'A poor teacher' - 'a phrase which here does not mean "a teacher who doesn't have a lot of money" but "a teacher who is obsessed with the metric system."
Page 58, Chapter 4, 'The Austere Academy', A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
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'A poor teacher' - 'a phrase which here does not mean "a teacher who doesn't have a lot of money" but "a teacher who is obsessed with the metric system."
Page 58, Chapter 4, 'The Austere Academy', A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
'Aberrant' - the word "aberrant" here means "very, very wrong, and causing much grief"
Page 162, Chapter 13, 'The Bad Beginning'. Lemony Snicket
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at the exact same price. A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. And a town not too far from where you live has a law that bars me from coming within five miles of its borders,
Page 153, Chapter 13, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket
'Insipid' - the word "insipid" here means "dull and foolish"
Page 141, Chapter 12, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket
'Pandemonium' - a word which here means "actors and stagehands running around attending to last-minute details."
Page 138, Chapter 12, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket
'Of two minds' - a phrase which here means "they felt two different ways at the same time."
Page 133, Chapter 12, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket
'Lamentably deplorable' - a phrase which here means "it was not at all enjoyable."
Page 128, Chapter 11, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket
'Incurring' - a word which here means "bringing about"
Page 127, Chapter 11, 'The Bad Beginning', Lemony Snicket