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I want to come back as a cat, he'd said, smiling facetiously into the candlelight at the Eskridge dinner table.
in the sentence, what does "into the candlelight" mean?
I want to come back as a cat, he'd said, smiling facetiously into the candlelight at the Eskridge dinner table.
in the sentence, what does "into the candlelight" mean?
in the sentence, what does "into the candlelight" mean?
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It means he was looking at the light of a candle and smiling
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It means he was looking at the light of a candle and smiling
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@Allophone
thank you sooo much!!
could I ask one more?😥
"Never being in a situation that requires one to turn over a new leaf would be most ideal. Unfortunately I wasn't in that ideal situation."
in the sentence, can I use "such a situation" instead of "that situation"?
thank you sooo much!!
could I ask one more?😥
"Never being in a situation that requires one to turn over a new leaf would be most ideal. Unfortunately I wasn't in that ideal situation."
in the sentence, can I use "such a situation" instead of "that situation"?
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@hellllllllo You're most welcome! :)
Yes, it would be correct to say "such a situation". Or "such an ideal situation".
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@Allophone
I got it!!!!!😆😆😆😆👋 thanks a lot!!
could I ask last question? 😵💫😵💫
what's the difference between "that" and such"?
I got it!!!!!😆😆😆😆👋 thanks a lot!!
could I ask last question? 😵💫😵💫
what's the difference between "that" and such"?
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@hellllllllo Sure! In this case, "that" means this particular situation, whereas "such" means more like a similar situation.
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@Allophone
thanks to you, I fully understood
I appreciate it😥😊😊😊😊
I'm so sorry for asking again.
in the sentence, which one do you think is more natural between the two, such and that?
thanks to you, I fully understood
I appreciate it😥😊😊😊😊
I'm so sorry for asking again.
in the sentence, which one do you think is more natural between the two, such and that?
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