welter
(en)
(verb) writhe toss / (verb) wallow / (verb) to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves / (verb) to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved / (verb) to be in turmoil / (noun) a state of wild disorder; turmoil / (noun) a chaotic mass or jumble
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Richie survived in a welter of muted confusion.
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4 months, 1 week ago
Richie survived in a welter of muted confusion.
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4 months, 1 week ago
officious
(en)
(adjective) kind obliging / (adjective) dutiful / (adjective) volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed; meddlesome / (adjective) informal unofficial
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Nettie accepted my mother’s labour not as a young woman might watching an older one in order to learn how to do it herself, but rather like a child being temporarily saved by a somewhat officious older sister.
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4 months, 1 week ago
Nettie accepted my mother’s labour not as a young woman might watching an older one in order to learn how to do it herself, but rather like a child being temporarily saved by a somewhat officious older sister.
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4 months, 1 week ago
scrim
(en)
(noun) a durable plain-woven usually cotton fabric for use in clothing, curtains, building, and industry / (noun) a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted / (noun) something likened to a theater scrim
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This image now pushed through the scrim of half-conscious thought, and quickly developed itself.
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4 months, 1 week ago
This image now pushed through the scrim of half-conscious thought, and quickly developed itself.
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4 months, 1 week ago