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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of 'the inside exploded'
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Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce -- and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table. These fantastic party favors were nothing like the feeble Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their flimsy paper hats inside. Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn't just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice. Up at the High Table, Dumbledore had swapped his pointed wizard's hat for a flowered bonnet, and was chuckling merrily at a joke Professor Flitwick had just read him.
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1.Does ‘the inside’ mean, inside a cloud of blue smoke or inside a wizard cracker?
2.Does the word, exploded, mean ‘emerged suddenly’ and is its subject ‘a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice’?
Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat, roast turkeys; mountains of roast and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce -- and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table. These fantastic party favors were nothing like the feeble Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their flimsy paper hats inside. Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn't just bang, it went off with a blast like a cannon and engulfed them all in a cloud of blue smoke, while from the inside exploded a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice. Up at the High Table, Dumbledore had swapped his pointed wizard's hat for a flowered bonnet, and was chuckling merrily at a joke Professor Flitwick had just read him.
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1.Does ‘the inside’ mean, inside a cloud of blue smoke or inside a wizard cracker?
2.Does the word, exploded, mean ‘emerged suddenly’ and is its subject ‘a rear admiral's hat and several live, white mice’?
Top answer
(1) Inside the wizard cracker. (2) Yes, but "exploded" is rather more powerful than "emerged suddenly" - imagine these things emerging violently, as if there were a great explosion propelling them.
- (1) Inside the wizard cracker.
- (2) Yes, but "exploded" is rather more powerful than "emerged suddenly" - imagine these things emerging violently, as if there were a great explosion propelling them.
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(1) Inside the wizard cracker.
(2) Yes, but "exploded" is rather more powerful than "emerged suddenly" - imagine these things emerging violently, as if there were a great explosion propelling them.
(2) Yes, but "exploded" is rather more powerful than "emerged suddenly" - imagine these things emerging violently, as if there were a great explosion propelling them.
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