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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Looming in just over a year
It will be a very different period to anything we've seen so far and an opportunity for long-term planning," Mr Swieboda said.
However, with parliamentary elections looming in just over a year, Poland's cautious Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, may be reluctant to damage his government's chances of being re-elected, something no other administration has achieved since communism ended in 1989.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I know "loom" means "an event likely to happen".
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10506604.stm
However, with parliamentary elections looming in just over a year, Poland's cautious Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, may be reluctant to damage his government's chances of being re-elected, something no other administration has achieved since communism ended in 1989.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I know "loom" means "an event likely to happen".
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10506604.stm
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Mr. Swieboda's choice of prepositions isn't the greatest. ) To loom is to threaten.
- Mr.
- Swieboda's choice of prepositions isn't the greatest.
- ) To loom is to threaten.
- A thunderstorm is looming just over the horizon.
- " But I believe "a dark cloud" can loom over somebody at the given moment.
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Mr. Swieboda's choice of prepositions isn't the greatest. (A is different to B?)
To loom is to threaten. A thunderstorm is looming just over the horizon.
I guess I'll have to check to see whether or not it also means "impending."
But I believe "a dark cloud" can loom over somebody at the given moment.
I think of it as "hovering," in this sense.
To loom is to threaten. A thunderstorm is looming just over the horizon.
I guess I'll have to check to see whether or not it also means "impending."
But I believe "a dark cloud" can loom over somebody at the given moment.
I think of it as "hovering," in this sense.
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