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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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meaning of hard sentences

0(1) The more haste, the less speed.02br
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00(2) I must be taught my duty, and boy you!02br
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00(3) Plead, Sleep, my cause, and make her soft like thee.02br
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00(4) Charity sifffereth long, and is kind.02br
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00Could anyone explain me the meaning of above sentences?0-
  

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0Hi02br 02br 00It can be impossible to give accurate meanings without any context. 02br 02br 00To help you with the one that can be adequately explained without context:02br 02br 001) More haste, less speed. This is a common idiom (note that it should not include any 'the's).

— Nona the brit

  • 0Hi02br 02br 00It can be impossible to give accurate meanings without any context.
  • 02br 02br 00To help you with the one that can be adequately explained without context:02br 02br 001) More haste, less speed.
  • This is a common idiom (note that it should not include any 'the's).
  • It means that when you rush something you often end up making it take more time.
  • For example, if I tried to very quickly clear the table after dinner I might be clumsy or careless, dropping and breaking a plate, which would then take me time to clear up, so in the end it all took longer than if I'd just cleared the table at a normal speed in the first place.
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00It can be impossible to give accurate meanings without any context. It is better to ask one question per post and include information on where the sentence came from, and include the surrounding sentences.02br
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10It can be impossible to give accurate meanings without any context. It is better to ask one question per post and include information on where the sentence came from, and include the surrounding sentences.12br
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002 = You will teach me how to behave {it's "by you", not "boy you"]02br
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003: A poetic sentence asking a personified (made into a human) "Sleep" to persuade someone to wake up a nicer and sweeter person.0-
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102 = You will teach me how to behave {it's "by you", not "boy you"]12br
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103: A poetic sentence asking a personified (made into a human) "Sleep" to persuade someone to wake up a nicer and sweeter person.12br
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0 What was the answer on these two on the other forum?0-
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0Plead, Sleep, my cause, and make her soft like thee.02br
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00The writer is making a dramatic/poetic statement.00 00The underlying meaning is that he (I assume it is a man) hopes that a woman who has rejected him will change her mind after she wakes up.00 00In this poetic device he imagines sleep to be a person (which is why he cap
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Plead, Sleep, my cause, and make her soft like thee.12br
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10The writer is making a dramatic/poetic statement.10 10The underlying meaning is that he (I assume it is a man) hopes that a woman who has rejected him will change her mind after she wakes up.10
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Plead, Sleep, my cause, and make her soft like thee.12br
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10The writer is making a dramatic/poetic statement.10 10The underlying meaning is that he (I assume it is a man) hopes that a woman who has rejected him will change her mind after she wakes up.10
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0Charity sufffereth long, and is kind02br
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00In essence, this means a good person puts up with a lot without complaining.0-
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