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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
by Simone de Beauvoir

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
by Simone de Beauvoir

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
by Simone de Beauvoir

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badinage (en)

(noun) playful repartee; banter

9

I attempted to provoke him to another display of brilliant badinage, but found no response

—p.9 by Simone de Beauvoir
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I attempted to provoke him to another display of brilliant badinage, but found no response

—p.9 by Simone de Beauvoir
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trammeled (en)

(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

194

The war had destroyed their security without freeing them from the trammels of class distinction; they were in revolt, but only against their parents, their family, and tradition.

—p.194 by Simone de Beauvoir
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The war had destroyed their security without freeing them from the trammels of class distinction; they were in revolt, but only against their parents, their family, and tradition.

—p.194 by Simone de Beauvoir
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divagation (en)

(verb) to wander or stray from a course or subject; diverge digress

267

There was no lack of sincerity in these divagations.

—p.267 by Simone de Beauvoir
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There was no lack of sincerity in these divagations.

—p.267 by Simone de Beauvoir
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