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Feb 23, 2014 at 7:36 comment added CowperKettle You may pick some recondite passage from my answer and start a question, others will be happy to shed some light on the issue, or should I say stack and exchange some light. (0:
Feb 22, 2014 at 23:46 comment added Juya Thanks. to tell you the truth that would be gr8 if you rewrote your answer in simpler English just as happened about this sentence so that I could get it better.
Feb 22, 2014 at 17:03 comment added CowperKettle Oh, it's simply my attempt to use complex words. (0: "Wound-up" means 'stressed, nervous'. He is nervous and so takes unnecessary steps: buys the cigarettes. "Springing" means 'originating from something'.
Feb 22, 2014 at 16:58 comment added Juya +1 Pardon, what does "springing more from his 'wound-up' condition than from cold-headed cunning." mean?
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