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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Muskmelon

Hi.
Is it true to say, e.g:
Muskmelon, when gets ripe, becomes watery
when not opened, spoils and dies

?Thanks in advance
  

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Do you mean something like "A ripe muskmelon, if not used, soon becomes watery and goes bad?"
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no, that it IS watery when it reaches ripeness.
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OK, I understand that a muskmelon becomes watery when it ripens. Can you explain what you are trying to say in the rest of the sentence?
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If you do not open it(to eat it), it will become spoiled and nonexistant.

And,'persian melon' is a better word than muskmelon, I think.Have heard that students ate it with bread, for lunch, centuries ago.
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How about "A muskmelon becomes watery when it ripens. If not eaten (promptly), it will go bad."?
I had heard the name "muskmelon" but had assumed it was a type of melon found in Asia. I had not heard of a "Persian melon" so I just looked them up. It seems that "muskmelon" refers to several related species of melon, including the Persian melon, as well as two I sometimes eat myself, the honeyd
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your welcome.I ate muskmelon last night, and I looked at the word this morning.
By the way, why don't you register here?An anonymous person can be anyone and I can't check the authority of you, don't be offended.
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OK, I've registered.
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