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Armsys Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
At the Wake
Referring to CNN news http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/16/spain.twins.mother.dead/index.html, what does it mean by "at the wake"?
"She has died. I was at the wake in Cadiz," said the woman, who declined on the phone to give her name. CNN reached her at the phone book-listed residence of Jose Luis Bousada in Cadiz, the nearby city where Bousada spent most of her life.
Thanks.
Armstrong
"She has died. I was at the wake in Cadiz," said the woman, who declined on the phone to give her name. CNN reached her at the phone book-listed residence of Jose Luis Bousada in Cadiz, the nearby city where Bousada spent most of her life.
Thanks.
Armstrong
Top answer
A wake is sort of like a funeral. Depending on the wishes of the deceased and/or his or her family, it can be a lively, fun, festive celebration of that person's life with food and drinking, or a sad and mournful event at the funeral home.
- A wake is sort of like a funeral.
- Depending on the wishes of the deceased and/or his or her family, it can be a lively, fun, festive celebration of that person's life with food and drinking, or a sad and mournful event at the funeral home.
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A wake is sort of like a funeral. Depending on the wishes of the deceased and/or his or her family, it can be a lively, fun, festive celebration of that person's life with food and drinking, or a sad and mournful event at the funeral home.
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Hi Grammar Geek,
Thanks for your amazingly thorough explanation and your rapid reply.
Armstorng
Thanks for your amazingly thorough explanation and your rapid reply.
Armstorng
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