Day 83 (July 29th)

Words

• domestication

Expressions

1. It did not have the tone, or the style, or ________(修辞烘托) of his early years of love, and his argument was so rational and ________(恰如其分) that the scent of a gardenia would have been ________(不合时宜).

2. In a certain sense it was ________(最接近商务信件的文书) he had never been able to write.

3. Years later, a typed personal letter would be considered almost an insult, but at that time the typewriter was still ________(办公室里的一头猛兽) without ________(它专属的道德规范 [尤指职业的]), and its domestication for personal use was not foreseen in the books on etiquette.