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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
a point driven home
The job market is faltering — a point driven home by a report showing that employers cut jobs in January for the first time in more than four years.
1. What's it mean by a point driven home?
1. What's it mean by a point driven home?
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Hi, The job market is faltering — a point driven home by a report showing that employers cut jobs in January for the first time in more than four years. 1. What's it mean by a point driven home?
- Hi, The job market is faltering — a point driven home by a report showing that employers cut jobs in January for the first time in more than four years.
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- What's it mean by a point driven home?
- If you put a nail against a piece of wood and hit the nail hard with a hammer, the nail will be embedded in the wood.
- It will be 'driven home' by the hammer.
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Hi,
The job market is faltering — a point driven home by a report showing that employers cut jobs in January for the first time in more than four years.
1. What's it mean by a point driven home?
If you put a nail against a piece of wood and hit the nail hard with a hammer, the nail will be embedded in the wood. It will be 'driven home' by the hammer.
The job market is faltering — a point driven home by a report showing that employers cut jobs in January for the first time in more than four years.
1. What's it mean by a point driven home?
If you put a nail against a piece of wood and hit the nail hard with a hammer, the nail will be embedded in the wood. It will be 'driven home' by the hammer.
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CliveHi,This will surely win a nomination for the most "graphic" [current use] explanation of the year.
This report drives home in people's brains the point that the market is faltering. They will have a clear understanding, without any doubts.
Best wishes, Clive
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