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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

You wouldn’t think it to look at her

“Grace?” I asked.
“Grace Tennyson. Or Ingleby, as she is now.”
“Grace Ingelby used to work here?”
“Oh, yes! Until she left to marry Godon, she was our star waitress. You wouldn’t think it to look at her, but she was strong as an ox. You don’t often see that in such a tiny bit of a thing.

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What’s the meaning of ‘to-infinitive’ in the example?
  

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Here to look is the same as looking, or if you look at her .

  • Here to look is the same as looking, or if you look at her .
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Here to look is the same as looking, or if you look at her.
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eipjooYou wouldn’t think it to look at her, but she was strong as an ox.
(To look)(Just from looking) at her, you wouldn't think she was as strong as an ox.

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