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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Seven-stone

Hi.

It would need more than a few exercises to turn a seven-stone weakling into a heavyweight boxer.

What does seven-stone mean in the above text?
  

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A stone is a British measurement of weight. 1 stone = 14 pounds 7 stones = 98 pounds.. a seven-stone weakling means a 98-pound weakling.

— Clive

  • A stone is a British measurement of weight.
  • 1 stone = 14 pounds 7 stones = 98 pounds..
  • a seven-stone weakling means a 98-pound weakling.
  • (blush) I corrected my error
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A stone is a British measurement of weight.
1 stone = 14 pounds
7 stones = 98 pounds..

a seven-stone weakling means a 98-pound weakling.

(blush) I corrected my error
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A stone is a measure of weight. One stone is about 6.35 kg. Therefore, the reference here is to a person who weighs about 44.5 kg.
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Persian Learnera seven-stone weakling
a 58-kg weakling
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CliveA seven-stone weakling means a 128-pound weakling.
Anonymous a 58-kg weakling
Am I missing something here?
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teechrAm I missing something here?
You never miss anything dear teacher. The Anonymous guy brought the wrong calculation I suppose.
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I've converted Clive's data. Nevertheless it's my fault, indeed. Emotion: embarrassed
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