Lucky Jim Glossary

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Tolerate

To barely withstand something

Loath

Unwilling to do something

Rhetorical

Asking a question in order to convey a significant impact rather than to receive a response

Oblivious

Not be aware of

Sentience

Feeling of subjectivity

Unfathomable

Incomprehensible

Self-containment

To keep things to oneself

Blackmail

Hold to ransom on the basis of revealing compromising information about a person

Alienate

Feel isolated

Acquainted

To know someone or have had some sort of a relationship with them

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