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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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The meaning of the following 2 paragraphs
0 "The ICC's major sponsors do the bulk of their business in India and will be smarting at the team's exit with almost a month to go until the final on April 28." 02 br
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00 What does "smarting at" mean? 02 br
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00 What does "smarting at" mean? 02 br
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0 'Smarting' literally means in pain - if you are smacked, it smarts. 0-
- 0 'Smarting' literally means in pain - if you are smacked, it smarts.
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0 'Smarting' literally means in pain - if you are smacked, it smarts. In this context, the word is being used figuratively to suggest that the sponsors' business interests will suffer because the team is out of the series so early. 0-
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0 LRR is right: 01 b 02 br
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00 Etymology: from present participle of 01 sup 00 1 02 sup 01 i 00 smart 02 br
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00 smarting 02 b 02 br
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00 Etymology: from present participle of 01 sup 00 1 02 sup 01 i 00 smart 02 br
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