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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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keep it in place...

Hi, I need to know the most proper meaning of the phrase in the following sentence underlined.

I add some more sentences for contexts.

If you have an idea, would you tell me some here?

Thanks a lot~!

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ex) Tape worms are parasites that live in the intestines of other animals. They are surrounded by food, which they absorb through the surface of the body. A tape worm head has hooks and suckers that keep it in place. The largest tapeworms, which live in whales, can be 30m long.
  

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Keep it in place = hold/retain it in the same position/location. Tapeworms hook themselves to the inside of the intestine; if they were not attached, they would be flushed out of the intestine with the host animals' bowel movements. -- 30 meters long in a whale!

— Mister Micawber

  • Keep it in place = hold/retain it in the same position/location.
  • Tapeworms hook themselves to the inside of the intestine; if they were not attached, they would be flushed out of the intestine with the host animals' bowel movements.
  • -- 30 meters long in a whale!
  • Yes, I remember-- tapeworms just keep adding segments to their bodies.
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Keep it in place = hold/retain it in the same position/location. Tapeworms hook themselves to the inside of the intestine; if they were not attached, they would be flushed out of the intestine with the host animals' bowel movements.

Wow!-- 30 meters long in a whale! Yes, I remember-- tapeworms just keep adding segments to their bodies.
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