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Frmars Posted 19 years ago
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The following sentence is from an interview of an ex RUSSIAN military:
"most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals, are now occupying the positions of power in the government..."
What do you undersrtand by :
"most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals"
1°) Does he mean that the people who graduated are dropouts and "half-baked intellectuals" ?
2°) or is it an enumeration ?
- graduates
- drop-outs
- intellectuals
How 'd you translate half-baked in French ?
The following sentence is from an interview of an ex RUSSIAN military:
"most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals, are now occupying the positions of power in the government..."
What do you undersrtand by :
"most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals"
1°) Does he mean that the people who graduated are dropouts and "half-baked intellectuals" ?
2°) or is it an enumeration ?
- graduates
- drop-outs
- intellectuals
How 'd you translate half-baked in French ?
Top answer
" What do you undersrtand by : "most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals" 1°) Does he mean that the people who graduated are dropouts and "half-baked intellectuals" ? 2°) or is it an enumeration ? - graduates - drop-outs - intellectuals How 'd you translate half-baked in French ?
- " What do you undersrtand by : "most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals" 1°) Does he mean that the people who graduated are dropouts and "half-baked intellectuals" ?
- 2°) or is it an enumeration ?
- - graduates - drop-outs - intellectuals How 'd you translate half-baked in French ?
- Yes, it is weird.
- Half-baked means not completed (as if you took the loaf of bread out of the oven half-way through the baking time).
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FrmarsHello The following sentence is from an interview of an ex RUSSIAN military: "most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals, are now occupying the positions of power in the government..." What do you undersrtand by : "most of the people who graduated in the 60's, dropouts or half-baked intellectuals" 1°) Does he mean that the peo
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Of the two possible interpretations it can't be the first because a dropout is someone who dropped out before graduating. So nobody who graduated could be a dropout.
I interpret it as an enumeration. Most of the people in those three groups now occupy the powerful government positions in question.
CJ
I interpret it as an enumeration. Most of the people in those three groups now occupy the powerful government positions in question.
CJ
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<<rude remark deleted>>He means that the americans who graduated in the 60's were brain washed, while the the drop outs and half baked individuals fulfilled their true potential.
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Anonymous<<rude remark deleted>>He means that the americans who graduated in the 60's were brain washed, while the the drop outs and half baked individuals fulfilled their true potential.How do you form this conclusion? Their true potential lies in holding government positions? What do you think the predicate is for the 60s-era graduates
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AnonymousHe means that the americans who graduated in the 60's ...There is no mention of Americans, nor of any country these people might have been from. You are manufacturing data.
CJ
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