Hi, All!

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

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.... But what's he after? What's that dog guarding?"

Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question. Neville was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep.
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"But Harry couldn't sleep"?

Probably, IMHO, I guess I can rephrase it:
Despite of Neville's snoring loudly Hurry couldn't sleep.
;-)

Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin

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Hi, Alexander -- on Feb 18 2025 at 12:22, you wrote:

Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question.
Neville was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep.
----- The end of the citation -----

"But Harry couldn't sleep"?

Probably, IMHO, I guess I can rephrase it:
Despite of Neville's snoring loudly Hurry couldn't sleep.

No, I think the implication is that Harry was thinking too much to sleep!


Cheers... Dallas

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Hi Alexander,

Tue 18 Feb 2025 12:22, you wrote to All:

Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question.
Neville was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep.
Probably, IMHO, I guess I can rephrase it:
Despite of Neville's snoring loudly Hurry couldn't sleep.
;-)

It could be the author's sort of irony or sarcasm, probably. "English jokes", you know.


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Hi Dallas,

Tue 18 Feb 2025 10:56, you wrote to Alexander Koryagin:

Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same question.
Neville was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't sleep.
"But Harry couldn't sleep"?
Probably, IMHO, I guess I can rephrase it:
Despite of Neville's snoring loudly Hurry couldn't sleep.

No, I think the implication is that Harry was thinking too much to
sleep!

Let's see, if we try and change it to

"...but Harry couldn't care less about sleeping" --

that could be the case indeed!


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Hi, Dallas Hinton!
I read your message from 18.02.2025 13:56

Harry went to bed with his head buzzing with the same
question. Neville was snoring loudly, but Harry couldn't
sleep. ----- The end of the citation -----

"But Harry couldn't sleep"?

Probably, IMHO, I guess I can rephrase it:
Despite of Neville's snoring loudly Hurry couldn't sleep.

No, I think the implication is that Harry was thinking too much
to sleep!

It occurred to me another explanation -- probably the author wanted to say this:

"Neville was fast asleep, but Harry couldn't sleep.
;-)

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2025

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