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What does “the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty” mean here?

Apr 12 '18 at 10:50 Matt Thrower 13.2k

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What does “that most limited of all specialists” mean here?

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Apr 14 '18 at 12:46 DJohnson 345

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What does “the master's body” mean here?

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Mar 28 '18 at 9:48 Community♦ 1

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What does “chafed” mean here?

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Feb 26 '19 at 1:52 Community♦ 1

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What does “The none too savory ramifications by which” mean here?

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Apr 12 '18 at 19:08 heather 4,177

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What does “our identity with this country” mean here?

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Apr 16 '18 at 19:42 Aethelbald 162

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What does “snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts” mean here?

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Mar 31 '18 at 21:38 Spagirl 8,143

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What does “an affront to the common store of life” mean here?

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Aug 9 '18 at 8:16 Community♦ 1

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What does “which comes at the two changes of the year” mean here?

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Aug 8 '18 at 5:40 Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Monica 1,206

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What was “standard shift” in the 1920's?

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Feb 15 at 21:11 bobble 2,191

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What does “if we had room for him” mean here?

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Mar 28 '18 at 11:34 Community♦ 1

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What does “the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby’s grave” mean?

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Sep 1 at 2:31 Community♦ 1

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What does “snow in the crevices of a boggy bank” mean here?

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Aug 20 '18 at 10:18 Rand al'Thor♦ 50.6k

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What does “I wished it could be us out there.” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 18:08 scc 11

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What does “the facts about themselves” mean here?

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Apr 4 '18 at 10:50 Aethelbald 162

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What does “Hoo's fully resolved t' sew up meawth an' eend” mean in “Mary Barton”?

meaning elizabeth-gaskell mary-barton

Feb 15 at 0:42 bobble 2,191

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What does “An' hoo says hoo can tell when hoo's hurt” mean in this context?

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Sep 26 at 15:42 Rand al'Thor♦ 50.6k

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What does “Am I sick?” mean in this context?

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Aug 31 '18 at 18:26 muru 6,221

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How did the oil tank look like in Wilson's garage?

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Mar 27 '18 at 13:01 Community♦ 1

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What does “wade through its lunar landscape” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 8:45 Roger Smith 31

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What does “Behind it lay the nuns’ convent, their cloister with its orchards and grazing cows…” mean here?

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Dec 19 at 14:01 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “rather vaguely conceived sweetness and light” mean in this context?

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Aug 23 '18 at 15:48 Josh Friedlander 399

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What does “advertisements in mother-of-pearl letters upon the glass-covered back” mean here?

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Aug 18 '18 at 15:21 Pasta Addict 1,585

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What does “made notes for a little thesis” mean here?

meaning evelyn-waugh

Mar 24 '18 at 20:27 verbose 10.3k

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What does “ought to make a good thing out of this” mean in “New Grub Street”?

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Aug 30 '19 at 8:10 CinCout 708

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What does “tucked in below the ramparts of the faculty grounds” mean in this context?

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Feb 8 at 17:23 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “for bad's come over her” mean in this context?

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Aug 19 at 13:42 Peter Shor 5,380

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What does “whose shadows were all about her” modify in this text?

sinclair-lewis main-street

Dec 31 at 2:24 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “I’d lost” mean in this context? [closed]

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Dec 20 at 14:49 at_ 156

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What does “a prophecy I was unable to read” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 22:07 Gustavson 341

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What does “the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty” mean here?

What does “that most limited of all specialists” mean here?

What does “the master's body” mean here?

What does “chafed” mean here?

What does “The none too savory ramifications by which” mean here?

What does “our identity with this country” mean here?

What does “snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts” mean here?

What does “an affront to the common store of life” mean here?

What does “which comes at the two changes of the year” mean here?

What was “standard shift” in the 1920's?

What does “if we had room for him” mean here?

What does “the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby’s grave” mean?

What does “snow in the crevices of a boggy bank” mean here?

What does “I wished it could be us out there.” mean in this context?

What does “the facts about themselves” mean here?

What does “Hoo's fully resolved t' sew up meawth an' eend” mean in “Mary Barton”?

What does “An' hoo says hoo can tell when hoo's hurt” mean in this context?

What does “Am I sick?” mean in this context?

How did the oil tank look like in Wilson's garage?

What does “wade through its lunar landscape” mean in this context?

What does “Behind it lay the nuns’ convent, their cloister with its orchards and grazing cows…” mean here?

What does “rather vaguely conceived sweetness and light” mean in this context?

What does “advertisements in mother-of-pearl letters upon the glass-covered back” mean here?

What does “made notes for a little thesis” mean here?

What does “ought to make a good thing out of this” mean in “New Grub Street”?

What does “tucked in below the ramparts of the faculty grounds” mean in this context?

What does “for bad's come over her” mean in this context?

What does “whose shadows were all about her” modify in this text?

What does “I’d lost” mean in this context? [closed]

What does “a prophecy I was unable to read” mean in this context?