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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Hard by a forest?
Hello everybody!
In the following quotation, the origin of which I think some you will remember, I don't understand the meaning of the word "hard":
«Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children»
Anton
In the following quotation, the origin of which I think some you will remember, I don't understand the meaning of the word "hard":
«Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children»
Anton
Top answer
'Hard by' means very near.
- 'Hard by' means very near.
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