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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Tick

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These guys allowed me an insight into what it is that makes a band I have always loved actually tick.

--- Ticking associates me with a clock. So I understand it means that the guys allowed him to get to know how the band works (ticks)?

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Right. ' What makes one tick' = the motive or explanation of one's behavior: The biographer failed to show what made Herbert Hoover tick.

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  • ' What makes one tick' = the motive or explanation of one's behavior: The biographer failed to show what made Herbert Hoover tick.
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Right. 'What makes one tick' = the motive or explanation of one's behavior: The biographer failed to show what made Herbert Hoover tick.
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Thanks for explanations!

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