"sorts"???
What does the word "sorts" mean in this sentence? Thanks!

"For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of lifelong pregnancy---a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling our of sorts"it's a typo, sorry, it should be "out of sorts"!

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"sorts"???
What does the word "sorts" mean in this sentence? Thanks!

"For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of lifelong pregnancy---a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling our of sorts"it's a typo, sorry, it should be "out of sorts"!

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I think it should be "out of sorts". That is really an idiomatic phrase. It means 'not quite right' - or uneasy - or slightly unwell.

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Sort and Sorts are used in the same way as: Type, kind, variation, or group of things.

For example 
"Would you like to watch a scary movie with me?" 
"No, I don't enjoy those sorts of movies." This would mean you do not enjoy that type (horror/scary) of movie.

Hope this helps!

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