Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Slope off
Hi
The open space wherein the
hunter stood was not large, covering an area of not more than half a
dozen acres. It was of an oblong form, and sloped off from his position
to the right, left, and front, and reached from the wood down to the
stream in the valley, where stood a rather neat log cabin, from which a
light blue smoke ascended in graceful wreaths.
--- I think "sloped off" here means that going down that open space one could go either to the right,left or straight ahead. I think it means there were paths (right,left, front). And these paths stretched to the wood beneath and to the stream in the valley. That's how I see it.
The open space wherein the
hunter stood was not large, covering an area of not more than half a
dozen acres. It was of an oblong form, and sloped off from his position
to the right, left, and front, and reached from the wood down to the
stream in the valley, where stood a rather neat log cabin, from which a
light blue smoke ascended in graceful wreaths.
--- I think "sloped off" here means that going down that open space one could go either to the right,left or straight ahead. I think it means there were paths (right,left, front). And these paths stretched to the wood beneath and to the stream in the valley. That's how I see it.
Top answer
No paths whatsoever are intimated in the text. It is merely that the open space is convex, so that the elevation decreases in all directions from where the hunter stands.
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No paths whatsoever are intimated in the text. It is merely that the open space is convex, so that the elevation decreases in all directions from where the hunter stands.
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No paths whatsoever are intimated in the text. It is merely that the open space is convex, so that the elevation decreases in all directions from where the hunter stands.
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OK, thanks. I have one more question.
The open space wherein the
hunter stood was not large, covering an area of not more than half a
dozen acres. It was of an oblong form, and sloped off from his position
to the right, left, and front, and reached from the wood down to the
stream in the valley, where stood a rather neat log cabin, from which a
light blue smoke ascend
The open space wherein the
hunter stood was not large, covering an area of not more than half a
dozen acres. It was of an oblong form, and sloped off from his position
to the right, left, and front, and reached from the wood down to the
stream in the valley, where stood a rather neat log cabin, from which a
light blue smoke ascend
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The phrase is correct, and refers probably to the cabin, but possibly to the smoke emanating from it; notionally, it refers to both: the cabin and its smoke together create the same feeling as the sight of an inn.
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The phrase is correct, and refers probably to the cabin, but possibly to the smoke emanating from it; notionally, it refers to both: the cabin and its smoke together create the same feeling as the sight of an inn.
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