Phrase
Consider the following sentence:
"We wended our way at breakneck pace through the small streets of Paris."
Does this mean that 'the people were going very fast or very slowly'?
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You haven't got used to giving your threads good titles yet, have you, Christine? 'Phrase' is a useless title. 'At breakneck pace' would have been a good title for this, as that is the phrase you're asking about.
- You haven't got used to giving your threads good titles yet, have you, Christine?
- 'Phrase' is a useless title.
- 'At breakneck pace' would have been a good title for this, as that is the phrase you're asking about.
- com, a website that gives you free access to dozens of online dictionaries.
- I put 'breakneck' in the search box, and the first dictionary in the list gives the definition as 'very fast or dangerous'.
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You haven't got used to giving your threads good titles yet, have you, Christine? 'Phrase' is a useless title.
'At breakneck pace' would have been a good title for this, as that is the phrase you're asking about.
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I put 'breakneck' in the se
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