I would like to know what "ungenerously, wishing I could help her" means in the following sentences: ‘I don’t mean to pry.’ She shifted, visibly uncomfortable, vulnerable even, but not nearly as much as me. ‘Tell me honestly – does Janusz have another girl?’ A part of me wanted to laugh out loud...

I would like to know what "as soon as you can" means in the following sentences: ‘I know you are not in the Party,’ he said, his voice barely more than a whisper, ‘and it’s too late to join now anyway. Even if you wanted to.’ He lowered his eyes, maybe embarrassed by what he was about to propose...

In the following sentence (from a story called Messenger by A. Blackwood): Nothing upon the earth— familiar, friendly, well-known, little earth—could have brought this sense that pressed upon the edges of true reverence. What is the meaning of "little earth"? Also, is the "edges of true reverence"

In Stephan King's novel, "The Shining", there seems to me to be a correlation between the weather and the sanity of Jack Torrace. Namely, as the Torrace family becomes more isolated (i.e. people from the hotel are leaving), the closer Jack gets to insanity and the more powerful and violent the st...

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