| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
jasonlulu_2000
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 879
|
 Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject: clear of the field |
 |
|
The 21-year-old fellow rushed ahead after rising from the blocks and never forgot his position to come home a meter clear of the field.
What does "a meter clear of the field" mean?
Everyone knew it was the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before.
What does this sentence mean?
This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped.
What does this sentence mean?
Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Posts: 450
|
| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 9:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
The 21-year-old fellow rushed ahead after rising from the blocks and never forgot his position to come home a meter clear of the field.
What does "a meter clear of the field" mean? |
If it is meant literally (and who's to say?) then it means to win the race a meter ahead of everyone else.
| Quote: |
Everyone knew it was the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before.
What does this sentence mean? |
It means that it was such a prestigious boarding school that entry was largely based on the wealth and social position of the family of the applicant. That is established at birth, if not before. (In most cases, before.)
| Quote: |
| This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. |
The person referred to has said or done something that the speaker understands to mean that he should forget about going to boarding school.
Greg |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jasonlulu_2000
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 879
|
| Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject: thank you |
|
|
| thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
