Wu Ting
How would you explain this sentence in the context? The dough had to be thrown away, and even-thing started over. Leandro from heaven, angel of patience, paused to rinse his hands in the wash bucket and dry them on his white trousers. Let me show- you how to do this. Begin with two kilos of the flour. Make a mountain on the counter. Into this mound, with your fingers, crumble the flakes of butter, the salt and soda. Then pull it out like a ring of volcanic mountains around a crater. Pour a lake of cold water in the center. Little by little, pull the mountains into the lake, water and shore together, into a marsh. Gradually. No islands. The paste swells until there are no mountains left, and no lake, only a great blob of lava. "There. Not just any Mexican can do that, muchacho." How would you explain the sentence in the second passage: Not just any Mexican can do that? How would you paraphrase “just” in this sentence? Thanks!
2013年12月27日 14:20
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Hello :P In the sentence, "There. Not just any Mexican can do that." 'Just' is used by the person saying the sentence to empathises there point when they compare themselves to everyone else. Say if I was talking to someone about a dog, and my dog knew lots of cool tricks and I was really proud of my dog, i might say to someone else after showing them my dog's tricks "See. not just any dog can do that." I could have said "see, how good my dog is" but by saying 'not just any" i am comparing my dog to everyone else's and saying that he is bester than all the others. I hope this helped :D
2013年12月27日
maybe just means just,merely.
2013年12月27日
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