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HSS Posted 19 years ago
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00Could someone please help me interpret the sentences? What is "but" doing there? Could you please paraphrase the sentences?02br
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00What did she know 01b01font00but02font02b00 lousy lovers?02br
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00What was she in her heart 01b01font00but02font02b00 lonely?02br
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00Many thanks in advance.02br
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00Hiro0-
  

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" What did she know apart from lousy lovers? 02br 02br 00What was she in her heart besides lonely? 0-

— Khoff

  • " What did she know apart from lousy lovers?
  • 02br 02br 00What was she in her heart besides lonely?
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0It means "besides, except, apart from." What did she know apart from lousy lovers? That was all she knew; she didn't know any other kind of lover.02br
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00What was she in her heart besides lonely? In her heart there was 01i00nothing but02i00 loneliness -- there was nothing 01i00except02i00 loneliness -- loneliness was the
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0Hi Hiro,02br
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00'But' here means 'except', 'other than'.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi, khoff. Hi, Clive.02br
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00Oh, okay. Sounds pretty much like an old-fashioned, literal way of putting it, doesn't it?02br
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00By the way, lonely is an adjective. I might very well say, "How was she ...?" What connotation does "What was she ...?" carry?02br
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00Best,02br
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00Hiro0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00By the way, lonely is an adjective. I might very well say, "How was she ...?" What connotation does "What was she ...?" carry?02font02br
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00If you are asking about her condition, the normal question would be 'How was she?', not 'What was she?'02br
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00Best wishes again, C
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