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 #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:13 am Some descriptions from 'Cross-country Snow' |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| 1. Does 'There was a low ceiling' suggest 'the ceiling of the room was low' or 'there was another low ceiling in the room'? |
It means the ceiling of the room was low.
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| 2. How should I understand the 'over' in the second underlined sentence? |
They were sitting a bit hunched and smoking their pipes. Their pipes appeared to be their main occupation at the time.
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| 3. Again the 'over'. I would guess it is not likely to really mean 'over George'. If so, is this usage usual? |
I think over means over here. Or a cross between over and toward, but more over. Maybe someone will disagree with me.
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| 4. Is there any difference between 'was started up the road' and 'started up the road'? If there is not is the usage usual? |
The author is using his name as somehow equivalent to his journey. Normally we would say that he "had started up the road", but here they're saying his trip was started, in the same sense that we'd say tea is started (its preparation has been started) or a project is started (its work has been started). There's nothing really unusual about this usage. Mom says: "Dinner is already started, so don't go anywhere!" |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 07, 2007 0:35 am Some descriptions from 'Cross-country Snow' |
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| Thank you, Jamie, for your detailed interpretations again. :D |
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Haihao
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