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I guess you're finding the sun kind of hard to take, after the North Atlantic.
— The Enemy Below · 1957
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker connects difficulty with the sun to the listener's experience of the North Atlantic. The understated phrasing makes that contrast sound almost conversational. It suggests a change in conditions without explaining the journey, its duration or exactly what the listener has endured.
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