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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The speaker was fighting with a snake-like thing to rescue his brother, on a tower, beneath which a several of rocks are moving and colliding each other.
At that moment, figures began to emerge?slowly, cautiously?from an opening at the base of the tower.
.................
Then I turned, ran and leaped back over the edge, down into the place where the rocks did their unsettling things. I wondered whether I had chosen the best time to descend.
It was not the sort of jump I would make for many reasons other than those which prevailed. I came down alive, but that seemed the most that could be said for it. I was stunned, and for a long while I thought I had broken my ankle.
["Sign of the Unicorn" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why it is "many reasons," "any reason."
I'd like to know if "those" indicates the enemies.
And I'd like to know why it is "the most," not "the best."
Thank you in advance for your help.
At that moment, figures began to emerge?slowly, cautiously?from an opening at the base of the tower.
.................
Then I turned, ran and leaped back over the edge, down into the place where the rocks did their unsettling things. I wondered whether I had chosen the best time to descend.
It was not the sort of jump I would make for many reasons other than those which prevailed. I came down alive, but that seemed the most that could be said for it. I was stunned, and for a long while I thought I had broken my ankle.
["Sign of the Unicorn" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why it is "many reasons," "any reason."
I'd like to know if "those" indicates the enemies.
And I'd like to know why it is "the most," not "the best."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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" Rephrasing the original: park sang joon It was not the sort of jump I would make for many reasons other than those which prevailed. I decided not to make that jump for several reasons apart from common sense. There is a play on words involved here; "reason prevails" means "common sense prevails".
- " Rephrasing the original: park sang joon It was not the sort of jump I would make for many reasons other than those which prevailed.
- I decided not to make that jump for several reasons apart from common sense.
- There is a play on words involved here; "reason prevails" means "common sense prevails".
- " They mean the same thing; the original is idiomatic.
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park sang joonI'd like to know why it is "many reasons," not "any reason.""Any reason" would reverse the intended meaning; it would make the sentence imply, "it was the sort of jump I would make because it was common sense to do so."
Rephrasing the original:
park sang joonIt was not the sort of jump I would make for
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