GR translation: young lady gamming well-set-up young man

Bekah bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Dec 15 06:10:00 CST 2011


Gams are a woman's legs,  usually long and shapely.    A well set-up young man is probably one with a bit of money. 

So "young lady" is showing a "well set-up"  young man some leg -  coyly lifting her skirts a bit for a peek.  A little flirting is what it is. 

Bekah


On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:38 AM, Mike Jing wrote:

> P 35.30-37  What can he do? If Mexico wanted to talk about it he could
> find a way, security or not. His reluctance is not Pirate’s own over
> the machinery of Operation Black Wing. It looks more like shame.
> Wasn’t Mexico’s face tonight, as he took the envelope, averted? eyes
> boxing the corners of the room at top speed, a pornography customer’s
> reflex . . . hmm. Knowing Bloat, perhaps that’s what it is, young lady
> gamming well-set-up young man, several poses—more wholesome than
> anything this war’s ever photographed . . . life, at least. . . .
> 
> What is "gamming"?  And what is a "well-set-up young man"?




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