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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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Hi
Please help me with the meanings of these expressions.
1. "tepidest curiosity" in
"I leaned back and looked with tedpiest curiosity at the small, black, bald-spotted head."
2. "He is a small man with a wide smile and an eye that seems to be fixed upon that red spot on the end of your nose."
These lines are from Best Seller by O. Henry.
Please help me with the meanings of these expressions.
1. "tepidest curiosity" in
"I leaned back and looked with tedpiest curiosity at the small, black, bald-spotted head."
2. "He is a small man with a wide smile and an eye that seems to be fixed upon that red spot on the end of your nose."
These lines are from Best Seller by O. Henry.
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The adjective "tepid" is used to describe a liquid which is barely warm. You might use it to complain that your coffee is not hot enough. It usually has a pejorative connotation.
- The adjective "tepid" is used to describe a liquid which is barely warm.
- You might use it to complain that your coffee is not hot enough.
- It usually has a pejorative connotation.
- As a metaphor, "tepidest curiosity" would be very mild curiosity, or hardly any curiosity at all.
- (superlative - the very mildest) #2 He seems to be constantly staring at the end of your nose.
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The adjective "tepid" is used to describe a liquid which is barely warm. You might use it to complain that your coffee is not hot enough. It usually has a pejorative connotation.
As a metaphor, "tepidest curiosity" would be very mild curiosity, or hardly any curiosity at all.
(superlative - the very mildest)
#2 He seems to be constantly staring at the end
As a metaphor, "tepidest curiosity" would be very mild curiosity, or hardly any curiosity at all.
(superlative - the very mildest)
#2 He seems to be constantly staring at the end
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vsureshHi
Please help me with the meanings of these expressions.
1. "tepidest curiosity" in
"I leaned back and looked with tedpiest curiosity at the small, black, bald-spotted head."
2. "He is a small man with a wide smile and an eye that seems to be fixed upon that red spot on the end of your nose."
These lines are
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vsureshHi
Please help me with the meanings of these expressions.
1. "tepidest curiosity" in
"I leaned back and looked with tedpiest curiosity at the small, black, bald-spotted head."
2. "He is a small man with a wide smile and an eye that seems to be fixed upon that red spot on the end of your nose."
These lines are
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