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Xinfu
July 15, 2015, 03:18 AM
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-until nearly everyone in the class was in a deep stupor, occasionally coming to long enough to copy down a name or date,

What do the red words mean? Is LONG a verb?

poli
July 15, 2015, 03:40 AM
To come to means to wake from a stupor.
After surgery the patient comes to once the anesthesia wears off.

wrholt
July 16, 2015, 10:29 AM
I agree with Poli: the phrasal verb "to come to" is an intransitive verb that means to become conscious or aware after a period of being unconscious or unaware.

"Long enough to <do something>" is an adverb that describes the length of time of each instance of "coming to".

Xinfu
July 19, 2015, 04:43 AM
Good answers. Thank you.