Word: misunderstand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the car came to the platform and indicated that he wanted to speak to me. 'Mr. Rockefeller is in that car,' he whispered, 'he wants to speak to the miners.' It was difficult for me to believe that anyone could so misunderstand a situation. 'For God's sake tell Mr. Rockefeller to leave here at once,' I replied, 'he may be killed, if these men find out he is here.' " Mr. Rockefeller left...
...president of a great university should make a special effort for clarity, lest his hearers misunderstand...
...Please don't misunderstand me. The humor is of two distinctly different types of and though they may both be very funny, never the twain shall meet. It may be true that a glimpse at "The New Yorker' would leave an Englishman cold, but 'Punch' is to no great laughgetter over here, while in England it has'em in stitches...
...going to get our girls from Wellesley and Radcliffe. We are even running an advertisement in the Radcliffe News. We are also going to go to Wellesley to corral as many women as we can. Don't misunderstand us; we are not in the slave business," he warned. "We are just going to make lonesome harts happier...
Referring to your brief note on our headmaster's death in ... TIME, we feel that you misunderstand the sentiments of the boys in St. Paul's School towards Dr. Drury...