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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Can you explain the following sentences?
Consider this sentences:
1. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
Essentially means "main or the most important. So does it mean that there are only three major ways of tackling the problem?
2. He was, essentially, a teacher, not a manager. (Can you explain this one?)
3. It's the most responsible thing to do (i.e. to evacuate every building).
Does responsible in here mean "sensible"? What does it mean when one says "I'm more responsible"? I ask this question in the knowledge that responsibility means "having specific duties and tasks and if not performed would be held liable to be blamed. So what does it make of the adjective "responsible"?
4. Parents play a crucial role in preparing their child for school.
Does it mean that without parents, maximum children won't go to school?
5. Winning this contract is crucial to the future of the company.
Does it mean that, otherwise, the company would cease to exist? It that what crucial usually means?
Sorry I asked too many questions in a single thread. But they are all related. That's why I gave them all under one heading!
1. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
Essentially means "main or the most important. So does it mean that there are only three major ways of tackling the problem?
2. He was, essentially, a teacher, not a manager. (Can you explain this one?)
3. It's the most responsible thing to do (i.e. to evacuate every building).
Does responsible in here mean "sensible"? What does it mean when one says "I'm more responsible"? I ask this question in the knowledge that responsibility means "having specific duties and tasks and if not performed would be held liable to be blamed. So what does it make of the adjective "responsible"?
4. Parents play a crucial role in preparing their child for school.
Does it mean that without parents, maximum children won't go to school?
5. Winning this contract is crucial to the future of the company.
Does it mean that, otherwise, the company would cease to exist? It that what crucial usually means?
Sorry I asked too many questions in a single thread. But they are all related. That's why I gave them all under one heading!
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Hi, Consider this sentences: 1. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem. Essentially means "main or the most important.
- Hi, Consider this sentences: 1.
- There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
- Essentially means "main or the most important.
- So does it mean that there are only three major ways of tackling the problem?
- There are three ways of tackling the problem that are each completely different.
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Hi,
Consider this sentences:
1. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
Essentially means "main or the most important. So does it mean that there are only three major ways of tackling the problem?
There are three ways of tackling the problem that are each completely different.
2. He was, essentially, a teac
Consider this sentences:
1. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
Essentially means "main or the most important. So does it mean that there are only three major ways of tackling the problem?
There are three ways of tackling the problem that are each completely different.
2. He was, essentially, a teac
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Well i understood everything except for No. 4:
When someone plays a crucial/important/vital role in sth (E.g. the police plays a vital role in keeping the streets safe), it should mean that "in their absences, the latter would not take place or would take place rarely", isn't!!! So if their role is most fundamentally important, it should definitely mean that, otherwise,
When someone plays a crucial/important/vital role in sth (E.g. the police plays a vital role in keeping the streets safe), it should mean that "in their absences, the latter would not take place or would take place rarely", isn't!!! So if their role is most fundamentally important, it should definitely mean that, otherwise,
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Hi,
Yes, that's what I meant.
crucial = 1. decisive, critical 2. very important
You're welcome.
Clive
Yes, that's what I meant.
crucial = 1. decisive, critical 2. very important
You're welcome.
Clive
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