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Clee62 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Fell to reading...

Hi,

I am not sure what some phrases mean in the sentence. It says," The old man leafed through the book, and fell to reading a page he came to."

Does "fell to " means "happened to"? and "Came to" means "the reason he came for, or it means something else?

Thanks
  

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Fell to reading a page he came to = began to read a page that he turned to / found.

— Mister Micawber

  • Fell to reading a page he came to = began to read a page that he turned to / found.
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Fell to reading a page he came to = began to read a page that he turned to / found.
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