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Darcy Posted 18 years ago
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It's home to gardens??
0 In the following sentence, what is the meaning of 01 u 00 "to 02 u 00 "? and garden means an area of land with flower beds, lawns, trees doesn't it? I don't understand " 01 u 00 home to gardens 02 u 00 " 02 br
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00 [ It's home to a diverse population and to computer firms, universities and gardens.] 0-
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00 [ It's home to a diverse population and to computer firms, universities and gardens.] 0-
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0 It's the 'home to' part you don't quite understand. 02 br
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00 This means 'here you will find' - 'these things live/exist here' not home as in a domestic property a family/person lives in. 02 br
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00 So wherever it is (presumably a town/area), there are gardens, universities, computer firms, and diverse people. 0-
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00 This means 'here you will find' - 'these things live/exist here' not home as in a domestic property a family/person lives in. 02 br
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00 So wherever it is (presumably a town/area), there are gardens, universities, computer firms, and diverse people. 0-
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00 (It) 01 b 00 hosts 02 b 00 a diverse population, computer firms ... 0-
00 (It) 01 b 00 hosts 02 b 00 a diverse population, computer firms ... 0-
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0 Song lyrics from Jerome Kern's Showboat evoke both senses of the word "to": 01 i 00 Home without him ain't no home to me 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 Edit. Woops! There are two versions, " - - - - ain't nothin' to me." Don't know which is Hammerstein's original. (I never heard the second one.) 0-
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00 Edit. Woops! There are two versions, " - - - - ain't nothin' to me." Don't know which is Hammerstein's original. (I never heard the second one.) 0-
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