I headed down Philadelphia Avenue on the odd-numbered side. The dusk had deepened, the humidity thickened into a palpable, prickly dizzle that lent my walk a heightened feeling of sheletered stealth. I knew this side of the street from the dawn of consciousness; our neighbours the Matzes and the Pritchards, and Han Kieffer's grocery store, and the Krings' and the Pottses' houses where my first playmates, all girls, lived.
(Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English 1 - Student's Book with Answers)
Does the author by "dawn of consciousness" mean that he knew these things from the moment he gained awareness of the things around him/her? In other words, he learnt about these things at a very early age?
Thank you in advance.
(Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English 1 - Student's Book with Answers)
Does the author by "dawn of consciousness" mean that he knew these things from the moment he gained awareness of the things around him/her? In other words, he learnt about these things at a very early age?
Thank you in advance.