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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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He stands by the dozen
The protagonist, Philip, who was born with a club foot, moved in with his uncle Mr. Carey, the Vicar of Blackstable after his mother's death.
He dropped out of King's School at Tercanbury, came to Germany, and stays at the Frau Professor Erlin's lodging house with several guests.
One day, the new lodger Hayward form England came to the lodging house.
A lodger talks to Philip about Hayward.
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"I've met him in the Latin Quarter in Paris, and I've met him in pensions in Berlin and Munich. He lives in small hotels in Perugia and Assisi. He stands by the dozen before the Botticellis in Florence, and he sits on all the benches of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.~"
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know what "someone stands by the dozen" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He dropped out of King's School at Tercanbury, came to Germany, and stays at the Frau Professor Erlin's lodging house with several guests.
One day, the new lodger Hayward form England came to the lodging house.
A lodger talks to Philip about Hayward.
...........................
"I've met him in the Latin Quarter in Paris, and I've met him in pensions in Berlin and Munich. He lives in small hotels in Perugia and Assisi. He stands by the dozen before the Botticellis in Florence, and he sits on all the benches of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.~"
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know what "someone stands by the dozen" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Hi That's a really old and unusual phrase and Maugham is using it in quite an unusual way If a group of people 'stand by the dozen' it means, literally, that there are at least twelve of them there. It is taken to mean that they are serious. If a group of trade unionists are protesting and they 'stand by the dozen' it means there is a strong show of support In the context of the novel, as a metaphor, it means that the man is very serious about studying Italian art Dave
- Hi That's a really old and unusual phrase and Maugham is using it in quite an unusual way If a group of people 'stand by the dozen' it means, literally, that there are at least twelve of them there.
- It is taken to mean that they are serious.
- If a group of trade unionists are protesting and they 'stand by the dozen' it means there is a strong show of support In the context of the novel, as a metaphor, it means that the man is very serious about studying Italian art Dave
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That's a really old and unusual phrase and Maugham is using it in quite an unusual way
If a group of people 'stand by the dozen' it means, literally, that there are at least twelve of them there. It is taken to mean that they are serious. If a group of trade unionists are protesting and they 'stand by the dozen' it means there is a strong show of support
In the cont
That's a really old and unusual phrase and Maugham is using it in quite an unusual way
If a group of people 'stand by the dozen' it means, literally, that there are at least twelve of them there. It is taken to mean that they are serious. If a group of trade unionists are protesting and they 'stand by the dozen' it means there is a strong show of support
In the cont
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