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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
physicals
Hello,
What does it mean when one detective says to the other who is more acquainted with the case than the former: Give me the physicals. And then the latter starts givin gphysical description of the victim?
Physicals: physical details of some kind?
I couldn't find it in Webster.
What does it mean when one detective says to the other who is more acquainted with the case than the former: Give me the physicals. And then the latter starts givin gphysical description of the victim?
Physicals: physical details of some kind?
I couldn't find it in Webster.
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Hi Antonia, It's not a standard, well-known phrase. I guess it means physical details, of the body and/or the crime scene. I'm not sure if detectives on TV talk the same way as real detectives, I doubt it.
- Hi Antonia, It's not a standard, well-known phrase.
- I guess it means physical details, of the body and/or the crime scene.
- I'm not sure if detectives on TV talk the same way as real detectives, I doubt it.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Antonia,
It's not a standard, well-known phrase. I guess it means physical details, of the body and/or the crime scene.
I'm not sure if detectives on TV talk the same way as real detectives, I doubt it.
Best wishes, Clive
It's not a standard, well-known phrase. I guess it means physical details, of the body and/or the crime scene.
I'm not sure if detectives on TV talk the same way as real detectives, I doubt it.
Best wishes, Clive
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Hello!
I don't thinks "the physicals" here relates to crime scene details. To me it sounds more like giving the physical description, the kind of things that a doctor would write on a form while giving someone a physical examination or/and that you would find on your ID (height, weight, colour of the eyes etc)
I don't thinks "the physicals" here relates to crime scene details. To me it sounds more like giving the physical description, the kind of things that a doctor would write on a form while giving someone a physical examination or/and that you would find on your ID (height, weight, colour of the eyes etc)
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So you think it's rather ''physical description'' than physical details?
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But "physical details" are also part of the description? What's the difference to you?
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