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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Power

Hi.
What does 'power' mean in 'Everything about him denotes power rather than grace, strength rather than beauty."

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Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi, Without looking in a dictionary. I'd say 'power' here is the ability to apply strength, the ability to use strength in motion. In the same way, you could say that grace is beauty in motion'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Without looking in a dictionary.
  • I'd say 'power' here is the ability to apply strength, the ability to use strength in motion.
  • In the same way, you could say that grace is beauty in motion'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Without looking in a dictionary. I'd say 'power' here is the ability to apply strength, the ability to use strength in motion.

In the same way, you could say that grace is beauty in motion'.

Clive
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Clive, very gracefully said and respect for not looking in the dictionary, even though your definition seems to me like a one taken from a dictionary.
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soheil1Hi.What does 'power' mean in 'Everything about him denotes power rather than grace, strength rather than beauty."?Thanks in advance!
It sounds like a critic writing about a male ballet dancer's performance.
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AlpheccaStars soheil1Hi.What does 'power' mean in 'Everything about him denotes power rather than grace, strength rather than beauty."?Thanks in advance!It sounds like a critic writing about a male ballet dancer's performance
No madam, it's about the founder of positional chess school, Wilhelm Steinitz, in an era of romantic chess school, Who played for bea
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And is assumed to be in favour of him!
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Isn't a game of chess like a pas de deux? Both involve movement, power, grace, beauty, and rhythm, and they were perfected by Russians.
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My chess knowledge tells me that in that era people was living for enjoying chess.there was no prize given for being a high ranked player.So they went for the aesthetic aspect of the game.
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I still have not understood how 'power' and 'grace' are contrasted here
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Well, let's start with this.
Do you understand how a chess move can be described as powerful?
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What is the function of comma (,) after "grace"? Why happens if it is suvstituted with "and"?
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