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English term or phrase:
soothe out of
English answer:
entice out ...make the owls believe it's safe to come out
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Yvonne Gallagher
Aug 4, 2015 08:03
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English term
soothe out of
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"His sentences are full of neologisms: the adjectives he torqued into verbs (“The north wind brittled icily in the pleached lattice of the hedgerows”), and the verbs he incites to misbehaviour (“Four short-eared owls SOOTHED OUT OF the gorse”)."
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/27/robert-macfarla...
I know the verb SOOTHE is used creatively, but I'm not sure about the meaning - the gorse SOOTHED the owls? or on the contrary? or the owls was SOOTHED, flying out of the gorse? or SOOTHED because of the gorse?
Many thanks!
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/27/robert-macfarla...
I know the verb SOOTHE is used creatively, but I'm not sure about the meaning - the gorse SOOTHED the owls? or on the contrary? or the owls was SOOTHED, flying out of the gorse? or SOOTHED because of the gorse?
Many thanks!
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entice out ...make the owls belive it's safe to come out
"soothe something out" usually means talking gently and reassuringly to the child/animal/frightenened person ensuring them that everything is all right and it's safe to come out
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Note added at 9 mins (2015-08-04 08:12:24 GMT)
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sorry typo: beliEve
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-08-04 08:13:46 GMT)
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as you probably know, gorse is a very prickly bush so the owls would feel safe (from predators) within it
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Note added at 19 mins (2015-08-04 08:22:42 GMT)
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sorry, need more coffee! another typo "frightened"
yes, and here's an image
http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/photo/short-eared-owl-royal...
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Note added at 24 mins (2015-08-04 08:27:29 GMT)
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http://www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk/wildlife/birds/shor...
"...in recent years, at least two communal roosts have been found in gorse..."
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Note added at 32 mins (2015-08-04 08:35:36 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/soothe
...allay, still, ease, relieve - lessen the intensity of or calm;... "still the fears"
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Note added at 1 day48 mins (2015-08-05 08:51:25 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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Note added at 9 mins (2015-08-04 08:12:24 GMT)
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sorry typo: beliEve
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-08-04 08:13:46 GMT)
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as you probably know, gorse is a very prickly bush so the owls would feel safe (from predators) within it
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Note added at 19 mins (2015-08-04 08:22:42 GMT)
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sorry, need more coffee! another typo "frightened"
yes, and here's an image
http://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/photo/short-eared-owl-royal...
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Note added at 24 mins (2015-08-04 08:27:29 GMT)
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http://www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk/wildlife/birds/shor...
"...in recent years, at least two communal roosts have been found in gorse..."
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Note added at 32 mins (2015-08-04 08:35:36 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/soothe
...allay, still, ease, relieve - lessen the intensity of or calm;... "still the fears"
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Note added at 1 day48 mins (2015-08-05 08:51:25 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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| Thank you! It's a lovely scene. |
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