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Hello. I have a question regarding this sentence: "The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had
the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly? Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord? Thanks!
the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly? Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord? Thanks!
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Hi, I have a question regarding this sentence: "The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly? Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord?
- Hi, I have a question regarding this sentence: "The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them.
- " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly?
- Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord?
- Yes, the latter.
- The lord ordered someone to cut the man down.
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Hi,
I have a question regarding this sentence: "The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had
the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly? Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord?
I have a question regarding this sentence: "The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had
the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. " What does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down" exactly? Had he cut him himself or had the man been cut by someone for the lord?
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". . . had the man cut down from the wall" suggests that the man had been tied to the wall with rope, or perhaps hanged (pictures are hung, but people are hanged). The rope was cut to lower the man to the ground. The man himself was not cut.
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AnonymousWhat does it mean, that the lord "had the man cut down"The lord ordered someone to cut the ropes which bound the man to the wall so that the man would be released and could be brought before the lord.
CJ
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