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Omar Ahmed Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
puzzling questions
Choose the best word or words:
1- Pilots always (alarm– shake – alert – move) the passengers when there is air turbulence.
2- The two models are exactly the same in (all cases – any event – contrasts – all respects).
3- It takes a long time for fallen trees to (cut – decay – spoil – go bad).
These questioned are answered as follows:
1-alert
2-all respects
3- decay
I really can't understand why the answer to the first sentence is "alert" and not "alarm" Don't they mean the same thing?
I also feel that " in all cases " is not different from "in all respects"
Please make it clear for me.
1- Pilots always (alarm– shake – alert – move) the passengers when there is air turbulence.
2- The two models are exactly the same in (all cases – any event – contrasts – all respects).
3- It takes a long time for fallen trees to (cut – decay – spoil – go bad).
These questioned are answered as follows:
1-alert
2-all respects
3- decay
I really can't understand why the answer to the first sentence is "alert" and not "alarm" Don't they mean the same thing?
I also feel that " in all cases " is not different from "in all respects"
Please make it clear for me.
Top answer
) "Alarm" means to frighten, and pilots never want to frighten the passengers. The alert passengers to oncoming turbulence so that they won't be frightened when they hit it. "In all respects" is idiomatic and is what is used in this situation.
- ) "Alarm" means to frighten, and pilots never want to frighten the passengers.
- The alert passengers to oncoming turbulence so that they won't be frightened when they hit it.
- "In all respects" is idiomatic and is what is used in this situation.
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(The following is US usage.)
"Alarm" means to frighten, and pilots never want to frighten the passengers. The alert passengers to oncoming turbulence so that they won't be frightened when they hit it.
"In all respects" is idiomatic and is what is used in this situation.
"Alarm" means to frighten, and pilots never want to frighten the passengers. The alert passengers to oncoming turbulence so that they won't be frightened when they hit it.
"In all respects" is idiomatic and is what is used in this situation.
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essam gaweesh"alert" and not "alarm"alert them - draw their attention to the situation
alarm them - scare them; frighten them
essam gaweesh"in all cases" is not different from "in all respects"in all cases - every time it happens
in all respects - in every way
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