All 25 Uses of
ration
in
Night
- My father swallowed my ration.
Chpt 3ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- I was dreadfully hungry and swallowed my ration on the spot.
Chpt 3
- "Tomorrow's another day…." And seeing that his advice had come too late and that there was nothing left of my ration, he did not even begin his own.
Chpt 3
- Stein, our relation from Antwerp, continued to visit us and from time to time he would bring a half ration of bread.
Chpt 3
- At ten o'clock we were given our daily ration of bread.
Chpt 3
- I'll give you an extra ration of bread and margarine.
Chpt 4
- Hey, general, how many rations of bread does the old boy give you for this?
Chpt 4rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- And became you've made me wait, that's going to cost you a ration of bread.
Chpt 4ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- A ration of bread for one of my pals a famous dentist from Warsaw, so that he can take your crown out.
Chpt 4
- My ration of bread so that you can have my crown?
Chpt 4
- Poor hero, committing suicide for a ration of soup!
Chpt 4
- My father had brought me a present-half a ration of bread obtained in exchange for a piece of rubber, found at the warehouse, which would do to sole a shoe.
Chpt 5
- Rations had become more meager: this was the only change.
Chpt 5rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- We had received the black coffee, the ration of bread.
Chpt 5ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- The head of the block gave out double rations of bread and margarine, For the journey.
Chpt 5rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- Always near each other, for suffering, for blows, for the ration of bread, for prayer, three years, from camp to camp, from selection to selection.
Chpt 6ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- And who knew when we would be given another ration?
Chpt 6
- They brought us bread-the usual ration.
Chpt 6
- For a ration of bread, I managed to change beds with a prisoner in my father's bunk.
Chpt 8
- The following day he complained that they had taken his ration of bread.
Chpt 8
- ...don't give your ration of bread and soup to your old father. There's nothing you can do for him. And you're killing yourself.
Chpt 8 *ration = a fixed portion of food given as a share
- Instead, you ought to be having his ration.
Chpt 8ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- You ought to be having two rations of bread, two rations of soup.
Chpt 8rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- You ought to be having two rations of bread, two rations of soup.
Chpt 8
- From time to time I would dream of a drop of soup, of an extra ration of soup.
Chpt 9ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
Definition:
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(ration) verb: to restrict the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage, or when more is wanted than is available
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field