May 12, 2005 09:28
19 yrs ago
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How to understand the sentence like this: He did all this in the time you would have thought, looking at him, it would have taken his brain to convince his hand to pull the door-handle up.
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Macky
What's the whole sentence mean?
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Macky
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Kirill Semenov
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He did it incredibly fast -- looking at him you would never think he is able to be so fast
It was a short distance but he had gotten barely halfway when Andolini's hand clamped on his upper arm with the paralyzing force of a vise-grip. His breath as hot as a bull's on the back of Eddie's neck. He did all this in the time you would have thought, looking at him, it would have taken his brain to convince his hand to pull the door-handle up.
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When looking at Andolini anyone would think that he is very slow, but now he managed to do many movements so fast, that another person like him would spend this time only to send an thought to his hand to do something.
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When looking at Andolini anyone would think that he is very slow, but now he managed to do many movements so fast, that another person like him would spend this time only to send an thought to his hand to do something.
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hirselina
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He did all this in the time you would have thought, looking at him, it would have taken his brain to convince his hand to pull the door-handle up.
Without context, it is hard to be sure. One possibility: by looking at this man you undersyand that he is not very bright and it will take a long time before an "order" from his brain reaches his hand. This would mean: he did everything in slow motion.
It might also mean that, just by looking at this man, you realise he is some kind of speedy Gonzales :-)
Without context, it is hard to be sure. One possibility: by looking at this man you undersyand that he is not very bright and it will take a long time before an "order" from his brain reaches his hand. This would mean: he did everything in slow motion.
It might also mean that, just by looking at this man, you realise he is some kind of speedy Gonzales :-)
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Balasubramaniam L.
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in a flash? with the speed of thought? quickly?
A little more background will help. What sort of a person is the 'He' here?
Could you throw a little more light on why "looking at him" has been used in this phrase, and the reference to the "door-handle" Or is he just citing a natural action like turning the door handle (another question, why is he saying "pulling it up"?) Sorry, I am asking more questions than you have :-|, but there is so little context, that it is like solving a puzzle.
With what is available, my guess would be: quickly, instinctively, naturally, in no time at all...
He seems to be saying that
Could you throw a little more light on why "looking at him" has been used in this phrase, and the reference to the "door-handle" Or is he just citing a natural action like turning the door handle (another question, why is he saying "pulling it up"?) Sorry, I am asking more questions than you have :-|, but there is so little context, that it is like solving a puzzle.
With what is available, my guess would be: quickly, instinctively, naturally, in no time at all...
He seems to be saying that
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