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Stenka25 Posted 15 years ago
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The meaning of "yet" and ...
The below is from a book, "Man's Search for Meaning" about a man's life in a concentration camp.
In it, I have two questions: first, the meaning of "yet," second, the meaning of the underlined sentence.
About the first question, I cannot find out the exact meaning suitable in this context in my dictionary.
About the second question, I think I know the literal meaning, but I don't figure out the meaning in the context. It seems the sentence has some underlying meaning.
Can you give me your thought?
I felt that trouble was brewing, for in front of me lay the mound of earth which showed exactly how much I had dug. Then he began: "You pig, I have been watching you the whole time! I'll teach you to work, yet! Wait till you dig dirt with your teeth—you'll die like an animal! In two days I'll finish you off! You've never done a stroke of work in your life. What were you, swine? A businessman?"
In it, I have two questions: first, the meaning of "yet," second, the meaning of the underlined sentence.
About the first question, I cannot find out the exact meaning suitable in this context in my dictionary.
About the second question, I think I know the literal meaning, but I don't figure out the meaning in the context. It seems the sentence has some underlying meaning.
Can you give me your thought?
I felt that trouble was brewing, for in front of me lay the mound of earth which showed exactly how much I had dug. Then he began: "You pig, I have been watching you the whole time! I'll teach you to work, yet! Wait till you dig dirt with your teeth—you'll die like an animal! In two days I'll finish you off! You've never done a stroke of work in your life. What were you, swine? A businessman?"
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Stenka25 the meaning of "yet," eventually. Stenka25 Wait till you dig dirt with your teeth A threat to make him do literally that. Whether the threat would be carried out is not known.
- Stenka25 the meaning of "yet," eventually.
- Stenka25 Wait till you dig dirt with your teeth A threat to make him do literally that.
- Whether the threat would be carried out is not known.
- Possibly a reference to the fact that pigs (swine) use their snouts to push up dirt and find edible roots.
- So it's a comparison to pigs.
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Stenka25the meaning of "yet,"eventually.
Stenka25Wait till you dig dirt with your teethA threat to make him do literally that. Whether the threat would be carried out is not known. Possibly a reference to the fact that pigs (swine) use their snouts to push up dirt and find edible roots. So it's a comparison to
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