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Comdanilo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What this phrase mean?


Hi! I need help with this phrase:
"She watched the house light up as everyone awoke."

What this phrase mean? She look the house light up by the sun in the morning?

"as everyone awoke" What this mean? It is a collocation?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

People woke up and started turning lights on. She saw that.

— Old Man Gordon

  • People woke up and started turning lights on.
  • She saw that.
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People woke up and started turning lights on. She saw that.
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Old Man GordonPeople woke up and started turning lights on. She saw that.


And I get the feeling that she saw it from outdoors or from another building.
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It means that as people wake up, they turn on lights; so the person watches as the lights turn on in the house
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