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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #1
The protagonist just now skewered a thug with his blade. he now has to counter the last, fourth adversary's attack.
I used my blade like a lever, turning him as I continued my counterclockwise movement, him at its center, hoping to position him beneath that fourth man and myself.
The maneuver was partly successful. It was to late to interpose my skewered and sagging adversary fully, but in time at least to cause a small collision between him and the other. Time enough, I hoped, as the other stumbled to the side, stepping down from the porch.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why a noun is omitted after "skewered."
I'd like to know "sagging" means "swinging his blade down."
And I'd like to know why "being" is implied before "enough."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I used my blade like a lever, turning him as I continued my counterclockwise movement, him at its center, hoping to position him beneath that fourth man and myself.
The maneuver was partly successful. It was to late to interpose my skewered and sagging adversary fully, but in time at least to cause a small collision between him and the other. Time enough, I hoped, as the other stumbled to the side, stepping down from the porch.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why a noun is omitted after "skewered."
I'd like to know "sagging" means "swinging his blade down."
And I'd like to know why "being" is implied before "enough."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" The noun is "adversary". " No. More like "becoming limp", "slowly falling down".
- " The noun is "adversary".
- " No.
- More like "becoming limp", "slowly falling down".
- " "being" isn't implied.
- (There was) time enough ...
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park sang joonI'd like to know why a noun is omitted after "skewered."The noun is "adversary". my (skewered and sagging) adversary
park sang joonI'd like to know if "sagging" means "swinging his blade down."No. More like "becoming limp", "slowly falling down".
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