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'...stood over him in the dark, ...'

0 Coming out of Kate's he had touched his tearful brother, and Aron had cut him down with a fist like a whipe. Aron had STOOD OVER HIM IN THE DARK, and then suddently turned and ran, screaming like a broken-hearted child' 02br
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00What is the exactly meaning of this sentence? 02br
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0 Aron knocked him to the floor with a punch. Aron then stood looking down at him, in the dark, then ran off screaming. 0-

  • 0 Aron knocked him to the floor with a punch.
  • Aron then stood looking down at him, in the dark, then ran off screaming.
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0 Aron knocked him to the floor with a punch. Aron then stood looking down at him, in the dark, then ran off screaming. 0-
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0 But what's a "whipe"? 0-
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0 A cross between a whip and a pipe? wouldn't want to get hit by one of those.... [:^)] 0-
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0 Dear Guest, 02br
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00It is a strange simile. We do not often see a fist that resembles a «whip», do we? 05002br
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00It is perhaps that the speed of the blow with the fist resembled the speed of a blow with a whip. 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 010id1

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