He was thinking that the way she had responded to his own kiss hadn't meant what he had believed it had.

It was meant to insult him, and didn't quite succeed.

There was no doubt that Herr Schaffner meant every word of what he said.

I fled, however, not from what might have been the natural fear of being unable to disguise from you that the things about my bridegroom -- in the sense you meant the word `` things '' -- which you had been galvanizing yourself to tell me as a painful part of your maternal duty were things which I had already insisted upon finding out for myself ( despite, I may now say, the unspeakable awkwardness of making the discovery on principle, yes, on principle, and in cold blood ) because I was resolved, as a modern woman, not to be a mollycoddle waiting for Life but to seize Life by the throat.

Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.

Mama knew this doll was meant to help Mrs. Coolidge overcome her grief by turning her eyes to the future.

This is what was meant, above, by describing history as inferential.

I wouldn't hear of it because it meant giving up the `` line '', though I realized I was in poor shape physically.

What they meant was that there was no evidence to show that the south and east coasts of Britain received Germanic settlers conspicuously earlier than some other parts of England.

Of course it was not meant to be.

It was a word he was proud of, a word that meant much to him, and he used it with great pleasure, almost as if it were an exclusive possession, and more: he sensed himself to be very highly educated, four cuts above any of the folks back home.

The equation was simple: wealth brought them happiness, and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had, let no one in on the secrets.

It was meant to be my present ''.

It is difficult to tabulate exactly what was meant in each individual situation, but the conclusion may be drawn that 21 towns do not assess movable personal property, and of the remainder only certain types are valued for tax purposes.

What I meant to say was that I started to start in on the dishes by gathering them all together in the kitchen sink.

When we repeat the remark that such suffering was a bad thing, the feeling with which we made it last week may be at or near the vanishing point, but if we were asked whether we meant to say what we did before, we should certainly answer Yes.

Since Fogg's was a one-man, one-plane flying service, this meant that he would have to do both trips, flying alone 600 miles a day, under sub-freezing temperature conditions.

If he is not told which of four or five readings was meant for him, he can more readily assess each item in a larger frame: `` Does that statement really sound as if it were for me, significant in my particular life??

The din was successful, too, for just before the moon disappeared, the frightened toad had begun to spit it out again, which meant good luck all around.

`` Mixed herd '' meant a herd of mixed sexes, while a `` straight steer herd '' was one composed entirely of steers, and when the cowman spoke of `` mixed cattle '', he meant cattle of various grades, ages, and sexes.

Again it was used as the title for the hoss wrangler, and when the order was given to go out and `` rustle the hosses '', it meant for 'im to go out and herd 'em in.

The concept of ' back ' country, which initially meant land beyond the settled regions, was in existence in 1800.

After initially seeking employment in a reserved occupation, he managed to be classified Grade III, which meant that he would be among the last to be called up for service.

This meant that SSDD disks initially had a formatted capacity of 160 kB, operating system was later updated to allow formatting the disks with nine sectors per track.

During its early stages of development, Rise of the Triad was initially meant to serve as the sequel to Wolfenstein 3D, titled Wolfenstein 3D II: Rise of the Triad.

For the young couple, the marriage was initially amiable but distant – Louis-Auguste's shyness meant that he failed to consummate the union, much to his wife's distress, while his fear of being manipulated by her for Imperial purposes caused him to behave coldly towards her in public.

The party room vote on a motion of no confidence was initially tied, which meant the motion was lost.

It was meant to encourage technical advances in civil aviation but became a contest for pure speed with laps over a triangular course ( initially 280 km, later 350 km ).

The English version of the album was initially not meant to be released in Sweden, but public demand was too great.

Although the flight was originally scheduled for October 1960, delays by unplanned preparatory work meant that this was postponed several times, initially to March 6, 1961 and finally to May 5.

The earliest machines ( 14FB and 14FG models, for example ) were initially configured as " horizontal ", which meant that the wire wrap board was placed upside down ( pins up ) onto a horizontal tooling plate, which was then rolled into the machine and locked onto a rotating ( TRP table rotational position of four positions ) and shifting ( PLP = pallet longitudinal position of 11 positions ) pallet assembly.

Short platforms at North Weald and Blake Hall and limited power supply meant it was not possible to work through trains to and from London, and the line remained a branch, with the shuttle service initially operating from Loughton.

Clarke, who initially saw Owen as an archetypal cockney who could not play as solid a northern character as Compo was meant to be, recognised Owen's potential only after going to London for a read-through with him.

Poseidon, in a rare show of magnanimity, decided to grant his gift regardless, although its nature was initially misunderstood: it was meant to represent sea power, which Athens was to exercise gloriously in the future.

The new Donkey Kong introduced in " Donkey Kong Country " was initially characterized as the grandson of the original Donkey Kong, who appears in the game as an elderly ape named Cranky Kong, however Donkey Kong 64 states that the current Donkey Kong was actually meant to be Cranky Kong's son, with one source implying that he is a grown-up version of Donkey Kong Jr.

Governments often initially claim that cameras are meant to be used for traffic control, but many of them end up using them for general surveillance.

Failure to defeat Britain, and the weak performance of Germany's ally Fascist Italy beginning in 1940, obliged Germany to commit a ( initially small ) proportion of its war effort to the western and Mediterranean Theater of Operations and meant that if the USSR were to be invaded, Germany would again be fighting a two-front war.

He was made director of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1936, initially for 3 years but the intervention of World War II meant he held the post until 1948.

The band initially performed under this name, but soon grew tired of explaining what Dada meant.

A dome built in front of the mihrab of a mosque, for example, was at least initially meant to emphasize the place of a prince during royal ceremonies.

Secondly, there was a problem of connecting the islands to the rest of the ITV Network-the solution was to build a relay station on Alderney, the northern-most island, which would then send the network feed from Westward Television and occasionally Southern Television to Channel Television's studio in Jersey ; this was initially a problem, because the existence of the relay station meant that Alderney itself could not have a broadcast service from the start of broadcasting, and the local authorities refused to lease land to the ITA for the relay station.

The camera initially avoids her face, which may be meant to serve as a representation of when she was still awake and not watching herself walking.

As a largely non-verbal feature meant for an adult audience, The Thief was initially dismissed as unmarketable.

In former times, the country's harsh climate meant that fresh fruit and vegetables were largely unavailable for nine months of the year, leading to a heavy reliance on staple tubers ( initially turnip, later potato ), dark rye bread and fermented dairy products, occasionally enlivened with preserved fish and meat.

Furthermore, he was also criticised for looking at his watch which aides initially said was meant to track if the other candidates were debating within their time limits but ultimately it was revealed that the president indeed was checking how much time was left in the debate.