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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Kind of abomination, trial and error-ed her way through
Apoorva Dutt
I'm good at eating food, not cooking it. My culinary skills are limited to overcooked Maggi - I've never wondered about the missing link between hunger and eating. But I signed up to write about my first cooking experience with misplaced enthusiasm - this seemed like the perfect opportunity to both increase my bragging repertoire and add 'homely' to my matrimonial resume.
I knew mum wouldn't be any help for a recipe. She replied to every question with a smug "andaaze se". My elder sister was my only hope. She is the kind of abomination that fills her free time between investment banking with cooking elaborate meals for her in-laws and practicing Tai Chi. Growing up, I was her guinea pig as she trial and error-ed her way through increasingly innovative cooking techniques. (And I must add I have got my share of Tai Chi blows). Having grown up in her formidable shadow, I knew her recipe would be a perfect way to kick-start my latest endeavour.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts. Though I know "abomination" means "dislike' in general.
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I'm good at eating food, not cooking it. My culinary skills are limited to overcooked Maggi - I've never wondered about the missing link between hunger and eating. But I signed up to write about my first cooking experience with misplaced enthusiasm - this seemed like the perfect opportunity to both increase my bragging repertoire and add 'homely' to my matrimonial resume.
I knew mum wouldn't be any help for a recipe. She replied to every question with a smug "andaaze se". My elder sister was my only hope. She is the kind of abomination that fills her free time between investment banking with cooking elaborate meals for her in-laws and practicing Tai Chi. Growing up, I was her guinea pig as she trial and error-ed her way through increasingly innovative cooking techniques. (And I must add I have got my share of Tai Chi blows). Having grown up in her formidable shadow, I knew her recipe would be a perfect way to kick-start my latest endeavour.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts. Though I know "abomination" means "dislike' in general.
Source : DNA
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"She is the kind of X that Y" means that she is X, and that Y is an example of her behaviour providing evidence that she is X, or further specifying what type of X she is. "abomination" literally means something awful or dreadful, but here the writer seems to be using the term loosely and humorously to suggest that her sister has an impossibly wide range of skills of which she is envious. e.
- "She is the kind of X that Y" means that she is X, and that Y is an example of her behaviour providing evidence that she is X, or further specifying what type of X she is.
- "abomination" literally means something awful or dreadful, but here the writer seems to be using the term loosely and humorously to suggest that her sister has an impossibly wide range of skills of which she is envious.
- e.
- try something, and if doesn't work, try something different).
- This use of "trial and error" as a verb is not standard English.
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"She is the kind of X that Y" means that she is X, and that Y is an example of her behaviour providing evidence that she is X, or further specifying what type of X she is. "abomination" literally means something awful or dreadful, but here the writer seems to be using the term loosely and humorously to suggest that her sister has an impossibly wide range of skills of which she is envious.
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