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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
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i can not understand the sentence
.a pall of complacency would fall over the kingdom so that if suddenly there were an earl with an axe to grind, so to speak, his path to usurpation would be unobstructed.
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A pall of complacency = a lack of caring; or a feeling that no changes were needed. An earl with an axe to grind = a highly born and ambitious person with a reason to complain. His path to usurpation would be unobstructed = no one would be able to stop him taking over.
- A pall of complacency = a lack of caring; or a feeling that no changes were needed.
- An earl with an axe to grind = a highly born and ambitious person with a reason to complain.
- His path to usurpation would be unobstructed = no one would be able to stop him taking over.
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A pall of complacency = a lack of caring; or a feeling that no changes were needed.
An earl with an axe to grind = a highly born and ambitious person with a reason to complain.
His path to usurpation would be unobstructed = no one would be able to stop him taking over.
An earl with an axe to grind = a highly born and ambitious person with a reason to complain.
His path to usurpation would be unobstructed = no one would be able to stop him taking over.
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Because of (whatever precedes this passage), the Kingdom will be overthrown by someone who quickly rises to power because he is not opposed.
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