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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #3
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
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As soon as I could recover my presence of mind, which quite deserted me in the first overpowering shock of my aunt's intelligence, I proposed to Mr. Dick to come round to the chandler's shop, and take possession of the bed which Mr. Peggotty had lately vacated. The chandler's shop being in Hungerford Market, and Hungerford Market being a very different place in those days, there was a low wooden colonnade before the door (not very unlike that before the house where the little man and woman used to live, in the old weather-glass), which pleased Mr. Dick mightily. The glory of lodging over this structure would have compensated him, I dare say, for many inconveniences; but, as there were really few to bear, beyond the compound of flavours I have already mentioned, and perhaps the want of a little more elbow-room, he was perfectly charmed with his accommodation.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "where" means "in which."
2. I'd like to know what "in the old weather-glass" modifies.
3. I think the clause in blue contradicts the phrase in red.
If so, I was wondering why it is possible.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
.................................
As soon as I could recover my presence of mind, which quite deserted me in the first overpowering shock of my aunt's intelligence, I proposed to Mr. Dick to come round to the chandler's shop, and take possession of the bed which Mr. Peggotty had lately vacated. The chandler's shop being in Hungerford Market, and Hungerford Market being a very different place in those days, there was a low wooden colonnade before the door (not very unlike that before the house where the little man and woman used to live, in the old weather-glass), which pleased Mr. Dick mightily. The glory of lodging over this structure would have compensated him, I dare say, for many inconveniences; but, as there were really few to bear, beyond the compound of flavours I have already mentioned, and perhaps the want of a little more elbow-room, he was perfectly charmed with his accommodation.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "where" means "in which."
2. I'd like to know what "in the old weather-glass" modifies.
3. I think the clause in blue contradicts the phrase in red.
If so, I was wondering why it is possible.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon 1. " Yes. park sang joon 2.
- park sang joon 1.
- " Yes.
- park sang joon 2.
- I'd like to know what "in the old weather-glass" modifies.
- 'where the little man and woman used to live' park sang joon 3.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "where" means "in which."Yes.
park sang joon2. I'd like to know what "in the old weather-glass" modifies.'where the little man and woman used to live'
park sang joon3. I think the clause in blue contradicts the phrase in red.In what way? It 'woul
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your so very helpful answer. 
I din't think "for many inconveniences" is conditional, so I thought
I din't think "for many inconveniences" is conditional, so I thought
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