Owen

[iron stirrup]

Please be patient

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[fossil linden]

and honestly "j'abaissai moi-même les yeux" confuses me as well

the "moi-même" part

i know it means "i lowered my eyes "but the grammar confuses me

[weak pebble]

if you have a question about a specific phrase, have you tried using a dictionary app?

do you know what course means?

[weak pebble]

do you not know what moi-même or are you asking how to translate the sentence into English? French is not English, I don't just mean in terms of pronouns or word order or something like that. There are ways of expressing yourself that are more common in French than in English and vice-versa. You're not going to be able to find a rule for this sort of thing, it's just going to make sense after you've read a lot. The best way to read a lot is to just keep reading and not pause to ask questions unless you actually can't follow the plot.

[fossil linden]

i know what course mean

i dont know what prendre le pas de course means tho

[fossil linden]

im not asking about translating at all just wandering if someone could enlighten me on the grammar cause ive never seen moi-même be used like this

[vagrant lion]

Prendre le pas de course just means courir.
Course and courir are related.