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User_english Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

meaning of `still'

0Still water runs deep.02br
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01cite15012cite10Still water runs deep.12br
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10What still means here?11span10Smooth, quiet, no waves.12span12br
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11span00The implication is that what looks quiet and calm and peaceful m
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01cite10Philip12cite11blockquote
11cite25022cite20Still water runs deep.22br
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20What still means here?21span20Smooth, quiet, no waves.22span22br
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01cite15012cite10But I am unable to understand the meaning of whole sentence :12br
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10Still water runs deep. (What is the meaning of this sentence)12br
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10This was answered as well:02br
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01cite10Philip12cite11span
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10 11blockquote
11cite25022cite20But I am unable to understand the meaning of whole sentence :22br
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20Still water runs deep. (What is the meaning of this sentence)22br
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20This was answered as well:12br
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0 Look at rivers - a big deep wide river looks slow-moving and relatively still, but if you fall into it you will find that underneath that surface it is deep and there are fast currents that will kill you by dragging you in and drowning you. So applying this as a metaphor, someone who seems quiet and calm in manner and speech may well turn out to have a great deal of intelligence and education
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0Do you understand that 'still' here means 'not moving' rather than 'even now'? That might be why are you finding it difficult to understand.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Do you understand that 'still' here means 'not moving' rather than 'even now'? That might be why are you finding it difficult to understand.12br
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11b01font00Good analysis, Nona! I bet that's the problem.02font02b00
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10Look at rivers - a big deep wide river looks slow-moving and relatively still, but if you fall into it you will find that underneath that surface it is deep and there are fast currents that will kill you by dragging you in and drowning you. So applying this as a metaphor, someone who seems quiet and calm in manner
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0 Glad to have helped [<:o)]0-
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