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Definitive

"The definitive edition of . . ."

Incorrigible Sweltering

". . . when I proceeded to talk my way through the next class, he assigned me a second essay . . . `An Incorrigible Chatterbox'" (11). "It's sweltering. Everyone is huffing and puffing, and in this heat I have to walk everywhere" (12).

Annex Divan

" The door to the right of the landing leads to the `Secret annex' at the back of the house" (23).

"A lamp has been mounted above my divan bed sso tht in the future, . . ." (36).

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Contingent

"The male members of the Van Daan contingent . . ." (37).

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Incessant

"I'm continually being scolded for my

incessant chatter when I'm upstairs"

(37).

Diffidence

"Somehow we landed on the subject of Pim's extreme diffidence" (45).

Abide

"As you know, I'm quite the jealous type, and I can't abide her behavior"

(49).

Paragon

"Not to that paragon of virtue"(50)!

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Branded Shorn

"Escape is almost impossible; many people look Jewish, and they're branded by their shorn heads" (54). "Escape is almost impossible; many people look Jewish, and they're branded by their shorn heads" (54).

Lamentations

"But that's not the end of my

lamentations" (55).

Draws Melancholy

"Tomorrow we're going to light the stove for the first time . . . Let's hope the thing draws" (59)!

"And what would be the point of turning the Secret Annex into the Melancholy Annex

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Pales

" . . . it pales in comparison to the suffering I've just told

you about" (71).

Taboo

"In these times of scarcity, tossing away

a piece of paper is clearly taboo!" (72).

Denounced

"It gave me such a funny feeling, as if I'd

denounced them to the authorities and was now spying on their misfortune" (77).

Derision

""I couldn't bear their sympathy or their good-humored derision" (81).

Fatalistic

""Mrs. Van D. claims she's fatalistic. But who's the most afraid when the guns go

off?" (84).

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Resolute

Advocate

Lax Clandestine Incensed Pedantic

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"Her resolute answer to his grumbling was, `After all, Anne is not

an ex-soldier!'" (87)

"May I introduce: Mama Frank, the children's advocate! . . . you name it, and mother defends the younger generation"

(88).

"Dussel is terribly lax when it comes to

obeying the rules of the house" (90).

"What's a clandestine radio when there are already clandestine Jews and clandestine

money?" (105)

"I was incensed and wasn't about to let myself be put off like

that" (108).

"Anyone who's so petty and pedantic at

the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to

change" (110).

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Tumultuous Veritable

"Yesterday was a very tumultuous day, and we're still all wound

up" (113).

"I mentioned something to that effect while we were doing the dishes and Mr. Dussel launched into a veritable tirade"

(116).

Harangue

"Mrs. Van d and Dussel continued their harangue . . . "

(116).

Capitulated

"Here is some of the best news of the war

so far: Italy has capitulated" (133)!

Articulate

"I have my own own ideas, plans and ideals, but am unable to articulate them yet" (142).

"At the moment the

Tempestuous tempestuous quarrels

have subsided" (144).

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Deliberation

"After long deliberation, I finally came up with a idea,

something funny" (151).

Impasse

"The war is at an impasse, spirits are

low" (153).

Mercurial Chastise Diligent

" ? those whom I, with my mercurial

termperament, had hurt or offended ? "

(158) "Then I'd chastise myself for playing the victim, when really, I'd always been so fortunate" (168).

"Although I'm extremently diligent when it comes to my schoolwork . . . I still spend many of my Sundays sorting out and looking over my movie-star collection,

. . . : (176).

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Proverbial Sages

Raptures Magnanimous

Irrevocably

"Going underground has become as routine as the

proverbial pipe and slippers that used to await the man of the house after a long day

at work" (178). "And no one, especially not the idiotic sages around here is capable of understanding us . . "

(202) "I keep hoping to discover that he's dying to see me , and I'm in raptures when I notice his bashful attempts" (208). "I would never have refused anyone who wanted to peek at my

answers, I was magnanimous with

my candy, and I wasn't stuck up"

(208). "Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has, irrevocably come to a close" (209-210).

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