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Vocabulary
cogent reminder of the pitfalls
This phrase was taken from the show Hannibal (season 2 episode 3).
- What is he to you?
- A very cogent reminder of the pitfalls of having faith in one's fellow man.
I'm not pretty sure if I understood it. I've tried to ‘‘translate’’ into a more simple English so maybe it would make sense but I'm not sure if I got it right:
- a forcefuly/very convincinng (cogent) reminder of the trap (pitfalls) of having faith in/believe in a person other than yourself/in someone else.
Can somebody help me on this one?
- What is he to you?
- A very cogent reminder of the pitfalls of having faith in one's fellow man.
I'm not pretty sure if I understood it. I've tried to ‘‘translate’’ into a more simple English so maybe it would make sense but I'm not sure if I got it right:
- a forcefuly/very convincinng (cogent) reminder of the trap (pitfalls) of having faith in/believe in a person other than yourself/in someone else.
Can somebody help me on this one?
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This is straightforward: A very convincing reminder of the dangers of having faith in people in general. ) That is, he's saying that this person, to me, is a very convincing reminder of the dangers in trusting people in general. )
- This is straightforward: A very convincing reminder of the dangers of having faith in people in general.
- ) That is, he's saying that this person, to me, is a very convincing reminder of the dangers in trusting people in general.
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This is straightforward: A very convincing reminder of the dangers of having faith in people in general. (Cogent means convincing; pitfalls means dangers; in one's fellow man means in people in general.) That is, he's saying that this person, to me, is a very convincing reminder of the dangers in trusting people in general. (That is, this person is bad.)
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