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Explanation
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Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw
me my first life line. (Para. 1) |
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She was our side’s answer to the richest white woman in
town. (Para. 2) |
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She didn’t encourage familiarity. (Para. 3) |
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| 4)She
was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known, and
has remained throughout my life the measure of what a
human being can be. (Para. 5) |
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| 5)
She spoke to Momma in that soft yet carrying voice, …
(Para. 6) |
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| 6)With
the unbalanced passion of the young, I hated her for showing
her ignorance to Mrs. Flowers. (Para. 7) |
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“Is”, Momma? “Is”? Oh, please, not “is”, Momma, for two
or more. (Para. 10) |
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But they talked, and from the side of the building where
I waited for the ground to open up and swallow me, … (Para.
10) |
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| 9)
One summer afternoon, sweet-milk fresh in my memory, she
stopped at the store to buy provisions. (Para. 14) |
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| 10)
“No, ma’am. Pride is a sin. And ‘cording to the Good Book,
it goeth before a fall.” (Para. 29) |
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Supplementary
reading:
Lesson
Seven Twelve Angry Men (Part One) in College English Book
III.
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