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Qut Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
thx but one more...
what's the "sheer" here meaning? I CHECKED the dictionary but cannot find the matched one.
Thank you
Forum: Vocabulary and Idioms
Posted: Jul 31, 9:18 AM [GMT 1]
Post Subject: [url="/English/Post/bhqpj/Post.htm#122800"]Re: pls explain[/url]
Post author: [url="/user/cpwx/profile.htm"]MrPedantic[/url]
Hello Q
1. The speaker thinks that the film is not as good as earlier films in the series ('to plummet' here implies 'to plunge', 'to fall from a great height').
2. He attributes this to a lack of originality in the film industry.
3. He likens the experience of watching the film to the experience of undergoing an audit by a tax inspector (this is not generally pleasant).
MrP
Thank you
Forum: Vocabulary and Idioms
Posted: Jul 31, 9:18 AM [GMT 1]
Post Subject: [url="/English/Post/bhqpj/Post.htm#122800"]Re: pls explain[/url]
Post author: [url="/user/cpwx/profile.htm"]MrPedantic[/url]
Hello Q
1. The speaker thinks that the film is not as good as earlier films in the series ('to plummet' here implies 'to plunge', 'to fall from a great height').
2. He attributes this to a lack of originality in the film industry.
3. He likens the experience of watching the film to the experience of undergoing an audit by a tax inspector (this is not generally pleasant).
MrP
Top answer
'Sheer lack of originality' means originality is totally and completely absent. none.
- 'Sheer lack of originality' means originality is totally and completely absent.
- none.
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'Sheer lack of originality' means originality is totally and completely absent. It's saying that the film has no originality at all...none.
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