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Xstephenx Posted 17 years ago
78.We stood still, gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.
Vocabulary
Expanse or stretch
78.We stood still, gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.
A. space B. expanse C. stretch D. land
which one , b or c, help!
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" I don't think it's a 100% deal. "To stretch something" and "to expand something" suggest similar activities, although I think of stretching as working from the outside, and pulling; while I think of expanding as working from the inside and pushing, as pushing/expanding the envelope. As you blow up a balloon, the breaking point is hard to predict, and the expansion may seem limitless.
- " I don't think it's a 100% deal.
- "To stretch something" and "to expand something" suggest similar activities, although I think of stretching as working from the outside, and pulling; while I think of expanding as working from the inside and pushing, as pushing/expanding the envelope.
- As you blow up a balloon, the breaking point is hard to predict, and the expansion may seem limitless.
- ) When you describe a long piece of highway as a long stretch of road, you often have the beginning and ending points in mind.
- " When you come to the top of a hill and see for the first time a huge panorama, as far as you can tell, it goes on forever - without limit.
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I would go with "expanse." I don't think it's a 100% deal. "To stretch something" and "to expand something" suggest similar activities, although I think of stretching as working from the outside, and pulling; while I think of expanding as working from the inside and pushing, as pushing/expanding the envelope. As you blow up a balloon, the breaking point is hard to predict, and the expansion ma
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Just on the basis of which words are most often used together, it's B. limitless expanse.
Anyway, a stretch of anything (like a stretch of road) is typically from one definite point to another -- not limitless. That stretch of road between Smallville and Center City is pretty rough, but the rest of it is fine.
CJ
Anyway, a stretch of anything (like a stretch of road) is typically from one definite point to another -- not limitless. That stretch of road between Smallville and Center City is pretty rough, but the rest of it is fine.
CJ
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I think you mean "desert" (area with a very dry climate), not "dessert" (something sweet eaten after a meal)!
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Ohhh. Now I'm having fantasies about what I'd like to see if I got to gaze at a limitless expanse of desserts!
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I'm more worried about what I'd look like after eating a limitless expanse of desserts.
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