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Does “Like an unwritten piece of paper” mean like a paper that is literally blank in this passage?

Dec 19 at 17:22 bobble 2,191

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What does “There was so much I could not get enough of, so much I would never be able to grasp or possess, no matter how much I tried.” mean here?

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Dec 18 at 22:08 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “Behind it lay the nuns’ convent, their cloister with its orchards and grazing cows…” mean here?

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Dec 19 at 14:01 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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In this passage from Swimming in the Dark, what does “arched back defined” mean?

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Dec 19 at 17:09 Rand al'Thor♦ 50.6k

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What does “I was paralysed by possibility, caught between the vertigo of fulfilment and the abyss of uncertainty.” mean here?

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Dec 18 at 13:19 Gustavson 341

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What does “letting its current take over” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 17:23 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “a strong neck with a place made out for his Adam’s apple” mean here?

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Dec 17 at 9:11 verbose 10.3k

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What does “who spoke and lived in denial, destined” mean here?

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Dec 17 at 22:37 Gustavson 341

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What does “which gradually became the only thing we knew” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 20:39 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “I need to check on somebody” mean in this context?

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Dec 19 at 13:00 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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Does “a satisfaction in the forbidden, a challenge” mean a satisfaction in doing what is forbidden?

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Dec 19 at 17:29 bobble 2,191

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What does “referred from the centre for student accommodation” mean in this context?

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Dec 19 at 9:51 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “It made me think that throughout my life, up to this point, everything I’d done had felt either irrelevant or replaceable.” mean here?

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Dec 19 at 19:14 Gustavson 341

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What does “for each flat” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 8:51 verbose 10.3k

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Does “bottles” refer to alcoholic drinks in this passage?

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Dec 19 at 17:13 bobble 2,191

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Does “pact you’ve made with yourself” refer to a concession or agreement in this passage?

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Dec 19 at 17:20 bobble 2,191

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What does “searching the flats and offices, returning to interrogate the man and the woman and to take down their details” mean here?

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Dec 19 at 11:50 verbose 10.3k

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In this passage from “Swimming in the Dark”, does “came through to the corridor with me” mean they came out through the room to the corridor?

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Dec 19 at 17:03 bobble 2,191

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What does “I heard her shoving the brooms up against it, heard running in other parts of the office…” mean in this context?

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Dec 19 at 13:42 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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In this passage from “Swimming in the Dark”, does “a sort of thought-through whisper” mean a pondered-upon whisper?

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Dec 19 at 17:08 bobble 2,191

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What does “mind our own business” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 10:20 verbose 10.3k

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Does “Like an unwritten piece of paper” mean like a paper that is literally blank in this passage?

What does “There was so much I could not get enough of, so much I would never be able to grasp or possess, no matter how much I tried.” mean here?

What does “Behind it lay the nuns’ convent, their cloister with its orchards and grazing cows…” mean here?

In this passage from Swimming in the Dark, what does “arched back defined” mean?

What does “I was paralysed by possibility, caught between the vertigo of fulfilment and the abyss of uncertainty.” mean here?

What does “letting its current take over” mean in this context?

What does “a strong neck with a place made out for his Adam’s apple” mean here?

What does “who spoke and lived in denial, destined” mean here?

What does “which gradually became the only thing we knew” mean in this context?

What does “I need to check on somebody” mean in this context?

Does “a satisfaction in the forbidden, a challenge” mean a satisfaction in doing what is forbidden?

What does “referred from the centre for student accommodation” mean in this context?

What does “It made me think that throughout my life, up to this point, everything I’d done had felt either irrelevant or replaceable.” mean here?

What does “for each flat” mean in this context?

Does “bottles” refer to alcoholic drinks in this passage?

Does “pact you’ve made with yourself” refer to a concession or agreement in this passage?

What does “searching the flats and offices, returning to interrogate the man and the woman and to take down their details” mean here?

In this passage from “Swimming in the Dark”, does “came through to the corridor with me” mean they came out through the room to the corridor?

What does “I heard her shoving the brooms up against it, heard running in other parts of the office…” mean in this context?

In this passage from “Swimming in the Dark”, does “a sort of thought-through whisper” mean a pondered-upon whisper?

What does “mind our own business” mean in this context?