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What is the meaning of chastened at in this sentence? And so she doesn't reply in words but is, for a moment silent, and only replies to Geoff's question by shaking her head It is in the sense of "shocked to silence" that Sophie is "chastened"
sentence structure - One such+noun vs such a an + noun - English . . . There's two different meanings of "such" used here, as described in Merriam-Webster: such adjective 2 : of the character, quality, or extent previously indicated or implied in the past few years many such women have shifted to full-time jobs 3 : of so extreme a degree or quality never heard such a hubbub The structure [ "such" + noun phrase ] can have meaning 2 or 3, depending on the
Grammar with gerund or Infinitive - English Language Learners Stack . . . The truth is that all options are syntactically valid - it's just that as @Geoff points out below, it's not easy to come up with a context where having worked would work (in a way that makes sense with but he still wasn't satisfied)
What did you learn today? Vs what have you learned today? "What did you do ?" sounds more natural than "What have you done ?" But with "learned" there is more of a sense that it is still relevant, making perfect aspect more acceptable You could argue either way, and one reason for your decision might be how you consider earlier learning to relate to the current situation
pronunciation - The vowel in the definite article the when followed . . . More specifically, in such contexts it is generally pronounced as a weak form, as Geoff Lindsey helpfully explains Weak forms are spoken very rapidly in ways that can make it hard to hear the underlying vowel sound They essentially become short prefixes attached to the word after them (see another Geoff Lindsey video)