Chapter I

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

(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 But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

third-person singular of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

any thing at all

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

plural of “banality” — a trite or obvious remark

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

plural of “beau” — a man who is the lover of a man or woman

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

show off

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

a very boastful and talkative person

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

not open or affording passage or access

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

feeling or showing worry or solicitude

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

divisible by two

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

apart from; not including

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

the organ of sight

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a flaw or weak point

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

the outside boundary or surface of something

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

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

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

infested with grubs

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

an indirect suggestion

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

plural of “hotel” — a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

usually used of a face

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

of great significance or value

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

in an important way or to an important degree

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

plural of “inn” — a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

situated within or suitable for inside a building

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

attractive and tempting

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

determine the result of (a competition)

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

take the midday meal

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

engage in

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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 On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

being nothing more than specified

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to form the superlative

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a condition requiring relief

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

not one, and not any

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

according to the clock

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

and nothing more

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

plural of “pathway” — a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

participate in games or sport

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

in a cheerful manner

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

thrust or throw into

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

any competition

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

on the contrary

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

third-person singular of “require” — require as useful, just, or proper

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

a building where people go to eat

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

plural of “restaurant” — a building where people go to eat

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

temperamentally disinclined to talk

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

precisely, exactly

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

express in words

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

established irrevocably

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

in or at or to some place

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

very large in expanse or scope

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

carry out

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

express in words

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

in or at that place or location

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

(formal) in or into that thing or place

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

very small

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

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From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

not wanted

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

often used as intensifiers

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

precisely as stated

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

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

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

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

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

during the time that

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

a Caucasian

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.

belonging to which person

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

to a great degree

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

in the company of; together with

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

From this reading On the left of these spacious windows, at the head of a few steps, is the door of the restaurant, pleasantly inviting your pressure, if indeed it is not widely open to show the elegant interior; and on the right is the door of the hotel, a door of a very different air to the other, a sealed and reticent looking door, with a tiny navel through which a worldly eye may judge of your business: a door, in fact, with the secret air of having very important business of its own as a door, which indeed it has.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading But I shouldn’t wonder if the fact that the boast is written in French allows us to take it more as one of those _beaux gestes_ that are so frequent in the language of the race that has most need of them, than as a braggart defiance.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading But you and I, in passing up that street in the failing light of evening, would be concerned with none of its alien banalities--except, of course, in so far as a hint of such may lie behind the wide and well-lit windows of the Hotel and Restaurant Mont Agel, at the far end of the street.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading On the northern fringe of Soho there lies a not ill-favoured little street, about which play many grubby children and barrel-organs, and on whose pathways not even the most distinguished foreigner can look anything but a mere alien; while the veritable alien looks there, in the light of day, even more undesirable than in the shadows of the “night-club” into which, at about midnight, your passing attention might be beckoned.

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

From this reading But you and I, concerned only with our dinner--to which, say, I have invited you, being intimate with the excellence of the place--plunge up the steps to the restaurant; reading, as we go in, the small white lettering on the large windows that tell us that therein we may have Lunch, Tea, and Dinner, and, more importantly, that we can have them _à toute heure_; which, to our pedantic eye, may seem a rather optimistic boast to make in face of the law that--even on this 1st of May, 1921--requires all hotels, cafés, inns, restaurants and eating-houses, to be closed somewhere about ten-thirty o’clock.