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Kk Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Sentence question
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Local civil rights leader E.D. Nixon exclaimed, "My God, look what segregation has put in my hands!
Would you give ma a hand? I don't know the meaning of "My God, look what segregation has put in my hands'' Can you help explain what the sentence mean?
Thank you for your help.
Local civil rights leader E.D. Nixon exclaimed, "My God, look what segregation has put in my hands!
Would you give ma a hand? I don't know the meaning of "My God, look what segregation has put in my hands'' Can you help explain what the sentence mean?
Thank you for your help.
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discrimination) has caused him some kind of trouble . You have to look into the context to see what the trouble really is. It could be an unfair judgement based on the race of defendant among lots of other guesses.
- discrimination) has caused him some kind of trouble .
- You have to look into the context to see what the trouble really is.
- It could be an unfair judgement based on the race of defendant among lots of other guesses.
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I guess it means that segregation (= a ***, race,...discrimination) has caused him some kind of trouble . You have to look into the context to see what the trouble really is. It could be an unfair judgement based on the race of defendant among lots of other guesses.
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It seems to mean "look what an opportunity for advancing the Civil Rights movement segregation has put in my hands!"
It relates to the arrest of Rosa Parks. Here's how it continues, on one website:
It relates to the arrest of Rosa Parks. Here's how it continues, on one website:
Parks was not only above moral reproach (securely married, reasonably employed) but possessed a quiet fortitude as well as political savvy — in short, she was the ideal pla
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MrP, thanks for your explenation, it prooved how wrong I could be! Anyway, does that utternace always have a positive sense, the opportunity in this sentense? Or can it refer to a negative sense, a trouble for example, in another context? Thanks.
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Well, I took it for an oddly phrased negative utterance too, before I saw the context.
It may be more familiar to AmE-speakers – maybe one will pass by and tell us!
MrP
It may be more familiar to AmE-speakers – maybe one will pass by and tell us!
MrP
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