optimistic pessimist
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Dear all,
The following sentence is from a passage I'm reading. It is about a lighthouse.
The lamp’s light, powerful as it was, seemed not much stronger than a match’s, and almost as short-lived.
Is it okay to say "powerful as it was" means "though it was powerful"?
Thank you!
The following sentence is from a passage I'm reading. It is about a lighthouse.
The lamp’s light, powerful as it was, seemed not much stronger than a match’s, and almost as short-lived.
Is it okay to say "powerful as it was" means "though it was powerful"?
Thank you!