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Slowly or lazily p.37
"...but I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb county school system..." |
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Oppressive use of power p.38
"...my first year of school had wrought a change in our relationship: Calpurnia's tyranny, unfairness[...]had faded to gentle grumbling of general disapproval." |
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Cautiously p.38
"Jem looked around, reached up, and gingerly pocketed a tiny shiny package." |
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Detestable p.40
"He had discarded the abominable blue shorts..." |
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| Somebody who can't go to heaven, if you walk through them you become one. p.41 "You act like you believe in hot steams." |
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| Settled a dispute between to parties. p.41 "Jem arbitrated, awarded me first push..." |
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| Sad, gloomy, depressing p.44 "It was a melancholy little drama..." (the Boo Radley play) |
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| Suppressing p.45 "Through all he head shaking, quelling of nausea and Jem yelling, I had heard another sound..." |
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| Deliberately take no part in. p.46 "But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for a while." |
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| Mild and gentle in its effect. p.47 "...she was only another lady in the neighborhood, but a relatively benign presence." |
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| Understood or implied with out having to be put in words. p.47 "Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn..." |
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| Kindness and helpfulness. p.48 "Miss Maudie's benevolence extended to Jem and Dill whenever they paused in their pursuits..." |
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| Preoccupied with gloomy and unpleasant things. p.48 "What a Morbid question[!] " |
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| Silly, stupid. p.55 "We were not to play an asinine game he had seen us playing or..." |
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| Being an uplifting influence on the mind of. p.55 "No" said Adicus "putting his life's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood." |
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| Making unimportant objections p.55 "Jem decided their was no point quibbling." |
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