All 3 Uses of
detach
in
A Room With A View
- She had read in it of the crocuses which had been bought for yellow and were coming up puce, of the new parlour-maid, who had watered the ferns with essence of lemonade, of the semi-detached cottages which were ruining Summer Street, and breaking the heart of Sir Harry Otway.†
Chpt 5detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- He said 'Oh, he's like me—better detached.'†
Chpt 8 *
- To have stopped a week at Windy Corner and not to have met Cissie and Albert, the semi-detached villas that have been run up opposite the church!†
Chpt 8
Definition:
to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)