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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
at home or not?
Speaker A: The sky is never this clear at home.
Speaker B: You can see for miles out there.
Speaker A: And the air smells so fresh.
Were these people at home while they were speaking? Actually this is a TOEIC question on the "Short Conversations" section. You will have to choose a right answer from the following four questions:
A) They are not at home.
B) The sky is seldom clear here.
C) The smell is pleasant.
D) They have just walked for miles.
The correct answer is A). However, I think B) may be right if they are at home at the time of speaking. Please advise.
LC
Speaker B: You can see for miles out there.
Speaker A: And the air smells so fresh.
Were these people at home while they were speaking? Actually this is a TOEIC question on the "Short Conversations" section. You will have to choose a right answer from the following four questions:
A) They are not at home.
B) The sky is seldom clear here.
C) The smell is pleasant.
D) They have just walked for miles.
The correct answer is A). However, I think B) may be right if they are at home at the time of speaking. Please advise.
LC
Top answer
It definitely says to me that they are not at home. It is slightly possible that they have had the highly uncommon occurrence of a very fresh, clear, bright day at home, so that Speaker A is using hyperbole when he says it's "never" this clear. " To refer to "at home" in his sentence certainly makes him seem like he is NOT at home when he says it.
- It definitely says to me that they are not at home.
- It is slightly possible that they have had the highly uncommon occurrence of a very fresh, clear, bright day at home, so that Speaker A is using hyperbole when he says it's "never" this clear.
- " To refer to "at home" in his sentence certainly makes him seem like he is NOT at home when he says it.
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It definitely says to me that they are not at home.
It is slightly possible that they have had the highly uncommon occurrence of a very fresh, clear, bright day at home, so that Speaker A is using hyperbole when he says it's "never" this clear. However, he would more naturally say "The sky is never this clear here." To refer to "at home" in his sentence certainly makes him seem like he
It is slightly possible that they have had the highly uncommon occurrence of a very fresh, clear, bright day at home, so that Speaker A is using hyperbole when he says it's "never" this clear. However, he would more naturally say "The sky is never this clear here." To refer to "at home" in his sentence certainly makes him seem like he
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Hi guys,
Speaker A: The sky is never this clear at home.
Speaker B: You can see for miles out there.
Speaker A: And the air smells so fresh.
Were these people at home while they were speaking? Actually this is a TOEIC question on the "Short Conversations" section. You will hav
Speaker A: The sky is never this clear at home.
Speaker B: You can see for miles out there.
Speaker A: And the air smells so fresh.
Were these people at home while they were speaking? Actually this is a TOEIC question on the "Short Conversations" section. You will hav
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It definitely says to me that they are not at home.
It is slightly possible that they have had the highly uncommon occurrence of a very fresh, clear, bright day at home, so that Speaker A is using hyperbole when he says it's "never" this clear. However, he would more naturally say "The sky is never this clear here." To refer to "at home" in his
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If the speaker had said "The sky is never this clear here," then it would be an obvious exaggeration, since the day they are speaking it is clear. In that case, it would seem that they are remarking on this truly unexpected weather that they are having. But because he said "at home" and not "here," there is really no other obvious interpretation.
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