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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
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Struggled with his pride a few days and tried to whistle her down the wind. ( a line from Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Please tell what this means
Struggled with his pride a few days and tried to whistle her down the wind. ( a line from Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
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Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school. Tom had struggled with his pride a few days, and tried to "whistle her down the wind," but failed. To struggle with your pride, means to debate in your mind whether to do something that is right, but you will lose face if you do it.
- Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school.
- Tom had struggled with his pride a few days, and tried to "whistle her down the wind," but failed.
- To struggle with your pride, means to debate in your mind whether to do something that is right, but you will lose face if you do it.
- Often it's the right thing to do to admit you were wrong about something, and apologize, but you will have to swallow your pride and be humble when you do it.
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Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school. Tom had struggled with his pride a few days, and tried to "whistle her down the wind," but failed.
To struggle with your pride, means to debate in your mind whether to do something that is right, but you will lose face if you do it.
Often it's the right thing to do to admit you were wrong about something, and apologize, but you will have to
To struggle with your pride, means to debate in your mind whether to do something that is right, but you will lose face if you do it.
Often it's the right thing to do to admit you were wrong about something, and apologize, but you will have to
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Thank you very much, Alphecca Stars.
Please tell me how I can relate the expression with the context, that is, with Becky Thatcher's stopping from coming to school and his losing pride about it.
Please tell me how I can relate the expression with the context, that is, with Becky Thatcher's stopping from coming to school and his losing pride about it.
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There is no relation between Tom's pride and Becky's absence. She was sick.
Tom's pride goes back to chapter 7, when he kisses Becky and asks her to marry him, and then goes on to talk about his other girlfriend. He made a social gaffe, and that is why he's felling guilty.
Tom's pride goes back to chapter 7, when he kisses Becky and asks her to marry him, and then goes on to talk about his other girlfriend. He made a social gaffe, and that is why he's felling guilty.
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