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16 Cards in this Set
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Aunt Julia Quote |
Marvellously out of the air |
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Meaning of quote |
She is being described as magical |
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Aunt Julia quote |
She was a brown eggs and black skirts |
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Meaning of aunt Julia quote |
She was old fashioned and plain and is being linked with nature through brown eggs |
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Aunt Julia quote |
Getting angry, getting angry with so many questions unanswered |
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Meaning of aunt Julia quote |
McCaig is frustrated that he didn't get answers and regret not getting closer with his and Julia |
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Sounds of the day quote |
When the door scraped shut |
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Meaning of sounds of the day quote |
MacCaig metaphorically closed the door on someone harshly because scrape is a hard sound |
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Sounds of the day quote |
You left me beside the quietest fire in the world |
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Meaning of sounds of the day quote |
The kid has been abandoned and left all alone |
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Sounds of the day quote |
A bangle of ice around your wrist before the whole hand goes numb |
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Meaning of sounds of the day quote |
Metaphor/comparing his feelings to a numb hand |
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Assisi quote |
He had the advantage of not being dead yet |
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Assisi quote meaning |
He would be better off dead but it's lucky to still be alive |
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Assisi quote |
A priest explained how clever it was of Giotto to make his frescoes tell stories |
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Meaning of Assisi quote |
The priest is talking about the greatness of the church but is ignoring the suffering happening on its doorstep |