Chapter II

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

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

the act of giving something up

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

plural of “acrobat” — an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

acted upon; influenced

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

(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 Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

in addition

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

a particular environment or surrounding influence

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

completely unclothed

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

someone whose employment involves carrying something

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

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From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

causing an emotional disturbance

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

possessive form of “earth” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

strange and unconventional behavior

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

divisible by two

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

well known or easily recognized

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

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From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

in a subordinate position

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

plural of “joke” — a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

the sound of laughing

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

past form of “laugh” — produce laughter

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

past form of “lodge” — be a lodger; stay temporarily

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

a gay feeling

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

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From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

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From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

not any; not one

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

not divisible by two

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

many times at short intervals

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

above and across; more than

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

past form of “pervade” — spread or diffuse through

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

with speed

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

the ability to recall past occurrences

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

in a strange manner

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

having only essential or minimal features

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

past form of “swirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

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From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

in a confused mass

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

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

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

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

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

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

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

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From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

in deplorable condition

From this reading Sylvia and the other guests had so often laughed together at Mère Gontran's eccentricity, at the tumble-down house, at the tangled garden, at the muttering handmaid, and at the animals in the kitchen, that through their careless merriment the _pension_ had come to be no more than one of the incidents of the career they followed, something to talk of when they swirled on and lodged in another corner of the earth's surface.

uncommonness by virtue of being unusual

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.

at the time that

From this reading The _pension_ was strangely silent when Sylvia returned to it; the panic of war had stripped it bare of guests.

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

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There would be no city in Europe at which in some cabaret one would not find a _copain_ with whom to laugh over the remembrance of Mère Gontran's talking collie.

belonging to which person

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Mère Gontran's influence had always pervaded the _pension_; even before her illness Sylvia had been affected by that odd personality and had often been haunted by the unusualness of the whole place; but the disconcerting atmosphere had always been quickly and easily neutralized by the jolly mountebanks and Bohemians with whose point of view and jokes and noise she had been familiar all her life.

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

From this reading Although she had known that Carrier and the English acrobats were gone and had more or less made up her mind that most of the girls would also be gone, this complete abandonment was tristful.