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Korinka Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
A shallow step
Hi! Can anyone help me?
I found this definition of the "shallow step":
At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
But still I don't understand what this idiom means and how one can use it...
I found this definition of the "shallow step":
At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
But still I don't understand what this idiom means and how one can use it...
Top answer
I don't believe it's an idiom. A shallow step simply means one that is not a lot lower than the one above it. The inner court was only slightly lower than the outer.
- I don't believe it's an idiom.
- A shallow step simply means one that is not a lot lower than the one above it.
- The inner court was only slightly lower than the outer.
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I don't believe it's an idiom.
A shallow step simply means one that is not a lot lower than the one above it. The inner court was only slightly lower than the outer.
A shallow step simply means one that is not a lot lower than the one above it. The inner court was only slightly lower than the outer.
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Grammar Geek, thanks for your answer, but I met this sentence:
They trotted back up the shallow steps.
Does it mean the steps were tiny or what?
Thank you in advance!
They trotted back up the shallow steps.
Does it mean the steps were tiny or what?
Thank you in advance!
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Oh - was that sentence anywhere in your original post?
Anyway, "trotted" is actually a horse's gait, but in this sense means walked briskly, not quite at a run. And the shallow steps just means that the steps are only a few inches difference in height from one to the next. The steps may be very wide or very narrow, but they are not high.
Anyway, "trotted" is actually a horse's gait, but in this sense means walked briskly, not quite at a run. And the shallow steps just means that the steps are only a few inches difference in height from one to the next. The steps may be very wide or very narrow, but they are not high.
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this sentence conveys the meaning of a group of people going up quickly a flight of stairs where the steps are not higher than 0.1 meter.
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Ok, thank you very much, Grammar Geek and Inchoateknowledge!
It's good to know there was nothing more than that, no metaphor or idiom.
It's good to know there was nothing more than that, no metaphor or idiom.
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