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16 May
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I can’t understand this expression.
Can you explain it in detail ?
→He’d been a stand-by of the Sunday supplements ever since, a consequence that had gathered hurricane momentum when, still a school boy, he caused his godfather- custodian to be arrested on charges of sodomy.
I can’t understand this expression.
Can you explain it in detail ?
→He’d been a stand-by of the Sunday supplements ever since, a consequence that had gathered hurricane momentum when, still a school boy, he caused his godfather- custodian to be arrested on charges of sodomy.
Can you explain it in detail ?
→He’d been a stand-by of the Sunday supplements ever since, a consequence that had gathered hurricane momentum when, still a school boy, he caused his godfather- custodian to be arrested on charges of sodomy.
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He'd been a stand-by of the Sunday supplements ever since (the death of both his parents). This has a consequence (...blahblah momentum...) that he caused his godfather-custodian to be arrested on charges of sodomy when he was still a school boy.
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"a stand-by of the Sunday supplements " - the sunday newspaper magazines would often write about him, having him on standby means if they didn't have a better story they would write about him instead.
" a consequence that had gathered hurricane momentum when " - this would happen much more frequently as a result of
"still a school boy, he caused his godfather- custodian to be arrested on charges of sodomy." - when still at school he was the reason the person looking after him was arrested for having anal sex (when it was still against the law) 😳 (sorry you did ask)
So the passage is explaining the character is often written about in the newspapers and is a bit notorious.
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