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Les éloges de mon physique me servirent à comprendre qu'il fallait le combattre.
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The speaker says that compliments about their physical appearance led them to see their body as something to resist rather than celebrate. “Fight it” presents the physique as an obstacle or temptation, but the quote does not explain exactly what that struggle involves.
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