AtD translation: A young person of neglected aspect

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 06:16:23 UTC 2020


More precisely, “aspect” would mean “appearance.”

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:04 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, David.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 10:41 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 9:09 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> P410.28-32   A young person of neglected aspect, holding a bottle of some
>>> reddish liquid, accosted the boys. “You’re the ones lookin fer Alonzo
>>> Meatman, I’ll bet.”
>>>
>>>        “Maybe,” replied Darby, reaching for and grasping his
>>> regulation-issue “preserver.” “Who wants to know?”
>>>
>>> What does "of neglected aspect" mean? Does it mean "unkempt"?
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