Lit the furnaces!
Hey guys, what does the phrase mean:
"People in the town stopped and stared. “What’s going on?” they cried. “Someone’s lit the furnaces!"?
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics relaunch) (Kindle Locations 230-231). Penguin Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Top answer
A furnace is a very hot place, commonly used in factories. To start a furnace you have to light it. When people saw smoke coming out of the chocolate factory's chimney, they knew that the factory was re-opening.
- A furnace is a very hot place, commonly used in factories.
- To start a furnace you have to light it.
- When people saw smoke coming out of the chocolate factory's chimney, they knew that the factory was re-opening.
- The irregular Past Participle of the verb light is lit .
- Clive
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A furnace is a very hot place, commonly used in factories. To start a furnace you have to light it.
When people saw smoke coming out of the chocolate factory's chimney, they knew that the factory was re-opening.
The irregular Past Participle of the verb light is lit.
Clive
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