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scabrous

Montaigne handles so scabrous a subject with great aplomb.

—p.440 by Martin Amis
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eructation

Regrettably, disappointingly, altogether unacceptably, and like all the other dying people I've ever come across, I am suffering from eructation and its related embarrassments.

—p.434 by Martin Amis
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bathos

Of course. Marius Appleby is a pseudonym. It's Asprey. I knew it: I wasn't even surprised. It was almost bathetic. What else could explain the familiar taste, and the poundcake richness, of my love-hate for Crossbone Waters?

—p.434 by Martin Amis
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chasuble

But Nicola's personal cinematographer (the cause, perhaps, of all her trouble) was still hard at work, and lit her like a chasuble.

—p.195 by Martin Amis
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fulsome

Me, I am developing Lizzyboo. A fulsomely pretty girl. She is also voluble, indiscreet and, I think, not too bright. She's perfect for me.

—p.98 by Martin Amis
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