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what does "tawdry rag"mean?
“Well,” said Strike, “people close to suicides often feel guilty. They think, however unreasonably, that they might have done more to help. A murder verdict would exonerate the family of any blame, wouldn’t it?”
“None of us has anything to feel guilty about,” said Landry, his tone steely. “Lula received the very best medical care from her early teens, and every material advantage her adoptive family could give her. ‘Spoiled rotten’ might be the phrase best suited to describe my adopted niece, Mr. Strike. Her mother would have literally died for her, and scant repayment she ever received.”
“You thought Lula ungrateful, did you?”
“There’s no need to bloody write that down. Or are those notes destined for some tawdry rag?”
17 ott 2013 13:57
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"Rag" is a derogatory term for a tabloid newspaper that deals mostly in gossip. "Tawdry" means cheap and of poor quality.
17 ottobre 2013
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Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Francese
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