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Mira Posted 21 years ago
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Help for my english exam !
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00 I'm from Belgium and I study German Languages (German & English). And soon...the exams. For English, we had to prepare a "file" with 15 pages of press articles. I've choosen, among others, one about Stanley Kubrick and there're some idioms/words and phrases that I don't understand... 02 br
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00 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7506399/site/newsweek/ (the article) 02 br
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00 * What I don't understand: In the second paragraph: "this latest literary WET-KISS to Kubrick is a very heavy book" => Wet-kiss? 02 br
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00 * In the 4th. paragraph, "You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine" => why "if" here? How do you explain? Is it the same here as "although?" 02 br
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00 * In the 7th paragraph: "Later Kubrick MOVIES-FROM "2001" ON-MOVIE in GREAT BIG CHUNKS", I don't understand the sense of this phrase. 02 br
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00 I'm from Belgium and I study German Languages (German & English). And soon...the exams. For English, we had to prepare a "file" with 15 pages of press articles. I've choosen, among others, one about Stanley Kubrick and there're some idioms/words and phrases that I don't understand... 02 br
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00 Could you help? 02 br
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00 Here they are: 02 br
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00 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7506399/site/newsweek/ (the article) 02 br
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00 * What I don't understand: In the second paragraph: "this latest literary WET-KISS to Kubrick is a very heavy book" => Wet-kiss? 02 br
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00 * In the 4th. paragraph, "You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine" => why "if" here? How do you explain? Is it the same here as "although?" 02 br
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00 * In the 7th paragraph: "Later Kubrick MOVIES-FROM "2001" ON-MOVIE in GREAT BIG CHUNKS", I don't understand the sense of this phrase. 02 br
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e. fawning or obsequious. 02 br 01 blockquote 00 You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine 12 blockquote 12 br 02 br 00 "If" is used here together with the conditional "could" because the author is speaking of an imaginary situation.
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- fawning or obsequious.
- 02 br 01 blockquote 00 You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine 12 blockquote 12 br 02 br 00 "If" is used here together with the conditional "could" because the author is speaking of an imaginary situation.
- 02 br 02 br 00 " 01 b 00 If 02 b 00 it didn't have a bookmark, then you would be able to use the CD as a bookmark" 02 br 01 blockquote 00 "Later Kubrick MOVIES-FROM "2001" ON-MOVIE in GREAT BIG CHUNKS 12 blockquote 12 br 02 br 00 The first problem with this sentence is that there should be a space before and after the hyphen 02 br 02 br 00 "Later Kubrick movies - from "2001" on - move in great big chunks" 02 br 02 br 00 I think the author is saying that the films are comprised not so much of a smooth narrative, as of big sections of specific action, which are then rapidly followed by another big section of action.
- His allegory of the box cars trudling up one after the other is very picturesque.
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0 Welcome mira, 02 br
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00 I think this means that the book is sycophantic, i.e. fawning or obsequious. 02 br
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00 I think this means that the book is sycophantic, i.e. fawning or obsequious. 02 br
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0 Thank you very much!! I will need further help later, I continue to work on my articles and I'll ask... 02 br
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0 Me again... 02 br
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00 Well... Still Kubrick : 02 br
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00 - 8th Paragraph: "there is the SCENERY-CHEWING of a Jack Nicholson"... what's a scenery-chewing? 02 br
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00 - 8th Paragraph (end) :" We are always observing these people, never identifying with any of them, yet when the one-legged Barry, as battered by life as a man can be
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00 Well... Still Kubrick : 02 br
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00 - 8th Paragraph: "there is the SCENERY-CHEWING of a Jack Nicholson"... what's a scenery-chewing? 02 br
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00 Someone who 'chews the scenery' is over-acting, acting in a very exaggerated way. 02 br
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00 'There but for the grace of *** go all of us'. 02 br
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00 Someone who 'chews the scenery' is over-acting, acting in a very exaggerated way. 02 br
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00 'There but for the grace of *** go all of us'. 02 br
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00 We can say this when someone has a problem. It means: 02 br
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00 In the paragraph " Exams are goalposts, not the game" : "A DEGREE OF ASSESSMENT NERVES are natural and useful in keeping you alert"... What does the begininng of the phrase mean? 02 br
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00 "A DEGREE OF ASSESSMENT NERVES are natural and useful in keeping you alert" 02 br
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00 'Some level or amount of nervousness about being assessed is natural and useful in keeping you alert' 02 br
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00 "A DEGREE OF ASSESSMENT NERVES are natural and useful in keeping you alert" 02 br
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0 What part of Belgium are you from, Mira? Are you French, Dutch or German speaking? 0-
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