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164 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

extravagantly..laid around..were laying around

My comment:

extravagantemente => extravagantly
vagueavam => laid around..were laying around

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

   wrote:

vaguear is not lay around

164 months ago

   wrote:

Laying around is about the same as strewn around. So, you say it is not strewn around, how can it be lay around. The literal meaning is people or vessels or vehicles moving around without a fixed destination.

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164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

with extravagance and in great number were undulating above the tables and furniture

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

   wrote:

object can't undulate above tables and furniture. Unless it is magical realism.

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

strewn about or around

My comment:

It's referring to the all objects that were strewn around on table tops and furniture.
Literally: floating atop. But that doesn't work well in English.
Strewn about works better.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

vagueavam is not strewn about or around

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

Yes, it is here. Vaguear means to move through a place without a fixed destination. Haphazardly strewn about. In this context.

164 months ago

airmailrpl   wrote:

"Laying around is about the same as strewn around" - Now that we both agree - we let the asker choose whatever suggestion serves her purpose