What does it mean when I call Alice “an hour ago”?
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland what does “Alice started to her feet” mean?
… So when Alice actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried, put an ordinary sweater in it, and she
started to lay the watch on her back… And when the rabbit really fell down, he landed into the rest of the belt.
What is meant that it means she suddenly stood up or jumped to her feet, probably in amazement.
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tried to write: EDIT According to the
OED, start could mean: 2 jerk or give a small jump from surprise or alarm: ‘Oh my!’ she said, beginning. What is that obj. , with adverbial of direction [ literary move or appear suddenly: She had seen Meg set suddenly from a thicket.
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The expression got to her feet (or rose to her feet ) means that the person stood upright (from either a sitting or lying position)? To begin means a sudden but generally small movement.
So started to her feet means that Alice stood up quickly without any prior movement indicating that she would do so, and then so stopped.
What is this picture with the title: “He is here!”? When suddenly cried Dolly, she started to her feet made by the artist W T Smedley. It captures the moment
in the moment. We were in a very busy day at work in one month and after.
For the verb start 2 is more meaningful. For a person who is beginning from the od, he is more confident, because he starts within the foot. ”
- c1425 Lydgate Assembly of Gods 566 Than Phebstyrt vppon her fete And seyd .
- Inc. c1340 (1400), Destr. And ho stithly in the stoure start vppon fote.
- a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxiii. I have very low-shoes as I try to put my feet on.
- 1847 Tennyson Princess I. 1366 59 He started on his feet.
This Ngram chart suggests this particular use is now somewhat dated, and, although I understand the text from the context, it’s not something I’d use in everyday speech, or remember hearing either of these uses.
How do you describe this move?