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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Snap "Hands!" at
I'm reading an online English fiction to enhance my reading skill, and I met this sentence, "She wants to snap 'Hand!' at him, but that would give away their position,...". I don't understand the meaning of "snap 'hands!' at" in this one. Who may help me? Thanks in advance.
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You have written "Hand!" in one place, and "hands!" in another. Which is it?
"snap" means speak sharply, e.g. in irritation. Is there any reason in the story why she would want to say "Hand!" or "Hands!"?
"snap" means speak sharply, e.g. in irritation. Is there any reason in the story why she would want to say "Hand!" or "Hands!"?
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Oh, I'm sorry for that mistake, the right word is "hands!". This is a link of that fiction I've read: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9092558/9/Remembering. And that sentence is the last one in the first paragraph of that link. When I research in the Internet, I suppose "snap 'hands!' at" is an action, but
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Hi
I'm guessing, but if she is worried about giving away position, then I assume she is on a radio in a combat area
Therefore 'Hands!' could be code for something like 'All hands on deck!' or 'Hand grenades!'
Do let us know!
Dave
I'm guessing, but if she is worried about giving away position, then I assume she is on a radio in a combat area
Therefore 'Hands!' could be code for something like 'All hands on deck!' or 'Hand grenades!'
Do let us know!
Dave
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To save our members having to guess or to plough through the text in that lengthy link, the question has been satisfactorily answered here.
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Ah, OK
'Hands!' (usually spoken by a woman) means: You have just touched me and I don't want you to because we don't know each other well enough
Dave
'Hands!' (usually spoken by a woman) means: You have just touched me and I don't want you to because we don't know each other well enough
Dave
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