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February Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Quietif
0 Dear all 02 br
00 I've just read that the opposite word of 00 is 00 . 02 br
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00 We usually discuss, for example, "what's the motif of this work?" or something like that. 02 br
00 Then what is the 00 ? 02 br
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00 I've just read that the opposite word of 00 is 00 . 02 br
02 br
00 We usually discuss, for example, "what's the motif of this work?" or something like that. 02 br
00 Then what is the 00 ? 02 br
00 Any idea? 0-
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0 Hello February, and welcome to English Forums. 02 br 02 br 00 I hate to disappoint you on your very first post, but I have no idea what that word means, and I cannot find it on the internet or in my dictionaries. 02 br 02 br 00 Could you check the spelling or your reference again, please?
- 0 Hello February, and welcome to English Forums.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I hate to disappoint you on your very first post, but I have no idea what that word means, and I cannot find it on the internet or in my dictionaries.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Could you check the spelling or your reference again, please?
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0 Hello February, and welcome to English Forums. 02 br
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00 I hate to disappoint you on your very first post, but I have no idea what that word means, and I cannot find it on the internet or in my dictionaries. 02 br
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00 Could you check the spelling or your reference again, please? 0-
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00 I hate to disappoint you on your very first post, but I have no idea what that word means, and I cannot find it on the internet or in my dictionaries. 02 br
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00 Could you check the spelling or your reference again, please? 0-
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0 Hello Mister Micawber and thank you for your time and trouble. First of all I'm sorry for obscuities of my question. It was from a fisherman's monolog: 02 br
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00 [A boorish note: Discussing about arts, people talk about their motif enthusiastically. But about what lies latent, in the potential level, we don't have even a proper term yet. I would say it's 00 , which aro
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00 [A boorish note: Discussing about arts, people talk about their motif enthusiastically. But about what lies latent, in the potential level, we don't have even a proper term yet. I would say it's 00 , which aro
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0 Hello Feb 02 br
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00 It does have the air of a whimsical coinage. That's what the context implies: that the 'proper term' doesn't exist yet; and so he would say (i.e. propose) 'quietif'. 02 br
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00 It's an interesting thought! 02 br
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00 MrP 02 br
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00 It does have the air of a whimsical coinage. That's what the context implies: that the 'proper term' doesn't exist yet; and so he would say (i.e. propose) 'quietif'. 02 br
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00 It's an interesting thought! 02 br
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00 MrP 02 br
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0 Yes indeed, as MrP suggests, a word coined by the writer. Yes, a native speaker should be able to figure out from the context that, whereas 'motif' is the apparent theme or design of the work of art, the 'quietif' would be the antonymic, quietly underlying potential of the piece. 0-
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0 Hello MrPedantic and Mister Micawber 02 br
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00 Fisheremen tend to philosophise. I got really interested in this term 00 , in the concept behind it, and was looking for its definition in vain yesterday. 02 br
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00 Now I understand its connotation better. 02 br
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00 [MrPedantic] It does have the air of a whimsical coinage. The
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00 Fisheremen tend to philosophise. I got really interested in this term 00 , in the concept behind it, and was looking for its definition in vain yesterday. 02 br
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00 Now I understand its connotation better. 02 br
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00 [MrPedantic] It does have the air of a whimsical coinage. The
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