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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He visited his old friend Traddles' place for the first time.
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'Oh dear, yes!' said Traddles. 'I got fifty pounds. I had never been brought up to any profession, and at first I was at a loss what to do for myself. However, I began, with the assistance of the son of a professional man, who had been to Salem House - Yawler, with his nose on one side.
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'It don't matter,' said Traddles. 'I began, by means of his assistance, to copy law writings. That didn't answer very well; and then I began to state cases for them, and make abstracts, and that sort of work. For I am a plodding kind of fellow, Copperfield, and had learnt the way of doing such things pithily. Well! That put it in my head to enter myself as a law student; and that ran away with all that was left of the fifty pounds. Yawler recommended me to one or two other offices, however - Mr. Waterbrook's for one - and I got a good many jobs.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "my expectation" is omitted after "answer."
2. I'd like to know if two "that"s refer the two clauses in blue.
3. And I'd like to know what "ran away with" means here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He visited his old friend Traddles' place for the first time.
..............................
'Oh dear, yes!' said Traddles. 'I got fifty pounds. I had never been brought up to any profession, and at first I was at a loss what to do for myself. However, I began, with the assistance of the son of a professional man, who had been to Salem House - Yawler, with his nose on one side.
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'It don't matter,' said Traddles. 'I began, by means of his assistance, to copy law writings. That didn't answer very well; and then I began to state cases for them, and make abstracts, and that sort of work. For I am a plodding kind of fellow, Copperfield, and had learnt the way of doing such things pithily. Well! That put it in my head to enter myself as a law student; and that ran away with all that was left of the fifty pounds. Yawler recommended me to one or two other offices, however - Mr. Waterbrook's for one - and I got a good many jobs.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "my expectation" is omitted after "answer."
2. I'd like to know if two "that"s refer the two clauses in blue.
3. And I'd like to know what "ran away with" means here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. "That didn't answer very well;" apparently means he did not do well at copying law writings, or he didn't like doing it. That is, it's equivalent to: "That didn't go very well;".
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- "That didn't answer very well;" apparently means he did not do well at copying law writings, or he didn't like doing it.
- That is, it's equivalent to: "That didn't go very well;".
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- The first "that" apparently means: stating cases for them, making abstracts, and "that sort of work" - that is, doing law work.
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1. "That didn't answer very well;" apparently means he did not do well at copying law writings, or he didn't like doing it. That is, it's equivalent to: "That didn't go very well;".
2. The first "that" apparently means: stating cases for them, making abstracts, and "that sort of work" - that is, doing law work. Doing law work ("That") "put it in my head to enter myself as a law stud
2. The first "that" apparently means: stating cases for them, making abstracts, and "that sort of work" - that is, doing law work. Doing law work ("That") "put it in my head to enter myself as a law stud
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Thank you, No name one, for your very kind answer. 
Then I was wondering what "enter myself as a law student" means here.
Then I was wondering what "enter myself as a law student" means here.
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