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Crystal
How do I understand REST in this sentence?
When the funicular came to rest those new to it stirred in supension between the bluses of two heavens.
May 24, 2015 4:23 AM
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In this context, "came to rest" means that the funicular stopped moving.
May 24, 2015
Maybe it is a typographic error.
May 24, 2015
Oh...I read this sentence in This Side of Paradise.
May 24, 2015
In fact it's not correctly written. It should be 'blues'. Even then, though, it is still a rather cryptic sentence.
May 24, 2015
I still don't understandQAQ....
May 24, 2015
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