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Tim Chen 8872 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
quarry has gone to ground?/ fling one?
The following sentences are from the novel Cut&Run.
1.I think I just got heartburn by osmosis,” he grumbled as he sat down opposite Zane. He didn’t trust New York eateries as far as he could fling one.
First, the speaker expresses a strong repulsion about eating at greasy spoon. And here I want to figure out what does "fling one" here mean?
2. Ty sighed and looked around at the empty street corners. “Looks like our quarry has gone to ground.” He growled in annoyance, beginning to walk slowly in the direction from which they’d come. “Did you happen to look at the report on that sheet the body was wrapped in?”
The second question is the quotation " “Looks like our quarry has gone to ground.”'. The context is about the two police officers cannot find any
specific pattern of those serial crimes. What's this mean? My guess is the suspect they are going to hunt stops hiding....or hiding somewhere..
1.I think I just got heartburn by osmosis,” he grumbled as he sat down opposite Zane. He didn’t trust New York eateries as far as he could fling one.
First, the speaker expresses a strong repulsion about eating at greasy spoon. And here I want to figure out what does "fling one" here mean?
2. Ty sighed and looked around at the empty street corners. “Looks like our quarry has gone to ground.” He growled in annoyance, beginning to walk slowly in the direction from which they’d come. “Did you happen to look at the report on that sheet the body was wrapped in?”
The second question is the quotation " “Looks like our quarry has gone to ground.”'. The context is about the two police officers cannot find any
specific pattern of those serial crimes. What's this mean? My guess is the suspect they are going to hunt stops hiding....or hiding somewhere..
Top answer
1. "fling" means "throw"; "to not trust someone/something as far as / any further than one can throw them/it" is a set expression meaning to have very little trust in someone/something. 2.
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- "fling" means "throw"; "to not trust someone/something as far as / any further than one can throw them/it" is a set expression meaning to have very little trust in someone/something.
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- "quarry" means an animal, or in this case person, that is being hunted.
- Of an animal, "gone to ground" means gone underground to hide in its burrow, and therefore out of reach of the hunter.
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1. "fling" means "throw"; "to not trust someone/something as far as / any further than one can throw them/it" is a set expression meaning to have very little trust in someone/something.
2. "quarry" means an animal, or in this case person, that is being hunted. Of an animal, "gone to ground" means gone underground to hide in its burrow, and therefore out of reach of the hunter. It has the
2. "quarry" means an animal, or in this case person, that is being hunted. Of an animal, "gone to ground" means gone underground to hide in its burrow, and therefore out of reach of the hunter. It has the
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