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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
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I can not understand after ‘looking up..that’
“His belly was still sore from the punch when he’d made the mistake of looking up the last time Graham had goaded him with that.”
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e. refers to him raising his head/eyes in response to the goading (contrasted with just ignoring it). "the last time" means "on the previous occasion (when)".
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- refers to him raising his head/eyes in response to the goading (contrasted with just ignoring it).
- "the last time" means "on the previous occasion (when)".
- "that" at the end of the sentence refers to some taunt previously mentioned.
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As far as I can tell, "looking up" is literal, i.e. refers to him raising his head/eyes in response to the goading (contrasted with just ignoring it). "the last time" means "on the previous occasion (when)". "that" at the end of the sentence refers to some taunt previously mentioned.
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