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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Lawmaker boasts, trail

Hi, What is "lawmaker boasts" ? I'm not sure I need to understand these word as one meaning ?
What they meant with "trail" ?

"The lack of operatives weighing down his campaign is something the the former lawmaker boasts about on the trail, and Gingrich’s top adviser in many areas is himself. "
  

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The words do not go together. Lawmaker = legislator boast = brag, speak overly proudly trail = the campaign trail, the peregrinations of the candidate around his constituency.

  • The words do not go together.
  • Lawmaker = legislator boast = brag, speak overly proudly trail = the campaign trail, the peregrinations of the candidate around his constituency.
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The words do not go together.

Lawmaker = legislator
boast = brag, speak overly proudly
trail = the campaign trail, the peregrinations of the candidate around his constituency.

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