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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

look from one to the other

What does it mean?

He entered the room, and looked from one to the other.

In the context, there are two women in the room. Do one and the other refer to the women?
  

Top answer

There are two women in the room. He looked at one of the women, and then he looked at the other woman.

  • There are two women in the room.
  • He looked at one of the women, and then he looked at the other woman.
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There are two women in the room. He looked at one of the women, and then he looked at the other woman.
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contraposition He entered the room, and looked from one to the other.
The standard phrase in that context would be "from one end to the other."
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