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mooing, the characteristic deep sound a cow makes
“From the grounds of the Internal and External Secretion Trust came the lowing of those thousands of cattle which provided, with their hormones and their milk, the raw materials for the great factory at Farnham Royal”(72). |
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crowding, surging, full of life and activity
“The approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulation of lower-caste activity”(73). |
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a waxlike substance that orginates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, and which is found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume
manufacture
“The air seemed hot and somehow breathless with the scent of ambergris and sandalwood”(76). |
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reparation for a wrong injury; reparation or expiation for sin
“And all at once a great synthetic bass boomed out the words which announced the approaching atonement and final consummation of solidarity , the coming of the Twelve-in-One, the incarnation of the Greater Being”(84). |
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the quality of teasing, playfully mischievous
“ ‘Well,’ Lenina enquired, with significant archness when they met next afternoon on the roof, ‘did you think it was fun yesterday?’”(92). |
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containing air; large, as if inflated (especially – in women – having large breasts and buttocks)
“ ‘Everyone says I’m awfully pneumatic,’ said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs”(93). |
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not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed; audacious, brazen, bold, blatant
“But Bernard remained unabashed”(94). |
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based on what is generally done; choosing to do what is socially acceptable at the expense of individuality and sincerity
“A man so conventional, so scrupulously correct as the Director – and to commit so gross a solecism!”(96). |
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diligently, thoroughly, with great attention to detail; very concerned to avoid doing wrong
“A man so conventional, so scrupulously correct as the Director – and to commit so gross a solecism!”(96). |
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a grammatical error in speech or writing; a breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior
“A man so conventional, so scrupulously correct as the Director – and to commit so gross a solecism!”(96). |
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