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by David Nicholls

liked knowing why things are where they are. Used to walk with my mum and dad, liked being outdoors, interested in the environment, the politics of it.

glam?

slumming

Michael Bradshaw.’

christening.’

dependable,

turning in profile.

"Turn in profile" generally means to submit your profile information or make your profile available to someone or an authority. It can also refer to submitting a profile for review or approval

gazebo,

‘envy’ and ‘jealousy’, the first meaning to want what someone else has, the second including the fear that someone might take what’s yours.

get on with

str...

anything happens to Cleo and Sam,

renounce

racy.

Mike’s a DJ but Michael’s a saint.’

tantalised

Monroe-quality

She took in nature in a generalised way

on a single-fi...

mulch...

his face a scribble pad of broken veins,

fob.

gorged on

In the weeks leading up to the trip,

contrived

on a moor,

archaic and quaint?

five-a-side,

things had slipped a little

getting through

get theough something 1. (많은 양을) 써 버리다 2. ~을 하다[끝내다]

he still felt cracked and vulnerable,

Apparently, there was meant to be beauty in cracks, cracks were how the light gets in but, more importantly, they were how the liquid gets out. No one really wants a leaky cup.

pouting,

He’d been quite the catch at teacher-training,

disciple

disciple (종교적·정치적 가르침을 따르는) 제자[신봉자] (=follower)

The trick to walking two hundred miles was to travel light.

squirting

(액체·가스 등을 가늘게) 찍 짜다[내뿜다/뿌리다], 찍 나오다[뿌려지다] (=spurt)

in a milking ...

outdoorsy.

옥외[야외]에 적합한, 외출용의; 옥외 생활[운동]을 좋아하는

Not shy, he just wanted to be left alone.

fop

fop 외모에 관심이 많은 남자

Don’t be judgemental.

He heard the mus...

eiderdown,

솜털오리 ((북유럽 연안산(産)))

frayed at the cuffs.

frayed cuffs 닳아진 소매끝 동.

It is what...

‘gudgeon’.

어류 모샘치 ((미끼로 쓰는 잉엇과(科)의 작은 물고기))

duvet

(솜·깃털 등의 속을 넣는) 이불

fib...

fibrous 섬유로 된, 섬유 모양의

asb...

아스베스토