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Jerry Chen
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 Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:17 pm Post subject: Need help from English native speakers |
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Hello,
As the sentence says, "Even when it's sunny outside, only a small stream of light can make it into the room." What does "make it" here mean? Thanks for your help!
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IanT
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Here, "make it into" means "succeed in entering"
"Make it" has lots of meanings, usually connected with success or survival.
Hope helps,
Ian
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pugachevV
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Make it into means "enter".
If you enter, you have succeeded in entering. |
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IanT
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Well, yeah!
But the use of "make it into" rather than just, for example, "get into" has this slight, non-literal, almost poetic sense that the light wants to get in and is making an effort, and more light would come in too if it could.
So I used the word succeed out of respect for the light's imaginary struggles!
Slightly nicer than just "enter", for those of us who care about these things.
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