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Wu Ting
How would you explain “five-and-thirty” in the last sentence?
His face had undergone only tiny changes that had nevertheless worked a complete transformation. The black eyebrows were less bushy, the wrinkles were gone, the whole lines of the face seemed to have altered; even the nose seemed shorter. It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty.
How would you explain “five-and-thirty” in the last sentence?
Thanks!
30 nov. 2013 02:13
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It is just a poetic way to say that the man appears to be about 35 years old… :)
30 november 2013
interesting:)
30 november 2013
Yes a bit old fashioned. My mum says five and twenty to six instead of twenty five to six when telling the time.
30 november 2013
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
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Wu Ting
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Chinees (Mandarijn), Engels, Frans
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