All 8 Uses of
recuperate
in
The Magic Mountain
- And both to do that and to save time (which people simply wasted up here), he had from the first been as conscientious as possible in doing his rest-cure duty—doing it, no doubt, in order to recuperate as soon as possible, but as Hans Castorp sometimes thought he could sense, doing it just a little for the sake of the cure itself, which ultimately was a sort of service like any other, since doing one's duty was doing one's duty.†
Chpt 4.9
- "Well, at least we can hope," Joachim said, "that you've recuperated here with us and will feel refreshed once you're back down."†
Chpt 4.10 *recuperated = regained health or strength
- Recuperated?†
Chpt 4.10
- I don't have the feeling that I've quite got used to it all yet and acclimatized myself, although that would be a precondition for any real recuperation.†
Chpt 4.10
- It's only then that you can begin to recuperate and build up protein.†
Chpt 4.10
- I feel as if once I'm back home in the flatlands I'm going to have to recuperate from my recuperation and sleep for three weeks, that's how run-down I feel sometimes.†
Chpt 4.10
- I feel as if once I'm back home in the flatlands I'm going to have to recuperate from my recuperation and sleep for three weeks, that's how run-down I feel sometimes.†
Chpt 4.10
- A massive deficit in sunlight—a significant factor in the cure—was noted; without those helpful rays, recuperation was doubtless retarded.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
to regain good health or strength