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What does “And it won’t be weird with Hania? Coming on to” mean in this context?

Dec 20 at 9:52 verbose 10.3k

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What does “look a little … something.” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 9:40 verbose 10.3k

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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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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 2,190

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Does “rounded streets” mean curved streets in this passage?

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Dec 19 at 17:20 bobble 2,190

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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 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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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 “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 “the morning when the darkness would be gone” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 20:23 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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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 “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 “suddenly close again in the dark” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 11:19 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “a guy from the year below” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 9:52 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “along a narrow arm of the river that snaked its way into the forest” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 9:46 Tsundoku♦ 26.9k

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What does “real food” mean in this context?

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Dec 18 at 2:51 verbose 10.3k

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What does “you can’t possibly have gone through life as carelessly as you made out” means here?

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Dec 18 at 2:39 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 “the expanse between departure and arrival when you’re seemingly nowhere, defined by another kind of time” means here?

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Dec 17 at 22:28 Gustavson 341

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What does “the dark-blonde fringe that framed her unruly eyes” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 14:24 Spagirl 8,143

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What does “I had lived them” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 13:47 CinCout 708

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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 “It was hard to move in.” mean in this context?

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Dec 17 at 8:08 CinCout 708

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What does “advertisements in mother-of-pearl letters upon the glass-covered back” mean here?

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What does “tucked in below the ramparts of the faculty grounds” mean in this context?

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What does “the same faces” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 12:47 verbose 10.3k

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Does “her bike” refer to a motorcycle or a bicycle in this passage?

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Dec 20 at 10:12 verbose 10.3k

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What does “the gigantic gates and lines of soldiers that protected the castle that was the Soviet embassy” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 9:57 verbose 10.3k

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What does “quick, light beats prepared the room, gathered our attention, ecstatic, simple and single-minded.” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 9:27 verbose 10.3k

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What does “I pressed her against me” mean in this context?

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Dec 20 at 9:25 CinCout 708

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78 Questions

What does “And it won’t be weird with Hania? Coming on to” mean in this context?

What does “look a little … something.” 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?

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

Does “rounded streets” mean curved streets in this passage?

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

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

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

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

What does “the morning when the darkness would be gone” mean in this context?

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

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

What does “suddenly close again in the dark” mean in this context?

What does “a guy from the year below” mean in this context?

What does “along a narrow arm of the river that snaked its way into the forest” mean in this context?

What does “real food” mean in this context?

What does “you can’t possibly have gone through life as carelessly as you made out” means here?

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

What does “the expanse between departure and arrival when you’re seemingly nowhere, defined by another kind of time” means here?

What does “the dark-blonde fringe that framed her unruly eyes” mean in this context?

What does “I had lived them” mean in this context?

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

What does “It was hard to move in.” mean in this context?

What does “advertisements in mother-of-pearl letters upon the glass-covered back” mean here?

What does “tucked in below the ramparts of the faculty grounds” mean in this context?

What does “the same faces” mean in this context?

Does “her bike” refer to a motorcycle or a bicycle in this passage?

What does “the gigantic gates and lines of soldiers that protected the castle that was the Soviet embassy” mean in this context?

What does “quick, light beats prepared the room, gathered our attention, ecstatic, simple and single-minded.” mean in this context?

What does “I pressed her against me” mean in this context?