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Kapa Posted 12 years ago
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Hi dear friends, would you tell me the meaning of the bold phrase?
("Bustle" is a frame worn by woman in the past to hold out the back of their skirt.) Am I right?
thank you so much.
“She parks the scooter in the lot behind the pharmacy, then walks around to the front. Already her heart is beating faster. She takes a breath, assumes her bustling, efficient pose, consults her little notebook as if there’s something written in it.”
("Bustle" is a frame worn by woman in the past to hold out the back of their skirt.) Am I right?
thank you so much.
“She parks the scooter in the lot behind the pharmacy, then walks around to the front. Already her heart is beating faster. She takes a breath, assumes her bustling, efficient pose, consults her little notebook as if there’s something written in it.”
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) Am I right? Right, but this has nothing to do with your sentence. Kapa She takes a breath, assumes her bustling, efficient pose, "assumes her bustling" is not a phrase here.
- ) Am I right?
- Right, but this has nothing to do with your sentence.
- Kapa She takes a breath, assumes her bustling, efficient pose, "assumes her bustling" is not a phrase here.
- The object of "assumes" is "her pose", and "bustling" and "efficient" modify "pose".
- "bustling" means "busy with activity".
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Kapa("Bustle" is a frame worn by woman in the past to hold out the back of their skirt.) Am I right?Right, but this has nothing to do with your sentence.
KapaShe takes a breath, assumes her bustling, efficient pose,"assumes her bustling" is not a phrase here. The object of "assumes" is "her pose", and "bustling" and "
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Thank you so much. I had been confused because of "," between two these modifiers.
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