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day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it.

Meaning Sample explanation

out of the way

Here “out of the way” means unusual or surprising, not “off the path.” Alice does not think it strange that the Rabbit is talking to itself, though she realizes afterwards that she should have. Only the watch in its waistcoat-pocket makes her jump up.

A sample explanation. Tap “out of the way”, then Explain.

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Why Weaver

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Weaver reads the passage around your selection, so the explanation fits this sentence, in this book.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

“…nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself…”

~~Not “off the path.”~~ Here: unusual.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

“…my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.”

~~Not “rotating.”~~ Here: thinking it over, many times and carefully.
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

“…a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

~~Not “wishing for.”~~ Here: lacking, and so in need of.

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“…nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself…”

Meaning · Intermediate Sample explanation

out of the way

Here “out of the way” is an idiom meaning unusual or out of the ordinary. It does not describe a place, so reading it as “off the path” gives the wrong sense. With “not so very much,” the sentence says Alice did not find a talking rabbit strange at that moment. Only afterwards does she realize it should have surprised her.

In Spanish: fuera de lo común, extraordinario.

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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it.

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies…

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”…

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

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