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Sophie's Choice
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- It was hard to hold to my high-minded vows—I still fretted over the lamentably celibate nature of my existence; this aside, I felt that the routine I had established in company with Sophie and Nathan was as contented a daily state as any in which a budding writer could possibly find himself.
p. 203.1established = created
- Not only a teacher of law but a practicing lawyer from time to time, he had established himself as an authority on the international use of patents—mainly concerning interchange between Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe—and the fees he had gained by this sideline, all in a perfectly ethical manner, had enabled him to live on a somewhat more substantial level than many of his fellow faculty members, in a subdued, modestly proportioned elegance.
p. 259.4established = settled
- I had read quite a bit about sexual problems while studying at that noted athenaeum of psychology, Duke University, and had come away with some fairly well established facts: that male primates in captivity, for instance, when denied female companionship, will try to bugger each other, often with gleeful success, and that many prisoners after long periods of incarceration will turn so readily to homosexual activity that it will almost appear to be the norm.
p. 477.3 *established = known to be true
- We would of course have to get married, once established in Virginia; the ethos of the time and place would certainly permit no casual cohabitation.
p. 490.1 *established = settled
- There had been suddenly established a bond between Morris and me, and I relaxed, filled with inquisitive zeal.†
p. 43.4
- What I really wondered about was the smoochy détente between the two of them, reestablished short hours after the most harrowing scene of lovers' strife I could imagine this side of a low-grade Italian opera.†
p. 62.7reestablished = restoredstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablished means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- His motive was sweet and patently uncomplicated: he said he missed me and since he hadn't seen me in so long (I calculated it had been nine months or more) he wanted to reestablish, face to face, eyeball to eyeball, our mutual love and kinship.†
p. 204.2reestablish = restorestandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablish means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- He established the first tuberculosis sanatorium.†
p. 224.7
- Two days after their happy reunion, after Nathan had reestablished himself with Sophie on the floor above and I had ensconced myself once more in my primrose-hued quarters, Nathan learned from Sophie the fact that I had been robbed.†
p. 453.3reestablished = restoredstandard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reestablished means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
- The Princess even wanted to establish a fund for it.†
p. 506.9
- Credentials established, my fellow pilgrim pulled out of a shopping bag her own Bible and settled back to read with an aspirated sigh of pleasure and a wet smacking of lips.†
p. 551.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place
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(2)
(establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)