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Not but

English translation: it is possible that

12:23 Jul 14, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: Not but
We impute it, therefore, solely to the disease in his own eye and heart, that the minister, looking upward to the zenith, beheld there the appearance of an immense letter,—the letter A,—marked out in lines of dull red light.

Not but the meteor may have shown itself at that point, burning duskily through a veil of cloud; but with no such shape as his guilty[189] imagination gave it; or, at least, with so little definiteness, that another's guilt might have seen another symbol in it.
Michael Kislov
Russian Federation
Local time: 09:49
Selected answer:it is possible that
Explanation:
The author is saying that the meteor may have shown itself at that moment, but perception of the letter A was an illusion.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 03:49
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not but
it is possible that


Explanation:
The author is saying that the meteor may have shown itself at that moment, but perception of the letter A was an illusion.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 275

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