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What does the underlined sentence mean?
What does the underlined sentence mean?
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The sentence is talking about the train. It's a technique in writing called 'personification' - i.e. you write about an object like it's a person. Another example: “The light danced on the surface of the water." Light doesn't "dance". "The wind howled in the night" - wind doesn't howl.
So it means: the train slowly stopped in front of her, in a way that seemed...
"Huffing" could be the sound the train makes, or it could imply the train is old/rundown. Maybe.
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