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Contraposition Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Ease open
They reached the oak front doors and eased them open.
What does ease open mean?
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This would generally mean that the doors were very heavy oak doors and not the type that you can just pull open quickly. So the doors had to be opened with considerable effort.
- This would generally mean that the doors were very heavy oak doors and not the type that you can just pull open quickly.
- So the doors had to be opened with considerable effort.
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This would generally mean that the doors were very heavy oak doors and not the type that you can just pull open quickly. So the doors had to be opened with considerable effort.
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contrapositioneased them open
I take this as 'opened them slowly' with the implication that it was difficult to open them.
CJ
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