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  1. didactically
    in a didactic manner
    ’It was a common punishment in Imperial China,’ said O’Brien as didactically as ever.
  2. impalement
    the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
    It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths.
  3. baize
    a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt
    All he noticed was that there were two small tables straight
    in front of him, each covered with green baize.
  4. premonitory
    warning of future misfortune
    A sort of premonitory tremor, a fear of he was not certain what, had passed
    through Winston as soon as he caught his first glimpse of the cage.
  5. interrogate
    pose a series of questions to
    The room where he had been interrogated by O’Brien was high
    up near the roof.
  6. envelop
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    But through the
    darkness that enveloped him he heard another metallic click, and knew that the
    cage door had clicked shut and not open.
  7. concave
    curving inward
    Fixed to the front of it was something that looked like a fencing mask,
    with the concave side outwards.
  8. interpose
    introduce
    He must interpose another human
    being, the body of another human being, between himself and the rats.
  9. burrow
    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
    Sometimes they burrow through the cheeks and devour the tongue.’
  10. partition
    separation by the creation of a boundary that divides
    The rats were fighting; they were trying to get at each other
    through the partition.
Created on 八月 16, 2011

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