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A Difficult Phrase For Me 3

When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I run into a difficult phrase for me to read.
Could you help me figure it out?

The main character is Jamie. He meets an old man and gets some supports from this old man to find diamonds.
However, Jamie is aware of that this old man deceives him and steals of all the diamonds he found.

The novel contains these lines:
The old man shook his head. "You misunderstood me. I outfitted you and sent you to find diamonds for me."
Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him. "You're lying!"

I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the last sentence.

It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the story.
So I think the novel might as well says; Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him.

I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."
Am I correct?

If "could" is subjunctive, why the subjective mood needs to be used here?
Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?

It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.


ダイアモンドを探す若者の小説を読んでいて、難しい文言を見つけましたので、どう解してよいか教えていただけないでしょうか。

主人公はジェイミーといいます。ジェイミーはある老人に出会い、いろいろと援助を受けます。
ところが、ジェイミーはこの老人に騙され、自分が見つけたダイアモンドを全部盗まれることに気付きます。

小説はこう書いています:
老人は首を横に振った。「君は私の言ったことをを勘違いしたんだ。私は用具一式を与え、私のためにダイアモンドを探してくるよう君を送り出したんだ」
Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him. "ウソつきめ!"

"feel"の前になぜ"could"が使われているのかわかりません。

話の流れからしてジェイミーが老人に怒るのは全然不思議ではないので、"Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him. "と書いてもいいのでは思ったりもします。

ここでの"could"は、"お腹が空過ぎて馬でも食べれそうだ"と同じ仮定法だと思いますが、合ってますか?

もし仮定法であれば、なぜここで仮定法が使われなければならないのでしょうか?
なぜ"felt"ではなく"could feel"が使われるのでしょうか?

教えていただけると助かります。
よろしくお願いいたします。

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A Difficult Phrase For Me 3

Could you help me figure it out?

The main character is Jamie.

The novel contains these lines: The old man shook his head.

"You misunderstood me.

I outfitted you and sent you to find diamonds for me."

Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him.

"You're lying!"

I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the last sentence.

It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the story.

I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."

Am I correct?

Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?

It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.

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michiru

April 29, 2024

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Could you help me figure it out?

The main character is Jamie.

I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the last sentence.

So I think the novel might as well says; Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him.

Am I correct?

Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?

It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.

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A Difficult Phrase For Me 3

"You misunderstood me.

I outfitted you and sent you to find diamonds for me."

Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him.

"You're lying!"

Am I correct?

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michiru

April 29, 2024

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Could you help me figure it out?

The main character is Jamie.

He meets an old man and gets some supports from this old man to find diamonds.

The novel contains these lines: The old man shook his head.

"You misunderstood me.

I outfitted you and sent you to find diamonds for me."

Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him.

"You're lying!"

I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the last sentence.

It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the story.

I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."

Am I correct?

Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?

It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.

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michiru

April 29, 2024

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I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."

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michiru

April 29, 2024

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If "could" is subjunctive, why the subjective mood needs to be used here?


If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood needs to be used here? If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood need to be used here?

If "could" is subjunctive, why the subjective mood needs to beis it being used here? If "could" is subjunctive, why is it being used here?

If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood needs to be used here? If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood need to be used here?

I can't really explain the grammar, but when you start a sentence with "why", a verb is required to follow.

If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood needs to be used here? If "could" is subjunctive, why does the subjective mood need to be used here?

Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?


Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"? Why isn't "felt" used for "could feel"?

"could feel" in this context means that one wouldn't normally be able to feel this sensation. Another example would be "The room was so loud that you could hear a pin drop." This means someone wouldn't be able to hear a pin drop but the room was so quiet that it might as well be possible.

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When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I run into a difficult phrase for me to read.


When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I ruan into a difficult phrase for me to read. When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I ran into a difficult phrase for me to read.

Run is the present tense, ran is the past tense.

When I was reading a novel about a young man who looksing for diamonds, I ruan into a difficult phrase for me to read. When I was reading a novel about a young man looking for diamonds, I ran into a difficult phrase.

When I was reading a novel about a young man who looksing for diamonds, I run into a phrase that is difficult phrase for me to reaunderstand. When I was reading a novel about a young man looking for diamonds, I run into a phrase that is difficult for me to understand.

This sentence is mostly grammatical, but I think it sounds more natural the other way around: > I ran into this passage which I found difficult while reading a novel about a young man looking for diamonds.

When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I ruan into a difficult phrase for me to read. When I was reading a novel about a young man who looks for diamonds, I ran into a difficult phrase.

Could you help me figure it out?


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The main character is Jamie.


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The main character's name is Jamie. The main character's name is Jamie.

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He meets an old man and gets some supports from this old man to find diamonds.


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He meets an old man and gets some supports from this old man to find diamonds. He meets an old man and gets support from this old man to find diamonds.

However, Jamie is aware of that this old man deceives him and steals of all the diamonds he found.


However, Jamie is aware of that this old man deceives him and steals of all of the diamonds he found. However, Jamie is aware of that this old man deceives him and steals all of the diamonds he found.

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However, Jamie ibecomes aware of that this old man has deceivesd him and stealsolen of all the diamonds he found. However, Jamie becomes aware of that this old man has deceived him and stolen of all the diamonds he found.

Relative to Jamie's becoming aware of the old man's behavior, the man's behavior is in the past, thus should be in past tense.

However, Jamie dis aware ofcovers that this old man is deceivesing him and steals ofing all of the diamonds he found. However, Jamie discovers that this old man is deceiving him and stealing all of the diamonds he found.

The novel contains these lines: The old man shook his head.


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The novel contains these lines: The old man shook his head. The novel contains these lines: The old man shook his head.

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"You misunderstood me.


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I outfitted you and sent you to find diamonds for me."


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Jamie could feel a slow rage boiling up within him.


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"You're lying!"


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I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the last sentence.


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I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the second-to-last sentence. I don't understand why "could" is used before "feel" in the second-to-last sentence.

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It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the story.


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It's no wonder thatBased on the flow of the story, it's obvious why Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the story. Based on the flow of the story, it's obvious why Jamie gets angry with the old man.

It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from the flow of the storyhow the story was playing out. It's no wonder that Jamie gets angry with the old man from how the story was playing out.

"flow of the story." strikes me as a little unnatural as opposed to "how the story was playing out," but I think it's fine.

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So I think the novel might as well says; Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him.


So I think the novel might as well says; Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him. So I think the novel might as well say; Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him.

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So I think the novel might as well says; , "Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him." So I think the novel might as well say, "Jamie felt a slow rage boiling up within him."

Am I correct?


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I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."


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I think the "could" in the line ireflects the subjunctive mood, like "I could eat a horse." I think the "could" in the line reflects the subjunctive mood, like "I could eat a horse."

I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse." I think the "could" in the line is the subjunctive mood like "I could eat a horse."

I honestly don't understand "subjunctives." I did a little bit of reading after seeing your post, but I don't feel comfortable commenting on whether either is a subjunctive or not. Mostly what I want to comment on is that "I could eat a horse" is a hypothetical. "Were there a horse here, my stomach is so empty the whole thing would fit inside" is how I've always interpreted it. However, "Jamie could feel a slight rage" is not hypothetical and so it feels very different to me.

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