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composing her parting thrust Jeffrey Archer's "Kane & Abel, describing an unhappy girl ready to leave: "Fully dressed now, Clara paused by the door, composing her parting thrust." I'm a little puzzled by "composing her parting thrust" hope you can help me,

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It means that she is thinking of a nasty thing to say before she leaves.
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The metaphor here (parting thrust) is sword fighting. What this phrase basically means is that she is trying to decide upon a suitably insulting thing to say as she leaves (which the author compares to a well placed stab which ends a sword fight).
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It sounds to me like she had a dramatic exit. She got ready to "compose" ....this would mean she created a certain posture and somehow went out the door in a creative manner.....I would not know the personality of this person, but it must have been with drama or silliness.
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you say it's a reference to her sexual encounter, according to the story content, it could possible be, but what does "composing her parting thrust"mean, could you explain in detail, please, thanks a lot.
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Wrong, wrong and wrong! It is a reference to her sexual encounter just before she left.

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