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Lucrezia Posted 19 years ago
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introduce me to corruption

0 "I was fumbling to get my baby to take the breast, which could have lacerated the nipples enough to transmit infection from his mouth. Inimical to my sustenance, he could still 01u01b00introduce me to corruption, 02b02u00as if already at year zero 01u01b00the more worldly part of our pair02b02u00." (Infant later grows to be a serial killer, if that helps.)02br
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00Please explain and rephrase the underlined parts.02br
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0 Not completely clear. That 01b 00could02b 00 is dubious, IMO. 02br 02br 01i 00the boy was bad/evil already as an infant02br 02br 00 he had the capability of introducing his mother to corruption (infect her), via the lacerations/open wounds in the nipples02br 02br 00 infection = corruption (here)02br 02br 00 he probably didn't do that, or didn't manage to do that02br 02br 02br 02i 0-

  • 0 Not completely clear.
  • That 01b 00could02b 00 is dubious, IMO.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00the boy was bad/evil already as an infant02br 02br 00 he had the capability of introducing his mother to corruption (infect her), via the lacerations/open wounds in the nipples02br 02br 00 infection = corruption (here)02br 02br 00 he probably didn't do that, or didn't manage to do that02br 02br 02br 02i 0-
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0 Not completely clear. That 01b00could02b00 is dubious, IMO. 02br
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01i00the boy was bad/evil already as an infant02br
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00 he had the capability of introducing his mother to corruption (infect her), via the lacerations/open wounds in the nipples02br
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00 infection = corruption (here)02br
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0 I understood that as "even though he was... he could nevertheless...". Am I correct?02br
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00And what about that 01b00more wordly02b00?02br
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00Thanks, Marius!0-
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0 01i01b00wordly02b00: even as an infant, he was more used to the01b00 vices/pleasures02b00 of the world (in this case)02br
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00>"even though he was... he could nevertheless...". Am I correct?02br
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00 I think so. 0-
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0 Thanks again!0-

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