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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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The protagonist with amnesia visited his nominal sister.
I followed, up three stairs and down a corridor past two closed doors. The third one to my left was open, and the maid indicated I should enter it. I did so, then paused on the threshold.
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The woman behind the desk wore a wide-collared, V-necked dress of blue-green, had long hair and low bangs, all of a cross between sunset clouds and the outer edge of a candle flame in an otherwise dark room, and natural, I somehow knew, and her eyes behind glasses I didn't think she needed were as blue as Lake Erie at three o'clock on a cloudless summer afternoon.
<Nine Princes in Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny>
I have three question.
First, I'd like to know if I can use "up" in place of "down" in "down a corridor."
Next, I'd like to know what "should" means in "the maid indicated I should enter it."
Finally, I'd like to know if I can rephrase "and natural, I somehow knew" as "and I somehow knew it was natural."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I followed, up three stairs and down a corridor past two closed doors. The third one to my left was open, and the maid indicated I should enter it. I did so, then paused on the threshold.
.............................
The woman behind the desk wore a wide-collared, V-necked dress of blue-green, had long hair and low bangs, all of a cross between sunset clouds and the outer edge of a candle flame in an otherwise dark room, and natural, I somehow knew, and her eyes behind glasses I didn't think she needed were as blue as Lake Erie at three o'clock on a cloudless summer afternoon.
<Nine Princes in Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny>
I have three question.
First, I'd like to know if I can use "up" in place of "down" in "down a corridor."
Next, I'd like to know what "should" means in "the maid indicated I should enter it."
Finally, I'd like to know if I can rephrase "and natural, I somehow knew" as "and I somehow knew it was natural."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" You can, but I have to say that I like it better as it is. Otherwise, you have two "up"s in a row: up three stairs and up a corridor . It sounds better with more variety.
- " You can, but I have to say that I like it better as it is.
- Otherwise, you have two "up"s in a row: up three stairs and up a corridor .
- It sounds better with more variety.
- " The maid gestured in a way to suggest that he was expected to enter the room she gestured toward.
- 'should' as a separate word probably cannot be translated successfully into any other particular word in this phrase.
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park sang joonFirst, I'd like to know if I can use "up" in place of "down" in "down a corridor."You can, but I have to say that I like it better as it is. Otherwise, you have two "up"s in a row: up three stairs and up a corridor. It sounds better with more variety.
park sang joonNext, I'd like to know what "shou
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your so very helpful answer. 
Yes, referring to her hair, of course. It was not treated with
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park sang joonI thought the protagonist thought that the room was dark was natural except for the cross pattern made of the light from sunset and a candle flame.The words all of a cross between sunset clouds and the outer edge of a candle flame in an otherwise dark room are meant to evoke her hair. It looked like clouds at sunset and like the edge of
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