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I read this sentence on this image :
She smelled of sun and daisies with a hint of river water.
I don't get at all why do we say "She smelled of", why is there "of" after smelled ? Couldn't we get rid of that ?
My other question is about "a hint", although I think that I understand what it means, I would appreciate to have the opinion of you guys.
This is an extract from a quite technical document. In addition to the problem of understanding the English constructs, you have second challenge in that certain terms have specialised technical meanings. Here we see process being used in a very particular way, as well as processing being used in a subtly different but related way.
In understanding this passage you need to identify the technical terms and establish their meaning in this particular document. You cannot do this simply by reading this one paragraph. We would hope that there would be a glossary for this particular document that would define the terms, however there may well not be one, so instead we at least need to look at a technical dictionary (for example), we cannot simply appeal to standard English usage.
So here you need to know what process, web server, request, concurrent and processing mean.
From my own knowledge of this field the Web Server is a particular process running on a computer, there will be many such processes running. The Web Server has responsibility to receive requests (typically from a Browser) and performs processing to satisfy those requests.
Here we come to the meaning of on behalf which can mean in the interest or aid of. So for each request some processing is done, that processing is on behalf of a single request.
The key idea is that the Web Server is satisfying multiple requests at the same time concurrently. And the issue being addressed is what happens is one request's processing effectively monopolises the Web Server for a period of time, in this case the other requests, concurrently being processed are stalled until the monopolising processing is finished.
Hence to understand this paragraph we need to get definitions of some technical terms but also need some quite detailed technical background information about multi-threaded concurrent processing.
The only slightly tricky English here is the on behalf, which becomes clear when we understand the relationship between a request and its processing.
A "hairline crack" is a very thin crack that threatens the integrity of some object.
The "grip" is where you hold the golf club.
The "graphite shaft" is the long part of the club, which these days is frequently made from graphite not wood:
A 3-wood is a particular kind of golf club used for hitting the ball long distances:
The man says the crack is "between the shaft and the grip". I'm not a golfer but I assume this means the grip might come loose from the rest of the club, or at the very least, affect how well the club hits the ball:
The joke is that the man is more concerned about his golf clubs than his marriage. It uses a comedic device known as a "reversal" or "switcheroo", in which the reader expects the story to go one direction, but it actually leads to an unexpected conclusion.
I also slightly edited your question to include the initial "Guys" from the original. The joke is more humorous in the context of someone telling his story to some kind of newspaper or online "advice column".
Best Answer
She smelled like
With a small amount of river water
Collins:
hint (3)