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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Mantle

Hello.

What do I translate:

"It(the king) finally adopts the mantle of responsibility."
from play winning chess?
  

Top answer

Hi, Literally, a mantle is a cloak worn by a person of high rank, eg a King of a country. Figuratively, a mantle of responsibility means that eg the King of country has formal responsibility, formal authority. Here, the reference is probably to the King as a chess piece rather than as a real King.

— Clive

  • Hi, Literally, a mantle is a cloak worn by a person of high rank, eg a King of a country.
  • Figuratively, a mantle of responsibility means that eg the King of country has formal responsibility, formal authority.
  • Here, the reference is probably to the King as a chess piece rather than as a real King.
  • Why the writer says that this chess piece adopts responsibility is not explained in the text yo have shown us.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Literally, a mantle is a cloak worn by a person of high rank, eg a King of a country.

Figuratively, a mantle of responsibility means that eg the King of country has formal responsibility, formal authority.

Here, the reference is
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