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Pb03 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Claim ...for one's own
Hello guys,
In the following sentences, I don't understand the exact meaning of the phrase "claims the Virgin for its own."
Does that mean that the members of the hermandad of Almonte argue that the Virgin is theirs, OR
that the members do such an activity to get the Virgin alone ?
To me, the two interpretations seem a little different in the meaning. So I'd like to hear your opinions.
And regarding that, do "claims the Virgin for its own" and "claims the Virgin as its own" mean same thing?
Thanks a lot for your help.
pb
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Things reach an ecstatic climax in the early hours of the Monday. Members of the hermandad of Almonte, which claims the Virgin for its own, barge into the church and bear her out on a float. Chaotic struggles ensue as others battle with the Almonte lads for the honour of carrying La Blanca Paloma, but somehow good humour survives and the Virgin is carried round to each of the brotherhood buildings, finally returning to the Ermita in the afternoon.
In the following sentences, I don't understand the exact meaning of the phrase "claims the Virgin for its own."
Does that mean that the members of the hermandad of Almonte argue that the Virgin is theirs, OR
that the members do such an activity to get the Virgin alone ?
To me, the two interpretations seem a little different in the meaning. So I'd like to hear your opinions.
And regarding that, do "claims the Virgin for its own" and "claims the Virgin as its own" mean same thing?
Thanks a lot for your help.
pb
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Things reach an ecstatic climax in the early hours of the Monday. Members of the hermandad of Almonte, which claims the Virgin for its own, barge into the church and bear her out on a float. Chaotic struggles ensue as others battle with the Almonte lads for the honour of carrying La Blanca Paloma, but somehow good humour survives and the Virgin is carried round to each of the brotherhood buildings, finally returning to the Ermita in the afternoon.
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I was intending to answer "either", but when I saw the complete context, I think I would go with "for". I think this gives the idea that someone else had the statue and they stole/took/[whatever] it for themselves.
- I was intending to answer "either", but when I saw the complete context, I think I would go with "for".
- I think this gives the idea that someone else had the statue and they stole/took/[whatever] it for themselves.
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I was intending to answer "either", but when I saw the complete context, I think I would go with "for". I think this gives the idea that someone else had the statue and they stole/took/[whatever] it for themselves.
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