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was provoked to help too.

0what is the meaning of this sentence???i cant get the message.02br
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01b00Emma, though still at school, was provoked to help too.02b02br
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01b00thank u...02b0-
  

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0 02br 02br 00Dear sir,02br 02br 00It is a strange sentence, no? 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05102br 02br 00Goldmund02br 00 010id111id1

— Goldmund

  • 0 02br 02br 00Dear sir,02br 02br 00It is a strange sentence, no?
  • 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05102br 02br 00Goldmund02br 00 010id111id1
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00Dear sir,02br
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00It is a strange sentence, no? 05002br
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00It is perhaps «incited to help».02br
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0Provoked is an odd verb to use here. We normally use it in negative ways - provoked into violence, dog provoked into biting, and so on.02br
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00Inspired might be a better choice?02br
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00I can imagine her watching something about a charity or disaster on TV. Despite only being a school girl it still made her want to help.0-
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0Well, if Emma is a teenage girl (still going to school), it could be-- 01b00provoked into helping02b00 [with the household chores...*** forbid!].0-
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0...possibly by poking her with a sharpened stick 050010id2
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0Does that work, Nona? I need to know.0-
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0not really, no 05002br
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00...but it makes you feel better 05100.010id611id2
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