All 16 Uses
accompany
in
A Gentleman in Moscow
(Edited)
- She understood that although every servant in her employ was ready to accompany her, she must travel with two.
p. 13.7accompany = travel with
- The Count was reluctant to accompany Nina on this particular journey for two reasons.
p. 65.3
- The last time the Count had accompanied Nina to the balcony, he had torn the seam of his pants and it took three days for him to lose the crick in his neck.
p. 65.4accompanied = gone with
- And the very fact that they were drinking at the Metropol unaccompanied hinted at a youthful naïveté.
p. 77.5unaccompanied = alonestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccompanied means not and reverses the meaning of accompanied. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Instead, the Count simply noted: "The Georgians practically grow their grapes in the hopes that one day they will accompany such a stew."
p. 98.1accompany = complement (go with to make better)
- I was just hoping to get a bottle of the San Lorenzo Barolo to accompany the osso buco.
p. 142.3
- But then a memory presented itself—a memory of a Christmas past when the Count had leaned from his chair to correct a certain waiter's recommendation of a Rioja to accompany a Latvian stew.
p. 143.4 *
- Placing the platter on the bar between the two foreigners, he lifted the dome to reveal a generous serving of caviar accompanied by blini and sour cream.
p. 158.8accompanied = complemented (joined with something else to make it better)
- The handsome captain made a similar gesture, presumably offering to accompany her, but Nina shook his hand just as soberly as she had shaken the Count's and then walked across the square in the general direction of historical necessity.
p. 187.1 *accompany = travel with
- Poking Marina's needle back into its cushion, he noted it was already 4:05, a fact that confirmed once again how quickly time flies when one is immersed in a pleasant task accompanied by pleasant conversation.
p. 190.2accompanied = joined at the same time
- "Do you need me to …. accompany you inside?" he asked, after leading her down the hallway.
p. 247.2accompany = go with
- These were accompanied by the slamming of a door, the shattering of a plate, and a rather insistent squawking that seemed distinctly avian in character.
p. 279.8accompanied = joined at the same time
- "It seems my friends were in such a hurry to accompany me that they left me behind," the American replied.
p. 300.1accompany = go with
- They were just entering the elevator when I took to the stairs; but they were accompanied by Mr. Harriman from suite 215 and the Tarkovs from room 426.
p. 363.2accompanied = joined in travel
- "I should think that beets would accompany the pork quite as well as apples," he reflected.
p. 381.4accompany = complement (go with to make better)
- Once the Bishop had concluded the meeting and Emile had gone off grumbling in search of his bushel of beets, the Count accompanied Andrey to the main staircase.
p. 382.1accompanied = went with
Definitions:
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(1)
(accompany as in: accompany on the journey) to travel along with
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(2)
(accompany as in: the accompanying chart) to be present with at the same time and/or location -- sometimes provided to make something more complete or better
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(3)
(accompany as in: accompanied her in the performance) to perform with
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)