GR translation: tickling just under his nose

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Mar 23 07:39:27 CDT 2012


Right.
http://www.rei.com/search?query=balaclava

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:32 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say because the lower rim of the opening in this wool cap sits
> snug just under his nose it's tickling. The sensation.
>
> 2012/3/23 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>> P43.18-25  Settling the window of his Balaclava helmet snug and
>> tickling just under his nose, resolved not to give way to panic, Mr.
>> Pointsman stands up, has to wait for blood to drain, resurge, bounce
>> up and down its million branches in the drizzly night, percolate to
>> balance—then limping, clanking, he heads back toward the car to get a
>> hand from young Mexico, who did remember, he hopes, to bring the
>> electric lantern. . . .
>>
>> What exactly is "tickling just under his nose"?  Dose it mean that he
>> had a tickling sensation just under his nose, or he touched the spot
>> just under his nose to stop such a sensation?



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