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Cho7712 Posted 13 years ago
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In the short story 'The man who shot snapping turtles',
the narrator describes how Mr.Stryker had decided to drain the pond to find and exterminate all the snapping turtles.
And the narrator says,
He had just come into a new inheritance, which made him pretty well off.

What does the underlined phrase mean?
  

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cho7712 He had just come into a new inheritance He had just received some money from a recently deceased relative.

  • cho7712 He had just come into a new inheritance He had just received some money from a recently deceased relative.
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cho7712He had just come into a new inheritance
He had just received some money from a recently deceased relative.
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Thank you for the answer. It gives the straight and clear understanding.

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