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Noicap Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning

I would like to be helped with the meaning of the following sentence:

"But Hancock, accomplished general that he was, suffered himself to fall into no such pit"

Does it mean that "general Hancock allowed himself not to make the same mistake"?

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General Hancock realized that (the previously-described situation) was a problem and did not make the same mistake.

  • General Hancock realized that (the previously-described situation) was a problem and did not make the same mistake.
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General Hancock realized that (the previously-described situation) was a problem and did not make the same mistake.

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