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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Grip / it was then, as much as
Hi teachers,
Excerpts from old news:
"If the president had stepped down, people would have begged him to stay." But Mubarak did not not step down. Amid speculation that he was losing his grip, that he was literally dying of a broken heart, he stayed. ......He no longer enjoyed his work or his position or his future, but held on anyway. It was then, as much as last week, that he first failed to see a way out. He had come to believe that no one could replace him, not even Gamal.
1. What is" he was losing his grip"?
2. Does "held on" mean "hang in there" or "he did not step down"?
3. Please explain "It was then, as much as last week,"?
4. "a way out" to mean "step down"?
Thanks
Tinanam
Excerpts from old news:
"If the president had stepped down, people would have begged him to stay." But Mubarak did not not step down. Amid speculation that he was losing his grip, that he was literally dying of a broken heart, he stayed. ......He no longer enjoyed his work or his position or his future, but held on anyway. It was then, as much as last week, that he first failed to see a way out. He had come to believe that no one could replace him, not even Gamal.
1. What is" he was losing his grip"?
2. Does "held on" mean "hang in there" or "he did not step down"?
3. Please explain "It was then, as much as last week,"?
4. "a way out" to mean "step down"?
Thanks
Tinanam
Top answer
1. -- Becoming unable to exert sufficient power/influence. 2.
- 1.
- -- Becoming unable to exert sufficient power/influence.
- 2.
- Does "held on" mean "hang in there"- Yes.
- 3.
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1. What is" he was losing his grip"?-- Becoming unable to exert sufficient power/influence.
2. Does "held on" mean "hang in there"- Yes.
3. Please explain "It was then, as much as last week,"?-- It was at that time (unmentioned in the text), to the same extent as last week.
4. "a way out" to mean "step down"?-- Sort of. 'A method of esc
2. Does "held on" mean "hang in there"- Yes.
3. Please explain "It was then, as much as last week,"?-- It was at that time (unmentioned in the text), to the same extent as last week.
4. "a way out" to mean "step down"?-- Sort of. 'A method of esc
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your explaination.
"It was then, as much as last week" Is there a thing that are being compared? I'm sorry I fail to understand the sentence? Can you please make an example using the words for me?
Tinanam
Thank you for your explaination.
"It was then, as much as last week" Is there a thing that are being compared? I'm sorry I fail to understand the sentence? Can you please make an example using the words for me?
Tinanam
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I was lonely today, as much as yesterday = I was as lonely today as I was yesterday.
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