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質問者さんへ、No. 2 で回答した Shimo-py です。 No. 3 の fieldsさん、ご指摘ありがとうございます。 その点について再びご説明いたします。 ◆(2)の「more teeth」について、 「この more が much の比較級で、そして、much の内容は挿入句の形で示されている"white and large and even"だ」 という解釈は、不可能です。  much (あるいはそれに由来する more)が、後出の形容詞の肩代わりを一時的に引き受けるという用法は、ありません。  40代の女性ということとの関わりで言えば、この文を言っている人は、相手の女性の歯が気になって気になって仕方がないわけなのです。つまり実際に生物学上の歯の数に言及しているのではなく、その均整の取れた歯並びや白さから、歯の数が多く見えるというような印象(impression)だったという表現になっているのです。 ◆(3)について。 1つ目の that はおっしゃる通り、"Just a bite"を繰り返したものです。しかし、2つ目はやはり more は名詞です。that more という用法は、「難しい語法」ではありません。普通に使います。  既出の形容詞に that をかぶせて使う用法は、ごく当たり前の用法なのです。試みに that でその用法を調べてみてください。例文は簡単なもののはずです。  「than 以下を"as an excuse for conversation"にかけて読んでいる」という覚えはありません。よく訳を読んでください。as 以下は eat that more を修飾しており、わたしはそのつもりで訳しております。  二つ目に出てくる more を前の than にかけて読むことは、この文の場合(つまり that more となっている場合)は不可能です。 ◆一応、相当の自信をもって英語にかかわっているつもりですが、なにぶん、研究中の身であります。こうしたご指摘をしてくださることを、非常に有難く受け止めます。  今回の件に関して、fields さんのご指摘から受けた点について、私の説明はどこも誤っていない、と判断しています。

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お礼

この質問のために時間を割いて下さりありがとうございます。専門家としてのShimo-pyさんの見解、とても参考になりました!

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