Cerca tra vari insegnanti di Inglese...
Post
What do these two phrases mean?
Are there any phrases like "a carpet of flags" , "a carpet of snow" And what does " a carpet of flags " mean?
Thank you vey much
4
0
Could you please help me correct the following sentence, and tell me why
As nobody noticed, a dark-haired beauty slipped something into the spy's pocket. .
Thanks you very much
5
0
Are there any grammar mistakes in the following two sentences ?
Every day, my father sends me to school himself .
We persuaded him not to do that, but in vain.
And how to correct them? thanks a lot
4
0
What does it mean?
'Yet love is better than life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?'How does this sentence mean? Thanks a lot
4
0
Abou conjunctions
I found some sentences with conjunctions like "when" "and" which are divided off by comma as following:
"..., when,...".
"..., and,...".
I wan to ask what grammatical function it is ? Are they equal to these phrases " at that time" and " at the same time".
Can all the conjunctions be divided off by coma?
Thanks a lot.Eg. As it is, though, I can not deny that when April comes I find myself going out to learn on the fence and look at that miserable plot of land,...
Eg. So I thought I would spend the night in Central Park , and, having stuffed my small rucksack with a sleeping bag, I arrived one heavy muggy Friday to do just that : ..." lean" for"learn". Sorry for my spelling mistake.Or maybe they work as verbs so that these questions I asked seem to be settled? But I look " and " up in the dictionary which just function as a conjunction. You know, it is really confusing me.
3
0
What does this sentence mean ?
"Below me was the city, the top of the Empire State Building peeking over the skyline."
In the sentence above, how to understand "peeking over"? And what does this sentence mean? Thanks.
2
0
Is it elliptical?
"in some cases, as with beans and cucumbers, your children -- as it were, begin to turn upon you in massive numbers, growing more and more each morning and threatening to follow you into the house to strangle you in their vines."
In the sentence above, " as with beans and cucumbers " seems to be elliptical. How to understand this? And how to understand "with"
1
0
What does "blunder on " mean here?
He knew it would be insane to blunder on through the dark, even if he had the strength.
In the sentence above, what does" blunder on" mean?
1
1
After reading " spring sowing"
I have read an article named" spring sowing". It talks about one day of Martin and Mary, a newly-married couple. It inspires me a lot. To us, the young generation are living a happier life than ever before. We do not need to till, to plant, to work under the glaring sun. However, we lost many things --- the simple life, the joy of working hard, the responsibility for each other. What we are pursuing is a more complicated material world. The young prefer doing easy work and expect to get more money without paying too much. In a marriage, each of them might be more selfish, and not considerate to each other. I am wondering, are we really happy now? What are we living for? Sometimes, we really need to learn from Martin an Mary,from the past generation. Of course, maybe I am not saying the whole of it. All I need to do is being a good myself. Ok, that's all for today. Thanks for your reading.
1
0
