how long something has existed
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
alacritynounUS /əˈlækrəti/
liveliness and eagerness
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
(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 At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
assembly-rooms
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From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
BernsteinnounUS /ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/
United States conductor and composer (1918-1990)
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
card-players
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From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
contentedlyadverbUS /kənˈtentədli/
with equanimity
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
coollyadverbUS /ˈkuːli/
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
determine the number or amount of
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
diversionnounUS /daɪˈvɜːrʒən/
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
divisible by two
From this reading Even all pleasure is pleasant at twenty.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
in a gradual manner
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
Harry's
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From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
How
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From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even all pleasure is pleasant at twenty.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
Life'snounUS /laɪfs/
possessive form of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
full of life and energy
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
lodgingsnounUS /ˈlɑːdʒɪŋz/
temporary living quarters
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
come together
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
niecenounUS /niːs/
a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Even all pleasure is pleasant at twenty.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
rubbernounUS /ˈrʌbər/
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
scoldingnounUS /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/
rebuking a person harshly
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
have in common
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
speculateverbUS /ˈspekjəleɪt/
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
sportnounUS /spɔːrt/
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
in the direction of
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Even all pleasure is pleasant at twenty.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
precisely as stated
From this reading How very gently and coolly we regard it towards the close of Life's long season!
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
WellsnounUS /welz/
prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
at the time that
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
in or at the place that
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading Whilst there were card-players enough to meet her at her lodgings and the assembly-rooms, Madame de Bernstein remained pretty contentedly at the Wells, scolding her niece, and playing her rubber.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We go out to meet it with alacrity, speculate upon its coming, and when its visit is announced, count the days until it and we shall come together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At Harry's age almost all places are pleasant, where you can have lively company, fresh air, and your share of sport and diversion.
