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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of 'across'
In the example:
Hermione had fought her way across to the stand where Snape stood, and was now racing along the row behind him; she didn't even stop to say sorry as she knocked Professor Quirrell headfirst into the row in front. Reaching Snape, she crouched down, pulled out her wand, and whispered a few, well- chosen words. Bright blue flames shot from her wand onto the hem of Snape's robes.
It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. A sudden yelp told her she had done her job. Scooping the fire off him into a little jar in her pocket, she scrambled back along the row -- Snape would never know what had happened.
I guess ‘across’ means ‘from up in the row to down in the row. Is this right?
Hermione had fought her way across to the stand where Snape stood, and was now racing along the row behind him; she didn't even stop to say sorry as she knocked Professor Quirrell headfirst into the row in front. Reaching Snape, she crouched down, pulled out her wand, and whispered a few, well- chosen words. Bright blue flames shot from her wand onto the hem of Snape's robes.
It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. A sudden yelp told her she had done her job. Scooping the fire off him into a little jar in her pocket, she scrambled back along the row -- Snape would never know what had happened.
I guess ‘across’ means ‘from up in the row to down in the row. Is this right?
Top answer
No. She was on the opposite side of the stadium, away from the stand where Snape stood, so she had to go across the field (or some other area in the context).
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- She was on the opposite side of the stadium, away from the stand where Snape stood, so she had to go across the field (or some other area in the context).
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No. She was on the opposite side of the stadium, away from the stand where Snape stood, so she had to go across the field (or some other area in the context).
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Oh, I already put my note on the book after the word, across, "downwardly." If you don't correct my thought, I might be keep it. This is my five times' reading, yet I get wrong of the book.
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