle, 212).
H'lton stayed out of the Ar uy for two years (Yank, 242).
Right now I hope we stay out until we see what we can do, but I think
we're going in (Marquand, 4-15).
2. Hot to return home.
Says out.)

(This implies 'night* as being the time one

Where the highballs grow on bushes, and we stay out every night...
(Marquand, 382).
...'Where the highballs grow on bushes,*...be said, 'and we sta.v out
every night*
(Marquand, 381)•
3. To remain in the open, public.
He doesn't stay out where he's exposed
to stay over.

(Yank, 14-8).

To remain when one might have gone.

I'll stay over and drive you in the station wpgon

(Marquand, 518).

to stay put.
1. To remain as or where one is.
The CP and the MLR. staved nut
(Yank, 6 ).
You'd think th»t after seeing what the combat pilots went through, the
mechanics would be content to stay put
(Pyle, 177).
2. To be still, quiet, unmoving.
German bombers ceme over but we just stayed put

(Pyle, 4-7).

to. stay u p .
1. Hot to go to bed.
He stayed up all ni^ht too...
(Pyle, 397).
I stayed u p for a couple of nights...
(Pyle, 35l).
to stay up until all hour b .
early in the morning.

Not to go to bed until lete at night,

•. .staying tiTi r»rt 11 all hours trying to find the bulbs and trimiikigB for
the tree...
(Yank, 184).

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to atay with#
1. To live with; to live at#
Fegimental handed me down to battalion, and battalion on down to the
COW. ny I Vfts to stay with (Pyle, 181)#
2# To remain with; to accompany#
Do you want me to h^ve Drake sent out a woman operative to, stay with you
(Gardner, 5 0 )#
a steady customer,
certain plane#

A regular buyer; one who regularly purchases at a

He...introduced him to some of the steady customers
steady eyed#
eye#

(Tank, 3*0#

Not having shifty eyes; being able to look one in the

Garrel, poker-faced, stead.v-eyed. came forward, raised his right hand
and was sworn (Gardner, 132)#
a steady flow of#
of #

A continuous sunnly of; an uninterrupted succesiion

Doth had worked well all through the previous day and nidit too,
a steady flow of prisoners
(Pyle, 12h).
a steady stream of#
succession of#

A continuous supnly of; an uninterrupted

There had been a steady stream of American casualties...
to steal (-— ) blind#
everything one has#

(Yank, 252)#

To steal continuously from one; to steal almost

I could have stole them blind
to steal a glance#
to look away#

examining

(Gardner, 5?)#

To look briefly at; to look at and then quickly

...but he was conscious of Louella, although he only stole a glance at
her (Msrquand, l6h)#
to steal £ show#
To cause the audience to
to be the best attraction in a performpnce#

concentrate on

one person;

It never ceases to ama.se me. Colonel, the way these little girlies always
steal the show (Yank, 132)#

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to stm

s

back*

To return by sailing under steam power*

The beach wasn't big enough to handle them all
in at signals from the coninand ship, unload,
convoy for a second load (Pyle, 28)#
to steam out*

To

go out of, depart from, a. place by ship*

We steamed out uast the bomb-shattered city*..
steamed up*

at once, so they'd come
and steam back out to the

(Pyle, ll)*

Angry; excited*

S h e sec-ncd t o b e a l l s t e a m e d u p a b o u t s o m e t h i n g , e n d he v « 8 t r y i n g to
s m o o t h h e r o v e r w i t h e l o t o f yes-yes B t u f f
( G a r d n e r , 108).

a steam roller*
A steam driven roller which flattens roads, air fields,
or the like* It has tremendous weight.
I remember hitting the ground flat, all spread o\J.tlike the cartoons
of people flattened by steam rollers..
(Fyle, ^37)*
a

steam
kept

A metal table with
serving*

table.
hot before

containers

in w h i c h

food

can be

She put them in their pots and turned the hot water into the steam table
(Cain, 118).
A range, icebox, steam table. and sink were going to cost at least half
that...
(Cain, 76).
to steel (-— ) against.
oneself to resist*

To strengthen oneself against; to prepare

Pella...Street...steeled herself against the magnetism of Mason's boyish
grin
(Gardner, l)*
steering gear»

The mechanism which steers a ship.

The steering gear on one ship broke*..
to stem from*

(Pyle, 357)*

To rise from; to come from; to originate in.

It stems not only from blood ties with*..Slavs who emigated to America
...
(Tank, 2^8).
to step away from.

To w a l k a w a y from; to le«ve by walking*

She steps away from me*..
to step back.

(Yank, 138).

To walk backwards, usually a step or two.

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...he p u s h e d o p e n the door end s t e r m e d back . ..
(Yank, 247).
H e steps h a c k , h e w l s "Battery a t t e n - 1 i o n 1" and you stifien into p o s i t i o n
. . . a r r a n g e d the casket, and s tcor e d b a c k to perm i t the g u ests to pass
by
(Cain, 108)*
step bJL s t e p .

A degree,

grade,

He h a d chnrted y our v a y f o r you,
(Marquand, 190).
to

step In.

...I'll

To enter;

ste p b y step in simple easy lessons...

step i n w i t h a s t o r y about

Geosler;

gradually*

to J o i n in.

to step into the b r e e c h .
a question.
But Mrs.

measure, at a time;

as usual,

thi s

job e n d top them all

To s o l v e a problem;

^Yank, 200).

to pre s e n t a s o l ution to

s t e p p e d into the b r e a c h

(Cair, 159)*

to step off.
1. To get off a path, walk,

trail,

road, b y w a l k i n g .

v

Y ou step h i g h off t h e curbs...
Yank, 7 5) •
He hed stepped ri g h t off into a n a r r o w ditch...
2.

To get off;

(Pyle, 201).

to get out of.

.*.as we stepp e d o f f the bus
(Yank, 209)*
H o w could a nyo n e s tep off a DC-4 in Flapt. B o s t o n end qui e t l y take a taxicab
to the Hotel S t a t l e r . . . T
(Yank, 187).
3. To leave;

to go away from.

It w a s nice bei n g a b l e to step o f f the p ost a n d onto a sidewalk...
236).

(Yank

to step o n the g a s .
1. To a c c ele r a t e an automobile;
i n order to go faster.
T he driver stepped o n the gas,
57).
2. To hurry;

to give an a u t o m o b i l e more gasoline

a n d w e r a c e d acrosr

the Farids...

(yank,

to rush.

T e l l i n g him to ster A n the gas is like —
well,
P i e r c e Homes f o r eight ye e r s now, h a sn't he?

he's been l i q u i d a ting
(fain, 202).

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to step on It,

To hurry; to go fast, to rush.

A n d if y o u c o u l d step o n it slightly, show just a litt l e spend
— why
I might get to,..
(Cain, 89).
"You're step -ing o n ^t, now. Chief," she said, g l a n c i n g at the speedometer
(Gardner, *0).
I'll step o n it. a n d get h a c k to t h e o f f i c e in time to hear w hat he
has to say b e f o r e we go "back to court
(Gardner, *0),
to step o n (— — ) toea.

To hurt one's

feelings; to hurt one's

...you didn't t h i n k thet I was too i m pulsive g i v i n g J i m that c a s h
that I stepp e d
o n y o u r t o e s . or anything?
(Marouend, 75)*

ego,
—

to step o u t ,
1. To go to a party;

to h a v e a g o o d time at a dance

or t h e like.

We'll step out (Cain, 21).
F o r the most part, he wears d i s r e p u t o b l e clothes, hut o c c a s i o n a l l y he
spruces h i m s e l f u p and steps out
(Cardne*', 12 7 ).
...we can steu out
(Cain, 2 ?5),
2. To get out of a vehicle.
Men w e r e k i l l e d as they s t e p p e d out of l a n d i n g cr^ft (Pyle, 362).
A g e n t l e m a n . . .was d i s t r a c t e d w h e n a m a r o o n Rolls p u l l e d u p and a live r i e d
c h a u f f e u r in his l ate sixties stepped o u t ...
(New Yorker, Sort.. 6,

19*7 , 22),

As R o s i e stepoe.d out a n d went a l o n g in the a m b u l a n c e w i t h his wounded...
(Yank, 86).
3. To w a l k into the open.
S u d d e n l y a n I t a l i a n stepped out of a dar k alley...
(Yank, ll).
W h e n he stepped out the tent d o o r to dispose of a w a s h p a n of weter...
(Pyle. 217).
A scout n^rned Herbert Hanson of Lincoln, Ark., s tepped out from behind
a tree...
(Yank, 17).
*. To walk, move,

go a w a y from, aside.

But h er m o u t h seemed jto step out in front of her,
a somewhat g a b b y w a y
(Cain, 26),
to step o v e r .

and take charge in

To w a l k to a place.

He s t e o o e d over a n d snapped on a small radio

(.ain,

165).

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to step tro.
1. To apu^oach;

to w a l k up.

If the a r m y c o u l d h a v e set u p the m a c h i n e r y a n d t o l d e v e r y soldier
to step u p o n t h e p r o p e r day a n d m a k e his "X»...
(Pyle, 137).
11Step, r i g h t !££,M K e t t e r i n g said
(Gardner, 18?).
. . .Jef f r e y w as a b o u t to. step u p w h e n he saw th*>t the bell c a o t a i n w as
beside him
(Marquand, 575)*
2. To tak e
a s t e p higher; to lift o n e ' s foot h i g h e r
w a l k i n g to step o n a h i g h p l a c e *

t h a n u s u a l in

. . . w i t h a n i l l u m i n a t e d g r e e n sig n t h o u g h t f u l l y p i e c e d u r o n it m a r k e d
"St e p 110". a n d J e f f r e y . . .
(Marquend, 57 5 ) •
3. To sp e e d up;

to hurry;

to i n c r e a s e the speed.

W o r d came ba.ck that t h e y w e r e d o i n g fine, a n d that w e could
step u p
pace if w e
w a n t e d to
(Pyle, 202).
Ti> .a r e m a r k o n l y s e r v e d to step u p the tempo of M i l d r e d ' s sobs...

259 ).

£.• flt e w up.

To develop;

the
(Cain,

to w o r k up.

T h e y stew u p a h i g h b l o o d p r e s s u r e over a o n e —p o i n t drop in the interest
r ate
(Gardner, l)*
to. s t i c k a b o u n d .

To r e m a i n near;

to stay in the v i c i n i t y .

A m a n w e n t into the h e a d q u a r t e r s cave w i t h our r e n z e s t to s t i c k ^rnnqd for
a f ew days...
(Yank, 1 9 6 ).
"I w i s h y o u ' d s t i c k a r o u n d ." W a l t e r said
(Marquend, 52).
S t i c k «|roTiqd a w h i l e , k i d
(Marquand, 487)*
S t i c k a r o u n d the o f ice, k e e p i n t o u c h w i t h d e v e l o p m e n t s , a n d eat
a f t e r I get b ® e k
(Gardner, 93)•
.. .he said e v e r y t h i n g w a s okay, that h e ' d a t i c k a r o u n d and w a i t for me to
call f r o m the station...
(Gardner, 103)*
. ..said to Drake... "S t i c k a r o u n d a minute, P a u l "
(Gardner, 13)*
to s t i c k b y (--- ).

To be faithful

to on»;

to aid a n d a s a i r t one f i r m l y

A n C y ,u t h i n k i t ’ll stick b y you, b e c a u s e it likes you, a n d likes your
chicken, and w a n t s to h e l p a p l u c k y l i t t l e w o m a n get along?
(Coin, 148)
I d r o p p e d most of that t w e n t y a-rnnd I mad e in the touch f r o m Leeds,
but I'm r e s o u r c e f u l a n d I stick b y m y friends
(Gardner, 102)*
to

stick (—
) head inside.
a n d shottlders inside*

To stand o u t s i d e and to put on e ' s hea d

T h e l i e u t e n a n t . . .opened the door and s t u c k h i s h e a d i n sid e . ..

(Yank, 247),

12^7-

to s t i c k
shoulders

hepd out.
outside.

To st a n d Inside a n d to put one's hea d and

. ..T t h r e a t e n e d to shoot the first one w h o stuck his h e a d out
(Yank, 150).
. . . this g u y a c r o s s the street stuck his h e e d out
(Yank, 12^).
...the c o m r A n d e r u s u a l l y rides w i t h his turret cover open and his head
sticking out
(Pyle, 265).
to s t i c k — —

heed up.

To raise one's h e ^ d a b o v e something.

C p l • J o e H a s o a k l .. .heard a no i s e outside his foxhole and
U£
(Yank, lh-5).
to s t i c k in —
remembered•
That

18

is t h e

).

memory .

To stay, remain,

s o r t of t h i n g that et ieke

to s t i c k
k n i f e in —
back.
( C o n s i d e r e d unsportsmaril y . )
Go r i g h t

...Stilwell i a
(Yank, 1 3 0 ) .
to

in one's memory;

to be

in a Jou r n a l i s t ' e m e m o r y

(Marovand,

To a t t a c k one w h e r e one is defenseless.

o n s t i c k i n g the knife in our b^cks

a B t l c k l «*r f o r .

stuck his head

One who demands,

(Yank, 215).

requires,

insists on.

no B t i c k l er for the more r i g i d m i l i t a r y courtesies

stick
n e c k out.
disastrous.

To take a chance w h i c h i^ it fails may be

We told h i m we d i d n ' t want to stick our n e c k s too far o u t . . .we felt
b r a v e e n o u g h to get a story a n d some p i c t u r e s
(Yank, 196).
I we n t t o b a t a n d I stuck m y n e c k gut for y o u
m e n (Yank, 2 0 h ) #
to s t i c k o n .

To fasten on; to

m a k e fast.

Now, s h e h u r r i e d l y got into one, put on h e r T i p - T o p shoes,
the l i t t l e c a p
(Cain, 119) •

stuck op

to s t i c k out.
1. To p r o t r u d e ;

to project.

...T w a l k e d a r o u n d a couple of p i e c e s of d riftwood sticking out- of the
sand
(Pyle, 369).
. ..t h e i r h e a d s h a n g i n g down on one sine, their stiffened lags sticking
out a w k w a r d l y from the other...
(Pyle, 15^).
T h r e e t i n y J a p eoc.onut-log J e t M e s stuck out, into the water... (Yank, 1'' ).

They got h i m w i t h a m a c h i n e g u n right in the arm, end the hone ie
sti eking out
(Yank, 108).
M y e?re don't s t i c k out.
(Maronand , 158).
2. To cause to p rotrude;

to cause to project.

Veda p i c k e d u p h e r glass, stuck out her l i t t l e finger, took a fastidious
sip (Cain, 5?)*
"Je^f," Elsie said, "don't s t i c k y our sto m a c h o u t "(Marquand,
153).
I stuck m y hend o u t . groping, a n d the owner of the v o i c e grabbed
it
(Yank, 58).
To Veda, it w a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y tg. stick out h e r little finger, to
quaff e l e g a n t l y . ..
(Cain, 5 6 T T
3* To

p l a c e a w a y from;

out from, a central place.

O ur 60-mm m o r t a r s and even our fils are u s u a l l y stuck o\\t s i n g l y . ..
(Yank, 150).
.. if some of t h o s e p a n t y — w a i s t s h*»d to be s t u c k out some pln.ce where
there we r e no w h i t e women...
(Yank, 21^).
stick t o g e t h e r .
1. To be f a i t h f u l to e a c h other,
friends; to support each other.
The W i l s o n b r o t h e r s

one another;

stick t o g e t h e r , don't they?

2. To remain, t a v , close to each other;
company.

to r e m a i n fast

(Marquand,

to remain in the other's

W h e n they we r e o n la-=ve, t h e y liked to sti ck together and
w i t h the i n f a n t r y a n d a r t i l l e r y
(Marquand, 218)*
to stick to.

To h o l d fast to;

156 .

to stay with;

to hell

to remain firm with.

...in his o p i n i o n (and all a b o o k m a n could do w a s to. stick to his
opinion)...
(Marquand, 338).
Put not the Germans —
t h e y s t u c k to their g u n s
(Pyle, l6l).
to stick - —
t o n g u e out.
To cause one's tongue to protrude from between
o n e ' s lips.
(Often d o n e a s a sign of concentration, or u s e d as a sign
of contempt.)
...lay two more on h e r arm, r e m e m b e r not .to, stick her tongue o u t . and
go sailing around the k i t c h e n w i t h u t d r o p p i n g a n y
(Cain, 62)•
...Mildred w a n t e d t o . ..stick out h e r tongue at him...
(Cain, 235).
to s t i c k u p .

To p r o t r u d e upward;

to rise.

The toes of their shoes s t i c k i n g u p *s though o n drill..

(Pyle,

360).

-iz u y —

G i v e y o u r hair a g o o d soaping,
159) •

and ma y b e it w o n ' t stick u u

& fticky k i e s -

a k i s s i n g w i t h wet,

A w e t kiss;

•..the s t i c k y k i s s e s that
a gt H I l i f e *
flowers, f m i t ,

started at h e r eyes...

(Marquand,

moistened,

lips*

(Cain, 17d).

A p a t t i n g , drawing, of inan i m a t e objects such as
fish, d e a d game, a n d the like*

E v e n w i t h the t w i n b e d s and the n e w g r e e n carpet and the chairs a n d
the still lif e a b o v e the m a n t e l piece...
(Marnuand, 30?)*
to h e s t i l l a l o n g *

To b e yet,

still , now,

T h e lie u t e n a n t a n d h h e sergeant w o u l d call
sure I w » s still a l o n g
(Pyle, 200)*
st i11 to go*

Remaining; undone;

in company, accompa nying*

for me occasional

y to make

unaccomplished*

The squadron l e a d e r s w i s h e d there w e r e some w a y t h e y could surpri se
m a n and send h i m home w i t h s i x or eight m i s s i o n s still to g o * ..
(Pyle, 162).
a t i r r e d ut>.

Confused;

a

disorg a n i z e d *

It's a l i t t l e s t l r r e d - u p inside
(Marquand, 45 7 ) *
As W a l t e r said, the r o o m w a s a l i t t l e s t i r r e d up sB rooms w e r e with
morning rising combined with packing
(Marquand, ^57)•
to s t i r 3JB a f i g h t .

To incite,

cause, a fight.

...a river c r o s s i n g that st i r r e d u p a fjghtj
to st o c k up-

To put into reserve;

(Yank,

2^5)*

to build u p a reserve*

We Just ought to stock up while there's anything to stock
(MarnuaJid, 512).
. . I k n o w that y o u d o n ' t want to be bothered, but it Just seems
to me
we ought to st o c k uj> a little
(Marquand, ^12).
So h o w would it b e if Mr. W i l s o n Just forgot a b o u t it, «nd let Mr.
G orman go dow n to Max o n ' s and stock u p w h i l e thorp w«s something to
stock up. w i t h
(Marquand, 516)*
a s t o m a c h ounrp.
A medical p u m p for r e m o v i n a food, poison,
f r o m the stomach.
This l o v e l o r n typ e c a b l e d hone the next day for a . ..stomac h
1 ^0 ).
a at o n e 's throw.

A v e r y short diet-nee;

n litt l e way.

or the like

pump

(Yank,

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Once an unexploded ack-ack shell buried itself half £. stone *s throw
from my tent
(Pyle, 382).
Once two bombs hit the water ju^t. a good stone«s throw from the stern
of our vesfel
(Pyle, 3*0*
...» mere stone *s throw from shop...(Mequand, 35).
We were pleasantly surprised to find
ourself seated abear-bottle'a
throw from Governor Dewey, who was
sharing a box back of first b^se
with four youn" boys
(New Yorker, XXITI, Sept. 6, 19^7, 1).
to stoon dLovn#

To bend over; to stoop.

Veda...stooped down...
s^oop shouldered.
sitting, erect.

(Cain, 15^-).
Having shoulders which drop forward; not standing,

The Foreign Correspondent•..was not a stoop— shon1dered man...

(Marouand,

25).

to stop and.

To stop to.

...I got so hungry I had to stop and open my C rations (Yank, 31).
...stop and think and you'll see that it doesn't makesense (Marquand,
3 57 7
to stop by.

To drop in; to visit briefly.

Toward the end of March, whan Jeffrey had stopped by onhis wa.v from the
train, Lou.ella asked him...
(^nrouand, 205)
As they parted, Mildred asked Ida if she'd like her to stop by and
pick her up... (Cain, 6h).
Whether Bert had already stopped b y . or the children had made some slip,
she didn't know...
(Cain, 13)•
Then she counted her money end stoo- r-d
a market, where she bought
a Chicken...
(Cain, 19)•
"It's funny, your stopping by. ** B ha said (Marquand, 1?2).
to stop cold.

To stop completely.

The battalion was a.gain stopped cold
to stop dead.

To stop completely.

...the mule stop-ed dead and lay down
to stop in.

(Yank, 5).

(Yank, 1?6).

To visit briefly; to drop in.

I'll stop in to see him (Marquand, ^5^)•
Shortly after le ving the artillery outfit, I stopped in at an evacuation
tent ho6r>ital...
(Pyle, 120).

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itojo me if you've heard, (it. this one).
tel li ng a story, joke.
;tot> me IT y o u fve heard it
;o stop short.

Often s-id by one before

(Morquand, ?h).

To step abruptly; to etop suddenly*

l private runs to pick h&m up, then 6_tcp s short and logics bewildered as
his own arm hangs limply...
(Yank, l8o).
>top signals*

T r i f l e signs; traffic lights*

..after a few blocks she began to dread the stop signals. for sitting
there, waiting for the light to change..* (Cain, 101)*
to think.
reflectively.

O Stop

To consider carefully; to think about, something

f you stopped to think of it, the coffee tasted very -rood...
220 ).

(Marouand,

jo stop up.
To plug; to act as a plug in a pipe, tube, or the like,
so ■»8 to impede or 6top passage.
>ut I don't like the canine*
You can't trust it; three little grains
of sand will stop one up
(v«.nk, 1^9).
tory book.
Having the dualities of a fictional person, p f ce,
situation; romantic*
ac is no s t o r y - b o solder
tory telling*

(Yank, 2h).

A relating, tel'ing, of stories, jokes, or the like*

..her encouragement to Mr. Treviso's story tellIng...

(Cain, 185)*

. stove cap.
A circular piece of cast ifon about 8" - 10” in diameter
which fits into a frame on a wood or coal eook stove on the cooking
surface.
It is removable so that a pan con be placed next to the fire.
ometning as big es a stove cep sailed by my he»d

(Yank, 28^)*

o stow away.
To secrete oneself or someone on a ship, airplane, for
the oiirpose of t^kina p trip without- paying.
nd there were two adoptees who stov'ed away ^(i .ioined in the Ansio
beachhead lendings on D-day
(vyle, 2-h8).
trai^ht ahecd.

Immediately ahead; direct! y to the front*

ilnred stared straight ahead of her, pnd he wer.t on...

(Cain, 108)*

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(adge sighed again and looked straight ahead of her at the shadows in
the corner of the room...
(Marqi:and, 537).
^bout 200 yards straight ahe--d the Japs had established a CP...
(Yank, 2?)
reffrey looked straight ahead of him, moving one foot and then the
o ther
(Mar qu.- nd , 1 f. s).
reffrey stared straight ahead at the road (Marquand, ^78).
fhy wouldn't it be a good idea to fool them about once ever,.- two weeks
by just flying straight ahead for a whileT
(Pyle, 16')*
i straight becked chair,
no covering or padding,

A chair having a vertical back usually with

re sit down in separate, straight—backed wooden chairs
..four straight-backed chairs. .. (Yarik, 22?),

(Yank, 18C0 •

0 straighten out*
1. To put in order; to make order out of; to solve a problem,
..things mirht still be stralgtiteped oiiJ. (Cain, la8).
..if straightening out a title would mean a day's work forBert, or
a few dollars in some le. al capacity...
(Cain, 20).
our bedroom's all straightened out (Gardner, 70).
. .a tired MP at a crossroad was helping to. straighten out a Long Tom
track and two b-0-mm ack—ackvehicles that were all jammed together...
(Yarxk, 162).
..only a good heart-to-heart talk with someone v/: 1 ’ ■
:.a jgVyten me out
(Yank, 16k),
s so on as I get...this (aess straightened out. . . (Cain, lb-7),
r. *ckstein...agreed to deliver me. t until she "sire jghtened this
little matter out
(Cain, 2 5).
2. To clarify; to make clear, understandable.
ina.lly a laundry truck nulled un end she got. the driver
her oat (Cain, ^2).
ird of get th°t a little straightened out? (Cain, 2l 6),

? tralghten

3. To make straight; to straighten.
a couldn't straighten out his legs...
1 strajghteq u p f

(Pyle, ^5^).

To stand erectly; to rise to one's full height,

s'd be°n drinking pretty heavy, and, all of » sudden, he straightened
up and threw the whiskey bottle to one si^e
(Gardner, 113)*
straight face.
A f•=ce showing no emotions, feelings; a noVrer face; a
face devoid of expression*

-1253-

That Bert, with a stra ight ff ce. should offer it to her at this time
struck her hs merely grotesque
(Cai n, 85)*
&

ght shot.

A dr-> nk of undiluted alcoholic bevsr^^e,

...they each had a, straight shot to c^lm their nerves
straight news,
Straight
(Yank,
Straight
(Yank,

(Tank, 155).

Uneolor-'d, tmbiased, urdanted, news.

news is stressed; there is no attempt to propagandize...
129).
news, when it*a favorable, is the most potent weapon we have
129).

straight off.

Immediately; at once; right away.

One sold, "Think of hitting the beach tonight, seesick as hell, with
your stomach upside down, end straight of.f you come free to face with
an Italian with a big anrllo breath"
('Pyle, 2o),
straight out of,

Modeled on; copied from.

...unless she was straight out of Vogue...
stral ;ht up.

(Yank, 1^1).

Vertically; vertical.

...we would see dark columns extendingtwo end three hundred feet
straight up into the air...
(Pyle, ^18).
Be snent hours walking around the muddy stone street on his hands, with
his fe^t sticking straight up in the air (Pyle, 227).
After about 200 yards of straight-up climbing...
(van>, 100),
strange as it, may seem.
but it is true.

Believe it or not; this may sound fantastic

... strange as it may seem. 183 s11*® f r m whitemen...
a stranger to.

(Yank, 218).

Unknown to.

At ten— five a man went in who was a stranger to all the operatives
(krdn>jr , 68).
to strap on.
To p u t on; to fasten on. (This
a belt or with a belt,)
I strapped on the old persuader, and
figured I might have to get rou£*h
Si

straw hat.

implieB

wert down to get
(0-axdner, 57).

A hat made of woven straw —

fastening on

him out ——

vegetable matter.

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The stranger wore..-an Italian straw hat with an orange "band

(Yank, 2b).

One incident after a series of incidents
the strow that broke --- back.
which see-n3 as a result of the series to be intolerable.
The straw that Jhr«ke mv back was when the anchor went. The chain made so
much noise you could have heard it in Rome
(Pyle, 21).
street clothes.

Informal clothin0-; clothing one normally wears.

This had the effect of arousing a good lively fear that perhaps she
w a s n ' t so hot in her street clothes...
(Cain, 63)*
When the two of them suddenly paraded out, in their street clothes a
few minutes later...
(Cain, bit).
street level.
ground floor.

Being on the same plane with the street; first floor;

Inside the doorw*»y was «- sort of street-level cellar...
street light.
ni ^ht.

(Pyle, bob}.

A li*ht for illuminating the stree;s and sidewalks at

...he was ’•rabbed ape in under the first street livht. . ,

('Vank, 201).

stress and strain.
The force repaired to break an object; hence the
strength of a material such as wood, steel, concrete, and the like.
(A! so at.t-ributive. )
Scientists in T&ngineer clothes began making stress and strain testa on
every local woo d...
(Yank, bo).
to stretch across.
to the other.

®o extend across; to be from one end of something

He thought of all the other festooned rtininT rn^ns that, stretched in belts
across the continent...
(Marquand, 3?).
stretcher bearer.
One of two or four who helps to carry P stretcher,
a litter, on which youn^ad are olaced.
And then some stretcher-bearers must have come
to stre tch --- legs.
been rather still.

(Marquand, 238).

To exercise; to move about b r i e f l y after having

One ship came directly from America, stopping in Africa only long enough
for the troop to stretch their legs. then moving ri ^-ht on again
(Pyle, 15).

to stretch — — luck#

To take too great a chance; to chance too nruch*

...we didn't want, to stretch our luck too much

(Yank, 192).

to stretch out.
1. To lie down.
Some soldiers told ahout run ing onto another soldier stretched out in
the back sept of a jeep...
(tyle, 24-0).
...nobody got coimilet.ely stretched out
(Pyle, 268).
...I got myself a blanket, stretched out on the floor and slept for
bums
(Pvle, 294).
...I wns comfortably s_tretched out on the hatch cover. .. (Yank, 118).
At sick b°y he found men stretched out on every available table...
(Yank, 4-7).
And near the machine was stretched out in nathetic death a big white
rabb it (Pyle. 4 1 3 ).
...and some of them were trying to sleep stretched out on wet shelter
halves
(Yank, 50).
everybody dropoed what he was car ying, stretched out flat and tried to
crawl to some hole...
(vank, 58).
We...stretched out on the bunks...
(Yank, 255)*
2. To extend.
He stayed there, keeping one hand st retched out to hold the bottom of
the wheel
(Yank, ’-5).
Mason sat sluuroed down in the mahogany swivel chair at the counsel
table, hi 8 long le^-s st ret ched out in front, of him.. . (flardner, 81)*
Stiffening and stretching out her arms...
(Cain, 18?).
to strl ie around.

To walk briskly here -=nd there.

He strode around. throwing ux> windows, goi.no- out b®ck and oupnln^ doors.
(Cain, 92)."
to stride *>wa : .

To ws.lk briskly away, off.

Kettering strode ?way in the direction of the judae*3 chambers
204).
to

stride

ut>.

To w a l k briskly toward;

to apr ro«ch briskly.

...young Teran. .. strides ur> o unoo sef nll.y. . .
to strike back.

(C-ardner

(Yank, 1 40).

To retaliate; to strike, hit, fi^ht in return.

The Partisans did not let the ene *y hold the offensive against them
but st ruck back (Yank, 27).

to strike a bargain.

To s^ree on a price, cont,

• ••then, After he had wiped, his streaming' eyes, the bargain was struck,
(Cain, 6 8 ),
to strike a case.

To

discover, come upon, a c« 3e, situation, condition.

When the examiners strike a c°ae like that, they trjr to find out the
trouble...
(Pyle, 124).
to strike it rl_ch.

To e-et, become, rich, wealthy, suddenly.

He'd struck
It rich (Gardner, 8 5 ).
They struck
It rich (Gardner, 121).
Then, one day, we struck it rich (Gardner, ll'5).
We'd struck
it ri ch while we were working on a pocket (Gardner, 181).
He'd struck
it rich, and Bill Houarty h^dbeen his nactner
onthe claim
when they s truck it rich (Gardner, 1?7)*
...Aldan Leeds who had been in partnership with a BillHoyartv and was
reputed to hpve struck it rich...
(Gardner, 91),
I told people we'd struck it rich, and that Leeds, my partner, was
staying in to ’''etch the claim...
(Gardner, 11 ).
to strike a match.
To cause a match to burn by rubbina- the m«teh he^ d
ayainst some surface.
Someone struck a match and announced that it was 6 o'clock
to s t r i k e

as.

(Yank, 14}.

To seem to one; to a.p-^e^r to one.

Most of these auestionF struck her as irrelevant, and some of them as
impertinent
(Cain, 36 ).
to s t r i k e

(as) funny.

To be humorous, funny, to one.

This struck Mildred so funny that she laivhed... (pain, 1^9)*
Tris struck Mildred as funny... (Cain, 155)*
to strike oil.
To discover oetroleum, oil, by having: drilled a well;
hence, to become wealthy.
Mrs. Biederholf's husband having struck oil in Texas...

(Ce„in, 2?9).

to st rike out.
1. To depart (foe); t,o 1 e^ve intending to co (to).
We'll hit 10 minutes south of Sunrabum, then strike out due n'1**' ...
...the Scouts stnick out fo>* the northern tip of Amchitka...
(Yank, 191).

2. To eliminate; to erase; to remove,
.. .1 could mo're to .strjdce out this entire testimony on the theory that
It Is nredicated unon facte which sue beyond the doct.
a knowl ed<ae
(pra rdner , 171) •
to strike m y

dirt,

To melee an im ortant discovery.

"I take it,11 Mason said, "yo.i 've struck -pay d irtH (Gardner, 61).
It sounds as though w e ’ve struck nay dirt. Panl
(Gardner,12$).
to strike a pose.

To pose; to posture.

(This implies artificiality.

.. .he "became slic-htly lese formal , at ruck a tragic pose.. .
to 3trike wh le the lr ~>n is hot.

(Cain, 18G).

To seize the opportunity; carpe diem

...I certainly woxild strike while the iron was ■o t . and try to set a
confession from him
(Gardner, 208),
to. string ——— aloiLh.

To

deceive one; to pull, one’s lea;.

Think he str-ony her alon>y for the check business?
to Birins* ^ hammock.

To

(Gardner, 21),

fasten a hammock; to swinira hammock.

He advised me to strink a hammock between a couple of trees
a string of "beads.

(Yank, 1^5).

Beads; a necklace of be- ds.

• ••£. Qtrina: of be^ds that, broke and went bonnet no* *11 over the room
(Cain, 25*4-77
to string out.
1. To extend; to spread o\at.
Somewhere in the nieht, both ahead of us and strung out behind us in
files, w*s the rest of our battalion (Pyle, 202).
S o l diers of the c o w a n y w e r e a l r e a d y st,fung out on bot h sides of the
r o ^ d . ..
(Pyle, 399).
At other times, in m o u n t a i n o u s country, when the whole division was

Btniiv out in a single line twenty *"iles or more lony, the engineer
cnmnnnies kept leapfrog iny each other,..
(Pyle, 7C ).
...their cclum- 8 started to strins out as pack mules tumbled off ridL^es..
(Yank, 1?6).
...while we '<rere strung out across the open s^^ce, we saw the guide fall
flat...
(Yank, 197).
2. To cause to extend over a lone period of time; to lengthen.

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w>To use stringing it out,M a noint to which Mr. Murock instantly agreed
(Cain, 106)•
to string up.
1. To support, elevate, by strings, wires, rope, or the like*
Every time they woiild string
(Yank, I6 9 ).

the hose an explosion would krock it down

2. To han^; to kill by hanging.
.. .if they were "black—market ope^a-tors, then they were sure to get strung
up
(Yank, 26).
to s trlng wire.
another.

To lay, pl'.ce, out, telephone wire fr">m one ooint to

...the men who string wire from eection to battery...
to sv -t r ~ - co.
clothed only in.

(Yank, 3?)*

To take off one's clothin-1 to a minimum of; to be

He was stripped down to his un^e-shirt...
(Pyle, h 22 ).
...he would strlx) down to his shorts and lie there in the hot sand...
(Pjfe, 300).
IP. 8 trip for action.

To remove from a fighting ship all unnecessary
impedimenta and materials which might burn, splinter, or the like.

...I realized this strange effect was merely part of the "Navy procedure
of stripping for action (Pyle, 9)*
to strip off•

1. To take off; to doff.
. . h e began stripping off her stockings (Cain, 138).
5he strip-ed off her glover...
(Cain, 193)•
2. To denude; to remove all clothing.
The SS men..♦stripped off their clothes and flogged them...

(Yank, 220).

3. To uncover completely.
Two nurf.ee st-ripued off the blankets, and a third etepv pd forward with
ice bafl’fi, which she packed around Hay's ted (Cain, 102).
to strip to the waist.
naked to the waist.

To have no clothing on above the valet, to be

-1Z59-

M a c h i n i a t s * mst.es,
(Tank. 253).

s t r i p p ed to the w & i st un d e r the scorching

iP- _str o n g arm.

To u ? e p h y s i c a l force on someone.

sun* < .

But y o u did hav e h i m stro n g - a r m e d out of a n a u t o m o b i l e In order
h i m in a n i n s t i t u t i o n . ..
(Gardner, 13^).
to he s t r o n g o n .
f o n d of.

To have a p r o p e n s i t y fir; to do v e r y much;

...leaving p l e n t y o f roo m on either
s t r o n g o n m e r c M r.g
(Yank, 66).

3k. s trong p o i n t .
. . .Atta ck the most

a

to place

to be

side for the Iranian A r m y w h i c h is

f o r t i f i e d place;

a p o s i t i o n w h i c h is strong.

obvious e n e m y strong p o i n t s

(Pyle, 362).

lieutenant Shockl^r. ..eaqjlained to ue just what his company wee going to
do to wipe out the string point of pillboxes and machine-gun nests
(Pyle, hoc).
That ’s h o w ^ s t r on g p o i nt in a c i t y w a s taken

to be struck by.

(Pyle, h07).

To be astonished at; to marvel at.

I w as struck by the w o r k some nan v ould put. into a home as temporar;
as a foxhole
(Pyle, 183).
...I c o v l d n ’t help being struck b y vhat a swell bur h the2' wer e
(Pyle,
333).
to be s t r u c k w i t h .

To be a s t o nished at;

to w o n d e r at.

When I first went abroad I w^s struck wi th the odd bleaknes'
b ulkheads
(Pyle, 9).
to struggle t h r o u g h.

To m a k e an effort a n d to endure hardships.

If she co u l d ever s t r uggle t h r o u g h the first year or two,
herself, th e n she wotil d "have somethin*'"
(Cain, dft).
to strut, a r o u n d .

of the

To w a l k p o m p ously, proudly,

she told

here and there.

It h a d the usual royal peacttcks strut ting a r ound but not a bath in the
place
(Pyle, 75).
to be stuck on - —
•
in love w i t h one.

To be infatuated w i t h one;

H e ’s the life gua-d, and h e ’s stuck on her

to be about to **811

(dein, Tl).

£ stuck p j g .
(To b l e e d like a stuck pie-. )
an unusual a m o u n t of b l e e ding.)

(A term use d to indicate

1Z60—

"Stuck n i g ." Stan said
to be stuck up.

(Marqua.nd, 23**-).

To be snobbish; to be self-sufficient.

...they were genial , ordinary fellov'S, too, not stand-offish or etuck-uu.
bit very nucfc like you or me
(Marquand, 25).
.. celled Lew Brown a fish-eyed, stuck-un bastard. And they...
(Marquand

278).

to JBtuc^J music*
To learn to play a musical instrument, or to sing, or
to study musical composition, or the like.
It was I...who was responsible for
a stuffed shirt.

her studying music...

(Cain,215).

A pompous person.

Jnf rey had never thought of him except es a pompous old stuffed
and e snob...
(Marquand, 98).
to 6tumble on (to^).

shi^t

To disvover accidentally; to come upon by chance*

I t*8 hardly likely th«t both Leeds and Marcia would have etumbled on a
d ea d body and said nothing about it...
(Gardner, 6 8).
Fe and Uncle Alden stumbled onto each other years ago...
(Gardner, 8).
& stylish stout.

Arather plump women; a pleasingly plump women.

...She's a stvllBh stout and she won't walk out —— with anybody else...
(Marquand, 155).
to be subject to.

To be exnosed to; to b« liable to.

...they were subject to shelling from land and air...
3ubf1ect to.

(Pyle, 278).

Depending on, upon.

This year, thirty, subject to a lien of thirty-one hundred for unpaid
taxes...
(Cain, 222).
submltted by.

Sent by; prepared and sent by.

...I found the letter submitted by a C a m Powie (Tex.) soldier...
210 ).
to 3ubmit £. nlar,.

To lay

(Yank,

a plan br 'ere someone; to show a nlan.

...she submitted acceptable exterior -ola.ns...

(Cain, 17*0*

to submit to.
For a wom»n-to have intercourse with ha-r- when she is
not especially interested, passionate*

So the costume ceme off, and she submitted £o w h A + , on the whole, ®emod
a re«eon»ble pp^roprlate f'nale to the ever
( O ' , 12Q)#
subpoenA duces tecua,
A subpoena which reouires a person to a p t .ear in
court and
to brinr with him document a, records, or the like mentioned ?•
the subpoena*

D o n ’t fo->:et the D.A.* has served a subpoena duces tswim on my handwriting
expert
(Gardner, 128)*
...your conversation with Milton Steve overheard District Attorney served
Bubpoena duces tecum demanding al"> papers stop,.,
(Gardner, 116),
The officers slAp^ed a subpoena duces tecum on your h=ndvr!t.inr expert
(Gardner, 125)*
to Bub stant,iat e a claim*

To prove, justify, a statement., claim.

. ..wo-gldn’t
it have been only
natural for Mil leant to have used thB
doc\xments
in his possession to sub stanti ate a, spurious cla,im made by
way of Justification...
(Gardner, 212).
such and such ,
information.)

(A term used to Avoid giving p. specific term, name,

The cub si irt>ly said:
"The coordinated of the target are sueh— and— such11
(vA n k , 1^.)*
On D— day Plus 3, Such—and— euch D ivision vr.\ild arrive
(Pyle, 35)*
...the rendezvous with the fighters would be over such-and- Buch a point
at such and such a time
(Mfirqua.nc1, 219),
...the rendezvous with the fighters would be over such and such a point
at such and such a time
< ‘arqi^Ancl, 219),
such as.
1. Of the tyue that; of the kind which*
...a democratic nation such as ours is sup-rosed to be
(Ya k, 213)*
...a re-1 ole ton bar such as had existed in taverns at the time of the
minni^ht ride of Paul Revere (Marcuanrt, 126).
2. As; for example.
Sone of the instruct.-ons were repeated e v e r y ni^ht, such as the order to
shoot individxial Jerry motorcyclists,..
( ’ar.k, 26),
They liked to have artiste, too, who were doing t.Mna-s in other media,
such e_s painters «nd scdlptors and corrposers
(M«rnuand, 'h-0),
to b_P s sucker for.

To be inordinately fond of; to like very, very much

Mr. Levinson showed up, sr- inr he.. .v»s a sucker for rice

(CAin,

257).

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to. Buffer along*

To e-et by; to null through.

(This implies hardships.

• •.we expatriates bleedina out the war in london did manage to suffer
along and gain some weight now and than
(Pyle, 3^2).
to suffer caaualtl e.s.
To have ces\i»lties; to h-\ve injuries, death,
accidents, or the like*
...an Infantry battalion had fought a bitter action here and had suffered
casualties hen the enemy»e coastal guns hod been turned around to fire
inland (Yenk, 133)*
to suffer a reverse.
failure.

To lose money in business; to have a financial

...Monty had suffered some sort of fantastic reverses without sayim- a
word to her (Cain, lhl).
to be suited to.

To be cauPble of; to be fit for.

Mildred tried to exnlAin, .
soma -opofle are suited to one thing,
some to another...
(Cain, 176).
a. suit, of undorwear.

Underwear.

InRide his suitcase were the other shirts, the socks, one clean suit
underwear and one pair of
oedemas
(Marquand, 255)*
to sni t

-plans.

To be ao er>tonle to

It didn't suit her nlans to

o b s

of

.

h^ve Tommy alon~...

( ai n , 221).

to suit the whims of —
•
To fit one's fancy; to be ac eptable to
o n e *8 desire at the moment.
...I got. out at the crack of dawn end slaved under two Coleman stoves,
c ’k n
their oeufs in real Normandy butter — frier, scrambled, boiled
or poached, es suited the v. 1ms of their respective Majesties (Pyle,
^17).
sult yourself.

Do, think, act, be, as you w i eh .

said, 11Bui t yourself." and handed the subpoena to Paul Drake
( Gardner, 162).

Mason

a s■xmmer shower.

A rain of srort duration which falls in summer.

The; all. aonearec.. .as nosr.ible saviors of the Pener but they were all
:one like a summer shower (^arquond, 2k) •

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summer thee ter.
A semi—prof ess 1onel theater for lead time te theater
operated near the summer resorts during the summer m o n t h s often In
■barna converted, to an auditorium mont of whose actors are student—
apprentice-oetors.
Ahe must
summer

have been one of those air! s who had been working insome
theater...
Oierquanc*,26?).

a snm of cash.

Amount of money in cash.

It was quite apparent that the dead, man had a large
- aseassion ( Gardner, 210).
the sum total.

buub

of cash in hie

The t<kal; the full a.mount.

You could hardly c nceive of the sum total...
(Pyle, 36?)#
His sum total of seafaring had been several trip? in peacetime (Pyle, 225).
When he huddled around too t h e r on the dark decks, it was these little
hopes and am hit ions th-t m^de un the siun total of oxir worry a.t
leaviry...
(Pyle, 6).
to sum u p .

To review in es ence; to recapitulate*

He could not q o
grubby little
In a way, it was
ways wanted...
A veteran of the

oetter than sum the whole trune uu in thewords of a
cockney tommy...
(Marquand, ^ 9 ) ,
the s~immlng u~n of everytnine ond what, Madge h^d al­
(iflraupnri, 305)#
last war nretty well summed ut> trie two wars...
(Pyle,

380 ).
The average a.rtill ervman1s outlook on life can be sunmed ur>... ^Pyle,
102
He'll la i h and call it snal i-t.ovn, but it sumr 1J2.... (;h r q ipxd, 36l).
fy ni~htfa.ll most of our invading soldiers summed ur> their iraurpssions
of their newly sen ired soil find its inhabitants by saying, "Hell
this is .just as bad as Africa"
(Pyle, 31).
To sum it all ur: A m- n just gets damned sick of it alt
(Pyle, 8h).

).

snn bathed.

Sunny; ha vine a rre-t deal of sunshine.

...a plf'AS&nt sun-bathed f •-rm. . .
the sun beat6 down cn.

The

He could feel the sun beating
blossoms
(Marnuend, h?3).
the sun comes out.

(Yard", 231).

sun s ines hotly on;

the sun is hot

down on him and hecould

on.

smelltheorange

Clouds, fog, mo-e away, to let the sun shine.

There was a little snow thi: morr.n , but it melted when the sum came
out
(Yan>, 70)•
The sum came ouit. the air wos 8'iO' th, and it was wond erful flyin* over
Hnul'a nd...
(pyl e , 32h;.

-Xi:«5M~

the e\in comes

ut >.

The svin rise* in the morning.

When the Bun came un, the Renders were surrounded
a sun deck.

(Yank,126).

A porch, w ich Is not rr>~>fed over*

...it h^d a sun deck and a big bur...

(Marquand, B5) .

sun glasses.
Bye glasses, spectacles, with lenses of colored gl=ss
to nrotect the eyes from the brilliant sunshine or glare; colored
gle>s see.
O n e J ar w i t h a s p l i t t i n g g r i n o f f e r e d sun g l a s s e s to a gr o u p of GIs w h o
w er e sag i n t i n g into the sun to stare ,°t, h i m
(Yank, 56)*
. . . w i n d o w d i s p l a y s of skis a n d b a t h i n g suits a n d sun gl-^rses. all
mixed together
(Marquand, 326).
...a , o u n g li e u t e n a n t , in a t r e n c h coat, a n d w e a r i n g sun gl<- rs e s . cane
over to us...
(Pyle, 399)»
the s..n g oes d

The

...we sat o n the g r a s s and
^25).
the

is_ out *

sun sets in the e v e n i n g *
watched

No clouds,

fog,

the s-xa go d o w n in the east...

(Pyle

comes b e t w e e n o n e and the sun.

...the sun w a s o u t ...
(Pyle, 373).
A l t h o u g h the sun w a s out a n d the w e a t h e r settled, he c o u l d not lik e
B e r l i n * ..
^■fe.rqupnd, 2 ? 6 ) •
The r a i n h a d s t o p r s d and the sun Was -uddenl v o u t . s i n k i n g ove r the
edge of a m o u n t a i n
(Yan , 50).
hitside the s t a t i o n o n L e x i n g t o n A v e n u e the sun w&s gu t , but the street
l o o k e d b l e a k b e c a u s e it wa.8 too e a r l y
(Mprqu^nd, 302 ).
Be w o n d e r e d what m ~ d e h i m go i n s i d e there a g a i n at n o o n w h e n the sun
w a s out
(Marquand, 593).
It was onl y seve n o ' c l o c k but the sun was out. b r i g h t
(Pyle, 2d-7).
to sun -—

•

To

sit o r lie in t h e r ays of the sun.

In fact there was no sign of a n y t h i n g except one y o u n g c a m e l , s i t t ing
sunn l n y h i m s e l f by the side of the r o a d
(Yank} 31)•
the sun sets.
sun goes down.
CO Id

T h e s^m d i s a p p e a r s

SRP the sun

in the west

s e t t In^ i.n t h e ocean

the sun s i n k s .
T h e snn moves low
a f t e r n o o n or e a r l y evening.)

in the evening;

the

(i!aroua.nd, ^ B O ) .

in the w e s t e r n

sky.

(Implies late

-1265-

At 16^5 hour 8 the hr oiling Birina sun had sunk low in the sky
®W\ 1£E»

(Yank, 92) .

Tiie time of the rising of the aim; very early in the morning.

Mil red worked from sun-u p .. .
supper party.

17^).

A party w ich consists mainly of a sunder.

...during the aur^er pa ty...
eu'jply line.

(Cain,

(Cain, 2h2).

The route over which military supplies are delivered.

..."The Hoed to Tokyo" may become the new supply line to China
1?7) •
he sure and.

To be sure, ce -tain, to.

...1 was to be sure and make a visit to the convent
Bure enough.

(Yank,

(Yank, laH).

(This is used as an intensive.)

Sure enough, they toll us...that the President was comine-.. . vYank, 19^)
When T ran over, sure enough, it. w*8 my friend...
(Pyle, iQh).
...there, sure enough, v/as Veda's picture. .. (Cain, 20'S).
She 3ent it by Lett/, and sure enoarh. around the middle of the week,
there came ar.other invitation...
(Cain, 8^).
He w ^-3 openingthe nomine mail, and there, sure enou-:h. in » f^eign,
irlish hand wps that misdirected letter...(Msrnymnrt, ^21).
enough. she defined democracy, and the playboy was not a rl^yboy
a y lon-er
Marou^nd, h2h).
T ju«t took » bath, and air.i e ou^h I started to r>ni~*'le ri^ht off
(Pyle, 111).
...but. sure ere i h. he was ^rebhed synln unr.er *he hirst street liaht...
(Yank, 2~1).
Sure enou -h. this car w«.s in the garage (Gardner, 11).
Sure enough. just as the fi~st fairt li - t. w»s b*»g'rtni n*-' to s ov,
bedlam broke loose for miles around (Pyle, 2?).
to be sure of.

To be certa n about, regarding.

...one w ;o had sinned but is sure of forgiveness...
(Cain, 197).
T figured the 50 missions wouldn't, let me 9ee her a i p ( T was almost
sure of it..
(Yank, 137),
sure of — — .
sel t*-reliant •

Certain of one'3 abilities, knowledge, or the like;

You looked so sure of yourself (Marquand, 26h).
That ni rht the Jan, more sure of himself, came in (fan'-:, 6).
It srowed how little she had underst d him to have thought th^t was sure
of himself ("«ro wnii, ^62-).

-1266-

to be suror! sed at.

To be astonishad Dy, a t ; to ina.rvel.

Oh, you 'd he Bur or ised at what a go <d lawyer can do on r.roBa-axajil nation
...
(Gardner, 100)•
to. suspend judgment .
information.

To delay m^-kin - a judgment until on© hr,8 inoce

He wanted Jim to realize th«-t he rnu=t suspend .iud ment on majors and
c lon^ls and to realize that they were not as had as you thought they
were
(Marquand, 5^3) •
a sw a y ~er stick.
A short cane, stick, for carrying in the h a n d , often
tipoed with metal on «=ch end.
...he kept toying with it as it if were a swqg^er stI ck
to swallow up.

To erclose; to encircle; to envelope.

...the crowd swallowed us up*...
to swat mosq litoea.

(Yan-, 218).

To kill mosquitoes hy slangin’, swattina-.

...we are very huey swatt ing mosquitoes...
to swear

(Yank, 1L).

To hove great confidence

Yan ,

l6l).

in and affection for.

He swore hy his colossal machine...
tpyie, ^26).
8ut he rew on us...and before long therewasn't aco -'-esoondent who
c dn't swear hy him (Pyle, 308).
to 3we»r out.
someone.

To get, rrocure, an o-'t'icial, ]p"nl, accusation against,

.. .the sun ly sergeant, may get nasty arid swear out a statement of
charges to he deducted...
^Yank, 96).
...I took Veda over to the Sheriff's office and had her swear out a warrant
for Sam (Cain, 201).
to swear to.
To swear, nromioe, affirm, give one's solemn w^rcl of
honor, that something is true.
.. .you made me swe^r to ell that, for a court record...

(Cain, ?5C))«

sweat breaks out.
Sweat, perspiration, begins to cooe on one's skin;
one begins to sweat.
(This implies a sudden sweating.)•
"t Stood right there with cold sweot breaking out all over me," Leeds
said...
(Gardner, l?l).

to sweat It out.

To endure; to wait *n anticipation.

But the m^n sweated it out anyway (Yank, 117).
...Liniley was sweatin a: out a Picture th»t. was Bn-rmosed to be on the ay
over
'‘Yank, 208).
■^neny flak was bursting all around the r>lerves, and the infantrymen
svested out the flyers at ev-ry burst
(Yank, 106).
. . .off Leers. . .are content _to sweat out the line with th$ boys
(Yank, 216).
These officers.. .sweated out the sane chow
line I did
vBn>,216).
...smell cells where the Hazis made their victims sweet, it out awaiting
the third decree...
(Yank, 220).
.. we sweat ont servings of stew... (Ye..Vf173).
livery ti e transport planes roared over to droo rations...
the men sweated out, a few books or
nee (Yan , 176).
•Timmy sweated out the conference..
(Yank, 165).
. . he's sweQ t ing o p t pfc.
(Yank, 166).
vou know how it is, sweat in ~ out = line...
(va ’k, 166).
Thst w«s s-meth-Vn >■ else t£ sweat out
(vank, 1 18).
.. .be -an our next sweatiny out — wait’n^ for interception by enemy
fi biers
(Yank, I13).
’or three we >8 I had sweated out a ri^e on one of the 3-2^ Supac-fo "tresses
that were p;ninr to tomb Jar,an iYank, 117).
.. .the Sieatin^- out continued
(van , 113).
...still svaet in^ out their unreoo^ted buddies...
'•vank, 119 ).
It is d i ' in£ and crawliny and sweat ink out the 33 *s , in*: in-' forwa -d
over roclcs and through rivers...
(Yank, h8).
That wee the first of several sweat anf. outs (vank, 117).
...the soldiers could tnly sit there idle end
swe^t i_t o_id_ whenbombs
...started flyin'
(Pyle, 280).
Yni --nt said he w»s "s e°t tw out" a picture of hi s vo n st.er. . . ^lyle, 176).
You 8weg t iny it_ ouj_, too?
(Yank, 228) #
to sweat over.

To work hard on; to labor at.

A fellow can't help lovi ne; somethin.0, he's 8weat.ed over. Mr. Wilson
(Marquand , 51*-0 •
£. 9weftt snirt.

A heavy cotton pull-over shirt.

...others were picked Tip for waar ina:. . .sweat shi -rts (vank, 23]).
,r,he man received her in a sweat. snirt and flannels, end said he wc8 a
writer
(Cain, 32).
to sweep away.

To discard; to dispose of.

This...was before Bankers and Executives we-'t
of disrepute...
(Marquand, Z U ).

t,w*o >away intothe Id tnbo

to sweep down.
To swoop down; to dive and level off.
fli yht in an airplane.)

(This imlipg

-1268-

. ..it was thrilling t,o awee> down and shoot hell out of somethin--...
(Pyle, 177).
to sweep like a forest fire.
very srcedlly.

To snread rapidly; to .
’•o throughout

/Vs the Sicilian ca -oaiyn drew to an end and ve went, into our rest "bivouac,
rumors by the score popped Up out. of thin air end swept, like a forest
fire thro .gh the troops
(Pyle, ^0).
to sweep on.

To move rapidly fo -ward.

...we could always tell how recently the bailies had swept on ahead
of us
(Pyle, P5l).
^he b ° t t s H on. . .p-'ent on thronah tTor'mandy and Brittany with the bi.y
offensive
vYank, 33^7*
jto swe e p
to fall.

off ——

feet.

To strike one's feet, and le-a and cause one

...the current almost swept her otf her fe< t

(Cn^n, l?l).

to swo p out.
1. To clean by sweeping dirt, trash,

to the outside.

The tent had a dirt floor wnich w^s sweot ou+~whenever they fiyured
inspect’on was abo’it. due
(Pyle, 219).
2. ro lr^ve, yo out,
Mrs.

away,

hauhtily.

Lenha r-dt. . .yot up and swept out

to sweep over.

an

(Ca'n, 195) •

To spread over, throughout.

The number was ouite Ion.-. ..but when it was done the sound that, swept
Q-rer the vast amphitheatre was like thunder (Cain.
1) .
k wild, excited feeling swept over her
(Cain, 89)«
A surye of pride in the cold child sv'ept over her.. . (Cain, ^3).
I felt the blast, sweep over me...
(Pyle. 391)*
...prickly waves keot sweeping over he^,.. (fY ’n, 213).
...a a-ur>h of ter-ible at'fect’on for him swept over
her... (Cain, 170).
to sweep u p .
To clean by sweeping.(This
I n d i e s acollection ^nd
removal and disposal of t^ash, dirt, or the like.)
In previous raids we had dr on. ed leaflets, but the
Germanair-raid wardens
always swept them up before soundinr: the "all clear"...
(Yank, 217)•
sweet music.

Sentimental dance music; sentimental, romantic jazz.

-1269-

However, If operations have steamed desires to wax wacky and make with
the soft lights and sweet music. it...
(Yank, 7h).
sweetness and light.

Honesty, good fellowship, reason, and the like.

He adopted the position th^t he was radiating sweetness and lieht
155).
to he sweet o f

.

(Gardner,

To he kind, thoughtful, nice, for, o£ one.

It was infinitely sweet of her, hut he knew that he must he more careful
a fter that
(Marouend, 201'-) •
"It's swe t of you to haye me, Mrs. Wilson," she said, and then she
stopped (Marquand, 531).
It's sweet of you when I cane so suddenly (Marquand, 531).
"It was sweet of you to come so suddenly," Madge said (Marquand, 531).
"Th*>nk you, Mies Jacobs, it's sweet of you," she said (Marquand, 181).
"That's sweet of you to say it," Miss Jacobs said (Ma.rqua.nd, 180).
to he sweet on —
•
To he infatuated with one; to like one of the
opposite sex very much.
"Sthel's sweet on Martin Howard," Jeffrey called
She's sweet on Martin Ho'erd (Marquand, 159).
a sweet young thing.

(Marquand, 159).

A young, pretty, attractive, woman.

...maybe the swe t young things were told hy their mothers at the age of
seventeen...
(Cain, 166)•
a swell fellow.
person.

A congenial, pleasant, friendly man, boy; a likeable

Everybody said he was a. .. "swell fellow11...
swell headed.

(Yard:, 175).

Pompous; pleased with one's own importance.

"Of course," Fred said, "I don't want to he swell-headed. Jef rey"
(Marquand, 579)•
a swell time.

A good time.

We had a s w e l t i m e
(Yank, r3).
He's been having £ swell time. Madge
to swell up.

(Marquand, 58^).

To expand; to grow larger in volume; to swell.

...it came alive p ain, expanding like those Japanese sticks •hich swelled
up and turned into flowers...
(Marqufncl, 59).

-1270-

Si

aro- nd,

A trip to various places throughout an prea.

"It *s just a swing: ground.w 'Walter said
to swing around.
the rear.

(llarqupjid, ^58).

To turn 130 degrees; to turn around; to turn to face

...it had to swing around and fight to its rear
to swing an aye.

(Pyle, W^2).

To chop with an axe.

...one of the hottest places on earth to swing an axe...
to swing hack.

To

(Yank, 232).

t:\rn again to •

The Japs s w u m hack on Pus-ell...
(Yank, 17).
He...swung hack and killed the remaining two at the gun...

(Yank, 18).

swing door.
A door which is free to open in two directions, in and out;
a swinging door.
But that, and the painting, and the gravel, and the swing doors were
about all we h^d to do (Cain, 121-2).
to swing free of.

To hang so as not to he obstructed, hindered by.

...the whistle swings free of the pocket...
swinging door.
out.

(Yank, 121).

A door which is free to open in two directions, in and

They walked along
the reception hallway, pushed open swinging
at the end, entered a filing room...
(Gardner, 60).
to swing into.
vigor.

To

begin to sing, recite, dosomething,

...the Krazy Kavdets...swinging briskly into Anchors Aweigh
to swing it.

door

with vivacity,
(Cain, 212).

To play a musical composition in swing, a type of jazz.

...they knew there'd he a goddam hand, hut why didn't they swing it
(Yank, 223).
swing music.
A performance of a musical composition which features,
usually, impromptu -fcariations on the theme which is more or less present.
The swing music was as inappropriate...
to swing off into.
some vivacity.

(Yank, 223)*

To begin to play, sing, a musical composition with

1271-

...a female quar-tet would swing off Into P snsp y version of "Hapoy Days
Are Here Again**
(Pyle, 24h ).
to swing out.

To

'begin to dance,

...the no, 2 m a n is about to swing out in a furious Lindy Hop
to srlng over.
The tremendous

To

lean; to list.

craft swung over

To swing over t o .
job, or the like.

(Yank, 44).

To change to; to go to as a different piece, thing,

...some of the troops swung over to the Anzio beachhead...
swing shift.

(Yank, 135).

(Pyle, 382),

The period of work from 4 p.m. to midnight#

.. .grandma. . .trying to get some sleep after working the swing ahl ~’t as a
riveter at Lockheed Aircraft (Yank, 155)•
switch box.

Light switch; a box containing electric switches#

She went to the gwitch box, put on the lights
to switch o f f .
appliance.)

To extinguish; to turn off.

(Cain, 120),
(This implies an electrical

She switched off the lights, and for a moment they were standing in the
dark...
(Cain., 96-7),
...one of the lieutenants could switch off the li^ht after he got into
bed (Pyle, 258).
to switch on.

To turn on an electrical ap liance.

She switched on the li hts and took him through, lifting the painters'
cloths...
(C a i n , 96),
R<= latchkeyed the front door, switched on the stair lights, and noise­
lessly climbed the carpeted treads (Gardner, 69)*
to switch out.

To extinguish; to turn off,

...as she w aited for the front door to slam before switching out the light.
(Gardner, 80) .
to switch over.

To change; to make a change; to go to something newer.

...he had shown his independence...by switching oyer and letting another
woman keep him...
(Cain, 253)•

to switch to.

To change to#

He switched to one of the plane1* machine guns

(Pyle, 3',3).

swivel chair.
An office chair the se«t and back of which may be re­
volved or tilted backward.
Mason...made no effort to crowd him, but tilting beck in his swivel chair.
lit another cigarette and waited (Gardner, 56),
...’•fhen Drake had contrived to piece a small desk, a swivel chair, three
telephones,..
(Gardner, 60),
to swoon down.

To dive in an airplane toward the earth,

...a stray enemy group may ftt any time swoon down on the American engineers
...
(Yank, 177).
to synrpathize with.

To have sympathy toward; to feel in sympathy with,

...things a man can sink his teeth into, things he can sympathize wlth
(Gardner, 2).

A

-1273-

&

hflSMXL*
°**o who in night clubs, cafes, visits different people
at different tables*
(Usually considered a pest*)

"I don't want to be a 'table hopper*11. Sir Thomas said
tablet paper*

(Marquand, 252).

Paper, usually lines, of cheap grade in a tablet*

...now attempted a reproduction of it, with a pencil, on a piece of tablet paper (Cain, 3)•
t& ifisJc g£*
To support on a wall, tree, by tacks, nails, or the like.
(This usually implies the supporting of a thin material such as paper *)
•••visions of a horrible picture tanked
in postofflees (Cain, 203)*
...humorous and Inspirational posters tacked u p be special squads of G-ls
all over liberated territozy (Tank, 128)*
to tag ftlfigg*

To go with someone; to accompany*

...I decided $£. tm>
(Tank, 29)*
The other FT *-filrf'IH* AlflfltiL behind us***
(Tank, 254)*
A few Italian men in civilian clothes tltfrffll alfiJML* asking if we wanted a
guide (Pyle, 133)*
to

Bl

heels.

To follow one closely; to stay with one where one

goes*
•••Veda

at

heels*.• (Cain, 182)*

to be tagged o n.

To be fastened to; to be applied to*

•. *on the nose of
names -famo-jed on
Ifcil fittL-

the fort by some weary Joe who has seen
to B-17s that can't answer back (Tank,

all kindsof
86)*

The end; the last part of something*

We

bumped into the bitter
tttL of the Assay's supply web**.
(Tank,
196).
He remembered
of autumn afternoons when he was Just their
age***
(Marquand, 171)*
Every half hour or so we'd stop and ssnd runners back to see how ££& tall
and of the column was going*•• (Pyle, 202)*
When we caught up with the
and of the forward battalion, our driver
parked*•• (Tank, 107)*
& tall m n n a r .
A soldier who operates, fires, a machine gun orthe like
from the tail of an airplane*
Young Sill DeBlaslo, the tail-^nnar. wrote in battle diary...
Oh, Pruitt, he's
tall
(Pyle, 325)*

(Tank, 86)*

-1274-

*»il il. SB.-

One is self-confident, self-assured.

Their tails were an.

"We've done it again", they said

(Pyle, 363).

* tftilprWtiL lull*
A serviceable garment usually of wool consisting of
a Jacket and skirt simply made with no fussy details.
She was dressed in a beige gaberdine tailored wwi t and an organdy blouse
and shoes with heels...
(llarquand, 527).
Madge was looking at the gabardine tailored suit and at the page bob
at the organdy blouse.••
(llarquand, 531).
She was wearing a very severely t a i l o r e d m i t ...
(llarquand, 79).
1fttl MdJL*

Oostom made; made to order in contrast to ready made.

...he told us stories about the Old Army...tailored--— ^
(Tank, 243).
to take aback.

khoh-i blouses...

To surprise; to astonish; to astound.

The officers seemed token aback
to take action.

(Gardner, 41).

To do something; to act.

...the court is going hL tiki drastic option for the flagrant and the
deliberate disregard of the court's order.•• (Gardner, 36).
Drake and Mason took charge without giving her an opportunity to collect
her thoughts or take any Independent action (Gardner, 160).
...maybe we'll have £ & j&feS. a little action ourselves (Cain, 248).
to igkfc anwantage o f .

To use one, something,forone's own interest.

...my buddies, who *• •were trying £& take y^w-g^ty^of me... (Tank,
173).
Tou wouldn't have known anything about the dead man being Sill Hogerty
unless you'd taken advantage
of information received..•(Gardner, 208).
It's for then I that I want
take
of this opportunity (Cain,
85).
...to make it easy for a dirty little rat that took j*iw«ntat»a of her...
(Cain, 199).
...from which the Japs were firing 77s and 47s for a while,
advan­
tage of the Jungle cover.•• (Tank, 55).
There you go,
adwanty^f
of the
power of the press(Pyle, 313).
to take after

•

To follow; to go after; to trail.

I took after 'em, found Hogarty, stuck a gun in his belly and made him pay
me off in gold dust (Gardner, 216).
to $£&£ alfijag.

To cause to accompany someone.

I do know of Sicilian adoptees who were taken along on the invasion of
Italy.•• (Pyle, 243).

-1Z75-

te lake. aiBui*

To analyse; to diaattwUt*

. •.Jeffrey know how %SL tako a ploy ABACI and prut It together again, that
ho had a sense of dranatlc oonstmotlon (llarquand, 276),
to talco £ & apartment.
She— took a&
to

To rent an apartment In which to live*
"by hereelf...

(Cain, 227).

— - arm.
To grasp another's arm in one's hand; to touch another'
arm; to link arms with another.

• ••they would hurry toward each other faster, and Madge would &a 1gA his arm
and press it tight to her side...
(llarquand, 286).
Mason took Della Street's arm (Gardner, 80)*
...she...took his arm (Cain, 155).
But Bert took her A S and Yeda her hand, and she went slowly through the
llring room (Cain, 113) •
to take **-round (to).

To take to;

to cause to accompany to.

Also, they had been taken
in trucks from one place to another and a
lot of them were sick from their travels (Pyle, 145).
A suburban miss of nine succeeded in filling her
glass piggy bank with pen­
nies the other, so her mother took it p-rrmnd to the local bankand left
it with the teller*•• (New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15, 1947 , 22)*
A sergeant . ..took me »-round to see some of his crewmen (Pyle, 425).
to

— — fti,
comes*
calm, composed*

He took

To be philosophical about conditions; to be

the war ag. jJi fifiBML* and didn't fuss

to toko
anmod name.
nom de guerre.

(Pyle, 213)*

To go under a pseudonym, a non

4e plume, a

She walks out of her apartment, tries to disguise her appearance, t.ftkoa gg
oaanwod QgjQf. (Gardner, 161)*
to toiro at face

To believe,

accept, on the basis

of an appearance

It leoked iron clad on the face of it, but alibis should never be taken a&
their face value (Gardner, 210).
to take away (£e q a ).
1*

To remove; to carry off*

fthen she had &Akl&, away the cups, she came in with the wine...
The last D-Day victim was taken away for burial (Pyle, 368).

(Cain, 28)*

-1276-

They sang the great German ear song, "Lili Marlene", which we all lowed
and which we practically took away from the Germans as oar own national
overseas song (Pyle, 244) •
•••we traded our rations for the cafe's regular dinner, in order not to
take anything away from the Trench (Pyle, 408) %
1 can see that you hare a place to sleep, and that the kids have, and that
nobody can take it away from you (Cain, 85)*
An infantryman and Z •••once took two girls away from a couple of lieut­
enants
(Tank, 204).
•••they took the parcels away isstM. them (Tank, 27)*
They had taken it away
other outfits on the ship, playing poker (Pyle,
105).
Overcoats were
away from our troops* •• (Pyle, 378).
But don't jariSE 'em away from the jungle f i l t e r s
(Tank, 253)•
2*

To deduct*

The Manual for Courts Martial*..protects a man from having more than twothirds of his pay
away... (Tank, 174).
...a GZ may have no more than two-thirds of his pay tairan
•• (Tank,
174).

1*

To retract; to say that one does not mean what one has said*

Now a'pose y a take it bade (Cain, 236)*
•••there'll be no more money for you. ..until you ju&g. back everything you've
said.**
(Cain, 158).
Svexy fiber of her being had wanted.. .to tales back what she had said. ••
Cain, 208)•
2«

To reinstate; to place again in a position*

• ••they gathered around, and passionately vetoed her application, unless
Anna was tsirss
(Cain, 45)*
3*

To return*

Tou taka this bsgfe. where you fouxid it
to tains a b a t h .

(Marquand, 224) •

To bathe.

...he saw some soldiers, wearing the patch of John's division, getting
ready to
ft bath at an outdoor shower...
(Pyle, 412)*
to take the bitter with the sweet.
take things as they come.
...she decided she had

To taka the good and the bad; to

taka £&£. bitter siih. ibft lkftftfc*••

(Cain, 180).

-1277-

tft iBkl & llfil*

To stand, befort a group to receive Itsapplause*

When hs read their names , would they please stand up and
erexyone could see then?
(Marquand, 38)*
• ••I expected him
take a 'bow*•* (Pyle, 377),
12. IfltEfc the
Q]^, q X. — - mouth*
To depriveone of
hood; to take one's earning power, wealth, etc*

^

so that

one'sliveli­

That demned California Fruit Growers' Exchange is talcing th* tr m A ri^ht out
fiX wy mouth (Cain, S4)*
Ifl. IhlSB. & break.

To have a recess; to take a

short

respite*

••■Company X, which was taking & break where the
road***
(Tank, 241)*

trail

entered the

to takt & breath*

mai

To breathe*

The sound is produced by talciag £ deep

121).

breath through the nostrils*

••(Tank,

Leeds took & deep breath (Gardner, 139).
Marcia Whittaker took a quavering breath* and said, "I go nuts every time
1 think of it**."
(Gardner, 74)*
to t a t i t

breath away*

To astonish one; to surprise one*

And the take-out trade from those people, it's enou^i && £akf. your breath
away (Cain, 176).
to laJfik & boa*

To ride a bus.

• ••requests that he haul Veda to Mr. Hannan's, so she wouldn't have to take
a bus*.•
(Cain, 144).
• ••we got off £ & take the
to Tel Aviv (Tank, 116).
to talcs
eon.

—

£gr tha arm*

To grasp another's arm; to take hold of another'

Alf took him Jc. the arm and pushed him toward the elevator
to £akS. tBL surprise*
...she was
to take fifl££*

(Marquand, 280)*

To surprise, to astonish; to astound*

it surprise.**

(Cain, 148).

To beware; to watch out; to be careful*

"Okay, Ines," Drake said pushing his way into the room and taking care not
to remove his hat (Gardner, 160)*
si££ not to spill any of it, she eventually reached the table (Cain,

-1278-

TnV-iw.o- £021. not to olaa the oar
That time aha ififife o a r a to have
a cold lunoh (Cain* 84).

door...
(Cain* 214).
hor plea out of tho way early, and to

malca

Aft Aflfet. fiftEft. fiX*
1.

To car# for; to attend to.

1 will aeo that tho heat poasi'ble care la AfttaBA. fiX him on arriTal (Tank*
142).
Zakt. care of it on the firat of tho nonth (Tank* 237).
Nobody i s IfifeS care of hia (Tank* 241) •
Juat to hawo somebody iflks care of you* you'd aak ao to marry yout
(Cain,
168).
Z&kiflg. care of the children was out of the question* oo sheengaged
a girl
named I*etty, who eooked..• (Cain* 68).
▲ man that couldn't Asfes care of himself had no business being up in that
country (Gardner* 51).
• ••credited with killing 20 or 30 daps with BARs while mortars directed
from the same pillbox took oars of 50 more (Tank* 53).
...running harangue about mothers who run off with some man and leave other
people Aft Safes, care of their children (Cain* 98).
Tou need a little cash, two, three hundred dollars, maybe, 1 can Safes, care
Si. that (Cain* 79).
••Ithem thats already started on their lunches* I'll take cere sX them ayself (Cain, 46)*
I'll S s Iqs fiftEft flX It (Cain* 8).
Then Mildred promised Sort to *take care of it" * she had pictured a vague
scene.•• (Cain* 12)*
...let later units take sscs aX those surrounded and doomed fellows (Pyle,
442).
His first wife who was a trained nurse. •*had
care of him the time he
had his tonsils*..removed (Marquand, 20).
"I'll taka care of it for yer" the top said (Tank* 99).
It was different with Jim because he had been obliged at times to SflfeC. £fi£S
& £ Jim himself •* * (Marquand* 213).
I'll taka care of hia (Cain* 88)•
...the supply men taka care of all the infantryman's needs (Yank, 197),
U.S. Army MPs in this British colonial town SflfeflLgood care of C.I.s who go
out in search of quiet relaxation (Tank, 201).
It's taksn care of (Cain* 210)•
▲ sweetie. •*SflfeS care of coloratura..• (Cain* 217).
A banker...J^fes sacs sX luggage (Cain, 217).
• ••a baron* 'e travel in Compartment C* Aflfeft flats fiX
(Cain* 217).
•• .learn how Aft take care of yourself • • * (Tank* 150) •
.•.he had started Is take care
the casualties as soon astheycame in
(Tank, 169).
.. .ability of the intelligent foot soldier Is Aftfeft care &X himself (Tank*
148).
..•is Aftkft care of Christmas expenses, she gave herself another bonus of
$2*600...
(Cain, 243).

-1279-

It was hard for an infantryman
taks care of a dog..*
(Pyle, 230)*
They
ears q £ the bulk of ths correspondsnts...
(Pyle, 294).
He saidt *Corporal, you fajga. cars of m e 1 (Tank, 205).
“You'll
care q £ him, won't you, MinotT" Madge asked (Marquand, 71)•
there's newer any point to anything, but Beckie will take care of me
(Mar—
quand, 408).
I think Uncle Alden can ifljsa. ears of himself, now that he's free...
(Gar­
dner, 50)*
The number of vehicles that had bo be landed
care of this was almost
beyond conception (Pyle, 36)*
He told me later that he couldn't just put her ashore, for she had grown
up aboard ship and wouldn't know how £& lAlBB. eare fiX herself on land
(Pyle, 43).
And I know she'd hare been properly tak-oa care o f . well
care of (Cain,

111

).

Then I put two at my table and that took care of four (Cain, 124).
Then soon as I get the check for that first party of four, that'll
fifiEJL s X four more. . . (Cain, 124)*
Everything in connection with the body had been taken care of (Cain, 105) •
...she a bad little girl that would be tak-an care o f . anyway (Cain, 172).
2*

To account for.

...there's a loss of ten thousand dollars that just about t.aira« care of
every little thing for 1931, and then some (Cain, 79),
to »-aira

chance.

To chance something; to risk; to take a risk.

But I'm not
any ohaooaa (Tank, 206).
Tet they couldn't afford J&
that fifeABfift. >• (Pyle, 424).
...she took no
on a locked door, but jumped up...
(Cain, 196).
They...took shfiAfiSJL dashing up to the top of the hill to observe results
(Tank, 135).
So I took &
and joked back (Pyle, 422)•
"I'll Jafcke. A shftfifift," serle said (Gardner, 96).
He wasn't taking any
(Pyle, 345).
...tut a guy like that isn't going to turn down twenty-five bucks, and
he isn't going £&
A staAH&A of cashing a post office money order.••
(Gardner, 12)*
to

charge (of).

To assume, responsibility for; to become in charge

of.
Drake and Mason took shfi££ft without giving her an opportunity to collect
her thou^its•.
(Gardner, 160)•
At first, she had resented Mom's taking charge in this highhanded way...
(Cain, 109).
You put in the booze, and I'll Xa IBB £bfi£fiL fiX it...
(Cain, 149).
. •.somebody that can really take
fiX her (Cain, 131).
...also itsjsSL fihrrr fiX his house, get some order into it, and check his
bills, on which he feared he was being cheated (Cain, 32).

1280-

•• ♦laboratory assistants, chemists all able
ot a clinic,
...or do hospital work (Cain, 38)*
Any one of them could late
all the office worlc for a small firm...
(Cain, 39).
Bert took
of Veda's drink, hut Mildred forbade t h e usual switcheroo
(Cain, 127).
Soldiers from a French—desert outpost rode up to the c a r a T a n nm| took ghAEgft
of them (Pyle, 217).
That afternoon she made the samples, and next morning I d a took fttwrwi of
them herself••• (Cain, 66).
to take the chill off.

To warm; to heat slightly.

He* ••built a little fire

take the chill off the roosn

to take ftftwmawd (of).
thing.

(Fyle, 119).

To assume command of; to b e c o m e

in command of some­

He doesn't know why he took "nmmaTvi (Tank, 43).
...Gen. Stilwell was... ordered £& Ifite
a£ a 2nd. Division brigade
when war threatened (Tank, 131).
to take cover.
To hide; to protect oneself by getting; in a protected
place, lying down, or the like.
...we had to leave him and teka cover in the trees...
(Tank, 10).
The Jerries scrambled out and took cover behind their t r u c k s
(Tank, 28).
Everybody took cover in a foxhole (Tank, 107).
Everybody took cover (Tank, 109).
The captain shouted; "Take cover, blokes" (Tank, 58).
We are la Ifite. as much cover as possible from the cl o u d m (Tank, 117).
We won't
cover at the expense of hitting the target (Tank, 117).
There were a lot of little places where a few individual a could take cover
from fire (Pyle, 236).
The point is that the general flatness forbade whole a r m i e s taking cover
(Pyle, 236).
to taka &, crack at.

To attempt; to try.

In the late Twenties and even the early Thirties, a lot
& crack at it...
(Marquand, 231).
to JtaJog,

dftppp-'fcnra.

o f good writers had

To leave; to go away; to d e p a r t .

Then he took his departure, to dress (Cain, 111).
Back at Monty's house, she would watch the Ewings late, t h e i r departure...
(Cain. 160).
to

a dlJL view o f .

To consider unfavorably; not

to be favorable to.

Uncle Joe IfikfiJd & dlfi X&SX of decorations for staff men* - •

(Tank, 130).

to iftkfL
facility.

To require more than the usual amount of effort, ability

Not so had in an ordinary room, I Grant you, but baching out of one of
those royal rooms takes doing (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947 , 23).
to take down.
1. To write; to note, record in writing.
I thought I'd fcaira down their names*.. (Pyle, 173).
...and a court reporter took down what he said (Gardner, 163).
Battalion commanders took down notes in little books
(Pyle, 432).
• ••we'd take down the instructions for our next raid (Yank, 26).
Work as inconspicuously as possible, take down every word of the conver­
sation (Gardner, 156).
"I took down the schedule as Paul Drake read it off," she said (Gardner, 6
Donahue had so much experience taking down news dispatches that he had
a good news sense
(Pyle, 91).
• ••I was taking down their names and ranks*..
(Pyle, 266).
2. To disassemble; to take apart; to knock down.
That worked the daylights out of the boys who took down and put up the
tents
(Pyle, 397).
Up in the gallery, workmen were taking down the snow display, which
invited you...
(Marquand, 412 i .
3. To remove something which is hanging.
All linoleum had been removed from the decks, all curtains taken down
(Pyle, 9).
...told Mr. Gorman that Mr. Haskell never took his screens down and
everything had gone much better
(Marquand, 501).
to t a k e
down & notch.
To bawl one out; to give another a piece
of one's mind; to deflate one.
...felt a hot impulse ifl. take them down ft, few notches, as she had taken
Mrs. Forrester
(Cain, 47)•
to

^ drag (o f . o n ) ft cigarette.
into one's mouth.

To draw smoke t h r o n g a cigarette

Mason seated himself comfortably, crossed his legs, took ft deep &£££, fiX
his ctgaratte. and said, "It's true"
(Gardner, 205).
to tak-a £ drink.

To drink a drink.

Mildred had.>.taken two or three dr^pka herself (Cain, 152).
But even if water is plentiful you never see him take ft
of it
strai^it, no matter how much you watch him (Yank, 36).

-1282-

to take a. drive.

To drive for pleasure; to go driving.

She expressed a preference for a quiet place*..so they took & drive and
ate in a roadside inn near Ventura (Cain. 53).
to take & drop.

To decrease sharply; to 'become less quickly.

That week...her business took & sharp drop
(Cain, 143).
...the Laguna business took an alarming drop.. . (Cain. 244).
to take the adae o f f
appetite.
to reduce one's yearning for food.

To remove one's desire to eat;

...and the tropics take the edge off your appetite anyway
not ifi.
able to take —
eves (from, off) •
of looking at; to feel forced to observe.

(Tank, 42).

To feel the necessity

...for a moment. Jeffrey could not
take his eyes from the spectacle...
(Marquand, 234).
Jeffrey could not take his eyes from the tray and the cut glass...
(Marquand, 185).
to

-— eves off.
not to look at.

To look in another direction; to look away;

The man up on the line won't have
take his eye off his sights (Tank, 197).
Every time you j&lGfc your eve off him he's up to something I (Cain, 67).
to take the floor.
Mom took the floor
(Cain, 98).
to take for.

To begin to speak and have others listen.
again, making more insinuations, until Mildred. ••

To believe to be; to consider as.

They took it for a

French name of the more exclusive kind...

(Cain,

8).

to take for
1. To assume something is as it should be.

(Also attributive.)

He was like the house — you $££&, him entirely for granted (Marquand, 161 )•
She really talked to me in the most take-it-for-grante& way — as though
they were engaged
(Marquand, 311).
...the torchy affair that Bert had taken for granted.-. (Cain, 212).
She was not ohly asking, she was taking
^°r granted that he would stay...
(Marquand, 294).
When you were seventeen, you still took most of the things around you
for granted. .• (Marquand, 156).

-1283-

2* To assume aa factual; to believe to be a fact without investigation.
It aeemed that* for some reason which Madge always took for
all the girla wanted to marry Trad*.. (Marquand, 104)*
We're taking this waiter's story too much for
(Gardner* 105).
He could aee how much he had taken for
and how unkind he had
often been...
(Marquand* 566)•
Mildred* sensing some purpose in hia exit* and taking its evil nature
for g f n t * H . scrambled up-*.
(Cain, 255)*
It was hardly necessary to read between the lines to understand what
Minot was taking jfor
(Marquand, 247).
to taka from-

To remove from; to take away from.

• ••a guilty* leaping joy that it had bean the other child who was taken
from her* and not Veda (Cain, 155).
to

form.
To develop a normal, expected, shape; to develop; to
come into being.

Finally a huge black shape took form at one side of the road (Fyle* 429).
Our organisation on shore took form so quickly it left me p o p i n g
(Pyle, 28).
to taka for & ride.
To take someone out riding; to drive an automobile
and take someone along on pleasure.
I understand you took your
...she took him for & long
I notice that the petition
automobile ride by Jason
to taka

£ £B 2)AUL*

uncle for am automobile ride tGardner, 28).
ride, down toward Tonopah... (Cain, 257).
alleges that Aldan Leeds was taken for an
Carrel...
(Gardner, 28).

To look; to scrutinise.

Whenever they brought us fruit juice in cans he would taka
& good pmvlfr
to see if it was a product his partner was selling back in the States
(Fyle, 46).
to take

——

hjmri-

To grasp, hold* another's hand*

Bay's voice was a wail, and Mildred wanted to gather her into her arms,
but she merely took one of the little hands and patted it (Cain, 101).
...Bert...took her hand (Cain, 210).
Talcing Mildred's bA&d, he said: ...
(Cain, 109).
to t a k e

hard.

To be deeply, seriously, affected

"You shouldn't take things so hard.w we said
to take hold of.

(Yank, 101 )•

To seise; to ©rasp.

...she.. .takes hold of both my hands.••

by something.

(Yank, 188).

-128*4-

•..Bart took hold of her and shook her
(Cain, 259)*
One soldier and 1 each took hold of a foot...
(Fyle, 372).
Take hold of him...
(Fyle, 372).
take a holiday.
a while.

To go on a vacation; to

•..life had taken a holiday. ..
to take home.

To

stop work,duties,

for

(Pyle, 374).

carry, take, to one's home*

He took her home, handed her to the door, made sure she had her key
(Cain, 97).
...I was to take her home
(Cain, 128).
...a little reminder of the home-made pies she had for sale, and wouldn't
they like Jfep, tairw home oneT
(Cain, 122-3).
...snake. Tou take 1ome. heyT
(Cain, 216).
The "boys were glad to have a visitor, and they gave me a pie £& take home
(Fyle, 245).
taka home pay*
The pay, salary, remaining after deductions have been
made for taxes, insurance, union dues, and the like.
Althou^i the 70-year-old president...received remuneration of $427, 349
in 1943, his actual take-home nav was less than nothing (Newsweek,
Apr. 17, 1943, 72).
i a take la .
1. To watch closely; to note carefully.
Ida looked around, taking things la (Cain, 122).
...Private Cpgan...took in eagerly the words he couldn't understand...
(Pyle, 409).
Della Street glanced about her in swift appraisal,
na" i& little
details which only a feminine eye would observe
(Gardner, 160).
If the average GI stops long enough to take la the natural beauty of the
place*.. (Tank, 74).
Then Ida, having disposed of the customers, was standing beside her,
talcinp- l a the conviviality with a twisted grin...
(Cain, 127).
2. To earn; to get

sls

a return for work or investment.

Not only had it taken in large sums*.. (Cain, 152).
You put in the boose, and I'll take charge of it...for
per cent of what I teirw la...
(Cain, 149).

a straight ten

3. To include; to cover.
...It takes in all the ocean the human eye can reach...
They had hidden machine-gun nests, with crossfire taking
of the beach
(Fyle, 361).

(Fyle, 359).
in every inch

-1285-

4. To cause to enter a place; to lead someone Into a place*
•••she took Veda l a herself*..

(Cain, 128).

5. To welcome to a group, place, company.
The old-timer in the company of sort of took me la and made me feel a
part of their group
(Pyle, 187).
ifl. take l a ----- arm*-

To embrace; to hug*

He lauded, took her l a his arms. .. (Cain, 224).
I'd take her l a *7 arms, then I'd kiss her hair...
(Tank, 188).
...he came over...took her la bis «■»«(Cain,
148)*
Mildred led hia to the sofa, took him la her arms (Cain, 105).
She felt wretched, wished Veda would come over to her, so she could take
her in her arms and tell her about it...
(Cain, 12).
• • .Veda* •.took; her lR her arasw. .- (Cain, 230)*
When he took her la his arms she wriggled into his belly quite possess­
ively*..
(Cain, 95).
Aft, taka l a hfiocL*.
someone*

To get, assume, obtain, control of something,

The boys so convinced me of the B-26's invulnerability that I took my
courage la hand and went on a trip with them (Pyle, 322)*
Aft
a a latflroit (la) •
in, concerning.

To be interested in; to become interested

•••one of Ida's customers, could be induced la take oa interest (Cain, 189).
You got la take an Interest la him, make him feel you're watching out
for him (Cain, 88)*
• ..ay mother took all the interestla Veda she could beexpected to*. •
(Cain, 147).
to take — - l a — - stride.
equanimity.

To accept a situation, condition, with

It would be for most people* You can take it la your stride (Gardner, 8).
I lfi£k it la ay stride (Gardner, 40).
Christ A-mighty, Alden's been through things those stay-at-home bastards
never even dreamt of — and taken them all la his stride (Gardner, 56).
...where traffic was frozen into inactivity by the screaming siren of the
police car, "I take 'em la my stride" (Gardner, 4l).
He had a dry Scottish humor, and he took the Navy la his stride (Pyle, 40).
to laktt. latn acffonnt.
decision.

To allow for something in making a judgment,

You certainly have la take those items into

(Yank, 95).

-1286-

to take into — —

arma.

To em'braee; to hug.

They went to her bedroom, and she undressed, and got into bed, and
took Veda into her arms
(Gain, 114).

is.

Isis. SVJtPdy»

To arrest.

They took Emily kill cant and Ned Barkler into custody, and are bringing
them back (Gar&der, 185).
to take - — l a tow.

To lead; to show around; to accompany.

One evening Sergeant James E. Knight., .took me A&, tow and we spent the
evening gabbing with about fifty of the mechanics (Pyle; 175).
They met a French farmer along the road, and took him lA tow (Fyle, 375).
...one of the doctors took me la tow and showed me the entire ship
(Pyle, 288).
to take l a washing.
To do laundry for money; to launder, wash and iron
other's clothing for money*
Mother takes In washing, so does Sister Ann

(Marquand, 158).

is. tetoft 11*

1. To endure, suffer, pain, hardship, d ifficu lties.
“I can take i t i f you can," Jeffrey said (Marquand, 33).
They really tslco it and they don't complain about anything (Pyle, 4).
He did not want l a take it. but he had la take it (Marquand, 390).
•. .American bombers had dished it out, but they had taken it. too (Tank,
...the pilot who flew out to battle was the one of their family who
really took it (Pyle, 170).
The Prince was a soldier who had seen a world turn upsidedown, and,
as Minot said, knew how l a take it like a gentleman (Marquand, 372).
TFhen a favorite pilot failed to come back the enlisted men took it as
hard as the officers did (Fyle, 170).
But that'8 the Army, and Tousineau could take It (Pyle, 277).
Me ^ t can't take it no more (Yank, 102).
That's quite all right...I can take it (Gardner, 5).
They can't take ItT (Pyle, 2557.
For two months he was so low he felt he couldn't take H
(Pyle, 3f>3).
He felt grimly that Ross would come back, but he knew that if he never
did he could take it (Pyle, 303).
Captain, I can't take It. I just can't take it (Pyle, 255).
The mules just couldn't take it (Pyle, 145).
Yet it was wonderful to see the grand way they took It (Pyle, 443).
She said, "I can Ifetea. It now, Mr. Mason"
(Gardner, 71).
2. To understand; to believe.

-1287-

Jeffrey was always glad that he took It that way, and henever forgot
that Minot took it that way...
(Marquand, 257).
"Of course, Mr. Carrel," he said, "I taka it that you mi^ht have casually
mentioned that you were your uncle's heirs..."
(Gardner, 136).
to

i l eaav.
To proceed slowly and cautiously; to relax and not
be tense; hence, to go, proceed, easily.

"Take It easy. Harvey," Church said (Tank, 90).
"Taka it easy, big boy," he heard Mrs. Newcombe say (Marquand, 351).
• • .Monty. •.telling her to relax, to lie down, to tak« it easy (Cain, 255) •
Mason said, "All rigit, take it easy" (Gardner, 50).
I want you to try £& take it easy for a while
(Marquand, 415).
Try to get some rest. Take it SSJLL (Gardner, 24).
"Stand up and taka it easy." he could hear his father saying (Marquand,
166).
Take it easy this time (Gardner, 173).
"Tg&£ it easy." he told her (Gardner, 203J.
Our only words were..."Take it easy" (Pyle, 354).
...the main thing about farming was to take it easy and not let it get
you down (Marquand, 502).
"Take it easy. Marcia," Mason told her
(Gardner, 74^.
to talr* it from me.

Believe me; I know.

Take it from m e . this one's in the money, or will be soon
to tair* it o n --- nose.

(Cain, 234).

To suffer severely; to undergo difficulties.

You think our morale is shot because we've been taking It on the nose
(Pyle, 319).
to

It on the chin.

To suffer reverses, hardships, troubles.

"Well, Chief," she said, "we seem to be taking JJfc. fill the fijaifl"

(Gardner, 173).

to be able to take it or leave it alone.
To be able to use, Indulge in,
enjoy, or not; not to require; to be able to use but not to need.
He was not like H
*»~i Bliss, unfitted for any other environment — he could
■tefak 11 fir lflava,
alfififi. (Marquand, 426).
to take it out on.
To vent one's anger, malice, wrath on someone;
to bawl out; to censure; to blame.
Why JtgJgg, It oi± on a fellow because he is still in the states?
to take a lob.

(Tank, 217).

To accept a Job, position; to begin work.

As a matter of fact I felt exactly about it as you do, end 1 certainly
would never have taken this _1ob if it hadn't been that I.*.
(Cain, 74).
You've Just got ip. take this .lob. .. (Cain, 52).

jA

-lZOtJ-

After his graduation he took a .lob. ..
$£L take the lead*
to lead*

(Yank, 22).

To assume, move* go into the leading position;

The prowl car took the lead, siren screaming
ifl. take -—

leave*

To depart; togo away; to leave*

We were about £& take

our leave when

£& take a lesson*
time*

To study once;

the telephone rang

(Yank, 100 ).

to learn about something for one

*».take a lesson in interior decorating
Afl. l&ktt IflMPBft*

(Gardnert 41).

(Cain, 228).

To study regularly.

She takes lessons (Cain.

131).

Jtfi. take lessons from*
to*

To study with (a teacher); to study with, under,

...Veda., .is now taking lessons from you (Cain, 215).
She taken lessons from some cheap little ivory thumper...

ICain, 131)*

tfi.
lib erties xUtk*
To violate the rules of s tric t etiquette
with another; to act very familiar with, toward*
She was quite charming in such moments, when she took absurd liberties
with him...
(Cain, 255).
to take the liberty of*
free to do something.

To assume the freedom of license; to feel

If they would permit him, Walter went on, he might take the liberty of
mixing metaphorb *..
(Marquand, 41)•
ifl. take a licking.

To be badly defeated.

Gen. Stilwell took a licking in Burma...
to take the lid off.

(Yank, 131).

To remove restrictions, prohibitions.

.. .as soon as the provost marshal took the lid off, he begged a pass
from his CO (Yank, 165).
to t a k e

life i n

hands.

To risk, chance, one's life.

▲11 they give you in these speaks is smoke, and a guy's t-niMns* his life
in his
&.ll the time
(Cain, 26).

-1289-

Ifi.
—
Ukft Crnnt took Rifthmnirfeasily* and quickly* and wholly.

To get, conquer, obtain,

I'll take that Greek like Grant took Bifthmnnrt
ifi. take ft
down.)

off -—

feet.

(Cain, 66).

To rest; to relax.

(This implies sitting

"Grab one and take ft load off your feet. H&rrey," he said
not to t a k e -- long.

To consume, take, a short time.

It didn't take him long to discover that if he saw
Gimbel, he was likely to see it again and again,
result of its having been picked up in bulk at a
Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
We were running ligit, and it didn11 take long to
(Pyle, 333).
to jifike, & look.

(Tank,90).

a book once at
presumably as a
remainder sale (New
get off theground

To see; to scrutinize; to observe.

A major who climbed up to take a look... (Tank, 167).
She took one look at the occupant of the bed.•• (Tank, 155).
O.K. you can talc* & look here and see what I mean (Cain, 38).
All ri^it, now take ft look at something that
doesconcern you (Cain, 38).
...five of us...started forward to takp a look at the damage (Tank, 251).
1 took ft look around inside the boat...
(Tank, 254).
So I took ft look at history just to see what other queens was around
(Yank, 132).
When he came back, and took ft sharp look at her face...(Cain, 166).
Would you like to ride out and take ft look at the new Army campT
(Tank,
160).
And then he can take a look at our files and see that we took the best
offer we could get (Cain, 80).
Della, take a look at the papers — vital statistics (Gardner, 15).
to take ft lot.
We learned
to talrw

To endure, suffer, pain, hardship, difficulties.
take ft lot. as the infantry does

lying down.

(Tank, 243).

Not to retaliate; not to attempt a defense.

But I can't take things lying down. I don't care if we've got a depression
or not
(Cain, 10).
The Japs won't take this lying down (Yank, 91).
to take meals.

To eat.

The staff of 'Rree Dalmatia' takes its meals in the attic of the stone
house..• (*ank, 69).

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itSL ta k e

Bifid. off*
To cause one to think of something else; to giro
one something different to think of*(This implies worry*)

Jeff* it'll take his mind off it (Marquand, 439).
•••working out the words took his mind off the wear
to jj&B.

money.

(Marquand, 240).

To get, receive, money from one*

• ••she betrayed that she despised him for +.air4ng her annny
to take

(much) out of one*To deplete

(Cain, 144).

one's reserves of emotion*

The oar itself***took & great deal out of her, and she engaged a driver*..
(Cain, 179).

19

tetef.

name*

To ask one one's name in an official capacity*

They took his fifiQS. and turned it in
to take the name (of)*

(Pyle, 340)*

To assume, use, a name*

Then in Seattle, I'd take ny own figBfi., a**4 talk with people I knew (Gard­
ner, 115).
He took the qjhqs . Louis
Conway and started the ConwayAppliance
Company
(Gardner, 72).
...Leeds disguised his identity by t^iring none other than the BfiBfl. of the
murdered man, and left the Yukon, masquarading as Bill Hogarty
(Gardner, 123J*
not to taka no for flfl §£££&£•
To insist on an affirmative reply; to
insist that another does as one wishes.
But the MP wouldn't take Bfi. for
to take aa. notice of*

answer

(Yank, 201).

Not to notice; not to note*

• .•that afternoon,
or at dinner, Veda taKiffiir no notice of Letty's change
of costume
(Cain, 69)*
Ida took no nntino of Anna's interruption, but went grimly on (Cain, 88J.
to taka note*

To notice; to note; to pay attention*

nays office please take note
to be taken with.

(Yank, 214).

To be affected by; to be touched with.

...Baby Ruths and Life Savers, in case you were taken with a spasm of
hunger
(Marquand, 413).
The boys were more taken with their own humor than by any bitterness
(Pyle, 107).

to take an oath.

To swear; to affirm*

Freeman Leeds, a "big, powerful man, *. .took the oath*. .and took the witness
stand (Gardner, 137).
*i

off •
The rising of an airplane from the ground; the very 'begin­
ning of flight.
(Also attributive.)

It was only 2:30 A.M., bat we ate breakfast before the take-off (Fyle, 322).
It was still half an hour before tflfrf-ftff time
(Fyle, 322).
For the take-off. I sat back in the radio compartment on some parachutes
(Pyle, 32*) 1
The men returned only four hours after take-off (Yank, 117).
In fli^it it was Gaines' job...to help with the gadgets during landings
and take-offs
(Fyle, 331).
...the silence over the interphone after the take-off was greater than
usual
(Yank, 87).
The bottom gunner sat on the floor during take off... (Fyle, 213).
The B-29 needs a longer runway for take-off than any other plane (Yank, 117).
I stood on my knees during the take-offf. ..
(Yank, 117).
...long ifilGfc-fifX run of the B-29...
(Yank, 120).
...some good guys get killed in tako-offa (Yank, 117).
... the armament men had given them two extra boxes before take-off that
morning (Yank, 85)•
It was a beautiful take-off (Yank, 15).
While we waited for the take-off he wrestled..• (Yank, 15)•
During the take-off. ..
(Tank, 117).
Luck finally came my way just two hours before take-off (*ank, 117)*
jfiight times they tried a take-off and eight times they failed (Yank, 195).
Most of them lumbered down a long runway for a long take off... (Yank, 127
to take off.
1. To remove; to doff*
...one gunman*. .took his vest off because it felt too heavy... (Fyle, 223)*
...she wasn't going £&. take them off all day (Cain, 154).
...I decided on the luxury of
off my pants (Fyle, 263)*
...the Germans always seemed
take off their coats before they fled
or died (Fyle, 451).
He had taken off his shoes (Fyle, 364)*
Trench foot comes from a man's feet being wet and cold for long periods and
from not
off his shoes often enough (Fyle, 149).
He got warmer after a few innings, and the Governor alertly took his coat
off (hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
After a while, he took it off again (hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
No, she evidently hadn't even taken her hat off, just popped in and popped
out again (Gardner, 64).
Mrs. Gessler took her clothes off massaged her back... (Cain, 57)•
Ha climbed back into the saddle and took off his coat and then he walked the
horse to the little grandstand and tossed the coat over the railing
(Marquand, 380)•

The elevator was overcrowded and Jeffrey took off his hat and held it***
(Marquand, 340)*
Hal took off his coat and he told Jeffrey Jfca take off h is ...
(Marquand,
433).
He took off his coat, laid it very carefully on the armchair...
(Mar­
quand , 259)•
He was taklnr off his hat and coat, walking down the empty aisle
(Marquand, 79).
She had
of* her tailored coat; and her shirtwaist had more frills
and pleats*..
(Marquand, 185).
•• *he put down his bag carefully and took off his coat and listened
to the ticking of the clock
(Marquand, 303).
He found himself taking off his gray felt hat*.. (Marquand, 241).
Then he took off his overcoat and tossed it on one of the chairs in the
chairs in the hall*..
(Marquand, 57).
...when he was taking off his overcoat, he heard Madge calling from the
living room (Marquand, 580).
The cameramen were gathering around them and they paused and took off
their coats...
(Marquand, 359).
Sometimes on Saturdays he would meet her downtown and he would always
take off his hat quickly and smile (Marquand, 178).
They all took their coats o f f ...
(Marquand, 8).
Louella Barnes was waiting for him and he had taken off his garrison
cap with his left hand...
(Marquand, 526).
Milton took pff his glasses and looked at them and put them on again
(Marquand, 405)•
When the door was closed, he took off his overcoat and hung lt*.«
(Marquand, 413J.
"Jeff," he heard Madge call, when he was taking off his overcoat, "Where
have you beenT"
(Marquand, 398)*
1*11 Just take off these boots
(Marquand, 384).
Jeffrey took off his coat and opened his suitcase (“arquand, 124).
They gave me a Tommy bowler and a leather Jerkin and made me take offmy
eombat suit
(Tank, 57).
He took off his glasses to wipe away the fog...
(Tank, 225)•
•..once the boys take off their uniforms (Tank, 137).
"G-lad I'm not working in the store tonl^it," he said, taking off his
fatigues (Tank, 184)*
Zorn lifted hfs head quickly, took off his gloves
and fur cap... (Tank, 16)
▲t 17,000 feet Roth and Zorn took off their masks
(Tank, 16).
1 put on a helmet and then took it off a few^ seconds later*.. (Tank, 16).
When he took it off the next morning he found it wasn't his (Tank, 46)*
Take off your dress and while I'm finding a
uniform to fit...
(Cain, 45).
She tiptoed in there, got
her pajamas, came
back, took off her dress
(Cain, 15).
He had.* .gone back to his
car £ & take off his trousers.. • (Cain, 172).
Tou can take off that hat
and get out there
and sell pies (Cain, 124J.
They took off their coats, and she draped them over her arm...
(Cain, 59).
Mildred took off their coats, and hung them in the locker...
(Cain, 46).
...she went to the room and lay down...not t a k i n g off her clothes
(Cain, 196).
Then she sighed, took off the rest of her clothes, slipped into her
pajamas
(Cain, 17).

-1293-

...at least let me take off my hat
(Cain, 196),
...Mildred*.•'began taking off her uniform (Cain, 161).
He took off his hat7 7 1 (Cain, 162)*
Then she took off the kerchief...
(Cain, 164).
...she decided the bodice was "too much1*, and took it off (Cain, 237).
...Archie took off his regimentals at nine sharp,
left within a
minute or t w o ( C a i n , 229).
He dropped down beside her, took off his glasses, massaged his face to
keep it from jerking (Cain, 103)7
kildred took off her hat...
(Cain, 205).
Don't you want £ja. take them offT (Cain, 59).
it's quite all right, if that's how it happened, but you can take it off
now (Cain, 69).
2. To rise into the air to fly as an airplane.
All the men turned out to watch them ta)e» off (Yank, 202).
Wo take off in about 10 minutes, kan your stations J (Yank, 117).
Jtfverything was explained in detail — how we would
off, how we
would rendezvous...
(Fyle, 322 ).
• * .they would start £ & take off. .. (Fyle, 336).
They had lived in...dust so thick they had to taka off by instruments
(Pyle, 169).
We had been the fourth plane
take off from the field...
(Yank, 118).
We took off one at a time, about thirty seconds apart (Fyle, 323).
He said he was so excited he took off with his upper cowl flap open
(Fyle, 222)*
Then just as he was ready $£. take off on his afternoon mission, some
major came rushing up to the plane...
(Pyle, 222).
. •.they had a new wheel on the plane by the time the next-to-last ship
of the squadron was taking off (Pyle, 171).
• . .the planes took off for their initial bombing mission...
(Yank, 202).
•. .a flight of ei^it f i l t e r bombers raced down the asphalt runway and
took off toward the mountain range..*
(Yank, 194).
...the Dragons landed for refueling and bombs and took off immediately...
(Yank, 194) •
The Fortresses were taking off for one of the first big daylight raids
over Berlin (Yank, 127)•
Lt. A.J. Howell. •.left
take off in a Piper Cub (Yank, 133).
...14 of the big boys took off today...
(*ank, 230)7
...they would take off in the afternoon.*(Yank, 229).
...the planes would take off in the morning...
(Yank, 229).
3. To leave; to depart; to go away.
The former crew...got "Anzio anxiety" and took off. .. (Pyle, 277).
...a few days before we took off on the invasion of Sicily (Pyle, 225).
Over the years, we have been on hand many times to watch the boys and
girls tn\rm off from Grand Central for their summer camps (New Yorker,
XXIii, Sept. 6, 1947, 21).
To see how many angels
Took off — over the hill
(Yank, 159).

-129**-

We*ve argued this out a hundred times, Snell, every time one of your men
takes off (Tank, 138).
He's definitely tltlr<n°’ off (Yank, 138),
Who, DurkeeT No, he ain't tekin1 off (Yank, 138),
"Looks like your new man is taking off." he observed to Snell (Yank, 138)
• ..a three man reconnaissance patrol took off anyway to look over the
site*..
(Yank, 134)*
I took off in a radio command car*..
(Yank, 133)*
4* To remove from; to separate from; to amputate.
When Jeffrey took it off, he felt completely familiar with everything
(Marquand, 236)*
Correspondents were snapped back from Murope and put on the slot, or
were set to running the morgue, or tatHnv wrappers qff exchanges
(Marquand, 24)*
xMext time I take this blasted ride, I'm taking ay bars off and traveling
third (Yank, 116)*
Well, I took him off special duty this morning (Yank, 138)*
Well, you know. I've got a couple of toes off an account of frostbite —
taken off in Hawson City (Gardner, 216).
When she took her foot off the brake she felt it splash into a puddle
(Cain, 172).
Taka off the hot-water bottles
(Cain, 102).
Take off the blankets
(Cain, 102).
...assistant third gunner, pulled the pins out and took off increments
from the shells (Yank, 107).
5* To take a recess, vacation, from one's obligations, duties.
"Frankly," Charley said, "I've taken the afternoon off" (Marquand, 505).
I wouldn't ask such $£.
it off with you (Cain, 21).
Seldom could you get one of them
take a day off (Pyle, 306)*
If you won't £a )gq. a day off, why don't you get in the car and we'll Just
drive around the country for a couple of hourst
(Fyle, 306)*
...the Giants
the Cincinnati £eds were about a play a double header
for the edification of an astonishingly large number of citizens who
had, one way or smother, taken half a day off (New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
*. •they were Just like men who take a day off from the office to lie
around home (Pyle, 188)*
Taking a day off (Cain, 21).
Is it okay for us
take off for a couple of hours? (Yank, 229),
6* To receive from; to get from*
*..I didn't know why I had Jfcp. take any kidding off Treviso (Cain, 231)*
i've taken mr last dime off you, and* ..I'11 pay you back (Cain, 170).
to take —

off

guard*

To surprise one; to catch by surprise*

Taken off their guard that way...they were trapped into being amazingly
revealing (Marquand, 26)*

-1295-

±2. SsiBt office*

To be elected or appointed to a position*

Since IfitcJLOS office, be has b e e n conducting a polite guerilla war against
some of the ancient royal cue toms (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept* 6, 1947, 23
to. take off —

hands*

To relieve one of some responsibility*

• •.see if any of the chandlers there would take this stuff off hiw hanHn.
in exchange for the lighter articles used by speed boats (Cain, 18)*
• •.the night she so blithely agreed to take the house off Mrs* Beragon1a
for $30,000...
(Cain, 242).
For one thing. I'm going to t a k e those papers off your handa (QarAner, 77
to talcs o f f

hat to*

To

show respect to; to have deep respect for*

In Sicily even the infantry t o o k off its hat to them — for not infre­
quently the engineers were actually out ahead of the troops (Fyle, 78)*
We infantrymen*. .take our hat a off to them*..
(Yank, 212)*
I found that tankers* . .took their hats off to infantry (Fyle, 264).
&£ take & £ £

shoulders *

To relieve one of responsibility*

•. *he took most of the onerous duties off the shoulders of the squadron
commander... (Pyle, 221) .
to take on*
1* To assume; to become in t h e nature of*
The night began £& take on an ominous aspect (Fyle, 370)*
•••rugs*..in solid colors, rather light, so the house took on a warm,
informal look (Cain, 277).
His gags about the Pie Wagon*, .took on a touch of malice...
(Cain, 145)*
2. To hire; to employ*
If he takes her on... (Cain, 132)*
... you don't have the whole uniform to pay for unless we really take
you fin (Cain, 46)*
...Bell said he would like
take them £& (Yank, 186).
...he had left the paper in Boston very shortly after Walter had taken on*
(Marquand, 16).
In this store, we've takan on Just two people in the last three months*..
(Cain, 34).
...Audrey had been taken on the day after the opening...
(Cain, 152^.
5. To develop.
The hips* •.had taken on some touch of vo Taptousness (Cain, 133).
...I just don't dare take on a n y more debt (Cain, 140).
And her figure had..-Iflksa. £21 form*..
(Cain, 190)*

4. To undertake; to attempt.
• ••and that was when the critics realised that she was a great actress,
as critics always did if a girl could take on a Shaw play and get away
with it (Marquand, 448).
£&, take fiBfi. look at.

To look at briefly; to glance at.

The wild men came down from the hills wearing their little loincloths,
took one look at the Buick, and jumped into the river (New Yorker,
XAIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 23).
£&

Place.
1. To substitute for one; to act in one's stead.

...his place as squadron commander was tak-aw by Lieutenant Reginald
Clizbe...
(Pyle. 304).
One of hi8 waitresses got married, and he wants somebody £& take her
(Cain, 35).
So she sat with the girls at breakfast, listening to Ida instruct Shirley,
who was £& take her place... (Cain, 88).
...Mrs. Gassier*s place was taken by a man bartender, named Jake...
(Cain, 179).
He...took her place in bed
(Yank, 155;.
There ain't any youth 3UL take our place (Gardner, 115).
2. To go to one's proper, assigned, place.
He remembered the lines of troops waiting with their duffle bags to go
aboard and take their places below (Marquand, 584).
take -— seriously.
not comic.

To consider, think about, as being serious

My sisters pay absolutely no attention to the rule, but everybody else
takes it very seriously (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 23).
Whit never took anything very seriously (Yank, 243).
take
side.
debate, etc.

To defend one; to support one in an argument,

...some of it was to console Yeda, by taking her side after an out.
r a g e o u B episode
(Cain, 186).
to take

time.

To move, go, proceed slowly and deliberately.

Yet, although it was a hot afternoon, he took his time about it, and was
conscientiously thorough...
(Cain, l).
Just took my time. kept cool and damn, I got them (Yank, 53).
I took my time and fired five shots
(Yank, 9).

-1297-

to take
to be.
of one as.

To take one for; to believe one to be I to think

• ••we notice four or five French conn try people — young farmers in
their twenties, I took them to. be... (Pyle, 376)*
£& t a k e

tfi. the door*

To accompany one to the door; to show one out.

The body ...would be delivered at five, and they took him in the door.
on which two assistants abd already fastened a white crepe (Cain, 106).
in t a k e ---- h e . an it.
We took them
to t a k e

h e . jjfl

ii

To agree to another's offer.
(Pyle, 350).

word for it.

To believe what another tells one.

...I know what I'm talking about —
(Marquand, 415).
itt take

ah

opportunity.

I wish you'd take my word for it

To do something when one is able to do it.

Some of the sailors took the oppnr^i^^tv next day to go ashore.•.
(Pyle, 226).
to take s h order.
To receive instructions; to learn what another wants.
(In restaurants,, cafes, etc., it means to receive the information about
what a customer wishes to eat.)
▲ waitress approached Mason in taka his order
(Gardner, 94).
...Mildred at last approached the two women who were waiting in have their
orders taken, handed them their menus.•• (Cain, 47).
take out.
eaten.

Being carried away from the place of purchase before being

It was to display the pies she hoped to sell to the "take-out11 trade...
(Cain, 117).
And the t^kA-out trade from those people, it's enough to take your breath
away (Cain, 176).
i n take out.
1. To remove from within; to extract.
It comes in a round metal can which can be used to heatwater in after
the stove is taken out of it (Pyle, 242).
Kittering pulled his brief case toward him, and took outseveral pages
of closely-written, legal foolscap
(Gardner, 187).
Phyllis Leeds opened her purse and took out a check-book (Gardner, 9).
Drake spat his chew of gum into a wastebasket, opened a drawer, took out
two fresh sticks...
(Gardner, 61).

-1298-

Mason took out his notebook, made a note of the address. .. (Gardner, 154)
He put his hands in his pockets and took them out again (Marquand, 393).
Jeffrey reached in his inside pocket and took out the envelope which
held his ticket (Marquand, 412).
•..Minot had reached in the pocket of his quilted smoking jacket and had
out a pipe and a pigskin tobacco pouch (Marquand, 393).
...and believe it or not, when they were taking out the little fireplace*.
(Marquand, 133).
Mason opened his desk drawer and took out the pair of loaded dice Drake
had given him
(Gardner, 51).
She took it out, slipped it into her shoe
(Cain, 59).
She crossed to the table, where she had tossed her nurse, opened it,
took out a key and handed it to him (Gardner, ?8).
Mason fished in his inside pocket, took out a clipping, hastily torn from
an early edition of the afternoon paper (Gardner, 107).
Now she put them in by the clock and took them out by the clock*•.
(Cain, 76).
...she took out her own offering...
(Cain, 153).
...he took out the bill, touched his forelock with it...
(Cain, 145).
He took it out. with an annoyed grimace, and pitched it back at her
(Cain, 143)7
Sally was on her knees t.»irin<r out the picnic and laying it on the ground..
(Marquand, 551).
Upon receipt of the sewing kit, the soldier carefully took out the needles
(Tank, 141)*
...he took out a handkerchief...
(Cain, 170)*
• ••opened her evening bag, took out a crisp $10 bill...
(Cain, 170)*
Feeling as thougi she were starting a well-tuned machine, she took out
four each of breasts, second joints*•• (Cain, 120).
Mason gravely opened the desk drawer, took out a bottle of whiskey and
glasses (Gardner, 45).
He took out a pencil...
(Pyle, 353).
Sergeant Hanson had taken the bent plate out.. ♦ (Pyle, 336).
Chief Willians took out a pack of cigarettes and thrust it at Harvey
(Tank, 90).
One of the crew members took out two of the bolts that fastened the gun
to the deck*•• (Tank, 255)*
2* To accompany to a party, entertainment, show, dinner, or the like*
...why, it would make all the difference if he could take George out for
a ride (Marquand, 283).
...he could take Jim out at night to the drugstores and the Brown Derby. ••
(Marquand, 427).
"Jeff," Marianna said, "will you take me out to l u n c h TM (Marquand, 84).
Hey, hey, I'm taking you out (Cain, 26).
They take us out for one reason, and one reason only: sothey can get
a drink (Cain, 23).
Why do they ever want £ q . take us outT (Cain, 23)*
Why would he want to take you outT (Cain, 23).
...you're not going to have things spoil just becausehe's got some
foolish notion he wants to take you out (Cain, 23).

-1299-

Once, when they were spending a weekend at the Pierces' he came on
Saturday evening and "took her outu (Cain, 53)*
3* To deliver; to carry to another place.
I've got to take these things out
(Cain, 28).
And then I'll have pies to take out. and keep on getting a l l the whole­
sale. •. (Cain, 77).
Well, in taking a dinner out that way, you can't carry too much (Gard­
ner, 149; .
You know, in a joint like that...a waiter can't take food out until he
catches a slack time (Gardner, 147).
4. To subscribe for; to purchase.

(This implies insurance, loans.)

But the interest is due on those morgages Bert took o u t . and I'm not
going to be foreclosed...
(Cain, 69).
The policy was for $l,(j>OOt paid up value $256, and he had never taken out
more because he didn t believe in insurance...
(Cain, 60).
5. To lead, accompany, someone

to the outside or away.

If I want £ & take out a patrol...I'd rather go alone
(Yank, 149).
Then we would take them out another door (Yank, 169).
6. To leave; to depart; to go away.
Take out, and God bless you
to take out after.

(Yank, 126).

To chase;

to follow and to try to overtake*

Then another regiment, with only what weapons aai. provisions they could
carry on thel* backs, went up over the ridge and toofc out after the
evacuating enesy
(Pyle, 66).
to take out of.

To extract; to remove from.

One of the other grandmothers took her teeth out
a glass of cold
water...
(Yank, 209).
We took a gun out of the nose and put a camera in (Yank, 229).
...she took his orchids out of the icebox.•• (Cain, 152).
to take out o f

hands.

To take the responsibility from one.

Something had taken it entirely out of Jeffrey's h*ndn
to take over.

(Marquand, 216).

To assume responsibility, control of something.

One mi^it think peasants had taken over the house
(Cain, 55).
All you've got to do is take over that property and get going, quick
(Cain, 79).

1300-

••• be had. a nice little room on the top floor of a Naples apartment
building which had been taken over by the Army (Pyle, 139;.
The bombers patrol the waters in the daytime and we t^ir* over at night
(Yank, 254).
It was time for the Fifth Air Force to take over the day shift
(Yank, 255).
Chinese are taking over your position (Yank, 94).
• ..they can send down a clever woman operator to take over in the morning
(Gardner, 157).
There's an agency there that will take over (Gardner, 157).
I'd just taken over the business (Gardner, 100).
...his replacement must arrive and take over (Yank, 225)•
Then Anna approached, ifi. take over and collect her tip
(Cain, 90).
Maybe he's getting ready to compel you
take over Veda's money...
(Cain, 251).
The road had just been started by the British Army with Indian labor when
the Ysuiks took over (Yank, 178).
All they can do is go to court, have you declared a bankrupt, and take
over (Cain, 248).
Here the Navy took over (Yank, 169).
Captured supply dumps were impounded by the Army for reissue later but
soldiers often got in to help themselves before the A m y took over
officially
(Pyle, 87).
... the first echelon of the Army came in and took over half the front
(Yank, 39).
They could go to a nearby town...and see American movies, in theaters
taken over by the Army (Pyle, 158).
You remember he's the one who took over the Conway Appliance Company
(Gardner, 62).
They've got to get rid of it, and if you'll take it over and put this
chicken place in it, it's yours (Cain, 78).
If Lucy Gessler wants £& take it over, then O.K.
(Cain, 150).
The Marx Brothers take over once more (Yank, 73).
...the batteries would be present or accounted for, and the senior officer
would take over
(Marquand, 581).
You have men ready £g. take over when she leaves the office (Gardner, 47).
Wherever the Army left off in providing comfort, the boys took over them­
selves
(Yank, 40).
Ten men alone., .held until the rest could get up there, take over and go
on with them
(Yank, 18).
Once on shore, our supplies were taken over by the Quartermaster Corps...
(Pyle, 280).
Sgt. Bills took over and told us the order. . • (Pyle, 20).
The navy was taking over the Coast Guard...and then he was thinking about
Jim (Marquand, 490).
•• .Lieutenant £&hn...took over a brand-new LST and pointed her bow toward
Africa (Pyle, 225).
...He went back and took over the top turret gun (Pyle, 331).
...it was talcan over as soon as the city surrendered (Pyle, 461).
...so they took over another huge one across the street (Pyle, 461 >•
ae thought eht government ought jfciL take over the coal mines and the
strike trouble (Pyle, 109).
Back in 1937, for example, eight years before he took over...
(New Yorker,
XXIIi, Sept. 13, 1947, 27).
^

to take part In,

To assist with; to cooperate in*

But all the time she was thinking of Veda, who never took £££$.
these
frivolities
(Cain, 71)*
...we were
take part 1ft what was termed, the assault phase
(Pyle, 352).
• **the identities of the divisions JifilSlAS p»rt in a campaign would he
publicly released... (Pyle, 396)*
They had been Ustachl for only a short time and had not taken part jn
the usual looting and torturing*..
(Tank, 68).
tft take off the hook.
To open a telephone circuit by lifting the phone
off the cradle so that no one can telephone in*
Bert tiptoed over and took the receiver off the hook, so there would be
no jangling phone bell
(Cain, 112)*
£& tftKP. ft Blcfoyp.

To photograph; to make a picture*

•••you come to Beno, and had pictures of yourself taken, with me in your
arms
(Cain, 259).
...General Eddy sent word that the photographers would come and
PlfitWTflff (Pyle, 410).
*..a photographer who went out to take some pictures came away without any*
(Pyle, 283).
...I haven t the authority to forbid these photographers £ft take pictures
(Pyle, 410).
Von Schlieben was obviously sourpuss about being captured, and even
more sourpuss at having his picture taken (Pyle, 410)*
One day an Army photographer came around £& take some pictures... (Pyle,
256).
to take place.

To occur; to happen.

...the nursery Bteamed constantly because of fermentation taking place
below grouhd...
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 18).
There did the meeting take place. Mr. LeedsT
(Gardner, 140).
Was there any conversation which took place in your presence or in the
presence of Jason Carrel to the effect...
(Gardner, 139).
A catastrophic change had taken place in his life, and he was wholly
unable to adjust himself to it (Cain, 144).
The actual holing througi of the tubes won't take place until late in
the fall..• (New Yorker, Sept. 13, 1947, 28).
The incident took place at Hill 95 north of la Hoye du Paits
(Yank, 134).
The interview took place at ni^ht..• (Yank, 247).
henderson Field.. .where some of the earliest Jap—American fighting took
place... (Yank, 231).
...so it would appear that telephone conversation with Conway took place
after Leeds had left Conway's apartment?
(Gardner, 193).
Then Mildred knew that an awakening had taken place in Veda...
(Cain, 138)
Those fifteen seconds were so fast and confusing thot I truly can't say
what took place
(Pyle, 247).

-1302-

To substitute for; to he, a c t > in lieu of*

ifi. take the place of•

• ••the other to take
Place of a lady who had to retire on account
of ill health (Cain, 34)•
•. «one £ q . take the place of a gentleman who was killed in a automobile
accident...
(Cain, 34).
&Q. take & plane for.

To ride in a plane going to a place.

Anyway ahe took a, m l for San Francisco as soon as she read the telegran (Gardner, 184;.
to take possession of.

To assume control of; to get the control of*

So he bou^it a ten-gallon hat, took possession of the ranch, and tried to
operate it*.. (Cain, 6).
...it mi^it really take possession of her...
(Cain, 129).
Ifl. take a pot shot a£..

To shoot at an open, unprotected, still, target.

•.>a 37—mm.».taking potshots at them...
(Yank, 124J.
...interrupted by air raids, mortar bursts and Jap snipers who seemed to
delimit in taking pot shots at him*..
(Yank, 77).
to take a powder.

To leave, go away, quietly and unobtrusively.

• .. the Jpas, who had been in the place had taken a powder. would return
(Yank, 147J•
What's more, Inez Colton took & powder right after the murder (Gardner, 125)
Well, when you told me that she'd taken £ powder on you and wasn't in
Yuma... (Gardner, 184)•
I wouldn't ask much £& take & powder on you, right now (Cain, 5;.
I was afraid to make any inquiries without consulting you, for fear she'd
get wise and take another powder (Gardner, 154).
He picked the ri^it time £& take a powder (hew Yorker, XXIII, June 28,
1947, 21).
to take precautions against.

To guard against; to attempt to prevent.

Sniping became important and taking precautions against it was something
we had to learn fast (Pyle, 373).
to take pride in.

To be proud of; to be gratified for.

...just as if an artist had taken pride in an act of torture well done
(Yank, 212 K
to take prisoner.

To imprison one; to arrest and put into prison.

...Elackie was wounded and taken prisoner (Yank, 212).
i'he platoon. .. took 60 or 70 prisoners
(Yank, 125).

A

-1303-

Jtfi.

& pull*

To suck: into one's mouth*

He lit a cigarette and took & long pull
Take & Twill of thie (harquand, 222)•
to take a mmfth a t *

(Tank, 230)*

To strike at; to hit at*

*..I thougit he was going to...take a punch at me
to

pupils.

To teach privately*

*• .takes a few pupils
is. take ihft ran*
the like*

(Yank, 221).

(Cain, 132).
To undergo punishment for some wrongdoing, crime, or

They get chivalrous and try £& take a ri> (Gardner, 179).
If anything goes wrong, I take the ran (Gardner, 69).
She said, "Don't think I'm going £& take the nIS on this" (Gardner, 75)*
is. take & recess*

To recess; to stop, halt, temporarily.

Gentlemen, court will take & recess until two o'clock this afternoon
(Gsurdner, 35)*
IS. take refuge i£.
1* To seek shelter, protection, defense, in.
Three girls worked*•.getting the names, ranks and serial numbers of
escaped prisoners who had taken refuge
farmhouses in the area
(Tank, 27)*
2. To rationalise by means of*
Mildred knew this was a solace from a pain too great for him to bear:
that he was taking refuge Xr the belief that she wasn't really dead
(Cain, 105).
to take & ride*
for pleasure*)

To ride; to go riding, driving.

(This implies riding

..•on that basis she had frequent invitations £o_ take a ride, have dinner,
or see a show (Cain, 63).
...that proximity, nothing else, made, him think of the ride he had taken
with Madge down the Post Road**.
(Marquand, 473)*
If I should be tmking a ride in an automobile, and two male nurses dragged
me*..
(Gardner, 34)*
JNext time I take this blasted ride. I'm...traveling third (Tank, 116).
to take a road*

To follow, go on, a road, street, lane.

-1304-

They took the little m a d to the right* end In a moment were stealing
through.•• (Cain. 92).
*9 IrftKif roll call.
To call roll; to ascertain who is present and who
is absent by reading the roster of names.
Just talcing roll
to taka root.

1-

Carry on 1 (Yauik, 138).

To begin to grow.

For the seed has taken root
iSL taha g run around.

(Yank. 135).

To ride around: to dr ire here and there throughout

a place*
was living on a warship, but 1 took g
(Pyle, 225).

...1

&SL tal« g QUL out powder.
vely; to take a powder.

the harbor one day...

To leave, go away, hurriedly but unobtrusi­

has on said, "Emily Milleant has taken g run-out powder (Gardner. 180).
Tell Drake a waitress named Hasel Strickland of the Home Kitchen Cafe
t,9Pk & wnnant powder
(Gardner, 105).
it
al]. fclnds to make g ( world).
One can naturally expect to
meet and deal with very many different kinds of people with different
patterns of thought, emotions, prejudices, etc.
"I know I'm right," the driver said, "It takes all kind a to male* a world"
(Marquand, 55).
"It takes all kinds to make g world." he said (Marquand, 55).
to take g seat.

To sit down; to be seated.

She brought them all back to the den, and Bert took g seat on the sofa...
(Cain, 53).
to take g shine to (one).
I took a shine to him

To begin to like, enjoy, one very much.

(Gardner, 72).

t & iSkfi. A Sfafil At*

1 . To shoot at.

...and now and then some dirty guy who had different sentiments would
run out and take g shot at them (Pyle, 167).
...four Japs who peeked out to try £& take g shot at them (Yank, 192J.
.2 . To attempt; to try.
Caesar took g shot at it, and so did many Popes

(Pyle, 237).

-1305-

Ifl. take ft sock ftl*
fist.)
I

To strike; to hit.

(This implies a blow with the

Just want to get in there and take a sock at somebody

tft take the spotlight off.

(Narquand, 478).

To divert attention from.

Bat as this took the spotlight off the children, they quickly became
bored (Cain, 54).
to take ft s t a n d .

T o state o n e ' s beliefs a n d to act u p o n them.

•••a subject on which Glmbel is obviously prepared 1 ft take ft strong
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept* 6 , 1947, 20).
1ft take ft step.

To take a deliberate action; to make one move toward
a certain accomplishment*

Now the place was hers, and she took ft step she had been considering for
some time (Cain, 174).
. • .charge of such gravity that I feel I should call on your for an explanation before taking Rnv steps (Gardner, 205).
...in danger of being victimized by an unscrupulous adventuress, and
took steps to prevent him being stripped of his property... (Gardner, 133).
1 ft Iftkft stock.

To inventory; to list one's assets and one's liabilities.

...no ordinary night in her life, and that she must take stock, see what
she had to offer against what lay ahead (Cain, 17).
to take t h i n g s as t h e y c o m e .
tions; to be p h l e g m a t i c .

To be p h i l o s o p h i c a l ab o u t var i ous situa­

.. .when you have nothing back of you, you have 1 ft take things as they come
(Gardner, 73).
...they were able lo. take things as they came (Pyle, 349).
to take time.
little time.

To require quite some time; to demand, need, quite a

You must remember that such little things...will take time (Pyle, 466).
To save this money, at her present income, was going to take a long time...
(Cain, 76).
And he didn't take time to write it in a letter (Pyle, 335).
to take time out.

To recess; to stop, cease, activity.

When he was in New York, Jim hated ift take time out for sleeping
quand, 324) •
to take a tip.

To receive a gratuity.

(Uar-

Bear a uni fora. And taka their tlpa (Cain, 51).
I can't go home and face my children if they know I'webeen working all
day at taking tine and wearing a uniform. .. (Cain, 41)•
to take tdtle to.

To become the legal owner of.

Once you take title £& a piece of property around this town, that's all
they want to know, .. (Cain, 79).

laka la1 . To get in the habit of; to do something regularly.

PFhen college girls took to riding bicycles in slacks... (Life, Aug. 28,
1944, 65).
...she took to drlrlng past Veda's..• (Cain, 214).
She took iSL doing desperate things, like turning suddenly into business
places... (Cain, 39-40)•
But he admitted he had recently taken to reading the Bible (Pyle, 190).
2 . To like; to love; to enjoy.
I took to it ri^it away as a fine place...

(New Yorker, XXII, Feb. 15,

1947, 23).
For a man who hails from a verdant land, he takes to the desert uncommonly
well (Yank, 36).
She belonged to the whole crew, but the puppy took to our friend and
he took to her, and by common consent she became recognized as his
(Pyle, 42).
All kinds take to her, and she can settle a quarrel between two of them...
(New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 17).
3. To go to, into, on.
It was so close and so unexpected that even the veterans ducked, and the
soldiers took to their foxholes pronto (Pyle, 192).
Then he took tp the side streets... (Yank, 2 0 1 ).
Most of the inhabitants took to the hills after the first shelling
(Pyle, 117).
to take to the air.

To rise in flight.

•. .and then with a deep roar that seemed to shake the whole silent country­
side the planes would thunder d o m the run'ray and take to the air
(Pyle, 208).
to take to drink.
in excess.

To become an alcoholic; to drink alcoholic beverages

They were like the characters of those magazine stories of the Twenties...
where no one took to H-rink or ran off with someone else's wife...
(Marquand, 106).

-1307

to t i k e
£& heart.
something*

To consider seriously; to he serious about

Hed Dog was a fundamentally serious man who took the war £ 2 heart
(Pyle, 330).
£2 . take £ 2
like ducks £ 2 water*
tively; to do easily and naturally.

To seem to do something instinc­

A lot of our Italian-Ajnerican soldiers took to the land of their fathers
litas ducks £ 2 water, hut not all of them (^rle, 118).
£ 2 £fikSL 2 1 2 1 1 *

To cause casualties; to result in casualties.

Speaking of mosquitoes, hy the end of August the heat and the lack of
sanitation hegan to taka their toll (Pyle, 87).
to take to

heart.

To love;

to cherish.

I don't know when I've taken a child £ 2 my heart as I have Veda
to take to pieces.

(Cain, 193)

To disassemble; to take apart.

...when they sat a l o n e . .. talciny parts of the Breakwater work fro nieces,
cutting lines and writing in new ones (Marquand, 2 9 2 K
to

take to task.

To reprimand; to reprove.

Then she took Mildred £ 2 task for prejudice, for stupidity...
to

take 2 train.

To ride on a train.

Let's spend some money and he comfortable.
116).
to take 2 trio.

Let's tafcm the train

take t r o u b l e .
u n u s u a l effort.

(Tank,

To travel; to journey.

The army would order us £ 2 take trips around England
to

(Cain, 149).

To go out o f one's way; to

(Pyle, 352).

do s o m e t h i n g

requiring

...after taking all that trouble over you, but I wouldn't go to that
party*.. (Cain, 162).
to take 2 turn around .

To walk, move, go, here and there about a place.

Wally took several turns around the room looking at her as he went
(Cain, 77).
...Mr* Treviso took another turn around the room... (Cain, 216).

1308-

to take turns.
another do it.

To alternate; to have first one do something and then

Small groups of us took turns going below to the tiny galley... (Yank, 254)
Last night three fellows took me to the movies, and afterwards they
took turns with me out on the back porch — dancing (Yank, 83).
We don't do a big dinner business here, so we can only keep three girls
on at night, but they take turns (Cain, 49).
.. .Mac and the crew took turns carrying their Browning automatic and its
tripod (Yank, 23)•
They marched almost 170 miles in nine d a w . .. taking turns carrying their
gun... (Yank, 24).
£& take under —

wing.

To protect someone; to defend someone.

The three sergeants in my crew sort of took me nndar their wing and we ran
around together for two or three days (Pyle, 335).
Is. take up.
1 . To begin; to start.

Now it was a question of t a k i n g u p where he had left off, of putting it
behind him, and of going back to the other room (Marquand, 443).
Bert took u p the story again: There was nothing serious the matter...
(Cain, 98).
The corporal took u p where he'd left off (Yank, 205).
Judge Xggers' years as a criminal Judge make him worthy £p take u p where
I left off (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947, 21).
•••no time to do anything about it now and took up the trail right behind
the captain (Yank, 58).
.•.and yet they had a 3ort of relationship that they could take u p again,
no matter where it was broken off (Marquand, 294).
All ri^it. Taka it up. and run it througi again (Marquand, 586).
Mildred...frook u p her Journey... (Cain, 163).
2. To di8 cuss and consider.
Hose is going to be as scarce as hen's teeth and that's something else
I want ifi. take u p with you (Marquand, 512).
And he knew he would lose what dimity he had left if he took it up with
Charley (Marquand, 508).
...he explained that he'd taken the matter pp with the presldnet of the
bank... (new Yorker, X*II, Feb. 15, 1947, 23).
...but Mr. Gorman had t^kwp that u p . too, with the Haskells' estate
superintendent (Marquand, 501).
Well, let's take them up in order (Gardner, 31).
3. To carry, transport, lift, to a hi^ier place.
Oscar Boker is the waiter at the Blue and White Restaurant who took the
dinner up (Gardner, 126).

-1309-

The people took him up. gently* •.

(Tank, 13) •

Theae meals were ordered from your restaurant, and you took them h e . in the
course of your employment as a waiter? (Gardner, 144)*
4* To carry, transport, forward.
Every night they would take u p sacks of amil... (Pyle, 144)*
Also, during that period, they took up more than five hundred ofthe heavy
combat suits*.• (Pyle, 144)*
5* To remove from the fire, stove, and serve as food*
The vegetables, started before Wally came, were now ready, and they took them
SC. (Cain, 118)*
6 * to absorb*

...questions to be considered, such as whether the material tp^k;m light,
from the spots, or reflected it... (Cain, 337).
7. To adopt; to begin to use, associate with.
...a term quickly taken h e by Veda...
to take up -- time*

(Cain, 130).

To use one's time*

MI don't want £& take Hfi.
too much of your time.Bill," Jeffreysaid...
(Marquand, 573).
It had pleased him very much, because lately he had been afraid that he
was taking up too much of Louella's time (Marquand, 305).
...he even apologized for taking u p our time to get him out (Pyle,
453).
to take -—

up. with.

To discuss something with.

When he tells me about it. I'll take it HE. with him...
to take a walk.

To walk; to go walking.

Guess I'll taka a valk down the street(Cain,
to take the wheel*

3).

To drive a car.

Then she...took the wheel,and drove out again...
to take the witness
formal testimony.

(Marquand, 13).

stand.

(Cain, 348).

To become a witness in court and

to make a

As he took the witness stand, he adjusted nose spectacles from which hung
a wide black ribbon
(Gardner, 29).
Freeman Leeds...took the oath, gave his name and address to the reporter,
and took the witness stand (Gardner, 137).

-131 0 -

tAl

powder.

A face or body powder made of pulverised talc and perfume

•••there was an aura of the same violet
w y i powder that Alf had loaned
him (Marquand, 207).
Gentlemen use violet talcum powder. and you're a gentleman, aren't youT
(Marquand, 153).
Head on the box, it's Violet Talcum Powder, isn't it? (Marquand, 153).
"Wait a minute," Alf asked "where's your t«lmm powder?" (Marquand, 153).
& talent act.
A vaudeville act; a presentation of a performer such as
a Juggler, dancer, singer, comic, or the like.
...fie had organized a few amateur talent acts...

(Yank, 34).

talent scout*
One who searches for talented actors or actresses for
the motion picture industry*
Usually he was some phony calling himself a writer, an agent, or a tal wnt
scout. who had found out... (Cain, 32).
to talk about.

To speak, to talk, concerning, regarding.

"Let's not talk about it now," she used to say (Marquand, 15).
Since the invading soldiers of our section didn't have much battle $£. talk
about... they looked around to see that this new country had to offer
(Pyle. 29).
Talk about your family reunions I (Pyle, 259).
It was hard to find anything £& talk about until the telegraph room came
into the conversation (Marquand, 19).
It was nothing you could talk about at a dinner party
(Marquand, 55^.
I don't know what you're talking about (Marquand, 31).
They had a fight once when Jeffrey said that he didn't believe that Beckie
had read all the books she talked about. .. (Marquand, 100).
...when Madge had asked Beckie afterwards how in the world they had found
so much $£. talk about... (Marquand, 105).
What are we talking about. and why is it Victorian? (Marquand, 31).
... there was nothing £& talk- about at all... (Marquand, 30).
...and talked about it some more (Yank, 122).
They. ..talked about the war... (Yank, 122).
What did they talk about? (Yank, 24).
What else is there £& talk about? (Yank, 24>.
...what was she talking about? (Cain, 196).
Well, Mother, if you're talking about what I said last night... (Cain, 201)
What were you and his wife tellrlng about? (Marquand, 124J.
.. -he...started talking about something else (Cain, 235J.
Do you understand what they're talking about. Mr. Wilson? (Marquand, 442)•
I think I heard Ned Barkler and Uncle Alden talking about him once
(Gardner, 82).
And now you want to duck, and you start ta.1 klDr” about Bert (Cain, 30) .
We've many thin# to talk about and I'll make me quite uncomfortable to have
you standing there (Cain, 42).
Mildred felt she had Jtfi. talk to Veda about this... (Cain, 191).

-1311-

I can still — hold up my end of it — if that's what you're talking shout
(Cain, 143),
•••he did begin £& talk about it (Cain, 142).
I think we'll talk about the house (Cain, 224),
...what are the brass hats always talking about (Yank, 162).
What in the hell are you tallring a b o u t T (Cain, 167).
•• .if you don't want them talked about. you ought to wear your skirts longer
(Cain, 166).
All coloratura 'are decoration from King of Belgium...talk about a decora­
tion (Cain, 218).
You know perfectly what I'm talking about (Cain. 166).
But you do want them talked about... (Cain, 166).
...to what you've been talking about tonight (Cain, 169).
This here road reminds me of that Hoad to Hell that Chaplain Harrington's
always talking about (Yank, 179).
Y o u k n o w what I' m talking about

(Cain, 167).

I know what I'm taitM,ny about (Yank, 211).
When he got back, all he could talk about was the strange and wonderful
thing that had happened to him (Pyle, 222).
There are a lot of things I want
talk to you about sometime, you know...
(Marquand,62)•
to t a l k

aESUBSi.*

convince one; to persuade one.

... if they were planning something he thought was not good hecould
them TonnH to seeing it his way... (Pyle, 312).
talk b a c k .
to be s i l ent.

To a nswer,

reply,

talk

s p e a k in defense, w h e n one is supposed

I didn't talk back, but it's the lawn mower (Marquand,
513).
Jeffrey knew there was no use talking back to a General (Marquand,
to talk big.

574).

To boast; to brag.

After I got to know them they told me of some of their own numberswho
talked too big... (Pyle, 214).
He

tel kad too m u c h a n d too b i g but h e c a n b a c k u p e v e r y w o r d h e says
(Pyle, 73).

to talk business.

To discuss business matters.

Bert answered, and sternly said there had been a death in the family, and
that Mrs. Pierce couldn't possibly talk business today (Cain, 105).
to talk (down, in).
To give directions and instructions by radio to an
airplane pilot who is unable to see the landing field, so that he can land
the plane.
A blindfolded pilot...was 1talked down1 to the runway
25, 1945, 127).

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Aug.

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ifi. t*lk -—

ear off.

To talk to one a great deal, too much.

Priscilla, here's someone who's talked about you until ha's talked my ri^it
ear off (Marquand, 346).
to tal k

head off.

To talk a great deal.

I had to talk my head off in order to get a free hand, and now you start
getting hard (Gardner, 99).
* talking book.
An album, or albums, of records of oral reading of
books. Used principally by the blind.
...the American Foundation for the Blind in 1936 begem publishing 'Talking
Books 1 — long-playing phonograph records of standard literary workB...
(Newsweek, Apr. 24, 1939, 32).
But she knew that it contained six twelve-inch recordings, the last chapters
of a Tree Grows in Brooklyn, one of the many 'talking books' produced
by the American Foundation for the Blind under a grant of the Library of
Congress (Sat. Eve. Post, Dec. 16, 1944, 6 ).
The perfected 'talking book* is a combination phonograph and radio set
(x^.Y. Times, Mr. 13, 1934 , 20).
a talking point.

A main, important, point,argument.

...your main talking point was that if I incorporated, then my personal
property was safe... (Cain, 247).
£& t a l k

laneaegfi.-

speak another's native language.

It doesn't hurt ip talk their Tan■ma-c-a
to talk out.

(.Yank, 164).

To discuss at length; to talk about fully, completely.

It's cleared when you talk something out instead of keeping it to yourself
(Marquand, 394).
to talk -- out of.
I talked him out
to talk over.

To dissuade one; to persuade one against.
of it

(Marquand, 367).

To discuss; to consider with someone.

•..he left his tent to talk something over (Pyle, 373).
Evidently, Serle and Conway had a little more stuff £p talk over, and
grabbed a quick dinner while they were doing it (Gardner, 63).
Then you come up to my apartment, and we'll talk things over (Gardner, 102).
I told him I didn't want ip talk things over. I wanted action (Gardner, 102)
He said, 'Why don't you come on down, and let me talk it over with you?'
(Gardner, 103).
Suppose I sit down and talk it overT (Yank, 209).

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"Fred and I have talked It all over.w Beckie said (Marquand, 133)*
Louis told hln to come down and talk things over (Gardner* 167)*
They could have dinner, and then talk things over (Cain, 245)*
...by going in person he could talk things over with the whole division
staff... (Pyle, 312).
tn talk to.

To speak to; to say something to.

But when my client makes an express stipulation thatI not talk to you...
(Cain, 201).
Sure, I'd have been willing £& talk to you (Cain, 201).
...Monty was talking $£> her...
(Cain, 254).
Would you like £& talk to herT
(Cain, 225).
...I should have been the first one you would have talked to about it
(Cain, 201).
to talk to the dice.
To say things as one is playing dice, shooting
craps: "Seven cone eleven", "Big Dick from Boston", "Baby needs a new
pair of shoes",
etc. , in hopes of influencing the throw of the dice.
Well, I was always trained io. talk to the dice
to talk too much.

(Gardner, 22).

To be verbose; to be wordy; to seem impelled to talk.

He talks too much and too big, but he can back up every word he says
(Pyle, 73).
to talk with.

To discuss with; to consider with.

When I went back £& talk with the cook, I found out... (Gardner, 144).
Tell him ££. talk with me before he does a single thing or makes any state­
ment to anyone (Gardner, 83) •
The Germans weretaken into one of the other buildings
where they talked
with an American boy of German descent (Yank, 49).
Come on, let's talk with her (Gardner, 159).
You were talking with him? (Gardner, 28).
& tall tale.

An unbelievable or almost unbelievable story, report, yarn.

By mid-afternoon, tall tales Interrupted the broadcasts...
•fro tailv up.

(Cain, 160).

To total; to add up; to find the score.

When...intelligence reports were finally tallied up. it turned out that
four B-29's had been lost... (Yank, 119).
to tangle

up.

1 . To mix up; to intertwine.

One man. ..got tangled u p in the mortar (Yank, 146).
. . .the s o c c e r ball got t a n g l e d u p in t h e f e e t o f his men

(Yank, 185).

2 . To involve in; to ensnare*

...I'd get myself all tangled im in her and the Jigsaw plywood animals*..
(Tank, 188).
a tank carrier.
A very large, low slung trailer capable of transporting
a military tank.
There were fleets of big tank carriers
a tank town.
butive. )

A small, insignificant town; a hick town.

...every tank-town university..♦
to tan away.

(Pyle, 358).

(Cain, 187).

To strike repeatedly; to hit again and again.

...he tapped away belligerently on his little typewriter...
a tap bar.

(Also attri­

(Pyle, 301).

A bar used in a saloon on which is a tap for drawing beer.

•. •Fred had found a bar...a real old tap bar such as had existed at the time
of... (Marquand, 126).
to taper down.

To diminish gradually; to slow down by degrees*

There didn't seem to be any taper in.? down between the high and low speeds
(Pyle, 26).
to tape

u p

.

To bind with adhesive tape or friction tape.

His feet were all taped
to tap --- for £ loan.

up

because of blisters...

(Pyle, 148).

To borrow money for one; to hit one for a loan.

...be stammeringly asked her if he could tap her for another small loan
(Cain, 144).
to tap
head.
A gesture used to indicate that one thinks another
to be queer, a little crazy, stupid, or the like.
Then they tap their heads...and stare after me...

(Yank, 236)*

to tap a, line.
To attach a telephone receiver secretly to another's
telephone so that one can overhear the conversation that another has.
H\fhat I did waa perfectly legal," kason cut in, "but tapping our line
was manifestly illegal" (Gardner, 20d).
If I'd tapped anyone's telephone line or hired a detective agency to do it,
you'd have had me arrested... (Gardner, 208^.
...shadowed when she went to him, or that the telephone line was tapped
(Gardner, 125).

I did a little investigating and found out your telephone line to the office
and hers at her apartment were tapped
(Gardner,
125).
...being Bill Hogarty unless you'd taken advantage of information received
through tannine my telephone lias. (Gardner, 208).
Mason said, “You tapped my telephone line and listened in on confidential. . . 1
(Gardner, 208).
to tap out the rhythm.

To tap one's foot in time with music.

...after a while the others like the music, humming the trite tune, tapping
out the rhvthm with their feet (Yank,
72)•
target practice.
target.

Practice in shooting usually small arms at a fixed

TJVhen she gets through shooting down Jap3 , she'll use you for target practice
(Yank, 43).
target shooting.
target.

Target practice; shooting for practice at a fixed

Then with seasoned eyes they looked around for a place to do some target
gftPPtiBK (Pyle, 188).
task force.
A temporary grouping together of military or naval units
for a specific attack.
Another important.. .ingredient of German military success is the system
of organizing an offensive. The High Command... selects the man...That
man then proceeds to gather around him what is called a 'task force'...
(Harsch, Germany at War, 1942 , 43).
On the afternoon of Nov. 14, 1942, a task force of the Big Bastard and
several other battleships and destroyers cut away from its carrier...
(Yank, 43).
a. taxi dancer.
A young woman who works at a public dance hall by dancing
with any man who pays for the dance. (Considered generally to be very low)
That was before the days of taxi dancers as we know them nowadays
112).

taxi driver.

(Gardner,

One who operates a taxi, taxi cab; a cab driver; a cabbie.

toy taxi driver is a maniac at the wheel, as all taxi drivers are
He used to be a tsixl driver... (Pyle, 426).

(Yank,

to taxi out.
For an airplane to move by means of it propeller on the
ground away from the hangers.
Once as the planes were taxiim out for their fraily mission, it was dis­
covered that... (Pyle, 171).

187)

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a tax lien.

A legal obligation for taxes, usually uzipald. taxes.

...she so blithely agreed to...pay the t«-r lien of $3,100
Ifi. teach -— ft lesson.
by fright.

(Cain, 242).

To frighten one and hence to teach him; to teach

The German said the bodies hanging there would teach the Italians ft lesson
(Yank, 49).
ft tea gownA dress usually made of very thin, gossamer like cloth,
very full to be worn at a tea at one's home. Not common. Similar to a
negligee.
...Gwen in a short skirt and a canary-yellow sweater and Madge in ft tea
gown (Marquand, 530).
ifi. jgaffi JJE_Eiik*
I teamed

up

To join with; to throw one's lot with.

with the Fourth Infantry Division.••

to tear apart.

(Pyle, 431).

To separate, divide, forcibly.

The mountains are thrown up in spasms and the rocks seem torn apart
70).
to tear

away

from.

(Yank,

To separate, go away from, regretfully.

• ••I tore myself away from my colleagues of the fashion press...

(Yank, 228)

to tear down.
1. To dismantle; to take apart.

(This implies a destruction, demolishing.).

They could see them building up and tearing down farms, country-sides.•.
(Marquand, 427) •
Eventually someone in authority would...tear them down... (Yank, 181).
down one of the Tedeschi houses and he., .wants to tear one of yours
down (Yank, 239).
...Mr. Tugwell and a few others...hoped to repair a shaky economic system
without tearing everything down (Marquand, 2 1 1 >.
...we kept tearing them down (Yank, 76).
'The snow in iiussia is getting coH' might mean to tear down telephone wires...
(Yank, 76).
Simpson had wanted
tear down the old barn, because he said it was leaky
and full of rats... (Marquand, 110J.
2 . To hurry down; to rush down.

A field ambulance tore down the company street...

(Yank, 230J.

3* To jerk, poll* so as to cause to fall.
UcSpadden tore down a 'blackout curtain hanging over one of the slots...
(Tank, 45) •
tear gas.
A gaseous substance which when released into the air causes
itching on the body and irritation of the eyes so that one literally
cries, weeps. (Often used by police to force a suspect from a house.)
(Also attributive.)
In this anteroom, two men were constantly on guard, a locker containing
riot guns and tear gas bombs close at hand (Gardner, 176).
£12. t e a r

heart.

To cause one to be sad; to give one sadness.

And yet it tore her heart that he should w-nt to go...
to tear off.

(Cain, 143).

To remove with force; to take off by force*

...the porticoes were torn off... (Cain, 227).
In another foxhole a mortar shell tore off a man's arm below the elbow
(Yank, 19).
tea roop.

A cafe, restaurant, which serves dainty dishes, light meals.

Yes, the tea room on the roof (Cain, 35).
...I'm just about holding myown if I eat in the tea room instead of the
Biltmore (Cain, 41).
to tear out.

To remove; to disassemble and remove.

Yet, when they tore out that second fireplace,
harquand, 1 1 0 ).
tears (roll, rjifi) d o w n

there wasthe great big

One weeps,cries.

. ..tears ran down our cheeks (Pyle, 378).
It is said — though J. E. Woodward, the husky crew chiefdenies it
big tears rolled down his face when... (Yank, 85).
••.and tears ran down their faces... (Cain, 128).
tear8

d o w n --- -

one.,

— that

One weeps, cries.

Tears trickled down his cheeks and splashed... (Yank, 164).
Tfiarji. wgrft trickling down her cheek3, but she stood slim, straight, and
defiant. . . (Gardner, 20)•
ifl. tear £o. pieces.
1. To destroy by mutilating; to shred; to tear to shreds.
...and not to tip over the flowers because the flowers were meant to be
looked at and not to be torn to pieces (itfarquand, 58).

2. To criticise unfavorably.
'Don't come here and tear me £& pieces.H Jim said, "it isn't fair"
(Marquand, 297)•
& tear

u p

.

To destroy; to break in pieces.

?he engineers were very careful throughout the campaign about
up
native property (Pyle. 64).
[t was strictly against the rules, so the proposal was torn u p
(Pyle. 426).
*ut Monty took the card and tore it up, (Cain, 126).
Mildred... tore u p the card Mr. Simons had given her (Cain. 207).
?ear it up (Gardner, 172).
Is said that no repairs are ever made by day and that never a day goes by
that wires aren't torn u p by shell fire (Yank, 60).

;ea trade.

Late afternoon selling of refreshments.

.. .gy tea trade starts...

iechnlcally speaking.

(Cain, 175).
Stating precisely, exactly; strictly speaking.

Cflachnicallv speaking, his post was in the surface, horizon, and...

(Yank, 46)

jflen aaer.
One who is in one's teens, that is one who is between
13 — 19 years old.

L never knew teen-agerb could be so serious (Headers Digest, April, 1941,
72).
Phe right cotton dress can turn a gangling Teen-Ager into a glamour girl
(Good Housekeeping, May, 1943, 58).

;eeth chatter.
One's teeth strike against each other due to nervousness,
fright, cold or the like.

Joth doctors studied Hay in silence, the chattering of her teeth the only
sound in the room (Cain, 102).
{ay'8 teeth stopped chattering and her face lost the blue look (Cain, 102).
>he sat down, watched Bay's face turn white, then blue; when the little
teeth began to chatter she looked away (Cain, 102).
the telegraph desk.
The position on a neespaper at which news other
than the local news is received.

Lt any rate, Walter used to sit at the telegraph desk and when the Associated
Press dispatches popped out of the tube..• (Marquand, 16).

telephone booth.
A small room, booth, in which is located a public
telephone; phone booth; pay station.

^ason entered the telephone booth, said, "Hello, is this the night clerk
of the Border City Hotel?" (Gardner, 174).

i^iy-

She most have been opening the door of the telephone booth, for he could
hear the dance music playing louder (Marquand, 440).
& telephone call.

A message, conversation, by means of a telephone*

hogarty was interrupted by a lot of telephone calls, and he hadn’t eaten
any dinner and neither had I (Gardner, 191).
telephone desk*

A desk, table, on which a telephone sits*

Gertrude Lade looked up from the telephone desk as Mason approached
(Gardner, 59)*
to telephone in.

To report by means of a telephone; to phone in*

•..the order had been telephoned XXL to the restaurant right around five
minutes to eight (Gardner, 63).
telephone line*

Telephone wires, circuit*

Our office telephone line and my apartment line have been tapped. ••
(Gardner, 116)*
telephone pole*
A long, 20 feet or more, pole which supports telephone
and telegraph wires*
it got the Jerries so sore they'd
a telephone pole (Yank, 26).

shoot anybody they caught standingnear

ihS. telenhowft rings*
The bell connected
that someone wants to talk on the phone*

toa

telephone ringsto announce

Drake started to say something when one of the telephones rang
Sbft
rang (Gardner, 8 8 ).

(Gardner, 64).

telescopic sights*
A telescope which is fastened to a rifle so that
the person shooting may sight better and more accurately*
We need more Springfield-'03 men with telescopic sights
He has telescopic a-igfata (Yank, 149)*
to tell about*

To

(Yank, 149)*

recite, tell, regarding, concerning*

Told me all about his girl Lois (Yank, 166)*
•..customers who kept
Hnp> her about Veda's picture... (Cain, 212^*
...she**.even told about the two $2,500 checks... (Cain, 249)*
••«3he must ifiii Miss Jaekel about the check.•. (Cain, 243).
...she told about
Mr. Lenhardt (Cain, 198^.
...Mildred told about Elaine, the drinking...(Cain, 198).
Not to be able to tell about*
stand wholly.

Not to be

able to predictactions,under­

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Mason said* wTou r*un11 tell about kids these days, Paul"
to t e l l

and to t e l l

(Gardner, 1 2 6 )*

To tell one repeatedly; to reiterate.

I've told you and I've told you Gwen is simply going through a phase
(Marquand, 535).
to tell the difference.

To recognize, see, differences.

The men down in engine control couldn't tell the difference between hits
and the noise of their own guns (Yank, 47).
to t e l l
flatly.
ambiguity.

To speak unequivocally; to speak clearly without

Some briefing officers will tell you flatly you won't get any flak, and then
when you get there it ,1ust pours down (Pyle, 209^.
to tell from.

To know, understand, comprehend, by.

I can tall from the way she was wailing over that phone that it's bad. •*
(Cain, 182).
isL Iflii

To reprimand one; to bawl one out; to reprove one*

The old woman had been grousing about the shortage of various commodities,
and that little ill-noulshed cockney cab driver had told her off
(Marquand, 40)•
...same paralyzed, shrunken feeling she had had the morning Miss Turner
told her off... (Cain, 169).
to t e l l

eelf.

To rationalize; to cause oneself to believe.

She told herself it was her duty to be helping somebody...
(Cain, 144).
It was merely, she told herself, that a resolve had to be made... (Cain,
160).
to tell & story.

To relate an occurrence; to tell about a happening.

Mildred. ..had told the whole story. .. (Cain, 249).
She had Jfcq tell a long story to Miss Mackel, to cover her inability to
make another transfer(Cain, 245).
.. .telling them a story about toilet paper (Cain, 186J.
to tell time.

To discern what the hour is.

I always go by that in telling the time
to t e l l
troubles.
difficulties.

(Gardner, 148).

To tell about, recite, speak of, one's troubles,

They told me their troubles...

(Pyle* 333).

to tall the truth.
1 . Truthfully; really*

(This Is used as an intensive*)

la tall you the truth. it didn't impress me much at the time (Gardner, 82)*
To tell you the truth, hr* Mason, I thought I'd Interrupted a smutty story
(Gardner, 82)•
2 * To be truthful; to speak only that which is true*

Monty, why don't you tell the truth? (Cain, 147)*
So
I thought mayhe he was tiling job the truth now
to tell — - where to get off*
reprove one*

(Cain, 232)*

To reprimand one, to bawl one out; to

They tried to shake me down, and I told them where they got off
temper flares*
As

(Gardner, £

One suddenlygets very angry, mad*

Mom made her dozenth remark aboutMildred's disappearance over the
weekend, Mildred's temper flared (Cain, 97)*
temper grows hot*

One gets angry, mad*

...her temper growing hotter and hotter*.•
temper rises*

(Cain,215).

One gets angry, mad*

His tightening face muscles showed his temper was rising, and he opened his
mouth to say something. (Cain, 4).
tender hearted*

Kind; kind hearted; gentle.

You're t«nd«r-hearted actually

(Marquand, 269).

& ten gallon hat.
A hat popularized by the U.S. cowboy made of felt
with a high crown and a broad brim.
So he bought a, ten-gallon hat. took possession of the ranch, and tried
to operate it... (Cain, 6 ).
a ten mlpnta break*

A ten minute recess.

Ten-minute breaks...they111 never get in shape that way

(Yank, 149).

a tennie court.
A playing field for the game of tennis; a rectangle
78* x 27' for singles, and 78' x 36' for doubles.
Consequently battlefields were often only the size of a football field or
even a couple of tennis courts (Yank, 52).

Slacks, trousers, of white flannel.

tennla flannala.

Minot was in termls flannels . white 'buckskin shoes and a tweed coat
(Marquand, 256).
£, t^nne moment.
or the like.

A moment when people are tense from fright, anxiety,

But we had our tense moments

(Pyle, 33).

tent caterpillar.
Any of several species of caterpillars which Valid
large tent-like, silken, webs in trees in which they live in a colony.
In fact, just 'between himself and Mr. Wilson it made him feel easier
when there was a good crop of tent caterpillars (Marquand, 516).
a tent hospital.

An army hospital which is housed in tents.

We had a tent hflsnllal.* ••

(Pyl©# 369).

tent £££•
A stake, peg, usually of wood, which is driven into the
ground and to which is tied the ropes which keep a tent from falling.
...he had been hit by shoes, tent pegs, canteens and helmets (Tank, 183).
...eau de vie is a savage liquid made by boiling barbed wire, soapsuds,
watch springs, and old tent pegs together... (Pyle, 378).
terminal leave.
Accrued leave, vacation, which a service man earns
but does not use and for which he receives full pay before his sep­
aration, discharge, from the service.
On terminal leave now prior to his discharge next Saturday Maj. Evans
is in New York... (BN, Oct., 1945, 20).
ft terrible

Great difficulty.

The metal in the lava threw our mine detector helter-skelter, and we had
ft terrible time finding the mines (Pyle, 60).
terribly nice.

Nice; good; kind.

...that's terribly nice of you...
to be terrified by.

(Cain, 266).

To be frightened by, at.

Emily Milicant, speaking rapidly, said, "Alden was simply terrified iy
that sanitarium11 (Gardner, 10ft).
test fllgfat.
it may have.

A flight in a new airplane to discover any weaknesses

....................The Zeros
That stunned Pearl Harbor took; their teat flights
At Khalohingol (Tank, 153).
ifl. test fly.
weaknesses*

To fly a new or newly repaired airplane to test it for

It was known that machines were extensively test-flown both in Engl and and
Amerioa (Brit. Book of the Year, 1944, 31) •
ifl. testify 22L>

To give evidence regarding, concerning, about*

We have Dr* Londonberry, who is here £& testify on that point*..
29).
tete-a-tete*
(Fr. literally “head to head11)•
side; immediately adjacent to each other*

(Gardner,

Close together; side by

•.•when you and your companion would sit side by side, tete-a-tete, or
perhaps a little more than tete-a-tete (Marquand, 318).
than ever*

Than it, one, ever had been*

•••I got weaker than ever in Anzlo

(Pyle, 233)*

thank^ ever so much*

Many thanks, a thousand thanks*

No, thanks ever so much

(Cain, 104).

thanks

£ lot.

Many thanks; a thousand thanks*

Mason said, "Okay thanks a lot11 (Gardner, 174)*
Well, thanks £ lot (Yank. 193).
“Thsnks £ lot.“ he said (Gardner, 55)*
"Gee, Alf," Jeffrey said, “thanks a lot11 (Marquand, 154).
"Gosh," Jim said, "well gosh, Uncle Minot, thanks a lot“ (Marquand, 74)*
"Well, gosh, tftajnks S. lot“ (Marquand, 74).
thanks

to*

Due to; because of; on account of*

.••the supplies to the boys.*.still went through every daythanks to a
fleet of Jeep trailers*•• (Tank, 179)*
But thanks to your new system of writing out the "stories" •• *we now are
able to*** (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28, 1947 , 22)*
thank- yon*

Thanks be to you; thanks*

Tour paid gigolo thanks you (Cain, 145)*
And UMUl]c yon, nurse... (Tank, 156)*
•**JtJ)AB)£ you for publishing my letter (Tank, 213)*
T h a n k you. Mrs. Biederhof
(Cain, 104).

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than hell.

(An intensive.)

The Japs are dumber !n hell...
than usual.

Than

is usually the case.

...they got
into the plane a
(Tank, 87).
that easy.
Tou’ll...be
that Is.

(Tank, 53).

little earlierthennmmi and the silence.•*

As easy as that.
lucky to get out
That is to say;

of It that easy(Pyle,316).
specifically.

Tie know everyone who entered•• .everyone, that Is. that went to the sixth
floor (Gardner, 81).
thnt (l) «« a UL*

That is the sum, total, of something.

We're lonesome, that'■ all (Tank, 160).
The relatives are closing in on the old man, that»a all (Gardner, 14).
I read you Conway's description, that was all (Gardner, 55).
all— Just three (Marquand, 441).
We wanted to tell you the news, that»a all. (Marquand, 438).
Madge is afraid he'll marry her. That'a all (Marquand, 449).
I think that'« All (Gardner, 29).
"I think tfrafr»d all." Judge Treadwell observed (Gardner, 28).
They were going away for a year; that was all (Tank, 2 2 ).
He Just waits, t h a t a i l —
(Pyle, 437).
...if they tell me to keep on flying them I'll Just keep on flying, that's
all (Pyle, 244).
Tou Just don't get sick— that's all (Pyle, 253).
Well, tftat'e a n
(Marquand, 381).
Jtel

Cl).1A

S U tkt.rft

lft tfi. 1 1 .

That is the sum, total, of it.

He did not like the Germans, and that was all there was to it (Marquand,
227).
And that was all there was to it. except that Madge loved them (Marquand,
106) .
"That's all there is to it." said the corporal (Tank, 30).
That was all there was to it— a slightly sordid affair, and anyone could
see that Mr. Fernald was not... (Marquand, 198).
That was all there was to it (Marquand, 198).

XllLa

Ska. bga&ty si

That is the good part of something.

That.'« the beauty of it. Once you take title to a piece of property
around this town. •.you can ^et all the credit you want... (Cain, 79).

that (l) *s the end. q £ U l*
That represents* is* the last that will he
done* said* about something*
Jack: thou^it Boh was being facetious and supposed that was the
(Pyle, 127).
that (i)*s for fiuzfi.*
That's for sure

That is sure* certain, positive.

(Tank, 53).

that (l) ' a
for you.
someone* something.
That was

of it

Tor you

that (l) *s him.

That is the way* manner, one can expect from
(Marquand, 510) •

That is he.

Gertrude Lade said* "That's hi& all right" (Gardner* 201).
I could point at Judge Knox, and yell* 'That'b him 1
(Gardner* 206).
In the second place, all she said was, ' T h a t '« him'
(Gardner, 206).
She said, 'That's him' (Gardner, 207).
lhal (1 ) * 3 the point.
ant point.

That is the crux of the matter, the main, import­

"That's exactly the point."
that (l) 's r 1 ght.

Jeffrey told her

That is correct, one agrees.

That'« right, and the two guys— I mean men— were inthe bedroom

(Gardner,

145).

...said thoughtfully, "I guess that's ri^ht”
Iti&l (l)1* that.
no use arguing.

(Gardner, 199).

That is a fact or an assumption with which there is

He wanted to get hack to New York and to his Connecticut farm, and that
was that (Marquand, 454).
And that was that (Marquand, 416).
that (i)'s the ticket.
doing the right thing.)

(A term of approval, assurance, that one is

"SiajLlS. the ticket, kid," he said
(1 ) *s

%ha. zaz 11 !&•

Thiit was the way it is

(Marquand, 156).

That is the situation, condition.

(Yank, 188).

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ihat CjJ-jl sbat s m thiPiE*

That la not true.

MThat1a what yon think. 11 Drake aaid
£&
your funeral.
that ia your lookout*

(Gardner, 6 8 ).

You must take care, responsibility for that;

Brake shrugged hla shoulders, "TJae&la. your funeral, sister"
that let a

out*

That leta me out

(Gardner, 163).

That relievea one of responsibility.
(Gardner, 96)*

that (wi)ll do.

Who, that, will be sufficient, good enough.

Your kid Pancho has a pal that111 do. by the name of Josie

(Cain, 151)*

ifi. JtbfiE ou.t*
To melt what ice there is in something; hence to warm up
to become warm*
.••she asked him to help her pull the aofa near the fire so that she could
see that he got thawed out (Marquand, 205).
ShSL 2 u & *

The east coast of the U.S.; particularly thecoast

near New

York City.
It was after eleven in the S u l *hen the operator said that the party was
ready (Marquand, 581).
them all.

A n of them.

She shook hands with them all... (Cain, 127).
She brought them all back to the den, and Bert tooka seat..* (Cain,
53)*
•••the ol 1 boy
phone calls from all over the country, but he let them
all wait (Yank, 225).
Sometimes low clouds...scrambled them all into one gigantic roar... (Pyle,
383).
...he had captured them all himself (Pyle, 337)*
then and then nwlv

(only then)*

Not until then, that time.

Then. a£& then only, did some Italian families move out
then and afterwards.

(Pyle, 238)*

At that time and since that time.

It was the sort of byplay, indirectly connected with sex, that embarrassed
Jeffrey than, and afterwards (Marquand, 262).
than and there. At that time and at that place;immediately.
She wanted to bring her right in, then and

there

(Cain, 110)*

there cornea & day*

A time comes; the time arrives.

Bat t h e r e came ft dav when Reserve, on the hooks, was $5,003.61 and at thm
bank: -was $3.61 (Cain, 245).
therm — —

goes.

One is doing something one should not do.

Therm y o u go. taking advantage of the power of the press
"Therm you go.," he said (Marquand, 379).

(Pyle. 313).

therm
Cl) 's always room
for
more. (Said by way of invitation w h e n
onmlxmsitates becauseof the already existing crowd.)
The mourners' bench is full, and still it seems
thmre 1 a always £SSJE £fl£ more (Yank, 153).
therm

(1 )'s money in.

Desperately
rigHt..."

One is able to make, earn, much money from.

she went on: "There's money In q. restaurant, if it's run
(Cain, 74).

therm (l) 's more than one way to skin a cat.
to dLo a thing.

There may be several w ay a

As t h e y say, there's more than one say to skin ft cat
therm C 1 ) 'a no end.

(Pyle, 171).

It seems to be endless; it appears to be contlnu.ou.rn

Therm wasn't any end to it

(Pyle, 279).

therm (i) 'a nothing the matter.
rigkrt.

Nothing is wrong; everything is all

"There *a nothing the metter with him," Jeffrey answered, "nothing the
matter at all" (Marquand, 391).
therm

Ci) 's nothing to H .

It is simple, easy, not complicated.

Yet t h ere was almost nothing to H
therm

(l) 'a nothing Ifl. <j£. lait.

(Pyle, 39).
The only thing to do (is).

There was nothing to do but drive as straight as he dared without losing;
him wings (Marquand, 230).
therm
of.

(1 )'s no way (of. to).
to.

There is no method, manner, possibility,

They were going and there was no way of going back(Marquand,
He k n e w her about as well as anyone, and yet therewas oq. way
w h a t was attitude and what was not... (Marquand .435).

583).
knowing

-ljZO-

...East Indies, or Australia, or Hawaii — he hoped to heaven it might only
he Hawaii, hut there was no way of telling (Marquand, 583).
Tfaggf.'-g. fl& 3&£ in the world. ••jiX. keeping the Japs from coming in at ni^it...
(Yank, 14517
There was no way of telling that he would know the Hayes place very well...
(Marquand, 261)•
how with that little pip on her lip there was no way to tell (Cain, 101).
I don't know, and there's no way to tell (Cain, 1 0 0 ).
there isn't anything
regard to it.

can do about It.

One cannot do anything in

"Marianna," he said, "there isn't anythin^ we can £& about 11"
142).
there ought to be a law.
done.
There ought to be a law

(Jocular.)

(Marquand,

This, something, should not be

(Pyle, 125).

there (l) 'a
pg in w h a t
in what one says.

aay s.

There is some truth, wisdom,

...as the summer had gone on, Jeffrey began to believe, as he looked about
the place, that there might be something In what Madge said...
(Marquand, 502).
there (l)♦s & trick to.

There is a certain manner of doing.

"There's & trick to this digging," said Halliburton...
there was a time.

(Yank, 149).

Once; at one time in the past.

There was a. time...when he hoped he would be home in a few weeks

(Yank, 22).

thermos fcg.
A bottle. Jug, so Insulated that it keeps liquids hot or
cold for several hours.
It was bare except for a single manuscript, a thermos jug and a framed
photograph of Jesse's wife... (Marquand, 267)•
these days.

Now; at the present time.

A lot of people play the ponies these days

(Gardner, 126).

•••seems to be writing handy pocket guides these days telling you how to
keep from Getting Lost in a Jungle (Yank, 96).
they all.

All of them; most of them.

They all fought through the early German offensives, but now they are

doing cultural work (Yank, 71).
...were happy when they all came back

(Yank, 202).

-1329-

...they >11 give the same answer: the International Red Cross (Yank, 219)
NIt seemed they all wanted to get out at the same time," Mueller said
(Yank, 53)*
•••hut they all thought that Germany would win the war (Yank, 49).
•••it fires more rounds per minute, but to me they all sound the same
(Yank, 59)*
They all knew every man on the team... (Pyle, 344).
They all went into the Arngr on the same day.. . (Pyle, 386)*
Baby, they all do (Cain, 87).
At the moment it seemed that the only cash customers were bootleggers, but
they all used light boats... (Cain, 18).
They all hare to be timed... (Pyle, 362).
••.they all work at it in much the same manner (Pyle, 363).
Mildred knew, and they all knew, that this was it (Cain, 237).
They all been drunk all afternoon (Yank, ll).
...and then they all came out as though shot from a gun (Pyle, 332).
Then the lights turned and they all moved by like a stream (Marquand, 54).
They all slept on folding cots... (Pyle, 207).
They all had the same good natured cynicism... (karquand, 36).
They all took their coats off...
(Marquand, 8).
...it seemed to me they should all be down with pneumonia inside of a week
(Pyle 253).
They all went by the name of the "Diesel Boys"
(Pyle,425).
They all lived, officers and men... (Pyle, 157).
Mot that they had all been killed (Pyle, 181).
...but they were all in official use in the fitting (Pyle, 462).
But don't worry, dear, they were all servicemen (Yank, 83).
At first 1 thought it meant they were all communists* • • (Yank, 27).
They were all 20 years old, except one who was 19, and all had fought in
Russia (Yank, 49).
They were a U columned up (Yank, 53).
They are all proud of the fact that they are of
theSouth... (Yank, 213).
They were all out in ten seconds (f^rle, 348).
...they were all broke and had to borrow money... (Yank, 184).
...the kind they1re al1 wearing... (Cain, 155).
They're all home, sitting by their phones, hoping i'llcall (Cain, 39).
They1re all laid off, there's no goods moving, but I don't see how I could
put you ahead of them (Cain, 39).
they both.

Both of them.

He was glad that they were both brave and not afraid of examinations, but
now that they both had said so... (Marquand, 185).
they say.

The rumor is; it is rumored.

They say you can tell a German Spandau from our guns because... (Yank, 59)
They said you never saw such a scramble... (Pyle, 191).
The great plains around Foggia were capapble, they said, of basing all the
air forces in the world (Pyle, 156).
...they Bay after you've been here a year or so, you start turning a little
whacky (Yank, 30).

They gay of Addington that he has a one-track: mind...
they tell me.

(Tank, 20).

It is rumored; rumor has it*

They tell me it was the first time in history that such a thing had ever
'been accomplished (Pyle. 26).
things are not
very well*
not functioning as it should*

The situation is not good; something is

If things weren11 going iyyl^ enough on a certain ship, he would say to
the Army officer in charge.*. (Pyle, 277).
ft thing of the past*
Something that has happened and is done with;
something no longer vital.
Let us discuss them, now that they sure a thing of the past...
the thing to do.

(Tank, 140)*

Tobe done; to do*

Standing up against Germany wasn't considered the fashionable thing to do
in Europe... (Tank, 218/*
to think about*

To think, concerning, regarding.

...after she cooled off she thought about it (Cain, 189).
...not even thinking
her... (Cain, 189).
You might wonder why you were there, but there was a great deal else to
think about... (Marquand, 220).
...the rest of the regiment will break its back to see that they don't
have anything else ip. think about(Tank, 197).
That's all they have tothink about..*(Yank, 197).
Some things, to be sure, she tried not to think about... (Cain, 235)*
She...drove herself with work so as not £o. think about it (Cain, 219).
She wanted...to think about Veda (Cain, 233).
I was sitting there thinking about things when a little Italian farmer came
up... (Yank, 11).
to think again.

To reconsider.

"Better think again." Mason said, "because I'm going to prove what I say,
Serle" (Gardner, 200).
to think and think.

To consider carefully.

Sally Sales, too, must have thought and thought about what she was ^oing
to wear...
(Marquand, 527).
to ^^ink back over.
past.

To think of what has happened, been said, in the

-1331-

He seemed to hold his breath for a moment as thoueh thinking rapidly back
over what had been said... (Gardner, 6).
to think better of it«

To change one's mind; to reconsider.

Then he thoufdat better of it
£& think highly &£.

(Cain, 4).

To think very well of; to have a good opinion of.

...its members thought highly of it
&£. think it time.
auspicious, time.

(Marquand, 34).

To consider, think, it to be the right, proper,

...Mildred thought ££ time to Jog her up a bit
think the less

(Cain, 183).

To have a lower, poorer, worse, opinion of.

He must have seen that it would spoil everything and that Minot would
think the leas of him... (Warquand, 257)•
£& IblBk & JLtt.1t

To have a high regard, opinion, of.

1 bet she really thinks a lot of you (Yank, 143).
I don't see him much, but I think a, lot of Jim (Marquand, 396).
not to think much about -— .
mind about.

To think~little of; not to enter one's

Nobody thought much about it when he and the 64 other Jamestown boys left
for Camp Clairborne, La. (Yank, 22).
think nothing g£ ifc.

That's all right; it doesn't matter; pas &£ Quol.

Don't mind Jeff. ..think nothing of it
to think of.

(Marquand, 31).

To consider; to think regarding, concerning.

She must stall, say this was something she hadn't thought of before...
(Cain, 247).
...the moment she thought of it she tried not £ 0 think of it... (Cain, 15l).
The outfit that pays me to be their attorney, and messenger boy, and thief,
and anything else they can think of (Cain, 78).
...but she had Yeda £& think of. .. (Cain, 127).
He retained something that he thought of as his pride, but it had no
meaning... (Cain, 144).
There was nothing else that he could think of doing, and so he walked
carefully... (Marquand, 234).
.•.she begem remembering people she hadn't thought of before (^ain, 238).
You see, Mildred, Just happens we already thought of that (Cain, 201).
Why did you think of me, for this? (Cain, 40).
...Ida to think of too... (Cain, 127).

-1332-

Ur* F e r a a l d vast hare still thought of him as a hoy, aa his old hoos began
to tell. iiiJD*.. (Marquand, 194).
He leanodL b a c k in an effort £& think of something else to say (Marquand. 186).
•• • e v e r y b o d y began putting ice cubes into glasses, trying
think of
s o m e t h i n g to say (Marquand, 30).
£& think: o n ----feet.
an audLi»«xuse*

To speak impromptu fluently and logically before

. . . C harlay -was marshaling his facte, thlpklng on his feet, just as he had
been t o n i g h t to do when he had won the Judkins Prise for Extemporaneous
Speaklxx^g
(Marquand, 506).
to thintc
A pilot

out.

Toreach a decision;

to think throu^a a problem.

a & ' t up there and thought it out this way...

to think

—

over.

(Pyle, 163).

To consider carefully; to think about with care.

But if y o u wanted to think it over, and if you had any ideas later...
I r e m e o b e r e d some of the conversation more clearly after I'd had a chance
to t h i T ^ k it over (Gardner, 194).
On the o t h e r hand, if an author wanted to. think it over and wanted to come
to him*. * .
(Marquand, 336).
She t h o u g h t that over silently, then shook her head... (Gardner, 75).
The Jap s l x id. his comrades thought that over... (Tank, 7).
Then he s a i d :
"Well, Mildred, I told youl 'd think- that little matter over,
and I h a v e . "
(Cain, 85).
Jfcfi. think

a«re.

To be sure, certain; to feel positive(ly).

The Eras m Rail nosedived about 4,000 feet and everybody in it thought sure
they w e r e goners (Yank, 207).
£& think

To invent.

.. .sayirx^- . .how did he ever think u p something like that*. • (Cain, 138).
Then he -fchmiatt it u p . and we break though his bull headedness (Cain, 66).
She t h o n g - h t u p little schemes to find out their names, remembered all their
littlo likes, dislikes..* (Cain, 63).
Answers w i l l be uncovered faster than you can think jje.the questions
(Gardrveex* , 93).
“Who t h n n ^ h t u p all this?" he groused (Yank, 130).
This is asoxne trick they've thought up (Gardner, 37).
thin 11t >s *

Lips without fullness.

...long straight nose, thin features, red hair, thin lips, always wears
double— 'breasted suits (Gardner, 90).
the t h i n n -1intr ranks.
The decreasing numbers of comrades, friends,
s o l d i e r s , due to death.

a

The worst experience of all is Just the accumulated blue...the thinning of
the surrounding ranks as day follows nameless day (Pyle, 451).
to thin out«
To become fewer at one place; to spread out; to separate
and not be close to each other,
...the road-crew units thinnwd out to a mere sprinkling of men...
(Yank, 197).
Beyond there the roadside soldiers tftln^-d, out (Pyle, 247).
& thin voice.

A voice without much chest resonance; a weak voice.

In a thin voice he wailed...

(Yank, 241).

the third degree.
The forcing a prisoner to confess, or totalk by
brutal treatment at the hands of the police.
They think they have the right to pull any of this third degree stuff,
that if we do it, we're shysters (Gardner, 20&J.
third rate.

Ineffective; poor; not good.

They were a third-rate military power and now that we had cut off shipments..
(Warquand, 510).
On the whole the natives seemed a pretty third-rate lot (Pyle, 21).
this and that.

Nothing in particular.

(Used to avoid being specific.)

"Oh, this end that.11 Jeffrey told her (Marquand, 67).
"Well, what else have you been doing?" "Oh, this and that.M Jeffrey said
(Marquand, 49).
I had to laugh one afternoon when Lieutenant Tony Liber tore. • .was lying on
the ground with several of the sergeants sitting around him. Just gabbing
about this and that (Pyle, 187).
This and t h a t (Cain, 142^.
She was asking whether he noticed this end that, and he was saying yes, that
he had noticed (Marquand, 489).
this here.

This•

This here road is paved with bad intentions
this is the end.

(Yank, 179).

This is the final moment before death.

...now we felt sure this was the end
this is good bye.

(Yank, 168).

Goodbye.

"Well, I guess this is good-bye. Jane," I stammer
this is it.

This is the real, genuine, thing.

(Yank, 189).

-133*-

When I walked in, they laughed and said, "This must he it. Every time
you'd show up in Tunisia, we'd have a tattleM (Pyle, 261).
this side of.
the speaker.

Not in hut adjacant to something on the side nearest

...forced landing this side of Occupied China...
this time.

(Tank, 119).

Then; at a particular time.

And this time the Japs were more accurate with their fire (Yank, 93).
This time there was at least a battalion of Japs attacking the Dead End
Kids (Yank, 93).
this way and that.

First in one direction and then in another.

••.and twitched his head this way and that...
Ithis, that) will never do.
That would never do
& thoughtful look.
ing seriously.

(Pyle, 235J.

This is Improper, wrong, out of place.

(Marquand, 251).
An expression on the face which implies one is think­

She gave her mother a long, thoughtful look...
& thousand and one.

(Cain, 179).

Many, many; a great deal; a lot.

They did g, thana«ndand one things on their leave, and it
(Pyle, 3297.
a t.hoimund to one.

did them good

Almost impossible odds against, for.

...the man was a taxi driver, and Jeffrey was a fare, and the chances
were about & thousand to one that they would never meet again...
(Marquand, 55).
to thrash about.

To search for hastily.

Thrashing about for a new sultan, somebody remembered the great-grandson
of Hamid II (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 23).
three on a match.
cigarettes from the

(It is considered unlucky for three
same match.)

The last war's phobia
(Pyle, 176).

against three—on-a—match was almost unheard of

coat»
the hip and the knee.

persons to li^it

^ woman's coat which comes about halfway between

-1 3 3 5 -

•••she harped on the three-qq^rtir mink coat...
& three year hitch*
•••I cannot wear a
to t h r e s h

(Cain, 190)*

A three year enlistment in one of the armed services*
hash mark for that lihTtfl TlfT*

out*

(Yank* 172)*

To discuss fully and to come to a conclusion*

...they threshed it out
& thriving ££&&£.•

twh

(Cain, 257).

A good trade; much business*

...Los Angeles restaurants...did a thriving trade
thrmiph action of«

(Cain, 244).

As a result of an action of*

.•.a G-l may have no more than two-thirds of his pay taken a nay through
action of a courtmartial... (Yank, 174)*
through and through.

Through; absolutely, wholly, through*

1 grabbed a rifle from a nearby UP and shot the punster through anri through
before he had me in stitches (fyle, 190).
According to regulations by writing to one's immed­
iate superior who in turn passes the message on to his superior and so on*

through (^^awn*ia-

So my friends have requested, through channels. that 1 write a piece about
How to Get Lost in a Jungle (Yank, 96).
through the mill*

In great stress and strain of difficulties, hardships,

etc*
hen*..who had been through the mill so long and so boldly, began to get
nerves (Pyle, 353)*
He wore an Expert Rifleman's badge and soon would have the proud badge of
Combat Infantryman, worn only by those who had been through the mill
(Pyle, 449).
They tell me all the soldiers who have been through the mill and have
returned to America are like that (Pyle, 34)*
through the tears*

While weeping, crying.

Through the tears*..Mildred seemed to sense what he meant
through thick and thin*

(Cain, 259)*

In difficulties, hardships, trouble, as well as

in good times*
•..leaders, whom enlisted men would always have followed through thick and
thin*.- (Yank, 216).
to be through with.

To be finished with, ended with.

They would h®. through with their Infidelities the next morning and would be
reconciled* •• (Marquand, 83) •
There was no use thinking any longer that someone who belonged to you
might live in your house after you were through with it (Marquand* 93)*
He was pale and he was shaken, but he was through with it (Marquand* 166).
You were through with it for this time* but something was waiting to call
your number* .• (Marquand* 220)*
to t h r o w

axoe------- ----

To embrace; to hug*

(This implies eagerness,

quickness*)
.••the paratrooper threw his arms around the middle-aged nurse...
to throw around -

(Yank, 224)*

To distribute indiscriminantly.

If we're going to start throwing sergeancies around, let's not forget the
corporal*..
(Yank, 237).
to throw away.

To discard; to get rid of.

I'd driven a knife througi its heart, and locked it up, and thrown the key
away... (Cain, 232)•
...the soldier took out the needles•..and threw the rest away
(Yank* 141).
...under difficulties that would have forced most artists £& throw away
their pencils and pads in despair (Yank, 77)*
...I threw it away around the next bend (Pyle, 376).
...if an American cook tried to help out and touched the pan, the whole
batch had to be thrown away (Pyle* 229)*
Now he had thrown away his one chance (Marquand, 91).
We all threw our seasickness medicine away...
(Pyle, 348).
I thought about throwing awav my rifle so I could scramble more quickly
(Yank, 21).
Failure £& throw away ammunition was a
court martial offense(Pyle,9).
There were big stacks of thrown-awav life belts
(Pyle* 336)*
to throw back.
To throw in return; to throwsomething at another
has first thrown it to one*
The Japs threw back two of the grenades*..
to throw back --- shoulders*
one's back; to stand erect.

who

(Yank, 145).

To square (one's) shoulders; to straighten

. ..as he went down the walk, his hat at what was Intended to be a
jaunty
angle, his shoulders thrown bravely back (Cain, 87).
Then he threw back his s h o u l d era and marched straight into the room
(Yank, 200).
to throw the book at ---To give one a stiff judicial sentence; to
sentence one in court to the fullest extent allowed by law.
They could have thrown the book at him a dozen different

ways(Gsurdner, 89).

to throw down*

To drop*

An interpreter told the Japs £& throw down their weapons*.. (Yank, 52)*
TVhen the men of the carrying party got back, they threw themselves down and
started to light up
(Yank, 59)*
to throw a gams*
one's best*

To allow another to win a game by not performing at

...I got the team together and told them we had better throw the game and
let the Japs save face (Yank, 186).
to throw in*
1. To throw something inward, into a place*
He worked by familiar formula, throwing in his little grenades...
(Yank, 6).
...they will back away a bit and throw in hand grenades
(Yank, 10)*
2* To add; to complement.
Eout had been in the Navy for two years and was on his ninth round trip
across the Atlantic, with a couple of invasions thrown jn (Pyle, 95)*
...Hot Jeep would go out and pick up enough to make up the deficit, with
maybe one or two extras thrown XlL (Yank, 139)*
Our artillery, TDs,...were thrown ia. to add strength to a line that was
thin (Yank, 245)*
There was no use throwing in the whole company, for there was room for only
so many
(Pyle, 67)•
to throw in — - lot with.
and share together with.

To share one's fortune with; to work together

She came up to the claim as a young woman who wanted £o. throw in her lot with
two prospectors*..
(Gardner, 180)*
to t h r o w

into.

To become a part of; to do something with energy*

He could see as Marianna glanced at the house and Alf that she was ob­
viously trying 42. throw herself into a part without knowing Just where
to throw herself
(Marquand, 482TT
Ifi. throw off*
1* To drop; to discard temporarily*
•••we threw off our blankets
(Pyle, 393).
I threjr off my pack and sat down (Yank, 21).
2. To cause to lose rhythm, tempo, equanimity.

• ■•oi Stabat Water*..is tricky*•.sing against accompaniment t 'row a singer
all CJX (Cain, 218).
to throw off hfiglfljace.
stumble or almost fall*

To cause to lose one's balance; to cause to

...the water would slosh around inside, throw the packers off balance and
make it doubly hard to walk (Pyle, 147)•
to throw off the (track.trail).
To cause another to lose the proper
direction or to proceed in a wrong course.
Then was when I had the idea of throwflng the authorities off thetrack by
going out as Bill Hogarty (Gardner, 182).
...newer have robbed the corpse — not unless he had done so in an attempt
to throw the officers off the trail
(Gardner, 211).
to throw -— off
stride*
rhythm, tempo, equanimity.

To interrupt and cause one

to lose one's

It always threw a smart bird
off his stridewhen you keptchanging the
tack of your questions
(Yank, 90).
to \

on.

To switch on; to turn on.

Inside; she groped her way to the switchbox, and threw on the neon sign
(Cain, 96).
to throw --face.

——

face.

To drop to a prone position; to fall on one's

The four men by the plane threw themselves q%i their faces, then were up,
running for the crest of the hill. * . (Marquand, 235) •
i£L throw put.
1. To get rid of; to cause to leave, go away.
They were afraid of burglary, fire, or their wives' throwing the securities
out along with the old Irish Sweepstakes tickets
(New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 13, 1947, 25).
...a betrayal of a fear that he might have been thrown out if Mr. Roberts
were not expecting him for lunch (Marquand, 241).
No, I was thrown out on the world when I was a child
\Gardner, 52'.
Sometimes they had to. throw out bundles of pamphlets as well as drop bombs..
(Pyle. 209).
The front, unperturbed, sent back word
throw him out
(Yank, 276).
They t'rey me out because I have t.b....
(Marquand, 9).
T.t.; they t'rew me out
(Marquand, 9).
"They t'rew me out.11 the other said (Marquand, 9).

2* To give off* to radiate*
They burned wood or coal in it, and it threw out terrific heat
326-7).
to throw out at the back door*

(Pyle,

To discard as useless, worthless*

• ■•Ted Dailey threw the small details of military discipline out at the back:
door. .•
(Pyle, 261)•
to throw out of step*

To cause to lose rhythm, tempo.

...konty mi^ht throw her out
130).

step with thi 3 precious career*..

(Cain,

to throw o v e r
armTo drape over one's arm; to carry on one's arm
as a coat, piece of cloth, or the like*
• ■•out for a Saturday
swim, the beach bag dangling innocently from her hand,
the coat thrown carelessly over one arm
(Cain,91).
to throw a -munch.

To hit; to strike*

ilight at that moment he threw a verbal minch to the solar plexus of the
Italians
(Yank, 128)*
They worked like a good body puncher, moving in all the time, throwing
short, hard punches
(Yank, 33)*
to throw rank artmnH.
To be ostentatious with one's rank, position,
in the armed services by ordering persons of lower rank carelessly,
heedlessly, overbearingly*
The officers who *.* throw their rank grpuaaL* **
&£. throw together*

To assemble hurriedly, ra< idly, and without care*

We threw our stuff together
to

(Yank, 216)*

(Pyle, 353) •

throw u p *
1* To erect; to build; to construct*

For nearly a year they had been hammering at the wall of defense the
Germans had thrown up
(Pyle, 219).
The mountains are thrown u p in spasms and the rocks seem torn apart
(Yank, 70).
2* To cause to ascend, go up*
One shell struck the water fifty yards behind us and threw u p a geyser of
spray
(Pyle, 2 3 i*

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ilvery gun thrwr itd a fiendish flame when it went off, and the hlack night
was pierced like a sieve with the flashes of hundreds of big guns*
(Pyle. 116).
to throw u p — - hanrin.
disapproval.)

(A gesture used to imply defeat, disgust,

£ven the commanding general Just threw u p his hanrta and gave up
(Pyle, 411J.
...she threw up her hands in horror, "Mother 1 I can't be dressed up P
(Cain, 133).
to throw u p a window.

To open a window b y raising it.

He strode around, thrflw iirtfr u p windows. going out back and opening doors.
(Cain, 92).
ft thumbnail aJsLfllfik-

A brief sketch, recital, recapitulation

Well, there you had it in a nutshell, or in a thumbnail sketch, if you
wanted it put that way (Marquand., 349 J.
to thumb |i ride.
To hitch hike; to ask another to give one a ride by
pointing one18 thumb in the direction one wishes to go.
Thumb!np- ^ ride you are driven down along the beach a couple ofmiles...
(Yank, 39).
thujfabs

up.

(A gesture used for encouragement, victory.)

"Well, hi ho to you," Mrs. Hewcombe said again, "and thumha yp. anl V
for Victory with your fingers"
(Marquand, 353).
...the age-old quarrels of ]fiurope. . .pulling their chestnuts out. ..TJajygJis. up. • .
V for Victory...
(Marquand, 464).
That was the spirit of everything that Walter had seen — thumbs
(Marquand, 350)•
When Whiter Newcombe said 11^hnmh« u p " it was a silly travesty (Marquand, 350).
They...exchanged thnmba-up signs...
(Yank, 120).
to t h w a r t

at every turn.

To

interfere with, impede, onerepeatedly.

She had a recurrence of her bitter fury against Bert, and the way he
seemed
thwart her a£ every turn (Cain, 80).
to tick b y .
of time.)

To pass, as time.

Minutes ticked by
tc tickle the keys.

(This is used to intensify the passage

(Yank, 92).
To play the piano.

...he should worry whether he could

tickle the keys or not

(Cain,

139).

ft. ticklish tBilneM.
It's ft
night

▲ difficult, exacting, affair.

business assembling acorea
(Pyle, 323).

to tick off.

of planeainto formation at

To pa88, he reviewed, singly, one at a time.

The events of the last few days began ticking themselves off in her mind
(Cain, 205).
to tick on.

To continue ticking.

But the clock was ticking inexorably o n . and she hurried back to work as
soon aa he l e f t . 7 . ( C a i n , 118).
to tidy u u .

To clean up to wash

you want t£. tidy
(Marquand, 95)7

...if

to be tied down.
time.

up.

up;

everything

to stral.diten up.

is

ready in your Aunt Clara's room

To have responsibilities, duties, which take one's

He didn't want £& bg. tied down

(Pyle, 213^.

to be tied u p .
1. To have an engagement, date.
I may $£. tied u p
(Cain, 3).
Presently he sighed, said he w a s tied u p for tonight,

"Butlook"

(Cain,

21).

2. To be involved; to have connections.
It all tied u p together
(Marquand, 249 > .
...we have him t i e d u p for his next two books as long asthey aren't fiction
(Marquand, 28).
...Milton hoped that Jeffrey was liquid, and particularly not tied-up in
chemical8 (Marquand, 400).

$4 iift la*
1. To connect; to associate.
You can see where it all ties in

(Gardner, 87).

2. To fasten within by tying.
...he was tied in by his legs, and his rifle was strapped to a limb
(Yank, 9)•
to tie together.

To fit together; to fall into place.

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"Yes," Jeffrey said* "that certainly tiea it all together"
& lijEL u n »

(Marquand, 10).

A connection; an association.

He feels it makes a hotter tie—u p and then of course we do quite a lot of
sifting ourselves...
(Cain, 55).
to tie u p .

To fasten with rope, string, or the like.

...you'll have to fold them, then tie them
and put the carrying handles
on (Cain, 124).
...there were Italians tying up their grapevines and digging in the earth
(Pyle, 206).
The USHS Acadia...tied u p at the pier...
(Yank, 223).
Tied them up. good, so the limbs won't bend down when the avacados get
big... (Cain, 3).
i.'e were tied
along the waterfront street of a small port city...
(Pyle, 226).
tight across the shoulders.
tightly.

Fitting the shoulders, as a coat or shirt,

They were too tight across the shoulders and too short in the sleeves...
(Marquand, 254).
tight lipped.

A condition of having the lips compressed, pursed.

She nodded, in tight-lipped silence
a tight spot.

(Gardner, 164).

A difficult, hazardous, perilous, situation.

We'd been pretty lucky in some tight spots. .■
to tilt back.

(Yank, 192).

To lean backwards as in a chair.

Mason, 8izing up his man
11ltlng back in his swivel chair, lit another
cigarette and waited
(Gardner, 5671
Then he tilted back in his chair...
(Cain, 203).
the tilt of --- chin.

The angle of one's chin.

...back from the temples, the tilt of the chin that was not too pointed
but pronounced...
(iiarquand, 469).
time and again.

Often; repeatedly.

Time and m m i n the rattle cans down over us
(Pyle, 437).
Time and again they vould say, ''We've waited so long for you i" (Pyle, 460)
Tim. and
he went out of his way to do little things that would help
me...
(fy3-e * 192).
Time and » ^ p i as I lay in my tent 1 heard wounded soldiers discussing
among themselves the wonderful treatment they had had at the hands of
the medics
(Pyle, 57).

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not the time and (or) the place*
favorable*

Mot auspicious; not proper; not

...it was not the proper time and place there in his room at the end of
the afternoon*•• ^Marquand, 520)•
It was not the time anj^ place (Marquand, 477).
It was not the time and the place to tell her, but he had to tell her
(Marquand, 478)•
It was not the time or the place (Marquand, 490).
...there never seemed to be an opportunity — never the time or the place
(Marquand, 543).
the time and the place.

The proper hour, time, and the correct place*

I'll find out the time sai the place for you
time and time again.

(Tanlc, 99).

Very often; repeatedly.

I've told him time and time again that he must quit associating with...
(Gardner, 108).
Time and time a^&ln I met officers...
(Pyle, 349).
the time comas.

The moment arrives; it is time.

He was learning how to kill snipers before the
time came for them to
surrender (Pyle, 374)•
Vb.en the time finally came.. • (Cain, 128).
The time will come when you will find yourselfdefending a guilty client
(Gardner, 212'.
..-perhap8 the time will come when you can be ay friend, too
(Yank, 174).
...the time had come to get action out of Wally.•• (Cain, 204).
time drags on.

Time seems to pass, go by, slowly.

The time dragged on and we grew colder and stiffer
time flies.

(Pyle, 199).

Time seems to pass, go by, swiftly.

Bert said don't tell him, he simply didn't know what made the £ims. fly
(Cain, 58).
to be time for.
done.

To be the moment, time, at which something should be

It's time for evening chow...
(Yank, 135).
And so it's time for chow.>* (Yank, 157).
And so it'8 time for bed (Yank, 157).
to be &, time for everything.
certain things can be done.

To be an

Nothing was entirely new, anJ there was a

auspicious, proper,time when
time for everything (Marquand, 416)

time 1a rWtfv*rip‘ short.

It is getting late; the time has about gone*

The time was running short and he was sitting there

(harquand, 583).

time is u p .
The time for one's services, obligations, responsi­
bilities, is finished.
V.'e supervisors don't stay more than six years in any one place, and my
time is nearly jje. (New Yorker, X-^III, Sept. 6, 1947, 20).
You were only sorry for him because his time was up
(iTarquand, 220).
a time killer.
in leisure.

A method, manner, way, of passing time, occupying oneself

...the favorite time killers are the movies

Yan’^, 234J.

a time limit.
a limit, end, of a specified time; a maximum of time
which can be used.
a go ol is what anyone overseas needs —

for

a definite time limit to shoot

(Pyle, 329).

time marches on.

Time passes,

-oes on.

Time marched on like a crip 1 -d snail
tne time of day.

(Tank, 119).

The hour; the time.

...this was the time of £av when most of the attacks cane
the time of ni ht.

The time in the ni.-ht.

No matter what we asked him to
he did it good-naturedly...
time on --- hands.

(Yank, 61).

do, orwhat the time ofnight
(Pyle,409).

itwas...

Leisure; free time.

The captain h; d time on his hands ar.d played .in rumny with me when I
was worn on.t with writing (Pyle, 44).
It's more like having a -iece of time on your hands that you can't relate
to any other time
(marquand, 470).
tine nasses.

Time woes on;time moves on.

Somehow, by a supreme effort of will,
to be time is. •-Q.

she made time pass (Cain,

101).

To be the moment, time, for departure, leaving.

breakfast was over, it was time ho was going
(marquand,13^.
hen she came out with the little suitcase, the nierces decided
time to go (Cain, 109).

it was

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Timea S q u a r e .
A square in Hew York City, a very busy place, where
B r o a d w a y , a^nd .it. cross, and where 7th avenue crosses Broadway on the
diagonal.
It is named after the Mew York Times buildin : which is in
the square.
They s t o p p e d for the traffic at Times Square. and then turned west..Ci^ar>juand, 281) .
...where the Interborough and the B.h.T. entwined beneath the street,
and tiaen Times square (harquand, 266).
although limes square was crowded, it all seemed half-asleep
(marquand,
266 ).
a. tin an.<el«
I'm no

tin

A perfect person; one with no vices, bad habits.

angel myself

(Gardner, 71).

a tift c a n .
A can in which food is preserved.
steel a n d coct^d with tin.)

(It is actually mcde of

...and w h e n someone stepped on a tin can my heart seemed to stop (Yank, 58)
He can t a k e some tin cans. a pile of sand and a pint of gas, and do
swell t h i n -s to a can of bully or .... and V.
(Yan’-, 36).
tfi. tip —

hand.

* tipped, m y hand
a tip o f f .

To disclose inadvertantly one's plans.
(Gardner, 60).

A surreotitious warnin ’, disclosure.

Alden L e e d s probably telephoned police the tip-off that got Gerle's
place raided
(Gardner, 10c).
Ih.turally, I told him it was Lends that was resp onsible for the police
t ip— of 1' (Gardner, 101-102).
Drake sr. id, "following your tip-off. Delia had me check on the tenants
above t h e sixth floor in that apartment house"
(Gardner, 125).
V7hat’s m o r e , you can't convict a man on a tip-off (uardner, 97).
The raid, w a s made on a tip-off from Alden Leeds(Gardner,
194).
i told h i m I thoupht it w;s on a tip-of 1 fro - Alden Leeds (Gardner, 191).
It was a - Trudge t i p - o f (Gardner, 97).
...the o n l y tip-off on his rank was the wav the men addressed him
(Yank, 253).
I was c l o s e d up on a ti£rflfX CGardner, 97).
12. l i p

off«

To w.rn; to advise someone of a possible action, event.

I heard a b o u t a soldier who wrote to his girl that he had been wounded,
and t h e n wrote to his mother and ti . ed her off that he had just made
it up
(Pyle, 137).
a. d isgruntled customer had tjpped pff the police, thinkin ; to get revenge
on Conrmy..,
(Gardner, 214) •
d bar t e n d e r tipped me off (-^.rdner, 216).
But s o m e b o d y kindly tipped her off (Gain, 15, ).

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to tin over »

To cause to fall; to knock over, down.

You did not h've to watch him and tell him not to pull the cigarettes
off the table, and not to. tir over the flowers...
(Marquand, 58).
to tip toe.

To wallc quietly by walking on the balls of one's feet.

This broke Bert up a^ain, and most of the quests tip-toed silently out
(Cain, 108).
to tire o f .

To become satiated with; to have more than enough of.

He told .Tesse that he was tired of rea ing books and seeing plays in which
everyone was stepped on (inar-tuand, 554).
The four majors and I are tired of waiting outside for you girls (Yank,
160).
...he becomes a little tired of the so-called 01 slang...
(Yank, 164).
tissue paper.

Very thin paper often used to wrap gifts.

h.11 these he wrapped
of the biggest bag

tenderly in tissue paper. and placed in the bottom
(Cain, 6).

to the bitter end.

To the absolute finish, end.

■she rent on to. the bitter end
to the bottom of the

(Cain, 155).

barrel. In despair;

laptnin Inc said he kind of vent
(.Pyle, 303).
to Jate.

the

bottom

of

the barrelover doss

To the present ti e; till now.

They'...had engaged in a
their heaviest action
The first...is the only
XXIII, June 38, 1947,
to death.

jtQ.

into an emotional decline*

half-dozen minor patrol skirmishes, but this was
to date
(Yank, 178).
one that has been d e 1 ivored £ 2. date
(New Yorker,
20).

Too much; to a

rent extent.

(This isused as

anintensive.)

Yut word came around this afternoon that six men ••ere to be picked for
rest camp and boy, they've been sirrin - me tg. death every since...
(.Pyle, 187).

to a degree.

To a n extent; partially; in part.

The engineering forces with the Army are trained and organized
a..high
derree. and engineering mora le is proud and high
(Pyle, 78).
...we will have crip led the enemy's production of tanks and planes and
submarines to. a very great degree (Yank, 15).

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\Sl the effect*

Implying; meaning; signifying.

. -you made some statement £ 2 the effect that you saw no reason why you
should co-operate with the officers...
(uardner, 197).
as there any conversation which took place in your presence or in the
presence of Joan Carrel £ 2 the effect that it would he to your financial
advantage...
(Gardner, 139).
..when she said something £0. this effect. ..
(Cain, 228).
. toe hold.

A firm grip, purchase.

e hud our toe hold...
he toe of a shoe.

(Pyle, 367).
The part of the shoe which covers the toes,

he toes of their shoes stuck up...
o --- feet.

(Fyle, 360).

Upright; standing; erect.

0 a man, the lead End kids scrambled to. their feet. stood along the river
bank...
(Yank, 93).
he silence was broken by the load End Kid who rose £ 2 his feet on the
river bank...
(Yank, 93).
espite his injuries, Patrick found th ,t he could get £ 2. his feet
(Yank,
44. )
..who not only rated him but w s able to struggle £2 . his feet and walk
around
(Yank, 43).
sn began crawling £ 2 their feet
(Yank, 45).
.•saw the -''hole action and rushed out, lifted him £o_ his feet and dragged
him away...
(Yank, 46).
2 the fullest.

To the

neatest extent; as much, as possible.

Lcilians would not have to be poor and starving if they were capapble
of organizing and using their land £ 2 the fullest
(Pyle, 89).
1 hell with.

(a tern, used to sr ow indifference, hostility to.)

I hell with it (ryle, 13o).
I hell with it
(Yank, 206).
=12. hell with it J" I yells...
(Yank, 239).
I hell with it
(Pyle, 138).
I hell with himi (Cain, 203).
•Q hell with the hood," Ffc. Oettin.rer told hirr.
L hell with then: J (Gardner, 206).
L hell with that .;tuff (mariner, 205).

(Yang 200).

toilet kit.
A small bag, container, in which a man carries his tooth
brush, toothpaste, shoving ’rush, soap, razor, and the like.
•tnere was no doubt that it '-as solid gold and so were the back of the
military brushes in his toilet kit
(..nrgunnd, 221).

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loilet nat?er.
A thin, absorbent, paper, about five inches wide produced
in long rolls for use at the toilet to cleanse oneself.
'e never forgot the moving 'ight first touching...then a roll of toilet
paper fe ;tooned across the bushes...
(Lnrquand, .32).
..telling then, the story about tcilet paper
(Cain, 186).
Only guests sleep in it," Jeffrey told her, "and the toilet v uuer is
connected with a music box— " (^nr^uand, 124).
oilet seat.
A wooden or plastic rin^, circle, connected with
water closet, on which one sits.
(Also attributive.)

a toilet,

he:, carried special toilet seat covers ,reviously blessed by some ^roper
person, and would no :ore think of using
an unblessedtoiletthan you
would think of committing murder
(F: le,229).
c. toil ur>.

To clii b with difficulty.

..a thin line of mud-caked men was toiling
60-foot bluff...
(Yank, 197).
o. the interest of al 1.

up

the slippery p^th of a

In everyone's interest; for everyone's welfare.

t w s
the lnterest of all that she get on her feet again...become the
a 1 customer she had been in the post
(Cain, 246).
token raid.
A small raid usually c rried on by the military for
reasons other than militer; expediency.
his was no token raid but...the beginning of the organized destruction of
the Japanese industrial empire
(Yank, 118).
--

d

(left, right).

On one’s left, right, ride.

aey were there on the fourth day...directing fire at a strong point on
their left. under assault by another unit
(Yank, L).
?11 charge.
5 crossed
a dollar
1 a man.

The

amount of tie cost for a long distance telephone call.

over to the switch beard operator,paid
tip... (uariner, 174).

the

tollch:rges.

Av^ryone; all those concerned.

a man, the dead ind Aids scrambled to their feet, stood along
bank and shouted cuss words at the Japs
(Yank, 93).

I

> market.

left

the river

To a place for selling.

•in aouth Africa we wouldn't send cows
(Yank, 116).

::.arhet in tnese trains

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.1 guessed we wouldn't send cows .to. market in these trains, either
(Yank, 116).
iin'-1o .iuice.

The juice of tomatoes.

■ys she wants tomato .iuice vdth a piece of lemon end some celery salt...
(Cain, 121).
tomato p_tch.
-TOW.

A garden, or section of a garden, in which tomatoes

iey took the Gun from Texas to a. tomato patch. ..
tomato plant.

The tomato vine; the tomato stalk, leaves, fruit, etc.

i lop my tomato plants.••
-— mind.
opinion.

l

(Yank, 32).

(Yank, 151).

According to one's way of thinking; according to one's

tere wasn't as much of that, £<2. my mind, as there might have been
(Pyle, 239).
L. the minute.

iJtactly on time; at tr.e precisely correct time.

d yet Company P attacked — and on time, ££. the minute i (Pyle, 439).
ery snip was unaer exact crde "s timed t£. t.he minute (Pyle, 359).
mmy gun.
A submachine gun; a light weight machine gun.
n Thompson submachine gun.)
•the the main floor, ’-here we
(Yank, 60).
mo was standing up, his tom: y
he fired with a tomny gun he
ey all h-d tommy runs (Yank,
.they worked with ba;, onet and

(Originally

ran smack into a kiwi with a tommy gun
,-un in his hands (Yank, 21).
saw Chambers start down...
(Yank, 17).
59).
tommy ,un and rifle...
(Yank, 123).

morrow is another day.
There is work, something, to be done tomorrow,
and one should not become too conscious of today's work.
d tomorrow was another day, another raid

(Yank, 88).

e. tone of voice.
The intonation of one's speech; the speech tune.
(One infers much from "the tone of another's vrice" as to emotion,
;hysical condition, etc.)
.from the tone of their voice. i-ildred knew something -.a;: wrong (Gain, 161).
's not what you think, so don't employ that tone of voice (Cain, 40).
. -- one's head off.

(an intensive for the verb.)

ierle squawked his head of 1' and tried to get it at a thousand, hut they
sat tight at five
(Gardner, 88).

tongue falls on.

One reprimands; one reproves.

I asked the enlisted men about him since they were t: e ones his tongue
fell on most heavily
(Pyle, 73).
tongue in cheek.
(A sort of the ironic in that one does not intend
another to believe what one says.)
•••a military career...almost as spectacular as he himself made it out
in toneme-in-cheek hull sessions
(Yank, 190).
ton>dxe is hanging out.

One is thirsty.

His tongue is handn.v out
(-.nr.-uard, 118).
i.y tongue 1s hanging out
(i.mr^uand , 243).
tonyae tied.

Unahle to speak; too shy to speak.

• •.he had he n the constant butt of ri^ic^ile and had been tongue-tied
at social gatcerings . . . (kar^uand, 1~0).
A tongue twister.
A word or phrase which is difficult to ronounce
properly, as "Peter Pip-r picked a p---ck of ^ickl^d popper.", or "ohe
sells sea shells
or:the sea shore".
The nr.i-.es of a lot

cfthe french to-ns

too big f o r --- p:nts.

ere tpn.pue twi.ters. .. (.Pyle,

o79).

heeling more important than one actually is.

"Careful," Jeffrey said, "don't yet too big for your a nt.,. Charley"
(*~arquark., 506) •
too pool t£_ h£. true.

3o good as scarcely to he believable.

hut it all seemed too good to he true. and when she as :ed eager questions
about it...
(Cain, 79).
too little and too late.
Mot enough and not so'n enough
used to refer tc
u-torial furnished to one's attached

(uhiu w s
allies.)

You could think of
itas a j.otter of too, little and too latg.. •• since the
truth v-as you only
a certain amount to give (karquand, 591-2).
to he too much for -- .
1. To he difficult, hard, for one to be1ieve, accept.
-h-ftor living; nine months with arahs the sight of someone working voluntarily
is almost too much for me
(lyle, 77).

—

to one side*

J-_

^JL.—

Aside; out of the way.

.They said that when anyone cane alon ' the ath the new ran would move
off to. one side so as not to "be seen
(Pyle, 184).
has on pushed the nail t£. QtP side
(Gardner, 1).
to order.
1. To a condition of quietness, attention.
Judge Krox entered the courtroom from his chambers, an ? the "bailiff
ra -ed the court to_ order
(uardner, 186).
2. (Cf. -.ode to order.)

According to one’s desires; ciutoa made.

A little nan rr.n' es it do-n on fr^ad street, £o order(1-arquand, 393).
tooth brush.

A small brush for cleaning teeth.

1 p:.c':ed my field Jacket, tooth brush and sh ving equipment
&

tooth put.

(Yank, 20).

A condition of having loot a tooth.

To top it all off, he h. d a beuilin.: Tin -1th a tooth, out inthe riddle
of it (Pyle, 22?).
toot --

own horn.

To talk, beast, aboutone's abilities;

He certainly didn't toot his own horn, did he?
the tor down.
folded bock.

to brag.

(Yank,.207).

A condition o~" having the cloth top, roof, of an automobile

They rode to oan Pern; rdino with the ton down in the runabout he had
rented
(~.arquand, 473).
tffig drawer.

Upper class; superior group of people.

uBC countered -ith what amounts to a too drawer snakeup
1943, 86).
top f1iyht.

first class; very

k±ive, Sent. 20,

*ood; excellent.

• • -all Jerry Small could say was tna t *~r. bilson was top— fli :ht. brought
from . ew York at as hi gh a fi lire as they had ever paid
writer. •.
Uarquand, 463).
too he., v.y.
p o constructed that the top is heavier than the bottom so
that something will fall over; unbalanced.
hen the b .ttleship was launched in Yokahama, or "herever they fid launch
battleships, it was top-heavy add turned right over (;..ar„uand, 610).

too honors.
Highest honors; very honorably.
(Often expressed in
academic circles in Latin in descending degree: avumaa cum laude. magna
cum laude. cum laude.)
he graduated with top honors in langu; ges. . •
to pieces.

(Yank, 131).

Into pieces, small bits.

i shall tell you how 1 an. petting busted
to top it all.

To

nieces almost

(Yank, 162).

cap the climax; to be the most startling, interesting

"And. £p. top it al 1.11 he said, "I have not rrceived a promotion in 16
months"
(Yank, 164).
i'o top it all off he spoke erfect i-rench and was picking up Italian like
a snowball
(Fyle, 73).
:'o top It al I off. he had a beguiling T i n with a toot;* out in the middle
of it (Pyle, 227;.
a top kick.

A first sergeant.

Bud was the tor kick (Yank, 244).
1e has 20 months pay as a too kick coining...
to top off.

(ank, 28;.

-o add to as a final touch, decoration.

His usual uniform is a...field jacket...ul pants and leggings, to ped off
with either a batter d felt Infantry campaign hat or a Chinese Army
cap (Yank, 129).
to the point.
1. To the degree; to the condition.
...calls on restaurant proprieters, to get her pie orders to. the point
where they would really help on expenses...
(Cain, 88).
1e are bewiliered and weary.
Lonely ta. the point of madness...
(Yank, 189).
2. Relevant; pertinent; directly applying.
It was brief and
1°

top le over.

Che knew she hr]
(Cain, 43).
top secret.

the point about the war

(rank, 38).

To fall; to fall down.
3it down or topple

q v t

Very secret, confidential.

. right there on the sidewalk

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When wraps were lifted from the too secret weapon, the atomic ‘bomb,
veteran B—24 Liberator crews...learned...the full meaning of an almost
forgotten mission over Northern Europe
(Chr. Sci. Lion. hag., Oct. 13,
1945, 5).
toe soeed.

Pull speed; the very fastest possible.

'i'he engine was at top speed, the boilers were maintaining...
tops.y turyy.
Things hod been

(Yank, 47).

In confusion; in disorder; upside down.
turned topsy-turvy

a torch singer.
love.

(mariner,74).

A woman singer who singspopular songs

ofunrequited

The torch singers with these bi * name braids, they're in the money. ..
(Cain, 211).
to the rear.

hearward; toward the back.

...the 88 r.-;turned from about 500
yards to. the rear.flying smack at
oweeney (Yank, 16).
i'he first r o g d o r hospital was about fifteen mil.-.s to. therear
(P le, 45) .
tortured b£.

Tormented, distressed by, on account of.

ahe stayed home... tortured by the fear th.-t Arline had prob.- bly toll
■verybody in the restaurant by now...
(Cain, 196).
to

s&t isfact ion.

satisfactorily to one; to one's content.

It demonstrated tp. mv satisfaction thatyou never
get
you..(Yank,53).
ip.

£ 2 . sea.

now about

To sail on the ocean; to travelon a

the one that

ship.

Only two men of the crew of more than sixty had ever been to sea before
(Pyle, 225).
to toss brick.

To return by tossing; to throw back.

He threw a grenade that blew one of them apart but onlywounded the
Jap, who tossed a grenade right
back (Yank, 146).
tp. toss around.

other

To throw, toss, push, here and there.

uven cur fairly big ships were rolling and plunging and the little flot
o o t t O i . e d land in..,- craft were tossing around like corks
(Pyle, 18).

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to toss away.

To discard; to get rid of; to throw out.

i~adge could toss away any thought that was uncomfortable as you...
Ckarquand, 125).
jLO

»s_3.

1. To discard; to throw off.
i-adge could toss away any thought that was uncomfortable asyou might
toso off a coat when the weather was too hot
(..arquand, 125).
2. To drink rapidly usually in one swallow or at once.
dhe tossed off the whiskey in a single swallow,
empty glass...
(uardner, 45).
to toss out.

To throw away; to

handed I.-asor.back

the

et rid of.

One nan
tried ip. toss it out but got tangled upin themortar (Yank,
146).
...Veda tossed out her own idea of suitable garb! maroon sweater, plaid
skirt, polo coat...
(Cain, 133).
to --- surprise.

ourprising to one; as a surprise to one.

. .-ip x-.ildred's sunrise he recommended A-chie...
to a T.

(Cain, 178).

hxactly; precisely; absolutely.

At Anzio the -british kavy and the American A rmy had the

job down

to a T,

(Pyle, 284).
to that end.

1’or that reason; b cause of that.

To that end the porticoes were torn off...

(Cain, 227).

to the tune of.
1. To, for, the amount of; to
...your
2

. To

r,other

the

sum. of.

has been overpaid tp the tune of $1,292

(Yank, 171).

the music of; in rhythm to a tune of.

The infantry marches ip. the tunc of a flute
to be touched by.
pathetic to.

(Yank, 66).

To hove one's sympathy aroused by; to become sym­

like all front-line officers, he was touched by -’hurt he called the
"mental wreckrge" of war...
(Pyle, 153).

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to touch a match to.

To light; to set fire to.

Villiam touched a match to the fire and there was a sudden illusion of
serenity and ease
(harquand, 388).
a touch of.

A small hit of; a soupcon of; something of.

This hit of recklessness restored her to a touch of her old self,...
(Gain, 257).
His gags shout the Pie v.'agon. • .took on a touch of malice..*
(Cain, 145).
...I find a slight touch of banality in yours, don't you?
(Cain, 136).
...he was tired...with just a touch of middle age..*
(Cain, 170).
...as it did late in karch, and there was a faint touch of spring in the
afternoon air
Uarquand, 373).
One dropped near enough to give us our first touch of nerves
(Pyle, 370^.
not to he ahle to touch a thing.
anything legally.

Not to he allowed to seize, take,

They can't touch a thing, it's all yours.-a tough time.

(Cain, 247).

A difficult time; a hrrd time.

Those guides — everybody who thought he was hoving a. tou. h
war should know about them (Fyle, 144).
tourist hajt.

re in this

That which is desi -ned to attract tourists.

...grass skirts — items th-t are only tourist bait on many another South
Sea isle (Yank, 23?).
H tour of duty.

That time when one is assigned to a s ecific job, duty.

.. .tviancy had faded out of the picture during some European tour of duty
(larquand, 20).
Gut ilosie, the pilot, had completed his tour of duty (Yank, 85).
a tour of inspection.

An inspection trip; a formal inspection.

..-any attempt to communicate with the sanitarium and prepare the persons
in charge for the tour of inspection which is to be r.nde •-il' be considered
as...
(uarlne-, ;.a).
toward the end .

hear in.- the end, finish; at almost the end.

♦ - *toward the end. the orcr estra sat back and listened while ...r. Treviso
accompanied her on the piano..(Cain, 241).
tow haired.

Havin : very light blond hair.

Presently Hay came in, a chubby, tow-haired little thing, four
than Veda, and the r icture of -.ildred (Cain, It,).

'ears younger

— X.J>L?0—

;ow headed.

Having very light blond hair.

?hey’re squat and tow-headed..•
10 ".’here.

(Yank, 245).

To the point, condition, position.

i..workin; our way 'own ,£p_ where re could use a bayonet
12. tow in.
something.

To enter bringing something by towing; to enter pulling

..barrage balloon that a destroyer towed i.n from the sea
LO within.

(Yank, 124).

(Yank, 234).

To a point, position less than.

. few weeks ago, one of the Brooklyn headings reached is. within fifteen
feet of its opposite number...
(dew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 28).
he Japs had crossed the clearing,
within 35 yards of the opposite
riverbank (Yank, 92).
e backed tfi. within about five feet of it...
(Pyle, 429).
.s we caught up
within half a mile or so we could finally see the
running lights of the other planes
(Pyle, 323).
he town hall.

The city hall; the building housing the city offices.

he public library was a brick building, like the Town Hall, but smaller
(..arquand, 178).
own meeting.
In a city, town, a public meeting of those qualified
to vote and transact nubile business.
(most often found in the hew
England states.)
11 you needed were two characters and butter on the table, the town meeting,
e ;gs for breakfast, the school bus, the church supper
(harquand, 430)■
a town square.

A block of laud around which a small town is built.

..and hanged six of their, the next morning in the town square
2. track down.
locate.

(Yank, 49).

To trace; to follow and to find; to search for and to

..th; t then, after Leeds h-d grown careless, he would track him down.
and force an accounting (Gardner, 168).
..Edward finally tracked him down (Pyle, 412).
track star.

A person who performs well in track events, foot racing.

is perfect conditioning dates back to 'Test Point, where he was a track
star and a. 140-pound quarterback..- (Yank, 130).
1 trade for,.

To exchange in return for.

I wouldn't trade my job for any other in the Army
to trade on.

To

(Pyle, 335).

use, utilize, for one's ownadvantage.

In fact, he sort of traded on it

(Pyle, 218).

i trade school.
A school where trades, vocational courses, specific
jobs, are taught.
(Also attributive.)
Chey are kiddingly called "trade-school graduates" by the other officers
(Yank, 253).
traffic circle.
A junction of several roads in the fcrm of a circular
street around which the traffic moves in a counter—clockwise direction.
...turn left at the traffic circle...
1 traffic con.

(Oair., 848).

A policeman who regulates, directs, automobile traffic.

Is he crossed Lexington Avenue, he swore softly at the traffic coo
(,ar*ju3nd, 55).

i traffic .jam.
a congestion of autombiles in a street or at an inter­
section so arranged that seemingly no car can move.
opening the door and jumping to the street just as the traffic .jam
ahead resolved itself, and Lason speeded up...
(uardner, 42).
-ere, they're slowing down for the t traffic jam (Gardner, 42).
'here were almost no traffic jams or road blocking (Pyle, 28).
• •

traffic 1 i/ht.
A signal light with three colors to regulate traffic
at intersections automatically.
..when the;- find themselves in a jungle and notice that it has no traffic
lights or sewers
(Yank, 96).
traffic signal.
A light signal with throe colors of light placed at
intersections to regulate traffic automatically.
’he officers ceased using the siren, worked their way through a traffic
signal and parked in front of a reserve : zone (Gardner, 42).
i traffic ticket.
A summons to a-pear in court issued by
policeman
because of a viol tin. of a traffic law: such as, speeding, passing
a stop sign, etc.
he bail clerk made a notation on the traf1ic ticket
(^ardner. If. ).
ere's a traffic ticket showing a violation of the narking law...
(Gardner, 155).
►rake Tinned and produced a photostrtic copy of a traffic ticket
(j-ardner, 155).

to trail off.

To dimish, decrease in volume, gradually.

As her voice trailed off int o silence, hason said, "Yes"
to trail

3 moke»

(Gardner, 82).

To leave a trail ofsmoke, as by a "burning airplane.

...Gweeney and Tex saw the German catch

fire andtrail

smoke

(Yank,

16).

a trained nurse.
A registered nurse; a nurse who has received a
certain prescribed, rigid, hospital training as contrasted to a
■practical nurse".
"Who was a trained nurse?11 Jeffrey asked (iiarquand, 4?).
one was a, trained nurse
(-artiuand, 47;.
his first wife was a trained nurse named hancy something...
a train of thougnt«

w course, direction,

(Larquand, 20)

sequenceof thinking.

Jeffrey .as unable to fol'ow u.r. dorsan's train of thought. but he knew
that everything that j^r. Gorman said was true...
(Aarquand, 515).
train time.

The time when a train arrives or departs.

It w s half an hour before train time. but he knew that he might as well
be going (marquand, 411).
to tranro around.

To walk here and there; to walk around heavily.

She stayed home, tramping around, tortured...
to transfer out.
place, position.

To

(Cain, 196).

transfer, be changed, to another, different, ,iob,

aalph onavely was one of the first t£. transfer out
to transform into.

(Yank, 243).

To change into.

...ildred, suddenly transformed into so; t ing that looked like Topsy...
(Cain, 162).
..•to restore what had been a l...rge but pleasant house to •■'■hat it had
been before it was transformed into a smell but hideous nuns ion
(Cain, 227).
to translate into.

To cause to come intobeing; to realize.

« • *it certainly surprised nor, trie way he was
into paint, wood, and plaster
(Caxn, 227).
ia travel around.

ble to

trans 1 te her i' ens

To traTel here and, there; to go to various .luces.

Two years is a Ion.-; time overseas, even if a division aid nothing but
travel around and w o r k hard
(P le, 181).

-1359-

travel prints.
Pictures of places, things, people used to l v i r e
travelers, tourists.
...a few set3 of travel prints of A^b tralia...
to treat -- like dirt.
They treat me like dirt
to treat
like a king.
nesses to one.

(Yank:, 235).

To misuse one; to treat one unfai r l _ y (Pyle, 187).
To treat one very -ell; to show

tcind—

They opened up when I had '.mown then for a while and treated m e
king (Pyle, 333).

1 1 T-ce

ex

a trench coat.
a double-breasted overcoatof waterproof m a t e r i a l ,
usually tan in color, with shoulder straps, and a belt, and o d T t e n w i t h
a removable lining.
••.young lieutenant, in a. trench coat and wearing sun glasses c - s c n i © o v e r
to us... (Pyle, 399).
-Ts. messier ordered Vnda to yet the trench coat she wore t o
s c i i o o l -- .
. (Cain, 162).
The regimental executive office hiked up from the valley, w e a r i n g a
trench
coat, his feet wet (Tank, 50).
-e -ore a long trench coat..• (Pyle, 410).
a trench knife. a knife about ei ;ht inches long
both sides used in hand to hand fighting.

with a s h a r ^ o

...a private who was prying the caked mud from his insten with
knife (Yank, 19b).

e d g e

an,

trial and error.
a searching for a solution to a proble. b y
attempts, and the elimination from consideration of the meanss
failed.

on

ench

t r i a l s ,

Tvh.ich

Two years back there had been tine for trial and error. but now-i m
must work cut whet he wanted for himself (harquand, 416).
a tribute to.

An expression of apmroval in regard to.

Th’t is why I have written this tribute to him
to be no trick at all.

(Yank, 137).

Hot tn be difficult; to be very easy v

simple-

'The beach head being so small, it was no trick at all to train o v e r \ on a single merman target (Pyle, 255).
— trick name,.

An unreal name; a n: de-up name.

...often they are trick names such as ''Cad Ceck"...

Cyle, 3 7 9 ^

—

yun . . -

-1?60-

the

trick of.

The knack of; the finesse of*

But; t h e trick: o f
( C a i n , 48).
to

"balancing half a do sen dishes at a time was beyond her

h a v e t e e n t r i e d and found wanting*
To have been judg® incompetent,
ULixable , u n w o r t h y .
(From the Aramaic inene. me m e . tekel. upharsin.
D a n i e l V, 25. )

In

some

tried

way h e h a s

and true -

(x-nrquand, 197).

Faithful; trustworthy; proved.

* - - i n s t e a d of b e i n g
( P y l e , 226).
to

surely been tried and found wanting

green landlubbers they were tried and true salts

'trio o f f
ton^rue.
To be said quickly and without thought; to be
s a i d q u i c k l y a n d inadvertently.

I h n -t last
hrr.se o f
inadvertently. . •
the

trip over.

his trio.ed gff his ton -je and out of his thoughts
(harquani, 369).
The trip crossing something, usually the ocean.

■All d u r i n g the l o n g trip over. I had a vague feeling thut something bad
-'-as goin - to h a p p e n (hyle, 92).
to

t r o t around.
another.

To go hurriedly hero and there, from one place to

l e t t h a t ole b a s s a r of a top trot around the
w h e r e are :re r T(Yank, 101).

area yelling,

to

out, hurriedly.

t r ot

Veda

out o f .

trotted o u t

trouser

ley*

To leave from within, go
of

"u-reengroir,

the house, and pert lo kea a little shocked

(Cain, 105).

T h a t pert of a pair of trousers, pants, which cover a leg.

. . . s i n c e i~r. i r e a k w a t e r was not wearin • garters, could he lover his
t r * o u s e r leg o v e r his right sock, please? (Larquand, 292).
a t r u eh

driver.

One who drives, operates, a truck*

k i e r e is also a t r u e k driver. T-5 Olen Beasley of Chanel er, Okla...
C f a n k , 231) •
...lout r.'-'w t h e r e a r e grnmb1es from... the truck dr ivers» ..
(Yank, . 1),
tru e

blue.

-she

was t r ue

Thoroughly good, honest, worthwhile.
b l u e inside...

(Cain, 257).

I

-1360-

bhe trick of.

The knack of; the finesse of.

But the trick of balancing half a dor.en dishes at a time was beyond her
(Cain, 48).
:.o have been tried and found wanting.
unable, unworthy.
(From the Aramaic
Daniel V, 25.)

To have been judg® incompetent,
raene.rnene. tekel.uuharsin.

tn some way he has surely been tried and found wanting

:ried and true.

(iArq.viand, 197).

Faithful; trustworthy; proved.

...instead of being green landlubbers they were tried and true salts
(Pyle. 226).
12. trip o f f
tongue.*
To be said quickly and without thought; to be
said quickly and inadvertently.
’hot last hro.se of his tri: .ed pf f his ton m e and out of his thoughts
inadvertently... (i.;arquant., 369) .
die trip over.

The trip crossing something, usually the ocean.

til during the Ion-’; trip over, I had a
"■as goin - to ha pen
(Pyle, 92).
to trot m o u n d .
another•

vague feeling that some thin1* bad

To go hurriedly hero and there, from one place to

.et that ole bassar of a top trot around the area
where are per?(Yank, 101).
lQ.

trot out of.

To

yelling, "ureengroir,

leave from within, go out,hurriedly.

'eda trotted out of the nouse, and rert locked a little shocked
JCpuser leg.

(Cain, 105).

Th: t port of a pair of trousers, pants, which cover a leg.

..since hr. breakwater was not wearin • garters, could he lower his
trouser leg over his right sock, please?
(Larquand, 292).
truck driver.

One

who drives, operates,a truck.

here is also a truck driver. T-f> Olen Beasley of Chancier, Okla. ..
(Yank, 231).
-.but n'w there are grumb1es from...the truck drivers. •. (Yank, . 1).
■Til© blue.

Thoroughly mood, honeot, worthwhile.

..she was true blue inside...

(Cain, 257).

- IgCX—

a true confession*
Sordid revealing of one's actions.
(Often thought
of as dealing primarily in violent human emotions, as sex, hate, etc.)
It was a paragraph in a gossip column or a "bit of a true confession
(i..ariguand , 72 )•
true love.

B.ithful, hor.est,

evoted, love-

But Being as I never stood in the wav of true love. I got anidea
far as you're concerned
(Yank, 99).
to trust

to o-od.

as

fo have faith, "belief, in aod.

...I Began to crawl Bac - to my own men — only hoping andtrusting to
that he would give me strength...
(Yank, 11;.

Bod

truth serum.
a. drug which is supposed when given to a rerson to make
him tell the truth.
(scopolamine is one such drug.)
'Bwilight sleep '...was advanced as a 1truth serum 1 in 19^3 "by
nouse...
(Balt. Bun, )ec. 4, 1935, 15).
truth to

tell.

Heally; cctually; in fact.

Triith to tell. n.ildred had no such critical
(Cain, 211).
to try and.

Jr. h.h.

.repudice against—r . Somerville...

Bo try, nt er.pt, to.

I employed a detective agency £o. try and find hirr. (Gardner, 182^.
Our correspond.-r;t wants to know if h e ’s _to try and ick up the Ho -arty
trail
(vjardner, 65).
-aker says he'll try ana get him on at the Blue and *7hite as soon as there's
a vacancy...
(mariner, 126;.
He'll try and .get us a preliminary report ,iust as soon as vos..iBle. ..
(uardner, 90).
You listen to tne 'i'ircaide Ghats'...and you try and find out By his voice
wh t he implies...
(hrruuand, 271).
Bhen try and retain your poo l temper, Toctor, and I will tr:r and. Be as
fair as oossiBle
(Gardner, 33).
They try and get some rest (Gardner, 24).
fry and find some law which says I can't
(Gardner, 207^.
...not legally -oroper, for the defendant to try an I regain possession of
papers which he knew...
(Gardner, 202).
-ason said, "You'll have to. try and do Better on your next murder, Gerle"
(Gardner, 202).
&nd pick up Conway arid put a tail on him
(Gardner, 12).
trying tires.

Jiffic' It, hard, ti.es; times of stress.

•..men and Boys that are serving their country in t.ese trying times
(Yank, 21i).

1360-

>

:ru c!: of*

rci
i

the

finesse

of*

If a dor.en d i s h e s

f o u n 1 v a: i ting*
( ror. the -. r a m a i c

: ely

khkh

ried

"time w a s

and found w a n t i n g

;reei; Ian ,1 i t b e r s
f

a

"beyond h e r

T o h a v e " b e e n judgeE i n c o m p e t e n t ,
m e n e . me h e . t e k e l . u o h a r s i n .

r.itl fv.l ; t m a t w o r t h y ;

ie.

at

proved..

they w e r e

->e s a i d

(klarq.ua.nd.* 1 9 7 ) •

tried

and

q u i c k l y and. w i t h o u t

true

salts

thought;

to

"be

.aivr rror.tl '.
i-' t ” 1 oi o f f h i s
^i.ar i:n’ , >69) •
_e

tri

;ri:
Jo

r ;sing

something,

■'ver . I h u d
G
1 C, 1) .
-'

;>i'

.T l'i 3d l y

ton-me

a vague

here and

c; .u qt_ A r n n n d

..rd

and. o u t
usually

feeling
there»

ofh i s
the

thoughts

ocean.

th.ot s o m e t h i n g "bad.

from o n e

place

the

area

yelling*

go

out.

hurriedly.

to

"(jreengroin,

, 1 1 ) ’.

fo

1 e; vo from w i t h i n ,

thr .. - . » , and
t

rt

tor
is rl
Jre

ihert l o o k e d a

of a p a i r
no
.t

v••!

o

of

trousers,

operates,

a

:r i v er . . -5 O l e n B e a s l e y

• 1

shocked

pants, which

w e a r i n g garters, c o u l d
he l o w e r
'k, p l e a s e ?
(h-arquand , 2 9 2 ) .

l-i/es,

-r

little

i n. it-.,.

,h o n e s t ,
(Cain,

of

a

leg*

his

G h a n d e r , O k l a . ..

worthwhile.
257) .

cover

105) .

truck.

~om - . -the true!, d r i v e r s . . .
r

(Cain,

(Yank,

.' 1 ) .

a.

I t

true
confession.
Sordid, revealing ofone’sactions.
(Oftenthought
of a s
d e a l i n g primarily in violent human emotions, as sex, hate, etc.)
was
a p a r a g r a p h in a gossip column or a "bit of a true confession
C h i a r c p x a n d , 72 ).

b r u e

l o v e .

“Yuithful, honest, nevoted, love.

B u 11 " b e i n g a s I never stood in the wav of true love. I got an idea as
f a x * a s y o u ' r e concerned (Yank, 99).
t o

t x~\isb

bo

God.

To have faith, belief, in God.

- • . I " b e g a n to crawl bach to my own men — only hoping andtrusting
that
H e vroulcL give me strength...
(Yank, 11).
b r u t h
h i m

aernm.
A drug which is supposed whengiven to a
b e l l the truth.
(Scopolamine is one such drug.)

to

God

person to make

1 T w i l i g h t sleep'...was advanced as a 'trpth serum1 in 1923 by Dr. R.E.
i - o u s e - ..
(Balt. Sun, Jec. 4, 193b, lb).
bxua-bh.

bo

'.iDxujLbh. b o
(Cain,
b o

brv

bell.

leally; actually; in fact.

b e l l , kildred had no such critical prejudice against m :.Somerville.
211).

and.

To try, at.enpt, to.

X
e m p l o y e d a detective agency
try and find him (Gardner, 182).
O u l x * c o r r e s p o n d f - r t wants to know if he's to try and pick up the Ho :arty
brail
(Gardner, 65).
B^aVcex* s a y s h e ' l l try and get him on at the Blue and TYhite as soon as there's

a

v a c a n c y . .•

(Gardner, 126).

H e ' l l
(G a
Y o u
l
w h ^
T h e n
fai

t r v anH ejet us a preliminary report just as soon as possible...
r d n e r , 90 7.
i s t e n to the 'Fireside Chats'...and you try and find out by his voice
b
H e implies...
(Laruuand, 271).
b r y a n d retain your good temper, Doctor, and I will try and be as
r
a s p o s sible
(Gardner, 33).
T h e y t r v and get some rest (Gardner, 24).
dlx-y a n d
f i n d some law which says I can't (Gardner, 207).
- - »nob
l e g a l l y proper, for the defendant to. try and regain possession of
p a i p © x * s which, he knew...
(Gardner, 202).
h e . s o n s a i d , "You'll have £o try and do better on your next murder, Serle"
(.CG-e.rcL n e r , 202).
T r y a n d p i c k u p Conway and put a tail on him (Gardner, 12).
trvin^r

bimes.

Difficult,hard,times;times of stress.

- - - ii.en. a n d boys that are serving their country in these trying times
(Yajoln, 211).

to

try — - luck.

To chance;

to attempt.

S o y o u trv y o u r l u c k at one of the h a l f - d o z e n cin e m a s in

The o n e who t r i e d h i s l u c k o n me w a s o n l y a b o u t 1 5 y a r d s
a

try

out.

73).
181).

A p r e l i m i n a r y test to d e t e r m i n e the w u a l i t y of something.

. . . t h a t sort of h y s t e r i c s w h i c h was always p r e s e n t at
p l a y that w a s li e l y to he a f l o p
(i-arquand, 169).
to

t o w n (Yank,
a w a y (Yank,

try o n .
t h e color,

the t r y - o u t

To p u t on, d o n c l o t h i n g to see if it fits,
the fashion, etc.

of a

if one likes

. . . B e r t s a y i n g the h o o t s could he e x c h nged if the y w e r e n ’t the right
f i t , a n d V e d a t r y i n g the m £ £
(Gain, 154).
.. . V e d a t r i e d it
a d o z e n times...
(Gain, 237).
111 w a s just t.^rvjr.v it o n .11 she said, "and t hen I h e a r d you coming"
(Ajarquand, 205 ) •
'..hen he t r i e d o n the c i v i l i a n c l o t h e s w h i c h he h a d left b e h i n d him,
t h e y f i t t e d as b a d l y . . .
(karquand, 254).
to t r y

Q n

niano.

L e t h i m t r y this
to

try o u t .
t h i n g a try.

his

To a t t empt,
iano

(Gardner,

To m a k e a n e x p e r i m e n t a l

try,

it.

155).
test of so e thing;

to give some­

• • . t h e s o u n d of the m o t o r s was f a m i l i a r a n d he w i s h e d he could try one out
b u t t h e y w o u l d be too h o t for him, those p l a n e s
(harquand, 473).
It w a s no p l a c e
t r y out a p l a y or to w o r k o n one
(i.arquand, 55 k).
. . . s o m e f i e l d m e d i c s t r i e d out his b o . k l e a r n i n g w i t h a little d e b r i d e m e n t ,
c u t a w a y the s u r r o u n d i n g
irty s k i n f r o m a w o u n d
(Yank, 193).
T h e y f i n a l l y let h i m go on a f e w m i s s i o n s io. try h i m out
(Yank, 186).
T h e y had. tried it o u t in Bridgeport; they had tr i e d it out in Baltimore;
a n d it was not r e a d y y e t
(Marquand, 553).
" K i d s d o n ' t k n o w a b o u t l i p s t i c k w h e n they fi r s t try it o u t ."
J e f f r e y said
(l.arquand, 538).
...I t o l d Oma r chat h i s b a t t l e p l a n w o v d d n ' t work, but he insis ted on
t r y i n g it o u t ...
(Fyle, 313).
to
I'l
to

try
try

to make
to ma k e

tuck away.

it.

To a t t e m p t to be at a p l a c e as arranged, planned.

i t . but

if I'm not home by s i x d o n ' t w a i t for m e

To p l a c e

securely;

(Cain,

3)

to hike away.

.r. a n d kr s. L e w c o m b e and their d a u g h t e r . . .and s a f e l y t u c k e d a w a y in the
g a r d e n e r ' s c o t t age...
(i~arquand, 23).
Y o u r L e w Y o r k h o m e . . .t u c k e d a w a y from the w e a r and tear of the metropolis..
(l A r q u a n d , 35 ) •

to t u c k i n »
s omeone*

To p u t

to 'bed; to place in b e d a n d d r a w

the

c o v e r s over

E u t w h e n he c a m e b a c k f r o m the tucking 1£, p u t t h e b e l t o n h i s t r o u s e r s
a g a i n . ..
(Cain, 58).
• ••said it w a s time t h e y bot h went to bed, a n d h o w w o u l d t h e y lik e Daddy
to t u c k t h e m i n ?
(Cain, 57).
to t u m b l e d o w n .

To fall;

...the lieutenant came
to t u m b l e

out.

to fall down.

t u m bling down on top o f h i m

(Pyle,

282).

To get out hurriedly.

k i k e B o c u z z i , t u m b l i n g out whitefaced, y elled:
t h i ngs"
(Yank, 86).

to tune in on.
To adjust a radio
hears, a program.

"I'm t hr o ug h

in such a manner t h a t

A s k a p i p p l e tuned In o n a Snack-O-Ham
(Cain,
I've t u n e d i n o n y o u r p r o g r a m
(Gardner, 20) •

f l y i n g these

onereceives,

219).

t u r k e y d inner.
A d i n n e r of roast
turkey, d r e s s i n g , c r a n b e r r y
p o t a t o e s , p u m p k i n pie, coffee, and perhaps o t h e r f o o d s .
H e h a d a fin e b i g turke.v d i n n e r in the mess
a

hall.. .

t u r n a-rrvnnd .
A p l a c e one may turn a v e h i c l e
’.-.•here one m a y r e v e r s e directions of a car.

in

sauce,

( Y a n k , 184).
a 1 8 0 ° turn; a

L.inot R o b e r t s ^ a r k e d the car at the edge of the t u r n - a r o u n d
of the h o u s e . . . (Larquand, 261).

at

pl a c e

the front

to turn around.
1. To fa c e

in the o p p o s i t e direction; to m a k e a 1 8 0 °

turn.

...he t u r n e d h e r a r o u n d . ..
(Cain, 164).
. . . f o o t s t e p s b e h i n d h i m made him turn arnupd
(Yank, 2 2 9 ) .
It p u l l e d u p at the e n d of the field, turned a r o u n d a n d m o v e d b ack...

(Yank, 229).
...he s t o p p e d a n d t u r n e d a r o u n d .. . (Cain, 231).
Then, as t h o u g h w a l k i n g to the electric ch ir, s h e t u r n e d a r o u n d .
headed
for the k i t c h e n (Cain, 45).
B u t w h e n she r e a c h e d for her dark blue w o o l e n d r e s s , s h e h e a r d s o m e t h i n g
a n d t u r n e d arminri
(Cain, 28).
...the e n e m y ' s c o a s t a l guns had been turned a r o u n d to f i r e i n l & n d
(Yank,
...he h a l f t u r n e d a r o u n d . . .
(Cain, 185).
W i t h o u t t u r n i n g a r o u n d . kr. Treviso raised h i s h a n d
( C a i n , 239).
T h e n G-oldstein t u r n e d around to find himself p e e r i n g i n t o t h e eyes of a
colonel...
(Yank, 182).

133).

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Vlien she turned a r o u n d he was gon e . . .
(Cain, 8).
"Well, w e ' d b e t t e r t u r n a r o u n d now," hiadge s aid
( L a r q u a n d , 92).
A f e w s e c o n d s later, he t u r n e d a r o u n d —
casually
(mariner, 95).
We w e r e just r e a d y Is. t u r n a r o u n d a n d go h ack...
(Pyle, 452).
’.
’ally, s n a p p i n g his c i g a r e t t e a s h e s into the fireplace, t u r n e d around a n d
"blinked
(Cain, 76).
...a GI, w ho t u rned a r o u n d and s h o u t e d h a c k to h i s c o m p a n i o n s . . .
(Yank, 129).
Lie in bed l o n g e n o u g h and tur n arming o f t e n e n o u g h to get the sheets
rumpled
(Gardner, 80).
1 t h i n k h e ' s turn e d a r o u n d at l a s t
(Yank, 138).
...the J a p s tried Ji£. t u r n a r o u n d ...
(Yank, 9).
’Then I got to the top o f the first h i l l I t u r n e d
around t o w a r d the convent.
(Yank, 27).
W h e n he t urned around the c o r p o r a l h a d d i s a p p e a r e d
(Yank, 22 i).
Ever y o n e in the mess h a l l turn e d a-rnupd-..
(Yank, 226).
T h e n it t u r n e d r i ^ i t a r o u n d a n d f l e w s t r a i g h t h a c k for five minutes
(Pyle, 323)*
H e d D o g w a s h a l f t u r n e d a r o u n d , t a l k i n g to me, w h e n the first two flares
split the sky a h e a d of us
(Pyle, 323).
...I h a d the p i a n o t u r n e d a r a n d
the l i t t l e u p h o l s t e r e r b r o u g h t h a c k
the two c hai r s
(iJarquand, 310).
So D r i v e r B i l l H e n d r i x t u rned their h a l f - t r a c k a r p u n d •..
(Pyle, 384).
It's a l l right, turn a r o u n d . f a c e front, h u t oh,
no, the y h a c k out all the
w a y to the d o o r
(Hew Yorker, XXIIl^ Sept.
1947, 23).

2. To cease a f o r w a r d m o v e m e n t in f o l l o w i n g on e ' s ambitions.
That s ummer of 1935 w a s one of the f e w times in his life that J e f f r e y
h ad felt free to r e l a x a n d t u r n around
O a r q u a n d , 212).
£ 2 tu r n a w a v .

To t u r n aside;

to m o v e away; to face a n o t h e r direction.

S h e t u r n e d a w a y q u i ckly, thrust her h a n d s into the dough...
(Cain, 82).
h o s t of them turned a w a y at the first n e a r h u r s t f r o m one of our guns
(Pyle, 382).
She turns a w a y swiftly...
(Yank, 189).
. . .as she turned a w a y f r o m h i m she c o u l d feel the w i n d in her h ai r
(Cain, 89).
W h e n he t u r n e d a w a y f r o m the telephone, I think he r e a lized for the first
time that I h a d h e a r d . . .
(Gardner, 6).

12. Ivxa
1. To face a d i r e c t i o n one h a d p r e v i o u s l y faced h u t is not facing.
He t.uppod h a c k to face the tv/o in the r o o m
(Gardner, 116).
...I d u c k e d a n d turned h a c k t o ward the s t r a w s t a c k . ..
(Yank, 239).
he was s m i l i n g w h e n J i m turn e d h a c k to h i m
(m.rquand, 62).
He b o w e d to Phyllis, then t u r n e d h a c k , and s t i f f e n e d in s u r p r i s e
(Gardner, 36).

-1 3 6 5 -

2.

To

go

rearward;

to go to the rear;

to return.

O n e s h i p d i d have £ 0 . turn hack:
(Yank, 117).
. ..afraid the ship might have to. t u r n h a c k
(Yank, 117).
.. . t h e n y o u hav e £ 2 . tur n h a c k
(Yank, 206).
A f o r c e o f BIAS soldiers turned them h a c k
(Yank, 219).
...it* 1 1 "be a whole lot h o tter to t u r n h a c k
(Cain, 163).
3.

To

return;

to give hack.

T h e o u t f i t turned h a c k a r ound a h u n d r e d r i fles a day...
(Pyle, 421).
. . . p a i n t it white like a n e l e phant and t u r n it h a c k to its rightful
owners
(Yank, 236).
4.

To

s t o p a n acti o n and to r e t u r n to a former condition, place.

h o w t h e r e was no t u r n i n g h a c k .
( P y l e , 12).
to t u r n
pas t •

the

clock h a c k .

We m o v e d o n into the e n v e l o p i n g night...

To r e t u r n to a p a s t time;

to go h a c k to the

. . . W a l d o w a s silent for a moment while they h o t h tried £ 2 . turn the clock
back
( A a r q u a n d , 34) •
In l e a v i n g the room he knew that he was trying' to leave h i m s e l f . . .but it
w a s n o t p o s s i b l e £ 2 . t u r n the c l o c k h a c k , or p o s s i b l e to be y o u n g e r
( t a r q u a n d , 138).
to t u r n

cold.

Then

t u r n e d cold

it

To become
(Pyle,

colder;

to get cold, as the weather.

371).

t u r n comes.
One's o p p o r t u n i t y , scheduled performance,
a r r i v e s , has its time.

comes,

• * .my f c n r « cane to go
(Pyle, 402) •
it w a s gl t h r i l l i n g t h i n g to see a n L 3 T pull anch o r w hen its turn c a m e ...
(.Pyle , 235^.
to t u r n
1.

To

a

corner.

m a k e a 90° turn u s u a l l y at a street

intersection.

T h e y d r o v e in silence for several blocks, then Drake turned a. c o r n e r . ..
( G a r d n e r , 17).
.. . w h e n h e turned a corner he ran., -into a J e r r y
(Yank, 124).
V e t u r n e d a c o r n e r . and met a troup o f B r i t i s h naval ensigns in from
sea. . .
( P y l e , 134).
. . . i t t u r n s a corner as its lip finishes a side cut
(Yank, 172).
to

t u r n the c o m e r .
To have a n improved condition,
u s e d b o mean financial improvement.)

situation. (Often

..•he n o w s a w d e f i n i t e s i g n s of impr o v e m e n t , and b e l i e v e d
ia. t u r n the c o r n e r p r e t t y so o n "
(Cain, 56).
To

to t u r n d o w n

refuse;

to reject;

"we're due

to decline.

Vi'e had to. ..t u r n d o w n a n o t h e r lan e a n d go forward f r o m there
(Pyle, 428^.
A n d y o u t u r n e d it d o w n ?
(Cain, 40).
ne h a d t u r n e d d o w n two c h a n c e s . . .
(Pyle, 338).
T h e y l o o k e d at a n o t h e r s l o p e
a n d t u r n e d itd o w n b e c a u s e w e ' d s e e n some
I t a l i a n c h i l d r e n r u n n i n g a c r o s s it a litt l e w h i l e ago
(Pyle, 188).
So he h a d b e e n r u n n i n g a r o u n d a l l o v e r A l g i e r s t e l l i n g p e o p l e what a
w o n d e r f u l p e r s o n I was b e c a u s e I t u r n e d d o w n $ 1 , 5 0 0 at hom e but did
one for n o t h i n g o v e r there
(Pyle, 94).
...but a g u y l i k e t hat i s n ' t
g o i n g ifi t u r n d o w n t w e n t y - f i v e bucks,
and
h e isn't g o i n g to t a k e a c h a n c e . . .
(G a r d n e r , 12).
Y o u t u r n e d me d o w n o n a l i t t l e j o b last ’-eek
(Yank, 90).
A n d do y o u know w h y h e t u r n e d t h e m d o w n ?
(Pyle, 411).
to be t u r n e d a r o u n d .

N o t to b e oriented;

not to k now d i rections,

north

etc.
e i ther we w e r e

turned around

tp. t u r n g r e e n .
f r i g h t .)
-erle's

face h a d

or P r a n c e is a fu n n y c o u n t r y

To l o s e color;

turned a pasty

to b e come v e r y pale.

rreen

(Gardner,

(Pyle, 425).

(Used to d e s c r i b e

201).

to t u r n i n .
1. To t u r n over, to d e l i v e r to, to r e p o r t to, to hand o v e r to, a h i g h e r
aut' o r i t y for a v i o l a t i o n of r u l e s , regulations.
A p p a r e n t l y the u e r m a n m e d i c a l o f f i c e r s d i d n ' t want tfi t u r n in the c a p t a i n
a nd the s e r g e a n t a s r e g u l a r p r i s o n e r s . . .
(Pyle, 153).
If a m a n ' s na m e w a s t u r n e d in t w i c e h e had to e x p l a i n . . •
(Pyle, 340).
T h e y t o o k his n a m e a n d t u r n e d it
ifi (Pyle, 340).
That e v e n i n g the m a y o r ' s d a u g h t e r t u r n e d in the n a m e of a local Pascist...
(Yank, 50/.
. . • s e v e n e n l i s t e d m e n . . .were t u r n e d in to their o r d e r l y r o o m after a raid.
(Yank, 231).

2. To

:o to bed;

to retire.

Then someone would yr wn deliberately and say he might as ell be turning
ifi if he had to be waked up at four...(harquand,
219^.
’■
'•’ell, n e s s I'll t u r n ifi
(Yank, 207).
tt.oyt of the o f f i c e r s . . .had t u r n e d i n . «•
(Yank, 207).
"I s u p p o s e we ouf^ht ifi t u r n i n . " said one
(Yank, 207).

3. To e x c h a n g e for cash, money.

They left the States with around $52,000, and. when they arrived in Eng­
land and turned ifi their money for foreign exchange, they had $15,000
more than they started with
(Pyle, 105).
One veteran told us he had tiypaH in his bond because it was getting
soiled and crinkly
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
...a large number of veterans who turned in their bonds...(New Yorker,
XXIII, Sept. le, 1947, 25).
4.

To enter by turning.

They were turning in the gate
(lviarquand, 184).
She turned ifi through the pillars..*
(Cain, 163).
5.

To use something as a part payment in place of cash.

about the same time she turned ifi the car, never quite recovered from the
battering it took in the storm.••
(Cain, 174).
6.

To deliver, hand over, to the proper person.

Before we sailed, all souvenir firearms were turned in and the ammunition
thrown overboard
(Pyle, 9).
a turning lathe.

A lathe.

Come out and see my new turning lathe. Jeff
a turning -point.
made.

(llarquand, 115).

The point, position, condition at which a change is

He wished he could get it out of his mind that the reading of his play was
dramatic in itself and represented a 11turning point” (liarquand, 495).
to turn into.

To transform into; to change into.

••.but the old house beside it had been turned into an antique shop with a
cradle...on its lawn
(Marquand, 112).
Having Veda turn into Irving Berlin...
(Cain, 139).
...I no sooner turn my back than you turn into some kind of yodler
(Cain,
231).
There were fleets of luxury liners turned into troop transports
(Pyle, 358).
...the other car turned into the detour too
(Cain, 172).
1SL fagfl 1 X L

toes.
To arrange one's feet so that the toe3 are closer
together than the heels; to be pineon toed.

She sat in the...chair...her toes absurdly turned in
to turn the knob.

To open a door.

She turned the knob and went in

(Cain, 252).

(Cain, 253).

to turn logit.
1. To shoot; to fire; to throw.
. . .Alden turned looae hie slingshot, and darned if he didn't hit the guy
right on the leg (Uardner, 56).
...a lone Zero
loomed away again as everything aboard
ashore turned
turned looae at him (Yank, 146).

2.

To relesise; to set free.

Then he turned another loos# into thin air

(Yank, 186).

to trim on the heat.
To cause another to carry out one's demands by
using one's influence unscrupulously.
1*11 find out who's responsible for this and start turning on the heat
(Gardner, 195).
ft turn of events.

An unexpected, unlooked for, development.

...this turn of events was badly interfering with it

(Cain, 165).

to turn o f f .
1.

To extinguish; to disconnect electrical appliances, lights.

Nobody ever turned a light on or off
(Pyle, 208).
The fliers on the ground began acting out comically exaggerated scenes of
h o w the ambulance drivers' faces would look as they's reach over in dis­
gust and turn off their switches (Pyle, 175).
But they were afraid to go back and turn the motor off... (Pyle, 405).
You could turn the speaker off the way you turned a water tap (Marquand,
138).
"Jljjft the damn thing off.w he shouted at Charley (Marquand, 532).
"Darling," Marianna said, "turn it off"
(Marquand, 490).
"The little bastard," Jeffrey said, and he turned off the radio (Marquand,
387).
If h e turned it off, he would not hear the news
(Marquand, 387).
As she turned off the light, from force of long habit she looked over to
the Gesslers'...
(Cain, 17).
2.

To leave; to go away from; to get off.

We tiirned off at a junction into a road (Yank, 106).
T h e n we turned off at an angle in the road (ryle, 4^7).
Although he had been in California often, he had never turned off the road
into any place like Bednow (Marquand, 481).
Now they had turned off the concrete of Koute 7, there were no more road­
side stands...
(Larquend, 111).

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3. To close a valve; to shut off; to stop*

.••begged Mildred to have the gas turned off (Cain, 182)•
When the whole place was damp and smelled like rain, he turn ad, off*
the water, pulled the hose through his hand to drain it...
(Cain, l).
He tnynad off* the gasoline...
(.Pyle, 220).
to turn on.
1. To connect electrical appliances to electricity.
T u r n i n g on the light he put four big cartons on their ends

(Yank, 34).
Turn on the light
(Marquand, 534).
"Jeff,” she said, "turn on the light
(Marquand, 534).
He turned on the light on the bedroom table, and there he was...
(Marquand, 534).
Whenever he was at home he always turned it
8*x o'clock (Marquand,
490).
"Every night," Serrano says, "we'd turn on the radio to listen to our
code signal"
(Yank, 26).
...if they weren't active in the party but Just paid their dues or turned
on the radio*.•
(Yank, 26).
Then she went to the bedroom and turned on the light
(Cain, 15)*
Around ten minutes to seven she put the coat away and turned on one
button of heat
(Cain, 26).
Then she pulled down the shades and turned on several lamps
(Cain, 26).
There was a thumping, grating sound in the corner of the room where Fred
had turned on the radio
(Marquand, 137).
...she turned on the light and sat down at the desk (Cain, 76)*
It was one of those radios that could pick up Japan.•.and he finally
saw where £& turn it && (Marquand, 386)*
The lights of Higgins Farm had been turned on and shafts of light.. •
(Marquand, 122).
...the curtains should have been drawn and the lights turnip on in order
to conceal a day that was dying (Marquand, 385).
2. To show; to present.
Turn on the big smile* kid (Marquand, 486).
...the wan, stagy look that Veda turned on the audience. ••
3. To open a valve;

(Cain,

241).

to allow to flow in a pipe by opening a valve,

or the like.
He turned off the gasoline, let the fire in the tin-bellied stove die
out and cool, then turned on the gas again (Pyle, 220)•
...stepped naked into the bathroom, where he turned on water for a bath
(Cain, 2).
4.

To speak to one harshly, roughly; to reprimand; to reprove.

Mildred turned on Wally

(Cain, 201).

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to turn out.
1. To prove; to be In reality.
• ••he turned out to he Just eighteen (Pyle* 189)*
His pillow had turned out to be a pile of horse manure (Pyle* 371).
• ••it turned out to be straight* and 19 of us got gigged for ignoring it
(Yank* 181).
The bottle turned out to be Scotch* •• (Cain, 223)•
When I asked him* it turned out he came from New Jersey (Pyle, 50)*
It turned out that Correspondents were not the humdrum lads whom we used
to know (Marquand, 27).
••.and he quickly went to Bloomingdale, which turned ££& to be another
heavy plunger in cardboard dummies*. • (New Yorker, X X H I , Sept. 6,
1947, 21).
We suggested respectfully that Barney's was an odd place to have visions
and dream dreams, and it turned out that hr. Carroll does neither
(New Yorker, X^II, Feb 15, 1947 , 23).
When he arrived, he turned out to be a sailor (Pyle, 95).
When I went to write down his name it turned out he was a lieutenant
(Pyle. 130).
He looked sort of ferocious but turned out to be pleasant and friendly
(Pyle, 148).
It will turn out that they lived in a town I never heard of
(Pyle, 344).
It tnrpfifl out that his father., .was for many years on the stage...
(Pyle, 1787.
...it turned out that four B-29‘s had been lost...
(Yank, 119).
It turned out his box contained seven pairs of heavy wool socks...
(Pyle, 265).
If it should turn out that witnesses are mistaken in their time, then you
are mistaken in your time (Gardner, 132).
...it turned out that both mother and sister were away...
(Cain, 130).
Having her leg felt, it turned out, was practically a daily hazard, and
this she found best not to notice
(Cain, 63).
...we turned out to be a bunch of service-club commandos
(Yank, 217).
"The loud, tough guys in the States turn out to be the weak sisters
over here," one said (Yank, 148).
Special dishes, it turned out. were needed desperately..
(Cain, 182).
It turned out that what Miss Castle had actually said was...
(Yank, 228).
It turned out to be dust what PalllBter needed (New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
2

.To

become eventually, finally, to happen.

If he did it probably turned out to be his brother or something (ify-le, 318)
He turned out to be a second lieutenant•..
(Pyle, 452).
They said it would have to turn out to be the quietest night they ever
had
(Pyle, 388).
What a nice little pal you turned out to be. • • (Cain, 168).
...Mr. Simons turned out to be a friendly little man..•
(Cain, 203).
He had turned out to be one of the best (Pyle, 345).

He thought he saw trees and camels, but It turned out to be the old
story book; mirage
(Pyle. 217)•
kiss Turner. ♦. turned out to be a trim little person not much older than
Mildred, and a little on the hardboiled side
(Cain. 36).
• •■a house.. .turned out to be one gigantic studio*..
(Cain, 134).
...the fuel mixture's too rich... that1s what it turned out to be...
(Yank, 117).
When we drew closer, the icing turned out to be decks crammed solid with
Army vehicles and khakiclad men
(^rle, 35).
As it turned o u t , the Germans didn't use their planes...
(Pyle. 383).
His experience was a gruesome one. although it turned out fine
(Pyle, 215).
...he was glad it had turned out this way (Cain. 139).
• . .several sailors dyed their hats blue.
It was a fine idea except that
they turned out a sort of sickly purple
(Pyle, 13).
Jeffrey was old enough to know that nothing ever turned out -juite the
way one hoped...
(karquand, 542).
. ..beautifully built guys who in some cases treat their hair so that
it turns out like a sienna nightmare
(Yank, 76).
Her place of residence, it turned out, was Beverly...
(Cain, 191).
As it turned put it didn't make any difference whether this Jap threw
overhanded or not
(Yank, 185).
But it t u r n e d out he wasn't interested in love
(Cain, 233).
3* To extinguish as an electric light; to turn off.
Let's turn out the light and go to sleep (karquand, 540).
When the last one went to bed he turned out tne light...
I'm not certain but that some of them weren't just turned out and left
off for good
(Pyle, 22).
...when the air raiders came over, they turned out their fires...
(Pyle, 245).
Quickly she turned out the lights, went to the bedroom, and waited
(Cain, 60).
And as though to prove his contenqpt for all cheap tricks, he reached
over and turned out the light
(Cain, 29).
When sne came in with the coffee, she found he had turned out the
lights...
(Cain, 28).
She put on her pajamas, turned out the light, but kept walking around
the room, in the dark
(Cain, 75).
Then she ran humming into the house, turned out the light, and undressed,
in the dark
(Cain, 62).
4. To produce; to manufacture; to make.
He had lived in the field for nearly two years, cooking in a track...
turning out excellent meals...
(Pyle, 259).
.. .our beachhead had a big modern bakery, which had boen working under
fire for weeks, turning out luscious crisp loaves...
(Pyle, 245).
The laundry could turn out three thousand i ieces ir. ten hours w k
(Pyle, 283).

He turned, out about seventy-five head of beef cattle a year...
(Pyle, 221).
•..a lumber camp that turns out more than seven miles of board a day
(Yank, 231).
...soi ice— crean. plant that turns out 200 quarts a day...
(Yank, 232).
5. To go outside;

to assemble out of doors; to assemble.

Everybody turned out Including all the big shots from the Embassy and
the Army
(Yank, 185).
All the men turned out to watch them take off
(Yank, 202).
Every time a ship arrived, all the men turned out. .. (Yank, 202).
6. To print; to publish.
One of the Psychological Warfare Branch's major functions is publishing...
weekly pint sized sheets ttirned out in German, French, Dutch and
Flemish*. . . (Yank, 129) .
He runs a mimeograph machine, turns out a daily sheet about the post
chapels... (Yank, 166).
It can turn out only one page a day, and by now the letters are so worn
that...
(Yank, SS).
Despite this, the staff manages to print other pamphlets when necessary,
turn out a mimeographed news bulletin..•
(Yank, 68).
to turn over *
1. To transfer; to give over; to hand over.
The rest of our stuff would be turned over to the Army (Pyle , 352).
The idea was turned over to other ordnancy companies
(Pyle, 422).
...he was waiting for his tip, which he would necessarily have tp. turn
over to his sergeant, who watched him sharply from a distance
(I*arquand, 228 ).
We watched Frank Hague turn over the mayoralty of Jersey City...
(New
Yorker, June 28, 1947, 20).
2. To lose balance and to fall, perhaps on the side, perhaps completely.
On one move cur gun turned over twice in a single night, when it skidded
off the road
(l^rle, 113).
When the battle ship was launched in Yokahama... it was top-heavy and
turned ri^it over
(karquand, 510).
3. To change; to have members, parts, leave and new members come*
The personnel of his platoon had turned over many times...

(Pyle, 196).

4. To reverse the position so that what was top becomes the bottom and
what was the bottom becomes the top.
When he came to the F . ..he raised his hand, and turned it over. palm
outward
(Cain, 234^•

to turn over in —
grave.
To be of a nature, kind., to cause anguish
to a person who is dead if he were alive*
Such nautical sabotage as that would turn Admiral Dewey over jn his grave
(Pyle, 278).
to turn over i n
mind.
cogitate on something.

To think about something carefully; to

• ••I’ve been working on a play myself —
over in my mind
(Marquand, 462).
to turn red.

not physically, just turning it

To blush.

•••and when everyone began to laugh, he turned beet— rod
to turn a somersault.

(Marquand, 17).

To go head over heels; to go end over end.

The driverless dozer continued to run and drove itself over a fifty-foot
cliff, turning & somersault as it fell
(Pyle, 65).
to turn thumbs down.

To Indicate displeasure, disapproval.

...the corporal and sergeant both turned thumbs down

(Yank, 29^.

to turn t o .
1. To turn and to face toward.
Before sitting down, Mr. Levinson turned to Mr. Hobey
(Cain, 237).
He...turned to her...
(Cain, 146).
He...turned to Veda
(Cain, 135).
...she hung up, turned to Mildred with a malicious smile
(Cain, 207).
He turned now JJq . Mildred
(Cain, 137).
2. To go to work vigorously; to begin working hard.
When they arrived at a new position the whole crew turned to with shovels,
dug a pit for the gun and brought up logs to keep the gun from kicking
itself out of position
(Pyle, 113).
Everybody turned to with such a mighty effort that they had everyone dry
and under cover again
(Pyle, 350)•
to turn to go.

To start toward the door, exit; to leave.

...1 turned to go

(Yank, 249).

to

turn

u p

.

1. To discover by chance; to find accidentally.

"I didn't g e t as many scorpions as I'd hoped," he said* with understand­
able bitterness, "but everything else turned up in splendid quantity"
(New Y o r k e r , X*III, Sept. 13, 1947, 26).
But my r e g i m e n t had gone sniffing into cellars in a depopulated town and
turned u p w i t h all kinds of exotic liquors...
(Fyle, 183).
Set your m e n working, Paul, and let's see what they can turn u p
(Ga rdner, 4 7 ) •
i>ason said, "Let me know if anything new turns up " (Qerdner, 50).
Why not stall along until I can turn up. something on this Colton woman?
(Gardner , 1 2 8 )•
...acquaintances managed £&. turn up in the crowd
(Yank, 236).
2. To be discovered; to be found.
They turned, u p in the Giants' dugout, from which the youngsters in the
party e m e r g e d wearing baseball caps (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947,
19).
Pullman care and theaters, and faces often turned up against the wrong
background
(karquand, 561J.
They subsequently turned up safe (Pyle, 364).
3. To b r i n g the bottom upward; to unfold upward; to raise upward.
tie remembered the faces turned up toward him ae he got off the train
(Warquaud, 526 )•
Alf still l o o k e d at Jeffrey and the corners of his lips turned up again
and relaxed again, and his eyes narrowed..• (karquand, 487).
The corporal turned u p the collar of his Jacket (Yank, 225).
4. To go into; to turn into.
We turned

up

a gravel lane...

(Pyle, 427).

5. To increase in volume, intensity.
...the radio they used £& turn
(Yank, 220).

up

loud so the screams wouldn't disturb.. .

6. To h a p p e n to be; to chance to be.
He had never

thought of Walter Newcombe's turning

to turn u p s i d e down.
what it h a d been.

up

...it had

(harquand, 429).

To become opposite, diametrically opposed, to

The Prince w a s a soldier who had seen a world turn
Ivdnot said, knew how to...
(idarquand, 372).
tfl. turn w a r m .

there

ups Ida

down and, as

To become warmer as the weather; to get warm.
warn; for a change...

(Pyle, 387).

J

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to turn white.

To lose the color In one's face; to turn pale.

iloni turned white. and sat bolt upright...
the Twenties.

(Cain, 98).

The period of time from 1920 through 1929.

He thought of that song in The Twenties about the professional Jazzer who
played at the Plaza
(fciarquand. 240)•
twenty-four hours & day.

All day long; around* round the clock.

. • -his knack for fixing things had given him a sort of haloed status that
kept him working like a dog twenty-four hours & Hay. -- (Pyle* 410).
They waited table in the officers' mess and ran the wardroom pantry where
hot coffee was on tap twenty four hours a day (Pyle* 40).
twin beds.

Two single beds of the same design.

The only new things in it* Heckle always said*were the box spring
mattresse
on the twin bed8 (Kiarquand, 123^.
There were wicker chairs* and you could cover up the twin beds in the
daytime and use them for couches...
(Marquand, 45771
Even with the twin beds and the new green carpetand the chair
and the
still life...
(idarquand. 307).
fL twisted grin.
A grin, smile* with the lips turned down, which
indicates that a person is not wholly enjoying himself.
■ ..taking in the conviviality with a twisted grin that seemed strange
and pathetic or her extremely plain face
(Cain, 127).
a twist of the lips.
without smiling.

A quick pulling of the lips sidewards or down

Phyllis Leeds* seated within the bar, looking ill at ease, returned
ivason's reassuring Bmile with a nervous twist of the lip a (Gardner, 25).
to twist u p .

To wad up; to get out of shape.

You always leave it all twlsted-un
two bit(s).

(ivlarquand, 4).

Twenty-five cent(s).

Drake said, "Well, a two-bit cigar would have been equally acceptable"
(Gardner, 158).
A two-bit limit
(Gardner, 22).
& two car garage.

A garage capable of housing two cars side by side.

...its neat little two-car garage...

(Cain, 207^.

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two cars In every garage.
A political promise* slogan* of economic
prosperity*
(On Oct* 20* 1928* the Republican National Committee
asserted Republican prosperity had made possible "a chicken in every pot
and a car in every garage11.)
...dayB of 1929 when Washington statesmen were speaking of two cars Ifi.
every garage and two chickens in every pot
(Marquand, 397).
chickens ia. every pfijl*
. • .days
every

See:

SS£& ifi. fiZery. ggyagft.

of 1929 when Washington statesmen were speaking of two cars in
garage and two chickens in every not
(iuarquand, 397).

to be two different things.
unlike.
...are two different things
two fisted*

To be entirely different; to be absolutely
(Cain, 131).

Virle; manly and vigorous.

You're a free-lance* happy-go-lucky, carefree, two-fisted f i l t e r
(Gardner, 70).
two iB company and three is a. crowd.
(This means that a young man and
a young woman wish to be together with no one else*)
.. .and Louella said but now it was company —
made & crowd. . . (Adarqu&nd, 205).

two made company and three

a two
navy.
A navy capable of fighting in both the Pacific
and the Atlantic at the same time*
We were building a two-o^ean navy
two other fellows.

(Marquand, 490).

Someone else.

...they were thinking of two other fellows
to be two sides to the question.
relating to something.

(Pyle, 344).

To be two or more possible opinions

...seriously discussed the question of bombing Home and the Uontecassino
Abbey as if there were two sides to the question (Yank, 7l).
two star general.
A ma^or general.
(The fourth from the highest
general in rank: brigadier general, ola^or general, lieutenant general,
general, and general of the army.)
...there was so much brass we just bumped into two-star generals...
(Pyle, 380).
t.n type out.

To write on a typewriter, to type.

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.*.while the girl is typing out the address for you* ■ •
to type u p *

(Cain. 204)*

To prepare by typing, on a typewriter*

Let's have these scor e s typed up and posted*•.

(Yank, 224)*

4

• x j ( n—

ali h u h *
Yes.
l e d g e m e n t .)

(This is a sound or sounds i n d i c a t i n g a. :rco:..ent, a c k now-

"Seen the p a p e r s ab o u t Leeds, P e r r y ? "
"U& h u h "
(Gardner, 184) .
U h bnh
(Gardner, 149).
"Anyone w i t h her?"
"Uh h u h "
(Gardner, 184).
U h hnh
(Gardner, 58).
TTh hull, there
was * c o u p l e of h e a v y r u b b e r b a n d s
holdingthe curtains
t oge t h e r in
the b a t h r o o m (Gardner, 56).
B a r k l e r said,
MU h h u h ." a n d w a l k e d a c r o s s to the e x i t d o o r
(Gardner, 59).
" You k n e w C o n w a y ' s b u s i n e s s ? " K e t t e r i n g asked.
"U h h u h "
(Gardner, 145).
U h huh- - a n d h e r room r e n t ' s p a i d up u n t i l the first, a n d tod a y ' s p a y d a y
(Gardner, 95).
"Uh b u h . " B a r k l e r a g r e e d
(Gardner, 55).
the npb^jl ifinl c o r d .
T h e cord a t t a c h e d to the n a v e l of an u n b o r n b a b y
w h i c h connects the fetus, the baby, to the p l a c e n t a , the s t r u c t u r e inside
the w o m b w h i c h e n c l o s e s t h e child.
The cord c o n t a i n s two a r t e r i e s a nd two
veins.
Uhat it cost her to s w a l l o w b a c k her s o b s . . . d r a w a knife across an u m b i l i c a l
c o r d . God a l o n e k n o w s
(Cain, 260).
an u m b r e l l a t r e e .

The A m e r i c a n magn o l i a .

(M a g n o l i a t r r n e t a l a .)

...a w a r m g o l d e n light w h i c h fell on lawns a n d silver bet dies,
u m b r e l l a trees a n d w e e p i n g b ire lies
(karquand, 260).
u n c a l led f o r .
to a remark,

Unnecess: ry;
s t atement.)

not needed,

or d e s ired.

Jeffrey thought her rem rk completely uncalled for
xhis is u n c a l l e d for

(Gardner,

and on

(Often u s e d to refer

Guir.grand.,

2-5).

154).

u n d o r o.-.:e.
not b e i n g as old as required.
age, ■'until one is 21.)

(Legally one is a minor,

under

...you were discharged because you were -under a :e.- . (Yank, 172).
1 e n l i s t e d in the A r m y m ile I was u n d e r a g e . ..
(Yank, 172).

not u n d e r a n y circun.stc.nces.

Absolutely not.

...what was past was part, not to be brought up
(Gain,

(This is an intensive.)

gain under any circumst:.nces

52).

r.nd don't, under any sir cures t;;.nc e s , mention the name of kill cant
79).
under --- a r m .

between one's arm and one's body.

Another d i s c o n n e c t e d
:j o o ).

(Gardner,

the field t e l e p h o n e and carried it u n d e r his a rm

(Pyle,

-1 3 7 9 -

under

‘bel.
t.

A c -cm.plished;

done;

f*±r.ished.

He hfu1 'ore missions irncer his “belt than, ca^v other crew member
236).
Hr ip. den. L a Verne 6. Saunders, win.- c o n i r n n d e r of the XX, who has a lot
of Sov.th Pacif i c E-17 oorr.hat f l p i n y t i n e u n d e r his p e l t , wa.s -oir. - to Ylj
this mission...
(Yanh, 117).
under c a r e .

Hein

sub/ected

to c a r e

run/d p r o p e r attention.

He should he p la c e d 'under p r o p e r c a r e a m
o'oservat ion
(Ar.lr.er, 30).
-he man is in the custody of lovin - rel.u u r.T^ s , un d e r re ;.icol c re n.ich is
an urrent n e c e s s i t y
(uardner, 27).
...I or. no- under the care of m l u r c h rl' p i l l rollers. •.
(Yuri:, 161) .
nnuer tne c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
rel- tin • conditions.

In the

situation,

condition;

in v i e w of the

-.ever once did he let - i l d r e d . . .do a n y o f t h e tr.incs tr.at in her sche.- .e of
life a woman v-as erpoctrd to do u n d e r ~the circumstonces
(Cair., 112).
It was the hoot I could do for her under* -bine circunstances
(uardner, 1-2).
"I don't suppose," ...nson said, "that u n d e r * t n e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . you'd c;mre to
•70 on the witness stand £ nd toll y o u r s t o r y "
(i.r u.er, 1S3) •
urn- er c o m p u l s i o n .

-oinu compelled;

c o i n p forced.

...still -under some faced com.oulr icn to

do

npder c o n s t r u c t i o n .

t he

3 e i n c* built;

in

so: otr in,;. ..
process

w

i. , 162).

of construction.

It has seen y n l e r c o r . s t m c t i o n seven y e - c r s n o w rrY it is ,'uct .-.tout half
finished
(..er lorrer, XXIII, Sent. L I ,
1 . ‘47, 27).
under c o n t r o l .

Tell in h-r.d; c o n t r o l l e d .

.. •she had herself -under whr t she t h o u p h t
-vorvtr.in-' s un d e r control
(Cair., 1 4 0 ) under c o v e r .

H i v ’en;

vms

•-.erf ect control

(Gain,

212).

out of si *ht.

fust before d-.rh the colonel assec b l e d -Crue "battalion,heopin - them under
cover
(Yard', 30).
...a sergeant be:, in i a
c.:ine u n told, m e to ' o p well
under cover "or *et
your *od'1arn he- f blown off"
(Yr-nh, 1 0 7 ) •
Then trey -ot him. -under cover paich, th: -fc si.ors they hnow wh-1 the:/1re up
m ir.st
(G-.1:., 202).
or. -ot out, heep under c o v e r . : r 1 r r i t e m e
-f :.yof-'ice where you ' re mvd
-a t .m e y- u're us in * ( /mrir.cr , 1 1 X ) .

mu. e r

er of.

in

: or

mf ;

. t

..t..e ./ut e.ut --sivo re d-builuir. _ rc
X. vc t.mc'-le : un-cr c*r.:tw.t
.ur mu

vc

mu sum. ecte.; to.

t.*cu t ' f e -.o. ..r-.y
iuuv-rs
or.omy • "* c’c •,lan'.:, I'm ;•

A

— J.J'OV—

under the direct ion of .

directed by.

I n or _oT*t's direction, z <yr set u.v trusses r.our the v.-ir.dov, r-n'u: e; the
cue ret, ;n»i s;e, _.e > 1; ck to _.er;..it tne wests to ye o s by
CJ:i' , ICY) •
...a local ^ erforu.nce cf ur aviate., iver. •.t t..e rr.il:;.' r:.or.ic under tne
direction of ~.r. n ’cviso
;da ju , .114) .
y.p/i or zl Ise color 3 .

)is..one >tly; hishonarably•

...I enlisted under id-Ise colors
•jLi~.der x'ire.

(Yen':, 1 1 ) .

_ein ~ shot ext.

VI.on you 're order fire. you've ot to t: ink...
(Yan>, 149).
lie first :sictr he recruits i a':e nrler fire. . . (Yarf:, V4o).
. .. co:. ir. - ir. ~u . d e r t .oir fire u icl. so- .oti «;•c
sr.11 l foot ..nd : hr. I f over
our Leal s ...
(Yor.L, 125) •
. ..retriever come, r.ies rent ~,r. to null out cri led turds under fire
(x-yle,
V! 0) f'i ■* our. hr 1 hr or. under fire . . . (Yan't, 12;.
. or r.v':j le the r- st of the cr c~~ 1.:..; lr.r.ded ~r.1o r ..e: vy er.cuy fire .. . (Yard,
32) .
fhey v.-ere y-retty v oterrxn If/ then, .-.r.d h'-d. he -:. under fire r lot
(xyle, 2:1£) .
He's br .vo under fire
(Yard:, YG) .
— at at a x rio they hr V been under fm e ever s ir.ee tne be.o.ckhea.;.. wa.s es tr-.t1 ished
(ay le , . du ) .
re hos...a. f err il. Kuese ir.vnsion coins he <iched un lurir. .; some bO days
uvier fire or. .-'aaialc- rrl
(Yard, 21') .
...end rvt • da: es -r.-.cy ofoa-;.estov.-n, uieul-r of thesee r cull
;ht outfit, tune
teen under fire in . orth -.Vrica (i'ar.':, 2 1 ) •
thow i..e z\ .v.an -no say s :.eisn't sc. .red when h e 's -under fire. a nc I'll show
you a 1 i;.r (Yard:, H ) •
...car le chheud i.^u a liy ...o..err. bi ...ery v ’s . ..u. loon uorhir under fire
for weeds...
(H, he, 145).
vv.r pilots said tne iritis}.' were cooler under five tear. ’~e vcre
(.-yle, 1 02 )•
-hey si ey<t on tie — o-.md, worded .;hast ly ..ou.~s, .nd were so:..et i;:.ec under fire.
and handled
flow of wcundeJ tn.: would sicder and dishearten a. person
less iir.L.une to it
(ryle, 57).
"no. t rides" :..eant brin. in-• in troops under fire(Yanl:,
115).
unuer

:luss.

V/ithin

a

lass cover.

on the a.antel was rr: arran. e ent of wax flowers ’under wlasd (..sxyul, llo) •
On the mantel is a waned floT~~er piece, nnner lass
(laiv.v-i.a, 4 uu; .
to under wo a chare- e .
or

ner finure

’irder

hat*

-c be cn.ur. e:l; tc be altered.

had .. .undergone some elusive eram~.e.. »(dam, 130).
secret; confidential.

A

...and v 0u can roct assured that I'll keep nil of this? under run- hr t
ner, 172).
under an illusion.

Yelievin *: falsely, foolishly.

. obody "'as under any illusior. th; t tho b n t t k of 2 icily vac over
under instruction.

(Pyle, 52).

.according to the terms of too instructions, orders.

You're act in.* under my ir.st ructions
under a lease.

(Card—

(G-urdner, 69).

Acconlin.'; to the terr s of the lease.

...the other tiire :• places rouldn 11. yield enou h to pay rent under the lease...
(Cain, 24-4).
under the name o f .
us in.* as a name.

d ec : to. ^ un ler the name of.) Us in.- the name of;
(a is implies nor;, de oluc:e. pseudonym.)

’.Ve used to write for the :..a -uzine story under tne n; ate Jean ■•ample
(Pyle,
58).
Under what name did you '.mow him?
(Gardner, 152).
Under the name of John i.-ilicc n t , a ‘brother of n. i?.y i..ilicant (Gardner, 153).
Under what name? (uardner, 155).
"Under wh: t name did your uncle address him?" Hettoriny ; shod triumph.:ntly
(Gardner, 133).
...under the name of Pill hogarty, tint it was under this name. he met and
2Drospected with Leeds in the Yukon...
(Gardner, 188).
mason said, "I received a letter from her, st;tiny th. t she wasremistered
there under that raune and. would stay..."
(Gwjrdner, 174).
"You called on him where he'd had •n apartment under the name of L.C. Conway. ■'
—ason said
(Gardner, 107).
he married her under t no mane of iiowarty ( -• rdner, ? 63) •
He married the irl unuer the riane of Ho *rr ty (Gardner, 213).
o he 's living under the name of Helen Reed • t the "ST lery Arms A y r t - o n t
(Gardner, 175).
In the we; nt ine, tho implacable Ho.w rty, under the nrne of Convray, had "built
up a lottery business which he had sold to Cerle
(Gardner, 214).
I was traveling hard and fast, and I went under the name of Bill foyarty
(Giudner, 114).
...she could no Ionyer do business under her own name
(Cain, 256).
under the nose of .

Very close, near to; within easy sight of.

Under the very nose of the Japs...the advance party sought out the safest
beachhead
(Yank, 191).
.•.a fereat many tables on wheels so that salads and crepes Suzettes could
be prepared right under the noses of you and .your companion
(karquand,
318) .
...publishers, you know, never do know a *ood thin;, even when it is right
under their noses. . . (ilarquand, 27).

-1382-

under oath.

Bound to speak the truth after hovin : sworn to do so.

In the first place, she wasn't under oath
(Gardner, 206).
Unfortunately, he was testifying; under oath in a murder trial
(Gardner, 163)
You're aware that ' ou're under oath, and that this is a murder trial?
(u-ardner, 136)■
u n d e r ----own power.

“‘lone; ’"ith no

help, assistance; "by oneself.

Others ot down under their own uower. .onir.in ;ly (Pyle, 149).
i inally siclmess and euLaustion overtook: many
of those who wore loft, so
they were sent lack down the ...ountnir an le r their own uower
(Pyle, 144).
nn-.ler a -pretense.

Pro ter..',in.-;; fei ;niry.

... she... slept with l.ir. under td o pretense th* t she anew nothing whatever
(6 ; in,
not to nnderstand a word.

tot to understand , comprehend.

. .."-kilo the dau liter told the story, sailir ■ *■nd no-1, ir ; ca d not iinderst andinw a word
(Yank, 49).
under

s ta re.

doin': stared

at by one.

t ndor his stare she "becr-i .e h-'uyht il* • indifferent, crossir. * one bored ley
over the other...
(Cain, 112).
under the sun.

(An intensive.)

• •.tea, c he, fruit drinks— r nd •t some wit cos the worst c o ”dee und er the
sun (Yard:, 7k).
under
supervision.
he in * supervised; doin •• sc .otain - while "briny
criticized and watched "by arc thcr who is in char ye.
...i.ildred stole Archie ...•*. nd under his dour svncrvision installed the...
charcoal broiler
(Cain, 1 .’8 ).
••. the al ter.*11ions, which were under the supervision of i.onty..• (Cain, 227)
under surveillance.

Under observation; surreptitiously.

.jrake'a Goattle corresoon lent is keeping him under survcill nee
(urdr.er,
104).
rrivate detectives were keep in.,- the place under sur v e il lance. ('Gardner, 108).
under
r.reoTor.

2a).

thumb.

In one's control; doin: as one wishes.

''eers }iin under his thumb)» end -on't let -i:i have a c.- r...

^

(^ardner,

~

. ..I'll "bet one of those oontrern "bell.es has
i -n)

-ot rou rnde-.r ner thumo

(Yank,

-1383-

under way.

kevina;

"oin:;.

Yhe ruoi-.ent tho shoo tin * bo t o : re -ot ,.uic!:ly
wa;v..- (Prole, :js ) •
Cnee und er way .. «there didn't seer, to be tho slightest tenseness or worry
(Prole, *11).
It c^uld pock up 'nd he under woy in orobrbly less thr.n ~n hour (Fylo, 430) •
It is always dull house r..t Spiedel 13 ’.ten a r- .id is unier way (Yo.nk, 41).
ur.fanili r to.

Uni nor/n to, by.

‘he r.rucic was ur.faaili _r to her .. . (Orin,

21.7).

unheard o f .
1.

fabulous;

re: t; ii.:: ense.

.uch o!‘ the out ter... vent to
41b).
b.

•r is

i'ovr ••sale

-•t unhc. .rd-of oricec

(Pyle,

Unkrov/n.

Uharley hod one to
a pro restive school,so.v.ot in
outh
(bnryunnd, hid).
Union Un.ck.

•unheard—ofin J e f f r e y 's

fhe uwitish flay.

he doesn't dash to the top of the riseti..on,:the bullets
Jack in .Terry's face
(Yard, US).
until after.

so w-vo a Union

Until.

ct _;or...issi.on to postpone the bowew rd. trip nr t il : ft. r wo had . rue the
inva s ion
(pyIe, U7).
('dpJ .til
1rnovs when.
how lor;'.
. .. he

Ini efinitely; for a lor. • tire; for no "body knows

had a furlou ;h Labor Day
(Y; rf , 1 lb) .

until

a nd

would r.ot

i_§_ (blue. red) in the face.

-ot another until '.Tod 'moral when

(-e-n intensive.)

You could ask that ran until you were blue inthe face. and still hewould
never close the pantry door...
(.uir yuand, C-7) •
.'O’Urpv ;..i"ht have talked until he was blue in the face without ever cor,vir.cin ■; ;T,yone li‘-e hinot th- t trie work was
h rd
(i-r.r.jrum,bud) •
I looked at thousands of oicturns of vivos .
•.
■•.1
tb^eo-r-o nth-old babies, ..nd
said "Fsj.J " ;r.l "All, be. ..utiful!" and .. .until I vas red in the face
Ci'de,
1 .0).

-138U-

until the last nionent (minute) •
i’o the last possible moment; to tho
eleventh hour; for the Ion;ost ’.ossible time.
in h’nshin'tor , hu-e staffs worked on it unt il the la st ...ir.uto t then moved
V. ; m d oa.f -ape o v r to Africa
(.-ylo, 16).
she hud put off burin'* it until the last moment. .. (Juii , 155).
to bo untrue to.
not to be faithful to one's m o u s e or fiance; to have
sexual relations with one other than one's spouse.
...it vfiir.'t at i.on tv that she leaped. .. the mar. who had been unt rue to •■or
(Jair , la4)
an unwritten :m l e .
-ricy were obe; .'in
(Yam:, 39 ) •
up

nbove.

.r^:ition.
the unwritten Arr/.y rule.* not dowry ir. rrp manual. ..

.-it a ylace hi -her than one is.

It wasn't the heavy flah uj^ above or tho ..eh iur. 'I.-': or the \ny down. the t
(Pyle, 16a) .
worried the pilots so much...
lock
a the wounded P m r i c k are
ivia • out ;..or hire
(Yank, 47) •
b*s above
jm
us a m i m 4y-

Ibxt tc arf in contact aith.

fhen she witched two napkins u~; a v.inst the water
dkey'rc all u^ a a i.st the v-r.ll
rquan' , i-kl) .

Iresos

(jrnlticr, 43).

tc be u~r a :ai:,st.
ho be in op -oeition to, forced to 'leal with, a very
aif "icult ’
.kt'anti'- , con* iti^n.
Yo's. '-r.ov: vv t -or. were ui’ a -*-in 1 ,m l + •.e ’mo?-] <-*•-! e’i'n't help to steak
you
( -rar. ne r , 17 6 ).
Co: v o any be "an to ■ ove, not ret n'-e.re of what it
s un a: minot
(Yarf-., 3).
.tin-’ v:h.iit they 1re up. a -ojast is touuh
(Gain, wOk).
...that snov.u they 'tier vrrt the*’-'re up. a ,r.ir.st (Gain, 50k).
Yon see, by re's vhut w e 're iu a wins t (Coin, 101).
a v 4 another thin;*, this way is nric-:', a m
the Inst I hoard of you, you
wore u^. a y.irst it, and couldn't
afford to waste much time
(hair., Ja).
u . hioad .

Ahead; to the front*

...there vas <Tas ;.osv / machine-; nn fire up aiie■r (Yank., 251) .
...the brov of a hill us ai.Q; d.• . (Yank, 24k).
->i crawled *1,1. ahoad . "consistently expos-;-.' hi ...elf to murderous enemy.
iire"
(funs, .44 / .
.fey could hoax the unfire us he ad, but that m s not tr.eir pro olem
(.xxpuand , 21 3 ).
Ho saw the first salvo leave trie flayship up aney 1 (Yank, 4o) ■
there — -s a terrific explosion up ahead
(Yank, 44) .

•.

"It's ujti ahead r.oout fifty feet," one soldier said
to be uo and at it.
like.

To

(Pyle, 200)

*et up from rest an.’ be.-pin vork, attack, or the

f hoy ,"Oo.l:l o for fays.. .sratchin • a few hour s? o'’ v.-eary sleep ; t ni- ft,
and bein', up an -1 at it a :;dn hour'.; before diiy.li ft...
(Pyle, 328).
up

and bach,.

forwarH and return.

They made the trip up. and bach with the vessel...
They could be up. TLfA bo.ch in less then three hours

(Pyle, 279).
(Pyle, 143).

n o an 1 JLqvn.
1.

Alternately upward and then ’OTmrarl.

(Also attributive.)

Arno flailed
and down by the thousand's (Pyle, 298).
yvltnou ’h he was a
oo■i. soldier, doisie vent up. and lovrn ir ran': si:: or
ei-yht tiroes before joinin ' Stars m l
s tripes.. . (Pyle, 127).
...he lushed iip. and d o wn
(Yan!:, 6 ).
-die performin'- laryn:: roved beautifully ujo and l.o'.vn (Yank,2 9 ).
The chines male him lorn ot the catr.ed.ral m l the ' eo -Ip r.ovir
; u^o. "!ni /own
si .o stops
(l.arquand , h93 ) •
They ran all over,
with arms an” heads -oiny uo a n . o™n. .. (Pyle, 405)•
The barrel vert s£o
and down. . . (Pyle, 291).
They came lyin;-; belly-down across tho- vooden packsaddles. . .bobbiny u^. and
down as the mules walked
(Pyle, 124).
he heut bouncing t£_ snd down on the spongy tun’ra
(Yen':, 226).
...the ’-’oiner. v/ith their t i h t l y 'trotted hair and tne men v/ith their bristly
heads, walking conscientiously jjjo and down the stops ready. ..
(;a r q u a n d , 226).
. .. the men climbed uj: an
ov.tr a roue net fron one feet to another
(Yanh, 20b).
This u p —and—down business *~ent till the r- core' yl;*yed four times
(Pjrle, 241).
2.

Prom one end of somethin/: to the other.

-.e too':: little trips up. and down the co' st
(Pyle, 33).
The'' lai-i -’ovr. hundreds of ” evrds of burlapanri place 1 cv.icken’.virc or
top
of it, n.ahiny a firm roadbed up. and down the beach
(Pyle, 28).
Small herds of -ray rows that loomed lihe brahmans, ertceptthatthe-’ had
no humps, wandered u p and down the trails
(Pyle, 98) •
You could see far up. and down the
beach...(Pyle, 3G9).
'.dree officers worked u^q and 6 own
the linin:room (Pyle, 40) •
Our st all assault craft ^ore all u^. and do wn the beach, unloadin' and
dashin ; off ayain
(Pyle, 23).
...to find hundreds of jeeps and 2rg ton trucks rumbliny placidly ug. and down
unus v/here* • • (Yan--, o9) •
It niii.de him thirh of all the places they had lived in ujt. and down hew York
(inr quand, 30 3).
I squatted there* • .part of a thin line of other bewildered '-uys as far
u p and down the ditch as the eye could see
(Pyle, 445).

-1386-

.. .he has clocked. 15,000 miles he. and, down tne island...
(Yank, 233).
...like half a dozen policemen running
and gov.n the street...
(Pyle,
14a)
He. • -strode 142. and 107.11 the narrow passage-•• (Yank, 2;;3).

.

3.

Here and there; hack and forth.

He got out, began tramping yp. an£ down beside the car (Cain, 198).
Then she went out in the corridor and started walking yp. and down, quietly,
slowly
(Cain, 101).
Canadians. . .had been marching 112. and down for four years
(Pyle, 345).
...a colonel I had known a long time wr.s walking
and d o m behind the
farmhouse.•.
(Pylo, 439).
Veda began dancing 142. and down, anl lert came in.. - (Cair, 125).
Lildred watched the preposterous little fi fire striding yp. and down...
(Cain, 1.8).
} c strode up. and down for a few
• (Cain, 216).
and over.

Upward, and over.

..."The -load to To'go 11 twists yp tuni over tee foothills of the :imalaya
—ountainc.• • (Yank, 177).
_ ______

Very hj 'h .

if ho rew tired of tne shot, r, J ir. said he woul i. not n.ir. I s tan 'i: c -ii
'"V
st-jriu. u p and up, watchin • t: o :..ass of bu lain • cut into the
(..arguand, 524) .
-lie freed silver bag n-r>u1 eoar up and ut until finally in the tnir., high
...ir if would bur t anl disappear fro... view
(jfyle, 19).
...

v.n around.

Ir. altitude ot ay roxir.lately.

by this time we ’-ere ur around four thousand feet

(Pyle, 323).

HE. n£.
1.

Upward towar■, in the direction of.

They ti.rew the f o u th of July wn at, tho coll rey s’:y. . . (Yank, 85).
The officer behind me yelled 340 a£. the deck...
(Pyle, 335).
. . .runnin • around and point in. • u p at the pl.nr.es an ; c.norir. • t. er. on
(Yank, 69).
...anl soon a ton.ye of fire poked Eui at the s'gp from each of the enemy
ships
(Yank., 43) •
Joffrey looked u£. at. the pointed ..'ormar. dovecote, and wrig led his toc-s insid«
his s:.oes
(i
, IIS),
alter gushed his -lasses 1 ore firmly or. his nose, looked top at the ceiling
and snapped his fin ors (i.-arquand, 460).
Dr. Londonb.-rry, startled, glance I Hil di. the ,iud c , then suddenly became
con^-sed
(uardner, 55).

-138?-

V.hen Jeffrey heard the word, tho war was hack: a^ain and he stared
the s’-y (L.arquar.1, 551).
her face as ere leaned back: on her elbows and looked u,o at the stars had
a disturbing, unsettled quality
(j .arquand, A 4 3 ) .
...pust below- tne c tar is where n thin, tired-lookin ; irl looked £0 at
him from her memorandum pad
(...ar^uana, fc71; •
Ike general look••:
Si. hi>* end he was an old man too
(l-arquan-', 574) •
Smilinr a n Si. tiie colonel from little aoro tnun a r m 'a len-th away was a
German...
(Yard, 137).
rViere were snapshots star in* uji gb you from the sand
(Pyle, 367;.
dhe ad/iutant... -lanced
Si. "the clock and noted the time
(Yank, 1,6).
k.

do the norti: at.

Vhe ’warden i,j£. Si. ban Quentin doesn’t care particularly about capital
punishment
(Gardner, 179).
...You know, the couple ...ildre' -'’-isito1 ovo” ti e v’oekeir', uw at the lake
(CM:., 103).
3.

forward, ahe,f., ot.

ho !o;er it helper', the soldier.'’ opirit to sec their command in - --eneral
ri :ht lip. ai. the front..(Pyle, 595 ).
U"» at the front someone or Issued that kibit rers from cor-'s headoue.rters. ..
(Yank, I':).
Am

Upward in.

eke had a soft, childish nec ’ tust perked her .-o- d
(Cain, 17).
v -: cy«

tfoov-e ’-..ore one is an

"I s b y m y

cvt. a pretty

n le. ..

ro::t to.

room, b u r n s , " —innt sai :

(borquand,

357)

up close.
1.

..earby; near.

Uu .close, she could see tne wan, stn.y look that Veda turns- i. on the
aa

eu c e .. .

(

i^i, 34-1.; .

she cm -rehensive Infantry bo -ms to melt
; ro-n •• • (Yank, ;O k ).
b.

■> y . . .those up close ..:illin •

forward ana near.

General brad ley insisted on keep in ; his common-.:
(fyle, Cl').
front lines
U2. id£.

for.

<o.;t u

close. . . ’.oi-.l:., the

bo be considered for; to be nominated for.

i

-1 3 8 8 -

...I have recently rejected tvo C.DDs "but I an up for a third...
170) .

(Yan!:,

n-.• from..
1.

U’.'V'ar-l

: •~ v;/ fror.:.

-‘he regimental erecntive officer hi Led up fro::: too valley, rcarin • a trench
co.'t, his feet vet
(Yard:, 10).
The sound of fir in,; roared up from nis on. eh if (YanL, 43) •
..ir.ot hooded up from the fire (-.arqurnd, 39a).
..alter loohed up frorn his "brief Case
U.arqua d, 43. ).
his bugs had "been "brought p p from the storeroom in the basement...
(..nr^uan <, 407) .
hertrude Lade loohed pp £raii the telephone as ..ason ap ->roached (G-ardner,
39).
zo
I-see . u p from, nis coffee cu. sc .w tm t s.-.e looho - s.art-.a'
(1.cvrquar.d,
...t'-.e cleric looiccd p p from arraa ;ir ;

*00’’1 of -Lite

...a

..oli,; flover s. • .

(- c r .v.a c. ., 4c.a ).

;j.

j-.f a

cla.ee north of a:..'. b->i:. • ov t of, fro:. •

:o;..e of tr.e corres ;or...Cnts pp from Italy had no civ ilia* d o G-P','1 C , s f ) .
It was al. ost too c.uch '"or :ol icrj u fro:.. Italy
(Lyle, ; L
.

Lfojil1. Ir. txie front lines of battle; at the nioce w e r e ti e bat 1 1 e is t shire
;Iace anf -lier: f r sol iers nr 1 c? ally men m w l to fi.-ht.

*"o sail
f-'lt bettor bout th-’ vt.r, fo in : this fob — c. rir ■ for tree
voun-led — than if he hrf to be -yp front dillin • :oo I p- himself
(Lyle,
-one sol iiers tol ■. -bout runr.in ■ ctnr another sol ier tretched out ii*; tne
bac"sc at of a jeep, troy up. front. .. (Pyle, 341).
You on Lre see up front '••hen it- c z s hilly am 1 :.ufdy at tne a: me time
(land, 135).
Cr.e ni ■.t up front a o o r y r c l . . .assaile •. censorship of !.ic.il (Yr-Jil:, 13C).
t ey r.u.-t tf in': it’s a -olm mine up. front
(YarfIff).
f.

.-t the frort, Lea •, of so-.st. L
1 v i..i

II

:c.v p i’rmr.t.
ou ..i to 90 v-.ir.
.

.

^

II

:•
i . : i.

: .

t to u tuo-.* I* 'u o u* 1
n •
II 1:
‘ou \ : '.t

; ‘;v.t in the
a ~ , 1 -0 ; •
ct up 'f-pr.i"

— /.

v. frpi.t c. hole . ,•' ir. m-.e
.1. fern ..oat •r s..ells era.: n a;;
w n f , LG).
L.
is bout
no :t
-in.:: tier. I love most, es-»

1 L..lo o .
sons ..0

v-J.*
--_t-

v; ..... .

our e:.

(LmL

,

eo; :oi.ss a -e t:iehost

rt of ff-i. •, yet i t ’s t. e one
.er. ri ..if- u frort. (-d/1- ,
I

o

\

)•

-1389-

u.y v’-'C froi.t.

Ir:, on v.Lo front vertically.

...a black wool dress laced u- the front...

(Yank, ,,.U).

U ; J:O
'iore loin.; farther nor;,;. Y rr. t m

-lace •-.er.- anotl e j
. a.w•

You can't "orin. : tue v.ur in the Aleutians into a bull cession yu here
wit/'.out someone mention in - the Alaska ocouts
(Yank, 190).
It niyhu tahe the Army months to -*et m o t h e r .an
here
(Ymk, CYC;.
I located Al ien Leeds uy. ho ro
(bardner, 121).
A
uy
££. here. amivate, w „o in on the lun.liry at ,*htu. .■(Ymh, 173).
'o m

which

is a hi hery] - ee th.an th.e nlo.ee at •hich

anotner :crson

is.
.••in r fo-- .wore second n o s :ell ’.ill be uy .>-r(r;d.o, 153).
If you'll cone
here., I '11 tell non
(..nrqua: id, 567).
Jo Li you come us wore for a :.:irv to?
(her yuan:' ■
'57) .
l i a L L -J l-

Ver-- h i -h.

Jerry h-c one trun shoot;:.1 tracers u

hi j.

(Yaw , 145).

u - in.
1.

a x, a. fi ;ieo ul-.ce, no cit ion,

e -roe, in, • t .

; ov: :.'.uch I don't exactly know, but it's well U3 ijs si;: ii ur -e
(Jain, fQO).
..•his wind 'went b; c'" to . is offor...: - ite Jiann of tun Jrocs’.va,:s
jni the
.all b, droom where he lived in Gawbrif. -o urin;; the weeh
(.mxrsnand, 173).
Un in. the tree so mo of iuo lead fnoc he f o ff run h: can re/.. . • (Yraik, 9 3).
he was
AH his rocui on the ti.ird story looltin• at h i::ivelf. . .
(...nrquand,
Uh).

fhey .-oss flort
alony vv^ in the ir a n ’ ‘vyit in everybody's eye
(Yank, 100).
he -vem-* ^ in tee country" wnerece.ip. in
• a n ’urue kin.; were ur_.ead-of
words...
(Yank, 196).
...I've beer, fi htiw • '--ith the byetio Pcrtis'n.o u,__ in. the hills (Yank, 25).
...a few arc still
AH the hills
(Yank, 331;.
bw in tho rf lory, —or’u.er. <-re trkir.. • fovr. t-e.e sno": 1 i3yl.-C.'» ' .ice* invi­
ted you •• • (iwrqua:.:’., '-l.b.
It's n~ in my office, I toll m u , Just a snail : i ’o
(farh.er, 4-3).
oa...in- • lot's con script all t.; o...nf m 1 the:, vvy in. t::c :..ovr. ,ains to
-f,i ht
(rylo, IhO).
. • •fcdr -1- o '
ion :, -h.lt•-••••in•fi y.ro a. t cn- ’e; so we--here uy. in the
lo notes
.Jain, 156) •
: o . . .cane from "yyJen, -or.tuc'y, up. in. the hills...
(rule, blf).
. unt in in the scale was tuo os:: fo r full colonels n '. oner: 1; only
U:/ie, ;u:.b.
.. s..e cr o s s i n . wcnl ' hove to be :;f.3 *■’t a ->oint
1 0\u. m i n s
(Yam, 1 7 9 ) .
i

-1390-

2.

jit a pi: co to the north in, nt.

. • .miii ti e captain'a dorg is making love
in the villa e (Yank, 96).
Up in the hi on tike somo pi; co
(u-ardner, 136).
You knew Leeds ur in the Alonkiko, di d n1t you? (Gardner, 57).
^1. iiai: oh: t could n 't ta k e a -.t o o;' h imueli' huh nolysinesop::.. •
u - in that
country
(Aardner, 57).
5 he i..ay have itnown Leeds ^ i£t. tho ivloiv' i’:e (uo.r i.ner, 47).
I wonder if he was ever
the IHoadike or the Yukon
(Oardner, 5k).
i believe Leeds made tiie bulk of his fortune from a -old strike
AH the
Yukon, did he not?
(irirdner, 54).
Freemr: L e e ’s said, "Alter. had been u~o in the Klondike 11 (Gardner, 157).
Vie vent uj in the banana district, and made a orett” good strike
(Gard­
ner, 1 1 2 ).
I* you'd - one tmit up. in tiie Yukon, there’d have been t o witnesses —
: on 'r : k:.dly (Gardner, 130).
}'.c
Uncle pu in the ’"1 on" ike years ;. ;o (-nr'nor, •’
.) .
5.

At a pln.ee for- ur ’, ahead,

t -> the front, in.

It seems --.rlie -as drivir. • a cor. In of colou-lo u p in the frort lines...
(Pyle, 150).
.'ho second nirat I s ei-h on the dirt" floor of a rickety french farmhouse,
far lip. in tne lii.es...
(Pyle, 4:1).
she tier up in the lines are our big shot 3
(Yank, 197).
hod Do;; stayed u in tne nose duriry tiie landing. ..
(Pyle, 5:35).
ur into.
1.

.tit a place to tne north and into.

I v,-ent u p into the IClon .ike as a dancer for tiie 1..and. i.
5.

(Gardner, 112) •

At a higher place and into.

They flew so close together that — s many as twenty dive bombers could be
seen in a live all at once, making a stri ht line 1432. into the sky like a
igantic stream of water
(Pyle, 160).
u p near.Pory.-nrd, ahead, and near.

two .'ack-hai.jner operators were working all alone
(Yank, 175).
up north.

up

near "The p o m t "

In a place to the north, northward.

...the Jerries started cei liny tiie youn- i-yeties to wor!: up north
- ose who wished could go up. north to continue...
(Yank, if).
_he onl'r tying in Italy I had r --ally wanted to see
th.o Lear.in
Pisa, but that wo.3 up norti'
(Pyle, 1. .•>)•

(York, 23).
Tower cf

-1391-

ur on.
1.

n t

a hi; ;i:er place anl on.

ihey told of a sol-’ier who wasot r.din • in a
fitch, vith one foot
on
t. o 0-.x’
.•* (p.jo ,
•
ho -::j sit tin. • 'V- hi- front * in.c m 1 it; his foot ^ qc ^ th-- re ill.. .. (.nr.^unn,;, Id).
If > on the fifteenth floor the oorrif or ;u. the- cw. h: .11 lcr_ny .crc
^inn* »e«l vith more members . . . (l.laryaand, Yh).
...mother house. . .hi ii
2ii --O-ant Gniro...
(Yon'-, 240).
...the siyply ..icn hihod their loads
o^p their shoulders.. . (Yand, 108).
then they \ere up opi tne -orch and a nes too': his hands in "both of hers,
at; of are :.oati:. ly into ..is eyes
(..-aryunr.ci., 7 34).
...vhen I was o:.cf u ■ on lee’:...
(Yard:, ;Y4).
At a _l..cc :'o :*vk'rf., ai.oai, civ on.
Game tne •icy while ’re were ny. Qfi, the Cher hour ■ peuirsu! • vnen I decided all
of c sudden that I couldn't face G r: tiono that n v p - u - (Pyle, 403) •
Ur on tiie loft flaii:, a. vie ir.e un opened fire...
(Yard:, 147).
...the van m £jn the line-. • (if nf, Ir?).
. .. the supplies to tho hoys up on " fhe Point" still rent t.rou h ever?.' dry..
(Yard:, 17d) .
It was a round-the-cloch fch, seven days a ree'*, uy. oy "the Point"
(Yen!:,
178).
3.

Vary no. r ; af h.cert; vent to.

-.t times ve were ri •. t wo gjp the edge of tne pale- rc-on -vator, too s..allow
to o any closer
(Pyle, hd).
...the tf.nl: w~.o ri :ht yy £H hi;
(Yarf:, 17:4).
to he up on.
ahout.

do have much curnn.t inform: rior. r~ v.r*. in

to 'mow vacli

...although he's oretty veil ££ or: hi3 rritish Isles and has a speakin ac­
quaintance with, tho rest of the n r h r e , lie ’'nows less than a. Prooklynite
shout m e outside world
(Yah:, 23).
as one side end down tlf> other.

Very tV.orou hi-', c.vwo ’•’lly, throu hcut.

"..'p.'ve covered 1 i:.. uv_ yse. s i ■e e n d f.own the o thor." '.'/rvhe said
u or. rocei .t o f .
.on receii
in up...
ui,

onto.

Cn I’ecoiviny; on

of the sewin
(Yen'-, 141).
n t ,

to, a "i

(Gardner, 3d).

-ct .iny.

’-.it, the soldier c roful 1?- too!: out tho noodles to

'her ,'lacc and onto.

A

-1392-

T7e clashed "behind. hi;', rcrosc the st-urnr) flnt and inn onto the fill of the
I tie r; ilrcod
(Ynnh, U 7 ) .
...; hi 'oar e v.?c an 11 cd u'o onto the hoc ch.. . (Yam:, ;J02).
*"o rte / ■■c-.i '^n. nr.to the uorch...
(Yo.n-:, 14?).
OriOi's heir. - -iven; heir.

a or. '-■r-'ers.

ordered,.

Jurir

"battle, he was the he.-..1 of a crer- down in a
nojed rare ain.runit ior uu to the
(Pyle, hi).

to

ho uo on --

toes.

To he

r rir.e of hi • shells
-an. oat o-ries above

r t ; to he w: ichful •■■n.l rend;.' for r.etion.

•t coalin' t ," Jra’-e nd :,.it tch ," urleov I'd bc-'n uo. on i.y
hunch"
(.c.r ;ncr, un on too

of.*

hr on tor

of

or.

over.

hoove a

pxry/ed a

or. too ot

tiie hotchhi no - ..overby Lerir. ton .r.venae(. ariyrni,

h") .

Upward and. over.

...every man dr:.you. axx array him.red around iiicshould or s, >ltdsc-...otinos
ur
over hie ho; d
(i ;.'le , hh'U).
It water rushed j£? over tne windshield. .• (-y'1o , ;-»4S) •
...engineer re :i;..onto that hewed it out of solid, rocic—masses 100
.ri s lony
and ca: *iod it U2. over mountain rr.n ••-r>.. .
, Id?).
.'• e tor lir

the ur -er lir; ■

.i.ore thin ;e, t ne rule is to let then, strictly ;lore, co eei: Ily on the u
lio (0 i ., J j ).

or a new nrrer rlate. . •

fhio lovelorn t:~T c.-hlo-i hove tht
l-bl).
o ) the road.

--ho-

j;.c v, ’.-nr 'in • ir. t ■t

er

(Ya.ih,

on rinc3_ rd.o;-.cent t r -, the st re-- t , rood •
mo t o r v

ore, no soxt

>1:.co, 'uo the rood •host three idles-..
^ t:1o road, t- e; he•

. ii>.

one

(Gain,

(Yunh, 1],).

"i:..iixiskin y ir:

one ,

fortune, Inch, ^
r wy

r.l d.ov:ns destroyed ;11 his re

J’or rtnt.

.

Iho).

A

r aside down.
nttrihu.t ive.)

hot tori. .side up; -Ti;civ vorcoy; •-.■on

dido op.

(.il so

.'ut :vi do shot on v st, the propeller ol"ct ecu-ht the lit -.le snip, threw
it u p s ide down. ■ i.d it ’ivr’ to the -round---:tuite fatally
(r-'lc,171).
...a ahe 11 t’v-t v.lev his e tov u .side down. . . (Y-..ah, 1' -) .
J n a a 1 ; n .led u 'side down. in a tree
(fyle, hid).
lie ;vd e the hot chocola te or. an electric iron t c w e ' u ,sidu '.or;: (Pylo,
41h) .
here '-ere LJJ's turned completely u^siec do ion (Pyle, .;,G6 ).
. . .\i.ici. meant th. t h; If the ti..e -ou oust
vo "bean vnlhir; w ,cihe ho vol.
life a fly upon tkd cciliuy...
(*..or>.;unnd., ..Do).
... there wn a nothin: you could do r.hout it— e v yc no else w c u.lhiny; up—
sihe down, (*..nr pv.ui , ;’04) .
. e; r it v:<‘ s a. . o m x. horoe-ura.vn. ammunition c.rt, unsidc own (Pyle, 4..f)»
..c i\ •. to the v.-roc'-'.el British plc ne, Ivin ■ there u.jside down.•. (Pyle, 4PC)
One g: in, "D'iih of hit"in • t..<_■ he-.eh toni -ht, conoid, no hell, vith cur
.’tor • ch upside do-■?n . and. ctrai :ht off -'ou cove f.•co to face with nr.
Italic n. vith o. oiarlic "breath (Pyle, fu).
,-i. r; n lav on his "bach in the c.iall ounce
the u ;side-down coc’: it (Pyle,
'h-y).
vo

ole rye.

Ir. reserve;

hi'1.’on for -oscrhlo use.

t i' the enemy in re vn_ its sleeve ? (Pylo, if).
. ..v.i.otror romany had so: .e hide!en Luftva.ffe ui her sloe ~c tm t she .,i -ht
v.hioi: out to destroy us
(Pyle, f).
up

ti ■-■ne♦
1.

'there rt a

i -her place.

-.c I stood uv_ t;:ore I 'otic^’ n -rev ^ f risor.^rs st as;dir. • r.orrlt* (Pyle,
do9 )
h’o couldn't o around then through tin? flat vo; ceful valleys, "because the
■•..ers.ous were
there lookin ' down upon us...
(p -le, 1 1 1 ).
1 •
‘" H o t srt ur there and thought it out tnis \ v r. •.
(Pyle, Ilf).
• •. that loo'-ed lihe a castle sittin g up. there
(Yanht> If h) .
..•this ’irl-..wcs ^ there. ..sin ;in-.. . (Caizi, ;jl3) .
Yeah, it's hind a rou -h ur. there
(Yarn:, 1.7).
. . .v.r.ftn I vent uv there
(Yanh, Pn7).
x'd lihe to ’O 'sw there o n 1 pic’: some
(Yanh, fi'C).
-.ov past erv'lo.in to the court vh.- .t happened vhen you too':: the food ur there
(aordncr, 144).
It was a hellish jo"b for us to et 13,0 there, just carryirv: nothin: (Yanh,
19 6 ).
..e 've tnu h.t them to do only one t-. inp ua. there.. ..ho:; to kill hrauts
(Yank,
1.7) .
...five J t c i . -one are already u-. there wo i tiny for then (Yanh,194).
...after a uy is ur there for r couple of hours, somethin-; can o shehany
vith an en ine...
(Yanh, YOG).

.

-1394-

... someday I weo .'Oin-' to "be w there in a plane (Yank, 183).
Uu there we had a tent hospital...
(Pyle,
369).
God, how we ruhnired those men
there...
(Pyle, 4-56).
‘Then I .et
there I hind that I can reach out nn:l touch the hip...
(Yank,
163) .
"Oh," «Tefdr,ey said, "have you :ot that m>. there?11(Larqtuuid, 333).
Jiscre was a :o.,t u p there
(Yank, -343).
’’■ho do you think you are, to stand u t . there and ask me, will I do this and
will I do that?
(Gardner, 76).
And... I went t„jj? there at quarter past ten
(Gardner, 74).
I ot yjl there at eiyht-ten on the dot
(Gardner, 143).
It was fifteen minutes "before my quitting time, so I "beat it
there fast
(urvrdn er, 143).
2.

ihere at a place ahead, forward.

...the tiny percentage of our vast Army who are actually u£. there doir.q
the dyinr; (Pyle, 128).
The motors made less noise u p there
(Pyle, 524).
Then 3he was sittiny teside 7/allv, and hr s. Gessler was uo there. corro­
borating everything she said...
(Gain, 86).
...some utter stranyer m s then lyiny in sudden r.ew an.'uish up. there ahead
j.n the illimitable darkness
(Pyle, 488).
h.oy’re iui there with to many puns and yrerades...
(Yank, 144).
he's up. there about 100 yard3
(Yank, l'i).
■-’here's some uys Bhi. there
(Yank, 144).
fhe trucks yet mired bits there a piece, and they have to switch she stuff
onto mules
(Yank, 196).
fhis does rot i..ean that it was not u^. there...
(Yank, 32).
...for tiie en who are really ur> tnere. tiie war is a- tou ;h end dirt;.'life...
(Yank, 48).
nr.il an taere the city was built up erouyh so that the wait;in.:
r ifl.u:.e.. had
the protection of doorways
(Pyle, 4 .■1) .
If you could have "been ri -ht ujQL there between the Germans and the Americans
you wouldn't have seen many men...
(Pyle, 441).
...the Air force was up there banyiny away ahead of us
(Pyle, 439).
oo we piled into several /jeeps and drove
there
(Pyle, 445).
3.

fhere at a

place

to the north.

-’here wore no trees or hillocks or anythin"there for protection
(Pyle, 251).
Up there in the front our men lay in shallow foxholes
(Pyle, 251).
^kkrer been u p there?11 the lawyer inquired
(Gardner, 54).
Up there in the Yukon, Leeds took possession of the cabin and all of the
-rub (Gar-;ner , 168).
He told me something about his adventures lip. there
(Gardner, 137).
You 'now, i t ’s liyht all ni -ht up there hiriry- the summer (Gardner, 112).

1395-

1.

Upward and to; at a hi :her place and to.

"All riyht," hi not called, "put it up io. five" (..larijuand, 276).
Let’s pot a taxi ...and o up. i2. ray place (..xtrouana., 42).
..hen cone f r i e n s invited me up. to. theircot tape by ti.e lake,
I di- n't
see v.-j p. . . (Cain, 96).
...people 'to hap stopped "bp -jaturdny and invited her up to. the lake
(Cain, 99).
Le put his hand clear
ip..•
(Cain, 21).
j’reehor:.e loaded it on his sled, ei.t yp ill the cabin (Gardner, lSk).
...the ten, who had to make severe1 yards up ip the Leach
(Yen!:, 202).
...drawing w ter yp ifi. the field
(Yank, 112).
Prv:e ■*rabbcd the end of a hose that
—as passed up
tp him an:1
•••nilledon it
but it was too heavy
(Yank, 46).
"If we c n only wet up tp A Company,11 I tm o u h t (Yank, 21).
...the three of us drove pp i p the foothill s. .. (Lyle, 260)•
One 1 y odd hr. Jenks, who cuctOKaxily wrote this lead and sent it up to
the co::. osin ; room Ly five minutes of three... (.nr'iuund, 197).
hen you puyc with hash marks pp tp
ihe el doit ;et sentimental, y o u ’re the
worst of all
(Yank, 89).
’..lien I brought meals un to him
(dardner, 14k).
... she ... headed up ip the hills
(Cain, Ck).
k'e rode around. .-and then went pp i2. her ho cel room...
(dan':, 209).
...she was to drive up ip the hills...
(Cain, 16! ).
...Vela v;r~ ked PP ip. tho second floor...
Cain, 162) .
...ho led her tkrou-tk tho first floor, teen up ip the second
('■'air, 222.) .
he mi :ht have -one up tp the Call no or. still
iny it...
(-..ar^uand., 24; ) .
"do i.©time you ou -ht to core up tp the kallorf fewer, " she s i '
(i.-arcyian I,
.4 o j •
. .. tno tree is em.pty all tr ■
- y pp ip the branch...
U ran':, 162').
...I crawls on pp tp the ‘branch to investi -ate (Yar.!*, 16::).
one ca,e u__ to the claim as a youn row::—ho want, d to t:.m- in her
lot
vith tv.o prospector r..•. (>a.rduer, 160) .
rbey.. .took cu: nces dmmiii." pp ip the to of t.-.cnill. . . (Yank, 1 2 ) .
Lut --adye only put her hrnm over the transmitter an.1 c.-lled up tp him
(i.nrquaxal, 567 ).
-veryone who took fhe elevator up iP tin- si:-th floor was cloc 'el in and
clockod out
(mariner, 7'/;.
x.ave him cneck on that v..:it, r wno too;- t,.e foo :
tp .-ilicant ’s aprrtvent
(o-ar i.er, 10'S),
d'.cy i.lent ify it as he in.-• t w :hoto rail of tne van who went u^ tp that
apart...ont
(u-ardr.or, 85;.
You, Leeds, went pp tp John .-ilirant 'a ; ..vrtwent last vj. tt
(.oariner, ICS) ■
.. .Conw--y — i-ilicav.t —
i ht at -.oi.o if I 'i-:n 't et tho -rub up tp him.
ir t ime
(..ardner , 14-7 ;.
.-veryone in the --levator v s ^"vioucly -oin • u to the •-erri”el">.,'.. .
(.-•>r yuan v , 240 ).
Co-r pp tp tne room
2vr.,ua.n , ;7o).
"
o t wen. pp tp 717, to;.',11 he k.u.rd someone s i. ■, "aril le; ve the ':ey. . •"
(kniward , 526).
Infantryme:. worked their way pp tp socond-ctory rinooiw...
(Lyle, 407).

-1396-

hey. ••carr ie ther swiftly out of t o m and uu £n the Partisan curs' in the
hills
(fr-nk, h6).
at your cake no™, an-1 — the:, run over to draacfather1s and see if he
.m
ta!:ir> • :..e
£o. .s’o. hliitley *o ir his car
( vain, ll).
Lot 13 X.n’-e this ay u to i
*.1 ■on Lsc do drove v.u 12. fy
or 3 • • mia
.n.', invitin. • t.e ^
sh.ctr ) <ve t 0 hr bit c ■’ stc
£o
ibuqrters.
.
. (Yan
-T 1
r* viry it v.nc better t
C-<J 1O
f
bv yhor.e (Yand, Sd
mm *i r.r.do r -force ; ■:ETC). 'A to if t:. Avenue. . .
(Ian':, -ho;
l.rO kin y■ sntartl:* try to the
IIC ll’i ;, I'm he r o "
('L of ,
•• •~..e ■so—cr b' r; ec 'rev u
(Y an':, 202).

'.e ran cone siups ur t£>. the snore, ve e v>tie \ others •.t ynrcs, an,'. ’*•© woul^
vr2c: .! hi.: fre:. .-liters 1:' li. •htonin * tx.cir c.-r -ecs in bun refs of assault
car cs...
(Pyle, oh).
oho six-ton vn fires u
el] so bi y it is nil -,.r t rnuuni oion carrier can
lo to lay one
to. tne
'un pit
(Pyle, 96/.
Just at dawn, as the raid ended, he cane runninr
£o. me.. .and yelled...
(Pyle, 3).
-his s „.e hut had a tiny little yarden ralk lead in.,
£ 0. tnedoor
(n y 1e , a ,*s ) .
aorr>e '.c jor c.re rushiu
to. the plane...
(Pyle, --c's/ .
_he fi rure novel boldl"up hSL him...
\'L: nd, 19).
"They all co.e
£2 . him afterward s," *-rs. - e'-cor le s-ai.., n.o.-.e brit-le...
( aryar.r.d, l dl).

she c m e uo
:e aft rrtr' 3 • •« (i..C*X*iiiC^r. f 1 1 ) •
f
t'rr-m a
. . .tvc aLnunitior:
brouyhh t n^v:
new shells from
& f«—
feet : "ay
r: carriers brouy
of the vr nit. .‘ C */1 G 9 OO - /•
u ~ to t i e r
1 0 r r.or, .o') .
. ..'•cl - ri -'>'t
to that ss 1 V
. ..like ste in • on
or a. bar.a n _ eel, losin - nisi bnla. ee ; ; l s 1i i v
•e ..i-'l tho ■ h 0 -r co’jr 'e t ei'e -ere i: fi ite vn:
behind
(. n r
'/ •
ty. tr e er. .race e 0 "' ti
. '3
-,o," •: d 1 -d t. e way
»r, lhB) .
11 c *ro ! pro ,11
■
id as 1 C' :e
to in; (Yard-, ; ) .
fhe
_ lane ta-io i£o_ tie odye of tie rui.v ay •.
.
l-on", 206).
'••e rj. :e.l uy to. tie trencr...
•Pyle, Id') •
. . .cl orty . . -vent u__ £c, r- liejterr. t an ; lit ’
■ :... (Yen '., 117>.
e
1' .1u £0 t: e 1 u ;.e ('/an'.-:, 24?;.
e
four. n l.ouce, r bis; - r si or. • ith a 1 ovholy' around, it, ••-at u to
t e -oor ari ran.
(Jeir, 4;') .
P.

Until; til1.

•'i iitin ' rarely an : ir •r.r — r s t e.,’ hr.I been loi ' u . to then — —rs in
so re ■ayo so routine.. . (r'yle , 523).
*e'd been -.retty luc'y in so"e tirht spcts u-> to
then. •• (Yank, lsd,'.
bp to no tv, '/eda ad worn toe -yniet.-.to • ery • . .
(dir., 1 -0; .
sney l:eot this .rocess of correction open ri ;ht us to tne last minute
(Pyle, 04) .

-1397'

then, he suiw, the men had been wading waist deep* • .across tl.e cree.:. •.
(idum, 198;.
They bad net nit...but u_ to now tne: ■ hadn't re: lized w_.at he'd been through
(Yund, 307).
...tool' half nr. hour to describe ingue's career un to 1920...
(hew Yorker,
. d i m , June 20, 1S47, .:!).
by to that time he "’as a serweant. . . (Pyle, 129).
.-exis a er.ts on shore had simply to look throu^i binocularsto see
the
start of the greatest arrnaia ever assembled ^
that mo. .or.t (Pyle, 12).
'be of the few signs of civilization u^. tty that tine was the marine brig...
(Yank, 39).
. .. Charlie Pannen, quite well kno’-n, U£. to. a few years ago... (vain, Ik.).
bn to this time there have been onlyfour v rintions of the box-sending
theme
(^ank, 140).
I L i io now, Veda had been coldly neutral, but
whensheheard bout the
swan1' cottage by the lake... (.Cain, 98).
Uo to then, she had known there would be outlays...
(Onin, 24k).
4.

Forward, ahead, and to, toward.

i left the two men behind ani crawled
to. the place where growth had
been...
(Yank, 9).
V.e had to take tne chow
to. ti e line. ••
^Yank, 244).
a: unition was carried
£ 0 . it.. • (Pyle,
a s I rode Ht. Jlo tne battle front, .just past Coffin Corners...
(Yank, 82).
j/_,;t L .i . ’arl.n of oio-x City, iowu, crept up. to. tie nose to help...
Uanf, 86).
vhe little rdvauce groups worked tno ir ay up. pp. the far ends of trie
ned. ,erov;s.. • (Pyle , ^-i-l).
...the 12th Conu-ancl had started a program of sending pilots uo
the front
as liaison officers for a few days at a time
(Pyle, 188).
Cue by one ti.e platoon loaders fel t t. eir way up ^o. tie hear of tne
column...
(ryle, 2j'j).
. ..i.. .urove a couple of riles up. to
ere t’-o companies of his tan''? were
bivouacked...
(Pyle, 364).
rhey carried mines and b rood wire up.
the front...
tPyl©, 261).
I1he night before an attack he and i marched j£u tfi. the lines...
(Pyle, 304).
...he moved u p to a ocsitior. behind a two-font thick banyan tree...
(Yonk, 19).
...Col. fate issued an order forbidding vehicles not needed for work from
goin - up to "Jbe Point"
(fan'1', 179).
. . ..-en. bheeler — who hadn11 been up. io. "fhe Point" for several lays —
ciiose tint day to make an inspection
(Yank, 17k).
Our rear el unenis. . .were moving 112. t£. the front
(Yank, 250) .
5.

fo no more tnan: to as a maximum.

Che fields were surrounded on all sides by the immense hedgerows... out of
which grew weeds, bushes, and trees u p to twenty feet nigh
(Pyle, 440).
when we came to a central crossroads we could see anywhere
jto a hundred
signs...- (Pyle, 13l).
...tneir speed in such a dive would ordinarily build u£ to around seven
hundred miles an hour
(Pyle, 160).

-1398-

In tiie middle and latter days of Tunisia we were issued up to five or seven
-packs a week (Pyle, 126).
anal'ler 1)001118, even up to 300—pound ones, were lifted b.vhand (Pyle,
~10).
i.e wias only twenty-two, yet from appearances he could nave een any age
Tip to forty (Pyle, 275).
Put n o w and then they'd pick up a lulu of a syot whichwould take.an:.where
u o to twenty-four hours to yet around (Pyle, 53).
. . .oa tur vn.v-ni ht fights...draw jm. to. 14 ,000 yo-1:ng patrons
(Yank, '33).
Poldiors of P Company did the drainage work, installing^.ipes yg. to. six
feet in diameter...
(.and, 17o).
(jm

x^ortaward and to.

One recent midweek afternoon, we sneaked out of our office and
tp. the
P o l o urounds, where the (Plants and the Cincinnati Peds were about to
play...
(hew forker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 1947, 19).
I t o o k a trip jjp.
the midlands...
(Pyle, 302).
Our hospital ships ran up.
Anzio frequently..(Pyle, 287).
One. ..suggested getting a truck ride up.
Tel Aviv...
(Yank, 116).
I w a s nineteen when I went up. t&, the Klondike in 1906 (Gardner, 112).
It took me a while to make a stake to get up. £c> the Klondike, and then I
found Kogarty and Leeds...
(Gardner, 216).
E m i l y .got my wire and flew up. tg. dan Francisco (Gardner, 217).
7.

Upward in degree, rank, and to.

...the bills... footed
£o. more than 31,300
(Cain, 190).
.. -hi.s gone beyond the realm of hunanitariani3m up.
religion
(hew
Yorker, XXIII, June 23, 1947, 21).
P r o m the basic two-man dugout, which was usually tare except for a shelf.-,
and. some pin-up .iris, those underground homes ran on yjo tg. the fantastic
in elaborateness
(Pyle, 257).
Crockett went from n b- sic rivate HE. tg. first ser cant...
(Yank, 24:.).
a.

In depth to.

-.he nrud was caked up. tg. their belts...
(Yank, 196).
k h a n I settled gradually in mud Hj. tg. i.y .cr.ees (rgle, 97).
i n .ke. yg. tg.
1.

-

Jo be one 1c

: ;or s it 511 ty ,

chr r..;e.

Jt 's e n t i r e l y ^
you. . - ( G a i n , 100).
• . . thnt you were in love, end tin t it's gg. tg. us to give you a chance to
coi'ne- clean before we do any tiding drastic
(uardner, 161).
It's uo to oe to bo somewhere else than (Pyle, 162).
. - -it 's not Hi tg. me to ive .you any advice
(Gain, l-l).
... I 'd cay the next move wns on to then
(Gain, 202).
It- '3 all uo to fate, I thirl" (Yank, 206).
If b ’-'e suckers w m t d to get trir.rai , that was uy. to. them (uerdncr, 72).

-1399-

It's
3L2. then; (Gardner, 22).
It's m . to. Jim to tell his mother what herants
(harquand , 593).
I told him it was, and that it was yja £o. him to square therap
(Gard­
ner , 102).
It was lip. Jt£L bim to say something, and he wished that he felt more in the
Liond for it
(«*arquand, 425).
Ihen it's i^p. tp. the lawyer to -o ahead ann protect then; anyway (Gardner,
17 f
J).
Ya ;.'., it's up. £°. you now
(Yank, 171).
2.

To be doin.^; to be planning to do.

time you take your eye off him he's
£o. something
(Gain, c7).
oo that's wnat you was u p to 1 (Cam, 67).
...I
found out what you were niL to...
(Gain, 207).
i..rs. iressler, when she heard what I.ildred was up. to.flew into a ra;;e...
(Gain, 17C) .
.hot's she iip. tp. now?
(Gain, 121).
txery

3.

To be capable of it; to be able to do it.

...it had not been exactly -hat ne had hoped,
been
to. it
(..arquand , U l ) .
u ■ to date.
or the like.

perhapsYecause he

had not

Current; accordin'•; t« the latest information, fashion,

somebody out up a blackboard behind the lost-and-found department and kept
it m i t£>. date
(Yank, 185).
‘.Ye ot our inoculations up. tp. date,...
(Pyle, 35.:).
...they are much ciy er and much more u—-to-date than 1 have supposed
(Pyle, 234).
to be u

to

ears..

To 'oe deeply involved ir..

The engineers were in it
to be ;; to — —

elbo-.-s jr..

to. their ears

(Pyle, [ 8).

To have one's rands vithir something'.

dhe started her ■ ies early...bat she was ;ai^_ to h^relbows ir k u *h
walked in the kitchen door
(Gain, 81).
u- t.o oar.

Jill rj -ht; ir

ooh cor., it Yon, shape.

The coast artilleries hit the deck and says he's
\r.,

to a point.

when he

tfi. nar

(Yank, 156).

a ueyree, time, ar.o to but no further than.

It wasn't workin very well
£ 2. that no int. and the quota had been cut to
yalf of one per cent
(Pyle, 112).
v»ef frey had seen it that ’
..ay once, and still could
& certain oo int
(h'W^uand, 525;.

-1*4 00-

under.

Adj.a cent- to; next to; very r.ear to.

...bein~ ri ht ^
ir nr.t il.

-.mler Jerry's nose...

Until;

till;

Chyle, 245).

to that

. . .a fairly secure 'all - trnt none of tne jerncir. shells had found uo
rr.til t'-er. (Yar. :, 1J6).
. . •the -ernrr.s did c-r.loct t. e selves f irl-- rc; erlv ur_ until the 1- st
feu reels.. . (?ylo, 462).
' e hr d been in tr e -*r::r four years, nr. 1"- s r. cer -ear.t ur. -until the tine
e -ot his cca iso ion a -.-ear before
(lyle, 174/.
unner .1 of.
Apprc-rir. tely; in th.e r.ei :hb«rhood of; t o o t ..
i_.plies somethin none t h a n ratr«r than less.)

(fhis

ire tunnel could hnr.dle u ;— .rd of fitee.n million veniclos. ..
(i.eu
Yorher, X.hlll, sept. 1.:, 1 •V', •or~).
...it cost non, rds of '5,hr0, and cle: r.cd cut her -error-.1 cash
Cdoi: ,

1.

i ,.e. . ,

iorvarn,

rith.

e ©corns tr.e coafor table r err-ochelou i.ead^U'.-tc ro in ..or Jerri, _ referui th :
:.is :..en (Yrrfr, I.X-l).
to St o y
bat t e r y i.F>3 ..VIt a n < server
v.-ith tne ini’m t r y . . • (Yard:, 25).
'Jins
r
o1
uJJT
r .a or
chine
u n s pe
pett p in: eu :o'v: -.vr.er. tne'-' . tay u. v i t h us
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:*A
r.4 b oy 3 I.Ci-CL 3 .c t .
it to ' i e c o o a n d tr.en ..over. t. ei r tar-.o ^
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- ith ui...
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w*enter:' .^0

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-.ere’3 no a ~ e

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acre

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for r.r t be in • ur_ • ith +t

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4

-1*4-01-

to urr.e p n .

do

• on; to persuade to continue.

...a shrill ci.orus of .;irl voices uryin^ her o^.
U

nsed car.

(Yank, 13o).

«•f.ocor.a rtniL car; a car v/hic- nr.s is c one o ner

he —as -"orfirv; in a .y,rru-;e then, tow in-; used cars from ...iltmukee
%j..;:.estovn
(Yank, 22).

ov more.
to

u sed to »
1.
(fnio is a ^ri Krastic wast trr-v.e r uxil i.- ry :us icstin • hobiiual
action, cr extended ?:istonce.)
Jeffrey ace cl to be a newspaper non once hi nself. ..
(.-nrqunnd, 36).
Yes...I used to know 'i:.. (hr r y e n ;, 36).
-he use a. to tell his t ' t if :;e • oul : c-t uj. : t a ..•carter to oiqht...
(Inr qua n h , 4).
Jo you know wl r t leckie u^o ' to do at school?
r
101) .
.••we u a d to see you oat v.al>in
(..arpsarh, j ) .
t I-.rcy.erod to t!.at -irl you sed to
-a ’vit:.?
(..ari.uanc,, 33).
11: don't r«nt to lock like a contented cow," .-adye used to a y
0 nrquand,3
"4-he only thir.p; I have left is my figure," ..od'-e us ed to ^cy (i-'-ry^ni, 3)
"Try to find anott.cr word for it," he used to tell 1:or
(;..aryaanl, 4).
-.Iter us ed to sit at the tele rrcs.h leak...
(.-ar ,:uan^, 16).
Yon used to triink I told you
(..-orquand, 30 9 ) •
11You remind me of a :irl I used to now," he said
(Lar.kuand, 333).
...and tne bombs were dro; ed threujh a heavy fire of ack-ack — -j.rchies,
as they used to call them in the other war...
(...arqunnd, 3 4 3 ),
shat was what Jeffrey used to i ear tr.em call
(l.-arqunn1 , 76).
frankly, tools don't last the way they used to when we v.-ere kid.s. ..and 1
-ive 'em wear...
(.mruimmi, ;lf).
"Jeff," he said, "what hap .ened to f at
irl you ,sed to -o with?"
(..-arqu&nd, 52).
...all the love and tne ]iyht...are there for me in just the way they used
li be. * . (Yank., 1 3 8 ) »
. . •f/j Jonald ... -oberts, a achine p-urner from Jashoctan, uhio, who
us ed to be a Pennsylvania dailro-d trackworker•..
(Yank, s9).
It was what Captain 6trive used to say wnen he pushed back his chair...
(.n r quo nd , 76).
I used to look at the statues of naked wo-: en in there when I was a kid
(Yank, 133).
One used to be an ctor, the second a then.ter director and tr.e third
'••as 4 5rector of t'e opera in the city of Ljublnna
(Yank, 71).
...33 men used to force their prisoners...
(Yon!:, 220).
...he ’-as born in Boston, where his f taer used to work... (Yank, 219).
;e used to be in a Company. ..
(Yank, 243).
he used to tell them he had to know. . . (Yank, 229).
he al—ays used to come in and order a drink... (Yank, 205).
i-here used to be one fellow, a lieutenant
(Yank, 20b).
One of the former Jap hospitals used to stand near this w.--rehouse. • .
(Yank, 222).

.. .Jane and I used to walk all over it in the "blackout (Yank, 187).
be used to sit in those doorways at midnight...
(Yank, 187).
...he used to .;et out of tne store around 10 minutes of 11
(Yank, 183).
Pa ;y us ed to "be in the motor freight "business
(Pyle, 335).
The prisoners were much more talkative than they used to "be (Pyle, 103).
j0 used to run the Taproom in )allas...
(Pyle, 341).
when they finished their a!.lotted missions — which used to r ive the,; an
automatic trip to America...
(Pyle, ,309).
sergeant henneth Pnckett used to work, at the ...artin j)lant (Pyle, ..34).
l.cGlory used to "be a prize fighter
(Pyle, 346).
: cJlory used to work for tne Cleveland Y/elding Company. •. (Pyle, 346).
he used to run a wool mill
(Pyle, 345).
...he used to press his jjants with it...
(Pyle, 413).
he used to be a farmer...
(pyle, 104).
He said he used to do it for less, but since the Italians had raised the
price on everything. .•
(Py le, 106).
he used to be a welder
(Pyle, s73).
...he used to be a unch—press operator
(Pyle, 276).
...'e used to work in a brewery...
(Pyle, 403).
Sergeant Toth used to work at the Westiichouse nlectric plant...
(Pyle, 422).
There was a great field, he said, in ready pastries, since peorle no longer
kept the servants the way they used t o . . . (Wain, 85).
I used to sing Hannen1s songs for hi' ... (Cain, 23l).
...he used to kid me about it...
(Cain, 231).
She used to be a dance hall girl
(Gardner, 47).
The fanious hiker's Island rats, which used to be thought to outnumber the
human population of Greater Lew York...
(.New Yorker, XXIIi, June 28,
1947, 18).
...Is not going in the red as fast as it used to
(^ew Yorker, XXI ij.,
dept, 13, 1947, 28).
2.

Accustomed

to.

1 was forcing myself to get used to it...
(Pyle, 362).
You might as well get used to it now.. • (Pyle, 3"72).
...they had got used to it and no one wore cotton in his ears
(Pyle, 388).
"After all," one of them said, "if you can get used to that old bastard's
voice, you can get uaeu to anyt in:;:" (Yank, 111).
There is usually only one d ish toa meal, but the etoff isused
tp that
(Yank, 5 9 ).
They are hardened to villent death but will never be used uo it
(Yank, 70).
"I'm Just getting us eel to it," he said
(..-nrquand, 208).
k e y rod: back pretty quickly, if you're not used to then...
(mr^uanci, 186).
If you were q sen to. >.t, you .i3 not sleep so badly, either
(-nrquand, 219).
.-.e was so used to it th: t he entered a winter tne re :.uch as a horse might
enter a st.ble
(...arquanu , 3x5).
.. .da:, nas always been us ed to n rout deal of money (Jain, 154).
"1 never get used to town curs," no said
(...nrquand, 73).
..everti.oless, he wasso use.: to it that,
it nl-nyscalled
him back
(i..arquand , 525 )•
.'hero were
-e undtne: childrenf'U* thin :s ho way
used to.but none
of it had any sense or value any longer
(..ariyatd, 450).

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Ee wondered if it were "because he was not used is. that sort of thinf;
that he felt it necessary to "be loyical with so many people
(Karquand,
452) .
i. adye was used to it — she had not ashed to ;,o
arquand, 427).
Inrlir.y. ..it's only "because she —ants you to do something you're used to
and they don't :■lay brilve
(...nrquand, 6).
You vex;:' find she's "been used to .lust as much as your toy lias...
(Cain, 194).
do -e yet used to vrorkin- toyeti or, and don't coo-ence bum-iny and
step; iny all over each othow'= feet?
(Gain, 119).
I li’e it all ri ht, but I'm ^eally not used to it
ICoir,, 27).
...she couldn't -et used to it that the rie ’;*0n was no Ionyew hers...
(Cain, 257).
l:e ha.‘ become so used to creditiny hi., self •■ith v st acumen that he could
not briny himself to admit...
(Cain,
7).
...she couldn't yet used to it t at she cramped for small money
(Cain, --57).
to u s e

na:..e.

ro state souecne's na:. e as on autr.ority, reference.

But please don't use my name
to. iksg.----now "in.

(Yank, 175).

i'o use one's intelligence; to think woll•

I fathered from innuendo that in t -e finches i.e used '
ris no -yin in spec—
taci lar way s . . . (r'yle, lb.).
ia YUf
1.

ho use sot-.eti iny until it is erhnusted, r:i. out.

I'd keep shoot 5n ' until all :,sy bullets —os used up
(Yank, 173).
...he didn't t o ’v ho- much of too forty five K ^ c ' T i J s had been used up Y'^.'orp
he mode his discovery
(iyle, pic).
Jkey used
uo all the ammunition. .• (Yank, 2b).
.eer this
as runnin.- until the money's
used u p or untilItell you
to
tor
(Card ner , 120 ).
It seems to re we've about u3cd u p our luck
(Pyle. 247).
2.

Jo utilire completely; to use all of; to consume all of.

Chat'c where I used uo those oiv weeks of peace... (Pyle, 300) •
oho boyar,
to ctuay if hard, noting tne bookkeeriny, tiie
-r :otiny, the methods
using' u r leftovers...
(Jain, 7 1 ) .
the usual run o f .
of .

Jlv’ ■verupe number an-i kind of; the normal amount

Cl* course I had t'•.o u sual rpn of small Yobs
ut ter faith.

(ion!:, °r ).

Com lote , who 1e , absol- •x.e i’o ith.

*i.era uusn't a corre^.-ouaer.it • ..—no „<-~_n't com. lote nr.- utter fr-.i th. in
-roneral sradloy
(P.-le, 420/.

4

-1 COO-.

utterly a l o n e .

A l l -ilcne; alone;

"by oneself; vit h no one else.

li e dyixi : man 'vns 3.eft utt er l y a l o n e . tiust lyinu there on bis litter on
the around .• ."because ti e t^*;t n-as full
( h le, hi).

lAO>.

V-day.

In Yt'orld Y>’ar II the day of victory over the Axis porera.

(.Later 73— day for victory in airope and VJ-lay for victory over Japan).

'■'-.fay, must Lrin ; opfortenit
A-A day«

Victory

(lime, Larch 16, 1942, ll).

lay in -iuropo in '.'.'orId

r II.

James P. Lyrnes. • -backstopped all a p n e ie s - ith an oirinil is report to the
President are.lictir.p 40 percert cutback ir. r*.r productior. on ')L—j3'
(Victor.” day in L u r o p e , ns di.-tir u i s h e
from
Victor:/ )ay in
Jaunn)
(.ievsveek, oept. 15, 1944, 70).

Letters to and fro:;, soldiers overseas v.hich are mi crofilmed and
sent "by airplane.
Jhe microfilm is then printed like a picture onto
a lett er and sent on to the person to whom it is vTitten.
(Also
a t t r i b u ti ve .)
...the debris of war-torn 31 raincoats, 7—mail forms, bloody helmets,
riddled rifle stocks and canteens
(Yank, 133).
yacunpi cleaner.
An electrical cleaner for c mpets, rugs, which 3ucks
the dirt out by means of a vacuum into a dust chamber.
(a very common
implement in American homes.)
'.Vhen he heard the vacuum cleaner he wondered !:ov lon^ since it had been
oiled
(harquand, 327).
Joseph and Harriot, the new couple, seemed to be operating the vacuum
cleaner and at the same time movie.; furniture. •.
Cmarquani., 327).
the valley of death.

A nearness to death.

(irom Psalms xxiii.)

iven in fun you don't talk that wry to an officer until you hrve been
throu :h that famous val1ey of death. and out a-air. to.-ether
(xyl^i 137).
to veer off.

To change direction suddenl” , sir rply.

ildred veered off in a new direction. ..

(dair., 147).

Venation blind s «
A olioi, shr e , 'or ^ vine O'-, rd ich L: s? rrr.y p.-rail el
rd-ts rl.oso r.r.yle •.ay be v rich to ' -ulnto the m o u n t o ~ li : t or,t- r i m ;

ron
I.- e .--lectric far vac -'-ir - rr : t'-.o Venetian blinds -’ere
(. -rquand, 337).
I’he Venetian blinds in the bedro-n. were d r r w , encewt at ■•'nr ni'.uow w i c n
—as o; on
(..arqunrd, ,C:6>.
.

verve of.

7c-r-- '.mr to

o *reo, condition.

he :.t c on. the ver -e of hysteria, and sir- couldr 't face i-onty.. .

(loir, 348)

-1HUQ*

tne very io.ea.

(An intensive negative.)

••hy tl;e very ide a , she saio.. •

to le very much alive.

(Jain, 131).

i’o be alive

ve.en oneis thou- lit to

h'he 0 Jd. says th- t your wife . . .is. very l.u c L alive . . .
the very sa m e .

ihe same;

.. . the very sa^.e Lc-T. . .

very t-ell.

he dead*

( lan k, 171).

the identical.

(Pyle, 22b) .

All right; it is agreed.

h;.son said, "very well . Your honor"
vest pocket.

(dardner, 139).

dmall; little.

His perfect condi t ioniny dotes "bach to 'Vest Point, where he was a track:
star and a 14-0— pound quarterback: on the A m y eleven when ves t-oocket
■ridmen were all but unknown
(Yank, 130).

vested i n t e r e s t .
ri lit, privilege.

Thatwhich is c o n s i ’ered as r complete,

absolute,

..•to argue that t e United states as a nation had no vested interests in
hast Africa that were worth, the shedd iny o^ a sir. le dro.i of blo'd...
(,.arquand , 361) .
jl for v i c t o r y .

(a

slogan during borld

'or II among the A l l i e s . )

. . .<ulli:. - tr eir cie^tr.ut c out ... Hhuwbs up. . .V for Victo r y . • .
464) .
'h ell, hi ho to you,"
...rs. ..ewccm.be s.-.id again, "or. ithumbs u.
Victory with your fin ers"
(i.arquand, 353).
via the

ranevine.

(..ar quand ,
and

for

Ly rr.etnt:of, through, rumor.

..hen they heard via the iravevire of tr e Italinn s'urren.ier in oej tember
1943, they made a ereral break
(Yank, 2b)•
vice-pros i d e n t .
is in c h a r e ir

;.o

the one next
the ; t e r e e cf

s v i c c - ~ k p -l. opt

vice v e r s a .

in char,- e to tre p r e s i er.t;
t.ae pr-»si..'ert.

of the h o t e l

. o l h r o r o . . .(x yle,

7.it’ f: e o '*'•e r , nr run *e:

of.

Th e

one

in,jure! , c- artel,

340).

t , ^ i ‘a rti a, or t

it w s t o so esort of motivation that cay sed city
to fall in love -ith co*.vi--ys , nr d vice verse. • •
the v i c t i m

ti.o on e who

1.i <e r. ver see. .

iris on dude ranches
(her .sand , hoc) •

betrayed

by.

d

-1*407-

. . .you rui.-ht f i n d
(jnin, 223).

/our. elf the vie tics of aoa.o rr'vonir..-; brute. • .

to be vic-tiraised. ~bv»
. . nclo Al.’en h o d
nor, 6) .

io be cheated, deluded, by.

Veon viet in 1 ~ I by

or 'cIn c’
.u.n ilt-rs

victory ^ i.rl.
ioun~: worsen, :irls, who durir.;; korll
in sexual p r o m i s c u i t y with soldiers.

(uor.l-

..'nr II indulged

1They label t de:: selvr s tre victory . i r i s . 1 she asserted.
’They tnink that
the boys are h e r e today but i..ay be dee; tomorrow, and they reason:
".e ‘ll p'ive tiiosi all they w a n t " 1 (oan h r a r c h o o Jail -bulletin, i.ov. , Is,
1942, 2).
V ienna s a u r • :e.

a

a.Mll,

canned , '"i^rr-r.

oupper c o n s i s t s o f a r>latei*ul of s trin. • b -an3 with pieces of Vienna
oauea^.
(Y a n k , 69).
to visit aropnd .
3 0

they v i s i ted

To po here m d
n r curd r\wl ile

vydce. b r e a k s .

t.- ere v ir it in.-:.

(Pyle, 219).

One sobs os one talks.

At the er.d his v o i c e almost broke . ..
voice c h a n g e s .
uberty to a 1 o v e r
. . .rhen his v o i c e
voice d r o s s »
r.rd on a l o w e r

(Pyle,

4 3 3

).

An do descent boy ’v an.rwyo voice cram-eo
tone.

c h o n p ■1. it cr.'.r on t l o w , dee s and throat;, .. .
One sudderly ss or><s ; ore
tone.

.T'«n
v o i c e .iron o I, and s:.e raised ■
— r
(.-.nrquoad , 1 . 1 2 ) .

1

jpietly,

r • uo triii

•.s r i r

(Yauk,

.4,. ) .

ith l' -ss volume

.• vis-

o'- .. ir.. .

vo ice s h a k e s »
One's voice wavers ir. tone usu;lly due to o.otionel,
hysical, V is t r-eor .
. o-r voic.t she ok

- s -.ho o’ oke

■*:o vote f o r .
. .. o.1 •. . .vo ted

(Ja ir , 206;.

'To vote in favor of.
i 'o

r i.i...

v Jc i n . ■- - / •

to wade ashore-

To wade In water to the shore.

Then he waded mjg&ore and looked around and there r i^ it ahead of ae was
a white house.. . (Pyle. 26).
to wade in .

To come to a shore, land, hy wading.

...th e 36 t h . . .division that has borne much of the h itte r brunt of the
Ita lia n fig h t ewer sinoe i t f i r s t waded i n . . . a t Salerna (Tank. lUS).
Most of the men had to Jump into waist-deep water and wade in (Fyle.
28).
to wade out.

To go away froa a shore, land, by wading.

...two of the fellows waded out and ...we pulled him out
a wad of dough.

(Tank. 198),

Much, a lo t of. money.

...you owe the OUB a wad of dough

(Tank, 17l).

waffle iron. A derice, u te n sil, for cooking waffles consisting
two equal, usually c irc u la r, parts which are hinged together.
inner surface of each part has raised cubes,

of
The

Mildred went back to the kitchen, l i t the oren, and started the waffle
irons to heat
(Gain. 120) •
She kept touching the waffle irons to see i f they were hot (Cain, 120 ),
a wage sla re .

A wage earner; one who works for wages.

When Sinclair broke away from wbat he called being a wage slare and a
yes man... (Marquand, 337)*
to wage war.

To engage, p articip ate, in a war.

Are we not waging a war. . .
a wagon shed.

(Tank, 213 ).

A small barn, shed, used to store farm implements.

3he nearest place was a wagon shed which formed one end of the stone
house (Pyle, ^37).
a wagon spoke.

The spoke of a wagon wheel.

(Also a ttrib u tire .)

Several main roads. . . ran wagon—
spoke fashion out through the beachhead
area (Pyle. 236 ).
to wag ----- t a l l .

To ware, more, a ta l l sidewise rather rapidly.

...h e w ill get up. .. and slowly wag his t a i l

(Tank, 137).

1009-

to wag —

tongue.

To tallc Idly; to converse; to gossip.

...they Just roamed around with their tongues wagging— talking mostly
about home (Pyle, Ul2).
waist deep.
deep.

In depth to one* s waist; about three and a half feed

Up to then, he said, the men had been wading walet deep with their loads
across the creek,• • (Yank, 198).
•..when we got to him, after wading through swamp water waist deep, he
was lying on his stomach— dead w a n k , 10).
waist high.
feet high.

In

height to about one1s waist; about three and a half

,..a thick stone wall, waist high (Yank, 2*40),
The fields were surrounded on all sides by the Immense hedgerows— ancient
earthen banks, waist high... (Pyle, UhO).
to
t around.
waiting.

To wait Idly; to wait but not to do anything while

She waited around In the corridor for four or five minutes, calling
John1s name... (Gardner, 8l).
to wait for.

To stay, remain, until the arrival, coming, of.

...she went out front, where other chi 1 dren were waiting for her (Cain,
7).
...Monty was sitting on the steps waiting for her (Cain, 22l).
...Mildred went to her own room, on the chance Veda had gone there to
wait for her... (Cain, 252).
Fred wad downstairs waiting for them, wearing a velvet jacket... (Mar­
quand, 126 ),
Who's waiting far meT
(Cain, U) .
She's waltlnf for you, so go on (Cain, U).
And she would wyi t for him— they both knew that there were beliefs that
you could try to kill but could never kill (Marquand, h2U).
...I stopped in Washington and I won't tell you who told me, but they're
Just waiting for the Japanese... (Marquand, 388).
...we were told to...wait for landing orders (Yank, 202).
...Mildred didn't want for him to finish (Cain, 213).
a waiting room.
A room, usually In a suite of offices, where a
visitor may sit while waiting to see someone.
...he got \ap right away and walked to the undomfortable cubicle, • .known
as "the waiting room11 (Marquand, 279)*
The waiting room was Just off the elevators lighted by a single globe on
the celling and without much ventilation (Marquand, 279)*

-1^10-

walt a minute.

(A t a n used far attention* delay* a pause.)

Walt a minute, i f we* re going to Pred' s . . .hare you read World AsslgraentT
Walt a minute (Marquand, lL).
He said""hey want a Minute, until he got a pencil (Cain, 20U).
I think they knew I was listenin g hecause the other guy eaid, "Walt a
minute1
1 (Gardner, 1U5 ) •
Ho, hut wait a Minute (Cain, lHO).
"Aw, walt a minute, ole man," he said (Yank, 99)*
Why n o ... Well, wait a minute (Gardner, lL) .
Just wait a minute u n til t close the door (Marquand, L3 8 ).
Just wait a minute . . . J e f f , Jim's in the army (Marquand, U
3 S).
Tell her to wait a minute (Gardner, LS).
Wait a minute. Paul (Gardner, *+9 ) .
"Wait a minute. Je ffie ," he said (Marquand, 573)*
Wait here a minute, end I ' l l get them for you (Gardner, 59).
"Now wait a minute." Jeffrey said (Marquand, 513) •
Mason said, "Now wait a minute. Paul"
CGardner, l 6 l) .
Leeds said, "Wait a minute" (Gardner. l 6 6 ) .
Hey wait a minute, wait a minute (Cain, 760).
Now wait a mlnutel (Yank, ^ 37)*
No, wait a minute (Cain, lHo).
Mason said. "Now wait a minute. Paul" (Gardner, 160).
"Wait a minute. “ Jim called, "wal t a. minute" (Marquand, UU2 ).
Walt a minute (Cain, 1*4-3)*
to wait on.
To serve; to attend one.
(This implies the relationship
of servant to master, or of one working far another as a "waitress
waits on a customer in a restau ran t.").
At the Home Kitchen Cafe, they were waited on by the same waitress who
had waited on Mason at lunch.. . (Gardner, 156 ) •
oazel Strickland waited on your table (Gardner, 201 ).
Hazel Strickland waited on them (Gardner, 198 ).
...t h a t a l l I'm good for is putting on a uniform and waiting on other
people (Cain, 5l)*
Anna, she gathered, was the g ir l who had waited on her, and the aggressor
in the f i g h t .. . (Cain, U5 ) .
You mean you can 't wait on them as rapidly when there's a crowd! (Gard­
ner, 1 L9 ) .
She said she was so nervous she almost went to pieces every time she
waited on him (Yank, 199)*
to wait on the table.
dishes from the table.

To serve food to the table and to carry out

Lizzie, assisted by another maid about her age, was waiting on the table
(Marquand, 98 ).
to w a i t
comes.

turn.

To stay, remain, u n til one's time in the order

“W l l -

. ..th e infantrymen were squatting alongside in a ditch, waiting their
turn to advance (Pyle, UU3 ) .
The biggest ones lay far off, wal ting their turns to come in (Pyle,
23).
To wai t for a 1 ong time.

to wait a sp ell.

Thanks to then, St. Peter w ill hare to wait a spell before he hears the
searchlight yarn (Pyle, 22).
to wait tables.
from the table.

To wait on tables; to carry food and dishes to and

. . .and the poor colored boys who waited tables were at i t nearly every
waking hour
(Pyle, l l ) .
They waited table in the officers 1 mess, and ran the wardroom pantry...
f r y T Z T S o r . -----

to wait up (fo r).
one.

Hot to go to bed anticipating the arrival of some­

I f Mrs. Blederhof is waiting up for you, why don* t you run alongT

).

(Cain,

110

She’s not waiting up

(Cain, 110 ) .

to wake up.
1. To awaken; to cause to awaken; to wake.
I t woke me up (Marquand, 53*0*
V
T
®woke up one morning, and found Emilygone(Gardner, 113).
Den1 t wake hi« up. please dcn't, Jeffrey (Marquand,
5).
Mildred woke up. . . (Cain, 152).
...th e y found themselves lying in a puddle of water when they woke up
(Tank, 203 ).
...h e kept fa llin g over into the water and waking up (Pyle, 253)*
. . . I happened to wake up about three o' clo ck ... (Pyle, lU7).
...we would drop off to sleep, and wake up with them on in the morning
. . . (Pyle, 3S3)*
"I had a dream the other night," she was whispering, and I woke up in
an awful fright"
(Marquand, l 6 U).
He started to read.. . quietly so as not to wake up those who weren't
flying that day (Tank, lU).
...h e might as well be turning in i f he had to be waked £& at fo u r...
(Marquand, 219).
. . . i t angers the Kraut and he wakes up the men who are trying to sleep
(Tank, 60 ).
I would much rather wake up in the morning.•• (Tank, 21 h).
...an d w e'll Just say we can't wait u n til he wakes up (Marquand, 89 ).
...t h a t he might wake up and find i t was a ll a horrible nightmare (Gard­
ner, I 65 O.

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I t was s t i l l early to wake up Madge, but suddenly he wanted to talk to
someone (Marquand, 30bT,
• ..h u t Owen was too big now for him to wake her U£ (Marquand, 306).
The sun was Just setting when I worke up (Pyle. 29 U).
Men were killed each night, and yet 1 newer eyen woke up (Pyle, 237 ).
But I dldn11 wake up (Pyle, 3^5)*
I t was hard for him to wake up (Pyle, 36U).
But before he could eat the food or warm h is fe et, he woke u p ... (Pyle.
190).
When they woke up they could hear voices a l l around.. . (Pyle, 375).
. . . i t ' s like waking up and finding a strange nan in the bedrooa... (Mar­
quand, 7 )*
He also had waked up before he could get a mouthful of food (Pyle, 190).
. ..s o now they shake me t i l l I wake up so they can... (Pyle, 12).

2 . To become aware of a situation; to become ccnscious of a problem,
situation, condition.
You Just wake up suidenly—something h its you (Marquand, USO) •
I t was not u n til the hostess appeared in an apron, and began serving
orders, that she woke up to the fact that s h e ... (Cain, Hh).
If they lose i t , we* 11 be fighting alone, re ally , and they will lose i f
we dan11 wake up (Marquand, U62).
"Sweet," Walter said, "something's got to wake uj> America" (Marquand,
**62).
-Ill you newsobys want to wake up America (Marquand, U62).
If they could see i f right there i t might wake them ug (Marquand, U62).
All this fin ally succeeded in waking up the Japs or getting them sore
(Yank, 53 ).
Wake uo. Luckey (Yank. 211 ) .
up. Amerleal (Marquand, ^6 o).
I wake up with a s ta rt
And return to the earth and war ag ain ... (Yank. 157)*
...an d they won't wake up u n til the score is about forty to nothing
(Oain, 1 H2 ).
...we were like Prance, that i f we did not wake up. we woudl end Just
lik e Prance (Marquand, 3**3)»
3. To regain e<nsciousness; to come to.
. . . t h e next thing they woke up in a hospital
He woke up at the aid sta tio n .. . (Yank, 19)*

&

(Pyle, **25)»

hour.
The time of day that one is not asleep; from early
morning u n til late at night.

...boys who waited tables were at i t nearly every waking hour
to weak along.

(Pyle, 12 ).

To s tro ll; to walk.

...th e n they would walk along up Pifth Avenue in the dark

(Marquand,

286).

to walk around.

To walk her a and there from place to place.

He spent hours walking around the middy stone s t r e e t . .. (Pyle, 227 ).
He walked around, panting. . . (Oain. 169).
W
e walked around same more... (Tank, 209 ).
W
e lo st about f ir e minutes walking around In orchards looking for i t
(Pyle, VA-).
So he walked around the f r o n t... (Pyle, 396).
He walked around a few moments (Oaln, 136 ).
W
e were walking around the bivouac where the men of the company were
sittin g on the edges of th e ir foxholes... (Pyle, 19 U).
...who not only rated him but was able to struggle to his feet and walk
around (Tank, U3 ).
to walk away.

To leave, go off, go away, walking.

"That's my salute to you,” he said and walked away (Tank, 27 ).
As he walked away he s a id .. . (Tank. 182).
As I wjJ-keA away he called o u t... (Pyle, 190).
As the general walked away the annoyed gunner turned to a fellow crew­
man. . . (Pyle, 3ltfr.
...th e n he got up and walked away. . . (Pyle, 196 ).
The talker repeated the message over the phone and the commander walked
away (Tank, *4-5)*
...e a rly one morning they found the sentry asleep end Just walked away
(Pyle, 153).
to walk back.

To return by walking.

...telegraphing your baby, who'd send ten or twenty maybe, so you
wouldn't have to walk back home (Marquand, 163 )*
...Sergeant Petchal walked eight miles on a reconnaissance and then
walked back (Pyle, 217).
to weak by.

To go by, pass by, walking and not stop.

...Red Riding Hood.. .walked briskly b y ... (Tank, 155).
As she walked by. .. (Tank, 155)*
A german soldier came walking b j . .. (Tank, 219).
A sailor with a green fatigue Jacket or 01 shoes walked by with a red
arm band, and you knar why... (Tank, 76).
a walkie-talkie.
a t tributive. )

A portable radio transmitter and receiver.

(Also

A walkie-talkie was going to the corner of the house... (Tank, 59)*
Pung had a walkie-talkie with him (Tank, 91).
Smaller outfits carried by one soldier are known in Army slang as
' walkie-talkies 1 (N at'l. Oeog. Mag. July, 19^1. P» 31)•
to walk in.

To enter walking.

...I walked In (Tank, 2U7).
...a tall, middle-aged man walked In (Tank, 205).
Another lieutenant walked In and asked for whiskey (Tank, 205) .
Any minute, the law may walk In through the door (Gardner. 77).
When I walked In. they laughed and said, "This must he It..."
(Pyle,

26l).

...as long as a man was in unform all he had to do was to walk In and
sit d<*rn (Pyle, 172).
The minute a man was carried in, or walked in. he was given coffee and
a cigarette... (Pyle, 153)•
Two young lieutenants.. .walked in (Pyle, 3^7) •
I don't know whether the Army hired him or whether he just walked in
and went to work (Pyle, 119)*
Three other members cf the S— 2 staff walked in... (Tank, 205).
A staff sergeant walked in and out of the room... (Tank, 205).
a walking stick.
in walking.

A walking cane; a short stick used to assist one

He walked slowly to the door which led to the little paneled hall filled
with antique colored prints
and walking sticks and canes... (Marquand,
13S).
to walk off.

To exit; to go out.

Wlater would not knar how to walk off, because amateurs never did
(Marquand, U65)»
to walk off with.

To steal; to purloin.

...a head hunter is liable to pick it up and walk off with it
96).
to walk on.

(Tank,

To continue walking; to go on walking.

...we had a big breakfast and
oollshed it off with a cigarette before
walking on to the briefing vTahk, lU).
He walked on down the mountain without help... (Pyle, 15l) •
to walk on — - hands.
To invert one's body so that one's hands are
on the ground and one's feet In the air and thus "walk on" one's hands.
This youngster was adept at walking on his hands (Pyle, 227).
I finally figured out that he walked on his hands so much because it was
easier than walking in those gigantic shoes (Pyle, 227).
to wakl out (of).

To leave from; to exit from; to go from within.

... complaints he had received, and of the five people who had already
walked out (Oaln, **6 ),
...I turned and walked out (Tank, 16M-).

...he would walk out to the field.,. (Yank, 230).
She eimply walked out and disappeared (Gardner t 125).
Then go down to Jail, he hooked, put up a cash hond, and walk right out
(Gardner, 102).
. ..he .. .walked out (Yank, 224).
They walked out (Tank, 205) •
The private walked out mopping his hrow... (Yank, 20l).
And now that he* s left, he's walked right out of the middle of the
picture (Gardner, 127)*
He thought Louella would walk out first, hut she walnted for him...
(Marquand, 182),
Harvey shook his elbow free of Chief Williams1 grip, then he turned and
walked out (Yank, 90).
...and the officer said "Thanks" and walked out (Yank, 45).
...he would walk out to the runway.•. (Yank, 229).
He walked out far half a day (Pyle, 337)*
A long. ..file of men.. .walked out of a mission hut (Yank, 207).
...sometimes there was a hitter taste of hlle in your mouth as you
walked out of the shack across the dusky field (Marquand, 220).
The sergeant walked out of the room... (Yank, 203).
She walks out of her apartment, tries to disguise her appearance, takes
an assumed name (Gardner, l6l).
to walk out on.
To leave; to go away; to depart.
severing of all connections, relations.)

(This implies a

Walking out on her Job that way indicated it (Gardner, 15*0.
Ue was thinking that they would walk out on you if you were to put an
inartistic coincidence like that in a play (Marquand, 579)*
Sally walked out on me (Gardner, 115).
You don11 want the hoys to walk out on us, do youT (Marquand, 434).
Get in there with them— 1f they haven*"t walked out on you (Cain, 48).
But this— 8ay, Bert must he crazy if he walked out on you (Cain, 27).
Walked out on you, Just like thatT (Cain, 9^ •
to walk over.
To walk from one place to another.
a separation between.)

(This intensifies

...he walked over and closed the piano... (Cain, I85).
Within five minutes after opening the letter I walked over and showed
it to her hue hand (Pyle, 313)*
Lots of times I've filled my mess kit and Just walked over and dumped
it in their buckets... (Pyle, 194).
Joe walked over to the pantry... (Yank, 230).
She walks over to me and takes hold of both my hands... (Yank, 188).
to walk Jgast.

To go by walking; to walk by and not to step.

Or to go to an outdoor toilet and suddenly discover a hunch of Italian
peasant women looking over the lew canvas wall as they walked pas_t
(Pyle, 207).

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Three boys walked p as t, carrying, respectively, a Ghsmcraft set, a
snail totem pole, and a silver trophy (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6,
19^7. 22).
A gay walked past out in the street, and Alden turned loose his sling­
shot and... IGardner , 56).
to walk through.

To go through, throughout, walking.

W
e walked through on our way to work and idly stopped to lis te n .. .
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7* 2 l ) .
They walked right through our front lines
(Yank, lhS).
to walk u p .
1. To apporach someone, something, by walking.
We 8aw an occasional cow deliberately walk up and stick her head in
front of a rifle... (Pyle, 239).
This meant that sight seers could walk up almost to the scene of the
fighting itself in comparatively safety (Yank, 52) •
Yon could walk up and say "You' re from the Midlands” (Yank, 36).
At the moment I walked up... (Pyle, 375).
One afternoon a nice looking young soldier walked up and sat down on the
earthen ledge behind our gun pit (Pyle, 113) *
...a rough-looking, oddly dressed character walked up to the entrance
gate... (Yank, 25).
Sun-struck cats dosed...and we wouldn't have been surprised to see a
rat walk up and smack one across the whiskers (New Yorker, XXIII,
Sept. 6 , 19^7. 19).
And when they got ready to leave, a veteran Portress pilot walked up
to them (Pyle, 319).
The general walked up to a plane... (Pyle, 31S ).
2 . To ascend by walking.
It was seven o'clock In the morning.. .when he walked up the ramp from
the somnolent row of Pullmans... (Marquand, 302).
to walk up and down.
Implies nervousness.)

To walk back and forth, here and there.

He keeps walking up and down trying to fight the war
wall clock.

(This

(Marquand, 566).

A clock which Is fastened to and hung on a wall.

There is always a large wall clock in this kind of parlor... (Yank, 1SS) .
wall eyed.
A condition of having one eye turned outward as opposed
to crosseyed; or having a blank, staring expression.
...10 reals to the wall-eyed girl in the ticket cage

(Yank, 73).

Wall Street.
of business.

The financial center of New York City; also a symbol

...Milton had told Jeffrey what a headache everything was on Wall Street
(Marquand, H00).
to wall u p .

To enolose, cover, by means of a wall.

"I guess they walled them U£> because they took too much wood,"
said (Marquand, 133)»
to wander off.

Waiter

To leave unnoticed; to stray; to stray off.

Many times we completely lost the trail, and would wander off and bump
Into trees or fall into deep ditches (Pyle, 19l) .
They wandered off behind the sand dunes... (Yank, 1S2) .
(not) to want (a n y , n o ) part of.
nection, relation, with.
If this
Most dF

Not to want, wish, desire, any con­

indicant is democracy, I don11 want any part of it (Yank, 213).
them wanted
no part of Army routine (Yank, 190).

to want back.

To desire something, someone, to return, to come back.

You want Veda back... (Gain, 219)•
to want to say.
To desire to tell.
ducing one's remarks.)

(This is a polite form of intro­

I Just wanted to say that Monty has told me about your plan to be mar—
rled... (Gain, 226).
war break** out.

(Of. to break out.)

...the Spanish War broke out

War begins, starts.

(Yank, 2Ug).

war correspondent.
A reporter, journalist, who writes about the
war. ^e li usually attached to an army, division, corps, or the like.
...among the war correspondents was Major General Manton S. Eddy, com­
mander of the Ninth Division (Pyle, 39*0.
to ward off.

To guard against; to avert.

He...sleeps there with his clothes on...to ward off the clammy moisture
of the Burma night
(Yank, 130)«
There is no G-I equipment for warding off direct hits by big bombs...
(Yank, Hi) .
a wardrobe trunk.

A trunk hinged in the middle of the sides vertical—

ly, designed to stand otn end, one side of which has drawers and the
other side apace for hanging clothes,
A battered wardrobe trunk and two new suitcases stood beside the tray
(Marquand, ^5^).
to warm u p .
1 . To exercise before engaging in a contest.
...the Jap pitcher was wanning up with an orerhand delivery

(Tank, I85) .

2 . To become interested, excited.
As she talked she warmed up to it,
explaining that shewas married be­
fore she was seventeen... (Cain, 37).
Warming up now, Mr. Treviso went on... (Oaih, 217).
3. To allow a motor to run until
for normal operating.

it becomes as hotas

it should be

Then you would hear the motors warming up on the field (Marquand, 219).
...the ground crew was warming up a grotesquely painted P-UO... (Yank,

19*0.
a war of nerves.
A cold war; a struggle between nations by means of
propaganda, international Incidents, etc.
...this echo from Germany had the effect, upon me at least, of a war of
nerves (Pyle, 297).
war weary.

Tired of war; worn out in war.

(Also nominal.)

Thousands of once precious B— 17*s are now *war wearies1. Not worth
salvaging, they clutter up foreign and domestic airfields (Sat.
Eve. Post., Mar. 17» 19^5* 20).
to wash dirty linen (in public).
To reveal one* s family troubles
publicly, usually in an argument, the court.
sAe hated to wash the dirty linen in front of any more people than she
could help... (Oaln, 20).
to wash down.

To descend by means of water, or other liquid.

).

...%ulte a little rubble that washed down on the streets... (Cain, 160
...a little rough from the stones that had washed down on it... (Cain,

*fx)washed out.

Pale, colorless; tired; insipid.

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His se&ond wife vas Mildred Hughes...who used to do Articles...some­
times about factory conditions and sometimes about washed— out farmers*
wires... (Marquand, 20).
to be washed out.

To be dismissed due to one's own failure.

...mere experts were washed out by the brutally rugged standards as the
509th Composite Group trained for A»day (Sat. Ere. Post, June S, 19^6,
18).
to be washed orerboard.

To be swept off a ship, boat, by a wars.

An Army officer had been washed orerboard from one craft but Had been
picked up b y another.. . (Pyle, 20) .
to wash — - hands.
(An invitation to wash one's hands is a polite
way to ask a person if he wishes to use the toilet.)
There are cigars on my desk in the library, and the door to the right—
in case you want _to wash your hands (Marquand, 99)*
Do you want to wash your hands?
(Marquand, 95) •
...are you sure you don't want Jbo wash your hands? (Marquand, 97)*
a w^shin^ machine.
at tributlre. )

A mechanical derice for washing clothes.

(Also

...a runabout made from. ..a wash! ng-mach 1ne motor... (Tank, 23*0.
There would be no new automobiles next year, and no new washing machines
or electric refrigerators or radios (Marquand, 510) •
Ethel lowed her electric sewing machine as much as she lowed her washing
machine that washed and dried everything in a twinkle... (Marquand,

357J.
to wash off.
1 . To remove, take off, with, by means of, water.
...but the rain water...kept washing it off

(Yank, 196).

2 . To clean with water.
He was one of the boys who wore celluloid collars which you could wash
off in your room... (Marquand, 175)•
to wash out.

To remove, destroy, something by the force of a flood.

Vehicles bogged down and tenqjorary bridges washed out
to wash u p.
1. To wash one* 8 face and hands.

(Pyle, lhl).

I can be all washed up in Just a minute (Marquand, 50U).
It was a sight to see a bunch of combat
soldiersafter they had shaved
and washed up (Pyle, 150) .
...perhaps they’d like to see their room, first, and wash up a little
(Marquand, 115)•
2 . To float to shore; to drift on to a shore.
Wreckage was washed up on shore

(Pyle, 235) •

3. To wash the dishes after & meal.
Then he helped her wash up
to waste breath.

(Cain, 9^)*

To speak uselessly.

......................
.But we
Shall waste no breath, no pity on them
a waste of time.

Useless, worthless, use of time.

It seemed like a waste of time
to waste time ( on).

(Yank, 193) •

(Marquand, 371)*

To spend time uselessly on, at.

There’s no more after that, and no use your wasting my time, and me
wasting yours (Cain, 37)*
... confine his discussion to the present, and wishes to neglect the
duties of his office, Jbo waste time in idle speculation onthefuture
And another thing, this way is quick, and the last I heard of you, you
were up against it, and couldn’t afford ^to waste much time (Cain,
25).
And waste time explaining to a lot of cops (Gardner, 4l).
There was not time to waste... (Yank, 8).
I didn't waste any time getting off the boat... (Pyle, 232).
Mildred noted Pancho' s cream-colored suit, but wasted no time on it
(Cain, 115).
to watch the crowds go by.
walk along.

To observe people on a street as they

Jim said that he would not mind standing all day on Sixth Avenue where
they had the Joke shops. •• Just watching the crowds go by (Marquand,
32^).
watchful waiting.

Alertness; caution and close observation.

...it was mostly a matter of watchful waiting on both sides
watch it!

Look out; beware; attentlonl

(Pyle, 252).

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1*4-21-

"Watch I t . please," they said as they carried the traye
to watch —
like a hawk.
keep an eye on one,

To observe one carefully and closely; to

I was watching Bill like a hawk
to watoh out.

(Marquand, 35).

(Gardner, 113),

To he careful, attentire, watchful; to heware.

If you don't watch out. I may call you one of these days (Oain, 5).
...the Germans hare mobile ack-aek, and they can concentrate it overnight,
so watch out (Pyle, 209)*
He is slow to criticise and hard to anger, hut once he is convinced of
the wrong of something, brother, watch out
(Pyle, U9 ).
...they had to watch out, for pockets sometimes held hand grenades
(Pyle, 2S3T7
to watoh out for.

To take care of; to care for someone's interests.

You got to take an Interest in him, make him feel you're watching out
for him (Oain, 88).
to watch orer.

To care for; to protect; to guard.

...they were also selected to watch orer all three of the conference
leaders... (Yank, 200).
a watch spring.
A tiny halr-sised spring which furbished the power
for the operation of a watch.
...eau de rle is a sarage liquid made by boiling barbed wire, soapsuds,
and watch springs (Pyle, 378).
to w a t c h

step.

To be careful, attentive, watchful.

Watch your step getting out (Marquand, 56).
*A first degree murder rap if you don't watch your step." he
(Gardner, 76).
a watering place.

warned

A spa; a hot, mineral spring or springs.

Madge had gone there once to some watering place with her Frauleln as a
little girl... (Marquand, 22*0.
water level.

The height

to which the water hasrisen and remains.

Boys of Co. C of one outfit
found the ground water levelin their area
of the front line was 20 feet down... (Yank, ^+l).
to be water over the dan.
consequential.

To be a thing of the past; to be no longer

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And Madge said it van water over the d n , too, and that no business aan
could always ha right... (Marquand, 399)*
It was trua that all tha bonds defaulted, but as Milton, said, that was
water OTar tha dan, and if you had distribution, you could eat losses
(Marquand, 399)*
to water proof.
To protect a motor's electrical circuit so that it
nay operate under water and to allow for intake and exhaust of air
through tubes above the water.
On that occasion the men had barely water -proefed their vehicles..•
(Tank, I 3U ) .
tha water

Tha shore.

He stayed at the water 1s edge.. . (Pyle, 368).
a water system.

A supply and distribution of water through pipes.

It was necessary, instead, to cultivate the illusion that there would
be. ..the same electric water system, and the same schools for the
children.•• (Marquand, "51177

a water tap.

A valve at the end of a water pipe.

You could turn the speaker off the way you turned a water tap
quand, 138).

(Mar—

watery eyes.
Syeballs which seem to be wetter, have more moisture on
them, than normal.
...her sstall size, mousy-blond hair, and watery blue eyes made her look
considerably younger than she actually was... (Cain, 16).
to waive around.

To wave, show, publicly, openly.

Stop waving them around

(C&ln, 22h).

to wave back.

1. To wave one's hand in greeting to someone who has waved at one.
She...walked down toward Mrs. Kessler's flowers, waving back at Bert...
(Cain, 213
We waved back with a feeling of superiority which we all felt inside
without expressing it... vPyle, ll).
...the Sicilians all yelled and waved, and the general waved back (Pyle,

).

308).

2, To warn to stay, stop, go back, by a gesture, wave of the hand.

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Tinally he warad then hack, and they crawled to the rear... (Yank, 8).
waved (wavy) hair.

Slightly curly hair.

Her hair, waved the day before, was fluffed out softly... (Oain. l6l).
to wave a flag.

To cause a flag to move back and forth, side to side.

Through his binoculars I saw a Jerry waving a white flag
to wave goodbye.

(Yank. 107).

To Indicate goodbye by waving a hand.

...past sailors and soldiers on land who weren't going along and who
waved good-bye to us (Pyle. ll).
As she was waving good-bye to the disappearing Cord she heard her name
called (bain, 97).
to wave —

hand.

To greet another by waving one's hand, a wave.

Mr. Hannen airly waved his hand
a wave of —

(Cain. 138) •

A sidewise movement of one's hand and arm.

With an airy wave of her hand, she said:
why..." (Cain. 112).
to wave

on.

To Indicate by a wave that one is to proceed, go on.

... finally he ftreed us and waved tie _on
to wave —

to.

Well personally. I don't see

(Pyle, *4-56).

To Indicate where one is to go by a gesture, pointing.

...but he waved her to the piano and told liar to play something... (Cain,

13^).
way down.

Deep down; far down.

Way down in the southern reaches of Germany ner-r Frankfort the ruler
stopped (Yank, lh).
the way —

figures.

What one thinks; what one concludes.

The way I flgger is those critics came up against a play that was so
fine... (Yarik. 132).
the way ——— gets It.

As one understand, comprehends, it.

Singing, the way I get it
the way it is.

(Cain, 209).

To be the condition, situation, position.

At least that's the way it was with one battalion of Infantry when it
pushed ahead of the rest... (Tank, US).
I don't believe one of us was afraid of dying.
That isn't the way it
is (Pyle, 5).
,. .“but then, perhaps, that was the way it was when you suddenly became
an old codger and thought of your children (Marquand, 132).
way off,

Par away; far off.

You hear a door,, .softly close way off in a cool interminable distance
(Tank, 188),
A golden flash would appear way off in the darkness (Pyle, 25),
a way of life,

A method, manner, fashion, of llwing.

If you wanted to you could call it the way of life that everyone was
leading— a way of life which... (Marquand, 139)•
But this loafing wasn't a weakness, it was a way of life, and it had the
same effect on her that Veda's nonsense had... TSaln, 95) •
If you wanted to you could call it...a way of life which had no more
depth than a painting on a screen,,. (Marquand, 139).
He was saying something about the little people and about our way of
life (Marquand, 135).
But Xthel, the only question is how to keep our homes, and our way of
life (Marquand, 3°2 )»
...the hose for your neighbor when his house is burning...way of life...
social gains .. .democracy, • • (Marquand, U6M-).
to be no way of telling.
knowing,

To be no method, manner, possibility, of

...there was no way of telling whether he would have been better or
worse for it (Marquand, 179)•
the way ——

sees it.

As one understands, comprehends, it.

Is that the way you see it, Mr. Wilson? ( M a r q u a n d , 3^5)*
At least, that* s the way"~f see it, so I'm sure I don't know whether The
Book can make a play or not (Marquand, 3^5) •
the way --- wants it.

The fashion, manner, method, that one wishes.

Mr. Mints was the producer and it had to be the way he wanted it —
he had to... (Marquand, U 19).
a way out..
dls engaged.

but

A method, manner, of becoming uninvolved, unentangled,

The boys didn't especially hate the Germans... yet they understood that
the only way out of the war was to fi^it our way out... (Pyle, 32l).

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It had been the beet way out of It, although the most cowardly, newer to
have answered (Marquand, 218).
Spargo expects that the annual reports...will be even lees consoling, but
he sees no way out (New Yorker, XXXII, Sept. 13, 19U 7, 28).
ways and means.

Methods, manner, fashion, and resources, abilities.

The idea that generals cure Ihe only kind of Army personnel capable of
figuring out ways and means and all that stuff is unsound (Yank, 137)*
way with.
likedTyT

One's ability to handle, to get cooperation from, to be

...in general her "way" with children has become notable
XXIII, June 28, l W , TfTT
the way the world goes.
people of the world.

(New

Yorker,

The manners, morals, relationships, of the

...nothing that Madge called security, perhaps because there had ceased
to be security the way the world was going (Marquand, 5^9) •
I've been thinking that I *m very pleased to be my age with the way the
world18 been going (Marquand, 97) •
There might not be a war, but it was time to beready for war, the way the
world was going (Marquand, 510).
a weak sister.

A weakling; one who is easily fri^itened, scared.

The loud, tough guvs in the States turn out to be the weak sisters over
here (Yank, ibS ).
we all.

All

of us; most of us.

He saw hundreds of similer holes later on; we all did (Yank, 250).
But we all ma.de out okay (Yank, 203).
We all fell down on the ground (Yank,203).
At least we all know we did not have to be forced toserve out country
(Yank, 21577'
We all stayed where we were, but finally no more came... (Yank, 58).
Don 11 we all? (Cain, 37) •
We all wish you well (Cain, 2b-8).
^ o u mean," Jeffrey said slowly, "that we all made e big mis take— 1s that
your point if view?"
(Marquand, 6H).
"We all see you," he said, "we’re right in there with you, Gwen" (Mar­
quand, 66).
We all gathered around and listened (Pyle, U2g).
Ve all peered closely at sentries in every open hedge gate... (Pyle, U27).
jTe all got kissed... (Pyle, H 56).
...we all wanted to get in on the liberation of the city (Pyle, U6l).
We all leaned against the wall of our gun pit... (Pyle, 390)-

...we all felt a sense of relief (Pyle, 393)*
We all dreaded flares (Pyle, 39l)«
After we had finished oar haying we all got hack In the oar (Pyle, 379)*
We all threw our seasickness medicine away... (Pyle, 358).
5 5 all got op... (Pyle, 371).
.. .Collins.• .got out some cigarettes and we all lit up... (Pyle, 32*0 .
My mother has— .we all hare (Gain, 1^3).
It sounded so funny we all had to laugh (Pyle, 201) •
We left him there heside the road, that first one, and we all went hank
... (Pyle, 155).
We all hope this is the way you like It (New Yorker, XXIII, June 28,
19^ 7 , 21).
We wawed hack with a feeling of superiority which we all felt Inside
without expressing it (Pyle, 11).
We all knew now that It was a full-fledged German assault on the main
American lines (Yank, 2l) .
We all ducked (Pyle, 151).
35 were all standing out waiting for our squadron to come hack from a
mission... (Pyle, 17*0.
...we're all entitled to our opinion... (Cain, 219).
We were all separated into groups... (Pyle, 35*0*
5 were all glad to hear the news (Pyle, U3C).
As we are all in the 'same transport', we must provide willing shoulders
to cry upon... (Yank, 35) •
We're all buying War Bonds and cutting down on meat and hutter... (Yank,

8*0 .
We're all going hike riding... (Yank, l6o).
W i t h o u t the Bed Cross food, we would have all "been dead," they say
(Yank, 219).
The next night the Japs came again...and we were all out to watch the
show (Yank, 202).
a weapon' a carrier.
A three-quarter ton military truck with all four
wheels having power and designed to carry personnel or loads.
The jeeps and weapons carriers
Do fifty-five around your Z-shaped curves (Yank, IS9 ).
Hot Jeep was ordered to go to Oran with a weapons carrier... (Yank, 139)*
wear and tear.
use.

3he corrosion, wearing down, away, which comes from

It was the life he led, and that was what the doctors said, the emotional
wear and tear and the nervous strain (Marquand, 276).
Your New York home. •.tucked away from the wear and tear of the metropolis
... (Marquand, 35)*
to wear —
clothes.
To carry oneself In one's clothing; to demean
oneself in regard to clothes.
Minot wore his clothes carelessly, although they fited him as smoothly

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as a Hollywood actor's

(Marquand, 2U3 ).

to w a r —
hair (long, short).
To have one's hair long or short;
to keep one* s hair cut long or short.
He wore his hair rather long
to wear off rough edges.
unsophisticated.

(Gardner, 3^).
To h e no longer crude, uncultured, rude,

...they were natural, surprisingly articulate, unassuming leaders with
the rough edges somehow worn off hy what they had undergone (Tank,

lUg).

to wear on.

To drag in time; to pass, as time slowly.

The night wore an
(Pyle, 393)•
As the day wore on It grew progressively worse

(Pyle, 18).

to wear out.
To cause to become useless through use; to use until no
longer fit for use; to cause complete depreciation through, hy, use.
The pace is too fast forme.
I'd he worn out in a year (Tank, ll6 ).
He wished that he were Jeffrey Wilson'e age and he would not he wearing
out the seat of his pants in any office (Marquand, 203).
Tou don't want me to he wearing out shoes, for nothing (Cain, 3^)*
If the ole Brussels carpet had worn out, the new one looked Just like
It (Marquand, 17l).
"What do you do for entertainment around here, besides wearing out that
checkerboard over there?" I asked (Tank, 29).
Pred had once said that he hated to think how many pants seats had been
worn out... (Marquand, 128).
Private Schneider had worn out two ducks and was on his third (Pyle,
276).
weather
as it

beaten. Very tanned; very brown.
(This spiles to one's skin
changes in color and texture from exposure to the sun.)

The platoon sergeant, a stocky, weather-beaten young Texan... (Tank, lU8 ).
"He was
wiry," the nurse said, "around fifty—five or sixty, I should
Judge, with gray eyes, and a weather-beaten face" (Gardner, 38)•
weather bureau.
A bureau in the U.S. Dept, of Agriculture which as­
sembles facts about weather and makes predictions about what the
weather will be.
... of any weather bureau... (Cain, 173).
weather observer.
A service man, soldier, whose duty is to make de­
tailed observations about the weather.

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Let'e say he's a weath.gr observer on special duty

(Yank, 138).

to weather a jrtorm.
To undergo parlloms, dangerous, situations and
to he relatively unharmed,
...if Wally Burgan had Been a little less "brutal... she might have weatlw
ered the storm (Cain, 256).
a wedding ring.
A ring, a hand , of silver, gold, or platinum, often
unadorned, which a man places on the third finger of a woman's left
hand during the marriage ceremony.
(Also worn hy some men.) A symbol
of marriage.
Gaines wore a plain wedding ring on his left hand (Pyle, 33l)*
I noticed that a lot of the married soldiers wore wedding rings

(Pyle,

331).
week after week.

For a very long time, a protracted time.

And I had the menu that they use week after week to prove 1 wasn't
dreaming (Gardner, 211) •
The mountain fighting went on week after dreary week (Pyle, lU-3).
■fi

end.
The period of time from Friday afternoon or night until
Monday morning.

T o r the week end." Minot said (Marquand, 21*6 ).
...to tell him that in spite of the week end he was not seriously con­
templating such a thing (Marquand, 247) •
Once long afterward Madge had spoken of it, when he tried to tell her
about that week end (Marquand, 256).
.. .wondering what may come of it, when you meet people at someone else '8
house on a week end (Marquand, 115).
"I'm all rl^it now,* she said, "and Jeff,all week
end we'll have fun"
(Marquand, 99) •
Jesse was saying that he needed the car if he had to pass the week end
with stage personalities
(Marquand, 283).
...those hoys will go out on the week ends.. . (Tank, 210).
Give the hoy at least a weekend (Yank, 89).
We're going to Fred's...for a nice October week end (Marquand, 6 ).
...when Walter was speldlng a weekend at Happy Rocks... (Marquand, 22).
weeks and weeks.

For a very long time.

...it was recent dirt, not the basic grime that comes of going unwashed
for weeks and weeks
(Pyle, 15l) •
a weeping willow.
One of the willow trees whcF e branches hang, droop,
very low.
(£all babylonlca.)
...such as "God Bless Our Home", and several more tombstone memorials of

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weeping w i l l o w with the names of the deceased... (Marquand, 123).
...and a tavern table with a mirror over It deoorated with a picture of
a tombstone and a weeplnp willow
(Marquand, 12J) •
to weep orer.

To mourn; to feel badly about.

...If It should be destroyed they would not weep over It... (Yank, 32).
to weight down.
1. To load heavily.
...I flew...In a cargo plan weighted down with more than a thousand
pounds beyond the normal l o a d C ^ y l e , lU 2 ).
2

.To

oppress; to lie heavily on one's mind.

...as a result of the war that had weighted her down... (Cain, 221).
well along In years.

Old; aged.

...that '8 pretty well along In years to b e a front-line infantryman
(Pyle, UU 9).
...most of the audience were well along In years... (New Yorker, XXIII,
June 28, 19^7• 20).
well aware.

Conscious; aware.

Monty, well aware by now that a situation of some sort
gard to Veda... (Cain, 229).
well enough.

existed with re­

Pairly well; to a moderate degree, amount.

I knew him well enough to know he was keeping himself in the background
... (Gardner, 73) •
It was all well enough, she said, for someone to publish a book of reading
that he
liked. • • (Marquand, lOO).
well fed.

Well nourished; given goodand

adequatefood.

The boys were warm, clean, well fed... (Pyle, 327)•
well fixed.

Wealthy; rich; well to do; well off.

Well, he said, he was pretty well fixed
well informed.

(Gardner, lUl).

Knowledgeable; knowing; educated; having information.

Charley's even f eatures. •.assumed the patient look of a well—inf ormed
adolescent conversing with a poorly trained elder... (Marquand, 50&) •

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well kept.

Carefully .neatly, eared for, tended.

...modern homes with well-kept yards. .. (Tank, 2h2).
It was December 1919, and the parlor smelled of soap and wax as a wellkept parlor should... (Marquand, 289).
well known.

Famous; widely known.

He's rery well-known
well —

might.

(Cain, 12 5) •
One

mi^jht well;

one should; one has a right.

We were prodigal with ammunition against these rocky craga, and well we
might be, for a $90 shell could often save ten lives In country like
that (Pyle, lU2).
a well of water.

A well.

There was a well of clear, clean water at one corner... (Tank, 2ho).
well oiled machine.
or the like.

A smoothly operating business, cooperating group,

The well-oiled machine was in high, now, humming smoothly, pulling its
load (dain, 122J.
we* 11 see.

It will be considered; we will think about something.

We* 11 see what can be done
well stocked.

(Cain, 137)*

(A large supply, stock, inventory)

He managed to keep well-stocked b y trading with
well turned out.

Well supplied.

b o y B ...

(Pyle, 3^5) •

Well dressed; dressed stylishly; fashionably.

It came as a shock to Jeffrey, because Alf had been wel 1-turned-out when
he had called at the Bronxbllle... (Marquand, Ugl).
well, what do you knew about that.
That is hard, difficult to be­
lieve; It Is astonishing.
(An exclamation.)
Well, what do you know about thatT
to wend —

way.

(Cain, 9)•

To go; to move along.

. .. Shorty. ..began wending his way across the street... (Tank, 137)»
the West Coast.
The western coast states of the U.S.; California,
Washington, and Oregon.

Jeffrey c o u l d hare told h i m a good deal about the West Coast and Oregon
(Marquand.
West Point.

Tha

U.S.

M i l i t a r y academy. (Also attributive.)

In the field. ..Stillwell Is no collar-ad for what the well-dressed West
Point man w i l l w e a r t h i s season (Tank, 129).
Nevertheless, he w a n t e d to tell Jim that this apparent stupidity and
this West P oint c o n c e i t , which every civilian officer hated... (Marquand, 5l*3~5~I
wet eyed.

Teary; h a v i n g

tears in one's eyes; emotional.

Mildred had a warm, wet— e y e d feeling toward them both, and decided that
Anna rated. .. (Gain.
.
a wet nurse.
anyone who

A woman
takes great

Are you a w e t nurse or a
to wet down.

other than the mother who suckles a child, hence
c a r e for another.
ch i e f petty officer?

(Yank, 89).

T o s p r i n k l e ; to Irrigate.

Uneasily he added:

“G a v e

what brings y o u h e r e T

I t a good wetting down"

W h y are you here?

(Cain, 3 )*

Why did you come here?

...one of those obvious questions which had always annoyed him In play
dialogue. "What b r o u g h t y o u out here?11 (Marquand, lUl).
w>w»t — — p a h come t o .
necessity, adversity.

The degree, rank, state one will descend to in

It was a v e r y thick, s w e e t i s h substance— which shows what a Southerner
rj>n come t o who* s b e e n wit h o u t mint juleps for a year (Pyle. 96).
what can you, do about I t ?
The situation is hopeless; there is no
need to w o r r y about t h e situation, just accept it.
...but as l o n g as It is w o r r y about a war, what can you do about it?
(Marquand. 2J2 ).
what the d e v i l ?

What.

"What the darrll1s that?"
what —

(An exclamation and an intensive question.)
h e asked

doesn't k n o w w o n * t hurt —

(Marauand, 531)•
»

Ignorance is bliss.

Wha.t he don* t know won' t h u r t him (Cain, 59)•
...when it came to a b o y Jim* s age, maybe what you dldn11 know dldn* t
hurt you
(Marquand. 1 0 2 ) .

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what do you do with, yourselfT
you doingT

How do you pass your time?

Well, what do you do with yourselfT
what do you know about thatT
ment, )

(Cain, 2l) .

(An exclamation of surprise, astonish­

What do you know about thatT (Cain, 26).
An d as Alf said, what did you know about thatT
what elseT

What are

(Marquand, hjG) .

What other thlng(s).

He didn't seem to know Just what else to do (Yank, 12).
There were I G ^ l O a and heaven only knows what else (Yank, 15)*
what ever made you thinkT

Why do you thinkT

Why, darling, what ever made you think
what for T

of thatT

(Marquand, 588).

WhyT

But I said, "What fort
(Fyle, 226).

I have been ashore for three months already"

not to know what gets into — — ,
aets as one does.

Not to know, understand, why one

• ..after Mr. Hannen died, I don't know what gotinto her

(Cain, 21l).

what goes for —
goes far the other.
What, that which, one gets,
the other gets; the privileges, rights are the same for both.
What goes far Gan. Stillwell goes for his men
what goes onT

(Yank, 129) .

What is happening, occuring.

"What 18 going onT" he asked (Marquand, 199) •
Vhat 1s going on over there in EuropeT (Marquand, 53)*
l?c35affie himself is...better informed about what's going on that G-2
(Yank, 3*0 •
...for a while nobody knew exactly what was going on. least of all the
Jap (Yank, 5)*
what good, is (that) to —
for meT

.

What advantage will there be in that

And what good will that do you?

(Cain, 251).

what
ha 8 to say for —
one's actions.

What defense, reasons, one can give for

.

-1*03-

We'll see what the patient hae to say for himself
not to know what —
sees in another.
tion another has for one.

(Gardner, 36)*

Not to understand the attrac­

He looked at her again, wondering what she had seen in it, trying to dis­
cover some taste that they might possess in common (Marquand, 322).
Stupid, don't you know what he sees in youT (Cain, 157).
what hare you.

And so forth; and so on.

And up he went into the air.
what the hellT

Looped, rolled, what have you

(Tank, 166) •

(An exclamation of annoyance.)

...well, what the hell... (Cain, 13l)•
What
the hell (Pyle, 212).
W&t
the hell (Cain, 150).
Or would you give up and say what the hell is theuse...?
(Tank, 22l).
What
the hell,they're not too"bad looking...
(Tank,
209) .
Well what the hell?
(Cain, 96) •
what the hell.

(An intensive)

What in the hell am I looking at that for7 (C&in, 88).
What in the hell are you talking about?
(Cain, 167).
"What the hell*s eating you, man?" Cooper asked... (Tank, 206).
What the hell for?
(Marquand, U 3 ).
If it's a secret, what the hell are you coming to me about it for? (Tank,

137) .
"What the hell does Alden and me want with Court?"

he asked

(Gardner,

" 5 7 7 .----------

What the hell do you think she moved for? (Gardner, 10).
... 1 oould see that they were wondering at first just what the hell I was
doing in that roam (Tank, 200).
...wondering what the hell all the shooting was about (Tank, I9U).
One day some soldier wrote a nasty letter asking what the hell did Mauldin
know about the front (Pyle , 130) •
...then he ealed police headquarters, wanted to know what the hell they
meant by raiding his Joint... (Tardner, 87).
hell do you mean... (Tank, 25).
it the hell do you think they asked you for? Mrs. Newcombe said (Mar­
quand, 122).
what is in it for —
for oneT
What*s in it for me?
what is in the paper?
important news?

?

What advantage, gain, profit, is there in it
(Gardner, 9 9 ) •
What news is there?

What is the interesting,

-.LUjJI*-

She always asked him what was In the paper,.. (Marquand, H).
What18 In the paper? (.Marquand, U) .
what la more.

In addition; additionally.

What was m o r e , Madge always depended on Milton, because Milton was what
she described as a "man of business"
(Marquand, 399)*
.. .what1s more. I don't bell ere you...has any right... to take what be­
longs to me... (Cain, 2U 7).
What1s more., .they can gag you with a couple of pages yourslef (Tank,
173).
What1s more, Inez Colton took a powder right after the murder (Gard­
ner , 12577
What's more. you<nn*t convict a man on a tip-off (Gardner. 97).
more, the waiter orer at the restaurant remembers the occasion
perfectly (Gardner, 85).
What1a more, our artillery prevailed, and howl
(Pyle, 1*4-2).
what is worse.

That which is worse, harder, more difficult.

...they were always calling each other by their first names, or what
was worse, by nicknames... (Marquand, 211).
...like everyone else, and what was worse, the thing he wanted was ex­
actly the same an the thing desired by some little girl behind a drug­
store lunch counter (Marquand, 378).
what - —

ijs all about.

What is really is, means, contains.

...I'm still wandering what the Army Je all about (Tank, 215).
...they dldn't tell us then what it was all about (Tank, 199)*
...then a strange hysterical sort of crisis, then a leveling off in Jan­
uary, and then wandering in February what it was all about (Marquand,

326).

I was Just wondering what it's all about

(Marquand, 38).

a what not.
A set of open shelves for holding small figurines, vases,
miniatures, and the like.
...wonder what had become of them— of 1iie engraving and the tall clock,
and of the horsehair sofa and the what-not in the parlor... (Marquand,
156).
what on earth.

(An intensive.)

They must have both wondered sometimes what on earth they were doing
there, but in a second this was over (Marquand, 286).
what
one. )

won* t do to.

What we won* t do to JapanI

(An implied threat of vengeance against some­
(Marquand, 388).

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what la the matterT

What is wrong?

"What* a the matter," Jeffrey asked (Marquand, 59)*
"Vfhat* s the matter, dear old playmate?” Mrs. Newcombe said to him
(Marquand, 129)•
what a thing to say.
That ia not polite to say; It is not polite,
fitting* to say such a thing.
"Jim” , Madge cried, "what a thing to aay to Gwen"
what a time.

(Marquand, 66).

M u c h fun, pleasure; good time.

H i 8 father, h y now a lieutenant of equal rank, got a week* a leave, and
what a time the I>rew family hadl (Pyle, I 06).
what* a the use?

What advantage, profit, is there?

What* a the use of having a road if we <an* t use it?
what with.

(Yank, 129).

Among, "between, various things.

What with the chest, the Dairy. ..she moved like some proud pedigreed
pigeon (Cain, 133).
Meanwhile, what with the housing shortage and all, the Pallisters figure
that they're a good deal better off than they'd he in a small apart—
ment ashore (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19^7* 26).
What with the liquor...she began to feel so friendly... (Cain, 152).
What with the bar and one thing and another I couldn't get it (Cain,
15577“
The expense, what with the water and the gardner, was high... (Cain,
178).
.S *heel chair.

A chair on wheels used by invalids, or the aged.

I'm not in a wheel— chair yet (Marquand, 5Sl).
...it doesnTt do any good to tell her that I'm not in a wheel-chair yet
(Marquand, 579).
The idea was firmly in Pred* a m^nd that he was not in a wheel-chair yet
(Marquand, 579).
I'm not in a wheelchair yet, and I don't give a damn if Beckie thinks
so (Marquandk 57^).
when it comes to.

Considering.

But there was no use worrying about Jim wondering wnat he was doing be­
cause when it came to a boy Jim's age, maybe... (Marquand, 102).
where
comae in.
The point, place, condition at which one can
assist, do one *s part, or the like.

-1436-

In a thing like this, it's got to be bona fide, and that's where you
come in (Cain, 90) .
And, baby, ri^it there ie where I cone in (Cain, 24),
where does --- leave — — ,
does that put one?

In what condition, situation, position,

"Well," Mason said moodily, still with his chin on his chest, "let's
see where that leaves us. Doctor"
(Gardner, 32 )»
where does this put — — T
does this place one?

In what condition, position, situation,

"Where does that put u s . Chief?"
where the dough is.
money.

she asked

(Gardner, ~[6),

The place, position, in which one gets much

But if...she had talent in her head, and began to write music, that was
where the real dough was... (Cain, 139).
where the hell.

Where.

(the hell serves as an intensive.)

"Walt's back from
Mrs. Newcombe said, "or wherever the hell it
was Walt went..." (Marquand, 3^7)*
Where the hell have you been all this time? (Tank, 25).
where in hell.

Where.

(in hell is an intensive.)

But where in hell did you learn to speak Snglish?
where in the world?

Where?

Where in the world haveyou been?

(Tank, 12).

(in the world is anintensive.)
(Gain, 97) •

where to get off.
The point, situation, condition, beyond which one
cannot go. (This implies one bawls another out, reproves, reprimands
him.)
It's time they learned where they get off
where was JC?

What was I saying?

(Gardner, 205).

What was I talking about?

"Let me see," Buchanan said, "where was I?" (Marquand, 1^5) .
"0E t no," Walter said, "let me see, where was I?" (Marquand, 136).
whether or not.

Whether; one way or

He never seemed able to
quand, 18) .

the other.

tell whether or not peoplewere serious

(Mar­

Home will always 'be with us, whether or not
We ever see It again, a picture In our brain,*, (Tank, 15l)*
"I don't know whether ojr not these are dangerous," Pallister said...
(New Yorker, *XlII, Sept. 13, 19^7. 26).
to whip about.
To toss, throw, cause to move violently, from one
place to another, here and there.
That wind, whipping our barges about in the shallow water, delayed -us
more than the Italian soldiers did (Pyle, 32)*
to whip in.

To enter, come in, very rapidly and sharply.

As we stood there, a shell suddenly whipped in... (Pyle, 2U 5).
to whip off.

To remove, take off, very rapidly.

Then she whipped off her dress, changed into the little sports suit
and floppy hat (Cain, 9°) •
...and MP stopped him and whipped him off to the station for a pro...
(Tank, 201).
Then beside her was Ida, whipping off her hat, tucking it with her
hand bag... (Cain, 123).
to whip out.

To extract, draw out, very rapidly.

Walter had handed her a white Jade cigarette holder with a cigarette
inserted in it, and whipped out his lighter (Marquand, 119).
to whip u p .

1. To raise, lift, very rapidly.
...one of the sailors whipped up his .U5 and fired

2. To create; to cause to come into being.

(Tank, 255).

(This implies rapidity

and lack of vare.)
It was a nice warm day with a brisk African wind that started _to whip
up a sandstorm... (Tank, 31)•
to whisk away.
and secretly.

To take away, remove, take to another place, rapidly

I was somewhat surreptitiously whisked away by air ten days ahead of
time
1 ).
to whisk off.

To kill; to cause to die.

...and since I was at the age where hardening of the arteries might
whisk me off, at any moment... (Pyle, 136).

to whisk out.

To extract, take out, rapidly,

...whether Germany had some hidden Luftwaffe tip her sleeve that she
might whiak out to destroy us (Pyle, 5)»
to whisper in ——

ear.

To

whisper very close to one's ear.

"I hope Spandau Alley is quiet tonight,N a Kiwi whispered in my ear...
(Tank, 5*0.
to whi 8tie in the dark.
oneself.

To keep u p , maintain, one's own courage by

But there was no reason for him to stay there indefinitely, building Tip
uncertain egos and whistling in the dark, because his own work...
(Marquand, 293).
a white collar worker.
pencil pusher.

An

office worker; one who

The editorial staff is composed of an ex-lawyer,
white collar worker, and a poet (Tank, 68)•
a white elephant.

and

works at a desk; a
ex-professor,a

An expensive but useless, unwanted object.

The place, no more saleable...than a white elephant... (Cain, 220).
white faced.

Pale; colorless.

Mike Bocuzsi,tumbling out white-faced, yelled:
(Tank, 86).
a white flag.

"I'm through flying..."

A sign, signal, for surrender.

...the Germans came forward under a white flag to talk surrender...
(Tank, 235).
to be white of (--- ).
part, for one to do.

To be very decent,

kind,thoughtful,

on one's

"That’s mighty white of you, Mr. Mason," he said, "and you can rest as­
sured that I'll keep all of this under my hat"
(Gardner, 172).
the whites o f

eyes.

The white part of one's eyeballs.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their
to whittle down.

eyesI (Tank, 237).

Toreduce by degrees, gradually.

Their strength was gradually whittled down by wounds... (Pyle, U^ 3).
...battle whittled down the old ones aid the replacement system brought

1^39-

Originally the whole crew was from South Carolina and they were a close
knit hunch, hut transfers and Illnesses over the months had whittled
the C&rollnalns down to f I t s
(Pyle, lOl).
to whi x around.
To fly, move, go rsgpldly from oneplace
from here to there.

to

another,

All they got to do In the wolld is whi 2 around the air, eating wolms
(Tank, lOl).
The officers didn't want stray bullets whisting around In case of fire
(Pyle, 9).
who d o e s
rank.

think

IsT

One must think one has a very high position,

Who do you think you are, to stand up there
and will I do that? (Gardner, 76) •
who the hellT

Who?

and ask me, will

I do this

(the hell Is an intensive.)

...who the hell would expect a kid offourteen to be doing something about
every cocktail party I dragged her to?
(Cain, 168).
"Who the hell are you?"
(he asked (Gardner, 106).
And wiu> the hell put that girl where she is today? (Oain, 250).
Who the hell are you? (Yank, 19).
the whole business.

Everything connected with it; all this.

In fact, I am a little bit disgusted with the whole business
The whole business was afire (Marquand, 236),
the whole point.

Hie crux; the most important point.

"But that Is the whole point of it," Mr. Mints told him
That '8 the whole point of it (Marquand, 39*+) •
whoop—de— do.

(Tank, 3®)

(Marquand, *+2l).

The excitement; the noise.

...then, after the big whoop-de— do, their whole attitude changed, alas
(Cain, 197).
why la. hell.

Why.

(in hell Is an intensive.)

Well, why in hell didn't you say so in the first place
why the hell.

Why.

(Pyle, 3I7)«

(the hell is an intensive.)

...for an hour he had been standing there looking down at the bomb— won­
dering why the hell he ever chose to be an engineer anyway (Pyle, 175)
w h y , if it isn*t.—

♦

(This expression is used to indicate surprise

at seeing one.)

"Why,* Louella said.
xiotl

w If it lsn 11 Jeffrey Wilson"

V 2)B*t 1 is t h e reason It slxould not be?

(Marqiiand, 180).
(WhyT)

And why not? (G a r d n e r , 73).
v
I asked him why not
(Pyle, 4^8).
wide awake.

Awalce; very much awake.

He felt rery d e f i n i t e l y that he could not live forever, and then he was
wide awake and l i s t e n i n g to the rain outside (Marquand. 533)»
wide eyed.

A s t o n i s h e d ; perplexed; surprised.

Russell...was w i d e - e y e d during out training... (Yank. 2U 5).
wide open.

1. Completely open.; not at all closed; exposed.
The parasol, w i d e o p e n and framing the bonnet... (Cain, 239).
The road from the O P advance section was wide open for snipers
108).
...the door...svung slo w l y open, wide open (cain, 230).

(Yank,

2. Gambling, p r o s t i t u t i o n , and the like being allowed by the police.
It was all wide o p e n a t Las Vegas, not that evertyhing wasn't always
wide open there
t Marquand, 475/.
to w i g g l e

toss.

Then she wiggled hex*
to be wild about.
about.

To move one's toes rapidly, pleasurably.
toes

(Cain, 29).

To be very fond of; to like very much; to be crazy

No one had seen a n y t h i n g like that paper, and Fred had known how wild
she was about it
CMarquand, 109)*
wild country.
Undeveloped, unexploited, land.
probability of l i t t l e police protection.)
"Must have been a wild, country .1
1 Mason ventured
wiliest h opes.
...she found she h a d
(Cain, 126).

(This also implies the
(Gardner, 57)-

One's most extravagant hopes, dreams, plans.
taken in $46, or $10 more than her wildest hopes

a wild gleam in ——
one* e face,

eye,

A look of Intensity, ferocity, insanity on

"Listen," said Kent, a wild geam in h is eye, "maybe I could be a fighter
plane"
(Tank, 166).
a wild man.

An uncontrolled person; an uninhibited person.

Pilot Chief Collins was a wild man then, and nearly everybody was afraid
to ride with him (Pyle, 332).
a wild ride.

A very fast, heedless ride in an automobile.

It told of the wild ride to the sanitarium there... (Caih, 182).
Willow R u n .
A very large, huge manufacturing plant constructed by
the Pord Motor Co. to produce airplanes in World War II. Hence, any
large place where people work, or work is done.
Willow Run believed it was the lowest rate in the world (Pyle, 3**0) •
The mess was affectionately known as “Willow Run" (Pyle, 339)*
will power.

Self control; force of one's will on one's actions.

...one pilot who absolutely hated airplanes and kept going, if at all,
only through sheer will power (Pyle, 178).
to wind about.

To go incurves; to curve around.

...the road, winding about in the ... style of...mountain roads... (Tank,
3*+l).
wind burned.
Brown; tanned.
(This refers to the color and texture
of the skin after long exposure to wind and sun.)
He looked like a texan— wlnd- b u m e d and unsmooth
the wind is like a knife.
one* 8 body.

(Pyle, 33&).

The wind blows cold air and seems to cut

...and searched for hollows where the wind wasn't so much like a knife
(Tank, U8 ).
window curtain.

Window shades; blind.

When the fog rolls u p , like a window curtain... (Tank, 180).
window dressing.
customers.

Ihat which is placed in a show window to attract

“Well, customers make swell window dresslng if that's what you mean,"

-T.U-UZ-

Baker said

(Gardner, 190).

to wind u p ,

1 . To end; to finish.
As a child she had gone to the Methodist Sunday School, hut then her
mother had hegun to shop around, and finally wound up with the astrol­
ogers .. . (Cain, 106).
...a spell of recitations from the school pageant, which would up in
a quarrel over textbook accuracyl... (Cain, 5*0 .
The Bead End Kids would up in India for training instead of in the States
(Tank, 91 ).
They were American hoys who hy mere chance of fate had wound up with guns
in their hands... (Pyle, Uoi).
She finally wound up as chief nurse of the unit (Pyle, 350)*
One day Buck went stalking a German officer in close combat, and they
wound up with the German on one side of a farmhouse and Buck on the
other (Pyle, 197)*
You try to hush up anything like that, and you wind up in a lot hotter
water than when you started (Gardner, 77) •
"You're going to wind up in the bastille as sure as you're horn," we
said... (Yank, 102).
Somehow Petchal's plane got separated from the rest of the flight and
wound up far out over the Sahara Desert... (Pyle, 217).
The pilots made it Informal, and one of them who had had a rather tough
mission wound up hy saying... (Pyle, 179)•
They talked to me of their plans and hopes...always winding up with the
phrase, "If I get through this fracas alive"
(Pyle, 5)*
Half the time he wound up going to somebody's house for a meal (Pyle,
213).
I thought how ironic it would he _to wind up this war hy drifting alone...
(Pyle, 357).
...it finally wound up that the planes never went out after all (Pyle,
212
So they put me to bed on a cot, gave me paregoric and bismuth, aspirin
and codeine, soup and tomato Juice, and finally wound up with morphine
and a handful of sulfajuanldlne (Pyle, U 5 ).
He sat listening intently while the colonel wound up his instructions
(Pyle, U 33 ).
He wound uj> his investigations hy preparing the following concise reports
(New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19**7» 2l).
It wound up that I stayed three days and three nights with those hoys and
got so 1 felt like acannnoneer myself (Pyle, 97).
••.while winding up
years in the Pacific... (Yank, 215).

).

2. To r o l l up; to c a u s e to ascend hy w i n d i n g , turning,
and she wound up the wihdow
3 . To entangle; to involve.

(Cain,

172).

He got that old B-26

wound up in a steep glide... (Pyle, 33°) •

to win friends and influence people.
(Rather ironic meaning from the
title of fiale Carnegie1s' book How to Win Friends and Influence People.)
I found myself equipped with a wonderful weapon for winning friends and
influencing people (Pyle, 30**) •
to wink tears hack.
To attempt, try, not to cry, weep, hy winking,
forcibly closing one's eyes.
Hot tears started to her eyes, hut she winked them hack... (Cain, 1^ 6).
to wipe a look o f f
crying or the like.

face.

To stop smiling, smirking, grinning,

...will you wipe that stupid look off your face... (Cain, 187)*
to wipe off.

To remove, take away, destroy, hy wiping.

A few small heads of perspiration had formed dust helow his hairline,
and he wiped these off with one fingertip VYank, 90)*
to w i p e
nose.

nose.

To cleanse one's nose of mucccus; to dry one's

He was enrhume and not possessing a handkerchief, he occasionally wiped
his nose on his sleeve (Marquand, 228).
to wipe out.

1 . To kill; to destroy.
He got a direct hit on a gun we've heen trying to get for two weeks,
wiped it out (Pyle, 206).
Lieutenant Shockley. ..explained to us Just what his company was going to
do to wipe out a strong point of pillboxes and machine-guns nests
(Pyle,"WO).
Fort formed a patrol to wipe them out... (Yank, 18).
...ran completely around the island and wiped out an enemy fleet in less
than 50 minutes (Yank, 1+3)*
...they were wiped out when they reached the beach (Yank, 252).
Two more Scouts.. .were given the swwet task of guiding 50 infantry men
to wipe out a strong Jap machine-gun emplacement... (Yank, 19l)«

2 . To ruin financially; to bankrupt.
If we hold the low hand, we're wiped out (Gardner, 175) •
...lose her Job, or that some shift in the pie situation would wipe her
out completely, and leave her exactly where she was in the spring
(bain, 76).

vire tapping.
Connecting a secret telephone set -to another's tele­
phone line so that one can listen to the other's conversations.
(Il­
legal ih the U.S.)
When the police walk into a trap "by means of wire t a p p i n g and listening
in on confidential conversations... (Gardner, 127 ) .
a wise gay.

A smart alec; one who thinks himself

clever, fanny.

One wise gay threw a box at my chest... (Tank, 17l).
Well, brother, you're like a lot of these wipe guys
"Listen, wise guy," he said (Tank, 166).
It's wonderful to be a wise guy (Pyle, 39^).

C Gardner, U2 ).

to wise o p .
To understand; to learn; to get to k n o w .
one to be ignorant of what is happening.)
By the time he wises up nothing is rife
Wise u p . kid (Marquand, 156).

(Tank, 66 ).

to w i s h
all kinds of luck.
To tell another t h a t
well, that he has much good fortune.
All right, Mildred, you run along, and I wish you a l l
your little restaurant... (Cain, 89"90).
to w i s h
the best in the world.
will have good fortune, luck.

(This implies

one wishes another

leinds of luck with

To tell a n o t h e r

that one hopes he

.. .she wlshed him the very best in the world... (Cain » 160) .
to wish —
the best of luck.
very good fortune, luck.

To tell another tha-fc one hopes he has

...every one of them wrote such nice letters and wish.e<i my buddies and
me the best of luck (Tank, 215).
to wish —
a merry Christmas.
(A greeting on or "before Christmas
Bay J
To hope that one enjoys oneself on Christmas.
...Veda was mothering her with kisses, wishing a m e r r y

Christmas... (Cain.

to wish ——
luck.

a good fortune,

15*
0.

well.

To tell another one hopes he h a s

I want to thank you and wish you well
We all wish you well (Cain, 2Ug).
to wish to God.

To wish.

(Tank, I 7U).

(to God is an i n t e n s i v e . )

...I wish to God she'd never let him out of the house (Yank, 136).
He had heard Madge wish to God that he had never come there that after­
noon. .. (Marquand, 263*77
He knew that he could never fly In combat but he knew what It meant from
A to Z and he wished to God that he were there (Marquand, 563)*
Suddenly he wished to God that he were going (Marquand, UUl).
to wish to heaven.

To wish very greatly; (to heaven Is an Intensive.

He wished to heaven, that he had never brought her there
a wisp of.

(Marquand, 229)

Small streamers of; small strands of.

The girl pushed a wisp of damp hair off her forehead (Marquand, 262).
A wastebacket filled with charred papers was sending up wisps of smoke
(Gardner, M-3),
witch hunting.
Political persecution in that a powerful vocal group
objects to the political philosophy of another and attempts to force
his resignation from office or position of prominence.
Political motives and witch-hunting
with an air.

(Nation, Jan. 20 , 19^0* 7 ^ 0

With a varefree manner, bearing.

...in spite of the stains on his trousers, he wore them wlth an air
(Cain, l).
with all the trimmings.
With all that which normally goes with, ac­
companies something; with something special added.
On the fifth day occurred a series of events that were the beginning of
a battle with all the trimmings
(Yank, 5).
not to be able to —
with any degree of accuracy.
do something accurately, with precision.

Not to be able to

...Mildred...couldn't calculate, with any degree of accuracy, when destl
tut ion was likely to fall (Cain, 20977
with ——

back to.

Having something as a protection in the rear.

...Japs tried to turn around and fight with their backs to the water
(Yank, 9 ).
with the best of them.

As well as anyone.

I can use good Snglish with the best of them he thought
with class.

Having good quality.

(Yank, 89 ).

-Ihh6-

"No, no,” Alfred said, "you 1to got to have something with claee to itN
(Marquand, 15*0.
with

compliments.

With one's thanks, regards.

"Give him the check," he said, "with my compliments"
to wlther away.
away.

(Gardner, 10^).

?o cease to exist gradually; to diminish; to waste

Then they would all wither away to nothing from lack of sustenance...
(Pyle, Ul7).
a withering fire.

Murderous, fierce, ferocious, shooting.

...withering fire at Salerno
with a heart and soul.

(Yank, lhg).

With feelings; with esprit de corps.

It was a company with a heart and a soul
to withhold from.

(Yank, 2^-2 ).

Hot to give, tell, relate, to.

...secrets that had been withheld from Mildred (Cain, 210).
...social equality that he withheld from Mildred... (Cain, 130).
with the 14— i of.

Planning on; with plans for.

I entered the house with the idea of "bringing up our 2nd Platoon...
(Yank, 2hl).
...Pvt, Luckey "better live up to his last name if her goes into combat
with the idea of taking Jap prisoners alivel
(Yank, 21l).
within about.

Within approximately; to about.

When I got wlthin about fifty yards he looked up,
called out... (Pyle, 96 )•
within arm1s length of.

let out a yell, and

Very close to; very near to.

Twice, 88s hit within a couple of arm* s length of him
within arm 1s reach.

Very close; very near; within two or three feet.

There on the ground within a r m 1s reach was
within a matter of.

(Pyle, Uh8 ).

a dead

German (Pyle, 372).

In a few; in not many.

It is usually the plan for units to be inland...within a matter of min­
utes after the first men hit the beach (Pyle, 3^2 ).

within range of.

In the areas capable of being attacked by, hit by.

His combat headquarters is usually within artillery range of tha enemy
lines (Yank, 13l)•
within reach.

Closely; near by.

...all U.S. troops working on the rew road
at all times (Yank, 178)*
within shouting distance.

keep their guns within reach

Not far away; rather near.

Tag Allumbaugh was lying within shouting distance of there Jack was
pinned down... (Pyle, 18b).
within sight and sound of.
hear all; very close to.

Being at a place

where one can see and

Even though we were within sight and soundof their gunfire we knew
nothing about how they were faring (Pyle, hi).
none within a thousand miles.

Not anywhere near; nowhere near.

...as if there were no war wi thin a thousand miles
with an iron hand.

Rigidly within rules, prescriptions, regulations.

Lou rules his men with an iron, hand
wi th a load on.

(Yank, j),

(Yank, 111).

Drunk; inebriated.

He usually showed up on Christmas with a load on
without batting an eye(lash).
ing.

(Yank, IS 3).

Showing, exhibiting, no emotion, feel­

...with Alden Leeds sitting erect and dignified, without so much as bat ting an eyelash... (Gardner, 152).
without ever once.

Without; not.

...he had revealed himself to us as the only important government figure
we've seen or heard of who cculd tthew and swallow peanuts wlthout ever
once seeming to open his mouth (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6 , 19^7* 19) •
wi thout hesi tatlon.

Immediately; at once.

Without a moment's hesitation, he divided his share among them
without in the least.

Not at all; not.

(Yank, U 3).

-1W*8-

.. .without in the least knowing why, he wi shed that he had not talked
to Minot Roberts about Jim... (Marquand, 396).
wlthout respite.

Not having a rest, vacation, break; continuously.

Two correspondents...had been on the beachhead since D-Day, without a
moment's respite (Pyle, 233)*
without saying a word (j#o) .
Not speaking to someone; not advising;
not revealing one*s plans, ideas.
...he had closed the piano in front of me without saying a word...
(Cain. 232).
--------...Monty had suffered some sort of fantastic reverses without saying a
word to her
(Cain, lUl).
.. .without saying one word to her... I'd like you to send your bills to
me... (Cain, 215)•
wi thout so much as.

Without even; with not.

The one living thing she had loved...had left her without so much as a
kiss or pleasant goodbye (Cain, 259).
with

own eyes.

Being an eye witness; seeing for oneself.

.. .wi th my owh eyes I had read that circular... (Yank, 17l).
with regard to.

In relation to; in regard to; relating to.

Monty, well aware by now that a situation of some sort existed wl th re gard to Veda. .. (Cain, 229).
with a start.
jerking.)

Suddenly; quickly.

(This implies a sudden tensing,

Mildred...came to herself wlth a start... (Cain, 219).
the woman1s page.
The section of a newspaper devoted tothose things
interesting to women:
cooking, care of children, care of the house,
gardening, and the like.
New cartoonists came aid went with new managing editors...and feature
writers for the new women's page (Marquand, 2U).
the wonder boy.
ically. )

A men

The wonder b o y, the news ace
a wonderful time.

who is very capable, able.
(Marquand, U 58).

A good time; much pleasure.

(Oftenused

iron­

.1UA9<

Everyone was talking, everyone was having a wonderful time, and Jeffrey
hegan to feel... QMarquand, 3U 1 ).
...he and Stan Rhett were always having a wonderful time (Marauand.
221

).

to do wonders for.

To help something greatly.

A little thing like a stripe can do wonders for morale
the woodB are full of.

(Pyle, 136).

There are very many of.

"I'll tell you, Tred," Jeffrey said, "the woods are full of us"
quand, 578).
5 w °o& chopper.

(Mar­

One who cuts down, fells, trees; a wood cutter.

...an American platoon leader, was ^500 years outside our lines whsn he
heard a wood-chopper.. . (Yank, 51*) .
a wood(ed) lot.

A fairly small place where trees grow; a small woods.

...we'd parked our jeep in a wooded lot... (Yank, 196).
word

comes.

A message arrives, comes.

When the word cams that it was on, the variousbattalion staffs of
regiment were called in... (Pyle, U32).
Word came back that they were doing fine... (Pyle, 202).
word for word.

our

Literally; exactly.

...he did not need to read from it because he knew it, word for word
(Marquand, l6l).
word gets around.
comes well known.

Rumor is passed from person to person; rumor be­

iiot Jeep was ordered...to pick up our rationsbefore
the word gotaround
to the other out fits... (Yank, 139).
When the word got around that we'd had fried chicken...we were both the
envy of the others... (Pyle, 262).
words and phrases.

Idioms; expressions; jargon; slang.

MI pick up the new words and phrases," Jesse answered
words pour out.

(Marquand, 275).

One speaks rapidly, hurriedly.

.•, the words poured out as if he couldn't stop them... (Yank, 230).
words to this effect.

Something similar but not exactly in these wor4a.

"And as a matter of fact." Mason said, "didn 11 you say words to this
effect" (Gardner, lUs).
a word to the wise (is sufficient).
enough for one who understands.
"A word to the wise," he said
to work around to.
talk about.

A hint, Indirect suggestion, is

(Gardner, 17).

To get to talk about in conversation; to come to

Once in a while they work around to women... (Tank, 193).
to work at.
on.

To perform work in regard to, in relation to; to work

He worked at .it several minutes, and when he got through he said...
(Pyle, lSI).
While other patients usually lay and waited far time to do the healing,
Dick worked at it
(Pyle, 121).
...the way she works at jit (Cain, 132).
A purported American, fcfidge (nicknamed Olga by the boys), worked hard
at her Job (Pyle, *12).
to work away from.

To move slowly and inconspicuously away from.

He began _to work away from the orderly room... (Yank, 138).
to be worked u p .

To be excited, nervous.

(Cf. to work -—

up.)

...she laughed again at the way people got all worked up over nothing
(Caifa, 163).
to w o r k

fingers off.

To work very, very strenuously, hard.

Least we can do is work our fingers off to five them the stuff

U22).
to work for.

(Pyle,

---To work in hopes of accomplishing, getting, obtaining.

It was the coming true of all she had dreamed for Yeda...worked for...
(Cain, 2 lU).
She had lost everything she had worked for... (Cain, 259/•
to work for a living.

To earn the money on which one lives.

...anybody who worked far a living was as good as anybody else
153).
to work in.

(Cain,

To move slowly and inconspicuously inward, towards one.

...Bome Jap patrols were working In close to the CtP

(Yank, 181).

to w o r k
Into a rage.
To allow oneself to become very angry; to
enccairage one*s awn rage, anger,
...by the next morning she had worked herself Into a rage
to w o r k
Into a state.
very nervous, excited.

(Cain, 202).

To allow, encc*arage, oneself to become

She worked harslef Into such a state that presently she had to get up,,.
(Gain, 152).

A

a working over.

beating, punishment,

...they pulled back to allow the artillery and mortars to give the place
a thorough working over (Yank, 5).
to work like a dog.

To work very hard; to labor.

...his knack for fixing things had given him a sort of ahloed status
that kept him working like a dog... (Pyle, hio).
.. .they worked like dogs to keep them in good shape (Pyle, 170).
to work like a Trojan.

To work very hard; to labor.

The sailors worked like Trojans
to work nights.

(Pyle, 33 )•

To work at ni^it; to work a night shift.

After his graduation he took a Job as a short— order cook working nights
In a small cafe (Yank, 22).
...he became an accountant in Manhattan, working nights (Yank, 18).
a work of art.

Piece of art; an artistic thing.

It was...a handsome work of art, made exactly as she had pictured it...
(Cain, 96).
to work on.

To apply oneself to; to concentrate on .

She worked on his romantic nature to the point where he suggested meet­
ing her outside... (Cain, 76).
...they constantly worked on the ttemy's military installations along
the Channel coast (!Pyle, 321).
In the last few years, Jesse Fine man had paid attention to his office
and a decorator had g>ne to work on it... (Marquand, 267).
The Germans were dug into positions they had been working on for months
... (Pyle, 361).
Terry decided to work on Button (Yank, 19).

...for a week he worked on me, to get me to sing like a woman... (Cain,
232).
...I have Jbo work on plays for a living (Marquand, U 9).
Then one of the ships came back so badly damaged It had to be worked on
for several days... (Pyle, 17l) .
I work on dees girl one week (Oaln, 216).
a. work out,

Exercise.

We really gave them a work-out... (Tank, 195).
to work out.
1. To solve; to come to an explanation or understanding.
The schedule bad all been worked out ahead of time (Pyle. 35).
It was all worked out like a railroad schedule (Pyle, 15^«
Two years back there had been time far trial and error, but now Jim must
work out when he wanted for himself (Marquand, Ul 6) .
Let him work it out for himself (Marauand, 395).
...she got out a piece of paper and worked out those numbers with the
date and year of her own birth... THarquand, H 76) .
...worked out some problem to his satisfaction when he was young, and
kept wo r kind It out again and again... (Marquand, 382) .
He found It difficult
work out what a girl like Gloria ought to see
in Hew York. . . (Marquand, 359) •
I've wo iked it a l l out in my mind and I'm pretty sure I've thou^it of
everything (Cain, 77).
Let's go into the house while I work It out (Marquand, U85).
He talked a lot about you while you and Agnes were working out your
birth dates (Marquand, ^89).
...we went there to ask questions, and get various problems worked out
... (Pyle, 302).
...I'm sure we're going _to work out our little problem s-plend idly
(Cain, 192).
Well, they were working the thing out all right without fragracks or
interphones (Tank, 186) •
The ingenuity with which she worked out the arrangements... (Cain, 178).
...all such questions can be worked out (Cain, U 3).
He thought of that sang.. .and working out the words he took his mind off
the war
(Marquand,2H0).
2.

To turn out; to end; to result.

It s e m e d to work out to everybody's satisfaction (Pyle, 3^3)»
...quite so many first nights or have quite so many obligations, but it
never worked out that way (Marquand, 356).
We feel that if everyone will only work hard, everything will work out
as it should (Hew Torker, XXIII, Sept. 13, 19*+7* 29).
I hope it works out as well as everyone expects (Yank, 20U ) .

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3. To develop; to invent.
...Walter...had a secret weapon all worked out.. . (Yank, 127).
...in one great depot after another it was worked out... (Pyle, U19).
I ’d worked out a sweeps takes proposition (Gardner, 100).
Leeds, finding himself in this position, had tried his "best Jto work out
some fair settlement with Hogarty (Gardner, 2lU).
The Dlme-a-Dozeners worked out several new wrinkles in Jungle fighting
(Yank, 55).
H. To end well; to turn out well.
I'm sure things will work out in the long run (Yank, l 6h).
She'd left a note, saying that she saw it wouldn't work out,and she
was on her way, that we weren't to try to follow (Gardner, 113).
5.

To move outward slowly and cautiously.

Similar heavy h earns were slowly and cautiously worked out from the hank
until their tops rested on the uprights (Pyle, 69)*
to work over.
I.

To punish; to hit and hit again.

The 12th was composed of fighters, dive bombers, and light homhers,
which worked over the front line... (Pyle, 157)«
...the destroyers had worked over the point with their five—inch guns...
(Yank, lUH).
2.

To work on; to work at.

...Sgt. Sapp worked furiously over computing charts... (Yank, 133)•
work -pants.

Cotton trousers; pants, of heavy material.

Instead of wearing work -pants and a khaki shirt or overalls, Mr. Gorman
was wearing seersucker trousers... (Marquand, 3Ll).
to work summers.

To work during the summer.

"You can pay hack part hy working summers," his grandfather said
quand , 163)•
to work to death.

(Mar­

To helahor; to reiterate repeatedly.

A l f a l w a y s t o o k a scng, n o m a t t e r w h a t it w a s ,
death (Marquand, 277).

and w o r k e d the thing to

A perfectly good word has heart worked to death in the last few years...
the adjective "nostalgic"
(Marquand, 196)•

-X«4->4-

to work together.

To cooperate.

The way they worked together waa ‘beautiful... (Pyle, M31).
to work under.

To work for one: to work at what one says, directs.

They had dozens of

people working under them

to work u p .

produce; to make; to develop.

To

(Pyle, 3^ 0).

Sergeant Charlie Bennett.. .had worked up a beautiful ash tray... (Pyle,
176).
to w o r k

up.

To become excited, nervous.

Don't work

yourself uj>, Doctor

to w o r k ----way.

(Gardner, 33)*

To move, go, proceed cautiously, carefully, slowly.

Infantrymen worked their way up to second-story windows... (Pyle, *K>7).
...I worked my way back along the line and got their names (Pyle, b02).
It took me half an hour _to work mjr way up to the hospital... (Pyle, 40*0.
We came
up on them. ..working cur way down to there we could use a bayonet
to w o r k

way through.

To penetrate, go through, by devious routes.

The officers ceased using the siren, worked their way through a traffic
signal and parked in front of a reserved zone (Gardner, 42).
Tp work —
way through (college . school).
To work to earn money
while at the same time attending a college, school.
(Sometimes the
expression Is used ironically, shcwind disbelief.)
Now don't you boys tell me you're working your way through college
ner, 17).
work weary.

(Gard­

Weary, tired, worn out, from working.

...a grim determination of work—weary men to get that chaotic beach or­
ganized. .. (Pyle, 360).
to work with.

To work in cooperation with; to assist.

But he grew on us just as he grew on everybody he worked with... (Pyle,
3°S).
...many Negro outfits working with us (Tank, 213).
to work with a vim.

To

work well and speedily,hard.

...everybody worked with a vim... (Pyle, 279).

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world affairs.

Current events; the doings In the world.

Jeffrey* s knowledge of world affairs was not profound, "but he could see
that (Marquand, 561).
a w orId of dreams.

A dream existence; a life of day dreams.

He lived In a world of dreams, lolling "by the river, watching the clouds
go by (Gain, J).
the world over.

Throughout the world; everywhere in the world.

...like human beings the world over... (Pyle, 337)*
world wide.

World; general; universal.

.. .American, British and Russian officials were discussing confidential
matters of world-wide significance (Yank, 200).
the world* s worst.

The worst; very, very bad..

...he was the world* s worst combat pilot
to worm —

way.

(Pyle, 2l6).

To pent rate slowly and deviously.

With them and with us correspondents it's the eeaselessness, the endless­
ness of everything that finally worms its way through us and gradually
starts to devour us (Pyle, 85),
to be worh out.

To be extremely tired.

The captain had time on his hands and played gin rummy with me when I
was warn out with writing (Pyle, *40.
worn to a fraxzle.

Very, very tired.

...and in three days Lou had everybody in the camp worn to a frazzle
(Yank, 110).
to be worried sick.
ries.

To worry until one is ill; to have constant wor­

He was paid, but he was not like an employee paid for his time and wor­
ried sick about the renewals of a contract (Marquand, ^-26).
to worry about.

To worry in regard to, in relation to.

Sometimes he worries about what will happen After the war... (Yank, 2H).
And Private Cordes said he had nothing to worry about along those lines
... (Pyle, 267).
Their main worry was flak, and that was plenty to worry about (Pyle,
2lL).

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The men had nothing Jto_ worry a boat... ( Cain, 8l) .
But as soon as it's entered, that ends the community property,
and that's
all you've got to worry about (Cain, Si).
...we should call this a friary, not a monastery, but we have more im­
portant things to worry about (New Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 6, 19^7, 20).
to worry to death.
tensiveTT

To worry very, very much.

(to death is an in-

You had me worried to death... (Yank, 226).
worse off.

Poorer; in worse condition, situation, position.

In some ways, indeed, he was worse off than Bert, but Bert lived with his
drearns... (Cain, lUH).
On thas e other properties, even if they did get rid of one, the federal
rulings leave them worse
off than they were before (Cain, 79)*
to worship at — —
pect for.

feet.

To

have a high

regard for; to have greatres­

Both were bright, understanding, likable fellows who worshipped at the
general '8 feet and did a good Job representing him.TI IPyle, 3^9) •
the worse of it is.

The bad part is; the pitiful part is.

He was not the same person
any longer, and
the worst of it was, hecould
not tell how it had happened (Marquand, 260).
Yet the worst of it was that he knew he was not deeply sorry to be leav­
ing (Marquand, 566).
to worst 8care of —

life.

A very bad fright, scare.

He said he wasn't so concerned about his wounds, but the thought that
maybe the rope wculd break gave him the worst scare of his life
(Pyle, 56).
to be worth every cent of it.

To be that valuable.

Year before last, seventy-five flat——and it's worth every cent of it
(Cain, 222).
to be worth looking into.

To be worthy of investigation.

On his w a y there, he talked with an old Jungle explorer who told him
about a limestone cave in the Monson River Valley that might be worth
looking into (Hew Yorker, XXIII, Sept. 13. 19^7* 26).
to be worth —

while.

To be valuable, important.

It wouldn't be worth your while

(Marquand,

582).

worthwhile.

Valuable; worthy; worth using the time.

...there was a great deal else to think about— whether It would he worth­
while to take a pistol to... (Marquand, 220).
Someone worth-while was always around at Happy Hocks (Marquand, 337).
...you wonder— whether anything you've done has ever been worth-while
(Marquand, 27l)•
...It must have meant that she thought he was doig worth-while things
(Marquand, 186).
I mean worth-whlle things (Marquand, 186).
They sounded like those of an audience leaving a very worth-while lecture
... (Marquand, 351).
...to guarantee in return that you would meet interesting and worth-while
people there (Marquand, 3^0)•
...to have cm invitation to their cocktail parties mean that youwsre
someone interesting and worth-while and ... (Marouand, 3**0)«
"It don't seem worth while bothering you about itk* Mrs. Gorman said...
(Marquand, 512).
...and could form her own Judgment aB to what was really worth while
(Makquand, 100) .
...by the time the Germans got through stealing everything worth while,
it was poorer still (Tank, 26).
a wounded pride.

A hurt ego.

...heaven...sli^itly spoiled by wounded pride... (Cain, 130).
to wrap u p .

To enclose, cover thoroughly, in cloth or paper.

...the boys wrapped up during long lulls in the shooting (Pyle, 389).
In the long lulls the gunners wrapped up in blankets... (Pyle. 390).
Gradually the boyB wrapped
up intheir blankets... (Pyle, 392).
But fat as she is, she must like sweets, and— here, I'11 wrap them up
for her (Cain, U).
He was wrapped up in a blanket (Tank, 192).
to wrench loose.

To loosen and remove by jerking and twisting.

He wrenched loose the shattered rung of a ladder and used it to twist
through the wire... (Tank, kj).
to wriggle out of.
1 . To escape; to get out

of b y devious means.

If he was wriggling out of
it the best way he could, there was no sense
in blaming him for things... (Cain, 30).
2. To take off wi th sinuous movements of the body.
Then she wriggled out of both coats.•• (Cain, 173^-

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to wring off.

To remove 1 )7 twisting.

... there Is a louse of a man...who should have his neclc wrung off
(Pyle, 126).
---- --a wrist watch.

A watch worn on

one's wrist, usually the left

ohe.

It was a wrist watch (Cain, 153)«
A wrist watch (tiain, 155)•
When she got to the wrist watch... (Cain, 15*4-).
Mason looked at his wrist watch and said, "I'll "betSteve has a golf
engagement this afternoon..
(Gardner , 92).
Mason glanced at his wrist watch (Gardner, J O ) .
Milicant was ftgaln regarding his wrist watch as Mason strode across the
office... (Gardner, 23).
...crossed well— creased, gray tousers, consulted his wrist w atch and
said... (Gardner, 21).
to write about.
concerning.

To write a message, letter, document, regarding,

I'm going to write my congressman about this
to write a check.

(Pyle, 20l) .

To make a check out; to prepare a check.

...Mildred wrote her a check for $53-71 (Cain, 176).
Mildred wrote the check (Cain, 20h).
Call for me in town tomorrow, and I 1llwrlte you out a check (Marquand,
301).
Without a thought of what twenty-five dollars would do to her little
reserve, Mildred was writing the ckeck before he finished talking
(Cain, 100).
Hell, I'll write you a check tonight (Cain, 6 9 ) .
to write copy.
vertising.
I wrote copy forads
to write down.

To write magazine, newspaper, radiomaterial, or ad­
(Tank, 95) •
To write; to make a note; to reduce to writing.

Then you turned your back and, upon a clean sheet of paper, you wrote
down all the objects... (Marquand, 19l)»
Madge would write down all those questions and Jeffrey would simply
ask them... (Marquand, 503)*
You thought and thought and you wrote the answers down In a blue copy­
book which was waiting for you*Y. (Marquand, 446TI
I went to write down his name... (Pyle, 346).
I wrote it down myself on your engagement pad (Marquand, 6).
In Panama he learned Spanish, and in Italy he wrote down twenty new
Italian words every night... (Pyle, 213).

-1^9-

But I want it all written down, with the right words, for what I mean,
so it looks businesslike (Cain, 76).
...thinking it might he blackmail, they wrote down the numbers on the
bills (Gardner, 203).
When I went down Jjo write down his name it turned out he was a Lieutenant
(Pyle, 30) .
to write home.
To write to one's family at one's home, home town,
home state, or native country.
...we can't mention we're in Burma when we write letters homeT (Tank,
130).
...his box contained several pairs of heavy wool socks which he had
written home for... (Pyle, 266).
And another one who didn't fly at all wrote home that he had just shot
down three Zeros (Pyle, 137)*
to wrlte in.

To write to a center, a publishing house, or the like.

One soldier wrote in and said... (Pyle, 180).
to wrlte off.

To consider as a loss; to forget.

...if Blise didn't like La Cabana Blanca...why they could write it off
and pull xqp stakes and try something else (Marquand, U 31).
to write out.

To write; to write in full.

If Jeffrey did not want to do it, Madge could write out the list herself
(Marquand, 503)•
A l l written out so you can read it and not s t u m b l e ?
(Marquand, 159)*
Now then, after you left the sanitarium, you wrote out another twenty
thousand dollar check... (Gardner, 117).
But if voting meant that soldiers would have to...fuss around with
reading and writing out complicated lists... (Pyle, 137).
But thanks to your new system of writing out the "stories".. .we now are
able to... (New Torker, XXIII, June 28, 1947• p. 22).
to w r i t e

own ticket.

Write your own ticket
to write to.

To do as one wishes; likes.

(Gardner, U2).

To write a letter, message, w h i c h is to be sent to.

I am wrlting to you in regard to the incident... (Yank, 213).
...I found m y s e l f w r i t i n g l e t t e r s to Y A N K on a r e g u l a r b a s i s . . . (Yank,
23.2) .
It was written to a woman who lived in A u s t i n , Tex.
(Yank, 211).
a w r i t e uj>.
A newspaper, magazine,
or event o f t e n f o r p u b l i c i t y .

story w h i c h emphasises a per s o n

-11+60-

... following the model of the write-ups about the movie stars, the
press would flash a story. ..over the wires... (Yank. 175)*
to wrlte u p .

1 . To prepare in writing: to compose in writing.
Most of the correspondents based in London and worked out to the camps
or airfields, on trips of a few days each, and then came back _to write
up their stuff... (Pyle. 301).
2. To compose a story about someone; to write about an lndlcent re­
lating to sameohe. something.
He begged me not to make any wisecracks about hie cussing and tobaccochewing when I wrote him uj> (Pyle* 38).
a writing desk.

A desk; a table or desk at which one can write.

.. .a writing desk with a table lamp... (Pyle, 258).
writing paper.

Stationery; paper for writing.

Wrlting paper came second (Pyle, 3&S).
The most dominant item was writing paper

(Pyle, 3^ 8 ).

a writ of habeas corpus.
A document signed by a Judge which requires
the police to release a prisoner or to charge him with a specific
crime.
That this is simply an application for a write of habeas corpus (Gard­
ner , 27).
I'll get out a writ of habeas corpus and serve it on Jason Carrel
(Gardner, lb).
As Drake left the office. Mason said to Della Street, "Get out a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus1* (Gardner, lb).
Della, when Phyllis Leeds calls, tell her Judge Treadwell has issued a
writ of habeas corpus (Gardner, 16).
to be written b y .

To be composed in writing by.

...the letter.. .which had been written by a member of... (Yank, 210).

-1461-

y e a r s a n d ,v'.■era.

.-any y e a r s .

J e f f r e y h a d not; b e e n cr a sicr.ic for y e a r s a n d y e a r s w i t h :-adL.;e or w i t h
anyone
(...arquand, ;46).
It ho.j b e e n v e a r s ar:d : e a r s s i n c e Jeffrey had left the
or or>J he w a s
tvent,'. , o u u s n e r v i e r . . .
(.o rq ua nd , 1f t).
c she had looked. wher. he had f i r s t se e n h e r t h e r e b • the t e n n i s c o u r t
at he r f a t h e r ’a h o u s e , y e a r s a y.j, \ e a r s •,-o vi.on t h e y h a d b e e n so y c u n g
(. .arquand, 592-3) .

ii£. s•pels .

(-j_n offer. i>-. to

o: th,

e; cl' a a t i o n . )

Yee -Qds •*
fee ;ods
Yee "kis ■
ve

•ods and lit t.le fishes.

(An effeminate oath, excl nation.)

Yee yodo and little fisi'es he r u,y cynical lr.u liter. •.(Cain, lb7 ).
...ildred clipped her on the cheek, but sheynve a si ,crt laujh, and
brazenly
finishes: — 11 -o-ls ami little- fishes!11 (Gain, 72).
to :rcll out.

Jo yell; to shout.

Yhen the rib. yells out:
"wquad halt!
elide it I"
j es

h no.

MV.-w
Io .f
Yen ancl no.

.os nan.

(Y.n , 15L).

(.«. state:.,er.t ch in rcisicn, a-reemont in ..art.)
•iu, "and no..."
( fan!:,
-h.

(.arquund, 4-a) .

95)
eu b o r d inate who ■ l'-ays .
- yree.s v it;

i is su p;’ior.

Jhen Sinclair broke a -ay fron: ’••L: t lie called beir. ; a weye slave and a yes
man in t h a t old-line publishing company. . •
( ..arquand, 337).
••p s

sir,

It is true.

('fhis is used as an intensive.)

Yes sir. no one can say t1at ti:e Oil Corroany is not well represented...
(Yank, 34).
yoo—hoo«

A- •reetiny; a call.

('This ic

representation of a sound.)

she was -bout to lie down when she hoard a roo—hoc and ...rs. messier
joined her, in a so...e"hat dark humor
(Cain, 50).
you all.

All or most of you.

...I hope you all paid close attention to tr.e critique of operatic -cti:; > . •
sai * , h »>4) *
ell, -ool luck to you all
(Pyle, 127;.

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you are the doctor.

You lenow what iv. Lest to be done.

as he winced from the deep probin.: for a buried riece of shrapnel
in his le(y, said, m ,
jO ahead, vou're the doc"
(Pyle, 49).

Another,

you bet.

Certainly; it is agreed.

11You bet. 11 the boy said
(...arquand, 45G).
"You L e t .11 the boy said
(..-arquani, 461).
"Xq u laJL," the bellboy said
(i..?.rcuan:i, 411) .
"Xmi.
they're rorkit.r fost," drake agreed
(Gardner, 86).
Gut there trey
always said "You Lot11(mrquand, 4b 5).
ever saw.

(a p

intensive.)

It rag tin- darredest melee in the siqy vou ever saw
you .-now.

do you 'in’erstnnd?

(Pylo, 174).

(TJred as an intensive.)

He's only -ot ten days' leave, you mow. ( m r .uand., 1 jl).
"V,‘e haven't ;ot all ni *ht, vou ’
.enow." ason prodded
(Gardner, ll1).
"You dnow.11 said trie seryeant, "I've been out Lore only three months..."
(Yank, 30).
i ot today, Junior — ti.is ain't -ain otre.-1 Lack home, you l:::or
(Yank, 71
you know and I.

know and we all know.It is —ell known

You know and 1_know and we all know. . •
you know the w; y it is.
It —

(Cain, 149; .

You understand tnis,

vou know the way it is

an.Iundersrood.

Jon't you?

(...ar .±uand, 69;.

'ou know "hat.
(a method of referring to somethin*.; without Lein , s^eci
fic. Used only when the i..ain u. rties in the communicat ion know what the
some thi n y is.)
•hen I went down to the post office tnis morning, lookiny for .you know
what. whom should I meet but your f-.tuer.. . (i.nruuacd, 216).
vo-i know what I. think?

Jo you want to near i.y idea, opinion?

"You know what I think?" r aliburton asked
you never can tell.

(Yank, 110) .

One can never Le sure, certain.

You never can tell
(Yank, 206).
You never c m tell
O'ank, 14).
You never can tell about Yn-lish weather...
(Yank, 14).
I.Jlton was al-ays sure th t nothin?- would come up, but then, you never
conic tell
(imrquund, 403).

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a vnnpp- buck*

A boy; a young man.

...the fencing school in the clouk-and-the-sword story — two gay voung
bucks from London, Corinthians, perhaps...
(harquand, 373).
...a full-face picture of some mustacioei voung buck in the uniform of
the last war...
(Pyle, 132).
the younger generation.
youth.

The generation just younger than one is; the

..•observing that he didn't know what the yonnr;pr .generation was coming
to anyway
(Cain, 55).
ynnn.o- lovp♦
people.

Love nxang young men and women; innocent love among young

Often ’"hen he re; d passages on the beauty of young love , Jeffrey wondered
if it did not rather...
(kar.uand, 207).
young Lfioxifi.*

Youths.

V.'e must arrange to reet sometime —
al 1 togo ther
(Parquand , 131) .

the old folks and the vouxi’’ neoole

your honor.
(The correct form of ad-’reps to a judge, raistrate,
within the court.)
Lnson said, "Very well. Your honor11

(Gardner, 139).

your ti.-.e will c o m e .
You will have o chance ir time: sometime in the
‘d t ’jre vou *.vill have an opportunity.
your time will come later, you and the youn •" roman who ;vuc with
(jardner, 201) .
vou see.

You understand?

-ou

(An intensive.)

mecause, you s e e . he was in the vacuum behind the brittle...
uyle, 454).
die idea being, you see. th;t it
s i'll ever for those prisoners. ..
'.Pyle, 244).
ypji t.ell (him, h e r , them).
You are cayin
to him and I agree ”rit,h you.

in reproof the proper thing

"That’e it," ...inot said ."vou tell him. ...a," and ..inot put the do.; back in
the bosket
(harquand, 253).
vou win.
"jvll ri ;ht»

You. are right,and I a:.:

wren.:'; I admit you are

.alt, you win ." she saia(...arauan 1, 122) •

right.

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zero hour.

The hour, tine, for bewir.nin -

The Teat attack
of a l'?.ea’- and

attack.

be^an in the bright liyht of inilday,not
aysterious dawn... (.Pyle, 13k).

at the

zero hour

to zero in Co n ) .
ho hove a tar ,-at perfectly spottedand .:*uns, cannons,
aimed so as to hit it 3 purely.
-..never lin,-erinr; Ion:; on the hi.fh points or crossroads because, he said,
"they have those spots rerood in" (Yank, 57).
...don't you know the Jerries hove thatroad zeroed in?
a hrase r.oarin.f
the Gormans had si hted their p m e on the road and needed only to pull
the trip;yers
(hewsweek, Jan. 3, 1944, 45).
,.e knew those fyins vere still zeroed in on the area (Yank, 155).
Jerry has his mortars zeroed in on them
(Yank, 150) .
They're z,eroel in on it
(Pyle, 458).
to zip d o w n .

To hurry, move ra. idly, down.

He would .;o whifiyiny over a slight rise, then zir. down the other side* ••
(Pyle, 166)•
to ziu o n .

To

fasten with

a zipper.

They stood around

outside zir

inr or. their he- vy f lyin ;clothes. .•

(x y 1 e , ..06 ) .

to zip UT?«
1.

ho fasten, close, with o zipper.

-he s n y r
5.

sr.il e d , zione* ur the openin..;. . .

(Yr.rh:, 1 9 ) .

To approach burriedly, fast.

...Vela's cor zinnod uo thie drive. ••
te zooi" away.

(Cain, 196).

ho leave hurried 1*', v a ; idly

...a lane Zero flushed over and zoom el m a y a^air*. ..
&

(Yank, 146).

ZQOt so it .
A suit of clothia V in
;orate1 style vith a very lor.-;
coat, trousers full at the "-aist and very narrow, ti ht., at the ankles;
hence any oil lookir. - detain- •.

- o:..e of the Japs even wore our ,kn le 11root suits11

(Yen’-, 5).

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B iB L io r ,h A P in r

The bibliography that follows is a list of dictionaries
fmfiny bi— lingual and polyglot). fl-loBsarlfts, and vncptnil arieB
of

jargon, idiom, and slang in English published since 19b- , more

Tinvt icularly in the decade 1990—1950.

In some instances, however,

T th-iu.'rht it desirable to include olner material, which in no way
detracts from the original pnr-oose of the hi hi iorr*=>rhy.

For a

fuller historical treatment one should c^nstilt W.J. Burke, The
Literature of Slang . w ich is toe most helpful hi r>liogrsnhy on
dictionaries of sneciali 7ed jargon.

While my p^tmany purpose in

this study w-s uf.=p;e in American "English, T thought it sometimes de­
sirable to include v;orks by foreign authors although I made no system­
atic search for them.
The hill iorrarhy is arranged by categories rattier than «1 rha—
bet irally bv author.

The material of each cat. e-a-nry, however, is

arranged alphabet, i<?el. 'y by author.

The categories are not mutually

exclusive, and anyone sc.arob inr for a particular tyre of dictionary
vorld do well to lo k through related categories.

For example, some­

one ini crested in the lan-ua-re of en- 1neer isw' s> ould consult:
TprmB. Chemistry. Physleg . as well as Engineering.
pears ■=s a sub-heading under Medicine.

Techni cal

Psychiatry ap­

-1*4-66-

* Indicates th-t I h^ve not "been able to find full bibliographical in­
formation.
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Allen, iidward F., Dictionary of Ab:,reviatione and Symbols. N.Y. , CowardMcCann, 19^6, X, 137 p.
Matthews, C.C., comp., Dictionary of Abbreviations» K.Y., Stuyvesant Book
Inroo t Co., 19**7
Xichols, Maynard, "Cinclant for Short", K.Y., Times Magazine. March 13,
19^5, 15
Partridge, Eric, A Dictionary of Aborevictions . with Special Attention tp
•fer Time Abbreviations. London, Allen & Unwin, 19*4-3
Rioraan, John Lancaster, "Some 'G.I. Alphabet Soup*", American Speech.
XXII (19^7), 108-11*4Shankle, G.E. (compiled by). Current Abbrevlations. H.Y., H.W. Wilson Co.,
19*4-5, 207 P.
Stephenson, Herbert John, Abbrevs.. K.Y., Macmillan, 19*0, VII, 1?6 p.
ACCOUNTIKG
American Institute of Accountants, Accounting Research Bu I j atin #9
(Special), Kay 19**1, 67— 35
American Institite of Accountants, Accounting Terminology: Preliminary
Report of a Special Committee on Terminology, K.Y., Century, na., 13*+ p.
Carlson, P.A. et al.t Dictionary of Bookkeeping & Accounting Terminology.
Cincinnati, South Western Publ. Co., 19*^2, 31 P»
•Dobbeck, 0., Finance end Accounting Dictionary: 2 V., I German-Snglish,
175 P., II English-German, 136 p.
Kohler, Eric, A Dictionary of Accounting Terms. Preliminary ed., PrenticeHall, K.Y., (1952 probable).

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AC C OiiST ICS

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ASTROLOGY

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Am. Mana-remaat Ar-sn., (Procoodinps of Inrtitute of Ma layement #5) (c. 1928),
(Glossary of terms used in management)
Teall, F.H., ed., Modern Business Encyclopedia. Cleveland, World Publishing
Co., 19*4-5
.'ilson, Alexander Johnstone, comp, A Glossary of Colloquial. Sl.ary:. and
Technical Terns, i£i U -e on the Stock Exchange and in the Honey Market.
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1 of

e tall Terms. IT.Y., Prent Ice— Hall, 19^1

CAFF
Turner, L.H., Dictionary of Careers. 3rd ed., U.Y., Pitman, 1916

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CATS

Aberconway, C.K.M.M.M., corro, Dietionary of Cat Lovers. Transatlantic
Arts, Inc., ?orrast Hills, N.Y., 1950

cawaiiT
Pl-t zmann, C . - ., Int ern?tionel Dictionary of Cement (TJnglish— French—
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CHiJMISTRY

Bennett, H . , ad..Concise Chemical gnd Technlcal Dictionary. Brooklyn,
I-'.Y. , Chemical Pub. Co., 194?
Callahan, Ludmilla Ignatiev, Eu?s 1an-Sny 1 1 sh Technical, and Chemical
Dictionary. i>i.Y., V,riley, 1947, xvii / 794 p.
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De Vries, Louis, Per ma n—
li sh. Scl c-nce Diet ion--ry for Students in
Che ni atry. Physics. Bio lory. Agriculture, and Related Sciences. 2nd
ed., rev. & enl., N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1946, xiv/ 583 p.
Gardner, W., Che leal Synonyms and Trade Names . 5th ed. rev. & enl., N.Y. ,
Van Nostrand, 1948
Goldberg, Morris, In lish-Spanish Chemical and Medical Dictionary. Incl.
Surgery. Dentistry. Veterinary. Pharmacy, etc.. N.Y., McGraw-Hill,
194?, 692 p.
Gregory, Thomas C., ed.. The Com erned Chemical Dictionary, 3ra ed.,
N.Y., Reinhold Publ. Corpt, 1943, 756 p.
Heckh, T.W.D., Chemical Dictionary. 2nd ed., FLila., Blakii-toxi, 1937,
1020 p.
Hackh's Chemical Dictionary. Am. and Brit. UF^ge, 3rd ed . rev. & ed.,
Julius Grant, Toronto, Blakiston, 1946
Hell, II., and G.B. Hogs.boom. Dictionary of Metal glni_shin^ Che;nic_alB
(no tiI^ c 0 given) , Finis in " Publiceti
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Heilbron, T.” . , and others, Dictionary of Organic Co m o u n d s . Vol. 3, I’. Y . ,
Oxford*!'. Prec*. 1938, 955 PP.

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H e r z f e l d , K.M. et a l , Bry ;11 sh-" lur s I a n D i c t i o n a r y of C h e m i s t r y r-jn&
C h e m i c a l T e c h n o l o r y . London, Collet, 19^+, 50h p.
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Dyestviff e n d R e l a t e d I n d u s t r i e s . 19^7, ^ 3 9 P»
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Kirk, P.B., a nd D.Y. O t h m e r , eds., Bncyc. 1 ox>edia of C h e tea 1 T e c h n o l o g y .
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CINEMA

Cauda, Srnefito, Dlzlonarlo Pollglotta da lg. Clcematogra.phla (tedeeco,
Inglese, Francese, Italiano), Citta di Castello, Leonardo da Vinci,
1938, 467 p.
Cowan, Lester, ed., Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Recording:
Sound, for Motion Pictures. N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1931, (Glossary, 355-392)
Early, Dudley, "Hollywood Has a Word for It", Family Circle. X (May 28,
1937), 14-15
Gregory, Carl Louis, Motion Picture Photography. 2nd ed., ed. Herbert C.
McKay, N.Y., Falk, 1937 (Glossary, 404-422)
Hogan, James, "Glossary of Movie Terms", North Am. Newspaper Alliance, Inc.,
1938, Lincoln, Neb. Journal. June 5, 1938, no p.
Kerst, Walter D . , "Glossary of Movie Terms", Movie Makers. Oct. 1928 , 660,
Nov. 1928, 726
Lane, Tamar, The New Technique of Screen Writing..., Whittlesey House,
1936 (Glossary, 111-125}
Parry, Albert, "Movie Talk", American Speech. Ill (1927—1928), 364-368
Ramsaye, Terry, "Movie Jargon", American Speech. I (1925-1926), 357-362
"Slang of Film Men", New York Times. Mar. 11, 1928, sect. 8, p. 6, col. 1
Wilr.tach, Frank Jenners, "A Glossary of Motion Picture Terms", Congression­
al Digest. VII (Nov. 1928), 316-317* 321)
GIRCUS
Baltimore,

Irving,

"About C a r n i v a l a n d P i t c h m e n " ,

The E d i t o r . XLIV

(Dec.

6, 1916), 518
J.F., "Lingo of the B i g Top", N.Y. T i m e s Mag.. Apr. 8, 1945, 20

Bender,
Bi rse,

J o h n H . , " A dditional Circus E x p r e s s i o n s " , A m e r i c a n Speech.

VII

(1931-1932), 316-317
Chipman,

Bert J e s s e , H e y R u b e . Hollywood,

1933 (Glossary, 193-197)

Calif.,

Hollywood Print

Shop,

-1483-

"Circus Polk Us© Picturesque Lingo", New York Bvenln/r Post. Apr. 10, 1931,
22, col. 4
"Circus Glossary,
(Aug. 1928), 4

Lot Lingo", The White Tons. II (July, 1928), 7-8, II

Conkle, Ellsworth Prouty, "Carnival Slang", American Speech. Ill (19271928), 253-254
Foreman,

E a r l H. , " V e r n a c u l a r of the

*White T o p e 1", W r i t e r * s M o n t h l y .

XXXIX (Feh. 1932), 76-eo
Higgins, Ray, "Bi^ Top Ballyhoo", W r i t e r ^ Digest. XII (Apr, 1932), 4145. 50
Kelley, Beverly, "Six-High in the Wind", Red B a rr el (Coca-Cola Co.),
XXVII (Apr. 1947), 2—4
(circus language)
Kelley, Francis Beverly, "The Land of Sawdust and Spangles", National
Geographic Magazine. LX (1931). 463—516
"Language of the Lot", Fortune. XXXVI (1947), 104-113, 124-133 (circus
terms)
M a u r e r , D a v i d W . , " C a r n i v a l Cant: a G l o s s a r y o f C i r c u s a n d C a r n i v a l Slang"
A m e r i c a n S p e e c h . V I (1930-1931), 327-337

Milhurn, George, "Circus Words", American Mercury. XXIV (1931). 351-354
Morris, Ruth, "A Carnival Grifter in Winter", Variety. XCVII (Jan. 8, 1930).
123
"Oddities Fill Encyclopedia of Show World", New York Herald Tribune.
Feb. 17, 1937 (An account of a talk given by Barry Buchanan who was com­
piling his Encyclopedia of the Amusement World) (circus slang)
Olybius, "American Circus Terms", Notes and Queries. CLXXII (1937). 295-

296
Pancoast, Chalmers Lowel, "Circus Slang", Writer»s Monthly. :'JXII (July,
1928), 48-49
"Peanuts and Pink Lemonade", Scholastic. XXX (Apr. 24, 1937). 8
Scully, Frank, "Slanguaged Language", Variety. XCVII (Jan.. 8, 1930), 77
Smith, Lloyd Edwin, "The Glamour of Circus Words", The Circus Scrapbopjc,
Jan. 1931, 27-32

-1^W~

White, Percy W., "A Circus List", American Speech. I (1925-1926), 282-283
White, Percy W. , "More About the Language of the Lot". American Speech.
Ill (1927-1928), 314-315
Wolverton. Charles. "Mysteries of the Carnival Lanaif^e'1. American Mereurv
xxxv (1935)# 227-231
CTTT PLANNING

Bardet, Gaston Alexis, Petit Glossalre de 1 'Urbanists en s^-r frftpgues
(Short Glossary of town planning in Fren ch-English-German-11a1ian—
Spanish-Portugueee), Paris, Vincent, Freal, 1948
CLICHES

Arms, Geo., "Cliches, extended and otherwise", Sat. L e v , of Lit.. Nov. 30,
1946, 9-10, 4 5 ,47
Bender, James F. ,"Purchasing Agents List Annoying Vulgarisms of
Sales­
men's Speech", Printer »s Ink. Aug. 4, 1944, 95
(Lists 45 cliches)
Berry, Edmund G . ,"Cliches
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and their Sources", Mod. Lang. Notes. LIX

Dever, Edward J . , Jr., "Advertising Flsgues - and their Fenedies",
Printer's Ink. Jan. 9, 1948, 74-82 (acid blues, bird-cage mouth, buzzsaw throat, circus smell, didpan line, et al. are discussed)
Duffy, C . , "Radio Cliches", American Speech. XIX (1944), 73
Freedman, F . B . , "Let's Teach The Cliche", Eng. Jour.. XXXII (1943), 516
Miller, Edd & Villarreal, Jesse J., "The Use of Cliches by Four Contempor­
ary Speakers", Quart. Journ. of Speech. XXXI (1945), 151—155 (wide
divergence of opinion as to what is a cliche)
Partridge, Eric, Dictionary of Cliches.

N.Y.

, Macmillan, 1940, ix, 260 p.

1ember, John X . , "Cliches in Mystery Stories", Writer. LVI (1943), 242244
Pittenger, T., "About Pimples on the F a c e of Language; Cliches", Printer».s
Ink. July 20, 1945, 40

Porterfield, A.W., "Cliche Is Here to Prey", School ft Society. Fov. 2,
19**6, 317
~
Rafferty, Keen, "How Hot to Become a Cliche Expert". Sat. Rev. of Lit..
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Sullivan, Prank, "The Cliche Expert Testifies on The Atom", New Torker.
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CLOTHES

Baker, Wm. Henry, ^ Dictionary of M e n 1# Wear. Wm. Henry Baker, Cleveland,

1908
Busch, N . P . , "Fashion Jargon", Life. Mar. 3, 19**7, 90
Furnas, J.C., "New Styles in Unions", Sat. Eve. Post. Aug* 16, 19**1, 12,
13, **2-6 (trade voc. of dress unions of N.T.)
"The Garment Workers", FfirtSftft, 3*** 173-197, 226-229, Nov. 19**6 (terms
used in Intern. Ladies Garment Workers Union)
"The Man's Glossary", Word Study. December, 19****-, 5 (women's underwear,
etc. )
Plcken, M.B. et a l . , Language of Fashion. N.T., Funk 4 Wagna.il s, 1939
Schultz, J.R., "Button Cutter Speech", American Speech. XVI (19**- ), 15**—

156
Textile Brand Fames Dictionary. N.T., Textile Book Pubs., 19*+7, 388 p*
Thomas, Mary, Dictionary of Snbroldery Stitches. N.Y., Morrow, 1935

COLORS
BuBtanoby, J.F., How to Mix Colors: ft Color Dictionary. F.T., J.S. Ogilvle
Pub. Co., 1935, 119 P.
Maerz, A., and M. Rea Paul, Dictionary of Color. N.T., McGraw-Hill (c.1950)
Troland, L.T., ed. , "Report of the Colorimetry Committee", flQurfta), ftf
Optical Soc. of A m . . VI (1922), 527-596

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DOQPS

Bogardus, E.S., Dictionary of Cooperation. 2nd ed., Chicago, Coop League
of the U.S.A., 19^5
Bogardus, E.S., Dictionary of Co-operation. L o b Angeles, Author, 19b4,
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COWBOY

Adams, R.F., Cowboy Lingo. Boston, Houghton-Mifflin, 1936, 267 p*
Adams, Ranon F., "Cowboy Speech", American Speech. Ill (1927-1928), 168169
Adams, Ramon F*, Western Words: a dictionary of the range, cow camp, and
trail, Norman, Okla., U. of Okla. Press, 1 9 ^ . XIV, 182 p. (cowboy)
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"Cowboy Camp Expressions", The Editor. X L V I

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Fisher, Gail Wisdom, "Some Strictly Wyoming Colloquialisms", The Editor,
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90
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hltM*22
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Green Crow the Lilacs. N.T., Sam. French, 1931 (Glossary,

Rollins, P . A . , The Cowboy. Rev. A enlarged ed., 3rd ed., N.T., Scribners,
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Charles S c r i b n e r 1a Sons, 1922
Simmons, O . D . , "Expressions of the Southwest", W r i t e r ^ Monthly. XXVIII
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Gnlaud, Rudolph,
73-75

"Nebraska Cowboy Talk", American Speech. XVII (I9h2),

"What the Cow boy s Say", Vfriter*a Monthly. XXX (Oct. 1927), 31**—317

CRIME

Arnold, J a n e W . , "The Language of Delinquent Boys", Am, Speech. XXII (19**7),
120-123
"Beggars A r e
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Coning", New Torker. Mar. 11, 1939, 37—****

(discusses cant of

Berger, Mey e r , "Reporter at Large", New Torker. Mar. 12, 1938, **7— 50
(glossary o n marijuana users)
Branham. V. C . , and S.3. Xutash, ede., Bdcyclopedja of Criminology, N.T.,
Philosophical Library, 19**9

Burke, James P., "The Argot of the Racketeers", American Mercury. XXI
(Dec. 1930), 454-458
Butterfield, Roger, "Our Kids Are in Trouble", Life. Dec. 20, 1943, 9798, 100— 101, 105, 108 (terms for delinquent children due to war)
Carson, Charles, "Ane Underworld", Author & Journalist. H o t . 1945, 11, 26
Dingbat, pseud., "Casing the Joint", San Quentin Hews. June 30, *44
& weekly thereafter
(glossary of prison language)
Hrsine, Hoel, Uhderworld and Prison
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Upland, Ind., A.D. Freese A

F . , D., "Right off the Boat", Bulletin of N.Y. Pub. Lib., XLII (1938),
637-641 (bootleggers slang)
Fricke, Cha3.es W . , 5000 Criminal Definitions. Terms & Phrases, Los Angeles,
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Gi.ll, M.A., Underworld Slang. Kans. City, Mo., South Side Prig. Co., 1929*
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"Glossary of Criminal Phrases", N.Y. State Police Bulletin of Criminal
Investigation. Sept.-Dec. 1947, 11-12
Goldin, H.E., and F. O'Leary, and M. Lfcains, Dictionary of American Ufaderworld Lingo. N.Y., Twayne, 1950
"Hobo Hegemony", Literary Digest. CXXIII (Apr. 10, 1937), 10—12
Irwin, Geoffrey, American Tramp and Underworld Slang, London, Scholastic
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Jackson, Louis B . , and C.R. Rallyer, A Vocabulary
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Lorwin, I.R., "Police Parlance", N.Y. Times Mas.. Dec. 15, 1946, 30
Mat sell, George W. , comp., VocabuJLua; 2*. The Rogue1a Lexicon, N.Y., The
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Maurer, D.W., "The Argot of the Confidence Man", American §B®2£k. ** (1940),

113-123
Manrer, D.W., "The Argot of the Underworld Narcotic Addict: Part II",
American Speech. XIII (1938), 179-192

in«9-

Maurer, David W . , The Big Co a . N.Y., Bobs-Menill, 1940
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Maurer, D.W,, "Prostituee and Criminal Argot", A m . Journ. of Sociology.
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473-479
Maurer, David W . , "Speech of the Harcotic Underworld", Am. Mercury.
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Monteleone, V.J,, Criminal Slang, rev. ed.

Boeton, Christopher, 1949

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Staup, C.L., "Bull Fever", MaBter Detective. Nov. 1945, 4, 92
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DANCE

Beaumont, C.W., Trench—English Dictionary of Technical Terms Used in
OlaBsical Ballet, London, C.W. Beaumont, 1931
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S,T,,

DENTISTRY
Dunning, W.B. * S.E. Davenport, Dictionary of Dental Science and Art.
Phila,, Blakiston, 1936, 632 p.
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Ronald Press, 19*4-3. 159 P*
ECOLOGY
Carpenter, J.R., An Ecological Glossary. Norman, U. of Okla. Press, 1938
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ECONOMICS
Hale, R.S., The D m p m g a of Economics and Logic. Boston, Bruce Humphries
1936, 15** P.
Horton, B.J. et al.. Dictionary of Modern Economics. Washington, D.C.,
Public Affairs Press, 19*4-8
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Janzen, C.C., Everyday Terms in Economics. Chicago, Thiessen Prtg. Corp.
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♦Lftechow, A., German—Engl1sh. English—German Economics Dictionary. 2 vol
19*4-9, 703 P.

Sloan, A.S. & A.J. Zurcher, Dictionary of Economics. (College Outline
Series), Barnee & Noble, New York, 1949
Wilson, H . , Olossary of Economic Terms. 2nd ed., Chicago, Economic
Institute, 1948
EDUCATION

Ade, L.K., "The Lan guage of Modern Education", ttnl l
#17, Dept* of
Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 1939*
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Ballinger, 2.W., ^ Contemporary Study of Professional Terms in Industrial
Arts and Vocational Education}. M.A.. Thesid, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State
Univ., 1931
Good, C.Y., ed., Dictionary of Education. N.Y., McGraw-Hill, 1945* 534 p.
•International Glossary of Academic Terms, 1939* 755 P*
Odell, C.W. , £ Glossary of 300 Terms Used in Educational Measurement.
Urbana, 111., Univ. of 111. Bulletin, 1928
ELECTRICITY

American Engineering Standards Committee, Illuminating
w*9Tli1Tg
No mane latur e and Photometric Standards. N.Y., Illuminating Engineering
Soc., 1925
Belkind, L.D., ed., Dictionary of Lighting Terminology i& English. Russian.
German, and French. Stechert, Berlin, 1939
Coyne Electrical School, Electrical. Radio, Electronics Dictionary and
Data Book. Chicago, The School, 1946
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•Freeman, Henry G . , El Ar^r-otenhnical
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Gerr, S., J a p a n e s e - G l o s s a r y
Terms, N.Y., Stechert, 1944

l«h (with German and English
of

and. Slectrocomigunigatl_Q.a

•Karpovich, E.A., Bngl&sh-Russlan Electro-Technical Dictionary. 2nd ed.,
Moscow, 1939* 376 p.

Manly, H.P., Drake1s Electrical and Radio Dictionary. Willmette. 111*.
T.J. Drake, 19hh
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N.Y., Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers, nd.
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N .T., Pitman, 19hl
Stubbings, G.W., Dictionary of Electrical

wg, London, Spon, Ltd.,

19^6
Stubbings, G.W.,
London, Spon, Ltd., 19h8

of Heavy Electrical Engineering. 2nd ed.,

ELECTRONICS

♦Electrotechnical Dictionary. (Norwegian, Prench, English, German), 19^7.
3Oh p.
Gerr, Stanley, Japanese-English Glossary of Electrical and Elect^ocommunlcatIon Terms. N .T. , Stechert, 19hh, 205 P*
Regen, B . R . , and R.B. Regen, Gcrman-Engllsh Dictionary for fflft^roijiqs
Engineers and Physicists. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Bros., 19h6
♦Swoboda, C . , and R. Pilipowaky, Dictionary of Electronics: EnglishGerman. 19^8. 312 p*
ENGINEERING
♦Amburger, P .G. , Eng-11 «h-Russian Dictionary of Civil Engineering. Moscow,
1938, 369 P.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Industrial Instrumente and
Regulators Division, Automatic Control Terms. N.T., The Society, 19^6
♦Bosk, S., Dictionary of Engineering: Steam, Diesel, Gasoline, Gas
Engines, Electrical Machinery, Tools, Electricity, Heat, Boilers, EnglishGerman; German—English), 19h8, 2h9 p*
Chicago Industrial Engineering College, Dictionary of Industrial Engineering,
Chicago. Pub. by the College, 19^8 (rev. ed.)
Jones, F . D . , Engineering Encyclopedia. 2nd ed*, N.T., Industrial Press,
19*0

i<*93-

Practlcal Engineer Pocket Book. N.Y., Oxford Univ. Press, 1950
Robb, L.A., B ^ n e e y c « jfrgtlonaryi Span!eh-English end Englleh-gpanlsh.
(rev. ed.), H.T., Harper A Bros., I9L9
ENTOMOLOGY

Am. Assn. of Economic Entomologists, Committee on Common Namea, Qtflggpp.
Names of Insects Approved by the Association. College Park, Md., E.F.,
Cory for the Assn., 19^6
Chamberlain, W.J. , Entomological Nomenclature and Literature. 2nd ed.,
Corvallis, Oregon, The Author, 19^6
•Jardine, F.K., Dictionary fif Entomology. nd, 258 p.
ESTATES AND HOKES

King, Edith Morgan, "No Naunee", New Yorker. Aug. 26, 1 9 ^ . 55-57
and estate names)

(House

ETIQUETTE
Norwood, Hayden, Common Sense Etiquette Dictionary. Emans, Pa., Fodale
P u b ’r s , Inc., 1937, 123 P*
FINANCE
Dobbek, 0., Finance and Accounting. Frankfurt am Main, Heinrich Reinhardt
verlag, 19^8
Xettridge, J.O. , French-ifrffii«h- English-French Dictionary of Commercial
and Financial. Terms. N.Y., Dutton, 19^9, 6*4-7 p«
Leungguth, K.T., Engl ish-German Financial Dictionary. Relating to Money,
Finance, Banking and Law in British, American and German Practice,
London, Foutledge, 1933* *1 4 271 p*
Munn, G.G., Enoyolopedla of Barking and Finance. Cambridge, Ma^e.,
Bankers Pub. Co., 19^9
•Steneberg, W., German-En^llsh: English-German Financial DlCtlonaryx 2 vols.
19^7, ^83 P.

-x*+y*+—

FIKEMEN

Blond, Leo and Harold J. Jonas, "A Preliminary Glossary of the Hew York
City Firemen"# Aaer. Hotee A Queries. IV (Apr. 19*4A), 3-8*
"Language of the Smoke Eaters", Popular Science. CL (Jan, 19*47), 72
Stuart, Robert Y., and others, Gloesary of Terms Used in Fire Control.
Prepared by Forest Service, U.S* Gov't Printing Office, 1930 (Dept,
of Agri. Miscellaneous Publication Ho. 70).
FISHIHG

Ingereoll, Ernest, The Oyster Industry. (U.S. Dept, of Interior), Gov't
Printing Office, Washington, 1881 (Glossary 2*4-1-250)
Mellen, Ida M . , "Aquarium English", A m e r i c a n Speech. Ill (1927-1928),
*460*^63
White, Frederick, "British and American Fishing Terms", Outlook, LXXIV,
(Aug. 193*4'), 33-3*4
Williams, A.C., Dictionary of Trout Flies and of Flies for Sea Trout and
Graylings. N.T., Macmil lan, nd (1950)
FOODS
Bailey, Oran B . , "A Glossary of Cafe Terms", American Speech. XVIII (19*43).
307-308
"Boy, Page American Speech", The Valpwrts of the Waverley Press and Williams
and Wilkins Co. , V (Nov. 19267, 17
(short order lunch slang from the
William Leather Mag.)
•Coffee and --- ", World's Work. LXI (Feb. 1932), 26-29 , 71
Dictionary of 1001 Menu Terms. 3rd ed.. Stanford, Conn., Dahl Publ. Co.,
1938
Duchamp, H. 3- A. Jeruling, The Menu Translator; French-Engllsh-Gernan. 7 ed.
rev. by X. Pauli, Chicago, Hotel Monthly (John Willy), 19*40, 136 p.
Duchamp, H.AAJenning,
Menu Translator; Bench. English. German, 7th ed.,
Zurich, Orell FtLssli verlag, Bahnhofst, r. 31, 19*40

1^ 95-

♦Eijkera, W. , Culinary Dictionary in French-Put ch-Rnglish-German. 1947.
371 p.
Esser, Wm. L . , Dictionary of Foods. John1* Island, S.C., Author, 1947,

176

p.

rood ap.d Menu Dictionary. Stamford, Conn., Dahl Publ. Co., 1938
Graves, Lulu G . , ^ Dictionary of roods and Nutrition. Philadelphia, r.A.
Davis, 1938, 428 p.
•Lunch-Wagon Slanguage", World1s Work. Feb. 1932
"Qulck-Lunch Lingo", The Literary Digest. LVI (1916), 766-767
Rogers, Susan P . , "Colonial Cookery Terms", Dialect Kotos. IV (1915), 239
-240
Shafer, Robert, "The Language of West Co'st Culinary Workers", American
Speech. XXI (1946). 86-9
Simon, A.I., ^ Catechism Covering Cheeses: with a Glossary of Cheese and
Cheese Dishes. London, The Wine & Food Soc., 1936, 51 P*
Simon, Andre Louis, Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy. London, Grosvenor
Garden, 1939-1946
Smiley, Jack, Hash House Lingo. Easton, Penna., Author, 1941, 59 P«
Vehling, J.D., ^merica»a Table. Milwaukee, Hostaid's Inc.
FOREIGN TRADE
Henius, Frank, ed., Dictionary of Foreign Trade. N.T., Prentice Hall,
1946
FORESTRY
Allen, Chandler Briggs, "The Last Frontier of American Romance", £he_
Writer *s Monthly. XXVII (Jan. 1926), 3-7 (Lumberjack)
*Aro, P., et al.. Forest Dictionary: Finnish-Swedish-Gernan-English.
Qjuadrilingual indices, 1944 , 538 p.
Beck, E.C., "Lumberjack Ballads and Songs", English Journal (college
edition), XXI (1932), 52-57

1^96-

Berry, Edward, "Sawmill Talk (East Texas)". American Speech. Ill (1Q271928), 24-25
—
"The British Columbia Logger in his Shirt". British Columbia Maeazina
VII (Jan. 1911), 13-18
--------------Clark, J.W. , "Lumberjack Lingo", American Speech. VII (1931-1932), 4 7Davis, Elrick B., "Some Hew Words by War out of Wood", American Speech.
XIX (1944), 91-96
Davis, Wilbur, "Logger and Splinter Licker Talk", Western
IX (1950), 111-123
Been, J.L. et al«, A Swedl sh— Eng-1 i «h Vocabulary for Forester s . Hew Haven,
Conn., Tale U. School of Forestry Bulletin 4*+0, 1935, 83 p.
Emery, C.A., "Ways and Words of the Woodsmen", Writer *s Monthly. XXIX
(Feb. 1927), 126-129
Erickson, Orrin, "A Woodsman*s Vocabulary", Writer*s Monthly. XXV (Feb.
1925), 128-129
Hartman, E.F. A E.F. Paddock, Glossary of Wood Preserving Terms. H.Y.,
Protexal Corp,, 34 Barclay St., H.T.C., 1921, 2? p*
Higgins, John C., The Taywhwr Jayk in American History... (M.A. Thesis,
U. of S. Cal. 19357
Jenkins, Charles, "Colloauialisms of the Forth Woods ", The Editor. XLITI
(June 17, 1916), 631-632
"■Linde, L . , Technical Dictionary of Forestry (English-German-FrenchRussian), Moscow, 1936, 408 p.
"Lumber Language Is Still Current in Spokane", Spokane Sookesman-Review.
Jan. 27, 1946, 3
Monroe, Benton S. and Clark S. Nortbrup, "Some Lumber and Other Words",
Dialect Hotes, II (1904), 394-403
Morrison, J.W., "Lumberjack Rhetoric", American Forests and Forest Life.
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*fcrugowski, H . , Engl 1 sh-Germen; German-English Dictionary for the Wood
and Timber Trade, 1948, 406 p.
Kyer, Rolla, "Maple Sugar Terminology", American Speech. XXII (1947),
306-307
(supplement to J.P-. Schuitz, q.v.)

Pendleton, Paul E . , "How the ‘Wood Hicks' Speak”. Dialect Notes. VI.
(1930). 86-89
-------Society of Am. Foresters. Committee on Forest Terminology, Forest
Term!oology, rev. ed., Washington, D.C., The Society, 1950
Society of Am* Foresters, Committee on Forest Terminology, Forest
Terminology. Washington, D.C. The Society, 19*4*4Starlund, George C., "Talk in the Tall Timber", Writer 'e Monthly, XXXV
(1930), 298-300
Stevens, James, "Logger Talk". American Speech. I (1925-1926), 135-l*+0
Stuart, R.Y., et al.. Glossary of Terms Used in Fire Control. Washington,
D.C., U.S. Dept, of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication #70, 1930,
22 p.
Titmuss, L.74., ed., Concise Encyclopedia of World Timbers. N.Y.,
Philosophical Library, 19*4-8
Williams, Guy, Logger Talk. Seattle, Wash., U. of Washington Book Store,
(U. of Washington Chapbook, No. *41, 1930)
Woodford, Joseph L . , "'Logger' Language", Writer1s Digest. X (Apr. 1,

1930), 3^35
GAMBLING
Churchill, Allen, "Marked Cards", Yank. July 23, 19; 3, 8-9
of card sharps)

(nomenclature

Larsen, Swen, "The Vocabulary of Poker", American Speech. XXVI (1951),

96-102
"Literature of Dice Shooting", Better English. Ill (June, 1939)* **2
(glossary)
Maurer, David W . , "The Argot of the Dice Gambler", The Annals. Qf £he
American Academy of Political and Social Science.. CCLXIX (1950), 11*4133
Maurer, D.W., "The Argot of the Faro Bank", American Speech. XVIII (19*0),
3-11
Maurer, David W. , "The Argot of the Three-Shell Game", Ame.rican jgpe_eg?l,
XXII* (19*4-7), 161-170 (discussion & glossary)

Pollock, Albin Jay, The Underworld Speaks. San Francisco, Crime Prevention
Bureau, 1935 (Gambling lingo)
Proskauer, Julian, J., Suckers A l l . N.T., The Macaulay Co*, 1934, (Gambling
terminology)
Webster, H.T., Webst e r 1a Poker Book. N.Y., Simon & Shuster, 1925, 126 p*
GENERAL WORKS

Craigie, W.A., and J.R. Hulbert, A Dictionary of American English qq,
Historical Principles. 3 vols., Chicago, U* of Chicago Pres3, 1942
D.U.W.: Dietionary of Unusual Words. A-0, London, Thames Bank, 1946
Fernald, J.C., Standard Handbook qf Synonyms , Antonymsr and PrepoBitions:
Completely Reset. N.Y., Punk & Wagnalls, 1947
Hill, R.H., ed., Dictionary of Difficult Words. N.Y.,
1946

Howell, Soskin,

Johnson, S. Young, Americans1 Dictionary. N.Y. , Philosophical Library,
19*12, 352 p.
Kennedy, Arthur G . , £ Bibliography of the Writings Ofl the English Language
fr on the Beginnings to the Bnd of 1922. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard
Univ. Press, 1927
Little, William; Fowler, H.W.; and J. Coulson, J., ed. Revised and ed.
by Onions, C.T., The Shorter Oxford Dictionary. 2 vds, Oxford, Clarendon
Press, 1933 l*t ed., 1936 2nd ed.
Mathews, M.M., A Dictionary of Americanisms. 2 vols.,
Chicago Press, 1951

Chicago, Univ. of

Mencken, H.L., The American J/yifguage. 4th ed., rev. A enl. * rewritten,
N.Y., Knopf, 19*l6
Mencken, H.L., The American L a n g u a g e : Supplement I, N.Y., Knopf, 1945
Mencken, H.L., The American Language: Supplement II, N.Y., Knopf, 1948
Rodale, Jerome Irving, Sophisticated Synonym Book. 2nd ed.. Allentown,
Penna., Rodale Press, 1947
Smith, Charles Alphonso, New Words Self-Defined. Garden City, Doubleday,
Page & Co., 1920, viii, 215 p.

- ■L‘+V'?—

Smith, Logan Pearsall, Words and Idioms. N.Y., Houghton Mifflin, 1925
Thoussen, Lester, Elizabeth Featherson, and Dorothea Thousson, Bibliography
of Speech Education. N.Y.. Wilson, 1939
(Contains an extensive section
on linguistics)
Wentworth, Harold,
Dialect Dictionary. New York, Thomas Y.
Crowell Co., 1 9 ^ , xv, 7^7
Wright, Joseph, The English Dialect Dictionary. 6 vols., London, Provide,
1898-1905
W r i g h t , Willism,

(Thomas), Diet ionary of Obsolete 4 Provincial English.
2 v., N.Y., Macmillan, c. 1900

gst t e t i c s

Knight, R.L., Diet ionary of Genetics. Waltham, Mass., Chronica Botanica,
19^8
GEOLOGY

Cooper, S.A., Conelee Internet1onal Dictionary of Mechanics and Geology.
N.Y., British Book Centre, 19^9
Duchesne, G.S., Aji English-TURs ian Vocabulary in Geology and Associated
Sciences, ed., V.A. Abruchey, N.Y., Stechert, 1937, 3^0 p.
Fischer, TS. , and F.E. Elliott, German and English Glossary of, Geographical
Terms. N.Y.. Am. Geog. Soc., 1950
♦Huebner, W . , Geology and filled Sciences. £ Thesaurus and a Coordination
of English and German Specific and General, Terms, 1939. xvifh05 P*
McJlmsey, Geo. Davis, Topographic Terms in Vi rglnja. N.Y., Colnmbia U.
Press, 19*K), 151 P#
♦lice, C.M., Dictionary of Geological Terms. 19*4-9,

p.

GLASSBLOWERS
•’Glassblowers1 Lingo", Bridgeton, N.Y. Evening News, Aug. 2**, 1889

- 1500-

HQR0L0GY

♦Dictionary of the Watch Trade Industry. Jewelry and Allied Trades:
French, English, German, and Spanish Indices, 1950, 112k p.
♦Watchmakers of Switzerland, Official Dictionary of Watch Parts: English,
French, German, Spanish, 19k8, 167 p«
HYDROGRAPHY

♦Hydrographic Dictionary: English—French—Dano—No rwegian-Dutch—PortugueseSpanish-Italian-Swedish-German, 19^6, 76 p.
IDIOMS

Banks, Ruth, "Idioms of the Present Day American Negro", American Speech.
XIII (1938), 313-31^
Bartlett, John Russell, Dictionary of Americanisms. 2nd ed., enl., Boston
Little, Brown, A Co., 1859
Beaumont, A.G., What Word Shall X SEfiZ* A gul de to English Idi oms. London
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Benham, R . , Everyday English Idiomst Bombay, Taraporavala, nd.
Bergmann, Margha, Idiomes....Anglicisms—Germanisms. Leipzig, Hirt & Sohn,
1935, 55 P.
Blanchard, C.I. and C.E. Zoubek, Most-used Congressional Record Terms.
N.Y., Gregg Pub., 19k5
Brackenbury, G., Studies in the Utaglish Idiom. N.Y., Macmillan, 19^8
Breme, B.C., Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, foev. ed.), London, Cassell
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De Vere, M. Scheie, Americanisms. N.Y.. Scribner, 1372
Dixon, Janies Main, English Idioms, Thomas Nelson A Sons, Ltd., London,
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-1501

Dunlop, A.S., "Observations o n A m e r i c a n Colloquial Idiom", Ameri
S p e e c h . X X (1945), 12—21
(any more, at all, considerably inexpensive,
to graduate college, h a ppen you., like for, off of, off from, prep,
g e n i t i v e phrase)
Punk,

C . E . , £ H o g on tee a n d O t h e r Curious S a y i n g s . N.Y., Harper, 1948

Haber, T o m B . , ^ Writer *s H a n d b o o k of Am. Usage. N . Y . , Longmans, Green
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Haase, Gladys, "Did y o u Ever S t r i k e a Good Dayt", Word Stu d y . Hay, 1945*
7
(idioms & fig. expressions)
Henderson, B . L . K . , ^ Dicti o n a r y o f
London, James B l a c k w o o d & Co., 1 9 3 9

\»h I d i o m s . Pt. I, Verbal Idiom,

Henderson, B . L . K . , and G.O.E. Henderson, comps., Dictionary of English
I d i o m s . Pt. 2, Colloquial Idioms,
London, James Blackwood, 1950
Holt, A . H . , P hrase O r i g i n s : a S t u d y
1936, 300 p.

of Familiar

o n e . N . Y . , Crowell

Horwill, H.W., A n Aryrlo-A m e r i c a n I n terpreter. Oxford, Clarendon Press,
1939. x 4 91 P.
Ho rw i l l , H.W., A D i c t i o n a r y o f M o d e r n A m e r i c a n U s a g e . N.Y., Oxford,
360 p.

1935,

Kennedy, Arthur G. , The Modern English Verb-Adverb Combination. Stanford
Univ., Calif.: Stanford Uhiv. Publications, Univ. Series I, 1, 1920
Kirkpatrick, John, Handbook of Idiomatic English as Ho w Written and
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Koonin, A., E n g l i s h I d i o m s . Moscow,
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State Textbook Publishing House,

Kwong, Ki Chiu, £ D ictionary o f E n g l i s h Phrases wit h ^lystrat.ivft
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Linderman, Trank Bird,

"Idioma",

T h e Fron t i e r . IX (Nov. 1928),

55” 56

Lyell, Thomas E.G. , S l a n g . P h r a s e , a n d Idiom A n Colloquial Bngllsh and
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McCordie, M . , E n glish Idioms a n d Ho w to Use Them. H . Y . , Oxford Univ. Press
1935

Mallery, E.U., Our American L a n g u a g e . Garden City, Halcyon House, 1947,
288 p.

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Minsberry, David, H a n d b o o k of Everyday Idioms. Manila, P.I., Bardavon
B o o k C o . , 19k9
Parlor, M a r y Coloot©, " ‘Lay-by time* and ‘P r otracted M e e t i n g * 1", 4&S£i£S2k
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19k2, 379 p.
Radford, 3., compiler, C r o w t h e r 1* Encyclopedia of Phraeee and Origine.
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Rivera de Tudo, Angela, Idioms and Other Expressions in Engl, mifl Snanieh
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Roback, Abraham Aaron, Dictionary of the Internetioaal Slurs (EthnophantiBras),
Cambridge, Mass., Sci-Art Pub,, 1 9 ^
Roberts, Murat H , , "The Science of Idiom: A Method of Inquiry into the
Cognitive D e s i g n of Language", PMLA. LIX (19kk), 291-306
Rodale, Jerome Irving, The K i n g 1s English tn H o r a e b a c k . Emaus, Penna.,
Rodale Publications, 1938, vi,228 p.
(humorous phrase dictionary)
Rossetti, Carlo, A m e r i c a n i s m l . (Quaderni di Culture Linguistica #11),
Milan, Le Lingua Bstere, 1937
Ruthenberg, Julius G. , "Some American Idioms from the Yiddish",
A m e rican S p e e c h . XVIII (19^3). k3-b8
Shewmake, Edwin,
71-72

"More About "at abou t * ",

American Spee c h . XXIII

Shoffi, M.M., E n g l i s h Idioms for Indian S t u d e n t s . Lahore,
Publ. Co., 193**, 8k p.

(I9k8),

India, India

Smith, Charles John, Idiomatic Handbook of the E n g l i s h L a n g u a g e . Rev. by
H. P e rcy Smith, Leipzig, Paul Herapel, 1933, 781 p.
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19k9
T e a l l , F. Horace, E n gl1 «h Compound Words and P h r a s e s . H . Y . , Funk and
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Thornton, Richard Hapgood, American d o s s a r y
Lipoincott, 1912

(2 Vols.), Philadelphia,

Thornton, Richard Hapgood, ipmerlcan Glossary. Vol. Ill, Madison, Wise.,
Am e r i c a n Dialfcct Soc., 1939

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-1503-

Turnblom, Grant, Prepositional U s a g e ip Present D a y E n g l i s h . East Lansing,
Mich., M.A. Thesis, unpublished, M i c h i g a n State College#
Vizetelly, P r a n k H. , a n d Leander J. de B e k k e r , ^ De s k Book o f Idioms and
I d l o matic P h rases
E n glish Sre e c h a n d L i t e r a t u r e . N . Y . , Groseet and
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Wagner, J. T . , Gems of E x p r e s s i o n . Los Angeles, Wetzel, 19^?
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W o r r a l l , A.J. E n g l i s h Idioms for F o r e i g n S t u d e n t s . 2nd e d . , N . Y . ,
Longmans, 1938, 89 P*

INDUS T RIAL RELATIONS

Univ. of M i n n e s o t a Industrial Relations Center,
G l o s s a r y . Minneapolis, Univ. of Minn., 19^8

Industrie! Relations

INSURANCE

Bernstein, Herbert B . , "Fire Insurance Lingo", American S p e e c h . I (19251926), 523-528
Crobaugh,

C.J., H andbook of I n s u r a n c e . 2nd e d . , N.Y. , P r e n t i c e - E a l l ,

19^9
Dictionary of Insurance Terms. Wausau, Wise., Employers Mutuals of Wausau,
19^6
Traternal Monitor (periodical). Simplifying Semi-Technical Terns, Rochester,
N.Y. , Fraternal Monitor,nd(Insurance)
♦ G l a s s , G . , D ictionary of Insurance T e r m i n o l o g y ; Fr ench-English-FI enis]>Dutch, 19^7, 279 p.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

IV&»8on, A.M., A D i c t i o n a r y of International A f f a i r s . Washington, Public
A f f airs Press, 19^7» 353 P*

-isoh-

JEWELLERY
Oolechlaogol, H. , Trade Dictionary of Precious Metals. Gemstones. Jewellery.
and Horologlcal Products (French-English-German-Italian-Spanish—
Fortuguese-Csechish-Dutch), N.Y., Stechert, 1939
Shipley, Robert M. & others. Dictionary of Gems and Gemology. Los Angeles,
Geinological InstitiAs of America, 19^5. 25^ p*
Shipley, R.M., Dictionary of Gems end Gemology. 4 ed. rev., Gemological
Inst, of Am., Los Angeles, Calif., 19^8
LABOR

Dictionary of Labor Law Tqrrris. N.Y. and Chicago, Commerce Clearing House,
19**9
"Dr. J.7. Bender Lists Outstandirg Labor Lexicon", N.Y. Times. J u n e 2,
19^6, VI, Wf
"Espionage Exposed”, Time. Jen. 3, 1938, 9
Harton, Byrne, Dictionary of
Affairs Press, 19^7, 32 p.

(Vocabulary of strike-breakers)

Economics. Washington, D . C . , Public

"Labor1* Language", Literary Digest. CXXIII (Apr. 17, 1937), 7
expressions).

(Labor

Steelman, John R . , W h o ’s Who in Labor. N.Y., Dryden Press, 19^7, ^80 p.
(Glossary of labor terms)
LAUNDRY
T^mpriry Dictionary: terminology & jargon of the Commercial L aun dri es...
(Little Gold Business Book #**97, Stamford Conn., Dahl Publ. Co.. nd

LAW
Aghion, Raoul, tm rttnymalre JurldlQue (Legal Dictionary, Engli eh-French),
N.Y., Brnetano's, 19^7. 26*»- p.
Baldwin, W.E., Baldwin*s Pocket Law Dictionary. Cleveland, Ohio, The
Baike-Baldwin Publishing Co., 1935

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Baldwin, W.E., Bouvier »s Law Dictionary. N.Y., The Bank* Law Publishing
Co., 1928
Ballentine, James A., The College Law Dictionary 2nd ed., Rochester, N.Y.,
Lawyers Cooperative Publ. Co., 1948
Ballentine, J.A., Lew Dictionary with Pronunciations. Pochester, N.Y.,
Lawyers Coop. Publ. Co., 1948
Basedow, Klaus Hinrich, Worterbuch der Rechtss-prache. 2 vols. (Dictionary
of Legal Terms), I, German-Engl 1 sh, 720 p., II, English-German, 616 p.,
Hamburg, V. Heldt, 1947-1948
•Beseler, D. v . , Engl1sh-German. German-Engl1sh Legal and Commercial
Dictionary. 2nd ed. rev. and enl. bibliog., 1947, 271 p*
Black, Henry C., Law Dictionary. 3rd ed., St. Paul, Minn., Vest Publishing
Co., 1933
Bryant, Margaret M . , English in the Law Court. N.Y., Columbia U. Press,
1930, (articles, prepositions & conjunctions in law cases)
Coertze, L.I., and V.G. Hlemlstra, EngliBb-Afrikaans Legal Dictionary.
Cape Town, Juta, 1948
Connelly, Eva L . , and T.P. Maroney, The Legal Secretary, with a glossary
of legal terns, New York, Gregg, 1945, 305 P«
Corpus Juris. N.Y., American Law Book Co., 1914-1935
Corpus Juris Secondum. N.Y., American Law Book Co., 1936 — to date
Dalrymple, A.W., Freneh-German Dictionary of Legal Vords and Phrases. 2d
ed., London, Stevens and Sons, Ltd., 1948
Daymard, S., "Insuring Clause Catch-atll Phrases Frequently Interpreted
by Courts", East. Underwriters. Nov. 28, 1947, 26
Durga, M . , Concise Law Dictionary. 3d ed., Allahabad, India, Ram Narain
Lai, 1940
Egbert, L.D., Law Dictionary (English-Espanol-Francais-Deuteh), N.Y.,
Fallon Law Book Co.|nc., 1949
Hexner, Erwin, Studies in Legsl Terminology. Chapel Hill, U. of N.C.
Press, 1941, v i , 150 p.
Hughes, G.B., Pocket Law Lexicon. 6th ed., London, Stevens & Sons, 1942,
344 p.

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Judiclal and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases. St. Paul, Minn.,
West Publishing Co., 1904- 1933, series 1-4
Law Students

Pronouncing Dictionary. London, Sweet, 1948

Lewis, J . J . , Collegiate Law Dictionary. Washington, D.C., Wash. Law Book
Co., 1925
Mabey, Richard A. , "The English of the Courtroom as Heard by the Short­
hand Reporter", Amerlcen Speech. I (1925-1926), 264-268
Mozley, H.N., and G.C-. Whiteley, Law Dictionary (6th ed.), London,
Butterworth and Co ., 1950
O'Daugherty, H. St. L. ,ed., Sagle Legal Definitions. based on laws re­
lating to crime; also underworld terms and their meanings (Eagle
Librexy 328, vol. 52), Brooklyn, N.Y., Eagle Library, 1937, 67 p.
03born, P . G . , A Concise Law Dictionary for Students and Practitioners.
2nd e d . , London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1937, vi"l 4 358 p.
Sturgees, H.A.C. and Hewitt, A.R. , Dictionary of Legal Terms and Citations.
2nd ed., N.Y. , Pitman Pub. Corp., nd, 19^8-19^9
Teague, H.F.J., Pocket Law Lexicon. 7th ed., London, Stevens, 19^5
♦Tejado y Sainz, J. de D. , S-panlsh-Bnglish. Engl 1sh-Snanish Legal and
Commercial Dictionary. 19^5, 282 p.
*Vilmos, P.., Hungarian—Engl1sh Commercial and Juridical Dictionary. 1929,
128 p.
*Waschke, H. , Pocket Legal Dictionary. 2 vols.. Vol. I, German-English,
168 p.. Vol. II, English— German, 165 P., 19^7
♦Y/eissenstein, R.F., Engl1sh-German Dictionary of Anglo-Amer1can Legal
Terminology. 1950, vi 4 199 p.
Wharton, John and Jane Smith, Law Lexicon. 4th ed. , London, Stevens,
193B, 1081 p.
Wilson, H.H. , Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms and of Useful Words
Occurring in Off 1 clal Documents Relating to the Administration of the
Government of Br11ish India. Calcutt a. Eastern Law House, Ltd., 19^0

LEATHER
Djct1onary of Leather Terminology. N.Y., Tanners Council of America, 1936,
22 p.

Geller, David, "Lingo of the Shoe Salesman", Americg-n Speech. IX (193*0 #

283—286
Taylor, W.C., The Shoe and Leather Lexicon. 10th rev. ed., N.Y., Boot &
Shoe Recorder Pub. Co. 1938, 86 p.
LIBRARY

A.L.A. Editorial Com. Subcom. on Library Terminology, Edith H. Thompson,
ed. , A.JL.A. Glossary of Library Terms, Chicago, Ara. Library Assn.,
19*0
Burke, William J., "Library Cant", The New York Sun, Mar. 29, 1935, 26,
col. 8
* Chabot, J ., English—Freach: French-Engl1sh List of the Princlnal Terras
Constituting the Technical Vocabulary of the Librarian and Bibliographer.
19*4-3, 1*4-5 p.
Compton, Nellie Jane, "Library Language", American Speech. II (1926—1927),
93-95
Harrod, L.M., The Librarian *3 Glossary. London, Grafton, 19^8, 176 p.
Mettice, H.H., English-Chlnese-Japanese Lexicon of Bibliographi cal
Cataloguing and Library Terms. N . Y . , N.Y. Pub. Lib., 19*4^, 38 p.
Mori ay, Linda S. et a l , Con.tr ibut ions T -iwards a Special
N.Y. , Special Library Assn., 19*0, **- P»

Library Glossary.

Moth, A., Glossary of Library Terms (in eight languages), Boston, Faxon,
(c. 195 o T ~
Ituraey, Nolie, A Study of Rare Books. Denver, Colo., Claeon Publ. Co.,
1930
(Diet, of bibliographical te^rns and Book terminology p. 5**-2— 552)
Special Libraries Assn., Contributions toward a Special
N.Y. , Special Libraries Assn., 19*43

Library Glossary.

LIQUOR
dar

Management and

B e y e r a ge

Profits. Stamford, Conn., Dahl Publ. Co., 1933?

*Blumier, O. , The B^'keoperlj;_ Golden Book,
19*40. 278 p.

(English, French, German),

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*DlctIonary of 200 Alcoholic Beverages. Stamford, Conn., Dahl Publishing
Co.,
Hamann, Fred, "Stiller* Argot", American Speech. XXI (19^6), 193-195
(whisky terms)
•'Scotch Whiskey", Fortune . June 19^6, 135-6; 180-92
words)

(Whiskey making

"Whiskey RebelLion", Fortune. XXXV (June 19^7), 1^0-143, 180-182 (terms
in whiskey industry)
LIT. TERMS

Mawson, C.O.S., A Dictionary of Foreign Terms Found in English and
American Writing of Yesterday and Today. H.Y., Crowell, 1935
Miles, Josephine, The Vocabulary of Poetry. Berkeley, U.
19^6,

Calif. Press

UZ6 p.

Horton, D.S. A Rushton Peters,
Rinehart A Co., 89 P*

A Glossary of Literary Terms. H.Y.,

Yelland, H.L. et al.. Handbook of Literary Terras, London, Angus, 1950
MACHINE SHOPS
Freeman, Henry G., Dentsch-Bngl1sche Spezial-Worterbuch fur das Maschinenweseq. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards, Essen, Girardet, 19;>2, l6h p.
International Business Machines Corp.. Ed. Dept., Shop Terms. Syracuse,
H. Y., Syracuse Univ. Press, 19^6
*Kretchetnikov, S.J., Dictionary of Shor Terms (Enylish-Russian), Moscow
19^7, 575 P.
Sandy, A.H., Dictionary of Engineering and Machine Shop Terms. Am. ed.
rev. by I.E. Derek, Brooklyn, H.Y. , Chem. Publ. Co., 1 9 ^
Sandy, A. H., DietIonary of Engineering and Machine .Shop Terms. 2nd ed.
rev., London, Lockwood & Son, 19^6
Schaaf, W . L . , ed., Standard Mechanics1 Encyclopedia^ N . Y . , Garden City
Pub., 19^4-2
Shop Terms. Albany, N.Y., Delmar Publishers, 1 0^9?

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Telford,

A.C.

D i c t i o n a r y of M a c h i n e Shop T e r m s . Chicago,

Am.

Tech.

Soc.,

MARKETING

" M a r k e t i n g Terms,

Definitions",

N.Y.

T i m e s . Feb.

15,

19*4-3, TIT,

7

MATHEMATICS

B usw e l l , G u y T., a n d L e n o r e John, V o c a b ul a r y of A r ithmetic.
Univ. of C h i c a g o Press, c. 1950
James, 9., a n d B.C. James, M a t h e m a t i c s D i c t i o n a r y , rev.
Calif., D i ges t Press, 19^3.
James,

G.

and R.C.

James,

Chicago,

e d . , V a n Nuys,

M a t h e m a t i c s D i c t i o n a r y . N . Y . , V a n Nostrand,

1950
M c Dowell, C . H . , D i c t i o n a r y of M a t h e m a t i c s . 3 vol.,
Dictionaries, 19^7

London,

M i l l i n g t o n , W . , D i c t i o n a r y of M a t h e m a t ical D a t a . London,
Ltd., 1 9 ^

Mathematical

B e r n a r d s Pub.

MECHANICS

Cooner, S.A., C o n c i s e I n t e r n a t i o n a l D i c t i o n a r y o f M e c h a n i c s a n d G e o l o g y .
B r i t i s h B o o k Centre, N . Y . , 1 9^9

MMJICIN3

Biraud,
Univ.

Y . , Polyglot
Press, 1 9 ^

G l o s s a r y of Co nmunlc.able D i s e a ses. N . Y . , C o l u m b i a

Blek l s t on *a N e w G o u l d M e d i cal D i c t i o n a r y . London,
"Ltd. ,~ 1 9 ^ 9
Boyd, L.J.,
1936

H.K.

Lemls and Co.

A Stu d y of the Simile in Med i c i n e . Phila. , B o e r i c k e <5- Tafel,

♦Clak'ville, A.L.
P o l y g l o t Med l c a l D i c t i o n a r y ? F r e n c h-Snc-llsh- OermenL*3t in (65,000 terms), 1950, 1100 p.

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Clarke, J.H., Dictionary of Domestic Medicine (*4-th ed.), London,
Homeopathic Pub. Co., Ltd., nd (1950), 3*4-8 p.
Comrie, John Dixon, Black *a Medical Dictionary. 18th ed.f rev. by H.A.
Clegg, N. Y., Macmillan, 19*+*4
Comrie. John Dixon, Black1e Medlcal Dictionary. 19th ed., rev. by W.A.R.
Thomson, London, A. 8c C. Black, Ltd., 19*4-8
Comrie, J.D., Black1s Medical Dictionary, lhth e d . , N.Y., Macmillan,
1933. 1016 p.
De Vries, Louis, German-Ea^llsh Medical Dictionary. N.Y., McGraw-Hill,
in press 1950
Dorland, W./-.N. A E.C.L. Miller, American Illustrated Medical Dictionary.
21st ed., Philadelphia, Saunders, 19*4-7
Dorland, W*A.N., ed., Amerlcen Pocket Medical Dictionary. 18th ed.,
Philadelphia, Saunders, 19*4-6
•Fernandes, E. , Engllsh-Portuguese Dictionary of Medical Terms . (*4-0,000
terras), 19*4-7, 1100 p*
•Fortes, H. , Kngli sh—Portuguese Dictionary of Medical Terms. 19*4-5. 323 p.
Goertz, M. 8c D.W. Unseld, Dictionary of Medicine: German-English, EnglishGerman, N.Y., Hafner, 19*4-6
Goldberg, Morris, Snarlish— Soanish Chemical and Medical Dictionary. N.Y. ,
McGraw-Hill, 19*4-7, ix ~f 692 p.
Gould, G.M., Medical Dictionary. 5th ed. rev., Toronto, Blakiston, 19*+7
Gould, George Milbry, Pocket Medical Dictionary. 11th ed. rev. by C.V.
Brownlow, Toronto, Blakiston, 19*!6
Jones, Harold W . , ed., et al., Blakiston^ New Gould Medical Dictionary.
Philadelphia, Blakiston, 19*49
Kelly, E.C., Encyclopedia of Medical Sources. Baltimore, Williams &
Wilkins, 19*4-8
•ICusama, Y. , Concise Engl 1 sh-Jaoanese Medical Dictionary, nd, *4-53 P«
Lewis, C.D., Medical Latin. Frencestown, N.H., Marshall Jones Co., 19*48
Logie, H.B., M.D. ed., A Standard Classified Nomenclature of PigegjBe,
N.Y., Com ionwee.lth Fund, 1933

McElligott, M.G., corap., Spanish—Bngllah Medical Dictionary. London
H.K. Lewis & Co., 1946
Mar 1e , J.S.F.,
. Ger.. French. It .. Spanish Medical Vocabulary and
Phrases. Philadelphia, Blakistm~ 1939
MeyerB, M.K., ed., Lan^'B German-English Dictionary. 4th e d . , Philadelphia,
Blakiston, 1932
Murphy, Mark, "Anesthesiolovist", New Yorker, Oct. 25, 1947, pp. 36-44;
Nov. 1, 19*-'7, pp. 33-43; Nov. 8 , 1947, pp. 33—49
(Later med. terras
dealing with anaesthetics)
Oakes, L . , and T.B. Davie, Pocket Medical Dictionary (8th ed.), Edinburgh,
L. and S . Kiningstone, Ltd., 1949
Oakes, Lois and T.B. Davie, Pocket Medical Dictionary. 7th rev. ed.,
Edinburg, Livingstone, 1946, 486 p.
♦Peyser, A . , Pars pro toto; Abbreviations of Med'cine and Its Sister
Sciences i£i: G-erman. Danlsh. English, Spanish. French. Italian. Latin.
and Swedish. 1950, 196 p.
♦Plaus, F. A C.G. Turner, Bnglish-Sp nlsh: Span!sh-Bngllsh Medical and
Biolog111 Dictionary. 1947, 776 p.
Robinson, W.J., Medical and Sex Dictionary. N.Y., Eugenics Publishing Co.,
1933?
Schoenewald, F.S.,
Blakiston, 1949

cottp .,

German— English Medical Dictionary. Philadelphia,

♦Schurraans Stekhoven, W . , Dutch—English. English—Putch Medical Lexicon.
1949
Stedman, T.L., Medical Dictionary. 17th ed. rev., Baltimore, Y/illlsms &
Wilkins, 1949
Stedman, Thom°s Lathrop, Practical Medical Dictionary. l6thiev. ed. ed.
by N.B. Taylor et al., Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1946
Stedman, Thomas Lathrop, Practical Medical Dictionary. 15th »v. ed. ed.
by Stanley Thomas Garber, Baltimore, Wood, 1942
Stedman, T.L., e d . , Practical Medical Dictionary, new rev. 13th ed.,
Baltimore, Williams A Wilkins, 1936, 1291 P«
Stedman. Thomas Lathrop, Shorter Medical Dictionary. 7th rev. & enl. ed.,
Chicago, Wilcox & Follett, 1945

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Svart, Joseph, Analysis of Words Pertaining to Anatomy. Physiology.
piseases and Surgery for Students and Physicians. Kane. City, Kans.,
The Author, 1988?
(let ed. 1912^ A.S. give no pub.
Taber, C.W. et al., Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 5th ed., Philadelphia
Davis, 1950
Taber, C.W., Condensed Medical Dictionary. Philadelphia, Davis, 19^3
Tomaszewski, W . , comp.. Short Anglo-Pollsh Medical Dictionary. Sdinburgh
B. & S. Livingstone, Ltd., 19^5
♦ Ve i Ho n , Trl-ltngual Medical Diet ionary. French, German, English, 1°50,
1500 p.
Waller, Joseph R. * Kaatz, M . , Englieh-German and German-Engl1sh Medical
Dictionary. 7th ed., London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1950
Williams, R.G., “Ancient Lineage of Modern 'Medical Terms’1, flygela. XXIV,
(Mar. 19^6), 188-19^
MEDICINE - ANATOMY
Dobson, J., Anatomical Bponyms. N.Y., Macmillan, 19^6
Field, Ephraim Joshua, and R.J. Harrison, Anatomical Terms: Their Origin
and Derivation. Cambridge, Eng., W. Heffer & Sons, 19^7, 165 p*
MEDICINE - GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
Taber, C.W., Dictionary of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Philadelphia, F.A.
Davis, 1 9 ^
MEDICINE - HOSPITAL
darkley, Dorothy, "Hospital Talk", American Speech. II (1926-1927), 21221h
HouBe, Dorothy E . , "Hospital Lingo", American Speech. XIII (1938), 22?229

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MEDICINE - MEDICAL SOCIAL WORE

Hamilton, Gordon, A Medical Social Work Terminology. N.Y.. Presbyterian
Hospital, 1930
MEDICINE - NURSING

* D a y , E l i z a b e t h M . , e d . , Cas s e ll *9 M o d e r n D i c t i o n a r y of N u r s i n g opd
M e d i c a l T e r m B . 8 t h ed., London, C a s s e l l
H itch, M . B . , e d . , B a l l l l e r e 1e N o r s e s C o m p l e t e M e d i c a l D i c t i o n a r y . 1 1 t h
e d . , London, B a i l l i e r e , T i n d al l , & Cox, 19**5

Morten, H . , Nurse1s Dictionary. 21st ed., Loud r., Faber and Faber, Ltd.,
19^9
M o r ten, H. , comp., N o r s e 1s D i c t i o n a r y , 1 9 t h ed.
F a b e r , 19**2

r o v , , London,

F a b e r £-

Nurse1s Pocket Encyclopedia and Guide. London, Faber and Faber, 19**9
Oakes, L. and T.B. Davie, New Dictionary for Nurses ■ 10th ed. , Edinburgh,
3. and S. Livingstone, 19**9
Oakes, Lois, and T. Davie, New Dictionary for Nurses,. 9th ed., Editourgh,
Livingstone, 19**6, **76 p.
Pearce, E.C., Medical and Nursing D1ctionary and Encyclopedia, 9th ed.,
London, Faber and Faber, Ltd., 19**9
Pearce, E.C., Medical and Nursing Dictionary, new & rev. e d ., London,
Faber & Faber, 19*0
Price, A.L., American Nurses Dictionary. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
19*0
Wayne Dictionary for Nurses. Chicago, Wayne School of Practical Nursing,
Inc., 19**6
MJDICINE - PHARMACY
Cooper, J.W., and A.C. McLaren, Latin for Pharmaceutical Students, **th ed.
N.Y. , Pitman, 19**?
Fuller, H.J., Latin for Pharmacy Students, rev. ed., New Haven, Conn.,
Author, 19h6

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MEDICINE - PSYCHIATRY

Hinsie, Lei and 51., and Jacob Shatzky, Psychiatric Piet ionary with Ffi—
cyclopedic Treatment of Modern Terms. N.Y., Oxford Univ. Press, 1940
Hutchings, Richard Henry, A Psychiatric Word Book: a lexicon of terms
employed in psychiatry and psychoanalysis designed for students of
medicine and nursing and psychiatric socie.l workers, 7 ed., Utica, N.Y.,
State Hospitals Press, 1943, 255 P*
Jones, S., ed., "Glossary for the Use of Translators of Psycho—Analytical
Terms", Internationa1 Jour, of PsychoanalysisT 1924, Supplement I
Menninger, W.C., "Psychiatry Today", Atlantic Monthly. Jan. 1948, 65-72
(Defines terms)
Strachey, A . , A New German-Engl1sh Psycho-Analytical Vocabulary. Baltimore,
Williams & Wilkins, 1943
MEDICINE - SURGERY
Curling, S.P.., and J.P. Roes, British Surgical Practice. London, Butterworth
and C o ., 1950
Jordon, 3.P., ed . , Standard Nomenclature of Disease: Standard Nomenclature
of Operations. 3rd ed., Chicago, Am. Med. Assn., 1942, 1022 p*

METALS
Cajnm, F . J . , Dictionary of Metals and Alloys. 5th ed., London, Newnes,
1945
Chamber1s Mlneralogical Dictionary, new ed., Brooklyn, N.Y., Chemical Pub.
Co.. 1948
Freeman, Henry G . , Deutsch-Sngliaches Fochworterbuch de Metallurgle. Ann
Arbor, Mich., Edv-ards; Leipzig, Spamer, 1933, 327 p.
♦Freeman, Henry G . , German-English Dictionary of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous
Metallurgy. 1945 (reprint), 827 u.
Greenwood, J.N., Glossary of Metallagraphic Terms. 3rd ed., Melbourne,
Tait, 1945

d

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♦Grote, H. * X. Weichbrodt, Engl 1 sh-Germant Sftrmim.iSn^i t oh Dictionary
for the Structural Steel Engineering and Allied Industries. 1949. xii
-------7 T 9 1 p.
Merlub-Sobel, M . , Metals and Alloys Dictionary. Brooklyn, N.Y., Chemical
Pub. Co., 1944
Oelschlaegel, Herbert, Trade Dictionary of Precious Metals. Gem Stones.
Jewellery. and Horolpglcal Products? French, English, German, Italian,
Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Dutch, H.Y., Stechert, 1939, 636 p.
Rolfe, P . T. , Dictionary of Metallography. 2 ed. rev., London, Chapman,

1949
Rolfe, B.T., Dictionary of Metallurgy. London, Chapman, 1945
Singer, T.B.P., German-English Dictionary of Metallurgy. N.Y., McGraw-Hill
1945
“Slang of Steel11, Fortune. XII (Dec. 1935), 44
Taylor, B.P.., comp.. Definitions and Formulae for Students (metallurgy),
2nc ed., N.Y., Pitman, 1942
*V.D.E., Aue der Fachssprache des Elsenheutten-mannas: German-English.
Engl 1 ah-German (Dictionary for the Iron and Steel Trade). 1948. 106 p.
MILITARY
Alpern, H. * J. Martel, Spanleh-English Military Language Manual. N.Y.,
Gregg Pub. Co., 1943
Barnhardt, Clarence L . , Dictionary of United States Army Terms. Washington
D.6., Department of the Army, 1950
Berrere, Albert Marie Victor, A Dictionary of English and French Military
Terms. English-French, rev. A enl., London, Hachette, 1942
Beadnell, C.M. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Science and War, Fonest Hills,
N.Y., Transatlantic Arts, Inc., 1944
Bond, P.S., ed., Modern Military Dictionary. Washington, D.C., P.S. Bond
Pub. Co., 1943
Creswell, H.T. , and J. Hiraoka, and P.. Namba, B n g H sh-Japanese; JapaneseBngllsh Dictionary of Military Terms. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press,
1Q42 (reprint), 1300 p«

DavidLson—Houston , J.V., And R.V. Dewar—Dux 1®, English and Chinese Modern
Military Dictionary, rev. ed.f London, Probethain, 19*4-3, **50 p.
D® Vries, Louis, French-Bnglish Science Dictionary. New York, McGraw-Hill,
19*+7
Eitzen, K.H., German-Engl1sh. English-German Dictionary of Military Terms.
2nd ed., N.Y., Stechert, 1936, **85 p.
Garber, Col. M.B., A Modern Military Dictionary: Ten thousand Terms
Ancient and Modern. American and Foreign. Wash., D.C., Bond Publ. Co.,
19**1. 332 p.
Garber,

M . B . , A M o d e r n M i l i t a r y D i c t i o n a r y . W a B h . , D.C., Author,

1936

Greet, Cobell W . , War Words. N.Y., Columbia U. Press, 19**3» 137 p*
Military Dictionary: English— Spanlsh: Spanish— English. Prepared under
the direction of the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 19*H. 380 p.
Military Plot ionary. (Engl isk-Bus sian, Russian— English) , Washington, D.C.
U.S. Gov't Printin? Office, 19**1, 610 p.
National Military Establishment, Research and Development Board, Committee
on Guided Missiles, Dictionary of Guided Missile Terms, Washington, D.C.,
Public Affairs Press, nd, 19**8— 19**9
Noblet, A.M., French-Hngllsh. English-French Dictionary of Technlcnl
Military Terms, new ed. , London, Lockwood & Son, 19**3
Stone, G eorge C . , A G l o s s a r y of t h e C o n s t r u c t i o n . D e c o r a t i o n , a n d U se of
A r m s a n d A r m o r in A l l C o u n t r i e s a n d in All T i m e s . P o r t l a n d , Me.,
S o u t h w o r t h P r e s s , 69** P«
Strom, H. et al.. D i c t i o n a r y for A r m s . A m m u n i t i o n a n d E x p l o s i v e s . Including
W a r M a t e r i a l . E n g l i s h - G e r m a n - F r e n c h - S p a n i s h , Buhl, German, H. Strom
(Stechert), nd.

Strom, H . , Dictionary of flrdnMnre Terms. Arms, Ammunition and Explosives
in English-French—German— Italian— Spanish, N.Y., Ungar, nd., **h0 p.
Taube, A.M., comp., Anglo-Pussian Dictionary of War and Military Terminol­
o g y . 2nd ed., London, Collet Bookshops Ltd., 19**2
Tien, S.Y., Glossary of English-Chinese Military Terms. Shanghai, Com­
mercial Press, 19**5

MINING

Davidson, Levette J., "Mining Expressions in Colorado". American Speech.
V (1929-1930), 1W+-1U 7
Fay, A.H., A Gloscary of the Mining: and Mineral Industry. Washington, D.C.,
U.S. G o v 11 Prtg. Off., 1920, 75**- p. Bureau of Mines Bulletih #95
Glossary of Current and Common Bituminous Coal Mining: Terms. Wash. D.C.,
(815 Southern Bldg.) Bituminous Coal Institute, c. 19*+7
♦Kosmin, P.P., Btngllsh-Russian Dictionary of Coal Mines and Mining.
Novosibirsk, 1931, 219 P*
♦Lehmann, G . , German—'Eng;!1 sh Dictionary of Technical Terminology of the
Anthracite Coal Mining Industry, nd.
Lopushansky, Joseph and Michael, "Mining Town Terms", American Speech. IV,
(1928-1929), 368-37^
Moore, Helen L . , "The Lingo of the Mining Camp", American Speech. II (1926—
1927), 86-88
♦Mrugowski , A. , Draeger-Woerterbuck: German—English; English German
(Dictionary of Mine P.escue Terminology), 19*+6, 2^1 p.
♦Ned erlands ch Geologisch Ml .Ihbouvkund ig Genoot sc hap (Dictionary of
Mining Terminology: Dutch-English-French-German-Spanish), 19*»9, **36 p.
♦Seebach, H.J. v . , German-English: Engli sh-German Dictionary for Mlning
Engineering and Economics. 19**7, 269 P *
A Simplified Glossary of Current & Common Coal Mining Terms. N.T.,
Bituminous Coal Inst., n d ., 32 p.
Ta\ibe, E . , "Miring Terms of Obscure Origins", Science Monthly. LVI1I
(192*2 0 , 2*5 2 ^ 5 6

M O U N T A I N E E R ING

U l l m a n , J.P., H i g h C o n q u e s t . P h i l a d e l p h i a , L i p r i n c o t t ,
(containe in a p p e n d i x lis t o f m o u n t a i n e e r i n g terms)

19#1,

33*+ P*

MUSIC
Apel, Willi, Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Univ.
Press, 19*1-8

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Apel, Willi, Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Haee., Harvard Univ.
Press, 1944, 838 p.
Armstrong, Louis, Swine: That Music . London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1936
(Glossary, 135-36)
Blom, E. , comp., Everyman*s Dietionary of Music. N.Y., McKay, 19h8
Booth, John B. , HMaster" and Men, etc., London, Werner Laurie Ltc.,
Burley, D . , Original Handbook of Harlem Jive, N.Y., Author,
Chapman, John, N.Y, Daily News, Oct. 21, 1935

1926

19^

(Jazz orchestra slang)

Cons, Carl, "Jargon of Jazz", American Mercury. XXXVIII (May, 1936),
sup-clement, x
Cons, Carl, "The ‘Slanguage* of Swing-terms the Cats Use", Down
(Nov. 1935). 1. 8
Gaillard, Slim, Vont—a-reenee Dictionary. Hollywood, nd.
.live)

(vocabulary of

Goldberg, Isaac, Tin Pan Alley. A chronicle of the American popular music
racket, N.Y., John Day Co., 1930
Grove, Sir George, Dictionary of Music and Musicians,_ 3rd ed., ed. by
H.C. Colies, N.Y., Macmillan, 19^?
Grove, Sir George, Dictionary of Music and Musicians. SuprIe-ntntary
Volume ed. H.C. Colies, N.Y., Macmillan, 19^6
"Hard Times for Pluggers", Newsweek. Aug. 21, 19^+, 92-93 (Defines terms
of song writers getting new song introduced)
Hart, James D., "Jazz Jargon", American Speech. VII (1931—1932), 2^1-25^
Harvey, Holman, "It*s Swing I", Delineator. CXXIX (Nov. 1936), 10—11, h8—
b9
Hughes, Rupert, Music Lovers* Encyclopedia. Containing a PronouncIng
and Defining Dictionary of Terms, Instruments , etc., N.Y., Garden City
Publ. Co., 1939
»• Jabberwocky'1*. Time. July 26, 19^3, 56 (Jive talk glos-ary)
"Langu^e of the Jit lerbug", Better English. II (Nov. 1938), 51
Lowe, C. v„, Musical Miscellany of Terms and Pacts for Stmients and Llstej^e.r
London, Alfred Lengnick, 19^6

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Marks, Edward Bennet, They All San£, from Tony Pastor to Rudy Vallee.
N.Y., Viking Press, 1939
~
“~
Mezzrow, Milton & Barnard Wolf, Really the Blues. N.Y., Random House.
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Miller, P.N., Down B ea t 1s Yearhook of Swing. Chicago, Down Beat Publ. Co
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"Musical Slang Explained by Gene Xrupa", Chicago Sun. Feb. 7, 1993, 28
Nichols, E.J. and W.L. Warner, "Hot Jazz Jargon", Vanity Pair. XXV
(Nov. 1935). 38. 71
Nye, Russel, "A Musician's Word
98

LiBt",

American Speech. XII (1937), 95—

OBgood, Henry Osborne, So This Is Jazz. Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.,
1936
Scholes, P.A., Radio Times Music Handbook. N.Y., Oxford Press, 1950
Shelly, Lou, Hepcats Jlye Talk Dictionary. Derby, Conn., T.W.O. Charles
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"Some Shouts from Vouts", Life. May 26, 1997, 7-8, 10
Soaeth, Sigmund G . , "Onward and Upward with the Arts", The New Yorker,
*X (Nov. 3 , 1939), 89-99
Steig, Henry Anton, "Alligators' Idol", The New Yorker. Ap^. 17, 1937,
31— 3^4-, 3 6 , 38 (Sketch of Benny Goodman with swing terras)
Stubbings, G.W., Dictionary of Church Music. N.Y., Philosophical Library
1950
Tutoli, Benedict D. Jr., "The Terminology of Singing", American Speech.
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Webb, H. Brok, "The Slang of Jazz", American Sjoeech, XII (1937). 179-189

NAVAL TERMS & SLANG
Ageton, Arthur A., "Annapolis, Cradle of the Navy", National Geographic
Mag.. LXTX (1936), 789-301
Ansted. A., A Dictionary of Sea Terms. Glescow, Brown, Son and Ferguson,
Ltd., 1933

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Arboliho, Jack 0. , "Navy Yard Talk", American Speech. XVII (1942), 279280
"
Aahley, C.W. The Yankee Whaler. N.Y. , Houghton Mifflin, 1926 (Glossary.
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"As the Navy Says It", N.Y. Times Mag.. June 13. 19*4-3. 38
Babbitt, Hall, "Shipyard Terms of the Northwest, 1944 Style", Anari
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Bassett, "Fletcher,S., "Some Curious Sea Words", The American Magazine.
VI (1887), 621-627
Bowen, Frank C . , Sea Slang* £ Dictionary of the Old-Timer1s Expressions
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15** p»
Brackbill, Horvey,
451 -455

"Midshipman Jargon” , American Speech. Ill (1927— 1923),

Bradford, Gershom, A Glossary of Sea Terms. rev. ed., N.Y., Dodd, Mead,
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Bradshaw, A.H., English-French Naval Terms. London, Williams & Norgate,
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Bridge, Sir Cyprian A.G., "Old Sea Terms and Duties," The United Servlpe
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"Carrier Chatter", Colliers. Nov. 27, 1943, 33
"Charley Noble." Ships. June 1943, 18 (Terras for smokestack in ship's
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Chretien, C. Douglas, "Comments on Naval Slang", Western Folklore. VI
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Cl»rk, Claude, Primer of Blueprint Reading: Glossary of Shipyard Terms.
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Colcord, Joanna C . , "Sea. Terms Ashore", Yachting. LVTII (Dec. 1935), 3233, 82-83
Cowan, Frank, A Dictionary of the Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases of tjhe
Snglish Language delating to the Sea. Greensburgh, Pa., Oliver Publish­
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Croucher, E.J., "Sailor Words", Wind-lore. Ill (Apr. 1928), 61-63
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Denham, Edward, "Expressions, Chiefly of Whalers, Noted at New Bedford,
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Dialect Notes. IV (1915), 2h0-2^2
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Early, Dudley, "Butting the Breeze on a Tin Can", Family Circle. Nov. 26,
19*4-3, 16, 19 (Glossary of Navy Slang)
Eddingtoh, Walter J . , Glossary of Shipbuilding and Outfitting Terms.
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Edwards, Everett J., A Jeanette E. Rattray, Whale Off i. N.T., Frederick
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♦English—Buss 1an and Russian-English Marine Dictionary. Moscow, 1937,
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Fairbanks, R. Jonathan, "Nautical Terms", Writer1s Monthly. XXXII (Oct.
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Ferguson, Otis, "Vocabulary for Lakes, Deep Seas, and Inland Waters",
American Speech. XIX (19**--''), 103—111
(sailors terms defined)
Fitzgerald, Edward, "Sea Words and Phrases" in his ^ Fitzgerald Medley,
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Gaines, Erwin J . , "Talking Under Water: Speech in Submarines", Amerlcaq
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Glascock, Wm. Nugent, Land Sharks and Sea Gulls. Philadelphia, Lea and
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Grandpierre, Charles, A Systematic Dictionary of Sea Terms, Abstracts
from The Book of the Sea. Ships. Seafarers. Printed at sea aboard
American Legion Munson Line (1928^
Granville, Wilfred, Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century, Merchant Navy,
Yachtsmen, Fishermen: Bargemen: Cavalmen, Misc., N.Y., Philosophical
Library, 1950

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Greene, Wm. Howe, The Wooden Walle Among the Ice Floes. London, Hutchinson
& Co., Ltd., 1933 (Sealing Language, XV-XVI)
Groenen, L . , Illustrated Maxine Encyclop edia. Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell
Maritime Press, 1948
Harvey, Bartle T . , "Navy Slang", Dialect Notes. V (191*0, 150-151
"Jackstaff", pseud., "Sailor Talk", London Daily Mail. May 5, 1917, 2
Jones, Claude E . , "A Note on Sailor Slang", American Speech. X (1935), 7879
Lange, H.W., Glossary of Shipbuilding Terms and Marine Blueprint and
Template Abbreviations. 2nd ed., Seattle, Author, 1942, 126 p,
Laughton, L.G. Carr. "A Bibliography of Nautical Dictionaries", Mariner *s
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Leigh, Magda, "Expressions Used in the Merchant Marine", The Editor. XL IV
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Lowry, Robt. G. , The Origins of Some Naval Terms and Customs. London,
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., c. 1930
Maurer, David W . , "Schoonerisms", American Speech. V (1929-1930), 387-395
(Glossary appended)
Mercier, Henry J. and William Gallop, Li fe in a Man-of-War. Philadelphia,
Lydia R. Bailey (printer), 1841, reprinted by Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Boston, 1927
Merryfield, M.P., "Navy*s Word for It", N.Y. Times Mag.. Oct. 21, 1945, 24
"Nautical Slang", The Bookfallow. new series, IV (Apr. 1915), 79
Naval Phraseology in English. Spanish. Italian, and German. 2nd ed.,
Annapolis, Md., U.S. Naval Inst., 1937, 221 p.
Hew Naval Phraseology, in Engl., F r ., So., It,. , Gar., and Port., Annapolis,
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"New Navy Language is Soul of Brevity", N.Y. Times. Aug. 17, 1945, 11
(abbrevi at ione)
Ozaki, C., Japanese-Envllsh Dictionary of Sea Terms. 4th prtg., Berkeley,
Calif., Univ. of California Press, 1945, 780 p.
Faasch, Heinrich, Louis Bataille, and Marcel Brunet, De la qnille a la
•ponne du mat: Dictionary of Marine Terminology In French, English.
German. Spanish, and Italia n , 5th ed., rev., London, G. Philip & Son,
1977^ 1600 p.~

Paine, R.D. Jr. , "Carrier Notebook", Fortune. XXXII (July 19*4-5). 15R153, 186-196 (naval Jargon)
Partridge, Eric H. , "Sailors' Language", Everyman. V (Feb. J, 1931), 44Reader - anon., "Navy Slam: Twenty Ye^rs Ago."
(Sept. 1923), 235-236

Writer's Monthly. XXXII

Richardson, C.B.W., "Elegy for a Dying Tongue", Scribner's. XCVIII (Aug.
1935), 120-122
R ll«y. Elihu S., "A New Naval Tongue", Army and Navy Life. IX (1906), 49?500
Riorden, John L. , "American Naval 'Slanguage* in the Pacific in 19*4-5",
Calif. Folklore Quart.. V (19**6), 375-390
Ruggles, Logan E. , The Navy Explained. N.Y., Edwin N. Appleton, 1918
Pussell, William Cl=rk, Sailor'a Language. London, Sampson Low, Marston
& Searle & Rivington, 1883, xvi,V 164 p .
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Schnurmacher, Doc., "Outboard Glossary", Motor Bo p t . XXVI (June 25, 1929),
*4-0
"Ship Slanguage", Ships. IV (Aug. 19*4-3), 8
♦Slater, B.A., Putch— English: Bngllsh—Dutch Dictionary for Shinning and
Fisheries. 19*4-6, 250 p*
Sobel, E . , "Bibliography of U.S. Naval Jargon and Slang", Southern Folk­
lore Quarterly. XIII (194-9), 200-205
Stevens, E.F., Dictionary of Shipping Terms and Phrases. N.Y., Pitman,
19*4-8
Stuckey, 3.F., "How the Navy Talks", Author & Journalist. XXVIT (Oct. 19*4-2),
15-16
Vbsillev, M.V. , Engllsh-Rursian and Ru*- sian—Engl ish Marine Pictionary.
N.Y., Stechert, 1937, 318 p.
Viney, Johnny, "Hi . Hattie. I *m In the Navy Nov". N.Y., M.S. Mill, 1941
(Navy slang)
’
.fesson, George S., "Our Heritage of Old Sea Terms", American Speech . IV
(1928-1929), 377-384

Webber, F.F., "Language of the Sea". Lutheran Witness. Feb. 2. 1943. 4041
* ' *
Westcott, Allan F . , "Sea Words on Shore Duty", United States Naval .Inst­
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Williamson,

Shl-obuilding Terms. Chicago, Am. Tech. Soc., 1942

NEWSPAPERS

Bastian, G.C. & L.P. Case, Editing the D a y ’s News, N.Y., Macmillan, 1943,
426 p.
(Glossary of newspaper terms)
Bastian, George C. and Leland D. Case, Editing the Day *s News. rev. ed. ,
N.Y., The Macmillan Cormany, 1932
(Appendix A, 263— 276)
Beirne, Francis F., "Newspaper English", American Speech. II (1926-1927),
8-12
Colburn, Dorothy, "Newspaper Nomenclature", American Speech. II (1926—1927),
238-243
Downing, Chet., "Journalism Jargon", Sat. Fev. of Lit., May 19, 1945, 15
Hall, Wm. Earl, Reporting News. Boston, D.C. Heath and Company, 1936
(Slang, 131-139)
Hicklin, Maurice, "Scribes Seek Sna}jpy Synonyms", ^merican Speech. VI
(1930-1931), 110-122
Hoover, Donald D. & Wm. 1. Mapel, Copy 1 — handbook for reporters, N.Y.,
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c. 1931
Landon, Herman, "Newspaper 'Trade Talk*", The Editor. XLTII (1916), 582
Leichty, V.F.. , "Some Composing Foom Terms", American Speech. XIII (1938),
268-274
Mathews, Franklin, "Newspaper English", Chatauouan. XXT (1695), 302-305
Messenger, D . , "Quick Brown Fox", Chr. Sc3. Mon. Mag.. July 14, 1945, 6
(newsxinper Jargon)
"Newsp»per Slang", Ajnerican Notes and Querieg . Phils.delrhl a ,
IX (June 25, 1892), 86-87
Norris, Arthur C . , "Newspaper Lingo", Writer «s Digest. XII (Jan. 1932),
28-41

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Hockvell, Harold. E. , "Going to Press", American Speech. IV (1928-1<429)
13*4-136
’
Twentieth Century English Notes on Jonrnnl lstlc (and other) Jargon
of the Day, By a west-country wiseacre, Torouay, A Iredale and Son,
1909
Tunison, Joseph S., "Newspaper Jargon", Dialect Notes. I (1892), 20*4— 209
Walker, Stanley, City Editor. N.Y., Frederick A. Stokes Co., 193*4Williams, TaJLcott, "Newspaper English", The North American PevleWj CCXIT
(Nov. 1920), 631-6*40
Your Newspaper. (Nieman Fellows '*45-'*46), N.Y. , Macmillan, 19*4-6
NUMISMATICS

Frey, Albert P. & M. Salton, Dlcti onary of Numismatic Names. with G-lossary
in Engl ish-Hrench-Gerraan-Italian-Swedieh, New York, Barnes & Noble, 19*4-7,
x -f *K)3 p.
Frey, Albert Pomer, "A Dictionary of Numismatic Names", American gournal
of Numismatics. L (1916), (Historical compendium and elan# terms for
paper money and coins.)
Salton, M.M., G-lossary of Num.! smat 1c Terms in English,
Italian, Swedish, N.Y,, Barnes & Noble, 19*48
.iep.een,

N.Y.,

French, German,

Mauri ce Harley, "Money Sian/;", ADiet ionaryof AmericanSian/-.
Thomas Y. Or v/ell Co., 193*4

NYLON
Du Pont
(def.

de Nemours & Co., About Du PontNylon.
of terns used in mfg. of nylon)

Du Pont,

19*46, 12 p.

PATB't
Martin, F.C., Glossary of Paint . Varnish, Lacouer end Allied Terms. St.
I-on ir,, Am. Paint Journal Co., 1937 . 9*4 P«
♦Merz, 0. , Gerwan-Engl i sh: Engl 1 sh-German Technl ca.lDictionary
Yarn!sh and Paint Industry. 19*47, 60 p*

for

the

♦Rotate, H . , Trilingual Glossary of Terms .-pertaining to waxes, oils,
resins, and e-urns, vsrnish.es, inks, pigments end colors, preservatives,
etc. , in French-German-English, 192+8 , 136 p,
Stewart, J.P., et al., The Ifotl onal Paint Dictionary. 2nd ed,, Washington,
Stewart Research Lab., 19^2, Z7h p.
PACKAGING

Packaging Institute, Glossary of Packaging Terms. N.Y., Packaging Institute,
W 8
PAPER

♦Argy, M. 8e H.L. Suprer, French-English: English-French Dlctionary for the
Paper and Stationery Trades and Art Reproductions. 19ii-3, 231 p«
Labarre, E.J., A Dictionary of Paper and Paper Making Terms. Amsterdam,
Swets and Zeitlinger, 1937, 315 P»
♦Maddox, Dictionary of Stationery. London, Whitaker & Sons, Ltd,
Wheelwright, W.B., ed., Paper Trade Terns: A Gloasary for the Allied
Trades, rev. ed., Boston, Callaway Associates, 19^7
Whecdwright, W.B., Paper Trade Terms. Chicago, Author. 909 Foster Ave.,
1938, 20 p.
PAPER MONEY
Mupcelua, .T.A., Dictionary of Paper Money. Bridgeport, Pa., Author, 19^7

PETROLEUM
Achard, F.H., and E.R. Hamilton, Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in the
Manufacture and Mixed G p S Industries. Boston, Drahca Personnel and Train­
ing Services, 19^8
AdamE,
269

E.

Russell,

"Oil-fidd Lingo", The Writer»s Monthly. XIII (I91 9 ),

Adams, S. Russell, "Oil Field Talk", The Editor. XLIV (Sept. 9, 1916), 250251

•Allied. Control Commission for Germany. Glossary of Technical Terms of the
Oil Industry: Engllsh-French-German-DugBlan. 2nd ed., 1946, vii 4 488 p.
King, Arthur T . , et al,, Oil Refinery Terms in Oklahoma. Greensboro, N.C.,
Am, Dialect Soc., 1948
Hines, Leon, "Pipe Line Terms", Americen Speech. XVII (1942), 280-281
McTee, A.R., "Oil Field Diction", Publi cat ion of the Texas ToIk—Lore
Society. IV (1925), 64-6?
Mayer, A«W,J«, A Vocabulery of TeT,ms Used in the Petroleum Industry.
(Paper Given at 3rd World Petroleum Congress, The Hague, June, 1951)
•Molyn, J,F,, Dutch-English: Engl1sh-Dutch Pictionary for Petrol mimt 1946,
352 p.
Northup, Clark S., "The Language of the 0i] Welle", Dialect Notes., II (1903—
1904), 338-346, 373-393
•Perech, F., et al.. Petroleum Dictionary: German-English-French—S-nanish,
1942, 528 p.
Pond, Frederick R . , "Language of the California Oil Fields,"
Speech. VII (1932), 261-272

American

Pond, Frederick R. , Language of the Cal ifornla Oil Fields.. Baltimore, Md.,
Warwick & York, 1932, 2?2 p.
Porter, H.P., Petroleum D1ctlonary for Office. Field and Factory (4th ed,),
Houston, Texas, Gulf Publ, Co., 1948
Sanford, Winifred & Clyde Jackson,
XIX (1934), 335-345

"Derrick Jargon", Soutwest Review.

Stevens, Helen K . , "Oil Field SSxpresFions", American Speech. XII (1937),
153-154
Tenrole, Helen Chaffee, "Local Color in the Oil Fields", Writer*8 Monthly.
XXVIII (July, 1926), 40r43
Ziloff, W. , ed., Glossary of Technical Terms of the Oil Industry (FrencfaEnglieh-Rue-ian— German), 2nd ed., N.Y., Heinman, 1946
PHILOLOGY
*Marou,eau, J., Tri-lingual Dictionary of Philological Terms: French-Germanjihgl i sh, 1943

PHILATELY

Konwiser, H.M. , American Philatelic Dictionary. N.Y., J. Minims, 19<U-7
Mulford, Montgomery, "Hobbies Create New Horde", Better English. IV (Sept.
1939), 3?
(Philately)
Philatelic Terminology: a gloseary of philatelic terms, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
Chambers Pub. Co., 19^3
PHILOSOPHY

Baldwin, J.M., Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology (in English, French
German, Italian), new ed., 3 vols.. Hew York, Peter Smith, 19^0-19^9
Besterman, Theodore, Dictionary of Theosonhlcal Terms. Adyar, India,
Theosophical Publ. House, 193?* 168 p.
Bruckmann, W.D., Keystones and Theories of Philosophy. N.Y., Benziger,Bros.
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Melzer, J.H., A Guide to Philosophlcal Ter-inology. Ashland, Ohio, University Post Pub. Co., 1938, 61 p.
Rosenthal, M.M. and P.F. Iuden, Handbook of Philosophy. N.Y., Internation^al Publishers Co., 19^9
Runes, D.D., ed., Dictionary of Philosophy. N.Y., Philosophical Lib.,
19^2
Selsam, H . , ed., Handbook of Philosophy. N.Y., International Publishers
Co., 19^9
PHOTOGRAPHY
Fenner, Frank, Glossary for Photography. N.Y., Prentice-Eall, c. 1950
"Glossary of Photography", Popular Photography. ITT (Oct. 1938), 66; III
(Nov. 1938), 61+; III (Dec. 1938), 70; IV (Jan. 1939). 70
Johnson, Robert, "Slanguage of Amateur Photographers", American Speech. XV
(19^0), 357-360

•Kaspar, P.P. Fho togranh.v In Five Languages; Ger”.an-French-Engli shItnl i an-Sr>ani sh , 1941, 110 p*
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Wall , E.J. t Dietionary of Fhotogra^> ) and Reference Book for Amateur and
Professional PhotopraThers, 16th ed. rev., St. Paul, Minn., Am. Photo­
graphic Pub. Co., Iliffe, 19^3
PHYSICS

Gaynor, Frank, ed.. Pocket Sncrc. 1 onedia of Atomic Energy. N.Y., Philo­
sophical Library, 1950
Glazebrook, Richard, Dict ionary of Aprlied Physics. 5 vole., N.Y., Peter
Smith, 1950
Gray, H.J., Dictionary of Physi c s . N . Y . , LongTnens, in prep.
Regen, B. & -I.P. Kegen, German-Sr.gli sh Dictionary for Electronics En­
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PITCHMEN
Flynn, Jor.n Thomas, "Something for Nothing", Collier1s. Oct. 8, 1932,
1 5 1 47-48
(Slang of the street salesman)
Johnston, Alva, "The Billboard", The New Yorker. Se^t. 12, 1936, 32, 34,
36-42
(Pitchman language)
^fulvey, Ruth, "Pi tchmen' s Cant", Ameri can Speech. XVII (1942), 89—93
jchumnch, Murray, "On the Pitch with a Sidewalk Florist", N.Y. Times Mag;..
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Stout, Wesley Winans, "Alp^zam,
The Story of Pitchman High end Low",
Saturday Evening Post. Oct. 19, 1929, 26
iolotov, Maurice, "Pitchman", Sat. Eve. Post. Sept. 25, 194-3, 12-13, 37

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PLASTICS

Dickinson, Thomas A , , Plastics Dictionary. N.Y., Pitnan Publ. Corp.,
1948, xiii 4 312 p.
Modern Plastics Encyclopedia. N.Y., Bres'^ 'n Publications, 1948
Molloy, 3., Br 111 sh Catalogue of Plastics. London, N a t '1 Trade Press
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S"ith, P. I.,
1946

cott).

, Dictionary of Plastics. L o n d m , Hutchinson & Co *,

♦Witfcfoht, A.M., Plastics Technical Dictionary: En^lish-German; Gernan—
Snyllsh, 1948, 316 p. "
POLITICS

nA 3 C 1s of Politics” , N.Y. Times, Oct. 20, 1946, VI, 18
Baker, B.C., Pol it leal Ter mis and Fa”1!11 ar roli ti ca 1 Al lusion s, London,
Ore/ Walls Press, 1948
Finpl Report: Jauanese Evacuation of the V/est_ Coast. 19h2, Washington,
Gov't Print. Office, 1943, 618 p.
(Glossary of terms, 518—15)
Firestone, Clark Barnaby, Sycamore Shores, N.Y., Robt. M. McBride A Co.,
1936
Girard, "Ca^oaiipns as Word—Makers", Journal of Educet i >n_. LXXXIV (1916),
383
Hyamson, A.M., A 51-ci L ° A a.r2 o_f P ubl 1c Affairs. Washington, D.C., Publ*
Affairs Press, 1947
Mitchell, E.V., Encyclopedia of. American Pollt ics, N.Y., Doubleday, 1946
‘donte’omer.v, Huyh A Philip G. Canbray, A Diet'on« r~y of Political Phres.eo
and Al lus Ions. London, Seiran, Sonnenschein & Co., 1906
lor tor., Charles, r o l l 1 1 cal A n e r i c a n 1 sms . A G 1 os'-ar.v ojf Ter is and P h ra ses
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G r e e n A C o . , 1890. 135 p»

Oliver, Robert T., "Klectlonisms«, American Speech, VIII vi9R3), 20-22
Scherff CptI, "Slang, Sogan and Song in American Politics", The Social
Studies., XXV (1 9 3 4 ), Uzk-UJQ
Snith, 'Edward Conrad, A Dictionary of American Politics, N.Y., A.L. Burt
Co.. 192iv
Smith, "E.G. and A.J* Zurchcr, A D1 ctionary of American Kll tics. N.Y. ,
Barnes & Noble, 19hh, vii 4 358 p*
Spencer, Robert P., and Travis Trittschuh, "Words and Phrases in American
Politics* *Tidal Wave***, American Speech. XXV (1950;, 259— 63
Theimer, W . , IBncyclopedia of Modern World Polltics. N.Y., Rinehart, 1950
Tinner, H.3., "The Co-munist Vocabulary", Chrlstian Centory. LXII (19^5),
1253
Tomlinson, G-ay, "Diplomats* Lingo", N.Y.Timee Mag.. June 15, 19^?, 16
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’
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S0LM31

AND

SAILOH

* A b b a t t . , W i l l i a m , T h e Col o o n ia l
1929
(World War phrases riven
A b r a m o w i 1 7., I s i d o r e ,

Q9 1 .
1t

1

"Active

9

Bender,
1Q9A,

Sr>eerh" , S a t . P e v . o f

Li_t. , X \ I V

1T.Y.,

( C o t . 9,

(if*'; words A phrases)

Service

Alexander,

"Sol-Me-'

W h o 1 b W h o , 2 Voi.s., T e r r y t o w n .
i n I, ° 7 - 9 9 ,
If, 12.5— 1 2 7 )

SI any:", T h e

Henry,

"Words

and

Li t erp.ry D i r e s t .
the

'War",

J a m e s P., " T h i r t y T h o u s a n d
22
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New

L

Amer j can
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9 0 7 - G O ft

2,

Geo-

253-269

f-Juropean T h e a t r e " ,

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~
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Mordan,
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Joh n Inncaster,

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,
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Yen r ,

1Qb 5. h 6 :j_

En.-lend'",

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Ttr 1'pr i1 s A Ti + f* 1 1 r." , .'la* . ^_ey .

pit. ,

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”
'

IV

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Ana el, Anne
6 S3

(pseud.),

"Golf Geb",

"Auto bar inp ", Fortune.
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XXXVI

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(Sept.

1<-.»26) , 62'?-

19*+?). 110-115, 158-1 6 ft

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Booth, Joh n Fermi on, London Town. London,

202— 21*+

T. W e r n e r ,L a u r i e , 1929

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L t c ., 1 9SB

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hoe-rcnt ine or oi"' sticbinc)
Brown,

Ivor,

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XT T

(De­

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American Sneec h . IX (iQGl;-),

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The N a t io n , XCVI1

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"sJnylirh Cock i’i "ht.ir^", Li vl ry A
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1
*)

(Jure 1937),

G«rd , W a y n e , "booster Fieht", Southwest Lf.v « • XXIT
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Fal staff

161

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1 9 ? t ), 65-

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