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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

awful lot


What do 'awful lot' and 'quite apart from liking to' mean respectively?
  

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"in the library an awful lot" = in the library very often, and/or for long periods of time "Quite apart from X, Y" is presenting two reasons, X and Y, why Harry was annoyed. "apart" literally means that Y is separate or different from X. " is a set form of words.

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  • "in the library an awful lot" = in the library very often, and/or for long periods of time "Quite apart from X, Y" is presenting two reasons, X and Y, why Harry was annoyed.
  • "apart" literally means that Y is separate or different from X.
  • " is a set form of words.
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"in the library an awful lot" = in the library very often, and/or for long periods of time

"Quite apart from X, Y" is presenting two reasons, X and Y, why Harry was annoyed. "apart" literally means that Y is separate or different from X. "Quite apart from ..." is a set form of words.
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I'm sorry but I'm still unresolved.
I think "Liking to get Quidditch terms correct annoys him" sounds strange.
What does 'like' mean here?
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He liked to get Quidditch terms correct (and, by implication, liked other people to get the terms correct too). Therefore he was annoyed that Hermione didn't get the term correct.
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