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shutvik [7]
3 years ago
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I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed, I passed in quickly through a turnstile, ha

nding a shilling to a weary-looking man. I found myself in a big hall girded at half its height by a gallery, surrounded by darkness in the greater part of the hall. Nearly all the stalls were closed. Based on the context clues, which word best defines the word gir
English
1 answer:
timama [110]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

D. encompassed

Explanation:

This is the excerpt from James Joyce's "Araby".

The word bazaar might also be confusing, so let's just say it's a kind of open market.

So, we have a boy who rushes into that market and finds him self in a hall around which is a gallery with lots of empty, closed stalls.

That can be enough to infer the meaning of the word "girded" which is "surrounded", "encompassed" or "encircled".

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