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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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1 archaic: tasting strongly of malt 2: of or relating to corn 3: mawkishly...
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00 1 01 i 00 archaic 02 i 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 tasting strongly 01 u 01 b 00 of 02 b 02 u 00 malt 00 2 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 of or relating to corn 00 3 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 mawkishly old-fashioned 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 01 u 01 b 00 tiresomely simple and sentimental 02 b 02 u 00 00 <told 01 i 00 corny 02 i 00 jokes> 02 br
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00 What does 01 i 00 of 02 i 00 mean in the above definition? I couldn't find any definition of 01 i 00 of 02 i 00 in M-W which fitted here. 02 br
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00 The combination 01 i 00 tiresomely simple and sentimental 02 i 00 doesn't sound good. The thing which is tiresomely simple, I believe, won't be sentimental. What do you say on this? 02 br
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00 1 01 i 00 archaic 02 i 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 tasting strongly 01 u 01 b 00 of 02 b 02 u 00 malt 00 2 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 of or relating to corn 00 3 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 mawkishly old-fashioned 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 01 u 01 b 00 tiresomely simple and sentimental 02 b 02 u 00 00 <told 01 i 00 corny 02 i 00 jokes> 02 br
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00 What does 01 i 00 of 02 i 00 mean in the above definition? I couldn't find any definition of 01 i 00 of 02 i 00 in M-W which fitted here. 02 br
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00 The combination 01 i 00 tiresomely simple and sentimental 02 i 00 doesn't sound good. The thing which is tiresomely simple, I believe, won't be sentimental. What do you say on this? 02 br
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0 The meaning of "of" in the phrase "tasting strongly of malt" is that it is used as a function word to indicate the component elements of a taste or smell as in smellling of lavender or tasting of salt. In this case the intensifier "strongly" has been inserted. 02 br 02 br 00 And yes, something tiresomely simple could easily also be sentimental.
- 0 The meaning of "of" in the phrase "tasting strongly of malt" is that it is used as a function word to indicate the component elements of a taste or smell as in smellling of lavender or tasting of salt.
- In this case the intensifier "strongly" has been inserted.
- 02 br 02 br 00 And yes, something tiresomely simple could easily also be sentimental.
- Think of some old love song--"I'll be loving you, always.
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0 The meaning of "of" in the phrase "tasting strongly of malt" is that it is used as a function word to indicate the component elements of a taste or smell as in smellling of lavender or tasting of salt. In this case the intensifier "strongly" has been inserted. It could also be used as tasting slightly of malt, smelling strongly of lavender, and so forth. 02 br
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