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Bjetitam
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by Bjetitam » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:42 pm
I met this word in a O'Henry's work "The Last Leave":
At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio
I can't find the definition of "squatty" and "three-story" in the dictionary. May somebody here can help me about the meanings of these words.
Thanks in advance
/Bjetitam
hermit
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by hermit » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:36 pm
"Squatty" = short, low-to-the-ground (to squat = to crouch).
"Three-storey" (not "story") means having three floors.
Bjetitam
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by Bjetitam » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:44 pm
Thanks for your helpful reply.
About three-story or three-storey, I read "The last leaf" of O'Henry and I met this word, you can check it out here:
http://www.literaturecollection.com/a/o_henry/226/
First sentence in the third paragraph
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by hermit » Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:31 pm
Right, both are acceptable - I should have mentioned that. I've always used "storey".
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YourUSApal
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by YourUSApal » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:22 am
"Story" is the current American spelling.