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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.
He goes to the new school Doctor Strong's after experiencing the hard work at a warehouse at London during half a year.
Today is a Doctor Strong's birthday.
His wife's mother, whose alias is "the Old Soldier, is present at the birthday party.
"The Butterflies" refers to the ornament of the hat which the doctor's mother-in-law wears.
The good Doctor said she was nervous, and, to relieve her, proposed a round game at cards, of which he knew as much as of the art of playing the trombone. But I remarked that the Old Soldier took him into custody directly, for her partner, and instructed him, as the first preliminary of initiation, to give her all the silver he had in his pocket.
We had a merry game, not made the less merry by the Doctor's mistakes, of which he committed an innumerable quantity, in spite of the watchfulness of the butterflies, and to their great aggravation.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "remarked," not "observed."
2. I'd like to know why it is "for," not "as."
3. And I'd like to know why it is "as," not "in."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He goes to the new school Doctor Strong's after experiencing the hard work at a warehouse at London during half a year.
Today is a Doctor Strong's birthday.
His wife's mother, whose alias is "the Old Soldier, is present at the birthday party.
"The Butterflies" refers to the ornament of the hat which the doctor's mother-in-law wears.
The good Doctor said she was nervous, and, to relieve her, proposed a round game at cards, of which he knew as much as of the art of playing the trombone. But I remarked that the Old Soldier took him into custody directly, for her partner, and instructed him, as the first preliminary of initiation, to give her all the silver he had in his pocket.
We had a merry game, not made the less merry by the Doctor's mistakes, of which he committed an innumerable quantity, in spite of the watchfulness of the butterflies, and to their great aggravation.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why it is "remarked," not "observed."
2. I'd like to know why it is "for," not "as."
3. And I'd like to know why it is "as," not "in."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. " This sense is old-fashioned - 19th century usage - and is almost never heard today. 2.
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- " This sense is old-fashioned - 19th century usage - and is almost never heard today.
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- The phrase "to take someone for your partner (in a game)" is idiomatic and is what would be used here.
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1. The verb "remark" can have the meaning of "observe." This sense is old-fashioned - 19th century usage - and is almost never heard today.
2. The phrase "to take someone for your partner (in a game)" is idiomatic and is what would be used here.
3. Similarly, the phrase "as the first step in something" is also idiomatic and is what would be used here.
2. The phrase "to take someone for your partner (in a game)" is idiomatic and is what would be used here.
3. Similarly, the phrase "as the first step in something" is also idiomatic and is what would be used here.
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