Wu Ting
Do you know the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona? Do you know the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona mentioned in the context? I think it may be a number like 11 or something. What do you think? Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Chapter 10). the context: "I wish you were back. No one to come in at night from adventures. No one to make fun of. No one to lend me money. No blood brother and roommate. Why do you get yourself wounded?" "You can make fun of the priest." "That priest. It isn't me that makes fun of him. It is the captain. I like him. If you must have a priest have that priest. He's coming to see you. He makes big preparations." "I like him." "Oh, I knew it. Sometimes I think you and he are a little that way. You know." "No, you don't." "Yes, I do sometimes. A little that way like the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona." "Oh, go to hell."
15 mag 2016 03:58
Risposte · 2
1
Here, "number" means a "person". "A little that way like the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona." This means, "A little gay, like that man from the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona". See definition 5(a) in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: 5 :  one singled out from a group:  individual: as (a):  girl, woman <met an attractive number at the dance> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/number
16 maggio 2016
Non hai ancora trovato le tue risposte?
Scrivi le tue domande e lascia che i madrelingua ti aiutino!