The second line of the first paragraph says: "He suffered the same jaundice that many a more booted one than he did, from Flight Commanders through Generals to the ambrosial single-barred". I cannot wrap my mind around this after "that", i.e. "many a more booted one than he did". what does it mean? What is the sentence structure?
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for word meanings, please consult online dictionaries.– Arm the good guys in AmericaCommented Mar 25, 2020 at 16:00
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"a more booted one than he" = "someone who was more booted than he was"
Many of the more booted ones suffered from a jaundice. He suffered from that same jaundice.
As Arm said, "booted" and "jaundice" are in dictionaries; so tell what you found about them if you cannot understand them.
Faulkner may not be easy to read for anyone!
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1I suspect that "booted", in this context, means something along the lines of "high ranking". And "jaundice" is often used metaphorically. Commented Mar 25, 2020 at 20:18
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At first, the existence of "did" was confusing for me, in addition to the metaphoric meaning of "booted" . Last night I reached the above mentioned meaning. And about "did", I found out that because of the "same that" instead of "same as" we need a verb in the following. Correct me if I am wrong.– alexCommented Mar 26, 2020 at 7:32