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Pho miwa Posted 12 years ago
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English expression

The sentences below are quoted from “ From Strange Highways.”

Celeste reached out and touched his face. Her hand was warm against his cold cheek, and it trembled not with fear but with the pleasure of touching him, a difference that he was able to sense only because he was young again and acutely sensitive to the currents of a young girl’s heart.

I can’t understand “a difference that he was able to sense only because he was young again and acutely sensitive to the currents of a young girl’s heart. ”
What is “ a difference ” ? Is this passage about the boy who is couched by the girl?
  

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I can’t understand “a difference that he was able to sense only because he was young again and acutely sensitive to the currents of a young girl’s heart. ” What is “ a difference ” ? a difference between her hand trembling with fear and her hand trembling with the pleasure of touching him.

  • I can’t understand “a difference that he was able to sense only because he was young again and acutely sensitive to the currents of a young girl’s heart.
  • ” What is “ a difference ” ?
  • a difference between her hand trembling with fear and her hand trembling with the pleasure of touching him.
  • Is this passage about the boy who is t ouched by the girl?
  • Yes Please ask again if you still don''t understand.
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I can’t understand “a difference that he was able to sense only because he was young again and acutely sensitive to the currents of a young girl’s heart. ”
What is “ a difference ” ? a difference between her hand trembling with fear
and her hand trembling with the pleasure of touching him.

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Dear Clive,
Thank you. Please let me ask you more.
Does it mean that the subject of the sentences changed at the words “ a difference ?”
Can I rewrite the sentences like the following?
“Her hand was warm against his cold cheek, and it trembled not with fear but with the pleasure of touching him, but unlike her feelings, he was able to sense only because
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Please let me ask you more. Sure. Emotion: smile
Does it mean that the subject of the sentences changed at
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Dear Clive,

Thank you. I’m getting it but it is still vague. Please let me sure one more time. Can I rewrite them like the following?

“Her hand was warm against his cold cheek, and it trembled not with fear but with the pleasure of touching him. And that difference she felt with her hand could be read by him because he’d got young again.”
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Thank you. I’m getting it but it is still vague. Please let me sure one more time. Can I rewrite them like the following?

“Her hand was warm against his cold cheek, and it trembled not with fear but with the pleasure of touching him. Yes

And that difference she felt with her hand could be read by him because he’d got young again.”
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Thank you, Clive. I finally understand.

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