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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
"Reckoning". Kinda strange word, isn't it ?
Hi. Could you explain the meaning of "beyond reckoning" in the extract below?
...I go to bed with rain and awake to more rain. But I eat well, virtually every bit of food coming from the tiny island. Mary sends me down to fisherman Sandy Mathers for fresh fish. I carry it back through the village and deliver it to Mary at the kitchen door. By 7 pm, our fish is on the table, delicious beyond reckoning. Also beyond reckoning: my ferry ride the following morning to my next island. Over the preceding two months, many of the scheduled ferries had been cancelled because of high seas. If my ferry didn't come. I'd be stuck on Muck for two more days. Which, now, phone or no phone, was what I secretly longed for.
...I go to bed with rain and awake to more rain. But I eat well, virtually every bit of food coming from the tiny island. Mary sends me down to fisherman Sandy Mathers for fresh fish. I carry it back through the village and deliver it to Mary at the kitchen door. By 7 pm, our fish is on the table, delicious beyond reckoning. Also beyond reckoning: my ferry ride the following morning to my next island. Over the preceding two months, many of the scheduled ferries had been cancelled because of high seas. If my ferry didn't come. I'd be stuck on Muck for two more days. Which, now, phone or no phone, was what I secretly longed for.
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Beyond reckoning means that something is unbelievable or unexplainable. S. easily recognize the phrase, "Well, I reckon (you'll be leaving tomorrow), (I'd better be off now), (we'd better have another whiskey), etc.
- Beyond reckoning means that something is unbelievable or unexplainable.
- S.
- easily recognize the phrase, "Well, I reckon (you'll be leaving tomorrow), (I'd better be off now), (we'd better have another whiskey), etc.
- All these mean that something is probably true.
- S.
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Beyond reckoning means that something is unbelievable or unexplainable. Yes, it's a bit strange to many people, but those of us who grew up with "western" movies in the U.S. easily recognize the phrase, "Well, I reckon (you'll be leaving tomorrow), (I'd better be off now), (we'd better have another whiskey), etc. All these mean that something is probably true. I think its use is still co
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Thank you. I have one more question. What is the "reckoning song"?
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AnonymousThank you. I have one more question. What is the "reckoning song"?You should learn to use Google.
See https://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&site=&source=hp&q=reckoning+song&btnK=Google+Search
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