jasonlulu_2000
Senior Member
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- Apr 2, 2012
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- Chinese
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- China
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There was a noticeable touch of pride in the way the old cleaning man seemed to be doing things--cleaning the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and again, standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub.
It was a lesson to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a living if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ashamed of myself. Young as I am--just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
What does "usefully engaged" mean" ? Is it a common expression or collocation?
Thanks
It was a lesson to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a living if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ashamed of myself. Young as I am--just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
What does "usefully engaged" mean" ? Is it a common expression or collocation?
Thanks
