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Kapa Posted 11 years ago
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Hello friends,
Would you please confirm me on my interpretation of the bold part?
Autumn was her happiest season. There was an expectancy about its sounds and shapes: the distant thunk pomp of leather and young bodies on the practice field near her house made her think of bands and cold Coca-Colas, parched peanuts and the sight of people’s breath in the air.
My interpretation: It is the sound of leather clothes hearing when people move.
Thank you.
Would you please confirm me on my interpretation of the bold part?
Autumn was her happiest season. There was an expectancy about its sounds and shapes: the distant thunk pomp of leather and young bodies on the practice field near her house made her think of bands and cold Coca-Colas, parched peanuts and the sight of people’s breath in the air.
My interpretation: It is the sound of leather clothes hearing when people move.
Thank you.
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In American-style football, the players wear leather shoulder pads, which make a distinctive thunking type of sound when players collide with each other. Autumn is (American-style) football season in the US.
- In American-style football, the players wear leather shoulder pads, which make a distinctive thunking type of sound when players collide with each other.
- Autumn is (American-style) football season in the US.
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In American-style football, the players wear leather shoulder pads, which make a distinctive thunking type of sound when players collide with each other. Autumn is (American-style) football season in the US.
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"practice field" would a sports field, and presumably "thunk pomp" is the sound of some game being played -- possibly baseball if it is set in America. The leather would be a leather ball, probably.
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So my interpretation is correct? It is the sound of the leather clothes. the leather ball and leather clothes as well?
Thank you
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The clothes are not leather. American-style football players wear heavy leather shoulder pads under a jersey that is similar to a soccer player's jersey. When these shoulder pads collide with each other, they give off a distinctive "thunking" sound that can be heard for a considerable distance. The ball in American-style football is leather, but it is the shoulder pads that give off that distin
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KapaSo my interpretation is correct? It is the sound of the leather clothes. the leather ball and leather clothes as well?It may be a bit of a stretch to call the shoulder pads used in American football "clothes".
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