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Sunyy Posted 12 years ago
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Please help i can't get the meaning of bearing

It was a new flathouse,bearing carved upon its cheap stone portal its sonorous name,"The Vallambrosa."
  

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" Bearing " in this sentence means " wearing " The word order is somewhat unusual. Rearranging it a bit maybe makes it easier to parse: It was a new flathouse, bearing its sonorous name,"The Vallambrosa," carved upon its cheap stone portal

  • " Bearing " in this sentence means " wearing " The word order is somewhat unusual.
  • Rearranging it a bit maybe makes it easier to parse: It was a new flathouse, bearing its sonorous name,"The Vallambrosa," carved upon its cheap stone portal
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"Bearing" in this sentence means "wearing" The word order is somewhat unusual. Rearranging it a bit maybe makes it easier to parse:

It was a new flathouse, bearing its sonorous name,"The Vallambrosa," carved upon its cheap stone portal

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