She goes charging past
It has called me to mind a sentence from a training pronounciation book:

"Barbara's car is a Jaguar and Barbara drives rather fast.
"Castles, farms and draughty barns she goes charging past".

I wonder, what that "charging past" may be?

Dictionaries give the slang meaning of "to charge" as "to thrill, to kick".
We can also find "to rush forward, to atack".

Does she go thrilling (or kicking) past those objects?
Or does she go past them rushing forward, attacking like in Formula-1?
Or does she go just simply kicking around those objects, but fast as it had been said before?

What do you think?

Question

She goes charging past
It has called me to mind a sentence from a  training pronounciation book:

"Barbara's car is a Jaguar and Barbara drives rather fast.
"Castles, farms and draughty barns she goes charging past".

I wonder, what that "charging past" may be?

Dictionaries give the slang meaning of "to charge" as "to thrill, to kick".
We can also find "to rush forward, to atack".

Does she go thrilling (or kicking) past those objects?
Or does she go past them rushing forward, attacking like in Formula-1?
Or does she go just simply kicking around those objects, but fast as it had been said before?

What do you think?

Answer

Hi Igor,
"Charging past" means to go very quickly (presumably the expression is linked to a "cavalry charge" on horseback. The Jaguar is of course the "charger" in this case (and the horse with many horsepower ;-).  So the castles and barns will very quickly be in her rear view mirror!

All the best,
Tom

Answer

Or "Did she go past them while rushing forward , as if it's like a car in Formula 1  "attacking" a corner one moment and next the corner already is far behind the car ? Yes

Verpassen Sie nicht die Gelegenheit, bequem von zu Hause aus eine Sprache zu lernen. Stöbern Sie in unserer Auswahl an erfahrenen Sprachlehrern und melden Sie sich jetzt zu Ihrer ersten Unterrichtsstunde an!