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Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones



 
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meaning of the phrase "cited a feeble desire" | usage of the construction "had yet to see"
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Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:01 am   Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones		  
Hi,

I have come across another sentence I am not clear about:
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He watched the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones. (Chapter 4, Ulysses)


Does it suggest: the cat's eye slots narrowing circlewise till her eyes left only the pupils viewable like two green stones?

Thank you!

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Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:14 am   Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones		  
Hi Haihao

The pupils of the cat's eyes became extremely narrow vertical slits, so narrow that the pupils were barely visible, thus leaving only the green color of the cat's eyes visible.
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Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:56 am   Phrase: the dark eyeslits narrowing with greed till her eyes were green stones		  
Hi Amy,

Nice to have your instruction again! "Narrow vertical slits" explained everything. Thank you!

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