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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What’s the meaning of the highlighted sentence?

The Dursleys got into bed. Mrs. Dursley fell asleep quickly but Mr. Dursley lay awake, turning it all over in his mind. His last, comforting thought before he fell asleep was that even if the Potters were involved, there was no reason for them to come near him and Mrs. Dursley. The Potters knew very well what he and Petunia thought about them and their kind.... He couldn't see how he and Petunia could get mixed up in anything that might be going on - he yawned and turned over - it couldn't affect them....(Harry Potter)
  

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eipjoo . He couldn't see how he and Petunia could get mixed up in anything that might be going on He did not think it was possible for him and Petunia to become involved in what might be happening.

— Mister Micawber

  • eipjoo .
  • He couldn't see how he and Petunia could get mixed up in anything that might be going on He did not think it was possible for him and Petunia to become involved in what might be happening.
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eipjoo. He couldn't see how he and Petunia could get mixed up in anything that might be going on
He did not think it was possible for him and Petunia to become involved in what might be happening.
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I don't exactly know what meaning does 'how' imply: does it imply 'the reason'? I mean "He couldn't see the reason he and Petunia -"?
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You have not supplied enough text; we do not know enough of the story. I read 'how' as meaning possibility or will.
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