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In the begining of the first chapter of The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain I read:
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service -- she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well.
So what does 'look over them' and 'look out under them' exactly mean and what is the meaning of a pair of stove-lids?
Have a nice day! Thank you~
2022年4月8日 09:32
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"She looked over them" - means the spectacles were on the end of her nose (she "pulled her spectacles down") so that she could look over the top of the lenses. "she ... looked out under them" means she lifted them up ("put them up") and look under the lenses. "Stove lids" - in old fashioned cookers (sometimes called "ranges") there was a wood or coal fire burning underneath and then circular metal discs fitting over holes in the top of the stove, on which you put your pans to warm them up. A "stove lid" is therefore a thick circular piece of metal.
2022年4月8日
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In this sentence, "look over" is literally looking over the top of the glasses instead of looking through the lenses.
But "look over" is also a phrasal verb that means "to review"
When she "put them up" it means she moved them to the top of her head or forehead--but moved them above her eyes--so she would be looking out (forward) under them (because they are above her eyes).
Stove lids are used on very old stoves and are metal pieces with a handle that cover holes in the top of the stove.
2022年4月9日
In the following context:
She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
How should I understand the furniture in this context? Please help me, thank you~
2022年4月8日
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