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Kapa Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
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Hello friends,
Could you please clarify the meaning of the bold part?
“Did you go visiting this morning?” asked Alexandra.
“Went to see Cal.”
Alexandra’s knife clattered on the table. “Jean Louise!”
“Now what the hell’s the matter?” This is the last round I will ever have with her, so help me God. I have never been able to do anything right in my life as far as she’s concerned.
"Calm down, Miss.” Alexandra’s voice was cold. “Jean Louise, nobody in Maycomb goes to see Negroes any more, not after what they’ve been doing to us. Besides being shiftless now they look at you sometimes with open insolence, and as far as depending on them goes, why that’s out.
Thank you for your time.
Could you please clarify the meaning of the bold part?
“Did you go visiting this morning?” asked Alexandra.
“Went to see Cal.”
Alexandra’s knife clattered on the table. “Jean Louise!”
“Now what the hell’s the matter?” This is the last round I will ever have with her, so help me God. I have never been able to do anything right in my life as far as she’s concerned.
"Calm down, Miss.” Alexandra’s voice was cold. “Jean Louise, nobody in Maycomb goes to see Negroes any more, not after what they’ve been doing to us. Besides being shiftless now they look at you sometimes with open insolence, and as far as depending on them goes, why that’s out.
Thank you for your time.
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"that's out" means "that's no longer possible", or similar. g. com/dictionary/english/why ).
- "that's out" means "that's no longer possible", or similar.
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- I think a comma after "why" would help this sentence.
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"that's out" means "that's no longer possible", or similar. "why" is not the usual question-forming "why", but the "why" that adds emphasis or prefixes an exclamation (see e.g. sense 4 at http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/why).
I think a comma after "why" would help this
I think a comma after "why" would help this
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GPY"that's out" means "that's no longer possible", or similar. "why" is not the usual question-forming "why", but the "why" that adds emphasis or prefixes an exclamation (see e.g. sense 4 at http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/why ).I think a comma after "w
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KapaMy interpretation is: "regard to depending on them, visiting them is wrong". Am I right?"with regard to depending on them, that is not possible". In other words, it is not possible to depend on them.
There is no specific mention of visting in that sentence. ("as far as ~ goes" is a set expression meaning "with regard to ~" or "where ~ is concerne
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