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prosper
in
A Bend in the River
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- There was an officer—his name was Prosper: I knew him.†
p. 265.2 *prosper = do well
- I put the phone down, went to the bathroom, pulled the lavatory chain, and went out to see the round-faced Prosper coming up alone, smiling.†
p. 265.5
- The face came up, smiling, and I retreated before it, and this was how, not saying anything, we moved down the passage before I turned and led Prosper into the white sitting room.†
p. 265.6
- Prosper knew it was outrageous.†
p. 265.9
- But even so, officials like Prosper had only recently begun to talk in hundreds.†
p. 266.2
- I packed a few things into a canvas holdall and Prosper drove me in the back of his Land-Rover through the brightly coloured town to police headquarters.†
p. 266.4
- There were many stages in my progress through the building, and I began to look upon Prosper as my guide to this particular hell.†
p. 266.5
- Prosper came for me on Monday morning.†
p. 270.5
- But I wasn't expecting Prosper, and he didn't look too happy.†
p. 270.5
- Prosper delivered me to the people in the front office of the secretariat.†
p. 271.2
- I don't know how much Prosper and the others wanted from you.†
p. 272.1
- I will keep Prosper busy at the airport.†
p. 272.5
- It's bad for Prosper, bad for the man they gave your shop to, bad for everybody.†
p. 272.6
- He must have spent some bad days after reporting me to Prosper.†
p. 274.7
- If they remember and ask you about it, tell them to ask Prosper.†
p. 275.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(prosper) to do well or to grow stronger
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)