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I'm very drunk and I intend on getting still drunker before this evening's over.
— Gone with the Wind ‧ 1939
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker plainly announces being very drunk and intending to become drunker before the evening ends. There is no excuse or apology in the wording. Its force comes from treating further intoxication as an explicit plan, expressed with an almost matter-of-fact certainty.
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