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Read this sentence from the essay.
Not during the whole of the journey was the compartment once swept or cleaned. The result was that every time you walked on the floor or rather cut your way through the passengers seated on the floor, you waded through dirt.
How does the phrase "waded through dirt" affect the meaning of the essay?
The phrase indicates that there weren't any trash receptacles on the train, which implies that the trains were not well-equipped.
The phrase describes how people discarded their trash, which implies that the travelers were sloppy.
The phrase creates an image of people walking through several inches of trash, which implies a filthy environment.
The phrase relates how the train staff could not get into the compartments to clean them, which implies that there were too many people on the train.
