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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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A BIT OF SHINY FLOTSAM BOUNDED IN FRONT BY...

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00I would like someone explain to me the meaning of this on capital letters:02br
00 'First the traffic struck me like a tidal wave and carried me along, A BIT OF SHINY FLOTSAM BOUNDED IN FRONT BY a gasoline truck half a block long. Behind me was an enormous cement mixer on wheels, ...'02br
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0I see it as some small rigid body was flung from under the truck's weel at the front of the author's car. 02br 02br 00EDIT: I seem to have got it. Your car is refered to as a bit of shiny flotsam.

— Ant_222

  • 0I see it as some small rigid body was flung from under the truck's weel at the front of the author's car.
  • 02br 02br 00EDIT: I seem to have got it.
  • Your car is refered to as a bit of shiny flotsam.
  • ) by a gasoline truck.
  • And in back it is bounded by a cement mixer, so your little car is clinched in between the two big trucks0-
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0I see it as some small rigid body was flung from under the truck's weel at the front of the author's car. Just a guess...02br
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00I must be wrong.02br
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00EDIT: I seem to have got it. Your car is refered to as a bit of shiny flotsam. And it is bounded in front (=limited, obstructed...) by a gasoline truck. And in back it is bounded by a cement mixer
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