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Guzhao67 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The meaning of a sentence from "the turn of the screw"

Hi: could you please paraphrase the following sentence taken from the turn of the screw by Henry James, please?

"It was not so much yet that I was more nervous than I could bear to be as that I was remarkably afraid of becoming so."

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I wasn't too nervous yet, but I was afraid of becoming too nervous.

— Mister Micawber

  • I wasn't too nervous yet, but I was afraid of becoming too nervous.
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I wasn't too nervous yet, but I was afraid of becoming too nervous.
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