All 27 Uses of
minute
in
Death of a Salesman
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Suddenly I realize I'm goin' sixty miles an hour and I don't remember the last five minutes.†
Act 1
- So I went on again—and five minutes later I'm dreamin' again, and I nearly—[He presses two fingers against his eyes.†
Act 1
- BIFF: Missed you every minute.†
Act 1
- Wait a minute, I've got a pencil.†
Act 1
- BEN: I only have a few minutes.†
Act 1
- But I've only a few minutes— WILLY: No!†
Act 1
- HAPPY [grabbing BIFF, shouts]: Wait a minute!†
Act 1
- I'll be with you in a minute.†
Act 2
- Can we talk a minute?†
Act 2
- ] Wait a minute.†
Act 2
- WILLY: That really is— HOWARD: Wait a minute!†
Act 2
- You got a minute?†
Act 2
- HOWARD: Geez, you had me worried there for a minute.†
Act 2
- WILLY [angrily]: Business is definitely business, but just listen for a minute.†
Act 2
- Sit down, take five minutes, and pull yourself together, and then go home, will ya?†
Act 2
- ] CHARLEY: Wait a minute, didn't you hear the news?†
Act 2
- I'm going to Washington in a few minutes.†
Act 2
- BIFF: I just saw Oliver— HAPPY: Wait a minute.†
Act 2
- I saw him for one minute.†
Act 2 *
- BIFF: Dad, will you give me a minute to explain?†
Act 2
- I've been knocking for five minutes, I called you on the phone— WILLY: I just heard you.†
Act 2
- [To WILLY] We never told the truth for ten minutes in this house!†
Act 2
- What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!†
Act 2
- WILLY [taking her in his arms]: In a few minutes, Linda.†
Act 2
- WILLY: Two minutes.†
Act 2
- LINDA: I'll be with you in a minute.†
Act Req.
- ] I want to, just for a minute.†
Act Req.
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.