Two questions about prepositions(on and across)? Please...
"Try.” Jon reached back for his sword, but one of them grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.
“You make us look bad,” complained Toad.
“You looked bad before I ever met you,” Jon told him. The boy who had his arm jerked upward on him, hard. Pain lanced through him, but Jon would not cry out.
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Jon twisted like an eel and slammed a heel down across the instep of the boy holding him.
There was a sudden cry of pain, and he was free.
Hi, dear teachers. I have two questions about prepositions with the quote above.
1. What does the underlined "on" mean here?
2. What does the underlined "across" mean here?
May I solicit your help?
Thank you.
Top answer
e. Jon) was the receiver of the jerking movement. ) His foot was at an angle to the other boy's foot as he stamped on it.
- e.
- Jon) was the receiver of the jerking movement.
- ) His foot was at an angle to the other boy's foot as he stamped on it.
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"on him" means that "him" (i.e. Jon) was the receiver of the jerking movement. ("The boy who had his arm" is the subject of "jerked".)
His foot was at an angle to the other boy's foot as he stamped on it.
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