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=November 11th, YDAU - Gately and Joelle=

==Page 531==

'''boilermakers''' 
shots of whiskey chased with beer

'''keep''' 
i.e., the barkeep

==Page 532==

'''blotto''' 
extremely drunk

'''Cumberland''' 
This must refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_River Cumberland River], which flows into the Ohio near Paducah, in the western part of Kentucky, close to Joelle's home town of Shiny Prize (see page 237).

'''O.D.''' 
overdose

==Page 533==

'''metronome''' 
a time-keeping device for musicians, typically a pendulum-like machine that clicks to provide meter

'''caparison''' 
rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment

==Page 534==

'''a Type and a Symbol''' 
These words are used by Mr. Hooper to describe the veil he wears in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Minister's_Black_Veil "The Minister's Black Veil."]

==Page 535==

'''gregarious''' 
sociable

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'''slavering''' 
drooling

=☽ - Randy Lenz: Rats, Cats, and Dogs=

==Page 538==

'''Duster''' 
the Plymouth Duster was a sporty compact available from 1970 to 1976

'''12-gauge blast''' 
as from as 12-gauge shotgun

==Page 539==

'''loafer one''' 
presumably first step of the day, meaning Lenz never leaves Ennet House until after sunset

'''E.M.I.T.''' 
enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique

==Page 540==

==Endnote 224==

'''EZC''' 
i.e., "easy see"

'''NAL''' 
New American Library

'''Ticknor, Fields''' 
Ticknor and Fields was a publishing house eventually bought by Houghton Mifflin in 1880.

[[Subsidized Time|Y.T.M.P.]]

==Page 540 (cont'd)==

'''W-E''' 
west-east

'''trebled''' 
tripled in number or magnitude

'''Stegosaurus''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus dinosaur]

==Page 541==

'''verminal''' 
tending to breed vermin

'''cabbaging''' 
stealing

'''brisance''' 
the shattering effect of an explosive

==Page 542==

'''panoply''' 
a wide-ranging array of things

'''A Program of Attraction''' 
AA refers to itself as this, meaning that it doesn't need to advertise.

'''EST and Greenwich Mean''' 
Eastern Standard Time and Greenwich Mean Time, the latter of which is determined at the Prime Meridian, or 0º longitude

'''reseau''' 
a reference grid of fine lines forming uniform squares on a photographic plate or print, used to aid in measurement

'''DOW''' 
probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average Dow Jones Industrial Average]

'''NIKEI''' 
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225 Nikkei 225] index of the Japanese stock market

==Page 543==
'''Eurotrochaic''' 
neologism: Euro[pean] + trochaic; here, describing the alternating two-note sound of a European emergency siren (trochaic being the adjectival form of "trochee," a metrical foot of poetry comprised of two feet, stressed and unstressed)

'''winsome''' 
charming

'''diverticulitis''' 
inflammation of the pouches of the colon

'''gone rye''' 
i.e., gone awry

'''Principles of Psychology and the Gifford Lectures on Natural Philosophy''' 
"[http://www.giffordlectures.org/Author.asp?AuthorID=88 William James’s Gifford Lectures] of 1901–1902 have been heralded by some as the greatest lectures ever to be presented in the series and perhaps the most seminal of his works (alongside The Principles of Psychology). Published initially in 1902, [http://www.csp.org/experience/james-varieties/james-varieties.html The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature] has stood the test of time and been republished thirty-six times."

'''20-gram''' 
About .70 ounces, this is a lot of cocaine.

'''bonerfied''' 
bona fide

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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Maytag Quietmaster]]

'''ten-kilo''' 
about 22 lbs

'''Caldor-brand''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldor chain] of discount department stores in the US Northeast. The chain closed its last store in 1999.

'''Scopophobic''' 
Of scopophobia; the fear of being seen or stared at.

==Page 545==
'''Bing''' 
cocaine, usually referring to a line of the substance

'''phosphenes''' 
light sensations in the eyes when light is physically absent

'''apnea''' 
the tendency of mainly overweight people to stop breathing intermittently in their sleep

'''hone''' 
a whetstone used to sharpen blades

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'''R. Lauren''' 
Ralph Lauren

'''BYP''' 
Brookline Young People's AA group

==Page 547==

'''formulating''' 
forming

'''tattlemount''' 
tantamount

==Page 548==

=Early November, YDAU - Rodney Tine and the ''Samizdat''=

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'''District''' 
the District of Columbia

==Endnote 228==

'''O.N.R.''' 
perhaps the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research Office of Naval Research]

'''ambit''' 
sphere of operation or influence

==Page 548 (cont'd)==

'''twidgelling''' 
not a real word

'''NCA''' 
probably Northern California

'''Code-Five''' 
code for "stakeout in progress"

'''New Iberia LA''' 
a city about 50 miles southwest of Baton Rouge

'''apprised''' 
informed

'''pithed''' 
having had a needle stuck into the base of the skull

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'''U.S.O.''' 
Undercover Special Operations

'''P.E.T.s''' 
P.E.T. is the acronym for positron emission tomography, a kind of medical imaging technique; these are more commonly called PET scans

'''retinue''' 
a group of attendants, advisers, etc.

=November 9th, YDAU - Pemulis wanders the E.T.A. offices at night=

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'''magical thinking''' 
the correlation of actions and events in the absence of scientific proof

'''pre-Oedipal''' 
occurring prior to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex Oedipus complex] typically experienced from ages 3-6

'''cathexis''' 
defined as the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

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'''exhortation''' 
a speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises

'''greeble''' 
a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest

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'''Filene's''' 
a Boston-based [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filene%27s department store] (and chain), defunct since December 2011

'''chintzy''' 
cheap and low grade

'''Hal's Mumsly-Wumsly''' 
his mother, Avril Incandenza

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'''worsted''' 
firmly twisted yarn

=November 11th, YDAU - Lenz and Green Walking=

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'''RIJID-brand male hairspray''' 
appears to be a fictional brand of hairspray

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'''stepped on''' 
cut, as in weakened the potency of a drug by adding another substance

'''half-kilo''' 
about 1.1 pounds

==Endnote 231==

'''Manitol''' 
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannitol mannitol]

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'''lineskers''' 
lines of powdered cocaine assembled for snorting

'''"...go find a short pier..."''' 
and take a long walk, being the implication

'''aqua-line nose''' 
an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooknose aquiline nose]

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'''anileated''' 
annihilated

'''hemispasm''' 
spasm on half of the face

'''insousistent''' 
insouciant, meaning indifferent

'''aplomb''' 
self-assurance

'''skirling''' 
shrilly wailing

'''hackles''' 
the erectile hairs on the back of a dog which rise up out of fear or aggression

'''plumb''' 
exactly

'''to the maximus''' 
maybe just "the maximum" (or "the max"), but also perhaps more Wallace wordplay, as in the ''gluteus maximus'' (the largest of the muscles in the buttocks), and so a pain in the ass

'''myriadly''' 
countlessly

'''parallaxing''' 
The noun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax ''parallax''] is a visual term; the nonce participle "parallaxing" used to describe noises here, may be Lenz's way of referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect Doppler effect], analogous only in terms of issues of positional perspective, of the ''viewer'' of an object at some distance in the case of ''parallex'' and the ''hearer'' of a moving noisemaker (such as the siren on a speeding ambulance) in the case of the ''Doppler shift''.

'''crucifi''' 
Probably Lenz means "crucifixes."

'''crepuscular''' 
relating to twilight, or possibly the animals active at this time

'''threnody''' 
song of mourning for the dead

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'''To Project and to Swerve''' 
a pun on the police motto "To Protect and Serve"

'''hoovered''' 
inhaled

==Endnote 232==

'''benzoylecgonine''' 
the major metabolite of cocaine

'''ecgonine''' 
an organic chemical found naturally in coca leaves

'''nystagmus''' 
a rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball

'''benzoic acid''' 
the simplest of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylic_acid caroxylic acids]

'''spider angiomas''' 
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_angioma benign tumor]

'''rhinorrhagia''' 
bleeding from the nose

'''blepharospecticity''' 
This means something like "seeing through one's eyelids"

'''M.A.O.-inhibiting''' 
monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a chemical in potent antidepressants.

'''ballism''' 
another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballism hemiballismus]

'''oral labia''' 
the lips of the mouth

'''Paliacci''' 
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagliacci Pagliacci] (''Clowns''), an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), an Italian composer

'''priapism''' 
persistent, usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal

'''diuresis extremus''' 
Extreme production of urine and, thus, need to urinate. The correct Greek-Latin term should be ''diuresis extrema'', ''diuresis'' being a feminine noun.

'''phobophobia''' 
fear of fear

'''sociosis''' 
a neurosis that has to do with one's ability to deal with society

'''acne rosea''' 
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosacea rosacea]

'''rhinophyma''' 
a red nose caused by amassing of granulomas there

'''synergism''' 
the property of things working together

'''confabulation''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation formation of false memories]

'''garrulousness''' 
propensity to ramble

'''phasece''' 
?

'''lingual tendinitis''' 
inflammation of the muscles of the tongue

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'''sangfroid''' 
coolness of the blood (from French)

'''fob''' 
an ornament attached to a pocket watch by a chain

'''chamois''' 
Pronounced "shammy," this is a cloth or piece of leather used to shine a surface.

'''''Track and Flange''''' 
not a real magazine

'''flange''' 
a protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object

'''ergo''' 
Latin: therefore

'''''energois de vivre''''' 
Something like "life energy" or "life force;" although ''energois'' isn't a real French word, it might be pronounced like ''joie'' as in ''joie de vivre.''

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'''Estuarial crocodile''' 
the [http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Estuarine+crocodile estuarine (saltwater) crocodile]

'''Bonwit's''' 
a reference to the now-defunct upscale department store [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonwit_Teller Bonwit Teller]

'''A.D.A.''' 
American Dental Association

'''akido''' 
Lenz means [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido aikido].

'''valise''' 
a small piece of luggage

'''recurving''' 
i.e., recurring

'''t'ai-chi''' 
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji Taiji]

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'''mescal''' 
an alcoholic beverage distilled from a cactus

'''diphthongs''' 
occurrences of two adjacent vowel sounds in a word, e.g, poor, sour, coin

'''cableyarrow''' 
''Caballero'' (Spanish for "gentleman") is what he means.

'''''in vitro''''' 
Latin for "in glass," this term is used to refer to experiments that happen in test tubes. Lenz means ''in vivo'', i.e., ''in utero''.

=Hal Counts His Breaths=

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'''photosynthesizing''' 
turning light into energy, as plants do

'''Baobab tree''' 
a [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/baobab.htm tree] native to Africa and India

'''pride''' 
family of lions

=Lenz and Green, cont.=

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'''septum''' 
the cartilage separating the nostrils

'''reguiles''' 
i.e., regales (and simultaneously beguiles)

'''Shrangi-la''' 
Lenz means Shangri-La, the utopia of the novel ''Lost Horizon'' by James Hilton (1900-1954), a British author.

'''kamasupra''' 
Lenz is referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra].

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'''Fall River''' 
a city in Massachusetts about 50 miles south of Boston

'''poofta''' 
i.e., a poofter, a vulgar term for a male homosexual

'''intrepid''' 
fearless

'''fauna''' 
wildlife

'''Shawshine River''' 
also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawsheen_River Shawsheen]

'''ravacious''' 
This would seem to be a cross between "ravenous" and "rapacious."

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'''scat-piles''' 
piles of feces

'''feti''' 
plural of fetus

'''yrstruly''' 
yours truly

'''propitiating''' 
appeasing

'''diem''' 
Latin: day

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=Pre-dawn, May 1st, YDAU - Steeply & Marathe on the Pleasure Center=

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'''stereotaxy''' 
also known as "stereotaxis," this is three-dimensional brain imaging

'''Elder, Elders''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Olds James Olds], co-discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center#Experiments_on_rodents "pleasure center"]

'''plutonium-239''' 
a fissile isotope of plutonium

'''ablative surgery''' 

a treatment for neurological disorders involving freezing or burning of brain tissue

==Page 471==

'''Q-dopa''' 
not a real neurotransmitter

==Page 472==

'''MK-Ultra''' 
an actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA CIA mind-control experiment] starting in the 1950s and continuing well into the 1960s and possibly 70s

==Endnote 198==

'''''Orlikow et al. v. United States of America''''' 
This was a real case, and you can read the proceedings [http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/orli-01.htm here].

==Page 472 (cont'd)==

'''G.C.''' 
Government of Canada, perhaps

'''M.M.P.I.''' 
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a commonly administered psychological test designed to give an overview of personality, neuroses, etc.

==Page 473==

'''Millon's''' 
the [http://millon.net/instruments/MCMI_III.htm Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III], another psych inventory

'''Approception''' 
apparently not a real test

'''shiatsu''' 
a type of Asian massage

'''weal''' 
well-being

'''Turner, Bush, Casey''' 
Admiral Stansfield Turner was head of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. George H.W. Bush (later President) was CIA head from 1976 to 1977. William J. Casey was head from 1981 to 1987.

'''Langley''' 
the town in Virginia where the CIA is headquartered

'''pernicious''' 

subtly harmful

==Page 474==

'''divans''' 
couches or sofas

'''rutting''' 
heat, i.e., sexual excitement

'''N.S.A.''' 
National Security Agency

'''C7''' 
The C7 is a modified version of the American M-16 combat rifle. It's implied here that C7 was some kind of security apparatus, but there is no evidence that such a body existed.

'''emery board''' 
nail file

==Page 475==

=Gately Driving / Antitoi Brothers=

==Page 475==

'''princess-and-pea''' 
a reference to the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," wherein despite several mattresses, a princess can still feel a single pea below her

'''cluster migraines''' 
Cluster headaches and migraines are actually two distinct syndromes.

'''quiche''' 
a baked flan or tart with a savory filling thickened with eggs

'''feldspar''' 
a rock-forming mineral

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'''E.R.''' 
Emergency Room

'''Rebel Yell''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_yell battle cry] used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War

'''CITGO''' 
one of the [http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp major oil] companies. The neon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citgo_sign#The_Citgo_sign Citgo sign] described here is an iconic landmark in Boston.

'''70 kph.''' 
about 43.5 miles per hour

'''Father & Son Market...Riley's Roast Beef''' 
all of these are references to actual stores and clubs in Allston/Brighton, though many have closed or been renamed and some are on nearby streets and would not be visible to Gately as he drives down Comm. Ave.

'''CVS''' 
a large chain of [http://www.cvs.com/ drugstores]

'''75 k''' 
about 46.6 miles per hour

'''ς''' 
the Greek letter ''sigma'' as it appears in lower case at the ends of words

'''mysticetously''' 
in the manner of a baleen whale

'''cognomen''' 
a descriptive nickname

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'''tallboys''' 

16oz cans of beer

'''80 kph''' 
almost 50 miles per hour

'''Berklee School of Music''' 
a real school, one of the highest-prestige [http://www.berklee.edu/ music schools] in the U.S.

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'''tonic machines''' 
"tonic" is a (rapidly disappearing) Boston area term for carbonated soft drinks.

==Endnote 202==

'''argot''' 
slang, jargon

'''Escherian''' 
referring to the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher] (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist famous for his illustrations of repeated patterns and impossible structures. "Escherian signs" would seem to indicate signs that are confusing or impossible to follow.

==Page 478 (cont'd)==

'''Bread & Circus in Inman Square''' 
a real health food store on Prospect Street in Cambridge between Central and Inman Squares. The Bread & Circus chain was bought by Whole Foods, so this store is now operating as a Whole Foods.

'''microbiotic''' 
probably an intentional misspelling of macrobiotic; a macrobiotic diet primarily consists of whole grains, beans, and vegetables based on the Taoist principles of yin and yang

'''slalom''' 
to zigzag between obstacles

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'''madonnas''' 
statues of the Virgin Mary

'''bodegas''' 
small grocery stores, usually in Spanish-speaking neighborhoods that are also usually owned and operated by Spanish-speaking people

'''crèche''' 
a nativity scene

'''propinquous''' 
Probably what's intended is "propinquitous," meaning "proximal" or "nearby."

'''Chickens Fresh Killed Daily''' 
a reference to the prominent 'Live Poultry Fresh Killed' sign of the [http://bostonist.com/2007/09/07/mayflower_poult.php Mayflower Poultry Company] at 621 Cambridge Street, East Cambridge, about a half a mile from Inman Square.

'''Ryle's Jazz Club''' 
a reference to [http://www.rylesjazz.com/ Ryles Jazz Club] (no apostrophe) in Inman Square, Cambridge, at 212 Hampshire Street.

'''briar pipes''' 
a type of [http://www.tinderboxinternational.com/briar.htm pipe] for smoking

'''tympanum''' 
a, usually decorative, semicircular or triangular wall face above an entrance

'''Sancta Something''' 
perhaps a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancta_Sanctorum Sancta Sanctorum], a famous Italian side chapel

'''finials''' 
decorative ornaments placed on the apex of roofs

'''60 k''' 
about 37.3 miles per hour

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'''MF''' 
Millennial Fizzy

'''aerodyne''' 
a heavier-than-air aircraft deriving lift from motion

==Endnote 203==

'''solecism''' 
nonstandard or ungrammatical usage

==Page 480 (cont'd)==

'''viz.''' 
abbreviation for ''videlicet'' (Latin), meaning "namely" or "specifically" or "in other words"

'''CQBC''' 
not a real entity, but probably here denoting a French-Canadian radio station

'''sterno''' 
a fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol burned directly from the can

'''hobnail boots''' 
heavy-duty boots with hobnails, short, thick-headed nails used to protect footwear, on the soles to provide durability and traction on unfavorable terrain

'''monomitotic''' 
"Mitosis" is cell division, and Wallace is playing with words again: "monomitosis" could be the one-time-only splitting of a cell; in this case, the "cell" is a group of insurgents rather than the biological unit, and "monomitotic" might imply that once it splits (i.e., separates to accomplish its targeted task), it dissolves or disbands.

'''Gaspé Peninsula''' 
a [http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/canada/gaspe.html region] in northern Québec

'''U.S.A. Civic War hero's Boylston St. statue''' 
probably a reference the Robert Gould Shaw statue that Joelle van Dyne passes on p. 223. DFW appears to have moved the Shaw memorial from Beacon Street to Boylston Street.

'''''chiens-courants''''' 
French: running dogs, hounds

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'''interdicted''' 
prohibited with official authority

'''Van Buskirk of Montreal''' 
appears to be a fictional glass company

'''Provincial Autoroute 55''' 
Quebec north-south highway that runs from Shawinigan to Stanstead at the US border, where it connects with...

'''U.S.A. 91''' 
Interstate 91, which runs from New Haven, Conn, to Derby Line, Vt., at the Canadian border

'''Bellow's Falls VT''' 
a town off Route 91, about 70 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

'''credulous''' 
gullible

'''paisley''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_%28design%29 popular design] originating in Scotland

'''Nehru jacket''' 
A collarless jacket named for Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), first Prime Minister of India and father of Indira Gandhi

'''''école-spéciale''''' 
French: special school

'''Ste.-Anne-des-Monts''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-des-Monts,_Quebec city] on the north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec

'''''Va chier, putain!''''' 
French: Piss off, whore!

'''trop formidable''' 
French: too strong

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'''Basel''' 
a city of Switzerland about 50 miles north of the capital of Bern

'''''tu-sais-quoi''''' 
French: you know what

'''impost''' 
something imposed, as a tax or duty

'''notions''' 
miscellaneous small, useful items

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==Endnote 204==

'''Saprogenic''' 
of or pertaining to putrefaction or rotting

'''treacly''' 
sweet or sentimental

==Page 483 (cont'd)==

'''illicit''' 
illegal

'''IL NE FAUT PLUS QU'ON PURSUIVE LE BONHEUR''' 
French: It is no longer necessary to pursue happiness. Note: "on", translating as the pronoun "one", is often used in colloquial Québécois to replace "nous" ("we"). Also, "il ne faut pas", translating word-for-word as "it is not necessary", is very often used imperatively to mean "one should/must not" or "do not". So, the line on the cartridge could also translate as "we must stop pursuing happiness".

==Page 484==

'''domestic''' 
a person hired to perform household tasks, e.g., cleaning

'''125-kilo''' 
about 276 lbs

'''variegated''' 
streaked or patched with multiple colors

'''defile''' 
a line of soldiers

'''ROPAS''' 
Portuguese: CLOTHES

'''glyph''' 
a symbolic figure that is usually engraved or incised

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'''union-suit underwear''' 
one-piece long undergarments

'''chiens''' 
French: dogs

'''stelliform''' 
in the form of a star

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'''transperçant''' 
French: "stabbing or piercing," but also "transfixing"

'''baguette''' 
a long roll of French bread

'''cerise''' 
deep red to purple in color

'''teratoid''' 
resembling a monster; monstrous (from Greek teras, terat- "monster.")

'''supplicant's''' 
beggar's

''''''n soir, 'sieur''''' 
an elision of ''bon soir, monsieur,'' i.e., "Good evening, sir" in French

''''''Malhereusement, ton collégue est décédé. Il faisait une excellente soupe aux pois.'''''' 
French: Sadly, your friend is dead. He made an excellent pea soup.

on p. 425, Marathe outlined a hypothetical in which two people both wanted a Habitant ''soupe aus pois'' that belonged to someone who had recently died

''''''Non? Ou c'était toi, faisait-elle?'''''' 
French: No? Or was it you that made it?

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'''wangs''' 
slaps or bangs against

'''''frère''''' 
French: brother

'''sphincter''' 
Any muscle in ring form, here it means the anus, which has failed Lucien by allowing him to soil himself

'''''ne pas plaisanter''''' 
French: not pleasure

'''''iront paître''''' 
Frennch idiom: They'll pack up and head out.

'''''entend-il?''''' 
French: Does he hear?

'''repast''' 
meal

'''maxillofacial''' 
relating to the jaw and face

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'''''inutile''''' 
French: useless

'''leonine''' 
resembling a lion

'''natal''' 
like a baby's

'''aphonia''' 
loss of or inability to speak due to damage to or disease of the larynx

'''aphrasiac''' 
the inability to speak words in intelligible order

'''half-cellular''' 
half consisting of living cells, i.e., half-dead

'''Chic-Choc lakes''' 
the Chic-Choc mountains are in the Gaspé Peninsula

'''Cap-Chat''' 
a town in the Gaspé Peninsula

'''culcate''' 
neologism perhaps stemming off of inculcate, here meaning implanted

'''inguinal canal''' 
a passage in the lower front part of the abdominal wall

'''sigmoid''' 
the sigmoid colon is the part of the large intestine closest to the rectum

'''muskie''' 
short for "muskellunge," a type of fish

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