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0Hello. I was reading an article about life in Iraq, and came across with the following sentence: The Turkish developers of Naz City, a high-rise condomiium complex, are trying to 01b00sell house-proud Kurds on modern apartment living02b00. 02br02br00The part in bold is the part I am having a trouble undertanding. 02br02br00Thanks in advance. 0-

Tam Sadek · Accepted Answer

1b01i01font00Trying to sell somebody on something02font02i02b00 means trying to convince them that something is better.02br
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01b01i01font00House-proud02font02i02b00 means that you care a lot about how your house looks to other people02br
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01b01i01font00Modern apartment living02font02i02b00 means living in modern apartments.02br
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00So here it means that: 01font01b01i00they are trying to convince Kurds who are proud about the way their houses look (to other people) that living in modern apartments is better02i02b00 01b01i00than living wherever they do now.02i02b02font02br
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00I guess the Kurds aren't very impressed by the new high-rise apartments 050010id5

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