GR translation: rolling right behind
Erik T. Burns
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Sun Apr 24 13:19:24 UTC 2022
"rolling thunder" being a relatively common idiom
See: Rolling thunder definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rolling-thunder>
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 10:47 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> First was the sharp crack, followed by the heavy explosion, which was
> “rolling right behind” it (in sequence).
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:55 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > V25.27-33, P26.8-14 It was Friday evening, last September, just off
> work,
> > heading for the Bond Street Underground station, his mind on the weekend
> > ahead and his two Wrens, that Norma and that Marjorie, whom he must each
> > keep from learning about the other, just as he was reaching to pick his
> > nose, suddenly in the sky, miles behind his back and up the river
> > mementomori a sharp crack and a heavy explosion, rolling right behind,
> > almost like a clap of thunder. But not quite.
> >
> > What does "rolling right behind" modify here?
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