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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
break out in a dance
"Spring is announced when the wild plants break out in a dance."
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Of course, I searched a dictionary to find the meaning of break out.
In the context, I think that break out means to begin happening suddenly. So, I seem to think that (breakt out in a dance) can be paraphrased into (began to be in a dance) as he broke out in a sweat can be paraphrased into he began to sweat. Am I wrong?
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Of course, I searched a dictionary to find the meaning of break out.
In the context, I think that break out means to begin happening suddenly. So, I seem to think that (breakt out in a dance) can be paraphrased into (began to be in a dance) as he broke out in a sweat can be paraphrased into he began to sweat. Am I wrong?
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Yes, "to break out" would mean to happen suddenly. "He broke out in a sweat" means he suddenly began to sweat. It is a jump.
- Yes, "to break out" would mean to happen suddenly.
- "He broke out in a sweat" means he suddenly began to sweat.
- It is a jump.
- It is not that he was sweating slightly and as it got hotter sweated more.
- It means that he was not sweating at all and the next time you looked he was covered with sweat.
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Yes, "to break out" would mean to happen suddenly.
"He broke out in a sweat" means he suddenly began to sweat. It is a jump. It is not that he was sweating slightly and as it got hotter sweated more. It means that he was not sweating at all and the next time you looked he was covered with sweat.
The Spring sentence, however, is figurative language. So I would not say that the
"He broke out in a sweat" means he suddenly began to sweat. It is a jump. It is not that he was sweating slightly and as it got hotter sweated more. It means that he was not sweating at all and the next time you looked he was covered with sweat.
The Spring sentence, however, is figurative language. So I would not say that the
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Doctor DYes, "to break out" would mean to happen suddenly."He broke out in a sweat" means he suddenly began to sweat. It is a jump. It is not that he was sweating slightly and as it got hotter sweated more. It means that he was not sweating at all and the next time you looked he was covered with sweat.The Spring sentence, however, is figurative language. So I would not sa
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