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Question What means 'filing by'?
Dear Teacher,
I have read this sentence in the book "Defend Yan'an" translated by Sidney Shapiro:
From a concealed position above the gorge, Dayong and several of his men watched the enemy filing by.
What means 'filing by' here?
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"Filing by" means 'passing by, one by one', also called 'in single file'.
A 'file' in this sense, is a line of people.

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Dear Teacher Raymott ,
Thank you very much for your good answer!
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