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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Please, explain me the meaning of a sentence.

0I didn't know where to place such a question, but finally I've chosen this section of Your forum. I hope that it wasn't a big mistake 05000 If yes - I'm really sorry. This is a paragraph from Miss Potter review.02br
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00"...Beatrix becomes friends with Norman’s sister Millie (Emily Watson), another free spirit who always speaks her mind. Millie isn’t married, and together the women discuss the joys of being single and not being bossed about by a man — until Beatrix accepts Norman’s proposal of marriage. 01b00So much for sisters doing it for themselves.02b00"02br
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00I don't understand the last sentence and I've got to translate the review into my mother tongue. 02br
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00I've got yet another question concerning the same review. 02br
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00"There are no rough edges to her personality; nothing dark or revealing is on display. But this film wants it both ways: to show us a modern woman who dares to break with convention, 01b00but not to give her stance any consequences02b00."02br
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00I wonder who in the above paragraph doesn't want to give Miss Potter's stance any consequences. She herself or the film? For me this sentence is quite ambiguous02br
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00Please, help me if You can. I'd appreciate especially native speakers' replies, but all ideas are welcome 05102br
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00Thank You in advance!02br
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00Judyta.010id111id1
  

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" The song talks about how women don't need men to help them - they can do just fine without a man in therr lives. So In 01i 00Miss Potter02i 00, it seems great when Millie and Beatrix are happy in their unmarried state - they are "sisters doing it for themselves" - succeeding without the help of any men. But then, Beatrix decides to marry Norman, so she will no longer be a woman on her own.

— BarbaraPA

  • " The song talks about how women don't need men to help them - they can do just fine without a man in therr lives.
  • So In 01i 00Miss Potter02i 00, it seems great when Millie and Beatrix are happy in their unmarried state - they are "sisters doing it for themselves" - succeeding without the help of any men.
  • But then, Beatrix decides to marry Norman, so she will no longer be a woman on her own.
  • 02br 02br 00Usually, when someone "takes a stand" (which means to have an opinion and back it up, even though it's not popular) against what is commonly thought to be true, the person faces consequences.
  • It didn't go so well for Galileo, for example, when he said that he earth was not the center of the universe.
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0Hi Judyta,02br
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00Just a quick note - "explain the meaning of a sentence 01i00to me02i00" rather than "explain me the meaning."02br
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00There is a song - it has been recorded by more than one group - called "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves." The song talks about how women don't need
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0Thank You very much! You helped me a lot 05000 As for my second question, I'm happy that Your reply is what I assumed. As for the first one, I didn't expect that it could be a part of lyrics, although I think that my assumptions concerning the sentence' s meaning were also right. So, once again thanks a lot!02br
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00Best wishes, 02br
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00Judy
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0I'm glad it was helpful. 050010id1
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