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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

people lined up around the block

He designed a camera, a projection device and the film. The system was first shown in New York in 1894 and was really very popular. Apparently people lined up around the block to see the wonderful new invention.

What does "people lined up around the block" mean here?
  

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It means that the line of people was very long.

— Clive

  • It means that the line of people was very long.
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It means that the line of people was very long.
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A "block" is the distance from one street intersection to the next street intersection.

People were in a line to see the invention.
The line went all the way around the block.
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