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Confusion about the following phrase. Many researchers now think that these were pictures the wise men engraved of themselves. About the "engrave of " , is it a set phrase? Thanks for responses.
Sep 19, 2014 9:49 AM
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In this sentence, 'of themselves' is the phrase. It means that they made the pictures that depicted their own faces. So, you could say, "A self-portrait is an artist's painting of himself/herself." That's redundant, but I hope it helps you understand 'of oneself'.
September 19, 2014
No, it's perfectly regular English. You paint a picture of something. If you only have a stone and a rock wall, then you engrave a picture of something. So, these wise men engraved pictures of themselves.
September 19, 2014
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