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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
ovals of white
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Could you please explain the underlined part to me?
Nobody ever walked across the bridge, not on a night like this. The rain was misty enough to be almost fog-like, a cold gray curtain that separated me from the pale ovals of white that were faces locked behind the steamed-up windows of the cars that hissed by. Even the brilliance that was Manhattan by night was reduced to a few sleepy, yellow lights off in the distance.
Thanks,
Tom
Could you please explain the underlined part to me?
Nobody ever walked across the bridge, not on a night like this. The rain was misty enough to be almost fog-like, a cold gray curtain that separated me from the pale ovals of white that were faces locked behind the steamed-up windows of the cars that hissed by. Even the brilliance that was Manhattan by night was reduced to a few sleepy, yellow lights off in the distance.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
The people sitting in the train were looking out the foggy window. Their skin was pale, and the shape of their faces was oval.
- The people sitting in the train were looking out the foggy window.
- Their skin was pale, and the shape of their faces was oval.
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Thanks, AStrars.
A cold gray curtain is rain here? Also, I would like to know if the part that you explained to me is easier for any native speaker walking down the street. Or is it difficult English?
Tom
PS: I find it difficult to imagine that all faces in the cars were oval.
A cold gray curtain is rain here? Also, I would like to know if the part that you explained to me is easier for any native speaker walking down the street. Or is it difficult English?
Tom
PS: I find it difficult to imagine that all faces in the cars were oval.
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Mr. TomA cold gray curtain is rain here?Yes.
Mr. TomAlso, I would like to know if the part that you explained to me is easier for any native speaker walking down the street.An native speaker who reads a lot would have no problem at all. This is visual language. Using allegory, metaphors, simile, and other literary devices
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