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Lucrezia Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Overtly ulterior

0 A woman gets pregnant and her whole preception of herself starts to change. She doesn't see herself as a sexual being anymore, but as a birth machine. Talking about her private parts she says:02br
00"The twist of flesh in front took on a devious aspect, 01b01u00its inclusion overtly ulterior02u02b00, a tempter, a sweetener for doing the species' heavy lifting, like a lollipops I once got at the dentist."02br
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00Rephrase please.02br
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00p.s. I am embarrassed to post anything anymore!0-
  

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0 the part was clearly (overtly) created as an after-thought, thus not initially 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 the part was clearly (overtly) created as an after-thought, thus not initially 0-
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0 the part was clearly (overtly) created as an after-thought, thus not initially 0-
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0Marius, how can I ever thank you? 05002br
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00Could I say then "as if added later on" or "created in addition"? Have I understood you correctly?010id1
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0 "as if added later on", yes0-
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0Can I offer you free Serbian lessons? 050010id1
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0 I think the author is saying that the real reason for the inclusion of the "twist of flesh" had been deviously concealed or hidden from the woman, but now that the woman is pregnant, this previously unknown reason is now very clear to her: the twist of flesh serves as "a tempter and a sweetener for doing the species' heavy lifting". 0-
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0 Actually, that's what i first thought. I understood it as the twist of flesh was put there with ulterior motives now revealed to her.02br
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