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Hhtt Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Leant forward from the waist

"THE geisha called 'Trembling Leaf, on her knees beside James Bond, leant forward from the waist and kissed him chastely on the right cheek."

Would you please explain the phrase "lean forward from the waist."

You only live twice by Ian Fleming.

Thank you.

  

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e. the part of her body below her waist did not lean forward; only her upper body did.

— GPY

  • e.
  • the part of her body below her waist did not lean forward; only her upper body did.
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She bent her body at the waist; i.e. the part of her body below her waist did not lean forward; only her upper body did.

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hhttlean forward from the waist.

Leaning forward from the waist is also the description of a bow.

CJ

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