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=Joelle Cleans Her Room=

==Page 736==

'''B.Y.P.''' 
maybe Berkshire Young Professionals?

==Page 737==

'''Pokie''' 
apparently a childhood nickname for Joelle

'''fifth wall''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall "fourth wall"] is a term used in theater to describe the imaginary wall that separates the stage from the audience. The "fifth wall" could be an extrapolation of this concept, meaning a wall separating an actor from a critic, or separating two people sharing the same experience notably when viewing projected or broadcasted media.

==Page 738==

'''futon''' 
being a couch that opens into a bed

'''amniotic''' 
taking place ''in utero''

'''greebles''' 
There is such a thing as a [http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Greeble greeble], but probably not as Joelle means it. The real term, medically speaking, is "rheum."

"Greebles had been her [Joelle's] own mother's word for the little bits of sleepy goo you got in your eyes' corners." p. 738

'''basso''' 
having a very low voice

==Page 739==

'''Carefree''' 
a brand of sanitary pads

'''disdain''' 
dislike or hatred

==Page 740==

'''rancid''' 
rotten

'''oeuvre''' 
body of work

'''inbent''' 
directed inward

==Page 741==

'''s-boarded''' 
story-boarded

'''Everclear''' 
a brand of pure grain alcohol

'''Shoats''' 
young pigs

'''Boosters''' 
members of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28sports%29 booster club]

'''H.S.''' 
high school

'''YardGuard''' 
a brand name of [http://www.yardguardmosquito.com/ insect repellent]

==Page 742==

'''Vittorio's Bernini Room''' 
this would seem to be a museum name, but there is no museum by that name in the Boston area

Bernini's sculpture 'Ecstasy of St. Teresa' is located in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

'''herring''' 
i.e., a red herring — a distraction

==Page 743==

'''Legal Seafood up in Brookline''' 
[http://www.legalseafoods.com Legal Sea Foods], a chain that got its start in Inman Square, has a restaurant at 43 Boylston St., at the border of Brookline and within five miles of ETA.

==Endnote 309==

'''boniface''' 
an innkeeper

==Page 743 (cont'd)==

'''grouper''' 
a family of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper fish] including sea basses

==Page 744==

'''obtruding''' 
pushing something forward without invitation

'''tri-faceted''' 
three-sided

'''Albertan champagne''' 
an oxymoron — champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France

==Page 745==

'''Clift''' 
Edward Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was an American actor.

'''two meters''' 
about 6.6 feet

'''heliotropes''' 
plants that turn toward the sun

'''Candela''' 
From the SI: The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540×1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.

'''freezing point of platinum''' 
If the melting point of platinum is 3214.9 ° F, then at any temperature below this, it will be solid, i.e., frozen.

'''Bazin''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin André Bazin] (1918 – 1958) was an influential French film critic and film theorist.

'''Thomist''' 
ascribing to the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas]

'''''personalistes''''' 
One of the main currents of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-conformists_of_the_1930s non-conformist movement] in France in the 1930s, the ''personalistes'' school's main organ was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Mounier Emmanuel Mounier's] jouranl ''Esprit'', in which Bazin published film criticism. The aesthetic theory of the ''personalistes'' was formulated by [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maritain/#Aest Jacques Maritain]. For a discussion of Bazin's relation to Mounier see [http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro2.html this article].

'''Sagan''' 
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and host of a television show called ''Cosmos''.

'''Haplology''' 
the elimination of a syllable in a word when two consecutive, identical syllables occur, e.g., "probly" for "probably"

==Page 746==

''''the vapors'''' 
a euphemism for hysteria

'''Spielberg's old computer-enhanced celluloid things''' 
the ''Jurassic Park'' films

==Page 747==

'''Kahlua''' 
a coffee-flavored [http://www.kahlua.com/ liqueur]

'''blancmange''' 
a thick milk pudding

'''chickory''' 
usually spelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory], is used as a coffee substitute or additive in some places

'''thymus''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus bodily organ] that plays a role in immune function

=Marathe at Ennet House, cont.=

==Page 747==

'''subaltern''' 
a subordinate

'''"He had the great fatigue..."''' 
A less literal translation would be: "He was very tired..."

==Page 748==

'''"...to smack, to scag, and to H..."''' 
all the same thing, being street names for heroin

==Page 749==

'''bolt of death''' 
i.e., a deadbolt lock

'''Chit Chat Farms''' 
This is a real detox in Wernersville, Pa., about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

==Page 750==

'''chez''' 
a French preposition meaning "at the home of"

==Page 751==

'''''comment-on-dit?''''' 
French: How do you say?

'''45 kph''' 
almost 28 miles per hour

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
French: Fund for Registration and Placement

=Joelle Continues to Clean=

==Page 751==

'''katexia''' 
Just like when Joelle referred to CA newcomers as "catexic" on pg 707, there's no word "katexia" in any American dictionary, although Freud used "katexis" to refer to the process by means of which libido energy is tied or placed into the mental representation of a personality, idea, or thing." What would make more sense in context is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia], the weight loss and muscle atrophy caused by some chronic diseases.

==Page 752==

'''''Feeling Good''''' 
One of the key books on cognitive therapy for depression by David D. Burns, M.D., an American psychiatrist.

=Marathe's Intake, cont.=

==Page 752==

'''volubly''' 
to speak readily

'''M./Mlle.''' 
French: Monsieur/Mademoiselle, i.e., Mr./Ms., used because of Steeply's disguise

'''restenotic''' 
refers to restenosis, or the re-narrowing of blood vessels after initial stenosis

==Page 753==

'''spire''' 
steeple

'''''manche à balai''''' 
French: broom handle

'''''chanteur-fou''''' 
French: crazy singer

'''calculus''' 
here meaning simply "calculation"

'''Lopate''' 
The name is perhaps taken from Philip Lopate (born 1943), an American film critic.

'''''transpercé''''' 
pierced through

==Page 754==

==Endnote 315==

'''malentendu''' 
mishearing

==Page 755==

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==Page 736==

'''B.Y.P.''' 
maybe Berkshire Young Professionals?

==Page 737==

'''Pokie''' 
apparently a childhood nickname for Joelle

'''fifth wall''' 
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall "fourth wall"] is a term used in theater to describe the imaginary wall that separates the stage from the audience. The "fifth wall" could be an extrapolation of this concept, meaning a wall separating an actor from a critic, or separating two people sharing the same experience most notably experienced when viewing projected media.

==Page 738==

'''futon''' 
being a couch that opens into a bed

'''amniotic''' 
taking place ''in utero''

'''greebles''' 
There is such a thing as a [http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Greeble greeble], but probably not as Joelle means it. The real term, medically speaking, is "rheum."

"Greebles had been her [Joelle's] own mother's word for the little bits of sleepy goo you got in your eyes' corners." p. 738

'''basso''' 
having a very low voice

==Page 739==

'''Carefree''' 
a brand of sanitary pads

'''disdain''' 
dislike or hatred

==Page 740==

'''rancid''' 
rotten

'''oeuvre''' 
body of work

'''inbent''' 
directed inward

==Page 741==

'''s-boarded''' 
story-boarded

'''Everclear''' 
a brand of pure grain alcohol

'''Shoats''' 
young pigs

'''Boosters''' 
members of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_%28sports%29 booster club]

'''H.S.''' 
high school

'''YardGuard''' 
a brand name of [http://www.yardguardmosquito.com/ insect repellent]

==Page 742==

'''Vittorio's Bernini Room''' 
this would seem to be a museum name, but there is no museum by that name in the Boston area

Bernini's sculpture 'Ecstasy of St. Teresa' is located in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome

'''herring''' 
i.e., a red herring — a distraction

==Page 743==

'''Legal Seafood up in Brookline''' 
[http://www.legalseafoods.com Legal Sea Foods], a chain that got its start in Inman Square, has a restaurant at 43 Boylston St., at the border of Brookline and within five miles of ETA.

==Endnote 309==

'''boniface''' 
an innkeeper

==Page 743 (cont'd)==

'''grouper''' 
a family of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouper fish] including sea basses

==Page 744==

'''obtruding''' 
pushing something forward without invitation

'''tri-faceted''' 
three-sided

'''Albertan champagne''' 
an oxymoron — champagne comes only from the Champagne region of France

==Page 745==

'''Clift''' 
Edward Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was an American actor.

'''two meters''' 
about 6.6 feet

'''heliotropes''' 
plants that turn toward the sun

'''Candela''' 
From the SI: The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540×1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.

'''freezing point of platinum''' 
If the melting point of platinum is 3214.9 ° F, then at any temperature below this, it will be solid, i.e., frozen.

'''Bazin''' 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bazin André Bazin] (1918 – 1958) was an influential French film critic and film theorist.

'''Thomist''' 
ascribing to the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas]

'''''personalistes''''' 
One of the main currents of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-conformists_of_the_1930s non-conformist movement] in France in the 1930s, the ''personalistes'' school's main organ was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Mounier Emmanuel Mounier's] jouranl ''Esprit'', in which Bazin published film criticism. The aesthetic theory of the ''personalistes'' was formulated by [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maritain/#Aest Jacques Maritain]. For a discussion of Bazin's relation to Mounier see [http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro2.html this article].

'''Sagan''' 
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and host of a television show called ''Cosmos''.

'''Haplology''' 
the elimination of a syllable in a word when two consecutive, identical syllables occur, e.g., "probly" for "probably"

==Page 746==

''''the vapors'''' 
a euphemism for hysteria

'''Spielberg's old computer-enhanced celluloid things''' 
the ''Jurassic Park'' films

==Page 747==

'''Kahlua''' 
a coffee-flavored [http://www.kahlua.com/ liqueur]

'''blancmange''' 
a thick milk pudding

'''chickory''' 
usually spelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory], is used as a coffee substitute or additive in some places

'''thymus''' 
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus bodily organ] that plays a role in immune function

=Marathe at Ennet House, cont.=

==Page 747==

'''subaltern''' 
a subordinate

'''"He had the great fatigue..."''' 
A less literal translation would be: "He was very tired..."

==Page 748==

'''"...to smack, to scag, and to H..."''' 
all the same thing, being street names for heroin

==Page 749==

'''bolt of death''' 
i.e., a deadbolt lock

'''Chit Chat Farms''' 
This is a real detox in Wernersville, Pa., about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

==Page 750==

'''chez''' 
a French preposition meaning "at the home of"

==Page 751==

'''''comment-on-dit?''''' 
French: How do you say?

'''45 kph''' 
almost 28 miles per hour

'''''Caisse de Dépôt et Placement''''' 
French: Fund for Registration and Placement

=Joelle Continues to Clean=

==Page 751==

'''katexia''' 
Just like when Joelle referred to CA newcomers as "catexic" on pg 707, there's no word "katexia" in any American dictionary, although Freud used "katexis" to refer to the process by means of which libido energy is tied or placed into the mental representation of a personality, idea, or thing." What would make more sense in context is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia], the weight loss and muscle atrophy caused by some chronic diseases.

==Page 752==

'''''Feeling Good''''' 
One of the key books on cognitive therapy for depression by David D. Burns, M.D., an American psychiatrist.

=Marathe's Intake, cont.=

==Page 752==

'''volubly''' 
to speak readily

'''M./Mlle.''' 
French: Monsieur/Mademoiselle, i.e., Mr./Ms., used because of Steeply's disguise

'''restenotic''' 
refers to restenosis, or the re-narrowing of blood vessels after initial stenosis

==Page 753==

'''spire''' 
steeple

'''''manche à balai''''' 
French: broom handle

'''''chanteur-fou''''' 
French: crazy singer

'''calculus''' 
here meaning simply "calculation"

'''Lopate''' 
The name is perhaps taken from Philip Lopate (born 1943), an American film critic.

'''''transpercé''''' 
pierced through

==Page 754==

==Endnote 315==

'''malentendu''' 
mishearing

==Page 755==

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