sentence understanding

English translation: occupy myself

07:56 Feb 19, 2007

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / literature

English term or phrase: sentence understanding

Here is the sentence comes from a novel like this:" Out of the movements of the heavenly bodies and the tiny signals of insects debating whether or not I might yet be eaten I could not possibly fill day after day and night after night."

It's really an obscure sentence. I wonder what the "fill "means in this sentence?

Thank you!

macky KudoZ activity Questions: 352 (2 open) (6 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4
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Selected answer:occupy myself

Explanation:
i.e. could not keep busy day after day and night after night.

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Diana Wright
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:01

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occupy myself

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occupy myself

Explanation:
i.e. could not keep busy day after day and night after night.

Diana Wright
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:01
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Native speaker of: Romanian
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