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1Adnan Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Despair, contempt
What does these sentences mean?
She let out a cry of despair.
She holds them in contempt.
Can you please use the sentence "She let out a cry of despair" in some context?
Is it correct if I use it as I am using below.
Adnan was in despair and told everything to Jura, like this and that is bad in my life.
And now Jura is telling to someone else that "Adnan let out a cry of despair"
She let out a cry of despair.
She holds them in contempt.
Can you please use the sentence "She let out a cry of despair" in some context?
Is it correct if I use it as I am using below.
Adnan was in despair and told everything to Jura, like this and that is bad in my life.
And now Jura is telling to someone else that "Adnan let out a cry of despair"
Top answer
She saw the bus, full of school children, that was stalled on the railroad crossing. A train, horns blasting, was approaching, and there was no chance that it would be able to stop. Helplessly, she let out a cry of despair.
- She saw the bus, full of school children, that was stalled on the railroad crossing.
- A train, horns blasting, was approaching, and there was no chance that it would be able to stop.
- Helplessly, she let out a cry of despair.
- ------------- Contempt: The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, despicable, dishonored, disgraced or worthless I hold Bernie Madoff and his ilk in utter contempt.
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She saw the bus, full of school children, that was stalled on the railroad crossing. A train, horns blasting, was approaching, and there was no chance that it would be able to stop.
Helplessly, she let out a cry of despair.
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Contempt: The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base,
Helplessly, she let out a cry of despair.
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Contempt: The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base,
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AlpheccaStarsShe saw the bus, full of school children, that was stalled on the railroad crossing. A train, horns blasting, was approaching, and there was no chance that it would be able to stop.Helplessly, she let out a cry of despair.-------------Contempt: The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, despicable, dishonored, disgraced or wo
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1AdnanWhat does "She let out a cry of despair" mean? I do not understand it. Can you please rewrite it in simple English?"Let out a cry of despair" means to scream and cry when you see something very bad that you can't help.
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AlpheccaStars 1AdnanWhat does "She let out a cry of despair" mean? I do not understand it. Can you please rewrite it in simple English? "Let out a cry of despair" means to scream and cry when you see something very bad that you can't help.Cry of despair1Adnan"She holds them in contempt." Does it mean she is holding them physically?No. She thinks that she is much much bett
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