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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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What does " parental second" mean?
Context:
As we approached, it was clear that he was dozing, and for a long almost parental second we stood over him, Shari pulling up the blanket that ...
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As we approached, it was clear that he was dozing, and for a long almost parental second we stood over him, Shari pulling up the blanket that ...
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http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&safe=strict&rlz=1R2AMSC_zh-CNCN433&q=%22for+a+long+almost+parental+second%22
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Confusingly, for someone who isn't a native speaker, that phrase really means that the people (whoever they are) to whom "we" refers were feeling parental in that second; the adjective does not really describe the common definition of the word "second". e. I.
- Confusingly, for someone who isn't a native speaker, that phrase really means that the people (whoever they are) to whom "we" refers were feeling parental in that second; the adjective does not really describe the common definition of the word "second".
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- has decided to define the second).
- Actually, the author really means his subjective experience of that particular instant in time .
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Confusingly, for someone who isn't a native speaker, that phrase really means that the people (whoever they are) to whom "we" refers were feeling parental in that second; the adjective does not really describe the common definition of the word "second".
To really understand the construction requires you to know that the author, when he writes "second" is not really referring to the dictio
To really understand the construction requires you to know that the author, when he writes "second" is not really referring to the dictio
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