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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Making Do and Getting By
I have two questions about the following paragraph:
"Wentworth’s ongoing archive of photographs, under the generic title Making Do and Getting By, contains snaps which hone in on the kind of detail our intelligence usually processes out – residual scraps of bizarre fussiness on the one hand, slapdash improvisation on the other."
1. What does the title "Making Do and Getting By" mean? Does it mean "Making, Doing, and Getting By"?
2. What doe " residual scraps of bizarre fussiness on the one hand, slapdash improvisation on the other." mean and does it refer to brain processes?
"Wentworth’s ongoing archive of photographs, under the generic title Making Do and Getting By, contains snaps which hone in on the kind of detail our intelligence usually processes out – residual scraps of bizarre fussiness on the one hand, slapdash improvisation on the other."
1. What does the title "Making Do and Getting By" mean? Does it mean "Making, Doing, and Getting By"?
2. What doe " residual scraps of bizarre fussiness on the one hand, slapdash improvisation on the other." mean and does it refer to brain processes?
Top answer
red apple Making Do This is a phrasal verb which means not wanting more red apple Getting By This a phrasal verb which means surviving. A generic title which not helpful. 2.
- red apple Making Do This is a phrasal verb which means not wanting more red apple Getting By This a phrasal verb which means surviving.
- A generic title which not helpful.
- 2.
- This does not refer to brain processes rather it refers to things that happen in the world.
- The following are the parts with their meanings afterwards.
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red appleMaking DoThis is a phrasal verb which means not wanting more
red appleGetting ByThis a phrasal verb which means surviving.
A generic title which not helpful.
2. This does not refer to brain processes rather it refers to things that happen in the world. The following are the parts with their mea
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red appleMaking DoUse what you have, even though it is not ideal.
During the war, there was no real coffee because of the blockade.
People had to make do with chicory root.
They used the roots of a local wild plant, chicory, to make a drink that resembled coffee.
red appleGetting BySurvi
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@AlpheccaStars Thank you very much for your word-by-word explanation and also for the complementary images! And, what is the role of "intelligence" here?
"...detail our intelligence usually processes out"
"...detail our intelligence usually processes out"
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Let me here ask you another question about the paragraph that comes exactly after the above paragraph:
‘Like all photography they may not be truths,’ Wentworth writes, "but I tell the truth – they co-incide with me, they are strictly circumstantial and the only interference is my point-of-view (both kinds) which I try to keep matter-of-fact"
What does "they" in "Like all photogra
‘Like all photography they may not be truths,’ Wentworth writes, "but I tell the truth – they co-incide with me, they are strictly circumstantial and the only interference is my point-of-view (both kinds) which I try to keep matter-of-fact"
What does "they" in "Like all photogra
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I think it refers to Wentworth's photographs. Right? What is your interpretation of "‘Like all photography they may not be truths, but I tell the truth – they co-incide with me"???
Sorry for bombarding you with questions!
Sorry for bombarding you with questions!
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red apple"...detail our intelligence usually processes out"Details that our brain usually ignores (unconsciously.)
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red appleWhat does "they" in "Like all photography they may not be truths" refer to?They = His photographs.
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Wentworth's goal is to reveal "the truth" from his own (co-incident with me) point of view.
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