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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Hammer swing, prying cameraman
A day before the Test Virendar Shewag had given some strange feelers. During a brief practice session his bat had hit the rich chords. A loud rat-tat-tat sound, similar to Staccato notes, was relayed across the ground.
He was bringing the bat down like a hammer swing and one of the hits cracked the lens of a prying cameraman. He snapped at the ball boys : "Couldn't you have made an attempt to stop it?" One of them retorted, "At the cost of splitting the finger into two? Why don't you field here instead?"
Could you please explain to me what the emboldened words mean in this context?
I know a hammer is an object to put nail on a wall but I can't understand "hammer swing". Similarly, I know cameraman but can't understand "prying cameraman".
He was bringing the bat down like a hammer swing and one of the hits cracked the lens of a prying cameraman. He snapped at the ball boys : "Couldn't you have made an attempt to stop it?" One of them retorted, "At the cost of splitting the finger into two? Why don't you field here instead?"
Could you please explain to me what the emboldened words mean in this context?
I know a hammer is an object to put nail on a wall but I can't understand "hammer swing". Similarly, I know cameraman but can't understand "prying cameraman".
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A "hammer" is a heavy tool that is used for bashing things. A "hammer swing" is the arm movement one makes when wielding a hammer. The movement this player made with his bat was like a hammer swing in terms of its power and its effect in hitting the ball hard.
- A "hammer" is a heavy tool that is used for bashing things.
- A "hammer swing" is the arm movement one makes when wielding a hammer.
- The movement this player made with his bat was like a hammer swing in terms of its power and its effect in hitting the ball hard.
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A "hammer" is a heavy tool that is used for bashing things. A "hammer swing" is the arm movement one makes when wielding a hammer. The movement this player made with his bat was like a hammer swing in terms of its power and its effect in hitting the ball hard.
"prying" has the usual dictionary meaning; see e.g.
"prying" has the usual dictionary meaning; see e.g.
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Thanks a lot friend, Mr Wordy, for all of your useful replies in my threads.
Well, from dictionaries, it seems "pry" is an excessively inquisitive activity or simply a rude activity which the other person does not like.
So I guess here simply "prying cameraman" means "a rude cameraman".
Well, from dictionaries, it seems "pry" is an excessively inquisitive activity or simply a rude activity which the other person does not like.
So I guess here simply "prying cameraman" means "a rude cameraman".
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User_garySo I guess here simply "prying cameraman" means "a rude cameraman".
Well, it has a more specific meaning than "rude" -- that of intrusive inquisitiveness. A "prying cameraman" suggests that the cameraman was uninvited and was positioned where he was not welcome. For example, perhaps the practice was supposed to be private. However, it's possible
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