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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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institutional midway
... and down below he could see Welfare Island, its city hospitals squatting somberly and institutional midway in the gray East River.
What does institutional midway in this context mean?
What does institutional midway in this context mean?
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the city hospitals were in the middle of the river (on an island)
- the city hospitals were in the middle of the river (on an island)
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squatting somberly and institutional describes the city hospitals
midway in the gray East River.the city hospitals were in the middle of the river (on an island)
midway in the gray East River.the city hospitals were in the middle of the river (on an island)
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AnonymousWelfare IslandThe text must be fairly old. It's not called that anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island
CJ
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Clive,
Thank you very much.
You helped me to fully understand this sentence. It is from The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey.
Thank you very much.
You helped me to fully understand this sentence. It is from The Final Diagnosis by Arthur Hailey.
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