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Roccololipop Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

lie alone

0 "The imbecile head was red, and the bullet head with close-cropped hair seemed to 01span00lie alone02span00, its chin in the dust."02br
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00What does lie alone mean here or in other contexts? Thanks in advance. 0-
  

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0 'To be alone' is all I can think of. I doubt that more context would help, but it might. 0-

— Philip

  • 0 'To be alone' is all I can think of.
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0 'To be alone' is all I can think of. I doubt that more context would help, but it might. 0-
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01cite10Philip12cite10'To be alone' is all I can think of. I doubt that more context would help, but it might.12br
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10As far as I can tell this is a quote from 01i00The Idiots02i00 by Joseph Conrad. Here is the complete paragraph:02br
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0Thank you so much. You guys are very helpful. This forum is a miracle. 050010id1
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11cite20Philip22cite20'To be alone' is all I can think of. I doubt that more context would help, but it might. 22br
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20 I have to say this is pretty unclear writing for someone with the reputation of Joseph Conrad.
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01cite10Philip12cite10Have you 11u10read12u10 any Joseph Conrad?12blockquote
10No and judging by the tone of your comment I may have dodged a bullet. Still, he is often cited as one of the greatest English language writers of all time. Are the critics all just parroting each other or is there actually
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0 His story is often inhibited by his excessive use of language. Yes, you hae dodged a bullet, as far as I'm concerned. I often suggest that while writing in English, not his native language, he looked up all the words he didn't know in English and then put them in the book he was writing at the time. 0-
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