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That line is in the book, but LeRoy, who overwrites in the way that some people overdress, spoils it by strapping on an extra phrase: "I shout past the loud buzzing in my head, 'I'm digging myself out!' and watch clean, cold shafts of sun shadows rip into my flesh".

Faraday understands and tells Desmond that when he returns to 1996, he needs to go to the physics department of The Queen's College, Oxford University in England to meet with Daniel's past self, and gives Desmond some mechanical settings to relay, along with an extra phrase that Daniel assures him will convince Daniel's past self that the story is legitimate.

It's also helpful to see if you can add any extra phrases or details, such as "We went to the house (in the middle of the night, past curfew, in our bunny slippers and pajamas) and ran back in a few minutes".

What is this extra time?

He wants this extra take.

This extra furlong will suit.

I add a few extra common phrases which didn't come up in the lesson.

"He was quite apt in sewing". Expert extra: The phrase "phantom thread" has no particular meaning in sewing circles.

Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is Bristol-based (an old Bristolian's tale urges us to believe Stevenson got his ideas from sailors in the local pub – the Llandoger Trow) and though the connection is not laboured, this gives the evening extra focus (the phrase "Bristol fashion" hits home).

This graphic phrasing is very instructive.

The vocals are direct, with no extra affectations of phrasing.

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