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    Translation/ problem
    Message from jiashaoru posted on 17-07-2015 at 16:53:56 (D | E | F)
    Hello there,
    I'm an English learner from China, and I'm learning translation currently. I have a problem.
    In this sentence, "As the tree had fallen, it had torn up in its roots a circular cliff of mud", what does this phrase "a circular cliff of mud" mean? I don't understand it at all. Where does this "mud" come from?
    Thanks to anyone who would like to help me
    Jessie

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    Edited by lucile83 on 17-07-2015 17:12


    Re: Translation/ problem from lucile83, posted on 18-07-2015 at 08:36:26 (D | E)
    Hello
    A tree may be uprooted during a storm, and its roots may be wrapped in a huge amount of mud. Here 'a circular cliff of mud' is a sort of poetic and exaggerated image.



    Re: Translation/ problem from jiashaoru, posted on 01-08-2015 at 01:15:48 (D | E)
    Thank you so much for helping me with this




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