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Rack1146 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Swelling of the Sun?

Can someone explain to me the bold words in the following sentence:

Then, like a sudden swelling of the sun, a burning, blinding, coruscating light explodes in the dimly-lit chamber ...

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, First, have you looked up these words in your dictionary? eg what does it say in your dictionary for 'coruscating'? Clive

  • Hi, First, have you looked up these words in your dictionary?
  • eg what does it say in your dictionary for 'coruscating'?
  • Clive
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Hi,

First, have you looked up these words in your dictionary?

eg what does it say in your dictionary for 'coruscating'?
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Hi,

Actually I think I know the meaning of most of these words like coruscating, which means shining or glowing, but I need to know the meaning of the first expression: "sudden swelling of the sun" and I want to know the meaning of the other words in the context because I'm afraid they mean something different from what I thought
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Hi,

Then, like a sudden swelling of the sun, a burning, blinding, coruscating light explodes in the dimly-lit chamber ...

The chamber (room) was poorly lit. Suddenly a very bright, flash of light appeared quickly. It was like a sun that got big very quickly, like an explosion. It was enough to hurt people's eyes.
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Yes, the Sun can swell. I guess what you need to know is the knowledge of the Sun. So find a reference on the Sun in your own language, after reading it, then you can understand exactly what those English words mean in such a context.
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The Sun got bigger and exploded, as Clive said.
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Then, like a sudden swelling1 of the sun, a burning, blinding, coruscating light explodes2 in the dimly-lit chamber ...

1increase in intensity. (This might be the same effect seen when the sun suddenly comes out from behind a cloud.)
2fills (the chamber) with light in the way that an explosion would (sudd

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