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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Most identified with?
Does "He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire" mean "He kept the Conservatives the party most abreast of the glory and power of the British Empire"?
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He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is as of 2014 the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli
Context:
He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is as of 2014 the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli
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Anonymous Does "He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire" mean "He kept the Conservatives the party most abreast of the glory and power of the British Empire"? No. He caused people to think of the Conservative party as the cause of the glory and power of the Empire.
- Anonymous Does "He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire" mean "He kept the Conservatives the party most abreast of the glory and power of the British Empire"?
- No.
- He caused people to think of the Conservative party as the cause of the glory and power of the Empire.
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AnonymousDoes "He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire" mean "He kept the Conservatives the party most abreast of the glory and power of the British Empire"?No. He caused people to think of the Conservative party as the cause of the glory and power of the Empire.
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Does the author imply that he (the prime minister) was somewhat cheating and dishonest by describing him this way?
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AnonymousDoes the author imply that he (the prime minister) was somewhat cheating and dishonest by describing him this way?Not at all: it is singing his praise as an effective politician.
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