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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Gaff

Hi.
What does 'gaff' mean in:
This gaff is called loosing a tempo
and what's the difference between a 'gaff' and 'a mistake'?

Thanks in advance
  

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Start by looking up the word gaffe in your dictionary. Broadly speaking, it's a social blunder/indiscretion. losing (spelling) Clive

— Clive

  • Start by looking up the word gaffe in your dictionary.
  • Broadly speaking, it's a social blunder/indiscretion.
  • losing (spelling) Clive
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Start by looking up the word gaffe in your dictionary.
Broadly speaking, it's a social blunder/indiscretion.

losing (spelling)

Clive
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The problem is that I have seen no decent English to Persian dictionary to this date
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soheil1The problem is that I have seen no decent English to Persian dictionary to this date
That doesn't matter. Your English is good enough to start using an English-only dictionary. Try this one:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

CJ
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CalifJim soheil1The problem is that I have seen no decent English to Persian dictionary to this dateThat doesn't matter. Your English is good enough to start using an English-only dictionary. Try this one:http://www.merriam-webster.com / CJ
Which of the two meanings apply?
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Gaffe strongly suggests a social error, eg eating your food with your fingers when everyone else at the table is eating with a knife and fork.
It's not a suitable word to use in a chess context. I'd just say error.

Clive
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Is it possible that he wanted to stress something?
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Not with the small context you have given us.
Losing a tempo is just an error.

Is the writer a native speaker of English?

Clive
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He wrote the book in 1991(Although I have the 2003 ed, I don't think it was revised.it still name Kasparov as the worlde ch!), when has has already lived 20 years in the USA. He is actually Syrian.
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