What does “shifting the books” mean?
Lord Commander Mormont’s raven was on his shoulder, peering down as if it were reading too, but when the bird spied Sam it spread its wings and flapped toward him crying, “Corn, corn!”
Shifting the books, Sam thrust his arm into the sack beside the door and came out with a handful of kernels.
Hi. What does the underlined part mean?
The context is Sam entered the Lord Commander’s room, holding a lot of books when the crow in the room flapped toward him and cried “Corn, corn!”. (When he shifted the books, they are under his arm, I think. Can it mean he adjusted the exact position of the books under his arm without moving them from one hand/arm to the other?)
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zuotengdazuo When he shifted the books, they are under his arm, I think. Can it mean he adjusted the exact position of the books under his arm without moving them from one hand/arm to the other? Perhaps, or perhaps he moved them to the other arm.
- zuotengdazuo When he shifted the books, they are under his arm, I think.
- Can it mean he adjusted the exact position of the books under his arm without moving them from one hand/arm to the other?
- Perhaps, or perhaps he moved them to the other arm.
- We do not know and we do not care; it is unimportant.
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zuotengdazuoWhen he shifted the books, they are under his arm, I think. Can it mean he adjusted the exact position of the books under his arm without moving them from one hand/arm to the other?
Perhaps, or perhaps he moved them to the other arm. We do not know and we do not care; it is unimportant.
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