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Sarunnio Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Gaping void
Just came across this words in a book 'gaping void'
what does the phrase mean by the following context?
By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves the time to do otherwise: "John, I'd love to talk about the gaping void I feel in my life, the hopelessness that hits me like a punch in the eye every time I start my computer in the morning, but I have so much work to do!"
what does the phrase mean by the following context?
By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves the time to do otherwise: "John, I'd love to talk about the gaping void I feel in my life, the hopelessness that hits me like a punch in the eye every time I start my computer in the morning, but I have so much work to do!"
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A "void" is an emptiness. "Gaping" is a little casual, but it works as an intensifier here. He had a hole in the back of his trowsers.
- A "void" is an emptiness.
- "Gaping" is a little casual, but it works as an intensifier here.
- He had a hole in the back of his trowsers.
- He had a gaping hole in the back of his trowsers .
- "Gaping" implies "large" in many cases.
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A "void" is an emptiness. "Gaping" is a little casual, but it works as an intensifier here.
He had a hole in the back of his trowsers. He had a gaping hole in the back of his trowsers.
"Gaping" implies "large" in many cases.
But you could say, "He had a large, gaping hole in the back of his trowsers."
In other words, they can be two separate qual
He had a hole in the back of his trowsers. He had a gaping hole in the back of his trowsers.
"Gaping" implies "large" in many cases.
But you could say, "He had a large, gaping hole in the back of his trowsers."
In other words, they can be two separate qual
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