used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
apathynounUS /ˈæpəθi/
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
Balsac
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From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
bellenounUS /bel/
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
certainement
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
d'avoir
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
devouredverbUS /dɪˈvaʊərd/
past form of “devour” — destroy completely
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
direadjectiveUS /daɪr/
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
discontentnounUS /dɪskənˈtent/
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What should I do here?
half the width of an em
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
ennuinounUS /eˈnuːi/
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
ESQnoun
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
estnounUS /est/
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What should I do here?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
il-y-a
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
mais
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English “Mr”
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
plaisir
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
puis
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
quelqu'une
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
qui
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
repeatsnounUS /rɪˈpiːts/
plural of “repeat” — an event that repeats
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
repondre
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
sache
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading In short, I am devoured by _ennui_, by apathy, by discontent!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What should I do here?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
solitudenounUS /ˈsɑːlətuːd/
a state of social isolation
From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading So says Monsieur de Balsac, and so repeats my heart a thousand times a day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO J. D. ESQ., M. P.
une
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From this reading “La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il-y-a plaisir d’avoir quelqu’une qui en sache repondre, a qui on puis dire, la solitude est une belle chose.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What should I do here?
