Aug 11, 2012 12:26
11 yrs ago
English term
lies handy to the vault
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"Back, lad; I will be with ye again presently. He goes! Not this hand complies with my humor more genially than that boy.—Middle aisle of a church! What's here?"
"Life-buoy, sir. Mr. Starbuck's orders. Oh, look, sir! Beware the hatchway!"
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"Thank ye, man. Thy coffin lies handy to the vault."
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"Sir? The hatchway? oh! So it does, sir, so it does."
Thank you!
"Life-buoy, sir. Mr. Starbuck's orders. Oh, look, sir! Beware the hatchway!"
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"Thank ye, man. Thy coffin lies handy to the vault."
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"Sir? The hatchway? oh! So it does, sir, so it does."
Thank you!
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| 4 +2 | near the vault |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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near the vault
lies handy to=near, easily accessed
the vault=place for coffins, often below a church
hatchway=opening to the vault
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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-15 12:47:15 GMT)
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just reread context here and once again there is a pun or wordplay happening:
Beware hatchway=be careful you don't fall into the vault (or hold of ship here) and
thy coffin lies handy =if you fall in you'll die
as said earlier vault is often a place to hold coffins below (in basement) of church so there is complete play on words here
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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-15 12:48:37 GMT)
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in basement of)- bracket in wrong place
the vault=place for coffins, often below a church
hatchway=opening to the vault
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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-15 12:47:15 GMT)
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just reread context here and once again there is a pun or wordplay happening:
Beware hatchway=be careful you don't fall into the vault (or hold of ship here) and
thy coffin lies handy =if you fall in you'll die
as said earlier vault is often a place to hold coffins below (in basement) of church so there is complete play on words here
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Note added at 4 days (2012-08-15 12:48:37 GMT)
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in basement of)- bracket in wrong place
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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