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What does this sentence mean?
I'm reading Macbeth(simplified version) now and came across these sentences.
“They also told you that you’d be king, but perhaps the witches were bad spirits. I have heard that such spirits try to make men do wicked things by making them promises.”
I don't quite get the second sentence. What does “by making them promises” mean?
I'd appreciate if you could answer this questions!
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What does this sentence mean?
I'm reading Agatha Christie now and came across this sentence.
"Such porters as there were seemed to be engaged with mail bags and luggage vans."
I don't quite get it. How does "as there were" work in this statement?
I'd appreciate if you could answer this questions!
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Quantity or Quality?
I know from experience that the habit of avoiding controversy can in the end cause far more trouble than it avoids, because strong feelings,unexpressed,don't die but build up.
In this case, does "far more trouble" mean "a lot of troubles" or "serious trouble" ?
(Compare the quantity or the quality?)
Please tell me your opinion. (I’m sorry if my explanation doesn’t make sense.)
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What's the difference between these two sentences?
What’s the difference in meaning between these two sentences? Or either of them doesn’t even make sense?
①We have learned these things because one historian after another has decided that there is an African-American past that the stereotype makes it difficult to see.
②We have learned these things because one historian after another has decided that there is an African-American past that the stereotype makes difficult to see.
I'd appreciate if you could answer this questions!
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