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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
please help me the meaning of this sentence
Far from undermining the impression of permanent
decline, the tawdry statue seemed emblematic of its
blighted surroundings.
decline, the tawdry statue seemed emblematic of its
blighted surroundings.
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It means that the statue fitted in with its dirty surroundings. It summed up the dirtiness of its surroundings. It represented everything dirty about the place in which it resided.
- It means that the statue fitted in with its dirty surroundings.
- It summed up the dirtiness of its surroundings.
- It represented everything dirty about the place in which it resided.
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It means that the statue fitted in with its dirty surroundings.
It summed up the dirtiness of its surroundings.
It represented everything dirty about the place in which it resided.
It summed up the dirtiness of its surroundings.
It represented everything dirty about the place in which it resided.
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The pattern "Far from X, Y" means that X is/was very much not true, but instead the contrasting thing Y is/was true.
Anything else that you don't understand should, I think, be just a case of looking up words in the dictionary.
Anything else that you don't understand should, I think, be just a case of looking up words in the dictionary.
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Hasibul Alamundermining the impression of permanent declineRefuting the idea that the place was going downhill, economically.
Hasibul Alamthe tawdry statueThe excessively elaborate statue
Hasibul Alamseemed emblematic of its blighted surroundings.seemed to represent decayed neighborhood
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