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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Flicked away, drifted again and lingered

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The driver of the bus describes one of the passengers and says: His fingers drummed one knee of the ill-fitting suit and he swallowed often as his gaze drifted to the boy, then flicked away, drifted again and lingered.

--- Does flick away mean that he flicked something off of himself?

What about "drifted again and lingered"?
  

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Hi NewGuest. No. it is likely to mean that he looked aside.

— Fandorin

  • Hi NewGuest.
  • No.
  • it is likely to mean that he looked aside.
  • "drifted again and lingered" means that he might have been deep in thought and didn't control where he looked that't why it seemed he gazed at nothing at particular.
  • His eyes were fixed on something.
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Hi NewGuest. No. it is likely to mean that he looked aside.

"drifted again and lingered" means that he might have been deep in thought and didn't control where he looked that't why it seemed he gazed at nothing at particular. His eyes were fixed on something.
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FandorinHi NewGuest. No. it is likely to mean that he looked aside. I haven't found such a meaning in a dictionary. Are you sure?

"drifted again and lingered" means that he might have been deep in thought and didn't control where he looked that't why it seemed he gazed at nothing at particular. His eyes were fixed on something.

So "drifted" means that he
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To flick - 4. (intr; foll by through) to read or look at (a book, newspaper, etc.) quickly or idly.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flick

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FandorinTo flick - 4. (intr; foll by through) to read or look at (a book, newspaper, etc.) quickly or idly.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flickNow I am sure.

All right. Thanks.
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