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Bouleversement
Part of Speech: noun
Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
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hall
Part of Speech: noun
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            1.                                             A                                                         building                                                         or                                                         room                                                         of                                                           considerable                                                         size                                                         and                                                           stateliness,                                                         used                                                         for                                                           public                                                           purposes;                                                         as,                                                           Westminster                                                           Hall,                                                         in                                                         London.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         vestibule,                                                         entrance                                                         room,                                                           etc.,                                                         in                                                         the                                                         more                                                         elaborated                                                           buildings                                                         of                                                         later                                                         times.                                    

            3.                                           Any                                                           corridor                                                         or                                                         passage                                                         in                                                           a                                                         building.                                    

            4.                                             A                                                         name                                                         given                                                         to                                                         many                                                         manor                                                         houses                                                         because                                                         the                                                           magistrate's                                                           court                                                         was                                                         held                                                         in                                                         the                                                           hall                                                         of                                                         his                                                         mansion;                                                           a                                                         chief                                                         mansion                                                         house.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                           college                                                         in                                                         an                                                         English                                                         university (                                                        at                                                         Oxford,                                                         an                                                           unendowed                                                           college).                                    

            6.                                           The                                                         apartment                                                         in                                                         which                                                         English                                                         university                                                           students                                                         dine                                                         in                                                           common;                                                         hence,                                                         the                                                         dinner                                                         itself;                                                         as,                                                           hall                                                         is                                                         at                                                         six                                                           o'clock.                                    

            7.                                           Cleared                                                         passageway                                                         in                                                           a                                                           crowd; -                                                         formerly                                                         an                                                         exclamation.                                    

            8.                                           The                                                         chief                                                         room                                                         in                                                           a                                                         castle                                                         or                                                         manor                                                         house,                                                         and                                                         in                                                         early                                                         times                                                         the                                                         only                                                           public                                                         room,                                                         serving                                                         as                                                         the                                                         place                                                         of                                                         gathering                                                         for                                                         the                                                           lord's                                                         family                                                         with                                                         the                                                           retainers                                                         and                                                           servants,                                                         also                                                         for                                                           cooking                                                         and                                                         eating.                                                         It                                                         was                                                         often                                                           contrasted                                                         with                                                         the                                                         bower,                                                         which                                                         was                                                         the                                                           private                                                         or                                                         sleeping                                                         apartment.
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Put a light in the hall window." - "Three Comedies", Björnstjerne M. Björnson Commentator: R. Farquharson Sharp.
Then she turned and ran down the hall. - "Mezzerow Loves Company", Floyd L. Wallace.
There's more out in the hall. - "Sunny Boy in the Country", Ramy Allison White.
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