Chapter XI

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the thing arranged or agreed to

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

relatively low in price or charging low prices

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

in a self-satisfied manner

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

carefully weighed

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

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From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

regard something as probable or likely

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

come to pass

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

ten 10s

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

past form of “indulge” — give free rein to

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

and nothing more

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

a midday meal

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

giving pleasure and satisfaction

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

plural of “price” — the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

housing available for people to live in

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

a building where people go to eat

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

Identical; not different.

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

giving satisfaction

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading “I like that arrangement,” responded Gabriella; “it gives a pleasing variety, and is quite different from any process of living that we have indulged in.”

precisely as stated

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the display of a motion picture

From this reading “The rooms have the advantage of facing the street and of being off to themselves,” said Miss Cavendish, viewing them complacently, “and I am sure they are very cheap, though I have always heard that in Holland one must expect to pay high prices for everything.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.

in or to any place at all

From this reading We get our breakfast at the hotel, our dinner in the restaurant below and our luncheon wherever we happen to be.”

which person or people

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

plural of “windmill” — a mill that is powered by the wind

From this reading THREE HUNDRED WINDMILLS Two rooms high up in a modest little hotel just off the “Dam” were considered satisfactory quarters for the three travellers who arrived in Amsterdam late one evening in early June.

in the company of; together with

From this reading To be sure this doesn’t compare with what one gets in Italy for the same money, but it is much better than I expected.