Book
Book verb - To arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use.
Tarry
Tarry verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain
Both words in one sentence
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In the book he is reluctant to fight the dwarves ( "Long may I tarry, ere I begin a war for gold,"), while in the movie, he is eager to fight.
Source: Film / The Hobbit
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Tarry and Book. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/book/tarry
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