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MIG Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Meaning.

Hi.
Please clarify the true meaning of bold part in text below.

You could look up from life of the moment and feel the world crackling beyond the walls.

I think it means seeing the overall picture of your life at that period/moment(war).
  

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Yes; I'd see it as the person is so focussed on things nearby in the present that they don't see the world on fire with war further around. d

  • Yes; I'd see it as the person is so focussed on things nearby in the present that they don't see the world on fire with war further around.
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Yes; I'd see it as the person is so focussed on things nearby in the present that they don't see the world on fire with war further around.

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Thank you meteorquake.

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