English translation: edge, on edge, edgy or edgey used ironically
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English term or phrase:sentence understand
The sentence like this:" Maybe not, she thought. That's not what she'd heard in his voice. There was something at the edge, unconnected to income levels or verb tenses or what his parents watch on TV."
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Explanation: "Maybe not" (her guess about ) (his family's )income levels or (how he used ) verb tenses or what his parents watch on TV." (was what she was hearing in his voice, that grabbed her attention), she thought. That's not what (grabbed her attention) in his voice. There was something at the edge (of his voice and the way he communicated), unconnected to (her guess about his socio economic background, or his realtionship to his parents that was a strong character to his voice, his choice of words and to the way he used language)
Some of what is implied is made more clear in the following sentences in the book which I looked at. But also take into account that when the auther uses the term "something at the edge," I think the native English speaker will be hit with an irony of more than one meaning of the word edge. One meaing, edge, meaning border, but also "on edge"-nervouse or anxious and also an implied edgey or edgy.
Here's edgey from the urban dictionary:
edgey
To be "edgey" about something, i.e. To be aware of it. ii. "Edgey" i.e. Watch out, something is about to happen. iii. To keep an "edgey" is to keep a lookout. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edgey
Here's edgy from Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Definition of EDGY
1: having an edge : sharp
2a : being on edge : tense, irritable b : characterized by tension <edgy negotiations>
3: having a bold, provocative, or unconventional quality <an edgy film> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edgy
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Explanation: :" Maybe not, she thought. That's not what she'd heard in his voice. There was something at the edge, unconnected to income levels or verb tenses or what his parents watch on TV."
I'm going to give you an interpretation of this:
"May or may not be the case/appropriate", she thought (to herself). That's not the message that came across/how she interpreted what he was saying. There was something more being implied tangentially/beside what he apparently was saying directly but seemingly with less importance (although the truth is that it's probably very important) and had a much deeper significance than the three examples that follow which all boil down to referring to much more mundane/everyday matters (i.e. what we earn, how we see ourselves in time and express it with the tense we choose and what other people close to us do)
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I'm interpreting "verb tenses" as "how we see ourselves in time and express it with the tense we choose" but have to add that this is not such an everday matter (actually quite important in terms of how we relate to time).
David Hollywood Local time: 16:48 Native speaker of: English
Explanation: "Maybe not" (her guess about ) (his family's )income levels or (how he used ) verb tenses or what his parents watch on TV." (was what she was hearing in his voice, that grabbed her attention), she thought. That's not what (grabbed her attention) in his voice. There was something at the edge (of his voice and the way he communicated), unconnected to (her guess about his socio economic background, or his realtionship to his parents that was a strong character to his voice, his choice of words and to the way he used language)
Some of what is implied is made more clear in the following sentences in the book which I looked at. But also take into account that when the auther uses the term "something at the edge," I think the native English speaker will be hit with an irony of more than one meaning of the word edge. One meaing, edge, meaning border, but also "on edge"-nervouse or anxious and also an implied edgey or edgy.
Here's edgey from the urban dictionary:
edgey
To be "edgey" about something, i.e. To be aware of it. ii. "Edgey" i.e. Watch out, something is about to happen. iii. To keep an "edgey" is to keep a lookout. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edgey
Here's edgy from Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Definition of EDGY
1: having an edge : sharp
2a : being on edge : tense, irritable b : characterized by tension <edgy negotiations>
3: having a bold, provocative, or unconventional quality <an edgy film> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edgy
Stephanie Ezrol United States Local time: 15:48 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 27
Explanation: his mind is somewhere else, she thought.The intonations of his voice tell me different, than the words he pronounces.There was something bad just about to happen, it has nothing to do with current financial situation, it's not the present time he is thinking about ( he uses wrong verb tenses), not about daily pastime of his parents."
Alexandra Taggart Russian Federation Local time: 23:48 Works in field Native speaker of: English, Russian PRO pts in category: 4
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