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Silak12 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Round means here?

Hi, everyone.

Could you help me understand what "round" means here?

We had a shot at bringing the ship

round into the harbour.


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We had a shot at bringing the ship round into the harbour. bring around into the harbor = bring from a location a short distance away but with some obstacle which must be circumvented. These sailboats must be brought round (the mole) into the harbor:

— Mister Micawber

  • We had a shot at bringing the ship round into the harbour.
  • bring around into the harbor = bring from a location a short distance away but with some obstacle which must be circumvented.
  • These sailboats must be brought round (the mole) into the harbor:
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silak12Could you help me understand what "round" means here?We had a shot at bringing the ship round into the harbour.

bring around into the harbor = bring from a location a short distance away but with some obstacle which must be circumvented.

These sailboats must be brought round (the mole) into the harbor:

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