TombCrow Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Hi, everyone, English is not my native language and there is some difficulty for me to understand the story of Legend At the end of the Kazakhstan level, Alister tells Lara that the map she found leads to Cornwall. Lara asks: ' As in, take the M5 to the A30 Cornwall? ' The answer is: ' As the crow drives. ' I don't know what ' As the crow drives ' means. I found some examples in google but still, I can't quite catch the meaning of this sentence... Can anyone explain it to me please? Thanks in advance. PS: and what does ' as in' means? I'm not sure about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morph Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Hi TombCrow. Welcome to LCO. Alister actually says "As the crow flies". Here's what I found at wikipedia. "As the crow flies" is a colloquial term used to describe the most direct route between two points on the Earth. It is most often used to differentiate distance along this route from that along a less direct route, such as a road or railroad, and is generally the same as the great circle route. Some people use the variation "by the crow flies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombCrow Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thank you so much! so, as the crow drives=as the crow flies? and, what does 'as in' means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gia@LCO Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 "As in" is just another way of saying "Do you mean...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombCrow Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thanks I understand now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Croft Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Yes, Morph, and AJ are correct. 'As the crow flies' is used because crows use the most direct route to anywhere, e.g. straight line. 'As in' can also be used to advance a sentence, e.g. "My initials are LM, as in Lara Mackey." Hope that helps! MsC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombCrow Posted August 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Thanks, it's very clear now! Millions of thanks to you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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