eipjoo
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- Nov 19, 2012
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- South Korea
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I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. If they did not love me, in fact, as little did I love them. They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in temperament, in capacity, in propensities; a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to their pleasure; a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at their treatment, of contempt of their judgment. I know that had I been a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child—though equally dependent and friendless—Mrs. Reed would have endured my presence more complacently; her children would have entertained for me more of the cordiality of fellow-feeling; the servants would have been less prone to make me the scapegoat of the nursery. (Jane Eyre)
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Unlike the other people-friendly adjectives, ‘exacting’ sounds to, on the contrary, make people worn out. What meaning of the word makes it put along with the other words?
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Unlike the other people-friendly adjectives, ‘exacting’ sounds to, on the contrary, make people worn out. What meaning of the word makes it put along with the other words?