All 34 Uses
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Journey to the Center of the Earth - 44 chapters
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- My uncle at last, of his own accord, broke silence.
Chpt 41 *own accord = own mind (without anyone asking)
- Each now acted in accordance with his own private character.
Chpt 41 *accordance = keeping
- Probably we shall find that the phrase is arranged according to some mathematical plan.†
Chpt 2
- Without noticing my abstraction, the Professor began reading the puzzling cryptograph all sorts of ways, according to some theory of his own.†
Chpt 2
- My uncle at once ordered me to turn my steps that way, and accordingly we went on board the steam ferry boat which does duty on the canal, and very soon reached the noted dockyard quay.†
Chpt 5
- The nest is accordingly finished, the eggs are laid, the little ones are born, and next year the harvest of eider down is again collected.†
Chpt 8
- Our two horses with the luggage followed of their own accord, without requiring whip or spur.†
Chpt 9
- Our hostess offered to pull off our stockings and trousers, according to the custom of the country, but as we graciously declined to be so honored, she left us to our bed of dry fodder.†
Chpt 10
- According to the words of the learned Icelander, it was only to be known by that one particular mentioned in the cryptograph, that the shadow of Scartaris fell upon it, just touching its mouth in the last days of the month of June.†
Chpt 13
- According to my calculation, it must be Beta in the constellation of the Little Bear.†
Chpt 14
- "According to your system," said my uncle; "but what does the thermometer say?"†
Chpt 15
- According to the most exact observations, the augmentation of the temperature of the interior of the earth is one degree for every hundred feet.†
Chpt 15
- Well, according to my observations, we are at least ten thousand feet below the level of the sea.†
Chpt 15
- I accordingly lost no opportunity of searching, and had not gone more than about a hundred yards, when the evidence I sought for cropped up in the most incontestable manner before my eyes.†
Chpt 16
- According to my account, we had five days' hard work to get back to the place where the galleries divided.†
Chpt 18
- What do you say, nephew, according to the usual custom of travelers, to name the stream after him?†
Chpt 20
- His route, he found, began to be indefinitely prolonged, instead of "sliding down the celestial ray," according to his expression.†
Chpt 21
- On Friday evening, the tenth of July, according to our estimation, we ought to have been thirty leagues to the southeast of Reykjavik, and about two leagues and a half deep.†
Chpt 21
- We are to the southeast, two hundred and fifty miles from the base of Sneffels, and, according to my preceding notes, I think we have gone sixteen leagues in a downward direction.†
Chpt 22
- And at this stage of our journey, according to all known laws on the increase of heat, there should be here a temperature of fifteen hundred degrees of Reaumur.†
Chpt 22
- According to which, it is demonstrated that the proportional increase in temperature is an exploded error.†
Chpt 22
- Yes—according to a law which, however, is scarcely defined.†
Chpt 22
- I accordingly retraced my steps and, while doing so, walked for at least a quarter of an hour.†
Chpt 23
- I accordingly rose to my feet.†
Chpt 25
- I accordingly turned once more towards our worthy Icelander.†
Chpt 30
- His jaw is of awful size and strength, and according to the best-informed naturalists, it does not contain less than a hundred and eighty-two teeth.†
Chpt 30
- We, accordingly, continued to advance.†
Chpt 31
- I examined it eagerly according to his mute directions, and a loud cry of surprise escaped my lips.†
Chpt 33
- According to my new, and perhaps fanciful, theory, this liquid mass must be gradually lost in the deep bowels of the earth.†
Chpt 34
- This learned man, who holds such a high place in the scientific world, holds that the soil of Moulin-Quignon does not belong to the diluvium but to a much less ancient stratum, and, in accordance with Cuvier in this respect, he would by no means admit that the human species was contemporary with the animals of the Quaternary epoch.†
Chpt 35
- The blade is covered with a regular coating of iron mold and rust, which is not a day old, not a year old, not a century old, but much more—" The Professor began to get quite excited, according to custom, and was allowing himself to be carried away by his fertile imagination.†
Chpt 37
- I had truly, according to the old proverb, fallen out of the frying pan into the fire.†
Chpt 40
- I was aware that, according to the best acknowledged theories, it was a received notion that the mineral crust of the globe is never, and never has been, in a state of complete repose.†
Chpt 42
- According to it, we have always been going northward.†
Chpt 43
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: reached an accord) an agreementIn this sense, accord can refer to a formal agreement (such as one written between two countries) or an informal agreement (such as an unvoiced consensus about what should be done).
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(3)
(accord as in: done of her own accord) mindThis sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.
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(4)
(accord as in: accord her the respect deserved) to give someone special treatment -- especially respect
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)