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Eunjinny Posted 17 years ago
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Red Sea of war
Could you tell me what this means ?

My guess is that war is taking place in Red Sea.

A woman of wind
I was trying to say to a friend that I love wind blowing. Can i say that I am woman of wind?
Or Can i used this phrase for the quality of your going anywhere like wind?

A class of Calculus.
Can i say this to mean " a class that teaches you Calculus"?
Or there is no word like this ?
Emotion: zip it!
  

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Hi eunjinny, I'm not sure what "Red Sea of war" means. Can you give the full context? If you said you were "a woman of wind" I wouldn't know what you meant.

  • Hi eunjinny, I'm not sure what "Red Sea of war" means.
  • Can you give the full context?
  • If you said you were "a woman of wind" I wouldn't know what you meant.
  • You can say simply that you are a woman who loves the wind.
  • A class that teaches your caclulus is your calculus class, just like your English class, history class, or art class.
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Hi eunjinny,

I'm not sure what "Red Sea of war" means. Can you give the full context?

If you said you were "a woman of wind" I wouldn't know what you meant. You can say simply that you are a woman who loves the wind.

A class that teaches your caclulus is your calculus class, just like your English class, history class, or art class.
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eunjinny A woman of wind
I was trying to say to a friend that I love wind blowing. Can i say that I am woman of wind?
Or Can i used this phrase for the quality of your going anywhere like wind?
You can do these tricks in a poem, and make a few words create an emotion.
Unfortunately, in prose you have to explain what you mean step by step - a
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Thank you.
Can I ask you how then does it sound to you ' a woman of wind'?
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eunjinny how then does it sound to you ' a woman of wind'?
It might work in the right poetic context. I'd think "a woman of the wind" would have more general application. You share something with the wind. You love the wind. You sometimes wish you could be the wind.

Unfortunately, when you say "woman of wind" it may be take

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