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Dela Posted 15 years ago
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The paintings come out fine, but I've always felt a little sorry for him, having to paint beautiful scenes in our backyard, which is not exactly picturesque. It never was much of a yard, but after I started raising chickens, things didn't exactly improve.
I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part:
From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a good place for paining. Luckily it was not much of a yard (so it was OK before I raised chicken), but after I raised chickens, things got worse, (why the speaker says "things didn't exactly improve", Does the speaker raised chicken hoping to improve the condition of yard but in vain?)
I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part:
From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a good place for paining. Luckily it was not much of a yard (so it was OK before I raised chicken), but after I raised chickens, things got worse, (why the speaker says "things didn't exactly improve", Does the speaker raised chicken hoping to improve the condition of yard but in vain?)
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Hi, The paintings come out fine, but I've always felt a little sorry for him, having to paint beautiful scenes in our backyard, which is not exactly picturesque. It never was much of a yard, but after I started raising chickens, things didn't exactly improve . I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part: From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a good place for paining.
- Hi, The paintings come out fine, but I've always felt a little sorry for him, having to paint beautiful scenes in our backyard, which is not exactly picturesque.
- It never was much of a yard, but after I started raising chickens, things didn't exactly improve .
- I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part: From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a good place for paining.
- ) The speaker is being ironic.
- He knows that raising chickens made the yard worse.
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Hi,
The paintings come out fine, but I've always felt a little sorry for him, having to paint beautiful scenes in our backyard, which is not exactly picturesque. It never was much of a yard, but after I started raising chickens, things didn't exactly improve.
I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part:
From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a
The paintings come out fine, but I've always felt a little sorry for him, having to paint beautiful scenes in our backyard, which is not exactly picturesque. It never was much of a yard, but after I started raising chickens, things didn't exactly improve.
I'm not sure of the logic for the underlined part:
From the previous part it seems that the yard is not a
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I found when it comes to ironic, I often have difficulty to understand the real meaning. Thank you for the explanation.
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