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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #1
The narrator recalls his childhood, now about his home schooling.
He lives with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house.
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Even when the lessons are done, the worst is yet to happen, in the shape of an appalling sum. This is invented for me, and delivered to me orally, by Mr. Murdstone, and begins, "If I go into a cheesemonger's shop, and buy five thousand double-Gloucester cheeses at fourpence-halfpenny each, present payment"?at which I see Miss Murdstone secretly overjoyed. I pore over these cheese without any result or enlightenment until dinner time, when, having made a Mulatto of myself by getting the dirt of the slate, into the pores of my skin, I have a slice of bread to help me out with the cheeses, and am considered in disgrace for the rest of the evening.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know "with" is implied after "begins."
I can't figure out how "a slice of bread" can help with an arithmetic question.
So I'd like to hear your deduction.
I'd like to know why it is "considered in," not "considered as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He lives with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house.
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Even when the lessons are done, the worst is yet to happen, in the shape of an appalling sum. This is invented for me, and delivered to me orally, by Mr. Murdstone, and begins, "If I go into a cheesemonger's shop, and buy five thousand double-Gloucester cheeses at fourpence-halfpenny each, present payment"?at which I see Miss Murdstone secretly overjoyed. I pore over these cheese without any result or enlightenment until dinner time, when, having made a Mulatto of myself by getting the dirt of the slate, into the pores of my skin, I have a slice of bread to help me out with the cheeses, and am considered in disgrace for the rest of the evening.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know "with" is implied after "begins."
I can't figure out how "a slice of bread" can help with an arithmetic question.
So I'd like to hear your deduction.
I'd like to know why it is "considered in," not "considered as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1) "With" is not necessary. " 2) The connection of the "slice of bread" (which he had for dinner) and the "cheeses" (part of the math problem) is humorous. It is a figure of speech.
- 1) "With" is not necessary.
- " 2) The connection of the "slice of bread" (which he had for dinner) and the "cheeses" (part of the math problem) is humorous.
- It is a figure of speech.
- The bread is real; the cheeses are not.
- Dickens is a humorous writer, so expect this to be part of the meaning throughout the book.
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1) "With" is not necessary. He is telling you simply that the first words of the math problem are "If I go ..."
2) The connection of the "slice of bread" (which he had for dinner) and the "cheeses" (part of the math problem) is humorous. It is a figure of speech. The bread is real; the cheeses are not. Dickens is a humorous writer, so expect this to be part of the meaning throughout
2) The connection of the "slice of bread" (which he had for dinner) and the "cheeses" (part of the math problem) is humorous. It is a figure of speech. The bread is real; the cheeses are not. Dickens is a humorous writer, so expect this to be part of the meaning throughout
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Yes, it is very much so.
Thank you, Doctor D, for your so very kind answer.
Thank you, Doctor D, for your so very kind answer.
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