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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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Set the ball rolling
0 I don't understand what "The difference sets the ball rolling and a million other things 02 br
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01 font 00 His team showed that mice without a gene that makes a 02 font 01 font 00 compound broken-down from oestrogen called 2- 02 font 01 font 00 methoxyestradiol (2-ME) develop many of the signs of pre- 02 font 01 font 00 eclampsia, including pre-term birth, high blood pressure and 02 font 01 font 00 problems forming blood vessels. 02 br
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01 b 00 "The difference sets the ball rolling and a million other things 02 b 02 font 01 font 01 b 00 downstream go wrong," Kalluri says. 02 b 02 font 02 br
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00 downstream go wrong" means. Does it mean "the difference serves as a troublemaker, and then once the trouble gets started, a lot of things that follow will go wrong"? 02 br
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01 font 00 His team showed that mice without a gene that makes a 02 font 01 font 00 compound broken-down from oestrogen called 2- 02 font 01 font 00 methoxyestradiol (2-ME) develop many of the signs of pre- 02 font 01 font 00 eclampsia, including pre-term birth, high blood pressure and 02 font 01 font 00 problems forming blood vessels. 02 br
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01 b 00 "The difference sets the ball rolling and a million other things 02 b 02 font 01 font 01 b 00 downstream go wrong," Kalluri says. 02 b 02 font 02 br
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0 I believe you understand it correctly. 02 br 02 br 00 "Snowballing" is another typical image. A small snowball starts down the mountain and picks up mass and momentum.
- 0 I believe you understand it correctly.
- 02 br 02 br 00 "Snowballing" is another typical image.
- A small snowball starts down the mountain and picks up mass and momentum.
- 02 br 02 br 00 The problem with your excerpt is that it's a mixed metaphor.
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0 I believe you understand it correctly. Are you into chaos theory and the butterfly effect? 02 br
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00 "Snowballing" is another typical image. A small snowball starts down the mountain and picks up mass and momentum. It soon becomes dangerous. 02 br
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00 The problem with your excerpt is that it's a mixed metaphor. We start out in the bowling alley and e
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00 "Snowballing" is another typical image. A small snowball starts down the mountain and picks up mass and momentum. It soon becomes dangerous. 02 br
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00 The problem with your excerpt is that it's a mixed metaphor. We start out in the bowling alley and e
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01 cite 10 NL888 12 cite 10 Does it mean "the difference serves as a troublemaker, and then once the trouble gets started, a lot of things that follow will go wrong"? 12 blockquote10 Yup! That's what it means. The difference -- or rather, the abnormality -- is the source of all the trouble. It sets a series of causes and
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