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Bambang Irawan Posted 11 years ago
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moby dick novel

What does "Inlanders all, they come from lanes and alleys, streets avenues- north, east, south, and west. Yet here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither?" mean?
  

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Bambang, I am a learner too, so it would sound funny to tell what would be good for you instead of answering your question, but I think it would better for you to start with simple, short sentences for leaning, instead reading these Languages at play.

  • Bambang, I am a learner too, so it would sound funny to tell what would be good for you instead of answering your question, but I think it would better for you to start with simple, short sentences for leaning, instead reading these Languages at play.
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Bambang,
I am a learner too, so it would sound funny to tell what would be good for you instead of answering your question, but I think it would better for you to start with simple, short sentences for leaning, instead reading these Languages at play.
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It's certainly going to be hard work going through the whole book like this. If you can't make any sense of most of the text then I agree with Onizo -- it would probably be better to try something simpler. Moby **** is pretty heavy going even for native speakers.
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BI, We have two problems -- I don't have the patience to explain every sentence of Moby ****, and you won't learn much if I do.

The book you're reading is difficult, as GPY points out, even for native speakers. Both the time period and the subject are removed from the modern experience, and Melville's language reflects that. But it's still English, so beginners can still parse i

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