Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 20.07.2021 13:10
AK>> What does it mean - "The fairy likewise enjoined me to conceal my
AK>> understanding"?
AS> Congratulations on reading some good English with participial
AS> adjectives (`disappeared') and Fowlerian `shall'. So you know the
AS> meanings of every word in that sentence yet cannot join them into a
AS> meaningful message? I think that sentence means the prince was
AS> forbidden to reveal his story and identity while under the spell.
It seems the problem was in the word "understanding". It has a very rare
meaning "agreement". Although, IMHO, it is very difficult to say that
there was an agreement between the prince and fairy. ;-)
Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021
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