Chapter II · Chapter 2

speak to

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

third-person singular of “afford” — be able to spare or give up

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

(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 How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

a place of worship that has its own altar

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

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From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

the body of faculty and students of a college

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

every day; without missing a day

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

-ing form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

dearly loved

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

any strong feeling

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

being the right size and shape to fit as desired

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

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

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

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

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

plural of “jesuit” — a member of the Jesuit order

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

indicating the most important performer or role

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

set afire or burning

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

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

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Seminary of P------sur-C------- (Haute-Saone).

plural of “pilgrimage” — a journey to a sacred place

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

plural of “reading” — the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

To recall to mind.

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

a private place of education for the young

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be seated

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

not in physical motion

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

possessive form of “superior” — one of greater rank or station or quality

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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From this reading Seminary of P------sur-C------- (Haute-Saone).

a discussion intended to produce an agreement

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

plural of “taper” — a convex shape that narrows toward a point

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

express in words

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

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

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

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

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

in the direction of

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

defying expression or description

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

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

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

cover with wax

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading How well I remember our long talks under the great trees, the pious pilgrimages we daily made to the Father Superior’s Calvary, our charming readings, the darting forth of our two souls toward the eternal source of all greatness and all goodness.

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

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

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

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

the day immediately before today

From this reading Must I tell you that I can not think without pious emotion of that life which but yesterday we were leading together at the Jesuits’ College.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading It affords me unspeakable pleasure to sit down to address you, dear Claude.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I can still see the little chapel which you fitted up one day in your desk, the pretty wax tapers we made for it, which we lighted one day during the cosmography class.