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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
1. What does 'isn't he cunning' mean? Is it interrogative?
2. What does 'quite up to' mean?
3. What does 'squash him down' mean?
4. What does 'let him be himself' mean?
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cunning
1. What does 'isn't he cunning' mean? Is it interrogative?
2. What does 'quite up to' mean?
3. What does 'squash him down' mean?
4. What does 'let him be himself' mean?
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1. It is a rhetorical question (or semi-question), inviting agreement but not expecting an actual reply, expressing the speaker's opinion that he is cunning. 2.
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- It is a rhetorical question (or semi-question), inviting agreement but not expecting an actual reply, expressing the speaker's opinion that he is cunning.
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- Suppress him; prevent him expressing his personality.
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1. It is a rhetorical question (or semi-question), inviting agreement but not expecting an actual reply, expressing the speaker's opinion that he is cunning.
2. No one was quite his match (in terms of being able to understand him, etc.)
3. Suppress him; prevent him expressing his personality.
4. Allow him to behave in a natural way and express his own personality
2. No one was quite his match (in terms of being able to understand him, etc.)
3. Suppress him; prevent him expressing his personality.
4. Allow him to behave in a natural way and express his own personality
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