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Monkey_D Posted 18 years ago
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to grow into
please help me. I'm reading Ramona Forever and have some question. Little girl Wiila Jean has got an accordion for present and she sank down on it so it demage and didn't work at all.
But I don't understand the blue sentence below. Please help me
"And uncle Hobart was just plain stupid to give a little girl something she couldn't use until she was older, but then. grown-ups were often stupid about presents. Ramona knew. She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting. But an according--growing up to an accordion would take forever.
Thanks
But I don't understand the blue sentence below. Please help me
"And uncle Hobart was just plain stupid to give a little girl something she couldn't use until she was older, but then. grown-ups were often stupid about presents. Ramona knew. She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting. But an according--growing up to an accordion would take forever.
Thanks
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You have marked two blue sentences. She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting. = She had received books that were written for older girls, but by the time she became older, the books had been in the house for a long time and did not seem interesting to her any more.
- You have marked two blue sentences.
- She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting.
- = She had received books that were written for older girls, but by the time she became older, the books had been in the house for a long time and did not seem interesting to her any more.
- and But an according--growing up to an accordion would take forever.
- = An accordion would never become uninteresting as she grew older.
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You have marked two blue sentences.
She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting. = She had received books that were written for older girls, but by the time she became older, the books had been in the house for a long time and did not seem interes
You have marked two blue sentences.
She had been given books "to grow into" and by the time she had grown into them, they had lain around so long they no longer looked interesting. = She had received books that were written for older girls, but by the time she became older, the books had been in the house for a long time and did not seem interes
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