YOU SAID:
I flattened out the page and gripped the pencil over the forgotten rule.
INTO JAPANESE
私はページを平らにし、忘れられたルールの上に鉛筆を握りました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I flattened the page and held a pencil over the forgotten rule.
INTO JAPANESE
私はページを平らにし、忘れられたルールの上に鉛筆をかざしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I flattened the page and held a pencil over the forgotten rule.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.