All 5 Uses of
contract
in
Touching Spirit Bear
- He broke his contract with the Circle, and he violated our trust.
Chpt 14 *contract = formal agreement
- He had no intention of ever honoring the contract he agreed to during the Circle Justice meetings.†
Chpt 1
- In Circle Justice, you sign a healing contract.†
Chpt 1
- Cole, would you please tell us why you have broken your contract with the Circle?†
Chpt 14
- What matters is that Cole broke his contract with the Circle, and now it's time for him to pay.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law
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(2)
(contract as in: contract the disease) to get -- especially in reference to a disease
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(3)
(contract as in: the metal contracted) when something gets shorter or smaller
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A grammatical sense of the word form contraction describes can't as a shortened form of can not.