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They went into the antechamber and there, sure enough, the two gentlemen-in-waiting were, sprawling on chairs and snoring hard. (source)antechamber = a smaller room attached to a larger room -- often used as a reception/waiting room
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She thought of silent antechambers hung with Oriental tapestry, illumined by tall bronze candelabra, and of two great footmen in knee breeches who sleep in the big armchairs, made drowsy by the oppressive heat of the stove. (source)antechambers = smaller rooms attached to a larger rooms -- typically used as a reception/waiting room
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The courtyard turned into something like an antechamber to an operating room.† (source)
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"I think this is more of an antechamber," I said.† (source)
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The antechamber below the arena connects to a dark and empty hallway.† (source)
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Alpha opened the outer doors and we passed through the antechamber into the central basilica.† (source)
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When she pushed it open she faced yet another small antechamber with four doors.† (source)
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He vaguely recollected surprise at finding the interior spacious, well warmed, and quite clean; but there was no time to do more than notice these qualities, for the Chinese had left his hooded chair and was already leading the way through various antechambers.† (source)
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I didn't tell him about the antechamber that I recognized in my dreams.† (source)
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But its roomy staircases, passages, and antechambers still remain; and even its painted ceilings, where Allegory, in Roman helmet and celestial linen, sprawls among balustrades and pillars, flowers, clouds, and big-legged boys, and makes the head ache—as would seem to be Allegory's object always, more or less.† (source)
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The Consul paused in a large antechamber.† (source)
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'I opened my antechambers and they crowded in.'† (source)
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You can leave your clothing and things in the antechamber.† (source)
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In royal antechambers it is worth more to be viewed with an angry eye than not to be seen at all.† (source)
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"This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall," said Dumbledore after a moment or two.† (source)
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The Tyrian peers and officers of state For the slow queen in antechambers wait; Her lofty courser, in the court below, Who his majestic rider seems to know, Proud of his purple trappings, paws the ground, And champs the golden bit, and spreads the foam around.† (source)
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