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Vocabulary

Bookend

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00He also bookends his speech with the simple question, "are you answered?"02br
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0I would interpret that to mean that he both begins and ends his speech with that phrase. 0-

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  • 0I would interpret that to mean that he both begins and ends his speech with that phrase.
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0I would interpret that to mean that he both begins and ends his speech with that phrase. Bookends are two objects that hold books upright, usually mirror images of each other, or of complementing themes.02br
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00But the phrase itself "Are you answered?" doesn't make sense - perhaps he explains it in his speeches.0-
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0 It's from The Merchant Of Venice. 0-
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