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Soheil1 Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

Build a home

Hi.

what does build a home mean in:
It might be worth recalling these events in some detail, because it was this situation that development economists found at their doorstep when, with great excitement, they decided to build a home for themselves.
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soheil1 what does build a home mean in: I have to wonder whether "to build a house for oneself" isn't an expression in the writer's native language. It means just what it says in English, and any figurative meaning has to be made up by the reader on the spot. This reader was not able to do that.

  • soheil1 what does build a home mean in: I have to wonder whether "to build a house for oneself" isn't an expression in the writer's native language.
  • It means just what it says in English, and any figurative meaning has to be made up by the reader on the spot.
  • This reader was not able to do that.
  • After mulling it over, I suppose that he might have meant that these "development economists" set about defining a new sub-domain of their field, but the doorstep puzzles me.
  • How could they have found anything at their doorstep if they hadn't built the house yet?
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soheil1what does build a home mean in:

I have to wonder whether "to build a house for oneself" isn't an expression in the writer's native language. It means just what it says in English, and any figurative meaning has to be made up by the reader on the spot. This reader was not able to do that. After mulling it over, I suppose that he might have meant that

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