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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
we are next to get up / as if
Lafayette Young, who was a senator from Iowa, told of an incident that he witnessed on a street-car in Des Moines. The car was crowded, mostly by women, who were bent on shopping. When all had been seated, the three or four men who indulged in the luxury of seats looked at on another as though to say, "We are next to get up."
Q1) What does the underlined part mean?
Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right? Then where else "as though" in the sentence can be located?
Q1) What does the underlined part mean?
Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right? Then where else "as though" in the sentence can be located?
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- - The 4 men's mutual glances suggested that they all knew that they would have to give up their seats for the next 4 ladies who boarded the bus. Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right? -- Right.
- - - The 4 men's mutual glances suggested that they all knew that they would have to give up their seats for the next 4 ladies who boarded the bus.
- Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right?
- -- Right.
- Then where else "as though" in the sentence can be located?
- -- Nowhere that I can see.
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Q1) What does the underlined part mean?-- The 4 men's mutual glances suggested that they all knew that they would have to give up their seats for the next 4 ladies who boarded the bus.
Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right? -- Right.
Then where else "as though" in the sentence can be located? -- Nowhere that I can see.
Q2) "As though" in the underlined is the same as "as if" right? -- Right.
Then where else "as though" in the sentence can be located? -- Nowhere that I can see.
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When all had been seated, the three or four men who indulged in the luxury of seats looked at on another as though to say, "We are next to get up."
Q) I thought a clause should come after "as though(as if)." So in the above sentence, it's like "... as though they say "We are next to get up."?
And there's no omission? but it's just like that?
Q) I thought a clause should come after "as though(as if)." So in the above sentence, it's like "... as though they say "We are next to get up."?
And there's no omission? but it's just like that?
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