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Originally Posted by LazyScot
I *think* given when the story is set, he might get pregnant at some point.
Stop looking at me like that.... I think the etymology of pregnant, whilst always having an overtone of "with child" did commonly also mean full. As in a pregnant pause. So after a good meal. Or perhaps Vera will describe him as "pregnant of it"....
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I thought it wasn't so much "full" as "expectant" .... which (expecting) is another synonym for pregnant. But anyway, a pregnant pause is one which feels like something is going to happen, soon.