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Vermont Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Water plug, transplendent theatre etc.

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1. What is water plug? Maybe hydrant. (-a large policeman of severe demeanour leand against water plug.)

2. What does 'transplendent theatre' mean? (another policeman lounging grandly in front of transplendent theatre)

3. What does 'lads celebratin' the goose egg they give to' mean? (Tis one of them Yale lads celebratin' the goose egg they give to the Hartford College.)

4. What does 'marched in the throng' mean? The threadbare space in the rug in front of the dresser told that lovely woman had marched in the throng.

5. What kind of ballet is 'Amazonian balet'? (--like the sashes of the Amazonian ballet.)

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Hello Vermont I'm a learner from Japan. As your questions are left unanswered, let me try to put my two cents on them. You can be sure some teacher will come to correct my answers.

  • Hello Vermont I'm a learner from Japan.
  • As your questions are left unanswered, let me try to put my two cents on them.
  • You can be sure some teacher will come to correct my answers.
  • [1] A young woman of a modest and pleasing guise was standing before a show window gazing with sprightly interest at its display of shaving mugs and inkstands, and two yards from the window a large policeman of severe demeanour leaned against a water plug.
  • Yes you are right.
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Hello Vermont

I'm a learner from Japan. As your questions are left unanswered, let me try to put my two cents on them. You can be sure some teacher will come to correct my answers.

[1] A young woman of a modest and pleasing guise was standing before a show window gazing with sprightly interest at its display of shaving mugs and inkstands, and two yards from
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Hi guys,

A couple more comments....

[1] A young woman of a modest and pleasing guise was standing before a show window gazing with sprightly interest at its display of shaving mugs and inkstands, and two yards from the window a large policeman of severe demeanour leaned against a water plug.
'hydrant' is fine. Other common expressions here in N. A
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Hello guys

To Clive

You're right. Those come from [url=http://henry.thefreelibrary.com/The-Four-Million/24-1] an O Henry's story[/url].

[4] The threadbare space in the rug in front of the dresser told that lovely woman had marched in the throng.

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