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Sunrise_hope Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Great Expectations "Ch#2"
Plz, help me to understand the meaning of the following, I couldn't get it very well:
"Mrs. Joe, who always took explanations upon herself,
said, snappishly, ‘Escaped. Escaped.’ Administering the
definition like Tar-water "
Thanks
"Mrs. Joe, who always took explanations upon herself,
said, snappishly, ‘Escaped. Escaped.’ Administering the
definition like Tar-water "
Thanks
Top answer
More context, please! Characters: Joe, Mrs. Joe, Narrator.
- More context, please!
- Characters: Joe, Mrs.
- Joe, Narrator.
- " The narrator did not understand what Joe said.
- " said I.
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More context, please!
Characters:
Joe,
Mrs. Joe,
Narrator.
Joe said: "There's another convict off."
The narrator did not understand what Joe said.
"What does that mean, Joe?" said I.
Mrs. Joe answered (quickly and not in a nice way) - - "escape" (Joe meant that the convict escaped prison or jail.).
Characters:
Joe,
Mrs. Joe,
Narrator.
Joe said: "There's another convict off."
The narrator did not understand what Joe said.
"What does that mean, Joe?" said I.
Mrs. Joe answered (quickly and not in a nice way) - - "escape" (Joe meant that the convict escaped prison or jail.).
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