marred by obvious suppressions.

In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought-frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.

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sb70012 said:

Source: The Great Gatsby http://www.publicbookshelf.com/ficti...er-vulnerable

Hello my friends,

I know the meanings of each word in the blue written part but I can't understand it as a whole.
Would you please be nice enough to paraphrase it to me?

Many thanks.

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bhaisahab said:

If you know the meaning of each word, what is your best guess at the meaning of the phrase?

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sb70012 said:

Marred by obvious suppressions = spoiled by clear stop
In spite of knowing the meanings I can't understand what it says to me.

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Raymott said:

I agree with Mike in another post. If you need to ask about every sentence, you're taking on material that is too advanced for you.

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sb70012 said:

Source: The Great Gatsby http://www.publicbookshelf.com/ficti...er-vulnerable

Hello my friends,

I know the meanings of each word in the blue written part but I can't understand it as a whole.
Would you please be nice enough to paraphrase it to me?

Many thanks.

Click to expand...