Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
What was the time
The farmyard was deserted. Dieter had gone down the lane with Rupert and Nialla to the river, and by now they had probably already made camp. If I was lucky, I might be just in time for a cup of tea. I felt as if I’d been up all night.
What was the time, anyway?
God blind me with a fish fork! Aunt Felicity’s train was due to arrive at five past ten and I’d completely forgotten about her! Father would have my guts for garters.
Out of the village I went like the wind, southwestwards towards Buckshaw, until I came at last to the Mulford Gates, where Clarence Mundy sat waiting, perched on one of the wings of his taxicab, dragging thirstily at a cigarette. By the snowfall of butts on the road, I could tell that it was not his first.
“Hullo, Clarence,” I said. “How’s the time?”
“Ten hundred hours,” he said, glancing at this elaborate military wristwatch. “Better climb aboard.”
What’s the meaning of the yellow blocks, respectively?
What was the time, anyway?
God blind me with a fish fork! Aunt Felicity’s train was due to arrive at five past ten and I’d completely forgotten about her! Father would have my guts for garters.
Out of the village I went like the wind, southwestwards towards Buckshaw, until I came at last to the Mulford Gates, where Clarence Mundy sat waiting, perched on one of the wings of his taxicab, dragging thirstily at a cigarette. By the snowfall of butts on the road, I could tell that it was not his first.
“Hullo, Clarence,” I said. “How’s the time?”
“Ten hundred hours,” he said, glancing at this elaborate military wristwatch. “Better climb aboard.”
What’s the meaning of the yellow blocks, respectively?
Top answer
Hello. The first one is asking about the clock. e.
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Hello.
The first one is asking about the clock. In the second, It appears the two men were to meet at a particular time and, as such, he's asking him what he thinks of his timing, i.e. whether he was late or not.
You should wait for a teacher's opinion on this.
The first one is asking about the clock. In the second, It appears the two men were to meet at a particular time and, as such, he's asking him what he thinks of his timing, i.e. whether he was late or not.
You should wait for a teacher's opinion on this.
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Thank you, Then, what do you think the words, 'Ten hundred hours' mean?
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It means 10:00 AM. Military time is what's being used there: it is a 24-hour clock without a minute division symbol (so 0100 is 1:00 AM, pronounced as oh one hundred hours, 1300 is 1:00 PM, pronounced as thirteen hundred hours, and 1723 is 5:23 PM, pronounced as seventeen hundred twenty three hours).
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CSnyderIt means 10:00 AM.Judging from you reply, I can guess 'How’s the time' has the same meaning as 'What is the time.' Do the two sentences actually have the same meaning?
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No, I think Surfer was right. "How's the x" generally means something like "is x well or unwell" or "is x good or bad" or "is x appropriate or inappropriate". "How's the time?" means, to me, that the time is important for some reason (e.g. they have an event planned for a particular time and don't want to miss it), and the questioner wants to know whether he is on time or there is enough time or
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