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Hi

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...and it was like she’d fallen down a hole and crumpled in on herself, her bleeding heart torn open for all to see.

First what crumpled in on herself means?

and next what open for all to see means?

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Please quote the source of that text.
 

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Please quote the source of that text.

It is from a novel and th full paragraph is:

It takes June a half hour to finally fall back asleep, loaded up on whatever drugs a Colonies nurse injected into her arm. She’d been sobbing over her brother again, and it was like she’d fallen down a hole and crumpled in on herself, her bleeding heart torn open for all to see.
 

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It takes June a half hour to finally fall back asleep, loaded up on whatever drugs a Colonies nurse injected into her arm. She’d been sobbing over her brother again, and it was like she’d fallen down a hole and crumpled in on herself, her bleeding heart torn open for all to see.
 

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It is from a novel

That's not what we mean when we ask you to quote the source of a text. Please give us the title of the novel and the name of the author.
 

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I imagine that June was in what in what is called the fetal position. She was rolled up into a ball. The part about her heart is, of course, not meant literally.
 

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That's not what we mean when we ask you to quote the source of a text. Please give us the title of the novel and the name of the author.

The name of the novel is legend by
Marie Lu
 

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The [strike]name of the[/strike] novel is Legend by Marie Lu.

Thank you. In future, please give these details in post #1 if you quote someone else's work.
 

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Corrections.
I have [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] two questions [STRIKE]from[/STRIKE] for you.

...and it was like she’d fallen down a hole and crumpled in on herself, her bleeding heart torn open for all to see.

[STRIKE]First what crumpled in on herself means?[/STRIKE]

First, what does 'crumpled in on herself' mean?
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and next what open for all to see means?
[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] Next, what does 'open for all to see' mean?
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You didn't answer my question !!!
 

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Read post #6 again.
 

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