All 13 Uses
consulate
in
The Goldfinch
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- To present myself at the consulate (or whatever) for a round of interviews and paperwork was asking for far more trouble than I needed.†
p. 707.1 *consulate = a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country and help its citizens visiting that country; or the offices of that person and assistants
- If I went to a consulate in Paris to apply for a new passport: maybe less likelihood of connection with the Martin stuff.†
p. 707.7
- Walking away from him, I felt the furious gaze of a security camera burning into me; and I tried not to look self-conscious as I threaded through the crowds, floating and woozy with fever, grinding the phone number of the American consulate in my pocket.†
p. 711.3
- Then I was greeted by a pleasant American voice: welcome to the United States consulate of the Netherlands, would I like to continue in English?†
p. 711.5
- The telephone rang so long I'd drifted off into a dissociated fog when suddenly the line clicked on, easy American voice sounding fresh off the beach in Santa Cruz: "Good morning, American Consulate of the Netherlands, how may I help you?"†
p. 711.7
- Good morning, United States Consulate of the Netherlands, will you please hold?†
p. 713.8
- Good morning, United States Consulate of the Netherlands, will you please hold?†
p. 713.9
- And there was also a third choice: since for various reasons I felt that a consulate member would be fairly speedy to return my call if I left an after-hours message stating that I was an American citizen wishing to turn myself in for capital murder.†
p. 716.2
- Since I didn't speak Dutch, I would go to the American consulate and have the consulate phone the Dutch police.†
p. 726.4
- Since I didn't speak Dutch, I would go to the American consulate and have the consulate phone the Dutch police.†
p. 726.4
- Spoiling some consulate member's Christmas, the festive family meal.†
p. 726.4
- Maybe I could have it witnessed and notarized at the American consulate; maybe Holly (or whoever) would take pity and call someone in to do it before they phoned the police.†
p. 727.1
- Leaving the room—going down to inquire about FedEx and to look at the State Department's website before I called the consulate — I stopped.†
p. 727.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(consulate) the offices where a consul works; or a consul (a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country, help its citizens visiting that country, and protect its commercial interests there)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Consulate general references a building that serves a consul general (a high ranking consul).