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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
meaning of 'on'
"You are the Potter boy," he said. "You had better get back to Hagrid. The forest is not safe at this time -- especially for you. Can you ride? It will be quicker this way.
"My name is Firenze [ a centaur ]," he added, as he lowered himself on to his front legs so that Harry could clamber onto his back.
Firenze suddenly reared on to his hind legs in anger, so that Harry had to grab his shoulders to stay on.
"Do you not see that unicorn?" Firenze bellowed at Bane. "Do you not understand why it was killed? Or have the planets not let you in on that secret? I set myself against what is lurking in this forest, Bane, yes, with humans alongside me if I must."
And Firenze whisked around; with Harry clutching on as best he could, they plunged off into the trees, leaving Ronan and Bane behind them.
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The first two ‘on’s is because the centaur’s legs touched the land, and the third ‘on’ is because Harry’s hands touched the centaur’s body, aren’t they?
"My name is Firenze [ a centaur ]," he added, as he lowered himself on to his front legs so that Harry could clamber onto his back.
Firenze suddenly reared on to his hind legs in anger, so that Harry had to grab his shoulders to stay on.
"Do you not see that unicorn?" Firenze bellowed at Bane. "Do you not understand why it was killed? Or have the planets not let you in on that secret? I set myself against what is lurking in this forest, Bane, yes, with humans alongside me if I must."
And Firenze whisked around; with Harry clutching on as best he could, they plunged off into the trees, leaving Ronan and Bane behind them.
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The first two ‘on’s is because the centaur’s legs touched the land, and the third ‘on’ is because Harry’s hands touched the centaur’s body, aren’t they?
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That's the broad idea, yes. Clive
- That's the broad idea, yes.
- Clive
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