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cars bulged

0The one-day walkout hobbled long distance train traffic without causing the havoc seen in past strikes. On a Paris-Nice train Thursday, even first-class cars bulged with passengers, some cramming aisles and others sitting on luggage racks for the five-hour journey.02br
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001 Can I replace cars with compartments without change of meaning?02br
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002. Can I replace bulged with crowded?02br
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0 First class carriages - this is the whole section of the first class available on the train. 02br 00If you want to replace bulged with crowded you would have to say - even first-class carriages/compartments were crowded with passengers. The idea of bulged here is that they were filled to capacity.

— Optilang

  • 0 First class carriages - this is the whole section of the first class available on the train.
  • 02br 00If you want to replace bulged with crowded you would have to say - even first-class carriages/compartments were crowded with passengers.
  • The idea of bulged here is that they were filled to capacity.
  • It is possible for a space to be crowded without the space being completely full.
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0 First class carriages - this is the whole section of the first class available on the train. Compartments are sections within the train carriage - but it is possible to say that the first class compartments bulged.02br
00If you want to replace bulged with crowded you would have to say - even first-class carriages/compartments were crowded with passengers. The idea of bulged here is
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0 Bulged creates the image of being 01b00swollen02b00, which crowded doesn't. 0-
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