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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

I don't dies completely

1. Does "I shall look forward to the challenge" here mean "i will try to figure out how it works myself"?

2. Does "I don't dies completely" mean that "the father from inside the grave is complaining that they will never leave him free even after his death" or that "the father from inside the grave is saying that his name and fame will always remain alive"?

  

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1. Yes, and expect to enjoy figuring out how it works. 2.

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  • Yes, and expect to enjoy figuring out how it works.
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  • It's actually "I do not die completely" -- as you probably realise, a translation of the Latin inscription Non Omnis Moriar on the gravestone.
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1. Yes, and expect to enjoy figuring out how it works.

2. It's actually "I do not die completely" -- as you probably realise, a translation of the Latin inscription Non Omnis Moriar on the gravestone. It means what the translation says, i.e. that some part of him -- the soul, or whatever -- will supposedly continue after death, but it is not clear just from this page what further a
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Thank you! Sorry for the typo. You are right it is naturally "I do not die completely" and not "I do not dies..."!!!

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