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DS Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

sprawling effort

what kind of effort is a sprawling effort? efforts made through numerous ways?
  

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Hi Yes, it does mean that though, in different contexts the sense can be different A music album that is a magnificent and adventurous sprawling effort can be very good. It means that the musicians have used a great variety of styles and instruments to create something impressive However, if a theatre production is a sprawling effort, it may mean that, although interesting, the ideas that the cast are trying to put forward do not hold together very well. We may be confused about what they are trying to say or do Dave

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  • Hi Yes, it does mean that though, in different contexts the sense can be different A music album that is a magnificent and adventurous sprawling effort can be very good.
  • It means that the musicians have used a great variety of styles and instruments to create something impressive However, if a theatre production is a sprawling effort, it may mean that, although interesting, the ideas that the cast are trying to put forward do not hold together very well.
  • We may be confused about what they are trying to say or do Dave
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Yes, it does mean that though, in different contexts the sense can be different

A music album that is a magnificent and adventurous sprawling effort can be very good. It means that the musicians have used a great variety of styles and instruments to create something impressive

However, if a theatre production is a sprawling effort, it may mean that, although interest
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DS what kind of effort is a sprawling effort? efforts made through numerous ways?
sprawling ~ extensive, spread out, going in all different directions, but in an unfocused or disordered manner

Generally speaking, "sprawling effort" is a criticism. The writer believes that the effort is ineffective as it is, perhaps because it's trying to do too many
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