Questions tagged [sentence-meaning]
Use this tag for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.
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What is the meaning of: "Rather like bulletins issued by the war office"?
This statement is taken from a story named "The Tiger King" by Kalki. This is said by the chief astrologer (a character in the story); when he hears an infant speaking very clearly, he says:
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"If the team is meeting today, they would have already discussed the budget." Is this idiomatic and what does it mean?
This was an example sentence that was presented in German Language Stack Exchange, asking for a translation of the grammatical structure. The person who asked the question is not an English or German ...
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What does "...damned if this decidedly unromantic pairing has become almost blissfully sweet..." mean?
I was reading an article about Philip Seymour Hoffman on The River Cities' reader's website (It's a newspaper based in Davenport, Iowa) and I found the word "damn" used in a way that I've ...
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What does "If you drop one, just call for it" mean in the context of filmmaking?
This context comes from the movie "Boogie Nights" by Paul Thomas Anderson. It's a scene in which the Mark Wahlberg's character is about to shoot his first adult film scene. One of the people ...
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Arriving and leaving places
2-nd example: Why is "he'll be arriving at work" wrong? From what point in space do you start arriving at your place of work? Do you need to see the building where you work? Does one of your ...
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Is the sentence "Guess you'll be taking them on over Roost's way, eh?" a mistake?
In the video game "Divinity Original Sin II" I found a sentence that I can't make any sense of.
[Godwoken are creatures that have potential to become Gods which is important part of the plot....
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How Do I Talk of Someone Whose Name Appeared in the Paper
When a classmate's name appeared in the paper for doing well in an exam, can I say:
He made us proud when he appeared in the paper.
Or do I have to say
He made us proud when his name appeared in ...
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Do I Have to Use "Some" in This Case
I have a photo in which I posed with three high school classmates. Can I caption it this way:
These were my high school classmates and I in a photo taken when we went hiking...
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Scope of negation and adverb
I intentionally didn't read the diary.
I didn't intentionally read the diary.
These sentences differ in an obvious way: the first says that my not reading the diary was intentional, the second that ...
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Clarity of a Paragraph [closed]
Is the paragraph below clear that motivational speakers talk about the eagle because of its strength, freedom and independence?
The lunar module was named after the bald eagle, the national symbol of ...
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Is the word “proposal” formal?
Is the word “proposal” too formal to use in daily conversations?
Hey,Tom, what is your proposal? - fine or sounds really formal and would be used if I’m talking to Tom during an important meeting, ...
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"I once bought a car" "I bought a car once"
"I once bought a car".I know if I put "I" straight after the "subject" it means formarly/at one point in time in past I bought a car. But could it also mean that "I ...
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"How long will it/you be to sleep" "How long will it/you take to sleep"
How long will it/you be to sleep
How long will it/you take to sleep
Could you please tell me If these questions are asking about the time required to complete the task or the time required to start a ...
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"I do not have a car" " I do not have a motor bike too"
If other person asks you "Do you have a Car"? I reply back that "I do not have a Car" and if other person asks an additional question and asks "Do you have a Motor Bike"? ...
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The meaning of "He invited John to plan."
I wonder how "invited John to plan." would be interpreted in
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A: Alex has little idea of how the business is to develop, doesn't he?
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