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HSS Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
From Movies and Dinner Out
Is this phrase 'from movies and dinners out' a part of something like 'from movies and dinners out to trips to Canada and vacations to Caribbean'? I don't understand the phrase. Could anybody please help?
It is a different brand of hospitality from what he is used to; for though the Ratliffs are generous, they are people who do not go out of their way to accommodate others, assured, in his case correctly, that their life will appeal to him. Gerald and Lydia, busy with their own engagements, keep out of the way. Gogol and Maxine come and go as they please, from movies and dinners out. He goes shopping with her on Madison Avenue at stores they must be buzzed into, for cashmere cardigans and outrageously expensive English colognes that Maxine buys without deliberation or guilt. ('The Namesake' by Jhumpa Lahiri)
It is a different brand of hospitality from what he is used to; for though the Ratliffs are generous, they are people who do not go out of their way to accommodate others, assured, in his case correctly, that their life will appeal to him. Gerald and Lydia, busy with their own engagements, keep out of the way. Gogol and Maxine come and go as they please, from movies and dinners out. He goes shopping with her on Madison Avenue at stores they must be buzzed into, for cashmere cardigans and outrageously expensive English colognes that Maxine buys without deliberation or guilt. ('The Namesake' by Jhumpa Lahiri)
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It certainly is a puzzling phrase. I don't understand it either, if that's any consolation to you. CJ
- It certainly is a puzzling phrase.
- I don't understand it either, if that's any consolation to you.
- CJ
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It certainly is a puzzling phrase. I don't understand it either, if that's any consolation to you. 
CJ
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