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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 12:40 am
He reached down and picked up a rotting apple.
In this sentence, what does "reached down" mean? Bent down to pick up an apple or pick an apple from the tree?
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 12:45 am
@PennyChan,
Bent down to pick up an apple from the ground.
PennyChan
 
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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 12:48 am
@tsarstepan,
Thank you. :-)
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JTT
 
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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 08:42 am
@PennyChan,
Quote:
or pick an apple from the tree?


That would be reachedup to pick an apple from the tree, Penny.
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 09:11 am
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

That would be reachedup to pick an apple from the tree, Penny.


In fact it would be "reached up". Two words.
PennyChan
 
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Reply Sun 26 Sep, 2010 10:02 am
@contrex,
Thanks!
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