Winston and the girl with the dark hair arrange to meet in the midst of the crowd gathered in Victory Square. Just before they leave to go their separate ways, "…her hand felt for his and gave it a fleeting squeeze."
What does"fleeting"mean?
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Question #5
Winston and Julia know they cannot marry: "It was too remote to be worth thinking about. No imaginable committee would ever sanction such a marriage . . ."
What does"sanction"mean?
Question #2
Preparations for Hate Week are in full swing and the staffs of all the Ministries are working overtime: ". . .stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked."
What does"circulated"mean?
Question #7
Were there any words that you did not know?
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Question #5
O'Brien describes the difficult circumstances under which members of the Brotherhood work: "You will never have anything to sustain you, except the idea. You will get no comradeship and no encouragement. When finally you are caught, you will get no help."
What does"sustain"mean?
Question #3
The prisoners are kept in a state of dreadful unknowing: "Winston's entrails contracted. Soon, very soon, perhaps in five minutes, perhaps now, the tramp of boots would mean that his own turn had come."
What does"contracted"mean?
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Question #5
After crying out Julia's name, Winston "lay back on the bed and tried to compose himself. What had he done? How many years had he added to his servitude by that moment of weakness?" What does 'servitude"mean?
Question #2
Winston is a regular at the Chestnut Tree caf�. He drinks glass after glass of gin, even though "..the smell of gin, which dwelt with him night and day, was inextricably mixed up in his mind with the smell of those . . ."
What does"inextricably"mean?
Question #7
Winston decided to begin a diary on this particular day because of an incident with O'Brien, which "happened that morning at the Ministry, if anything so nebulous could be said to happen."
What does"nebulous"mean?