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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Should be famous red carpet be covered with protective plastic
Cannes, May 15 -- The India pavilion at this 63rd world festival of cinema opened doors on Thursday to a chock-a-block mob, made worse by the presence of Mallika Sherawat, even without serpents (she stars in Hisss, her latest). Indian Ambassador to France Ranjan Matthai did not fail to notice. "This is my fourth arrival in Cannes at this time," he said, "and one thing never seems to change. India's pavilion. Getting into it requires expertise in an ancient Indian sport called kusti." The people who run the place seem unable to profit from experience, 2010 being the third instance of too little space for the weight of invitations and publicity. The Festival's all powerful Director Films, Christian Jeune and the head of the Market, Jerome Paillard, came briefly and left.
The Festival de Cannes opened on Wednesday evening with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, clouded over as much by threatening storms (should the famous red carpet be covered with protective plastic?) as by talk of walk-outs in New York previews.
Can you please tell me what they mean by the emboldened parts?
In fact I know the meaning of each and every word but I cannot understand the whole paragraph but I hope I will be able to understand that after you explain the highlighted parts.
Moreover, I'm also confused if the festival took place in India or Cannes because first the article says "India pavilion" which means "India building which houses a themed exhibitions" and then it says "fourth arrival of Cannes".
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20100515/1071/ten-indian-pavilion-opened-in-cannes.html
The Festival de Cannes opened on Wednesday evening with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, clouded over as much by threatening storms (should the famous red carpet be covered with protective plastic?) as by talk of walk-outs in New York previews.
Can you please tell me what they mean by the emboldened parts?
In fact I know the meaning of each and every word but I cannot understand the whole paragraph but I hope I will be able to understand that after you explain the highlighted parts.
Moreover, I'm also confused if the festival took place in India or Cannes because first the article says "India pavilion" which means "India building which houses a themed exhibitions" and then it says "fourth arrival of Cannes".
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20100515/1071/ten-indian-pavilion-opened-in-cannes.html
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Hi. First of all, embolden means to make strong, to give courage, to make bold (in the sense of strength). Therefore, you cannot really use it in the way you have used it :-) As for the sentence in bold, the article says that the Festival opened to threatening storms.
- Hi.
- First of all, embolden means to make strong, to give courage, to make bold (in the sense of strength).
- Therefore, you cannot really use it in the way you have used it :-) As for the sentence in bold, the article says that the Festival opened to threatening storms.
- So, in brackets, because it is a parenthetical question, it asks if there should be a covering on the red carpet to protect it from the threatening storms.
- The "India pavilion" is basically a pavilion that has Indian related exhibitions.
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Hi.
First of all, embolden means to make strong, to give courage, to make bold (in the sense of strength). Therefore, you cannot really use it in the way you have used it :-)
As for the sentence in bold, the article says that the Festival opened to threatening storms. So, in brackets, because it is a parenthetical question, it asks if there should be a covering on the red
First of all, embolden means to make strong, to give courage, to make bold (in the sense of strength). Therefore, you cannot really use it in the way you have used it :-)
As for the sentence in bold, the article says that the Festival opened to threatening storms. So, in brackets, because it is a parenthetical question, it asks if there should be a covering on the red
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Thank you Mr. Rizzy for your amazing post.
I almost got it but I begin to wonder what "open to thunder storm" mean and why they are depressed(clouded over).
I almost got it but I begin to wonder what "open to thunder storm" mean and why they are depressed(clouded over).
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"open to thunder storm" means that there were thunder storms when the Festival opened.
They're clouded over because at the premiere of Ridley Scott's film Robin Hood, people walked out of the cinema. So, the Festival is clouded over (literally) by thunderstorms, and clouded over (metaphorically) because of the walkouts at the premiere.
They're clouded over because at the premiere of Ridley Scott's film Robin Hood, people walked out of the cinema. So, the Festival is clouded over (literally) by thunderstorms, and clouded over (metaphorically) because of the walkouts at the premiere.
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