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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
not a little
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A) I was not a little disappointed. .......
Does it mean that I was very much disappointed?
Or, that I was not at all disappointed?
B) Following is from "the great gatsby" by Fitzgerald.
"I lived at West Egg, the--well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them."
Does it mean, very sinister or not sinister at all?
A) I was not a little disappointed. .......
Does it mean that I was very much disappointed?
Or, that I was not at all disappointed?
B) Following is from "the great gatsby" by Fitzgerald.
"I lived at West Egg, the--well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them."
Does it mean, very sinister or not sinister at all?
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B) quite disappointed, very disappointed B) quite sinister Also, before posting here, pls do your homework: Do a search at Yahoo for: "not a little" dictionary (quotation marks are important to group up terms at this site) and you will find dictionary pages referring that notion.
- B) quite disappointed, very disappointed B) quite sinister Also, before posting here, pls do your homework: Do a search at Yahoo for: "not a little" dictionary (quotation marks are important to group up terms at this site) and you will find dictionary pages referring that notion.
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B) quite disappointed, very disappointed
B) quite sinister
Also, before posting here, pls do your homework:
Do a search at Yahoo for:
"not a little" dictionary
(quotation marks are important to group up terms at this site)
and you will find dictionary pages referring that notion.
B) quite sinister
Also, before posting here, pls do your homework:
Do a search at Yahoo for:
"not a little" dictionary
(quotation marks are important to group up terms at this site)
and you will find dictionary pages referring that notion.
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