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Questions regarding the meaning of certain terms or phrases used in a work of literature. If your question concerns the symbolic significance of something whose surface meaning is clear, use the [symbolism] tag instead. Please add specific tags as well: for the author (if known), the language (if not English), and either the work itself (if long) or the [poetry] or [short-stories] tags for short works.
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What does "an appeal, a right violated and invoked" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "an appeal, a right violated and invoked" means in the following sentences:
I stood.
‘I need to go,’ I said, knowing it was true. Your face, your limbs –
it was as if your e …
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What does "I’d lost" mean in this context? [closed]
In this part, I wonder "I lost you" is somehow connected to the fact that he was literally lost (he could not grasp where he was in the forest), or is trying to deliver the meaning that he lost his lover …
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What does "the same faces" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "the
same faces" means in the following sentences:
That afternoon Hania said she was preparing a surprise for us; after
lunch she and Agata went out with two empty baskets. …
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What does "the gigantic gates and lines of soldiers that protected the castle that was the S...
I would like to know what "the
gigantic gates and lines of soldiers that protected the
castle that was the Soviet embassy" means in the following sentences:
We whizzed off, speeding seamlessly and ef …
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What does "And it won’t be weird with Hania? Coming on to" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "And it won’t
be weird with Hania? Coming on to you?" means in the following sentences:
You stopped and looked at me with a consolatory smile. ‘Don’t worry,
this one is easy …
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What does "look a little … something." mean in this context?
I would like to know what "You look a little … something." means in the following sentences:
You and Maksio reached her just as the song came to an end, a storm of
cheers and congratulations raging t …
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What does "I wished it could be us out there." mean in this context?
I would like to know what "I wished it could be
us out there." means in the following sentences:
‘Goodness,’ sighed Karolina, rolling her eyes, ‘doesn’t he tell you
anything? Maksio and Hania are sib …
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What does "quick, light beats prepared the room, gathered our attention, ecstatic, simple an...
I would like to know what "At once a string of
quick, light beats prepared the room, gathered our
attention, ecstatic, simple and single-minded." means in the following sentences:
And then the music …
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What does "I pressed her against me" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "I pressed her against me" means in the following sentences:
We had another drink and had just started to move to the music when an
arm snaked itself around my waist from be …
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Does "bottles" refer to alcoholic drinks in this passage?
I would like to know what "bottles" means in the following sentences:
We followed him through a wood-panelled corridor into a large room
filled with smoke and people. Music blasted throughout the pla …
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What does "I need to check on somebody" mean in this context?
I would like to know what "I need to check on somebody." means in the following sentences:
We followed him through a wood-panelled corridor into a large room
filled with smoke and people. Music blast …
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In this passage from Swimming in the Dark, what does "arched back defined" mean?
I would like to know what "Your arched back defined" means in the following sentences:
Afterwards you got up and switched on the radio, sitting on your
haunches, turning the tune button.
Your arched …
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In this passage from "Swimming in the Dark", does "came through to the corridor with me" mea...
I would like to know what "came through to the corridor with me" means in the following sentences:
‘No, thank you,’ you said, waiting for her to stop. ‘I won’t trouble
you for long. Ludwik told me yo …
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Does "pact you’ve made with yourself" refer to a concession or agreement in this passage?
I would like to know what "pact you’ve made with yourself" means in the following sentences:
‘Did you hear?’ he said with his smoker’s voice, almost immediately
after picking up the phone. ‘The ZOMO …
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What does "searching the flats and offices, returning to interrogate the man and the woman a...
So I wanted to ask you whether "flat" here has a different meaning.
Also, I would like to know what "details" mean here. …
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