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Orwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society.5 Z7 A" _ j% @* C6 p
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Hi Mxh, , o, ^) T+ f$ f& t ' X( z2 ^: j8 l0 yThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P ?+ M \/ u* o/ u ! `. M8 Y( \" K }8 JI really don't have the foggiest idea on this one. Maybe it takes reading the whole article to come to fully understand it. Or you'll have to ask the author him/herself. ( q+ }8 Q+ T/ @ |' {6 f
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pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43 ( O3 w' f3 F6 b' d. N4 W+ fHi Mxh, 5 g% V8 d* C0 O/ ~: v8 C
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Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
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I'd like to draw your attention to the phrase pedantic irony, which may shed light on the meaning of lower-upper-middle-class , and help in finding an equivalent for it in Chinese. 1 {$ E$ I- G9 _+ \6 }$ m& y5 i2 OIn other words, all the contextual clues needed for understanding what is meant by lower-upper-middle-class is already here and there is no need for more. . y: X& `: {4 N4 W# C8 I& C
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