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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
kiss and make up
If two people kissed and made up, did they literally kiss? I know that this phrase means 'to be reconciled', but I am not sure if it implies the real act of kissing.
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Sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. It can be idiomatic or literal.
- Sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't.
- It can be idiomatic or literal.
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Sometimes they did and sometimes they didn't. It can be idiomatic or literal.
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I think that it all depends on context.
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to a lawyer's office to secure a divorce, but he managed to show them the errors of their ways, so the couple kissed and made up. (I think that we can assume they literally kissed.)
2. The (male) president of country X has just flown to the country of Y. X's president and Y's (male) president have agre
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to a lawyer's office to secure a divorce, but he managed to show them the errors of their ways, so the couple kissed and made up. (I think that we can assume they literally kissed.)
2. The (male) president of country X has just flown to the country of Y. X's president and Y's (male) president have agre
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