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What does "frittered away" mean in this context? Wasted. Wasted by the way. Thoreau claims we fritter away our lives praying to modern complex distractions.
Transcript
- 00:02
startin with the question first this time and here we go as using line 35
- 00:07
fritter doesn't really mean what back to 35 here I settle that meaning like Aang [text on screen]
- 00:12
it's like our life is frittered away by detail well the correct answer here is [students in class]
- 00:16
wasted a and suddenly of course we're craving a big plate of Mama schmoops
- 00:21
famous fritters yeah of course HDPE isn't suggesting that anyone fry his or [fritters on a plate]
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- 00:26
her life to a delicious golden-brown a little sugar on the rose advocating for [woman in field]
- 00:31
the simple life in this paragraph and the simple life is all about ridding
- 00:34
oneself of modern distractions so as not to waste it reading the catechol to the [girls texting in a row]
- 00:40
catechol on page 472 of the mortgage contract all right well a person's
- 00:44
attention might be deflected B by the details of modern life but his or her
- 00:48
life would continue on unfazed - despite the small stuff Thoros not saying that [fritters on a window]
- 00:53
obsessing over the details of modern life makes one's life any shorter
- 00:57
although too many fritters that might in fact on your lighter there's over just [bear and a man]
- 01:02
moving on finally thorough found modern life corrupting to his character but the
- 01:06
addition of a way in the sentence amines this choice doesn't quite fit so that's [bear smelling fritters]
- 01:11
it we're moving on we're frittering
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