used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
in the past
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
ailesverbUS /aɪlz/
third-person singular of “ail” — be ill or unwell
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
autre
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
AvonnounUS /ˈeɪvɑːn/
a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
azur
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
believernounUS /bəˈliːvər/
a supporter who accepts something as true
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
birthsnounUS /bɜːrθs/
plural of “birth” — the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
candeur
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
cenounUS /ˌsiːˈiː/
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
a period of 100 years
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
Ces
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
charmants
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
CLAIRE
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
Clare
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From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
contendverbUS /kənˈtend/
maintain or assert
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
coupable
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
croyons
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
the specified day of the month
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
datedadjectiveUS /ˈdeɪtɪd/
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
derrière
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
destin
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
Doran
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From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
doute
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
dédaignent
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
dégout
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
elapsedadjectiveUS /ɪˈlæpst/
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
Et
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
eux
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
fantômes
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
fontnounUS /fɑːnt/
a specific size and style of type within a type family
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
set up or found
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
HUGOnounUS /ˈhjuːɡoʊ/
French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885)
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
IInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
Ils
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
Je
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
jouant
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
King'snounUS /kɪŋz/
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
l'ombre
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
l'âme
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
immediately past
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
legendnounUS /ˈledʒənd/
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
leur
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
Leurs
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
Lovel
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From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
là
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
Marlborough
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From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
matin
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
mourir
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
mur
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
mystérieux
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
nenounUS /niː/
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
NicholasnounUS /ˈnɪkələs/
a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
notre
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
nousnounUS /nuːs/
common sense
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
obscur
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
ont
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
organisedadjective
being a member of or formed into a labor union
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
parfois
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
pasnounUS /pɑːz/
(ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
PourverbUS /pɔːr/
cause to run
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
predestinationnounUS /ˌpriːdestəˈneɪʃən/
previous determination as if by destiny or fate
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
près
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
qu'un
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
que
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
quelle
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
RomanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
routenounUS /ruːt/
an established line of travel or access
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
rusticadjectiveUS /ˈrʌstɪk/
characteristic of rural life
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
réclame
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
rêveurs
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
s'en
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
SACKVILLE-WEST
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From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
sais
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
sans
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
ScouringnounUS /ˈskaʊərɪŋ/
moving over territory to search for something
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
soif
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
soleil
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
sont
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
surnounUS /sɜːr/
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
precisely as stated
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
VICTORnounUS /ˈvɪktər/
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
Warrenernoun
maintains a rabbit warren
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
WETHERS
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From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading GREY WETHERS PART ONE GREY WETHERS _Part One_ More than half a century has now elapsed since the events which added a new legend to the hard ancient hills lying about Marlborough and King’s Avon.
a Caucasian
From this reading The last organised rustic Scouring of the White Horse of King’s Avon,--from which occasion these events may properly be said to date, although a believer in predestination might be found to contend that they dated, indeed, from the very births of Clare Warrener and Nicholas Lovel,--that last organised Scouring took place more than half a century ago.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _New York_: _George H. Doran Company_ A Romantic Novel V. SACKVILLE-WEST New York George H. Doran Company GREY WETHERS.
à
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From this reading II _CLAIRE_ _Ces fantômes charmants que nous croyons à nous..._ _Ils sont là, près de nous, jouant sur notre route;_ _Ils ne dédaignent pas notre soleil obscur,_ _Et derrière eux, et sans que leur candeur s’en doute,_ _Leurs ailes font parfois de l’ombre sur le mur._
êtres
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From this reading _Ils ont ce grand dégout mystérieux de l’âme_ _Pour notre chair coupable et pour notre destin;_ _Ils ont, êtres rêveurs qu’un autre azur réclame,_ _Je ne sais quelle soif de mourir le matin._ VICTOR HUGO.
