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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

‘a bitter satisfaction’ and ‘source’?

The road has not been resurfaced by the Edenfield Estate for twenty years now. He receives the repeated hammer-blows to the suspension with a bitter satisfaction. His life has been so punishing for so long that he has come to source his pride in his ability to endure hardship.

What’s the meaning of ‘a bitter satisfaction’ and ‘source’?
  

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The verb "to source" means to obtain something which is needed. As an adjective , this abuse is the source of his pride . "Bitter satisfaction" contrasts two emotions which logically don't go together.

  • The verb "to source" means to obtain something which is needed.
  • As an adjective , this abuse is the source of his pride .
  • "Bitter satisfaction" contrasts two emotions which logically don't go together.
  • He seems like a sort of *********.
  • He gets pleasure from pain.
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The verb "to source" means to obtain something which is needed.
As an adjective, this abuse is the source of his pride.

"Bitter satisfaction" contrasts two emotions which logically don't go together. He seems like a sort of *********. He gets pleasure from pain.

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