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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Saving grace/tricky
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I would love to tell you that medicine alone—so neat, so tidy,so rational—was the saving grace. I was in the ICU for more than two weeks and in the hospital for four weeks: let us say recovery was tricky.
1. Does "saving grace" mean here "was the only thing that helped me"?
2. I understand that "tricky" means here "complicated" or "difficult"?
I would love to tell you that medicine alone—so neat, so tidy,so rational—was the saving grace. I was in the ICU for more than two weeks and in the hospital for four weeks: let us say recovery was tricky.
1. Does "saving grace" mean here "was the only thing that helped me"?
2. I understand that "tricky" means here "complicated" or "difficult"?
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Newguest 1. Does "saving grace" mean here "was the only thing that helped me"? No.
- Newguest 1.
- Does "saving grace" mean here "was the only thing that helped me"?
- No.
- Not necessarily the only thing.
- The ultimate, most important thing.
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Newguest1. Does "saving grace" mean here "was the only thing that helped me"?No. Not necessarily the only thing. The ultimate, most important thing.
Newguest2. I understand that "tricky" means here "complicated" or "difficult"?Yes, especially 'complicated', 'uncertain', 'fraught with a combination of improvements
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