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Catherine
Could you explain me the meaning of “to scramble off the sofa”. Is this action quick or fast? Are people unwilling to get off the coach? Are they tired?
2020년 10월 22일 오전 5:29
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It is fast, or an attempt to be fast. It's also clumsy There is no sense of unwilling and none of tired.
They were perhaps surprised in the middle of doing something else and had to stop what they were doing. Or they were really comfortable and cosy. But they tried to get up fast and for some reason did it clumsily.
2020년 10월 22일
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"Scramble" is a fast, inaccurate movement, usually using all four limbs (arms and legs). For example, scrambled eggs, means eggs that are quickly stirred over heat.
The sense is that the effort is difficult, thus fast or crude.
2020년 10월 22일
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It fits with a description of kids scrambling off a sofa as they may have their feet on the furniture and are, therefore, more like to "scramble off" it.
2021년 2월 27일
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벨로루시어, 중국어(북경어), 영어, 러시아어
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중국어(북경어), 영어
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