Chapter XXIII

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

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

present in great quantity

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

(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 But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading STUDENT LIFE AND WANDERINGS.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

for the reason that

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

in a stingy manner

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

a price below the standard price

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

plural of “countryman” — a man from your own country

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

plural of “dinner” — the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

being one more than seven

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

-ing form of “endeavor” — attempt by employing effort

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

a social unit living together

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

set up or found

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

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From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

lacking in physical beauty or proportion

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

past form of “imagine” — form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

immediately past

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading STUDENT LIFE AND WANDERINGS.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

the food served and eaten at one time

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

the middle of the day

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

above and across; more than

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

for each

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading STUDENT LIFE AND WANDERINGS.

plural of “student” — a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

plural of “sum” — a quantity of money

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

of or relating to or concerning theology

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

being six more than twenty

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

the last syllable in a word

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

plural of “wandering” — travelling about without any clear destination

From this reading STUDENT LIFE AND WANDERINGS.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading I found a place, at last, where a homely abundant midday meal was furnished me in a private family, for one gulden and twenty-six kreutzers per week,--a fraction over eight cents a day.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

in or at the place that

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

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

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

which person or people

From this reading Many of my countrymen, who have spent large sums in endeavoring to live cheaply in the same city, will of course believe nothing of this.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.

in the company of; together with

From this reading My supper I took at a _Gasthaus_, in company with some theological students, at the cost of about four cents.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading But I must get back to Heidelberg, where the sympathetic reader will not, I trust, have imagined that I went all this time without dinners because the search for one which should be the _ultima Thule_ of cheapness was embarrassing and adventurous.