I looked at him-so handsome in his Lacoste shirt, jeans, and loafers without socks-and whispered, Erwin, when you come to America, I want you to make love to me.
On the following day the man from the ticket desk at the train station intervened and made it clear to Ove that he couldn't sleep here like some loafer, surely he could understand that?
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.