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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
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Understanding the paragraph

He cursed his inability to communicate with the rest of humanity and considered driving directly to town to seek help, but thoughts of a person trapped in the twisted wreckage, prompted him to strain his eyes in the gathering darkness and search the abyss below.
Could you please tell me the meaning of "gathering darkness and search the abyss below." in the above paragraph? And does abyss mean "dark place like hell" here?
  

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) LeGion12359 search the abyss below look down into the deep ditch or hole LeGion12359 does abyss mean "dark place like ****" here? No. Just a long way down.

  • ) LeGion12359 search the abyss below look down into the deep ditch or hole LeGion12359 does abyss mean "dark place like ****" here?
  • No.
  • Just a long way down.
  • I picture him looking over the edge of something like a cliff trying to see something down there in the near darkness.
  • CJ
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LeGion12359gathering darkness
an expression used to mean that it is starting to get dark (It must be in the evening after sunset.)
LeGion12359search the abyss below
look down into the deep ditch or hole
LeGion12359does abyss mean "dark place like ****" here?
No. Just a long way down. I

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