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   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> From "Beauty and the Beast"   
   AK>   
   AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   AK> ...   Beast  was  disappeared, and she saw, at her feet,   
   AK> one of the loveliest princes that eye ever  beheld;  who   
   AK> returned  her thanks for having put an end to the charm,   
   AK> under which he had so long  resembled  a  Beast.  Though   
   AK> this  prince  was worthy of all her attention, she could   
   AK> not forbear asking where Beast was.   
   AK>   
   AK> "You see him at your feet, said  the  prince.  A  wicked   
   AK> fairy  had condemned me to remain under that shape until   
   AK> a beautiful virgin should consent to marry me. The fairy   
   AK> likewise enjoined me to conceal my understanding.  There   
   AK> was only you in the world generous enough to be  won  by   
   AK> the  goodness of my temper, and in offering you my crown   
   AK> I can't discharge the obligations I have to you."   
   AK> ----- The end of the citation -----   
   AK>   
   AK> What does it mean - "The fairy likewise enjoined  me  to   
   AK> conceal my understanding"?   
      
   Congratulations   on   reading   some   good   English  with   
   participial   adjectives   (`disappeared')   and   Fowlerian   
   `shall'.   So  you  know  the meanings of every word in that   
   sentence yet cannot join them into a meaningful  message?  I   
   think that sentence means the prince was forbidden to reveal   
   his story and identity while under the spell.   
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