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

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belie

Not even in his gait can he manage to belie his mother

—p.208 Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor (195) by Franz Kafka
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expiate

The sole expiation I can make is to beg your forgiveness

—p.188 The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole] (180) by Franz Kafka
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desuetude

Perhaps the affair had sunk somewhat into desuetude

—p.185 The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole] (180) by Franz Kafka
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abnegation

an unavoidable approach, but one that was palliated by the caution and self-abnegation with which I drew my conclusions

—p.183 The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole] (180) by Franz Kafka
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harrow

'Yes, the Harrow', said the officer, 'a good name for it. The needles are set in like the teeth of a harrow and the whole thing works something like a harrow [...]'

realised I had no clue what 'a harrow' was

—p.152 In the Penal Colony (150) by Franz Kafka
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