Chapter IV

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

From this reading We had a secret meeting.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

the two together, not just one

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

agreement on a secret plot

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

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willing to give and share unstintingly

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

pleasing to the mind or feeling

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading We had a secret meeting.

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

marked by or given to imitation

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

past form of “lunch” — take the midday meal

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading We had a secret meeting.

and nothing more

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

impressive in appearance

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

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From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

in the open air

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading I can never determine if older people are less generous and imaginative or merely less absurd.

inferior in rank or status

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

a building where people go to eat

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

so as to arouse or deserve laughter

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading We had a secret meeting.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

a state of social isolation

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

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

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.

up to a particular time

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

precisely as stated

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

evoking lifelike images within the mind

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We had a secret meeting.

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

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

in the company of; together with

From this reading With Beatrice Normandy's connivance she managed to get away for the better part of the day, and we spent a long morning in argument in the Botanical Gardens--that obvious solitude--and afterwards we lunched upon ham and ginger beer at a little open-air restaurant near the Broad Walk and talked on until nearly four.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading We were so young that I think we both felt, beneath our very real and vivid emotions, a gratifying sense of romantic resourcefulness in this prolonged discussion.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading There is something ridiculously petty and imitative about youth, something too, naïvely noble and adventurous.