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Wisdom27 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
meaning of the sentence
Dear all,
He drew on his cigarette and blew out a stream of smoke.
He drew on his cigarette. Does it mean, He smoked the cigarette?
Thank you.
He drew on his cigarette and blew out a stream of smoke.
He drew on his cigarette. Does it mean, He smoked the cigarette?
Thank you.
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"Draw" here as the meaning of drag or extract from. It is used for a column of fire that either drags air into itself or that has the air forced into it to keep burning. That column might be a chimney drawing air through its flue or a cigaret, the smoker of which drags air into it by sucking on one end.
- "Draw" here as the meaning of drag or extract from.
- It is used for a column of fire that either drags air into itself or that has the air forced into it to keep burning.
- That column might be a chimney drawing air through its flue or a cigaret, the smoker of which drags air into it by sucking on one end.
- So "he drew on his cigaret" means that he sucked on one end to draw air into the cigaret to keep it burning.
- As a consequence, the smoker will take tobacco smoke into his air passages.
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"Draw" here as the meaning of drag or extract from. It is used for a column of fire that either drags air into itself or that has the air forced into it to keep burning. That column might be a chimney drawing air through its flue or a cigaret, the smoker of which drags air into it by sucking on one end. So "he drew on his cigaret" means that he sucked on one end to draw air into the cigaret to
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