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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

sucks in

0maelstrom = 00an area of water which moves with a very strong circular movement and 00sucks in00 anything that goes past.02br
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00Could you tell me, what does `sucks in' mean in the above context?0-
  

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1i00Draw in as if by suction.02br
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite11i10Draw in as if by suction.12br
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00But I can't get it. Could you explain in some other way?0-
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1i00Suck in02i00 is not a phrasal verb here. 01b01i00Suck02i02b00 = attract by creation of a partial vacuum;01b01i00 in02i02b00 = toward the center (of the maelstrom).0-

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