by
Martin Amis
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Phoebe: The Business…So I went round there
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louche
(en)
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
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Tattoos, to him, only looked nice on non-white flesh; and Phoebe’s looked nice, louchely nice on her Amerindian glaze
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2 months, 1 week ago
Tattoos, to him, only looked nice on non-white flesh; and Phoebe’s looked nice, louchely nice on her Amerindian glaze
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2 months, 1 week ago
somnolent
(en)
(adjective) of a kind likely to induce sleep / (adjective) inclined to or heavy with sleep; drowsy / (adjective) sleepy
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She would ring him and postpone the next visit, her voice somnolent and weirdly hollow.
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2 months, 1 week ago
She would ring him and postpone the next visit, her voice somnolent and weirdly hollow.
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2 months, 1 week ago
neurasthenia
(en)
(noun) a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms
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Martin quickly decided he liked her; she was darkly neurasthenic, but a fairly comfortable valetudinarian by now, despite her hot flushes and her migraines
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2 months, 1 week ago
Martin quickly decided he liked her; she was darkly neurasthenic, but a fairly comfortable valetudinarian by now, despite her hot flushes and her migraines
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2 months, 1 week ago
propitiousness
(en)
(adjective) favorably disposed; benevolent / (adjective) being a good omen; auspicious / (adjective) tending to favor; advantageous
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The poet is taking the train from the north of England to the capital on Whit Sunday, the Christian festival of early summer, traditionally a propitious time for marriage.
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2 months, 1 week ago
The poet is taking the train from the north of England to the capital on Whit Sunday, the Christian festival of early summer, traditionally a propitious time for marriage.
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2 months, 1 week ago
imago
(en)
(noun) an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state / (noun) an idealized mental image of another person or the self
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Knowing how far I was from the child, the halfmade pupa, and how far I was from the adult – the finished imago.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Knowing how far I was from the child, the halfmade pupa, and how far I was from the adult – the finished imago.
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2 months, 1 week ago