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Sophie's Choice
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- This manuscript arrived especially tacky and dogeared, having been submitted—according to the author in a letter—to Harper, Simon & Schuster, Knopf, Random House, Morrow, Holt, Messner, William Sloane, Rinehart, and eight others.
p. 7.5according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- It was Hoss who, having observed the effectiveness of a crystallized hydrocyanic compound called Zyklon B when used as a vapor on the rats and the other verminous creatures that infested Auschwitz, suggested this means of liquidation to Eichmann, who, according to Hoss, jumped at the idea, though he later denied it.
p. 162.9
- Bernard Lapidus, according to Mr. Field as he fondled his Chivas Regal, had prospered through the Depression years of the thirties manufacturing embossed plastic ashtrays.
p. 180.4
- Her family which, despite the cool and civilized veneer, according to Leslie, is a waxwork gallery of monsters.
p. 192.6
- According to the story, Bilbo—whose face and utterances had saturated the media during the war years and those immediately following—had been admitted to the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans to undergo surgery for cancer of the mouth.
p. 205.1
- So I put my voice under control and said, 'Herr Kommandant, I know I can't ask much for myself and you must act according to the rules.'
p. 309.8
- She was some looker, according to the people at the trial in Lunenberg, even the prosecutors tipped their hats to that,
p. 364.1
- I have to act according to my conscience.
p. 403.6 *according to = based upon (in agreement with)
- It is hard to understand how he could have been blind to the fact that the great death-happening wrought upon the European Jews by the Nazis would descend like a smothering fog around his compatriots—a people loathed with such ferocity that only the precedence of an even more urgent loathing accorded the Jews was a rampart against their own eventual obliteration.
p. 411.8 *accorded = given (as special treatment not typically given to others)
- Although in the Gestapo prison rumors had tended to support Auschwitz as the place where they would eventually be shipped, she had hoped incessantly and prayed for a labor camp in Germany, where so many Poles had been transported and where, according to other rumor, conditions were less brutal, less harsh.
p. 523.4according to = as stated by; or in agreement with
- But these, according to Sophie, were the words he first said.
p. 526.7
- She had made a dumb tactical error in regard to Streicher (she knew she was dumb about National Socialism, but how could she have been expected to be able to gauge the extent of the jealousies and resentments, the squabbles and in-fighting and disaccord which reigned among the Party members of all ranks and categories?)†
p. 302.6disaccord = disagree; or not in agreement/harmony/unity withstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disaccord reverses the meaning of accord. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
Definitions:
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(accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(accord as in: reached an accord) an agreementIn this sense, accord can refer to a formal agreement (such as one written between two countries) or an informal agreement (such as an unvoiced consensus about what should be done).
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(accord as in: done of her own accord) mindThis sense of accord is typically seen in the form own accord or one accord.
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(accord as in: accord her the respect deserved) to give someone special treatment -- especially respect
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)