Chapter XXXIII

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

plural of “absurdity” — a message whose content is at variance with reason

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

-ing form of “accomplish” — put in effect

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

commonly used or practiced; usual

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

matters of personal concern

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

similar in quality or character

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

in addition

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

contrived by art rather than nature

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

bring into balance or equilibrium

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

a group of people living in a particular local area

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a connecting shape

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

plural of “countryman” — a man from your own country

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

approval

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

a flow of electricity through a conductor

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

precise; explicit and clearly defined

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

without doubt; certainly

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

move gently or carefully

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

every person

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

the state or fact of existing

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

set up or found

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a sacred place of pilgrimage

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

of the present time and place

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

lack of equality

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

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

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

social deportment

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the force of workers available

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

a miniature model of something

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

not any; not one

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

a message that seems to convey no meaning

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

plural of “object” — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

plural of “particular” — a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

having an agreeably pungent taste

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

having great power or force or potency or effect

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

plural of “prejudice” — a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

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

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

plural of “reality” — all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

past form of “regard” — deem to be

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

plural of “relative” — a person related by blood or marriage

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

past form of “reveal” — make visible

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the speech act of making something evident

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

change to the contrary

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

produced or growing in extreme abundance

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

chosen in preference to another

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

make steady

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

emotionally aroused

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

confined on all sides

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

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

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

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

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

a university student who has not yet received a first degree

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

precisely as stated

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

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

From this reading Life beyond the walls of the University had doubtless objects more interesting than the present routine; but there was no such immediate connexion between those objects and that routine as Colin had been accustomed to see in his Scotch college.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

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

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

which person or people

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading They were accomplishing without any very definite object the natural and usual course of their education--a process which everybody had to go through, and which, with more or less credit, their fathers, brothers, friends, and relatives had passed through before them.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading Colin who, like most of his countrymen, found a great deal of the “wit” of the community around him to be sheer nonsense, sometimes agreeable, sometimes much the reverse, had also like his nation a latent but powerful sense of humour, which, backed by a few prejudices, and stimulated a little by the different manners current in the class to which he himself belonged, revealed to him many wonderful absurdities in the unconscious microcosm which felt itself a universe;--a revelation which restored any inequality in the balance of affairs, and made the Scotch undergraduate at his ease in his new circumstances.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Colin’s career at Oxford does not lie in the way of his present historian, though, to be sure, a few piquant particulars might be selected of the way in which a pair of young Scotch eyes, with a light in them somewhat akin to genius, but trained to see the realities of homely life on the Holy Loch, regarded the peculiar existence of the steady, artificial old world, and the riotous but submissive new world, which between them form a university.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading For his own part, he stood in quite a different position from the host of young men, most of them younger than himself, by whom he found himself surrounded.