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stagey
lingered in the dips and hollows.
She was observing the hell out of things, remembering the power of a train journey to turn life into montage, a sequence conveying change. Why hadn’t she done this before? What had she been so scared of? Would she care ...
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the first leg of the Coas...
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f...
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Penrith
Twisted Night
Dark Night,
took the ...
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margin note,
This sentence is reflecting on the strangeness or ambiguity of a title—likely of a book, story, or article—called “Twisted Night” (or something similar).
Here’s a breakdown:
• “The title seemed to demand a margin note” – The speaker is so puzzled or intrigued by the title that they feel the urge to write a note in the margin, questioning or analyzing it.
• “Because a night might be hard or hot or endless” – These are common, familiar ways we describe nights. A “hard night” might be emotionally difficult, a “hot night” physically uncomfortable, an “endless night” long and tiresome.
• “But in what sense could it be twisted?” – “Twisted” is more unusual or unclear when applied to a night. It could mean strange, disturbing, morally dark, or surreal—but the exact meaning isn’t obvious, and that ambiguity prompts the desire for a note.
Overall meaning:
The speaker is questioning the logic or poetic intent behind the word twisted in the title. It doesn’t fit as neatly with our usual ways of describing a night, so it stands out—provoking curiosity, analysis, or skepticism.
orgy
Cotswolds
West Mi...
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Battle of Austerlitz.
hallucinatory,
turned on
sleazy
f...
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methodi...
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celibacy
a kind of heavy-lidded, tousled air,
resent
stung.
felt another little twist of resentment
paraphernalia
cling-filmed
anti-aphr...
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no, sex belonged in cities.
Warrington, Wigan and Preston.
Lancaster,
Oxenh...
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the Irish Sea,
traverse
A Pictorial Guide to the Western Fells and The Central Fells b...
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s...
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Mordor.
lug them around,
a rural prop
the bria...
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sacrilegious
Penrith
Carl...
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Cumbrian ...
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lofty parapets of...
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seasoned
seasoned 잘 건조된
broken in.
broke something/somebody in
1. ~을 길들이다[훈련시키다]
2. (특히 새 신을) 길을 들이다
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wide...
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wide-eyed
1. 형용사 (두려움·놀람 등으로) 눈이 휘둥그레진
2. 형용사 (경험이 없어서) 순진한[잘 속는] (=naive)
weight tugged her backwards.
