moonlike
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- Mar 26, 2012
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- English Teacher
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
Hi
Could you kindly help me with the meaning of the bold part?
I first saw him, many years ago now, staring out with an intense gaze from the pages of a newspaper.
By the way, I know we can use now to express how long something has been happening or from when it began to the present time. However, most of the examples I found were in the present perfect or present perfect continuous form like: She's been a vegetarian for 10 years now. Here we have a simple past sentence! Also I also found that we can use now to describe a new situation in a story or report. However, the sentence I've written is exactly the first sentence of a text. Could you tell me what the meaning of the above mentioned bold part is here?
Thanks a lot
P.S. What can be the meaning of intense here? "intense gaze"
Thanks
Could you kindly help me with the meaning of the bold part?
I first saw him, many years ago now, staring out with an intense gaze from the pages of a newspaper.
By the way, I know we can use now to express how long something has been happening or from when it began to the present time. However, most of the examples I found were in the present perfect or present perfect continuous form like: She's been a vegetarian for 10 years now. Here we have a simple past sentence! Also I also found that we can use now to describe a new situation in a story or report. However, the sentence I've written is exactly the first sentence of a text. Could you tell me what the meaning of the above mentioned bold part is here?
Thanks a lot
P.S. What can be the meaning of intense here? "intense gaze"
Thanks
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