Word: understand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...close of this year depends very much its success at the beginning of the next. The Directors who shall be elected in the fall must be vigilant, and see that the board is good at the beginning, and also that it remains so; they must make the steward understand that if, dazzled by his success, he becomes at all remiss, his fate will be the same as was that of his predecessor...
...were one ahead, while from their own statement they would not have stopped had they been behind, - the game should have been thrown back on to the seventh inning or forfeited to us, as our men were willing and anxious to go on. The umpire, however, not seeming to understand all the features of the case, gave the game to the Lowells, who departed glorying in their shame...
...understand that in two cases at least, during the present week, the head waiter at Memorial "has not had time" to respond to the request of boarders for information in regard to the food there served. We would mildly suggest that it is his business to have, or to make, time for such purposes, and that any failure in this respect entitles him to severe reprimand...
...said I, "I think I do, but I don't understand pools very well any way, I wish you 'd explain to me the way you do it; because I don't like to ask anybody I don't know, for fear they 'll laugh...
...right," said he, and he took out his purse. "Well, I've only five dollars; hand us over some of your money, it's easier to understand when the pool's large. That's right, - five, ten, - good Heavens! fifty dollars, - that will make a jolly pool. You're a rich man, Morris...