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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of underlined 'glue'
The meaning of underlined 'glue'
The passage below comes from More Word Smart.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22numerous+privations+of+life+in+a+pup+tent%22#safe=off&tbm=bks&q=%22she+glued+moss+and+hollyhocks+all+over+the+outside%22
Janet had always longed to live in a quaint old cottage, so when she bought her split-level ranch house she glued moss and hollyhocks all over the outside.
In this sentence I'd like to ask a question regarding the meaning of the underlined 'glue'.
In the sense of context 'glue' seems to mean 'plant' because the word has plants (moss and hollyhocks) as the object.
But when I checked out a few dictionaries for affirmation there weren't any semblance of that meaning.
Now I suspect that this sentence is another humorous one the book above is riddled with.
Does the 'glue' means that Janet literally firmly attach moss and hollyhocks with glue?
So the ridiculous statement makes a reader giggle.
Am I right?
Regards.
The passage below comes from More Word Smart.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22numerous+privations+of+life+in+a+pup+tent%22#safe=off&tbm=bks&q=%22she+glued+moss+and+hollyhocks+all+over+the+outside%22
Janet had always longed to live in a quaint old cottage, so when she bought her split-level ranch house she glued moss and hollyhocks all over the outside.
In this sentence I'd like to ask a question regarding the meaning of the underlined 'glue'.
In the sense of context 'glue' seems to mean 'plant' because the word has plants (moss and hollyhocks) as the object.
But when I checked out a few dictionaries for affirmation there weren't any semblance of that meaning.
Now I suspect that this sentence is another humorous one the book above is riddled with.
Does the 'glue' means that Janet literally firmly attach moss and hollyhocks with glue?
So the ridiculous statement makes a reader giggle.
Am I right?
Regards.
Top answer
Stenka25 Does the 'glue' means that Janet literally firmly attach moss and hollyhocks with glue? Yes, to make her new ranch house look quaint and old. Stenka25 So the ridiculous statement makes a reader giggle.
- Stenka25 Does the 'glue' means that Janet literally firmly attach moss and hollyhocks with glue?
- Yes, to make her new ranch house look quaint and old.
- Stenka25 So the ridiculous statement makes a reader giggle.
- That depends on one's sense of humour.
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Stenka25Does the 'glue' means that Janet literally firmly attach moss and hollyhocks with glue?Yes, to make her new ranch house look quaint and old.
Stenka25So the ridiculous statement makes a reader giggle.That depends on one's sense of humour.
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