antechamber


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a large entrance or reception room or area

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He believed himself transported into that famous country of giants into which Gulliver afterward went and was so frightened; and yet he had not gained the goal, for there were still the landing place and the antechamber.
On the landing they were no longer fighting, but amused themselves with stories about women, and in the antechamber, with stories about the court.
At this announcement, during which the door remained open, everyone became mute, and amid the general silence the young man crossed part of the length of the antechamber, and entered the apartment of the captain of the Musketeers, congratulating himself with all his heart at having so narrowly escaped the end of this strange quarrel.
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Every evening, at six o'clock, the long antechamber received its furniture.
Between eight and nine o'clock the servants began to arrive in the antechamber to accompany their masters home; and, short of a revolution, no one remained in the salon at ten o'clock.
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Penelon rolled his quid in his cheek, placed his hand before his mouth, turned his head, and sent a long jet of tobacco-juice into the antechamber, advanced his foot, balanced himself, and began, -- "You see, M.
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An entrance in its southern wall gives access to a decorated antechamber. Its decoration represents the tomb owner sitting in front of the offering table on the south and north walls.
A double tomb dating back to the fifth dynasty uncovered at Pyramids of Giza
Assessing telltale signs such as the depth of the inner chamber from the antechamber, however, Mijares thought humans had used the cave much earlier than that.
Homo luzonensis
Her narrow room suggested an antechamber to somewhere else, supervised by the young Queen wearing star and garter over turquoise satin.
MORNING SERIAL
She was in the antechamber of death for daring to commit "blasphemy" against the Prophet Muhammad.
MEP expresses concerns over EU Commission funding Pakistani extremists
The three arched-entrance of the mosque opens to an antechamber further leading to the main prayer hall.
Mystic women of Sindh
And it's now been 54 years that Turkey has been waiting in the antechamber of the EU," Erdogan further added.
President: Turkey 'Seriously Tired' of Waiting to Become EU Member
Carnarvon asked: "Can you see anything?" Carter replied with the famous words: "Yes, wonderful things!" The next several months were spent cataloguing the contents of the antechamber before finally, in February 1923, Carter opened another sealed doorway.
Without Carter's determination the treasures of King Tut may never have seen the light of day; WE LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS IN HISTORY - THE TOMB OF KING TUTANKHAMUN
In Barcelona, shouts of "independence!" and "democracy!" rose from an antechamber where hundreds of onlookers, including dozens of regional mayors, had gathered.
Spain's Senate gives central government unprecedented powers to take over Catalonia
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