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sweet hannah
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draw at will
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Dear ESL teachers,
I need help. In a passage I have to discuss with my students , I �ve faced the sentence:
" The heated air grew quite easily hotter, as if from some enormous furnace from which it could draw at will."
The paragraph was describing a very hot day. I can �t understand the last part "draw at will." I can �t also figure out what the pronoun �it � refers to.
I need your help
Thanks in advance
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20 Jul 2011
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yanogator
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"It" refers to "the heated air", since it is the subject of the sentence. To "draw" means to pull or even to take. "At will" means "As you want" (to will = to want).
So:
The heated air grew quite easily hotter, as if it could pull more heat whenever it wanted from some enormous furnace.
Good enough?
Bruce |
20 Jul 2011
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