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Dela Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Sucker
By the middle of the next week, they'd finished taking down the tree. They cleared the lot and even tried to pull up the stump, but that sucker would not budge, so they wound up grinding it down into the dirt.
I should know what sucker is generally. But I don't know what the sucher here indicate. The stump? but can we say a stump sucker?
I should know what sucker is generally. But I don't know what the sucher here indicate. The stump? but can we say a stump sucker?
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In this sense, "sucker" is being used like a pronoun. It's used here to connote a frustrating object.
- In this sense, "sucker" is being used like a pronoun.
- It's used here to connote a frustrating object.
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In this sense, "sucker" is being used like a pronoun. It's used here to connote a frustrating object.
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Hi
I'm not sure about the explanation. Possibly it is a pun, using Vorpar's meaning, but also..
Some trees multiply by sending out roots and then part of the root comes up out of the soil to make a new tree
This can make it difficult to get rid of the tree if you no longer want it
The new part of the tree that has come out of the ground - maybe some distance aw
I'm not sure about the explanation. Possibly it is a pun, using Vorpar's meaning, but also..
Some trees multiply by sending out roots and then part of the root comes up out of the soil to make a new tree
This can make it difficult to get rid of the tree if you no longer want it
The new part of the tree that has come out of the ground - maybe some distance aw
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Hi again
Using the MSN Encarta Dictionary (and looking up sucker)..
Vorpar's meaning is at point 4
Mine is at point 8
So yes, I think it's a pun - both meanings are being used
Regards, Dave
Using the MSN Encarta Dictionary (and looking up sucker)..
Vorpar's meaning is at point 4
Mine is at point 8
So yes, I think it's a pun - both meanings are being used
Regards, Dave
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I totally agree with Dave. Longman dictionary :
a part of a plant that grows from the root or lower stem of a plant to become a new plant.
Google dictionary:
a part of a tree or bush that grows from the roots rather than from the main stem or the branches and can form a new tree or bush
a part of a plant that grows from the root or lower stem of a plant to become a new plant.
Google dictionary:
a part of a tree or bush that grows from the roots rather than from the main stem or the branches and can form a new tree or bush
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If it was an American bit of text, we use "sucker" for anything in a similar situation that is causing us trouble. It personifies the object as "fighting back."
- We tried to push the car to the gas station, but steering that sucker with no power was hard, let me tell you!
- I tried to clean the spots out of your shirt - most of them came out, but the tomato sauce spot... we
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Dela - Vorpar and Grammar Geek are correct.
Your text is almost obviously American English, and sucker as it is used here personifies the object as capable of fighting back.
Bravo Grammar.
Your text is almost obviously American English, and sucker as it is used here personifies the object as capable of fighting back.
Bravo Grammar.
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Hi all
I have found the story - it is "Flipped" by Wendelin van Draanen
I thought I might find..
- Suckling - a young child
- Sucker - A person who is taken for a fool by their friends
- Sucker - a plant stem that grows from its adult plant
- Grinding down a sucker - doesn't work, because the sucker will always grow up in its own way
I have found the story - it is "Flipped" by Wendelin van Draanen
I thought I might find..
- Suckling - a young child
- Sucker - A person who is taken for a fool by their friends
- Sucker - a plant stem that grows from its adult plant
- Grinding down a sucker - doesn't work, because the sucker will always grow up in its own way
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