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Loojka Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Comprehension problems
Hello, everyone!
There are a few sentences from a text that bother me and I was hoping someone could help me work this out.
"I had done forty of the fifty miles of curving twisting highway before it started to cool off, but it didn’t really get cool until I reached the dam and started along the south shore of the lake past the piled-up granite boulders and the sprawled camps in the flats beyond."
I'm not quite sure what "flats" means here. I thought something like "flat surface", but I might be wrong.
Also, I'm not sure if "beyond" here means far away, or behind or... no idea.
"I registered, carried my siutcase upstairs and dropped it in a bleak, hard-looking room with an oval rug on the floor..."
What's the meaning of "hard" here?
"I gobbled down what they called the regular dinner, drank a brandy to sit on it, and went out."
I have absolutely no idea what "to sit on it" is supposed to mean.
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
There are a few sentences from a text that bother me and I was hoping someone could help me work this out.
"I had done forty of the fifty miles of curving twisting highway before it started to cool off, but it didn’t really get cool until I reached the dam and started along the south shore of the lake past the piled-up granite boulders and the sprawled camps in the flats beyond."
I'm not quite sure what "flats" means here. I thought something like "flat surface", but I might be wrong.
Also, I'm not sure if "beyond" here means far away, or behind or... no idea.
"I registered, carried my siutcase upstairs and dropped it in a bleak, hard-looking room with an oval rug on the floor..."
What's the meaning of "hard" here?
"I gobbled down what they called the regular dinner, drank a brandy to sit on it, and went out."
I have absolutely no idea what "to sit on it" is supposed to mean.
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
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Loojka I'm not quite sure what "flats" means here. Flat land, a wide area without perceptible changes in altitude, without hills, Loojka Also, I'm not sure if "beyond" here means far away, or behind or... no idea.
- Loojka I'm not quite sure what "flats" means here.
- Flat land, a wide area without perceptible changes in altitude, without hills, Loojka Also, I'm not sure if "beyond" here means far away, or behind or...
- no idea.
- On the other side of / After the granite boulders.
- Loojka What's the meaning of "hard" here?
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LoojkaI'm not quite sure what "flats" means here.Flat land, a wide area without perceptible changes in altitude, without hills,
LoojkaAlso, I'm not sure if "beyond" here means far away, or behind or... no idea.On the other side of / After the granite boulders.
LoojkaWhat's the meaning of "hard" here
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