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Essay & Composition Writing

About [the prototype of to eat]

Hi,

What do you think the prototype of to eat is ?

Perhaps [to partake of] is it.

I find it in King James English.

There is a finding in this way that [to eat] regards human as a receiver of food.

Because [to partake of bread] means the bread has man to take it as a part of man.

And the [take] in [to partake] is different from the [take] in [to take part in], because in that it means to accept, and in this it means to perform.

Could any native speaker right me?

Thank you for your assistance.
  

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I have no idea what you are talking about. What do you mean by 'prototype'? What relationship do you perceive between 'partake' and 'eat'?

  • I have no idea what you are talking about.
  • What do you mean by 'prototype'?
  • What relationship do you perceive between 'partake' and 'eat'?
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I have no idea what you are talking about. What do you mean by 'prototype'? What relationship do you perceive between 'partake' and 'eat'?
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Hi Mister Micawber,

In classic English not used [eat] but [bite of / drink of / feed of] instead.

And [partake of] used for enjoying or to have the qualities -----all for the use of experience.

{A baker's wife may bite of bun, a brewer's wife may drink of a tun, a fish monger's wife may feed of a conger.}

[take] -----receive / accept / take upon;

This w
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Your point eludes me. We no longer feed of a conger.
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Hi Mister Micawber,

Let's try to talk a little bit on the way in which the meaning and formation is made in combinations.

1. fallout ---

it is a dynamic film that shows a great effect on someone or something

outfall-----

it is a still film that shows a point of a fall in the end;

2. lookout---

it is a dynamic film---that sh
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None of those words relate to filmmaking.

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