I'm reading an Agatha Christie'es book, Appointment with Death and I don't understand this sentence:
The boy flushed right up to the roots of his hair
The boy was pulling his hair? He was scratching his head a lot?
Thank you for the help
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Sign up to join this communityI'm reading an Agatha Christie'es book, Appointment with Death and I don't understand this sentence:
The boy flushed right up to the roots of his hair
The boy was pulling his hair? He was scratching his head a lot?
Thank you for the help
"Flush" in this context is another word for "blush". In other words, the boy's face turned red. But while a blush starts in the cheeks, this one spread all across his face, all the way up ("right up") to the top of his forehead ("the roots of his hair").