1 She didn't like the looks of this elderly desperado but his presence would simplify matters.
2 It may do something to simplify what followed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 3 Such will, of course, immensely simplify our labour, and the sooner the matter is attended to the better.
4 "I think that if you would take the trouble of reflecting, you could find a way of simplifying the negotiation," said Franz.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian. 5 The performance of specific duties would have simplified Miss Bart's position; but the vague attendance on Mrs. Hatch was not without its perplexities.
6 The rooms in the op'ra house sets had separate wing-pieces for sides, which simplified dramaturgy, as the villain could always get out of the hero's way by walking out through the wall.
7 They stood out strengthened and simplified now, like the image of the plough against the sun.
8 It might have simplified my office very much, if I had known it before.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE 9 Her position, which had seemed to her simplified the night before, suddenly struck her now as not only not simple, but as absolutely hopeless.
10 This was the way the child simplified the romantic names so dear to the female Thenardier.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE... 11 There is the subject simplified.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS 12 Thus restrained and simplified, it sounded more credible: I felt as I went on that Miss Temple fully believed me.
13 On the contrary, that simplifies the matter greatly.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE