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What do these sentences mean??? Please help me. Thanks a million!
These sentences are from John Lennon — The Life, which introduce the life of John Lennon, a member of Beatles. The first part of the book introduces his grandfather, another John Lennon's life.
1. As a young man, he was lured away from the British Isles by the seemingly boundless glamour and opportunity to be found across the Atlantic. Does "across the Atlantic" means America???
2.Around the turn of the century, he came off the road for good, returned to Liverpool, and resumed his old life as a clerk, this time with the Booth shipping line.
What does "he came off the road for good" mean? He gave up the sucessful life there?
What does "Booth shipping line " mean? Does it mean a shipping company called Booth?
3 .Rather like Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield, Jack sometimes talked about returning to his former life as a minstrel and earning fortunes enough for his young wife, as he put it, to be “farting against silk.” But from here on, his music making would be confined to local pubs and his own family circle.
Farting against silk? What does it mean?
I'm an English leaner. I have no trouble in speaking English, but when it comes to reading, I am never free of trouble. Thanks a lot for helping me.
1. As a young man, he was lured away from the British Isles by the seemingly boundless glamour and opportunity to be found across the Atlantic. Does "across the Atlantic" means America???
2.Around the turn of the century, he came off the road for good, returned to Liverpool, and resumed his old life as a clerk, this time with the Booth shipping line.
What does "he came off the road for good" mean? He gave up the sucessful life there?
What does "Booth shipping line " mean? Does it mean a shipping company called Booth?
3 .Rather like Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield, Jack sometimes talked about returning to his former life as a minstrel and earning fortunes enough for his young wife, as he put it, to be “farting against silk.” But from here on, his music making would be confined to local pubs and his own family circle.
Farting against silk? What does it mean?
I'm an English leaner. I have no trouble in speaking English, but when it comes to reading, I am never free of trouble. Thanks a lot for helping me.
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Hi, These sentences are from John Lennon — The Life, which introduce the life of John Lennon, a member of Beatles. The first part of the book introduces his grandfather, another John Lennon's life. Hi, 1.
- Hi, These sentences are from John Lennon — The Life, which introduce the life of John Lennon, a member of Beatles.
- The first part of the book introduces his grandfather, another John Lennon's life.
- Hi, 1.
- As a young man, he was lured away from the British Isles by the seemingly boundless glamour and opportunity to be found across the Atlantic .
- Does " across the Atlantic" means America???
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Hi,
These sentences are from John Lennon — The Life, which introduce the life of John Lennon, a member of Beatles. The first part of the book introduces his grandfather, another John Lennon's life.
Hi,
1. As a young man, he was lured away from the British Isles by the seemingly boundless glamour and opportunity to be found across th
These sentences are from John Lennon — The Life, which introduce the life of John Lennon, a member of Beatles. The first part of the book introduces his grandfather, another John Lennon's life.
Hi,
1. As a young man, he was lured away from the British Isles by the seemingly boundless glamour and opportunity to be found across th
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