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1.Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the horizon.
Her favorite portrait showed" her ",why is "her",why not using"she"?

2.Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a permanent limp.
what is "hit-and-run "?, and what is the mean of the sentence?
3.Mama said goodbye to her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life.
"traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life"?
thank you very much~~~∩__∩~~~

Asked by pa le ∩__∩ on 19:26, 21/08/2008 - 142 views
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Hi Wang
"traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life" means that she moved away (traded = swapped or exchanged) from the city, where everything is fast and crowded with people, to a place where is is quieter, with fewer people around.

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1. showed "what?" (an object of the verb) so use "her"
2. hit-and-run - to leave a scene of an accident that u caused without making a police report or checking on safety or welfare of the victim
permanent limp - a long-term disabling condition causing a person to walk feebly
3. 把一个热闹的生活环境换成一个隔绝的呢

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