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Here is a sentence I don't understand "She allowed herself a portly smirk in the mirror at the folly of her exs. " portly means fat, why it is used to describe smirk.
1. März 2015 07:24
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Perhaps the writer is trying to suggest the "smirk" was obvious or excessive and that she was overly enjoying the discomfort of her exs (husbands/boyfriends?)
1. März 2015
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