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Slipped free
Hi,
I would like to know what exactly means "slipped free" in this sentence from "Snow falling on cedars":
" Ishmael slipped three centre pages of Seaman Milholland's notes free and folded them ..."
I guess the signification here, but I want to be sure that it's "slip free" the verb who "works" the sentence.
carlo
I would like to know what exactly means "slipped free" in this sentence from "Snow falling on cedars":
" Ishmael slipped three centre pages of Seaman Milholland's notes free and folded them ..."
I guess the signification here, but I want to be sure that it's "slip free" the verb who "works" the sentence.
carlo
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It means the same as but 'slip free' in this case could convey that it was done in a surreptitious manner or that it was done very smoothly.
- It means the same as but 'slip free' in this case could convey that it was done in a surreptitious manner or that it was done very smoothly.
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It means the same as but 'slip free' in this case could convey that it was done in a surreptitious manner or that it was done very smoothly.
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Yes, or it may indicate the way that the notebook is bound-- some sort of looseleaf binder, perhaps.
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