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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
"An outstratched hand" vs "a stretched-out hand"
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Would you say that both of the following are equally natural?
An outstratched hand
A stretched-out hand
The young artists were told to paint outstretched hands.
The young artists were told to paint stretched-out hands.
Thanks,
Tom
Would you say that both of the following are equally natural?
An outstratched hand
A stretched-out hand
The young artists were told to paint outstretched hands.
The young artists were told to paint stretched-out hands.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
An outstretched hand includes an outstretched arm. It is the position your hand and arm take when you are offering something to someone. The hand is positioned at some distance from the body.
- An outstretched hand includes an outstretched arm.
- It is the position your hand and arm take when you are offering something to someone.
- The hand is positioned at some distance from the body.
- A stretched-out hand would be a deformed hand.
- I suppose there are torture devices that could pull on a hand so strongly that it became very elongated, or stretched out.
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An outstretched hand includes an outstretched arm. It is the position your hand and arm take when you are offering something to someone. The hand is positioned at some distance from the body.
A stretched-out hand would be a deformed hand. I suppose there are torture devices that could pull on a hand so strongly that it became very elongated, or stretched out.
A stretched-out h
A stretched-out hand would be a deformed hand. I suppose there are torture devices that could pull on a hand so strongly that it became very elongated, or stretched out.
A stretched-out h
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