I don't understand this sentence もう声が出ず体でうなずいて


I'm reading a story about a taxi driver picking up a young girl. He is driving
when he notices that the girl has disappeared. However, at a certain point he
hears her voice telling him to change his destination. At this point I found
this sentence: **もう声が出ず体でうなずいて** 真っ直ぐ前だけ見て走らせた。 What does the part in bold
mean?




Lets break this down, and see what we can get out of this sentence.

**声が出ず** : You're going to find a really good grammar here ～ず。 If you want to
do some research, look [here.](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/negverb2.html)
Simply put, it is a grammar where you do something without doing something
else. This portion translates to `without using his voice`

Here's another example of ～ず usage:

> 忘れずにやりました。(I did it without forgetting)

**もう** : This is probably one of the most important parts of the sentence. As
you'll see discussed in the comments below, もう changes the meaning of 声が出ず
from `without using his/her voice` to `unable to use his/her voice.`

**体{からだ}で** ： Literally translates as "with the body."

[**うなずいて**](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6): This is a
conjugation of うなずく、whose translation can be found
[here.](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%8F) However, you'll also find
that うなずいて also has a [definition
listed](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6) on jisho.org.
Compounded with 体で we get: `Nodding with his/her body.`

Ok, now lets put it all together:

> **もう声が出ず体でうなずいて** 真っ直ぐ前だけ見て走らせた。
>
> **Unable to speak, he/she nodded with his/her body,** and ran straight
> forward not looking left or right.

I want to add an appendage that 前だけ見て means `only looking forward.` In
translating that to English, I changed it to `without looking left or right.`

Hope it helps.




Lets break this down, and see what we can get out of this sentence.

**声が出ず** : You're going to find a really good grammar here ～ず。 If you want to
do some research, look [here.](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/negverb2.html)
Simply put, it is a grammar where you do something without doing something
else. This portion translates to `without using his voice`

Here's another example of ～ず usage:

> 忘れずにやりました。(I did it without forgetting)

**もう** : This is probably one of the most important parts of the sentence. As
you'll see discussed in the comments below, もう changes the meaning of 声が出ず
from `without using his/her voice` to `unable to use his/her voice.`

**体{からだ}で** ： Literally translates as "with the body."

[**うなずいて**](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6): This is a
conjugation of うなずく、whose translation can be found
[here.](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%8F) However, you'll also find
that うなずいて also has a [definition
listed](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A0%B7%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6) on jisho.org.
Compounded with 体で we get: `Nodding with his/her body.`

Ok, now lets put it all together:

> **もう声が出ず体でうなずいて** 真っ直ぐ前だけ見て走らせた。
>
> **Unable to speak, he/she nodded with his/her body,** and ran straight
> forward not looking left or right.

I want to add an appendage that 前だけ見て means `only looking forward.` In
translating that to English, I changed it to `without looking left or right.`

Hope it helps.

