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Negative Creep Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Flatbed truck problem
Hi there! I'm not sure what does it mean in this passage:
...One day, Jack Fisk and I, we found out that a studio was being shut down. It was kind of a cloudy day. And we went and rented 35-foot Flatbed and drove over to this place. [...] And this was an ancient real deal studio. They were selling stuff for nothing. When we drove out of there, we had 35 ft long, 12 ft high of flats, bales of wire, kegs of nails, 30 ft by 40 ft black backdrop… I can’t remember all the things we had. A lot of like radiators and things that I needed for the film, but the whole… All the sets were built with those flats.
I mean, the "flats". Does he refer to the Flatbed full of stuff? If so, why is it plural then? Or is it something else, some film set thing? I know it's probably a very dumb question, but I'm translating a documentary and it's very important not to misunderstand any tiny detail.
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...One day, Jack Fisk and I, we found out that a studio was being shut down. It was kind of a cloudy day. And we went and rented 35-foot Flatbed and drove over to this place. [...] And this was an ancient real deal studio. They were selling stuff for nothing. When we drove out of there, we had 35 ft long, 12 ft high of flats, bales of wire, kegs of nails, 30 ft by 40 ft black backdrop… I can’t remember all the things we had. A lot of like radiators and things that I needed for the film, but the whole… All the sets were built with those flats.
I mean, the "flats". Does he refer to the Flatbed full of stuff? If so, why is it plural then? Or is it something else, some film set thing? I know it's probably a very dumb question, but I'm translating a documentary and it's very important not to misunderstand any tiny detail.
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com/dictionary/english/flat : a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
- com/dictionary/english/flat : a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
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I believe it is sense 36 at http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flat:
a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
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