" "That is what I couldn't figure out to save my life," said Slade eagerly.

And what might that be?" Graham knew he had piqued her interest and was now desperately trying to think of a plausible story that would keep her occupied while he tried to figure out a way to escape.

When I think of how big a dollar seems to me, the tuition looks like the national debt of Mexico; but when I try to figure out how much it costs the college per student, I feel as though I were paying lunch-counter prices for a dining-car dinner.

I rested quietly in my berth for a long time, staring blankly up at the dark deck above, unable to sleep, and endeavoring to figure out the true meaning of all these occurrences.

"I cannot in any way figure out his connection with Goldstein, or his power over the man.

"Tonight I'll try to figure out, as nearly as possible, the total cash value of all the stolen pearls, and of course Jones will tell us what he paid for his stock, or how much it is worth.

But I'm afraid it ain't going to be so easy as we figure out.

There was a lot to figure out.

He had made some progress, but there was a lot left to figure out.

I can't figure out w'at dis yer all means.

It was difficult, however, to figure out exactly how the teaching of religion to slaves could be made successful and at the same time square with the prohibitory measures of the South.

When I was studying my spelling lesson, I was trying to figure out how you do it.

One doesn't have to go too far only till the Goajourno Mailing List (http://indialists.org/mailman/listinfo/goajourno) to figure out how far the hack pack from Goa go.

I been trying to figure out what I am to do.

Other tales, true or only symptomatic, told of one on a great white horse who was not the victor of Blenheim or even the Black Prince, but a faint figure out of far-off martyrologiesSt.

The heroine is still more dim, she is stuffy, she is like tow; the rich farmer is a figure out of any melodrama, Sergeant Troy nearly quickens to life; now and then the clouds are liquescent, but a real ray of light never falls.

The exact extent of professional knowledge arrived at in the time of the great philosopher is by no means clearly defined: he speaks of the fact, however, not with a view to prove what was contested or chimerical, but avails himself of it to figure out the surpassing wisdom of the gods in constructing the human frame.

I've been trying to figure out just how valuable you are to me, Miss Robson.

"But I'll tell you what: you stay here for a while, and I'll trot down and take a look around and try to figure out what's to be done.

As educated people are apt to be able to figure out ways to improve their lot, learning among the negroes was not encouraged, in fact it was illegal to teach them.

"As near as I can figure out about seventy thousand dollars," answered Tutt.

For a moment, running and hanging on as I was in total darkness, I was unable to figure out what sort of an arrangement this could possibly be.

The first thing I bought was a fine silver-plated castor, with six bottles in it, to put in the middle of the table so that it could be turned around as the company helped themselves to salt, mustard, vinegar, red or black pepper; and the sixth thing I never could figure out until Grandma Thorndyke told me it was oil.

He sat awhile to figure out what was trumps, having come a hundred and fifty feet too fast to do much thinking.

He doesn't want you to ask for things because he finds it such a pleasure to figure out what you want and give it to you unexpectedly.