Chapter XXII

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

past form of “achieve” — to gain with effort

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

a public promotion of some product or service

From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

a cherished desire

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

a woman author

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

put or send forth

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

throw a glance at; take a brief look at

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

plural of “gleam” — an appearance of reflected light

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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

From this reading THE POETESS IN LONDON.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading THE POETESS IN LONDON.

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

a woman poet

From this reading THE POETESS IN LONDON.

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

gallery where works of art can be displayed

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London.

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From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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

From this reading THE POETESS IN LONDON.

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

From this reading TACITUS.--_De Oratoribus._ Le mariage se propose la vie, tandis que l'amour ne se propose que le plaisir.

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From this reading Quid enim dulcius libero et ingenuo animo et ad voluptates honestas nato quam videre plenam semper et frequentem domum suam concursu splendidissimorum hominum?

-ing form of “wend” — direct one's course or way

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

during the time that

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.

belonging to which person

From this reading BALZAC.--_Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées._ While they are driving to Cadogan-place, let us cast a retrospective glance at the fortunes of the authoress of _Gleams and Glooms_, to whose soirée they are wending.