GR translation: This smile asks from him more grace than...

[David Morris]

What has Slothrup learn about the new found power of his smile?  That it is
working, and will serve him well in the future. A new super-power:
verisimilitude.

On Thursday, March 7, 2013, Mike Jing wrote:

> Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of "grace under fire".  Some kind of
> self-control, when faced with a difficult situation.
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> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net');>
> > wrote:
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>> Dignity?   To act with dignity in the face of BS is a talent or an art -
>> a kind of grace.
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>> Bekah
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>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:42 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jstremmel at gmail.com');>>
>> wrote:
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>> > Gracefulness, I think.
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>> > 2013/3/4 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
>> 'cvml', 'gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com');>>:
>> >> P256.11-17   “Glad to hear it.” Slothrop is smiling. You’re on my list
>> too,
>> >> pal. This smile asks from him more grace than anything in his languid
>> >> American life ever has, up till now. Grace he always imagined himself
>> short
>> >> on. But it’s working. He’s surprised, and so grateful that he almost
>> starts
>> >> crying then. The best part of all is not that Bounce appears fooled by
>> the
>> >> smile, but that Slothrop knows now that it will work for him again. .
>> . .
>> >>
>> >> I find the word "grace" a little difficult to translate.  what is the
>> >> primary meaning here?
>> >>
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