The ship is steaming break out to sea. How to understand the words"break out?" Sorry for TYPO. The ship is steaming back out to the sea. The ship is steaming back out to the sea. How to understand the

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The ship is steaming break out to sea. How to understand the words"break out?" Sorry for TYPO. The ship is steaming back out to the sea. The ship is steaming back out to the sea. How to understand the words"back out?" And are they both adverbs? Thank you!

18 févr. 2020 03:28

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Yes, “back” means the ship is *returning* to sea, while “out” shows the movement from in harbor to *out* at sea. “Steaming” means moving under power of steam.

18 février 2020

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