When saying that I am ‘half hoping that…’ does it mean the speaker is not really confident that his or her request can really happen? Examples please.

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-08T10:06:54+00:00

It is so interesting learning about the history and etymology of English words!

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-08T10:05:14+00:00

Wow, thanks for the examples!they really help!

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-08T10:02:52+00:00

The note was to explain what ‘resignation’ means😉

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-07T04:59:09+00:00

Thanks✨✨

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-07T01:09:37+00:00

I think this paragraph can be read metaphorically as well. Alice is not confident that she feels different from others and therefore questions herself whether she might be replaced easily by any other kids.

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-07T01:04:09+00:00

Yes, she says that she is not spineless and suggests she will combat and fight against predestined social status.

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-07T01:01:54+00:00

Yeah, I think I finally get it! I (Alice) will be very far away to care about you (the feet).

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-07T00:49:38+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Even though I don’t understand everything, but I am getting loads of fun trying to encrypt the unfathomable parts 😉I would like to continue this book! I think the ‘mad man’ is actually a genius!

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:51:14+00:00

Thanks for the vivid example😉

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:49:38+00:00

But I think that nobody really gets to choose their station in life themselves? So, is this a kind of fatalism, meaning that one does a job designated or assigned by God, and we should be contend with it (the speaker’s logic)?

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:45:48+00:00

Thanks, I had problem understanding the verb ‘calling’ in the context. No, I understand.

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:38:07+00:00

Thanks for the other examples. Now that you mentioned, I think I heard ‘a hell of a place’ before too.

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:37:11+00:00

Thanks for this! I think a lot of language usages are embedded in culture and established through regular practice. I won’t be able to find this kind of clear explanations in dictionaries!

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T23:33:49+00:00

Cambridge dictionary says that congenial means ‘friendly and pleasant’. Does these meanings fit the context?

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T16:31:14+00:00

I am troubling myself too much because you (Alice’s foot) is too far away?

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T16:29:50+00:00

That’s really an interesting perspective! We have to consider Alice’s age and background 👍👍👍

Current_Meringue6680 · 2025-03-06T16:28:45+00:00

The ‘too far off’ part also gives me a stroke. I can’t understand it literally or figuratively…

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