One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

why is the dash in the following quotation a key syntactic choice? "her [big nurse]face is smiling,pitying,patiennt,and disgusted all at once-a trained expression." Chief

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The operating meaning is that the Nurse trained herself to be the way she is. She has learned how to manipulate patients and wheeled power behind complex facial expressions.