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Oliver01 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Comprehension issue

"I tipped my head back and drank"
it oozed into my stomach.

oozed into ...
does that mean it was slowly going into the stomach?
  

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Yes.

— Clive

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Literally, it means seeped into his stomach, but physiologically this always happens when one takes a drink, of anything. Rather, this is more of a stylistic device, for effect. What is being emphasized here is the liquid itself, or the effect of the liquid, or the circumstances in which it is being drunk. There is something special about this drink, or the circumstances under which it is being
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That is very correct. The drink is Thorazine. That quote is from "Girl Interrupted" btw.
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