All 9 Uses
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
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- It occurred to me," Fiedler continued after a slight pause, "that you could still help us to establish whether any of that money was ever drawn.†
Chpt 13 *establish = show, determine, or understand
- We want you to go if you possibly can, and carry out the second part of the scheme—which is to establish contact with a Party Branch in the GDR whose members are from similar 'industrial backgrounds and have the same kind of problems as your own.†
Chpt 15establish = create, start, or set in a place
- At first—this is my guess, but it is based, Comrades, on long experience of this work and on the evidence of Leamas—for the first few months they did not dare to establish any kind of network which included Mundt.†
Chpt 20
- They established in London, under Guillam (for it was he who recruited Mundt in England), a tiny undercover section whose function was not known even within the Service save to a select circle.
Chpt 20established = created
- Still keeping Mundt's identity a close secret, they connived at Riemeck's enlistment and enabled indirect contact to be established between Mundt and the Berlin command.
Chpt 20 *
- Having completed his probationary period he undertook special tasks in Scandinavian countries—notably Norway, Sweden and Finland—where he succeeded in establishing an intelligence network which carried the battle against fascist agitators into the enemy's camp.†
Chpt 20
- The networks established by Comrade Mundt soon after the war provided the excuse, many years later, for him to travel to Finland and Norway, where his commitments became a cover enabling him to draw thousands of dollars from foreign banks in return for his treacherous conduct.†
Chpt 20
- How did he dare to establish Riemeck's willingness to cooperate?†
Chpt 20
- And so I tried to establish how she could afford it.†
Chpt 23
Definitions:
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(1)
(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place
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(2)
(establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)