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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
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The Saint - a short story
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It was unbelievable that a man so eminent would actually sit in our dining room, use our knives and forks, and eat our food. Every imperfection in our home and our characters would jump out at him. The Truth had been revealed to man with scientific accuracy -- an accuracy we could all test by experiment -- and the future course of human development on earth was laid down, finally. And here in Mr. Timberlake was a man who had not merely performed many miracles -- even, it was said with proper reserve, having twice raised the dead -- but who had actually been to , our headquarters, where this great and revolutionary revelation had first been given.
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/saint.htm
The Truth had been revealed to man with scientific accuracy.
-- Here, "to man" is used, not "to a man", when "man" is a countable noun...
I wonder if anyone has an explanation.........
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"This is my nephew," my uncle said, introducing me. "He lives with us. He thinks he thinks, Mr. Timberlake, but I tell him he only thinks he does. Ha, ha." My uncle was a humorous man when he was with the great. "He's always on the river," my uncle continued. "I tell him he's got water on the brain. I've been telling Mr. Timberlake about you, my boy."
A hand as soft as the best quality chamois leather took mine. I saw a wide upright man in a double-breasted navy blue suit. He had a pink square head with very small ears and one of those torpid, enameled smiles which were said by our enemies to be too common in our sect.
"Why, isn't that just fine?" said Mr. Timberlake who, owing to his contacts with , spoke with an American accent. "What say we tell your uncle it's funny he thinks he's funny."
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The underlined part is hard to understand the structure of sentence.
Any one can give a tip?
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"While your uncle and aunt are sleeping off this meal, let's you and me go on the river and get water on the brain. I'll show you how to punt."
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The underlined part, does it mean, "sleeping after the meal"?
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It was unbelievable that a man so eminent would actually sit in our dining room, use our knives and forks, and eat our food. Every imperfection in our home and our characters would jump out at him. The Truth had been revealed to man with scientific accuracy -- an accuracy we could all test by experiment -- and the future course of human development on earth was laid down, finally. And here in Mr. Timberlake was a man who had not merely performed many miracles -- even, it was said with proper reserve, having twice raised the dead -- but who had actually been to , our headquarters, where this great and revolutionary revelation had first been given.
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/saint.htm
The Truth had been revealed to man with scientific accuracy.
-- Here, "to man" is used, not "to a man", when "man" is a countable noun...
I wonder if anyone has an explanation.........
2.
"This is my nephew," my uncle said, introducing me. "He lives with us. He thinks he thinks, Mr. Timberlake, but I tell him he only thinks he does. Ha, ha." My uncle was a humorous man when he was with the great. "He's always on the river," my uncle continued. "I tell him he's got water on the brain. I've been telling Mr. Timberlake about you, my boy."
A hand as soft as the best quality chamois leather took mine. I saw a wide upright man in a double-breasted navy blue suit. He had a pink square head with very small ears and one of those torpid, enameled smiles which were said by our enemies to be too common in our sect.
"Why, isn't that just fine?" said Mr. Timberlake who, owing to his contacts with , spoke with an American accent. "What say we tell your uncle it's funny he thinks he's funny."
******
The underlined part is hard to understand the structure of sentence.
Any one can give a tip?
3.
"While your uncle and aunt are sleeping off this meal, let's you and me go on the river and get water on the brain. I'll show you how to punt."
***
The underlined part, does it mean, "sleeping after the meal"?
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