Maybe a harkening back
English translation: A call/memories to days gone by
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| 18:44 Oct 22, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Anna Maria Augustine (X) France Local time: 06:29 | ||||||
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| 5 +5 | A call/memories to days gone by |
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| 5 -1 | listening to what was customary earlier in time |
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| 4 | an echo OR evocation of past times / events |
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peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1| maybe a harkening back listening to what was customary earlier in time Explanation: Webster's 3rd heark£en Variant:also hark£en \*h*rk*n, *h*k-\ Function:verb Inflected Form:-ed/-ing/-s Etymology:Middle English herkenen, from Old English heorcnian, hyrcnian; akin to Old Frisian herkia, harkia to listen * more at HARK intransitive verb 1 : to give ear : LISTEN *hearkened without much mental comment— Theodore Dreiser* *hearkened to all they said night after night— Glenway Wescott* *stopped to hearken to the distant sound of another dog barking— Winnie Fitch* 2 : to listen with attention, sympathy, or acceptance of what is said : give respectful attention *the boy was hearkening to another— Fanny Butcher* *how was it possible T that nobody hearkened to Goethe's voice— J.P.Hodin* *the humble folk who hearkened to these evangelists— G.M.Stephenson* transitive verb , archaic : to give heed to : HEAR |
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peer agreement (net): +5| maybe a harkening back A call/memories to days gone by Explanation: * -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2006-10-22 18:48:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Goodness me! You do get hard texts to work on, don't you but at least we can help you. www.thefreedictionary.com harken encyclopedia -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2006-10-22 18:51:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In days gone by, showing an ankle was considered very daring, and would have been exciting for a man since women were generally all covered up. To harken back means to go back in time or in memories such as the Victorian days for example. |
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