 #2 (permalink) Fri Mar 24, 2006 22:41 pm What does these sentences mean |
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Whoa! What are you reading there, girl? :)
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| "Deeming that serene and unconscious contemplation of him would best beseem me, and would be most likely to quell his evil mind, I advanced with that expression of countenance, and was rather congratulating myself on my success..." |
Figuring that thinking about him quietly and unconsciously would be most appropriate for me, and would probably make his evil mind quiet down, I went forward with that expression on my face and was congratulating myself on my success.
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| "His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded." |
His suffering was enthusiastically enjoyed by a close group of people who were watching it, and I felt completely confused.
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| "...when I again beheld Trabb's boy shooting round by a back way." |
...when I saw Trabb's young servant again quickly running around and taking a back way.
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| "The disgrace attendant on his immediately afterwards taking to crowing and pursuing me across the bridge with crows..." |
Immediately afterward, he shamefully began to make loud noises (they could have been noises like a bird makes, or they could have been triumphant cheers) and chasing me across the bridge while still making these noises. |
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Jamie (K)
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