"After Twenty Years"

Lydia A.
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  1. chum
    a close friend
    "Twenty years ago to-night," said the man, "I dined here at 'Big Joe'rnBrady's with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in thernworld.
  2. figured
    (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
    Wernfigured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destinyrnworked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
  3. work out
    find the solution to or understand the meaning of
    Wernfigured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destinyrnworked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
  4. chap
    a boy or man
    "Twenty years ago to-night," said the man, "I dined here at 'Big Joe'rnBrady's with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in thernworld.
  5. raise
    move upwards
    He and I were raised here in New York, just like twornbrothers, together.
  6. whatever
    one or some or every or all without specification
    Wernfigured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destinyrnworked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
  7. distance
    the property created by the space between two objects
    Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here againrnexactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what ourrnconditions might be or from what distance we might have to come.
  8. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    Wernfigured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destinyrnworked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."
  9. thought
    the content of cognition
    You couldn'trnhave dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only placernon earth.
  10. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Created on Thu Mar 03 16:04:50 EST 2011 (updated Thu Mar 03 16:13:56 EST 2011)

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