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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

ROLLING AWAY and MARCHING BACK?

0 Hi, I would like to know if these two phrasal verbs have a same meaning:02br
00 'As I drove north through the little towns and the increasing forest ROLLING AWAY to the horizon, ...'02br
00 'The forests were MARCHING BACK, and where farm wagons once had been only the big logging trucks rumbled along.' 02br
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00Thanks in advance, Jo. 0-
  

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0 It's hard to say without context of the second one but 'rolling away' and 'marching back' don't have the same meaning here. Rolling away - continuing as far as the horizon. 'marching back' - withdrawing, reducing in area, (presumably because they are being cut down by the loggers).

— Nona the brit

  • 0 It's hard to say without context of the second one but 'rolling away' and 'marching back' don't have the same meaning here.
  • Rolling away - continuing as far as the horizon.
  • 'marching back' - withdrawing, reducing in area, (presumably because they are being cut down by the loggers).
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0 It's hard to say without context of the second one but 'rolling away' and 'marching back' don't have the same meaning here. Rolling away - continuing as far as the horizon. 'marching back' - withdrawing, reducing in area, (presumably because they are being cut down by the loggers). 0-
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0 I assume he's using 01i00rolling away02i00 for 01i00moving away as on wheels02i00 (because he himself was on wheels, but the illusion from his point of view was that the forest was too and he wants to suggest the same type of movement) as in 01i00to roll.02i02br
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01i00The forest was marching bac
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0 They don't have the same meaning.02br
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01i00... increasing forest rolling away to the horizon, ...02i02br
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00 The forest extended as far as the eye could see (perhaps on undulating terrain).02br
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01i00The forests were marching back, ...02i02br
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00 Forested land was co
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