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The Language of Flowers (2)

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The Language of Flowers (2)

 

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I was out of breath by the time I returned to the house. The living room was empty, and I stepped inside to unwrap the dahlias. The flowers were perfect starbursts, layers of white-tipped purple petals unfurling from tight buds of a center. Biting off an elastic band, I detangled the stems. The girls would never understand the meaning of the dahlias (the meaning itself an ambiguous statement of encouragement); even so, I felt an unfamiliar lightness as I paced the long hall, slipping a stem under each closed bedroom door.

- The Language of Flowers

petal 꽃잎

unfurl 펼쳐지다, 펼치다

detangle 풀다

ambiguous 여러 가지로 해석되는, 애매모호한

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