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MIA6 Posted 19 years ago
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0I have several questions for the book I read, so hope u can help me out.02br
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001. The boy jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. 01font00What does it mean by 'Home counties'? I know what it 00means, but i just can't relate it to the whole00 sentence.02font02br
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002. He peered at the reef through screwed-up eyes. 01font00 screwed-up means bad? so it means bad eyes?02font02br
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003. In the middle of the scar he stood on his head. 01font00What does 'stand on one's head' mean?02font02br
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004. A storm had banked sand inside the lagoon so that there was a long, deep pool in the beach. 01font00 I don't understand this sentence, like a storm let the sand go into the lagoon? but how come there is a pool IN the beach?02font00 02br
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1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 001. The boy jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. 01font 00What does it mean by 'Home counties'?

— Clive

  • 1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 001.
  • The boy jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.
  • 01font 00What does it mean by 'Home counties'?
  • 01font 00 The boy is in a wild, perhaps even dangerous place, but he made the kind of automatic gesture that he would make if he were in a safe and civilized place.
  • 02font 02font 02br 02br 002.
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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0Hello Mia02br
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00I think you probably know already; but just in case other readers aren't sure, "home counties" means the area around London, i.e. the adjacent parts of Essex, Kent, Surrey, etc. The countryside in the home counties is thoroughly domesticated.02br
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00(This sounds like Lord of the Flies.)02br
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0 You may also want to see: 02br
0500240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Counties
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