Hello everybody.
I need your help to understand what the underlined mean.
Back in my hotel room, I race to pack up and get organized. The clock is ticking. My two children are being dropped off at my house in Lido Beach, Long Island, at dinnertime by my ex-husband, who has given me a strict deadline. So far, our joint custody arrangement is working out smoothly, and I certainly don’t want to miss my flight and antagonize him, yet I am compelled to hear more.
Is it an expression?
Before this sentences, the writer was talking to a woman that was left unfinished because the writer was in a hurry.
Does the underlined refer to her interest in that woman' talking? But, compelled means to be forced.
Thanks so much.
Jamal 1315 Is it an expression? No. Jamal 1315 Does the underlined refer to her interest in that woman' talking?
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Jamal 1315Is it an expression?
No.
Jamal 1315Does the underlined refer to her interest in that woman' talking?
Yes.
Jamal 1315But, compelled means to be forced.
The writer meant that she felt an irresistable urge to hear more. She should have written that she felt compelle