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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Rumble
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The fear of death plays a major role in our internal experience; it haunts us like nothing else; it rumbles continuously under the surface; it is a dark, unsettling presence at the rim of
consciousness.
--- I'm not sure how to understand the word "rumble"? Does it mean "it rumbles like a storm" or maybe the meaning here is different?
Also: it is a dark, unsettling presence at the rim of consciousness - does it say that the fear of death is dark and unsettling?
EDIT: By the way, do you think that "under the surface" means "under the surface of our minds"?
Thanks
The fear of death plays a major role in our internal experience; it haunts us like nothing else; it rumbles continuously under the surface; it is a dark, unsettling presence at the rim of
consciousness.
--- I'm not sure how to understand the word "rumble"? Does it mean "it rumbles like a storm" or maybe the meaning here is different?
Also: it is a dark, unsettling presence at the rim of consciousness - does it say that the fear of death is dark and unsettling?
EDIT: By the way, do you think that "under the surface" means "under the surface of our minds"?
Thanks
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Something which rumbles is both unsettling and unsettled. By it's nature, it's unstable - in constant turmoil. So you refer both to the unstable thing - the storm; the earthquake - and to it's unstabilizing effect on you .
- Something which rumbles is both unsettling and unsettled.
- By it's nature, it's unstable - in constant turmoil.
- So you refer both to the unstable thing - the storm; the earthquake - and to it's unstabilizing effect on you .
- When we try to describe the conscious and the unconscious we usually end up using metaphors, because we're only just beginning to truly understand the mechanics of it.
- He's saying that the fear of death has both conscious and unconscious aspects, and that it often hovers on the brink between the two.
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Something which rumbles is both unsettling and unsettled. By it's nature, it's unstable - in constant turmoil.
So you refer both to the unstable thing - the storm; the earthquake - and to it's unstabilizing effect on you.
When we try to describe the conscious and the unconscious we usually end up using metaphors, because we're only just beginnin
So you refer both to the unstable thing - the storm; the earthquake - and to it's unstabilizing effect on you.
When we try to describe the conscious and the unconscious we usually end up using metaphors, because we're only just beginnin
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A rumble is a low-pitched, ominous sound.
(And I could have gone all month without that ghastly imagery.)
CJ
(And I could have gone all month without that ghastly imagery.)
CJ
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CalifJimA rumble is a low-pitched, ominous sound. Hi, Jim,
I think you could make one of those on a good ol' pipe organ. My oldest son used to go screaming at the first chord of the
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I think the RUMBLE is itself a meaning ofSTORM so there should be no confusion with RUMLE.
And also as i have the question,
Is the word 'perception' is synonyme for the 'reception'?
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And also as i have the question,
Is the word 'perception' is synonyme for the 'reception'?
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Hi, Robby. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. [<:o)]
I would not say that "perception" and "reception" are synonyms.
Perception seems to have two meanings. One describes the technical process of receiving stimuli to the senses (sensory perception), and the other describes the way a person chooses to understand some particular concept or thing: "What is you
I would not say that "perception" and "reception" are synonyms.
Perception seems to have two meanings. One describes the technical process of receiving stimuli to the senses (sensory perception), and the other describes the way a person chooses to understand some particular concept or thing: "What is you
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