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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
assert
Would you please explain what does it mean?
I have a problem to understand and use 'assert'.
"National pride began to assert itself."
I can see difference between assert and confirm or affirm, but I need to understand their difference better. To use them correctly. Please help me.
Do we use assert for men? Or we use 'express' (or other words)? Of course minus 'their own harems', plus 'women' or 'their potential wives'.
"The Prague zoo-bred stallions will have to assert themselves to attract their own harems."
I have a problem to understand and use 'assert'.
"National pride began to assert itself."
I can see difference between assert and confirm or affirm, but I need to understand their difference better. To use them correctly. Please help me.
Do we use assert for men? Or we use 'express' (or other words)? Of course minus 'their own harems', plus 'women' or 'their potential wives'.
"The Prague zoo-bred stallions will have to assert themselves to attract their own harems."
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From the online dictionaries: Assert oneself = to put oneself forward in an insistent manner; to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition, especially of one's rights.
- From the online dictionaries: Assert oneself = to put oneself forward in an insistent manner; to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition, especially of one's rights.
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From the online dictionaries:
Assert oneself = to put oneself forward in an insistent manner; to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition, especially of one's rights.
Assert oneself = to put oneself forward in an insistent manner; to speak or act in a manner that compels recognition, especially of one's rights.
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Thanks.
But in "Prague zoo-bred stallions" example, I think he is trying to attract ladies! Not to compels them to recognize him as their husband. I saw its definition in dictionaries, but I still cannot picture this word in my mind.
But in "Prague zoo-bred stallions" example, I think he is trying to attract ladies! Not to compels them to recognize him as their husband. I saw its definition in dictionaries, but I still cannot picture this word in my mind.
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No, the stallions are trying to put themselves forward in an insistent manner. You have evidently not spent much time around farm animals, have you, youzou?
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oh! I see. I was around farm animals, but not in the critical moments! 
I see documentaries, but even they do not force their mates
I see documentaries, but even they do not force their mates 0
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