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He felt around for the starter-button, found it, pushed it. Nothing happened. Suddenly the air in the room seemed thicker than ever.

I pushed the wrong button, that’s all.

Knowing better but believing it because some things have to be believed. He blew on his fingers like a crap-shooter hoping to heat up a cold pair of dice. Then he felt around until his fingers found the button.

“God,” he said, “this is Your servant, James Rennie. Please let this darned old thing start. I ask it in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ.”

He pushed the starter-button.

Nothing.

Question 1: What's the meaning of "Knowing better but believing it"? Does "it" refer to "he pushed the wrong button"?

Question 2: In this case, heat up == heat?

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He felt around for the starter-button, found it, pushed it. Nothing happened. Suddenly the air in the room seemed thicker than ever.

I pushed the wrong button, that’s all.

Knowing better but believing it because some things have to be believed. He blew on his fingers like a crap-shooter hoping to heat up a cold pair of dice. Then he felt around until his fingers found the button.

“God,” he said, “this is Your servant, James Rennie. Please let this darned old thing start. I ask it in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ.”

He pushed the starter-button.

Nothing.

Question 1: What's the meaning of "Knowing better but believing it"? Does "it" refer to "he pushed the wrong button"?

Question 2: In this case, heat up == heat?

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!. Knowing better but believing it means he really knows that he pressed the right button but it didn't work but he wants to persuade himself he made a mistake. 2 "heat up" does mean roughly the same as "heat" but it suggest that something was warm but has cooled down. So you "heat up" food which has got cold.

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