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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

standoff ?

Please kindly explain the meaning of standoff in the sentence below :

Nuclear weapons programs made the standoff in Southern Asia more tense .

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Hi, Please kindly explain the meaning of standoff in the sentence below : Nuclear weapons programs made the standoff in Southern Asia more tense . Consider a situation where I am pointing my gun at you and you are pointing your gun at me. The result is that both of us are afraid to shoot.

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  • Hi, Please kindly explain the meaning of standoff in the sentence below : Nuclear weapons programs made the standoff in Southern Asia more tense .
  • Consider a situation where I am pointing my gun at you and you are pointing your gun at me.
  • The result is that both of us are afraid to shoot.
  • It's a standoff.
  • It's the same thing if two countries have nuclear weapons.
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Hi,

Please kindly explain the meaning of standoff in the sentence below :

Nuclear weapons programs made the standoff in Southern Asia more tense .

Consider a situation where I am pointing my gun at you and you are pointing your gun at me. The result is that both of us are afraid to shoot. It's a stan
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