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Again. I had a trouble with understanding some of words while I'm reading the novel of " A tree grows in Brooklyn". The story goes: ' The friendly man untied the rope from the least sorry of the rowboats, put the rope in Johnny's hand, wished him luck and went back to his shack.' Now, what have the words " the least sorry of the rowboats' meant? Is it some part of the place of the rowboat? Thank you for your help.
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leobroun " the least sorry of the rowboats' That is understatement. It means "the best of the rowboats, all of which were in bad shape". q=sorry ) The passage is misleading.
- leobroun " the least sorry of the rowboats' That is understatement.
- It means "the best of the rowboats, all of which were in bad shape".
- q=sorry ) The passage is misleading.
- The man untied the rope from the dock, not from the rowboat, but I can see why the writer went that way.
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leobroun " the least sorry of the rowboats'
That is understatement. It means "the best of the rowboats, all of which were in bad shape".
sorry - "Worthless or inferior" ( https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=sorry )
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sorry#Adjective
3. Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
The storm left his garden in a sorry state. (That is a very common collocation.)
4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
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