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| "There was a touch of paternal contempt in his voice" |
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| adj. of, like, or from a father |
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| "there is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around" |
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| "and pursued the rest of their way in slow black rivulets" |
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| "I could see nothing sinister about him" |
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| adj. wicked; threatening harm |
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| "traversed the gravel softly" |
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| v. to pass over, across, or through |
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| "a white ashen dust veiled his dark suit" |
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| adj. like ashes, esp. in color |
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| "a persistent undergraduate given to violent innuendo" |
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| n. sly remark, usually derogatory |
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| "the dispute ended in a short struggle" |
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| "the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock" |
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| "he had committed himself to the following of a grail" |
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| "Well, I married him,' said Myrtle ambiguously." |
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| "what do you think? He demanded impetuously." |
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| n. one who makes or sells liquor illegally |
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| "duck trousers of a nebulous hue" |
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| "repairing the ravages of the night before" |
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| "Mr. Gatsby would be a florent and corpulent person in his middle years" |
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| "Gatsby's car lurched up the rocky drive" |
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| "the sauntered over to my house" |
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| "he wasn't on the veranda" |
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| n. an open porch, along the outside of a building |
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| "he smiled with jovial condescension" |
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| "breaking through his punctilious manner" |
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| adj. very precise about behavior |
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| n. a hard outer layer or covering |
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