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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Be impatient to do something
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist Wang Lung lives with his father.
Today is the wedding day of Wang Lung.
He came to the very big mansion where his bride-to-be works as a maid.
Wang Lung came to the old mistress's place in the mansion, following the gate keeper.
"~I remember we promised her to some farmer in marriage. You are that farmer?"
"I am he," replied Wang Lung.
"Call O-lan quickly," said the old lady to her salve. It was as though she was suddenly impatient to be done with all this and to be left alone in the stillness of the great room with her opium pipe.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be down with all this."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist Wang Lung lives with his father.
Today is the wedding day of Wang Lung.
He came to the very big mansion where his bride-to-be works as a maid.
Wang Lung came to the old mistress's place in the mansion, following the gate keeper.
"~I remember we promised her to some farmer in marriage. You are that farmer?"
"I am he," replied Wang Lung.
"Call O-lan quickly," said the old lady to her salve. It was as though she was suddenly impatient to be done with all this and to be left alone in the stillness of the great room with her opium pipe.
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be down with all this."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be down with all this. 'Done' or 'down'?
- park sang joon I'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be down with all this.
- 'Done' or 'down'?
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park sang joonI'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be down with all this.'Done' or 'down'?
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I'm So sorry for my terrible mistake. 
It should have been "done."
It should have been "done."
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park sang joonI'd like to know "to be done with all this" means "because she wanted to be done with all this."Not exactly.
"It was as though she was...impatient to be done with all this" means "She appeared to want to be down with all this."
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your So very helpful answer. 
Then I was wondering if "impatient" means "eager" in "impatient to do
Then I was wondering if "impatient" means "eager" in "impatient to do
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park sang joonThen I was wondering if "impatient" means "eager" in "impatient to do something."Yes, that's right: 'in a hurry'.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your continuing answer and making the time.
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