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Word: versteh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...nasal way. Holden flips a Parliament into the corner of his mouth. "Marty? Shoot." Miss Moller brings the letters. Holden stands up suddenly and paces the floor, still listening. His brogues gleam richly on the broadloom, his tie is tensed into a merciless Yale knot. "Yeah, boy. Versteh. Versteh." He sits down, props the phone with his left shoulder, reads the letters with fierce concentration, signs them. Miss Moller leaves the room. "You do that, Marty. Yeah. Get back to me Monday. No, I'm tied up. Make it noon. No-" He squints at the ceiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Conquest of Smiling Jim | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

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