All 4 Uses
aspiration
in
The Remains of the Day
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- My father's feelings towards the General were, naturally, those of utmost loathing; but he realized too that his employer's present business aspirations hung on the smooth running of the house party — which with some eighteen or so people expected would be no trifling affair.†
Chpt 1e -aspirations = desires
- It was the aspiration of all those of us with professional ambition to work our way as close to this hub as we were each of us capable.†
Chpt 2a - *aspiration = desire
- I refer to that strand of opinion in the profession which suggested that any butler with serious aspirations should make it his business to be forever reappraising his employer — scrutinizing the latter's motives, analysing the implications of his views.'†
Chpt 3e -aspirations = desires
- And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.†
Chpt 6e -
Definitions:
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(1)
(aspiration) a desire to achieve something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)