In against/against
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"The field sloped from the wall of trees, westward, a gentle bosom, down to the open gate onto Fishacre Lane. The dark coats lay there in against the hedge, covering the cider-jar and the dinner-bundle, beside the two scythes that had been used to clear the still-dewed hedge swathe much earlier that morning." From Daniel Martin by John Fowles.
Against means leaning against , right? How can coats be both in and against the hedge? Could you explain the image for me?
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book mango 418 Could you explain the image for me? 'lay ... in' suggests low, somewhat hidden (by the hedge) 'against' suggests leaning beside (the hedge).
- book mango 418 Could you explain the image for me?
- 'lay ...
- in' suggests low, somewhat hidden (by the hedge) 'against' suggests leaning beside (the hedge).
- The image I get is that there is a cider-jar and a dinner-bundle nestled beside and slightly under a hedge, and there are dark coats placed over them, also more or less tucked around them, beside and to some extent under the lowest branches of the hedge.
- CJ
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book mango 418Could you explain the image for me?
'lay ... in' suggests low, somewhat hidden (by the hedge)
'against' suggests leaning beside (the hedge).
The image I get is that there is a cider-jar and a dinner-bundle nestled beside and slightly under a hedge, and there are dark coats placed over them, also more or less tucked around them, besid
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