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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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Not until he climbed into bed
It had been Harry's best Christmas day ever. Yet something had been nagging at the back of his mind all day. Not until he climbed into bed was he free to think about it: the invisibility cloak and whoever had sent it.
Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his four-poster. Harry leaned over the side of his own bed and pulled the cloak out from under it.
His father's... this had been his father's. He let the material flow over his hands, smoother than silk, light as air. Use it well, the note had said.
He had to try it, now. He slipped out of bed and wrapped the cloak around himself. Looking down at his legs, he saw only moonlight and shadows. It was a very funny feeling.
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The invisibility cloak haunted Harry, so he couldn’t fell asleep unlike Ron. And he had to slip out of bed at last. Then does the sentence, ‘Not until he climbed into bed was he free to think about it’ need to be changed into like this: ‘Not until he fell asleep was he going to be free to think about it’?
Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing mysterious to bother him, fell asleep almost as soon as he'd drawn the curtains of his four-poster. Harry leaned over the side of his own bed and pulled the cloak out from under it.
His father's... this had been his father's. He let the material flow over his hands, smoother than silk, light as air. Use it well, the note had said.
He had to try it, now. He slipped out of bed and wrapped the cloak around himself. Looking down at his legs, he saw only moonlight and shadows. It was a very funny feeling.
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The invisibility cloak haunted Harry, so he couldn’t fell asleep unlike Ron. And he had to slip out of bed at last. Then does the sentence, ‘Not until he climbed into bed was he free to think about it’ need to be changed into like this: ‘Not until he fell asleep was he going to be free to think about it’?
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This is a little too complicated! I'm not sure you have the sequence of events straight. 1.
- This is a little too complicated!
- I'm not sure you have the sequence of events straight.
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- " He's implying two different levels of consciousness.
- It was nagging at him, but he wasn't able to give it serious consideration .
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This is a little too complicated!
I'm not sure you have the sequence of events straight.
1. "It was nagging at the back of his mind all day."
He's implying two different levels of consciousness.
It was nagging at him, but he wasn't able to give it serious consideration.
2. He climbed into bed, and was then free to concentrate his
I'm not sure you have the sequence of events straight.
1. "It was nagging at the back of his mind all day."
He's implying two different levels of consciousness.
It was nagging at him, but he wasn't able to give it serious consideration.
2. He climbed into bed, and was then free to concentrate his
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Avangi2. He climbed into bed, and was then free to concentrate his thoughts on the cloak.What a marvelous explanations! First of all I got the wrong idea on the word “free.” Now I understand the word properly by your #2 sentence. I thought, upside down, Harry wanted to free from the thought. Thank you very much.
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