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Powdery dust devils, twists of white smoke
Hi,
I don't understand exactly the mean of this expression
about the snow falling on the town:
'By midday three inches had settled on the town like the breath of spirits, up and down Amity Harbor's
streets - powdery dust devils, twists of whitw smoke'
p.
I don't understand exactly the mean of this expression
about the snow falling on the town:
'By midday three inches had settled on the town like the breath of spirits, up and down Amity Harbor's
streets - powdery dust devils, twists of whitw smoke'
p.
Top answer
Hello P. Good name. The 'breath of spirits' would be extremely cold; it is sometimes supposed that the breath of a spirit can kill.
- Hello P.
- Good name.
- The 'breath of spirits' would be extremely cold; it is sometimes supposed that the breath of a spirit can kill.
- So the three inches of snow lie cold as death on the town.
- 'Dust devils' are whirling columns of sand or dust.
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Hello P.
Good name.
The 'breath of spirits' would be extremely cold; it is sometimes supposed that the breath of a spirit can kill. So the three inches of snow lie cold as death on the town.
'Dust devils' are whirling columns of sand or dust. The snow arrives in whirling clouds.
'Twists of white smoke': another metaphor for the falling snow.
MrP
Good name.
The 'breath of spirits' would be extremely cold; it is sometimes supposed that the breath of a spirit can kill. So the three inches of snow lie cold as death on the town.
'Dust devils' are whirling columns of sand or dust. The snow arrives in whirling clouds.
'Twists of white smoke': another metaphor for the falling snow.
MrP
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