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Questions regarding the meaning of certain terms or phrases used in a work of literature. If your question concerns the symbolic significance of something whose surface meaning is clear, use the [symbolism] tag instead. Please add specific tags as well: for the author (if known), the language (if not English), and either the work itself (if long) or the [poetry] or [short-stories] tags for short works.
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What was "standard shift" in the 1920's?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and encountered these sentences:
"Shall we all go in my car?" suggested Gatsby. He felt the hot, green
leather of the seat. "I ought to have left it in the shade." "Is …
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What does "chafed" mean here?
I would like to know what "chafed" means in the following sentences:
"I like her," said Daisy, "I think she's lovely."
But the rest offended her—and inarguably, because it wasn't a gesture but an emo …
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What does "that most limited of all specialists" mean here?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and encountered these sentences:
There was so much to read, for one thing, and so much fine health to
be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air. I bought a doze …
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What does "the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty" mean here?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and came to be curious as to what "the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty" means in the following sentences:
His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful …
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What does "Am I sick?" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "Am I sick?" means in the following sentences:
“I mustn't! I mustn't! I'm nervous this afternoon. Am I sick? . . .
Good Lord, I hope it isn't that! Not now! How people …
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What does "an affront to the common store of life" mean here?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and would very much like to know what "an affront to the common store of life" means in the following sentences:
He set down the receiver and came toward us, glistening …
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What does "if we had room for him" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and would like to know what "if we had room for him" means in the following sentences:
"Biloxi?" He concentrated with an effort. "I didn't know him. He was a
friend of …
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What does "snow in the crevices of a boggy bank" mean here?
I would like to know what "snow in the crevices of a boggy bank" means in the following sentences:
Her cheek near his sleeve, she studied a dozen village pictures. They
were streaky; she saw onl …
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What does "The none too savory ramifications by which" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and came to be curious as to the meaning of "ramifications" and "by which" in these sentences:
Cody was fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada silver fields,
of the …
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What does "look a little … something." mean in this context?
I would like to know what "You look a little … something." means in the following sentences:
You and Maksio reached her just as the song came to an end, a storm of
cheers and congratulations raging t …
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What does "the master's body" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and finding it difficult to grasp what "The master's body" means in the following sentences:
...Through the hall of Buchanans' house blew a faint wind, carrying
the sou …
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What does "snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?
I am reading The Great Gatsby, and encountered these sentences:
The voice begged again to go. "Please, Tom! I can't stand this
any more." Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions,
whatever c …
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What does "our identity with this country" mean here?
Does "identity" have some special meaning that I couldn't guess?
I would very much appreciate your help. :) …
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What does "ought to make a good thing out of this" mean in "New Grub Street"?
I would like to know what "ought to make a good thing out of this" means in the following passage:
His utterance of the name ‘Mr Fadge’ sufficiently intimated that he had some cause of personal di …
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What does "I wished it could be us out there." mean in this context?
I would like to know what "I wished it could be
us out there." means in the following sentences:
‘Goodness,’ sighed Karolina, rolling her eyes, ‘doesn’t he tell you
anything? Maksio and Hania are sib …
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