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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Measure of closure.

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00Please how would you paraphrase the "01u00measure of closure02u00" phrase? For example in these articles.02br
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01i00- Pope Benedict XVI's prayer at Ground Zero on Sunday elevated the site where 2,750 people lost their lives to a "real place of reverence" and brought a 01font01u00measure of closure02u02font00 to families and a city deeply scarred by the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.02i02br
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01i00- For example, following the 9/11/01 attacks, investigators were able to find traces of DNA in the rubble of the World Trade Center that identified victims and brought some 01u01font00measure of closure02font02u00 and relief to their devastated families.02i02br
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00Please can you describe me an exact meaning of this phrase? I just have a tip...:-((02br
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02br 02br 00Finally, they find the killer, and he is convicted. Tom is now able to begin recovering from his grief, and to slowly move on to a new and more positive phase of his life. We can say that the arrest and convicton of the murderer brought Tom 01u 00some measure of closure02u 00.

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 00Finally, they find the killer, and he is convicted.
  • Tom is now able to begin recovering from his grief, and to slowly move on to a new and more positive phase of his life.
  • We can say that the arrest and convicton of the murderer brought Tom 01u 00some measure of closure02u 00.
  • It 01b 00'closed'02b 00 that phase of his life 01b 00'to some degree'.
  • 02b 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Consider this example.02br
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00Tom's wife is murdered.02br
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00For a year, Tom grieves and is tormented by the fact that the police cannot find the killer.02br
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00Finally, they find the killer, and he is convicted. Tom is now able to begin recovering from his grief, and to slowly move on to
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10It 11b10'closed'12b10 that phase of his life 11b10'to some degree'...12b12br
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10Many thanks Clive!02br
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00So if something brought me some 01u00meas
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01font00 So if something brought me some measure of 01b00closure02b00, can I say that it helped me to deal with/close the particular phase of my live? 02font00Yes.02br
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