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Heyose Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Upward shooting
It swayed now to one side, now to the other, tipped up a little, swung forward and backward. Any pressure on one side of the steel hoops was comminicated by their elasticity ot the other side, and resulted in a certain upward shooting of the skirt. It was probably this upward shooting which gave mid Victorian men their complex about ankles, and it certainly resulted in a new fashion in boots'
I looked up dictionary for meaning of swayed and swung. the words seems to have same meaning. what is convenient meaning of these words in the paragraph. or what is differences between them.
and I am confused about "upward shooting". so
I looked up dictionary for meaning of swayed and swung. the words seems to have same meaning. what is convenient meaning of these words in the paragraph. or what is differences between them.
and I am confused about "upward shooting". so
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'Sway' and 'swing' do indeed mean essentially the same thing here; they are both used for variety. 'Upward shooting' = moving upward rapidly. Push down on one side of the hoops and the other side rises.
- 'Sway' and 'swing' do indeed mean essentially the same thing here; they are both used for variety.
- 'Upward shooting' = moving upward rapidly.
- Push down on one side of the hoops and the other side rises.
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'Sway' and 'swing' do indeed mean essentially the same thing here; they are both used for variety. 'Upward shooting' = moving upward rapidly. Push down on one side of the hoops and the other side rises.
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