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Korinka Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
"Stand free" about stars
Please help me to understand this sentence from a book:
Overhead the tent framework was visible only as a faint pattern of occluded stars; it seemed they stood free, in a chill night wind.
I don't get what it means that the stars stood free -- did it seem they could fall or what? Thank you in advance!
Overhead the tent framework was visible only as a faint pattern of occluded stars; it seemed they stood free, in a chill night wind.
I don't get what it means that the stars stood free -- did it seem they could fall or what? Thank you in advance!
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They are saying the tent itself seemed insubstantial - the 'they' that stood free would be the people. They feel as though they are out in the open air, not in a tent.
- They are saying the tent itself seemed insubstantial - the 'they' that stood free would be the people.
- They feel as though they are out in the open air, not in a tent.
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They are saying the tent itself seemed insubstantial - the 'they' that stood free would be the people. They feel as though they are out in the open air, not in a tent.
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Nona The BritThey are saying the tent itself seemed insubstantial - the 'they' that stood free would be the people. They feel as though they are out in the open air, not in a tent.Oh, I see! Thank you very much!!
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