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I'd like to ask about the sentence below, from Conan Doyle's Bruce Partington Plans.
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"The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow," said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him.
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The bold lettered part is often interpreted as "hunter who failed to shoot his aimed animal(or birds) successfully or there aren't any animals(birds) around to shoot"
but can this be taken as "person who is playing some sport(tennis, rugby whatever) at the moment is finding his or her opponent is too weak and that makes them complain in a querulous voice?
Is there any reason I can't interpret as the latter?
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I'd like to ask about the sentence below, from Conan Doyle's Bruce Partington Plans.
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"The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow," said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him.
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The bold lettered part is often interpreted as "hunter who failed to shoot his aimed animal(or birds) successfully or there aren't any animals(birds) around to shoot"
but can this be taken as "person who is playing some sport(tennis, rugby whatever) at the moment is finding his or her opponent is too weak and that makes them complain in a querulous voice?
Is there any reason I can't interpret as the latter?
word-usage phrases meaning-in-context
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I'd like to ask about the sentence below, from Conan Doyle's Bruce Partington Plans.
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"The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow," said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him.
Blockquote
The bold lettered part is often interpreted as "hunter who failed to shoot his aimed animal(or birds) successfully or there aren't any animals(birds) around to shoot"
but can this be taken as "person who is playing some sport(tennis, rugby whatever) at the moment is finding his or her opponent is too weak and that makes them complain in a querulous voice?
Is there any reason I can't interpret as the latter?
word-usage phrases meaning-in-context
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giraffe
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I'd like to ask about the sentence below, from Conan Doyle's Bruce Partington Plans.
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"The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow," said he in the querulous voice of the sportsman whose game has failed him.
Blockquote
The bold lettered part is often interpreted as "hunter who failed to shoot his aimed animal(or birds) successfully or there aren't any animals(birds) around to shoot"
but can this be taken as "person who is playing some sport(tennis, rugby whatever) at the moment is finding his or her opponent is too weak and that makes them complain in a querulous voice?
Is there any reason I can't interpret as the latter?
word-usage phrases meaning-in-context
word-usage phrases meaning-in-context
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