A Thousand Acres — Vocabulary
Jane Smiley
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THE MONOPOLY GAME ENDED with the news that Caroline and Frank had gotten married in a civil ceremony in Des Moines.†p.138.1alternate pages14 more

A little insurance for the yield, and the pleasure of driving that shiny red piece of machinery along the fencerow next to Cabot Street Road.p.231.7alternate pages5 more

I paused at the kitchen door and watched the unyielding back of his head for a few seconds.†p.67.1alternate pages5 more

So it was that Harold's accident and its aftermath got in everywhere, into the solidest relationships, the firmest beliefs, the strongest loyalties, the most deeply held convictions you had about the people you had known most of your life.†p.232.9alternate pages12 more

It's very old, I'm used to it, and most of the time, I'm better at cultivating inner peace.p.56.4alternate pages9 more

Simultaneously, we both realized that talking about my getting pregnant again was a dangerous enterprise.†p.259.7alternate pages10 more

If you really think he's going to come around and have remorse, then give him some time to think about it.†p.238.2alternate pages10 more

The impenetrable face of a hopeful girl, dressed in the unrevealing uniform of the time; her demeanor was sturdily virtuous.†p.226.9alternate pages7 more

After you've confided long enough in someone, he or she assumes the antagonism you might have just been trying out.†p.119.5alternate pages5 more

Rose said, "Aren't you having a good time, Ty?" in a sugary and deeply sarcastic voice, and Ty, taking her seriously, began, "Well, not really—" and the mere fact that he couldn't read her tone of voice was the last straw for me, and I said, "My God!" with evident exasperation.†p.140.4alternate pages5 more

The feeling of shame that was still animating my flesh with goading particularity and self-consciousness—it would be enough for that to dissipate.†p.210.1alternate pages6 more

There'd been no fiddling with that, which went to Ty's uncle, and amounted to about four hundred acres, no mortgage.†p.12.4alternate pages6 more

As hogs are far more inquisitive and destructive than dairy cattle, the plan was to install concrete partitions to about five feet, then wood frame walls above that.†p.253.9alternate pages5 more

Her habitual manner was one of amazement—that some right-minded Zebulon County person would actually let such a piece get away from the family, or else that some city person would actually pay what Dinah asked for it.†p.268.9alternate pages5 more

In Pete's worst years, it never seemed to occur to her to scale back her behavior, to seek fewer disagreements, or to be more conciliatory.†p.141.2alternate pages5 more

Most magically, tile produced prosperity—more bushels per acre of a better crop, year after year, wet or dry.†p.15.5alternate pages5 more

They stated that my father had chosen to avail himself of the revocation clause in the preincorporation agreement, which stated that Rose's and my shares in the farm were revocable under certain conditions of "mismanagement or abuse."†p.243.7alternate pages3 more

I wanted him to feel remorse and know what he did and what he is, but when you see him around town and they talk about him, he's just senile.†p.303.3alternate pages2 more

The Depression, for our family, was a time of careful consolidation of holdings through hard work, good luck, smart farming.p.23.3alternate pages2 more

It was terrifying to think of myself so obvious, so transparent.p.251.7alternate pages1 more