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Some questions while reading a story
Hello, I have some doubts about a tale I'd read. I will be pleased if you could help me.
1. "In her home anyway she had shelter and food; she had those whom she had known all her life about her" I can't figure this out, the "about her" thing. "..tiene aquellos quienes ella ha conocido toda su vida sobre ella??? 2. "O course..." Same as "of course"? 3. "And no she had nobody to protect her." Here I can assume there is a implicit comma after "and no" right? or I'm missing something? 4. "He said she used to squander the money, that she had no head, that he wasn't going to give her his hard-earned money to throw about the streets, and much more, for he was usually fairly bad on Saturday night." I can't understand the "for", what does it do in the sentence? It's necesary? 5. "In the end he would give her the money and ask her had any intention of..." I would understand the grammar if it would be this: "and ask her if she had any"; Which is the "ask her had any" grammar and the difference with the option I gave? 6. "... his peaked cap pushed back on his head." Best translations? 7. "He had fallen on his feet in Buenos Ayres..." Best translations? 8. "As she mused the pitiful vision of her mother's life laid it's spell on the very quick of her being--that life of..." Hmm, translation? I know this is a lot, excuse me and thanks in advance for your time.
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![]() PS: To land on you feet can also be a figurative expression. If you drop a cat, it will land on it's feet minimalizing injuries. Figuratively you can say: I had some trouble, but I landed on my feet, and everything is OK now.
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Thanks a lot poli, you are very kind. It's "Eveline" by James Joyce.
The point 5. got me, because I have cheked it in many webpages and it seems not to be a typo. Edit: "but usually little Keogh used to keep nix and call out when he saw her father coming." what's nix here?
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Please, don't hesitate to correct my English. 'Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.' M.A.
Last edited by ookami; March 03, 2010 at 11:03 AM. |
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Joyce is known to be one of the great English-language authors of the 20th century but, along with Faulkner, one of the most challenging to comprehend.
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This greatness is really only opinion. I'm afraid he is the only author I have come across whom I find totally unreadable. I even prefer Milton.
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You don't encourage me very much. I must read Joyce this year, and Milton next year.
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