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What does “trod down a sated generation” mean?
Of their elders some, by imitating the antics of youth, strive to persuade themselves that their day is not yet over; they shout with the lustiest but the war-cry sounds hollow in their mouth; they are like poor wantons attempting with pencil, paint, and powder, with shrill gaiety, to recover the illusion of their spring. The wiser go their way with a decent grace. In their chastened smile is an indulgent mockery. They remember that they too trod down a sated generation, with just such clamour and with just such scorn, and they foresee that these brave torchbearers will presently yield their place also.
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The Moon and Sixpence
W Somerset Maugham
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Excerpt from
The Moon and Sixpence
W Somerset Maugham
Hi. What does the underlined part mean?
Thank you.
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When grass is "trod down", it is mashed flat by many people walking on it. The grass is still alive, but badly injured. The author is saying that these elders once treated their elders this way, like grass beneath their feet.
- When grass is "trod down", it is mashed flat by many people walking on it.
- The grass is still alive, but badly injured.
- The author is saying that these elders once treated their elders this way, like grass beneath their feet.
- "sated" - Refers to someone who has eaten such a big meal that they can eat not more.
- They are sated.
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When grass is "trod down", it is mashed flat by many people walking on it. The grass is still alive, but badly injured.
The author is saying that these elders once treated their elders this way, like grass beneath their feet.
"sated" - Refers to someone who has eaten such a big meal that they can eat not more. They are sated.
A sated generation is is a generation of
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