One day, when a neighbour called and sat in the kitchen with them having tea, Eilis realized that her mother and Rose were doing everything to hide their feelings. The neighbour, almost casually, as a way of making conversation, said: “You’ll miss her when she's gone, I'd say.”

an edgeways motion

Coordinate term: anticonstitutionality

The coup d'etat also constituted an iron curtain for the social scientists.