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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
grind of gears
In U.S.A. Dos Passos wrote:
"It was not in the long walks through jostling crowds at night that he was less alone, (...), or in the cold razorwind off the lake, or in the gray faces trembling in the grind of gears in the street under Michigan Avenue, ..."
Could you please tell me what the grind of gears means?
Thank you.
Cadzao
"It was not in the long walks through jostling crowds at night that he was less alone, (...), or in the cold razorwind off the lake, or in the gray faces trembling in the grind of gears in the street under Michigan Avenue, ..."
Could you please tell me what the grind of gears means?
Thank you.
Cadzao
Top answer
The grind of gears is a kind of rubbing or scraping noise car engines sometimes make when changing gears.
- The grind of gears is a kind of rubbing or scraping noise car engines sometimes make when changing gears.
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The grind of gears is a kind of rubbing or scraping noise car engines sometimes make when changing gears.
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