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A teacher is looking at a group of students at school and is thinking to herself:
There are so few of them. Eight, at least, look as though they will
come under Miss Benson’s care; that leaves me seventeen.
I can give them absolutely individual attention. And I shall
be in charge; if I’m in the middle of something interesting,
there’ll be no bell ringing to makeme stop and go running
down a mile of corridor to another class. It’s going to be
wonderful.
Does "in charge" here mean "I'll have an absolute control over them" because there are only 17 of them?
Does "go running down a mile of corridor" just mean that she won't run fast along the corridor to another class?
A teacher is looking at a group of students at school and is thinking to herself:
There are so few of them. Eight, at least, look as though they will
come under Miss Benson’s care; that leaves me seventeen.
I can give them absolutely individual attention. And I shall
be in charge; if I’m in the middle of something interesting,
there’ll be no bell ringing to makeme stop and go running
down a mile of corridor to another class. It’s going to be
wonderful.
Does "in charge" here mean "I'll have an absolute control over them" because there are only 17 of them?
Does "go running down a mile of corridor" just mean that she won't run fast along the corridor to another class?
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-- Well, not 'absolute', but the teacher intends to maintain control of the class. - It means that she won't have to change classrooms.
- -- Well, not 'absolute', but the teacher intends to maintain control of the class.
- - It means that she won't have to change classrooms.
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Does "in charge" here mean "I'll have an absolute control over them" because there are only 17 of them?-- Well, not 'absolute', but the teacher intends to maintain control of the class.
Does "go running down a mile of corridor" just mean that she won't run fast along the corridor to another class?- It means that she won't have to change classrooms.
Does "go running down a mile of corridor" just mean that she won't run fast along the corridor to another class?- It means that she won't have to change classrooms.
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Ok, but to be more precise I think it says that when the bell rings she won't have to leave her classroom and run along the school coridor to another classroom.
I was juct curious about the phrase "a mile of corridor"? Probably it means a mile long corridor.
I was juct curious about the phrase "a mile of corridor"? Probably it means a mile long corridor.
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