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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
makes play
In a recent movie called Marvel's the Avengers, Loki says: "A mindless beast...makes play he's still a man", where he is referring to Hulk as "a mindless beast".
I wonder what Loki meant by "makes play".
The only expression I found in dictionaries is "to make a play for".
Please let me know what "makes play" in this context means and whether it's a common expression.
I wonder what Loki meant by "makes play".
The only expression I found in dictionaries is "to make a play for".
Please let me know what "makes play" in this context means and whether it's a common expression.
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The meaning of 'makes play' here is obviously 'pretends', but it is not an idiom that I know I suspect that it is ad hoc—either as a part of Loki's 'dialect' or a mere slip of the tonque.
- The meaning of 'makes play' here is obviously 'pretends', but it is not an idiom that I know I suspect that it is ad hoc—either as a part of Loki's 'dialect' or a mere slip of the tonque.
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The meaning of 'makes play' here is obviously 'pretends', but it is not an idiom that I know I suspect that it is ad hoc—either as a part of Loki's 'dialect' or a mere slip of the tonque.
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Not common, never seen it before. But "make(s) <verb>" is an archaic, poetic form. Eg. Shakespeare "misery makes sport to mock itself", or Pride and Prejudice: "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?'' So it's a mock-Shakepearian way of saying he's a beast playing at being a man, but also suggesting that Loki sees him as a child unconvincing
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