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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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Gunrunner for Old Joe?
(1) Does "a British transplant" mean "a man who comes from other country to Great Britain"?
(2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
Background info:
Christopher Hitchens is a British transplant, a political pundit who has written a column for the Nation magazine for decades. The Nation, for the unacquainted, is a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin. (Speaking of Stalin, it is not unimportant that Hitchens’ father was a gunrunner for Old Joe, proving once again the maxim “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”) Hitchens has also written many books, none of them of any consequence, and has now found a new home writing for Vanity Fair. Having spent his entire adult life on the wrong side of history, he has become a very bitter and angry man.
(2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
Background info:
Christopher Hitchens is a British transplant, a political pundit who has written a column for the Nation magazine for decades. The Nation, for the unacquainted, is a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin. (Speaking of Stalin, it is not unimportant that Hitchens’ father was a gunrunner for Old Joe, proving once again the maxim “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”) Hitchens has also written many books, none of them of any consequence, and has now found a new home writing for Vanity Fair. Having spent his entire adult life on the wrong side of history, he has become a very bitter and angry man.
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SweetFreedom (1) Does "a British transplant" mean "a man who comes from other country to Great Britain"? A person who becomes a citizen of a country where he was not born. SweetFreedom (2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
- SweetFreedom (1) Does "a British transplant" mean "a man who comes from other country to Great Britain"?
- A person who becomes a citizen of a country where he was not born.
- SweetFreedom (2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
- No, just someone who illegally deals in guns and ammunition, smuggling them across borders.
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SweetFreedom(1) Does "a British transplant" mean "a man who comes from other country to Great Britain"?A person who becomes a citizen of a country where he was not born.
SweetFreedom(2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?No, just someone who illegally deals in guns and ammunition, smuggl
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(1) Does "a British transplant" mean "a man who comes from other country to Great Britain"?
It means that he moved from Britain to another country (the USA).
(2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
No.
It means that he moved from Britain to another country (the USA).
(2) Does "gunrunner for Old Joe" mean "a man who smuggles guns to America"?
No.
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Thank you guys.
a)Does "proving once again the maxim “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”"mean "proving once again the maxim “like father like son""?
b) Does "a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin" mean "a magazine that could distort facts by calling white black"?
a)Does "proving once again the maxim “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”"mean "proving once again the maxim “like father like son""?
b) Does "a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin" mean "a magazine that could distort facts by calling white black"?
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a)Does "proving once again the maxim “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”"mean "proving once again the maxim “like father like son""? Yes
b) Does "a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin" mean "a magazine that could distort facts by calling white black"? A magazine that expresses opinions that wo
b) Does "a magazine that would put a smile on the face of Joseph Stalin" mean "a magazine that could distort facts by calling white black"? A magazine that expresses opinions that wo
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