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Dela Posted 15 years ago
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The meaning of this part
…one morning she was back on our doorstep, delivering eggs. I took them, as usual, and I went to chuck them, as usual. But the kitchen trash was so full that there wasn't any room for the carton, so I put it on top, picked up the trash, and beat it out the front door to empty everything into the garbage can outside.
Well, guess who's just standing there like a statue on my porch?
The Egg Chick.
I about spilled the trash all over the porch. “What are you still doing here?” I asked her.
“I…I don't know. I was just … thinking.”
“About what?” I was desperate. I needed a distraction. Some way around her with this garbage before she noticed what was sitting right there on top.She looked away like she was embarrassed. Juli Baker embarrassed? I didn't think it was possible.
From the quote, the speaker already emptied the trash into the garbage can outside, how come he spilled the trash all over the porch when he saw Juli?
The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why the speaker said “sitting right there on top”? This is quite puzzling.
But I think it’s not the fault of the author. It must be me getting the meaning in a wrong way.
Well, guess who's just standing there like a statue on my porch?
The Egg Chick.
I about spilled the trash all over the porch. “What are you still doing here?” I asked her.
“I…I don't know. I was just … thinking.”
“About what?” I was desperate. I needed a distraction. Some way around her with this garbage before she noticed what was sitting right there on top.She looked away like she was embarrassed. Juli Baker embarrassed? I didn't think it was possible.
From the quote, the speaker already emptied the trash into the garbage can outside, how come he spilled the trash all over the porch when he saw Juli?
The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why the speaker said “sitting right there on top”? This is quite puzzling.
But I think it’s not the fault of the author. It must be me getting the meaning in a wrong way.
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e. he was en route). The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why the speaker said “sitting right there on top”?
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- he was en route).
- The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why the speaker said “sitting right there on top”?
- -- He put the carton on the top of the full kitchen trash/garbage receptacle and then carried the kitchen receptacle outside toward the larger outside trash/garbage receptacle.
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From the quote, the speaker already emptied the trash into the garbage can outside, how come he spilled the trash all over the porch when he saw Juli?-- He hadn't emptied it yet; he went to empty it (i.e. he was en route).
The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why
The egg carton was put on top of kitchen trash when he empty it to the can, the carton should be buried first than other trash (in my understanding), why
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