Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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variegated

emitting their variegated and mingled smells

—p.355 The Burrow (349) by Franz Kafka
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desuetude

Why do they hover up there, letting their legs, the pride of dogs, fall into desuetude

I think this was the part when I realised that this dog thought every other creature was also a dog

—p.317 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
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inimical

premature independence is inimical to systematic learning

(says the dog)

—p.315 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
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raillery

merely a way of speaking, a jest, a form of raillery

—p.311 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
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mandarin

a gathering of mandarins summoned hastily to discuss somebody's fine dream in a conference

—p.260 The Great Wall of China (253) by Franz Kafka
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