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Expression: the old boy has left his kill



 
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Expression: the old boy has left his kill #1 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:28 am   Expression: the old boy has left his kill		  
Hi,

Could you please help me confirm my understanding for the passage below?
Quote:
Wilson sat in the rear seat of the doorless, box-bodied motor car beside his wife, them both grinning with excitement, and Wilson leaned forward and whispered.
'See the birds dropping. Means the old boy has left his kill.'
On the far bank of the stream Macomber could see, above the trees, vultures circling and plummeting down.


1. Does the underlined part mean: the old boy has had a result of his kill?
Quote:
The early morning breeze that blew toward them was just stirring his dark mane, and the lion looked huge, silhouetted on the rise of bank in the grey morning light, his shoulders heavy, his barrel of a body bulking smoothly.


2. Does it mean: his body, like in a barrel, moving smoothly?

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Expression: the old boy has left his kill #2 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:57 am   Expression: the old boy has left his kill		  
Hi,

'Left his kill' to me suggests he had gone away from the animal he had killed. 'Bulking smoothly' suggests that his barrel shaped body was gradually growing in size - swelling or expanding.

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Expression: the old boy has left his kill #3 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:08 am   Expression: the old boy has left his kill		  
Thank you very much again, Alan, and I am sure I have everything I wanted.

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