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Moivile Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
To make it sound distant
...to make it sound distant...
Help me understand the meaning of this expression in the folowing sentence, please.
...He was to place himself, not on the stage, but downstairs in the hall so as to make it sound distant. ...
http://lengish.com/texts/difficult/the-serenade-1.html
Help me understand the meaning of this expression in the folowing sentence, please.
...He was to place himself, not on the stage, but downstairs in the hall so as to make it sound distant. ...
http://lengish.com/texts/difficult/the-serenade-1.html
Top answer
This means just about what it says. Everything in the theater is about illusion. You're creating the illusion that the sound is coming from "a long ways away," as they say.
- This means just about what it says.
- Everything in the theater is about illusion.
- You're creating the illusion that the sound is coming from "a long ways away," as they say.
- " "Distant" is an adjective which describes something which is not close by.
- You could have the horn player exit the theater and play from a block down the street.
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This means just about what it says. Everything in the theater is about illusion. You're creating the illusion that the sound is coming from "a long ways away," as they say.
"The sound of distant thunder." "Distant" is an adjective which describes something which is not close by.
You could have the horn player exit the theater and play from a block down the street. Then the soun
"The sound of distant thunder." "Distant" is an adjective which describes something which is not close by.
You could have the horn player exit the theater and play from a block down the street. Then the soun
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