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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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But when the restraining influence of the school was at a distance I began to hunger again for wild sensations, for the escape which those chronicles of disorder alone seemed to offer me.

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Could someone check this one too? " Can someone tell me what "a few minutes" in a grammatical way?

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Could someone check this one too?

"He stood up slowly, saying that he had to leave us for a minute or so, a few minutes, and, without changing the direction of my gaze, I saw him walking slowly away from us towards the near end of the field."

Can someone tell me what "a few minutes" in a grammatical way?
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Anonymousthe escape which those chronicles of disorder alone seemed to offer me.
... (yearning for) the escapism which
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Anonymous"He stood up slowly, saying that he had to leave us for a minute or so, a few minutes, and, without changing the direction of my gaze, I saw him walking slowly away from us towards the near end of the field."Can someone tell me what "a few minutes" in a grammatical way?
for a minute or so ~ for about a minute, maybe more
a few minutes ~ approximat
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Is "a few minutes" in apposition to "for a minutes or so"?
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AnonymousIs "a few minutes" in apposition to "for a minutes minute or so"?
No. It's in apposition to 'a minute or so' (without the initial 'for').

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