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(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier

(noun) a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft) / (noun) one that serves to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit

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Missouri, the country's cartographic linchpin

—p.13 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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Missouri, the country's cartographic linchpin

—p.13 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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assistance and support in times of hardship and distress

18

why give political succor

—p.18 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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why give political succor

—p.18 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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lee (en)

the sheltered side; the side away from the wind

26

We were standing in the lee of an eatery

—p.26 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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We were standing in the lee of an eatery

—p.26 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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form or shape

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but the office gestalt was hawkish

I assume he's using the word in the German meaning here; it also has related meanings in psychology and other fields

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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but the office gestalt was hawkish

I assume he's using the word in the German meaning here; it also has related meanings in psychology and other fields

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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(adj) hostile, obstructive

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generally inimical to bell-bottomed, lefty film-studies majors

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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generally inimical to bell-bottomed, lefty film-studies majors

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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(adjective) constituting a class alone; unique peculiar

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My memory of that shriveling and rolling was sui generis, distrinct from my other memories.

—p.38 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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My memory of that shriveling and rolling was sui generis, distrinct from my other memories.

—p.38 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

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their pleasures were insufficiently trammeled by conscience and responsibility

—p.94 Centrally Located (85) by Jonathan Franzen
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their pleasures were insufficiently trammeled by conscience and responsibility

—p.94 Centrally Located (85) by Jonathan Franzen
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(noun) a strengthening crossbar, in particular one set above a window or door

109

Some of the rooms had transoms that Manley or Davis could climb through.

—p.109 Centrally Located (85) by Jonathan Franzen
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Some of the rooms had transoms that Manley or Davis could climb through.

—p.109 Centrally Located (85) by Jonathan Franzen
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the act of enhancing or exaggerating one's own importance, power, or reputation

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a lascivious, self-aggrandizing, grudge-bearing bore

one of those terms I always kinda knew but never confirmed by looking up

—p.146 The Foreign Language (117) by Jonathan Franzen
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a lascivious, self-aggrandizing, grudge-bearing bore

one of those terms I always kinda knew but never confirmed by looking up

—p.146 The Foreign Language (117) by Jonathan Franzen
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