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if she sometimes wished that she was an orphan, it was only for the narrative possibilities.
At no...
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Neil, her ex-husband,
sward.
‘Molehills!
‘Another childhood dream shattered,’
impersonate a mole.
bear with us.
that had never quite found a replacement,
felt his teacherly instinct twitch.
Towns don’t appear from nowhere:
The saying "towns don't appear from nowhere" emphasizes that established settlements like towns don't spontaneously emerge without a history or a foundation. It implies that towns have a gradual development, with roots in earlier settlements, human activity, and natural factors. It's a reminder that any town you see today has a story, a process of growth, and is not a sudden creation.
the absence will ...
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the fortunes of the factory had mirrored the trajectory of Michael’s childhood,
as the business faltered.
might as well
the last scraps of p...
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fall apart,
blunt and self-contained,
strove to hold on to a few students,
seemed dazed,
he was elbowing his way on to a lifeboat.
reassure himself:
He shuddered now to think of how blithely he’d dismissed his parents’ anxieties, though he knew that this was at least part of the reason he’d chosen his own profession.
He would phone him later, tell him his route and progress – no matter where he walked, Dad had always been there before him, walked further in worse weather.
woodland
The reality was discomfort, edging into pain.
that same feeling of distress and discomfort and embarrassment.
course...
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coquettishly,
kitte...
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burnt her eyes.
smu...
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Wainwright’s The Central Fells,
She had no strong feelings about Formula One,