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Ellee Posted 15 years ago
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Does this need correcting? can i say so?

The horseman, taking in the meadow at a glance and seeing that there was nobody else there, took his ease and asked in a derisive tone, “Why did you bristle up? Where did you come from?”

He quickly looked around the meadow
  

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Hi, The yellow part is fine. But what do you mean by 'Why did you bristle up'? Clive

  • Hi, The yellow part is fine.
  • But what do you mean by 'Why did you bristle up'?
  • Clive
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Hi,

The yellow part is fine.

But what do you mean by 'Why did you bristle up'?

Clive
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Hi, Clive,

Nice to see you here again) Thanks a lot for your help!

I mean "why did you become alerted?" , "why are you acting agressively?"


The horseman is a stranger, which suddenly appeared in the meadow where a nomad with his young wife stopped for an overnight stay. Of course, the nomad, Chiledu, is suspicious of him, he holds his bow in his hand, ready
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Hi,

I mean "why did you become alerted?" , "why are you acting agressively?"


The horseman is a stranger, which suddenly appeared in the meadow where a nomad with his young wife stopped for an overnight stay. Of course, the nomad, Chiledu, is suspicious of him, he holds his bow in his hand, ready to draw it at any moment, he answers

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