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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

round

I vaulted over the stile and ran round to the front of the vicarage. The door stood open, and I could hear voices in the kitchen at the back of the house. The Women’s Institute, I decided: Several of them would have slipped out of the service early to put the kettle on.

What’s the meaning of ‘round’ in the example?
  

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around

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Aspara Gusaround
In this case, does "around" mean "come near"?
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No. The speaker went along the edge of the house to get to the front of it.

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