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|    Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev    |
|    to conceal my understanding    |
|    20 Jul 21 20:28:50    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 60f707d2       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 60f6a0f8       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20210704       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2021-05-15              Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Alexander Koryagin       I read your message from 20.07.2021 13:10               AK>> What does it mean - "The fairy likewise enjoined me to conceal my        AK>> understanding"?               AS> Congratulations on reading some good English with participial        AS> adjectives (`disappeared') and Fowlerian `shall'. So you know the        AS> meanings of every word in that sentence yet cannot join them into a        AS> meaningful message? I think that sentence means the prince was        AS> forbidden to reveal his story and identity while under the spell.              It seems the problem was in the word "understanding". It has a very rare       meaning "agreement". Although, IMHO, it is very difficult to say that       there was an agreement between the prince and fairy. ;-)              Bye, Anton!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2021       ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 154/10 218/700 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426       SEEN-BY: 229/700 1016 1017 240/1120 5832 249/206 317 261/38 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 301/0 1 101 113 317/3 322/757 335/364 342/200 460/58 712/848       SEEN-BY: 920/1 4500/1 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 221/6 301/1 229/426           |
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