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Agarista Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Battered
Can we use the the word battered to describe a house? The house is/looks battered. Actually, here is the original sentence:
While the other houses stood clean and freshly painted with shiny white walls and blue window ledges, Albena's house looked abandoned, dirty and battered, as if struck by lightning.
While the other houses stood clean and freshly painted with shiny white walls and blue window ledges, Albena's house looked abandoned, dirty and battered, as if struck by lightning.
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Yes. I frequently see "battered" to describe an old car that has seen many fender-benders.
- Yes.
- I frequently see "battered" to describe an old car that has seen many fender-benders.
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Yes. I frequently see "battered" to describe an old car that has seen many fender-benders.
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You would not usually describe a house as looking "battered" - rundown or dilapidated is what you'd typically hear. But in the context of that particular text it's okay. What makes it okay is the metaphorical reference to being struck by lightning. If a house were struck by lightning, it would surely be battered.
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Thank you AlpheccaStars! When I was translating the sentence I wasn't sure it was the right choice of word, as I have never used it and I don't hear it as often. What is fender-benders?
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