I have two difficulties with two sentences

[reneehcl]

Dears:

I have been reading” “David Coppefield" and I met two difficulties;

1. In this sentence: she asked me for some water and then gave me such a patient smile.

is "a patient smile" here the same as "a peaceful smile"?

2. it was sad saying goodbye to my mother

I've learnt a kind of grammar is "it is + adj to do", is "it is + adj. doing" also right? or it is a exception？

thanks!

[BobK]

1 No, although it probably is peaceful as well - it's more a sense of indulging an error or incompetence or potentially annoying behaviour, 'putting up with it'. Perhaps I've guessed the context wrong, but is it Peggotty being maternal to young David?

2 It's not an exceptional. The focus was on the event. It's usually sad to say goodbye to one's mother, but in this case David is thinking how sad the event was.

b

[reneehcl]

1 No, although it probably is peaceful as well - it's more a sense of indulging an error or incompetence or potentially annoying behaviour, 'putting up with it'. Perhaps I've guessed the context wrong, but is it Peggotty being maternal to young David?

2 It's not an exceptional. The focus was on the event. It's usually sad to say goodbye to one's mother, but in this case David is thinking how sad the event was.

b

Thank you very much. You remembered the names of characters！In fact it was the moment that David's mother was dying. Thanks again.

[Rover_KE]

Dears: (There's no need for a salutation.)

I have been reading” “David Copperfield" and I met two difficulties. . . .

If you have further difficulties with two sentences, reneehcl, please ask them in two separate threads with a title for each telling us what it is about - such as A patient smile and It was sad saying goodbye.

Rover