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What does This punctual administering of medicine seemed as idle as some uncomprehended religious mummery
administering-? idle-? mean?
What does This punctual administering of medicine seemed as idle as some uncomprehended religious mummery
administering-? idle-? mean?
administering-? idle-? mean?
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Administering means to give. Idle here means boring.
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administering - dispense, apply, manage
idle - without purpose, pointless
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One more thing.
His coming had broken in on the slumber of circumstance,widening the present till it became encloser of remotest chances
His coming had broken in on the slumber of circumstance,widening the present till it became encloser of remotest chances
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Slumber here implies quiet or calm. So his coming had broken in on the quiet.
Enclosed here means closed in or unable to move from. Remotest chances means even the smallest possibility.
So this passage sound like his presence caused a stir that could not be quieted or avoided.
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@RadomirT I'm quiet curious what you are reading these passages from? A book?
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I am reading a story called a journey by Edith Wharton in order to increase my vocabulary
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You want to know which sentence I've come by reading this story?
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@RadomirT broken is the state something is in after it breaks.
break - to destroy something/ someone
broke - past tense of break
broke on it probably means like a surface or object something broke on. so if a glass fell on a table and shattered, you could say the glass broke on it.
it could mean something different depending on the context though
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here is a link of this story
you can find this sentence in it
it begins:his coming had broken on it....
you can find this sentence in it
it begins:his coming had broken on it....
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it is the same story! this is a pretty tough story because it's really poetic and each word is carefully selected to fit the themes and achieve the author's intent.
so, it reads "his coming had broken in on the slumber of circumstance,..."
broken in on would basically mean it disrupted her humdrum way of life.
slumber - to sleep
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just for fun, if someone enters our homes without permission we call it a break in.
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