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by turns

0Hello. I came across with this phrase "by turns" and need somebody's help to interpret it. 02br
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00The phrase was used in the following sentence, which is from an article about Al Gore: Gore builds his argument from deep drafts of political and social history and trenchant bits of information theory, media criticism, computer science and neurobiology, and reading him is 01b00by turns 02b00exhausting and exhilarating. 02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Vocabobobo12cite 10Hello. I came across with this phrase "by turns" and need somebody's help to interpret it. 12br 12br 10The phrase was used in the following sentence, which is from an article about Al Gore: Gore builds his argument from deep drafts of political and social history and trenchant bits of information theory, media criticism, computer science and neurobiology, and reading him is 11b 10by turns 12b 10exhausting and exhilarating.

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Vocabobobo12cite 10Hello.
  • I came across with this phrase "by turns" and need somebody's help to interpret it.
  • 12br 12br 10The phrase was used in the following sentence, which is from an article about Al Gore: Gore builds his argument from deep drafts of political and social history and trenchant bits of information theory, media criticism, computer science and neurobiology, and reading him is 11b 10by turns 12b 10exhausting and exhilarating.
  • 12br 12br 10Thanks in advance.
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Because Al Gore draws his infomation from many and varied sources, he can be both exhausting and exciting to read/study.
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01cite10Vocabobobo12cite10Hello. I came across with this phrase "by turns" and need somebody's help to interpret it. 12br
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10The phrase was used in the following sentence, which is from an article about Al Gore: Gore builds his argument from deep drafts of political and social history and trenchant bits of informa
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0Reading him is 01i00alternately 02i00 exhausting and exhilarating -- first it's exhausting, then exhilarating, then exhausting again, then exhilarating again, and so on.0-

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