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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
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Tiny blue butterflies flitted about, and here and there, with its exquisitely painted wings expanded, lay one of a larger kind, like some rich blossom clustered amongst the leaves.
Q) I don't understand the structure in the underlined part; plus the meaning of "lay". Is it used as the past verb of "lie"?
Q) I don't understand the structure in the underlined part; plus the meaning of "lay". Is it used as the past verb of "lie"?
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Most of the butterflies were small pure blue ones. Thus, when a larger and multicolored one appeared among them, it really stood out, like a bright flower does when it is among leaves. The small blue ones were mostly flying about.
- Most of the butterflies were small pure blue ones.
- Thus, when a larger and multicolored one appeared among them, it really stood out, like a bright flower does when it is among leaves.
- The small blue ones were mostly flying about.
- The larger multicolored ones were resting (lying - "lay [past tense of lie] one of a larger kind"), not flying, which is what made them stand out so much - they would not have stood out like this if they were flying among the small blues ones.
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Most of the butterflies were small pure blue ones. Thus, when a larger and multicolored one appeared among them, it really stood out, like a bright flower does when it is among leaves. The small blue ones were mostly flying about. The larger multicolored ones were resting (lying - "lay [past tense of lie] one of a larger kind"), not flying, which is what made them stand out so much - they would
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Thank you for your answer.
But i still can't understand the underlined part.
Is it inverted or something? How is it connected to the previous part of the sentence?
But i still can't understand the underlined part.
Is it inverted or something? How is it connected to the previous part of the sentence?
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Tiny blue butterflies flitted about, and here and there - with colorful wings extended, as butterflies do when they rest - lay one butterfly of a larger kind than the small blue ones (there were a number of these larger butterflies lying about: here lay a larger butterfly, there lay another one, there lay another, etc.). These larger butterflies where not blue like the small ones, but rather, mu
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