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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
The smile gone awry
Does "the smile gone awry" mean "the mile that has hidden meanings behind it" or "uncontrolled laughter"?
Context:
Smiling and laughing images range from quiet gestures of delight or approval to the smile gone awry.
Context:
Smiling and laughing images range from quiet gestures of delight or approval to the smile gone awry.
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Anonymous the smile gone awry Lacking further context, I think they mean those cases where you smile at an inappropriate time or at a person who doesn't think smiling is appropriate in the given situation. It could also mean those occasions when you think you should smile, though you don't want to, so you try to smile, but everyone who sees it knows it's not a genuine smile. CJ
- Anonymous the smile gone awry Lacking further context, I think they mean those cases where you smile at an inappropriate time or at a person who doesn't think smiling is appropriate in the given situation.
- It could also mean those occasions when you think you should smile, though you don't want to, so you try to smile, but everyone who sees it knows it's not a genuine smile.
- CJ
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Anonymousthe smile gone awryLacking further context, I think they mean those cases where you smile at an inappropriate time or at a person who doesn't think smiling is appropriate in the given situation. It could also mean those occasions when you think you should smile, though you don't want to, so you try to smile, but everyone who sees it knows it's not a
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