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G U I L T

-

60

HATE

It’s too ridiculous

and

indicates

guilt, rather than

innocence.

 

 

Tragedy, 11, 79

 

 

 

HANDSOME — LIGLY

Not that it was an ugly face; no, it might’ve been a handsome one, full of strength and will, and resolu­ tion.

Lorna, 114

It was a face that was neither handsome nor ugly, dis­ tinguished nor common.

Cross, 28

HAPPY — MISERABLE

He seemed to think it remarkable that he should be so miserable in exactly the same place where he had once been so happy.

Death, 205

... all that he positively knew was that Hilma occupied his thoughts morning, noon, and night; that he was happy with her, and miserable when away from her.

Octopus, 339

HARD — SOFT

A hard man with a can of beans — a soft man with the bones of his grandfather.

Cannery, 10 the harder the frost the softer the thaw.

Hatter's, 240

HATE— LIKE

Perhaps other women like work, but I hated it.

All Men, 441


HAT E

61

HEAVY

Do you think they like you?' ’ — “ No, I don’t. I think they hate us.’ 1

 

 

 

Cyanide,

76

 

 

HEALTH — SICKNESS

 

But waking

or

sleeping,

by night or day, in sickness

or health,

she is the one object of my care...

 

 

 

 

Curiosity,

18

As you know,

there’s always a wide margin between

the possible

and the

impossible, and there’s always

a wide margin between sickness and health.

 

 

 

 

Stoic,

308

HEAVEN — HELL

HEAVENLY — HELLISH

You fascinated me; but I loved you; so it was heaven; this sister of yours fascinates me; but I hate her; so it is hell.

Heartbreak, 172

... he had never done anything good enough to go to heaven, and he had never done anything bad enough to go to hell.

Some

Came,

639

They can know each other heavenly and

hellish...

so perfectly that they go beyond heaven and hell.

 

Women,

268

It only needs a cathedral to be a heavenly city instead of a hellish one.

 

Major, 91

 

HEAVY — LIGHT

His

head felt empty, light as air; his feet were heavy

as

lead.

Tomb, 272


H EAVY

- 62 -

Ig n o r a n c e

it would have been heavy to bear; but infinitely lighter than now...

Dombey, 356

HERE — THERE

There were ships of mail standing like ghosts in armour, here and there.

Curiosity, 11

One doesn’t get out of life by going here or there.

 

Marriage,

470

But this is

neither here nor there, and 1 must get

on

with my

story.

 

 

Lorna,

33

 

HIGH — LOW

 

I know so much about so many characters, high

and

low...

Bleak,

746

 

... a thing between himself and Warden that rank, whether high or low, would not appreciate.

From Here, 73

The public was profoundly concerned; they searched high and low. They dragged the river for his body.

Adventures, 203

High and low, all made fun of him.

Vanity, 52

IGNORANCE — KNOWLEDGE

It was no longer a simplicity of ignorance, but of supreme knowledge.

Octopus, 460

The journey from ignorance to knowledge of an individ­ ual student may remain a unique series of events whilst being controlled by a set of fixed rules.

Discovery, 181

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I N F E R I O R

ILL — WELL

But Margot knew that her husband was not well. He was ill.

Tomorrow, 301

I hope Phuong’s well,” he said, “ I have never known her ill .”

Quiet, 101

But whether he treated it well or ill, it loved nothing so much as to be near him.

Moreau, 134

IN — OUT

... these ruined shelters have bred a crowd of foul exist­ ence that crawls in and out of gaps in walls and boards...

Bleak, 231

People who had given up all hopes of ever getting either in or out...

Three, 68

1 had a thorough knowledge of all the ins and outs already.

Lorna, 290

INFERIOR — SUPERIOR

The inference of which is, that the aristocracy is the inferior, the people the superior race.

 

Snobs,

99

The common

man is the superior, not the inferior,

of

the titled

man.

 

Apple, 85


I N F E R I O R

64

-

JOY

The voice,

as Tollifer did not fail to note, was

not

exactly that of a superior

addressing an inferior.

 

 

 

Stoic,

75

The secret... is to cause every cast to fear its superiors and to be contemptuous of its inferiors.

From Here, 334

INWARD — OUTWARD

INWARDLY — OUTWARDLY

It had a crazy board fence around it, which leaned inward in places, and outward the rest of the time, but stood upright nowhere.

Adventures, 62

Then he conferred a moment with his assistant who listened with great outward deference but was In­ wardly rejoicing at the grand joke he would have to tell his fellow students.

Silver, 183

Outwardly they both walked placidly and sedately, but inwardly there surged in each a tide of pent-up feelings...

Hatter's, 62

... may be he wouldn’t even have laughed, either outward­ ly or inwardly.

Some Came, 1014

JOY — SORROW

 

The silent river that had known her sorrow and

her

joy.

189

T hree,

... and then I goes back to Mrs. Trotter and tells her, and she cries as hard for joy as she did for sorrow. .

Matrimony, 164

L A R G E

— 65 —

L E FT

LARGE — SMALL

... every other house in Barnet was a tavern, large or small...

Oliver, 93

... and at least thirty-five other gadgets, small and large, less expensive and more expensive.

Colonel, 216

LATE — SOON

You’d rather be twenty minutes too soon than one minute too late, wouldn’t you?

Wives, 323

Sooner or later he would be able to talk to her when no other person was around.

Live, 36

But sooner or later people will read it.

Fatherless, 196

LEAVE — TAKE

He knew these people needed men. If one didn’t take him, another would. This man could take him or leave him, just as he chose.

 

Sister, 386

Mr.

U n d e r s h a f t : You have my terms. Take them

or

leave them.

 

Major, 98

 

LEFT — RIGHT

Don’t you be afraid of my turning out of my way, right or left.

Bleak, 785

Dora paid grocery bills right and left for two years.

Cannery, 12

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L E F T

— B6 —

L I T T L E

She turned,

not to the right, which was

the direction

for home,

but to the left...

Hatter's, 134

 

 

 

LIE — TRUTH

 

And remember, the truth, however ashamed of it you

may be, is better than any

He.

211

 

 

 

Tragedy, 11,

... anybody... would

’a

’seen

that the old gentleman

was spinning truth

and

t ’ other lies.

 

 

 

 

Adventures,

401

LIGHT — SHADOW

... the fantastic girls parading by ones, by twos, with alert, ranging eyes, moved alluringly from light to shadow.

Night, 110

How could they know whether these patches of shadow and patches of light meant good or evil.

Say, 306

LITTLE — MUCH

He wondered how much or how little they knew...

All Men, 207

Other people care too little or else they care too much.

Live, 267

Chris had deduced more or less what had happened.

Fatherless,

121

... if anything she seemed to have more rather

than

less.

 

Some Came, 1166

L O A T H E

- 67 -

LOSE

LOATHE — LOVE

... she had renounced that which she loved and thrown herself into that which she loathed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wives,

123

If a man and woman have sinned,

let

them

go forth

into the

desert to love or

loathe each

other

there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman,

122

 

 

 

LONG — SHORT

 

 

 

 

... but art

is long and time is short.

 

Martin,

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... after a

period which

he

knew

not

to

be

long

or

short...

 

 

 

 

Hatter's,

484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

doubt,

the

fellow’s

wits were

turned.

That

was

the long

and

the short

of

it.

 

Octopus,

321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOOSE — TIGHT

...then came slopsellers’ shops, with Guernsey shirts, sou’wester hats, and canvas pantaloons, at once the tightest and the loosest of their order, hanging up outside.

Dombey, 163

That afternoon they finally changed the tight bandage and put on a looser.

Some Came, 658

LOSE — WIN

I ’ve lost and won more lawsuits than any man in Eng­ land.

Vanity, 82

Win or lose — nothing’s worse for public life than private ructions.

Spoon, 203

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