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Sunnychen Posted 13 years ago
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Die I would?

I thought that die I would to see old Joe Bradshaw, who is an infidel and never darkens the door of a church.

how to understand the phrase? it sounds a little weird to me Emotion: stick out tongue
  

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sunnychen how to understand the phrase? it sounds a little weird to me I thought that die I would = I thought that I would die It is an inversion for style, and it may be jocularly modelled on the characteristic sentence structure of Yoda, the Jedi sensei in Star Wars .

  • sunnychen how to understand the phrase?
  • it sounds a little weird to me I thought that die I would = I thought that I would die It is an inversion for style, and it may be jocularly modelled on the characteristic sentence structure of Yoda, the Jedi sensei in Star Wars .
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sunnychenhow to understand the phrase? it sounds a little weird to me
I thought that die I would = I thought that I would die

It is an inversion for style, and it may be jocularly modelled on the characteristic sentence structure of Yoda, the Jedi sensei in Star Wars.
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which means I was eager to ? is that right?
thanks a lot:)
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sunnychenwhich means I was eager to ?
From what context you have given, yes—that's what I would presume.

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