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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

impatient

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00" 00I was born a bastard. My mother, a widow, was 01b00impatient with her virtue02b00 and made the mistake of getting pregnant with me. My father on the other hand was a man with a stable family but finally arrived one day to claim me. My maternal grandmother unequivocally refused him. She said she’d rather let her daughter keep me as her illegitimate son than have me destroy someone else’s family."02br
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0 she didn't like not having *** (remaining virtuous, ironical remark), she became unpatient with not having *** 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 she didn't like not having *** (remaining virtuous, ironical remark), she became unpatient with not having *** 0-
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0 she didn't like not having *** (remaining virtuous, ironical remark), she became unpatient with not having *** 0-
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0"01i00Virtue02i00" is another way of saying "01i00virginity02i00", and "01i00impatient02i00" is a nice way to say she couldn't wait to lose it. 0-
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1i00 00My mother, a widow,02i02br
00says she01b00 may 02b00have been married (and thus presumably not a virgin any more) 01b00before02b00 the father of the author showed up as the 2nd man in her life 02br
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00it's not clear from the context if there were two men or just one man in her life 0-
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0Seems that she was married to the fellow who died, making her a widow, and then became pregnant via man #2. Grandma sounds like a loving sort, though, huh?0-
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0Thank you Grammar Geek , Huevos and Marius Hancu0-
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