The talk in their little hamlet in the province of Cosenza, where the Lanzas had been known for generations for their fine castile soap, played up America as a place where accidents of birth didn't doom you to a lifetime of serfitude[…]
the bane of one's existence
Her appearance, her dress, her manners; what they were pleased to term her stand-offishness; her shortcomings as a housekeeper; her ignorance in the matter of mending under-linen; her novel-reading and piano- playing — all these had been toothsome morsels, far more enjoyable than the heavy pies, the thick chops, and the sardines which figured in that horrible Mesopotamian meal known as a thick tea; and had been picked to the very bone.
stand-offishness
thick tea;
the microbian theory
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