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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

telling

What does 'telling' mean here?
"I suspect he's hiding something from us."
"I agree. It's really telling that he wouldn't let us see his report."
  

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It means the fact [that he would not let us see his report] is revealing to us something about him (or about the situation) that we didn't know/suspect before.

  • It means the fact [that he would not let us see his report] is revealing to us something about him (or about the situation) that we didn't know/suspect before.
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It means the fact [that he would not let us see his report] is revealing to us something about him (or about the situation) that we didn't know/suspect before.

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