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Phrase: the common rose #1 (permalink) Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:15 am   Phrase: the common rose		  
Hi,

Could you help me with the following passage?
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It was she who had stopped the car where the common rose steeply to the left, and a narrow strip of larch and beech, with here and there a pine, stretched out towards the valley between the road and the first long high hill of the full moor. (John Galsworthy: The Apple Tree)


1. Does 'the common rose' mean 'the public highland'?

2. Does 'to the left' suggest the following description refers to 'to the right'?

3. Does 'the first long high hill of the full moor' mean 'the real moor starts at the long high hill'?

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Phrase: the common rose #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:23 am   Phrase: the common rose		  
Hi,

'Common' is an area of mainly grass used for public use and so 'The common rose' = the common went up, meaning this piece of land inclined upwards. 'Rose' = past tense of 'rise'.

I would agree with your comments 2 and 3.

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