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[Idiom] please help me to learn English

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maryam63

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"Can you imagine singing at the top of his lungs like that? Why it completely drowned out the choir."
I want to understand the sentence please help me friend??
thank you very much
 

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1. "singing at the top of his lungs" = singing very loudly - as loud as he could.
It's more normally used in the similar context of shouting at the top of one's voice.

2. "drowned out the choir" = it was so loud that you couldn't hear the rest of the choir.

Hope this helps
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I thank you very much.It was very kind of you to help me to understand completely.
with the best wishes
 

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"Can you imagine singing at the top of his lungs like that? Why, it completely drowned out the choir."

I want to understand the sentence. Please help me. [STRIKE]friend??[/STRIKE]

Thank you very much.

Please note that there was a comma missing from your quote. It should have appeared after the word "Why" which is used here like an exclamation. The word could be omitted completely.

Please also see the amendments I have made to your post in red. Remember to start every sentence with a capital letter and to end every sentence with a single appropriate punctuation mark.
 
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