used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
Abbé
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From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
absolutionnounUS /ˌæbsəˈluːʃən/
the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
BastillenounUS /ˈbæstɪl/
a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
besottedadjectiveUS /bɪˈsɔːtɪd/
very drunk
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
conductedverbUS /kənˈdʌktəd/
past form of “conduct” — direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
depravitynounUS /dɪˈprævəti/
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
depressedadjectiveUS /dɪˈprest/
lower than previously
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
separated into parts or pieces
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
elusiveadjectiveUS /ɪˈluːsɪv/
difficult to describe
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
fataladjectiveUS /ˈfeɪtəl/
bringing death
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
fruitlesslyadverbUS /ˈfruːtləsli/
in an unproductive manner
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
a young female
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
the act of giving
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
the act of departing
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
to an extraordinary extent or degree
From this reading I pitied him greatly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
harmlessadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrmləs/
not causing or capable of causing harm
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I pitied him greatly.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I pitied him greatly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
innocencenounUS /ˈɪnəsəns/
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
joggingnounUS /ˈdʒɑːɡɪŋ/
running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
Michau
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From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
pitiedverbUS /ˈpɪtiːd/
inflected form of “pity” — share the suffering of
From this reading I pitied him greatly.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
a person who is being chased
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
quagmirenounUS /ˈkwæɡmaɪər/
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
railnounUS /reɪl/
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
shrunkverbUS /ʃrʌŋk/
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
spring-time
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From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had pursued Pleasure so fruitlessly all his days; and into this fatal quagmire had the elusive flame at length conducted him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
tumbrilnoun
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
From this reading He sat on the rail of the tumbril--a depressed, puzzled look on his face--between innocence and depravity.
unhappinessnounUS /ənˈhæpinɪs/
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It was my unhappiness in the black spring-time of the “Terror” to see my old light acquaintance, the Abbé Michau, jogging on his way to the Place de la Bastille.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
a Caucasian
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
which person or people
From this reading Both were going the same road as himself--the harmless white girl and the besotted priest, who shrunk in terror from giving her the absolution she asked;--and poor Charles divided them.
