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Ali8 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Summing up the nineteenth century
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First of all, I am sorry for asking more than one question a day.
I need the meaning of the following 'idiom' : Summing up the [] century
The context :
As Adams was summing up the nineteenth century, he was evidently unaware of another scientific bombshell that had just exploded, ultimately as earthshaking and profound as the fracturing of the atom .
Thanks in advance
First of all, I am sorry for asking more than one question a day.
I need the meaning of the following 'idiom' : Summing up the [] century
The context :
As Adams was summing up the nineteenth century, he was evidently unaware of another scientific bombshell that had just exploded, ultimately as earthshaking and profound as the fracturing of the atom .
Thanks in advance
Top answer
To "sum" [up] is to "add" [up]. " "Summing up the Bush Administration" would be to list and describe the salient or significant achievements of his time in office. A certain amount of condensation is generally called for.
- To "sum" [up] is to "add" [up].
- " "Summing up the Bush Administration" would be to list and describe the salient or significant achievements of his time in office.
- A certain amount of condensation is generally called for.
- " It's sometimes said that Bach summed up the Baroque period.
- He was not an innovator.
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To "sum" [up] is to "add" [up].
A "summing up" is a "summary."
"Summing up the Bush Administration" would be to list and describe the salient or significant achievements of his time in office.
A certain amount of condensation is generally called for.
Since I don't know your man Adams, I should add that "summing" is not always "reporting."
It's sometime
A "summing up" is a "summary."
"Summing up the Bush Administration" would be to list and describe the salient or significant achievements of his time in office.
A certain amount of condensation is generally called for.
Since I don't know your man Adams, I should add that "summing" is not always "reporting."
It's sometime
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Yes, he was historian:
"IN HIS FAMOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Education of Henry Adams, published only a few years into the twentieth century, the historian Henry Adams shouted alarm that the sacred atom had been split. "
"IN HIS FAMOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Education of Henry Adams, published only a few years into the twentieth century, the historian Henry Adams shouted alarm that the sacred atom had been split. "
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I don't know...does that affect the meaning of the sentence in question ??
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I don't know. . . the author seems to think so. But we'll just have to guess, right?
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let's just ignore that and translate this isolated sentence " summing up the nineteenth century"
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Hi,
As Adams was summing up the nineteenth century,
As I was writing in my diary, I was unaware that something else was going on which would have a great effect on my life.
He was writing a report on the nineteenth century.
As Adams was summing up the nineteenth century,
As I was writing in my diary, I was unaware that something else was going on which would have a great effect on my life.
He was writing a report on the nineteenth century.
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