All 21 Uses of
accord
in
The House of the Spirits
- It was true there had been times, just as they were about to sit down to dinner and everyone was in the large dining room, seated according to dignity and position, when the saltcellar would suddenly begin to shake and move among the plates and goblets without any visible source of energy or sign of illusionist's trick.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Marcos spent two weeks assembling the contents according to an instruction manual written in English, which he was able to decipher thanks to his invincible imagination and a small dictionary.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- She kissed him a cold goodbye on the cheek and waited for him to board the train carrying his two leather suitcases with the bronze locks, the same ones he had bought when he left for the mine and that were supposed to last him the rest of his life, according to the salesman's promise.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- On the day of the election everything went according to plan, in perfect order.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *
- But Esteban Trueba was not the kind of man to let himself be scared away by tales of ghosts in hallways, objects that move of their own accord, or prognostications of bad luck, much less by Clara's prolonged silence, which he considered a virtue.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *
- All was served and presented with the utmost simplicity by the old servants of the house, who wore their everyday black aprons to give the celebration the appearance of a simple family gathering, because any display of extravagance was a sign of vulgarity that would be condemned as a sin of vanity and bad taste, according to the austere and somewhat lugubrious ancestry of that society descended from hard-working Basque and Spanish immigrants.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- He taught them about the different grasses and herbs that grew in the fields, and made them smell them and taste them, even caress them, until they were able to identify them one by one according to their healing properties: this one to calm the mind, that one to get rid of diabolic influence, this one to make the eyes shine, that one to strengthen the stomach, this to stimulate the flow of blood.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- This feeling was borne out when they saw the developed photographs, where Blanca appeared with a smile that was not her own, standing in an uncomfortable position and with an unhappy look that according to Jean was due to her inability to pose naturally, and according to Blanca to the fact that he forced her to stand all twisted and to hold her breath for endless seconds until the plate had absorbed the image.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- This feeling was borne out when they saw the developed photographs, where Blanca appeared with a smile that was not her own, standing in an uncomfortable position and with an unhappy look that according to Jean was due to her inability to pose naturally, and according to Blanca to the fact that he forced her to stand all twisted and to hold her breath for endless seconds until the plate had absorbed the image.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- The count decorated it according to his personal taste, with a decadent, ambiguous refinement that startled Blanca, accustomed as she was to country life and her father's classical sobriety.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- The heat of the desert, your pregnancy, and your unconscious desire to live like a countess, in accordance with your husband's lineage, are making you see things, darling," Clara wrote in jest, adding that the best cure for Louis XV shoes was a cold shower and a cup of camomile tea.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- Influence of Chagall, according to the catalogue, but that is not true.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- He could go three minutes without breathing and was ready to demonstrate this accomplishment whenever anybody asked, which was quite often, Jaime said it was a shame that air was free, because according to his calculations Nicolas breathed only half of what a normal person did, although this did not appear to affect him in the least.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- The child, who had a certain inclination for the macabre, would concentrate according to her uncle's instructions until she was able to visualize her mother's death as if it were really happening.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- She tied them up with colored ribbons, arranging them according to events and not in chronological order, for the one thing she had forgotten to record was the dates, and in her final haste she decided that she could not waste time looking them up.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- Besides, according to his calculations, he had enough to continue living like a rich man for the time that remained to him in this world.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- In the days that followed, Blanca waited for him to get in touch with her, according to their timeworn pattern.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- A long while later they divided the prisoners into groups, according to their guilt.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Many professors were fired, arrested, or simply disappeared, in accordance with a blacklist in the hands of the political police.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- They divided up the servings with the strictest sense of justice, each according to her need; they gave me a little more because they said I was just skin and bones and not even the most desperate man would ever look at me.†
Chpt Epil. (definition 1)
- I have them here at my feet, bound with colored ribbons, divided according to events and not in chronological order, just as she arranged them before she left.†
Chpt Epil. (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(2) (accord as in: done of her own accord) mindeditor's notes: This sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.