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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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'to match' and 'patter'
Hi friends, I would like some explanations about these espressions I have readed in these sentences, which I don't undestand very well.
" a real British gentleman who looked like the actor Charles Laughton and had a voice TO MATCH"
" ... resentment pertaining to the intrusion of school discipline upon the parental security PATTER"
" a real British gentleman who looked like the actor Charles Laughton and had a voice TO MATCH"
" ... resentment pertaining to the intrusion of school discipline upon the parental security PATTER"
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1. He had a voice that fitted his appearance - rather elegant and 'posh'. 2.
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- He had a voice that fitted his appearance - rather elegant and 'posh'.
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- Not sure about this one without the full context.
- Patter can sometimes mean a sort of informal rote speech - we talk of sales patter for example.
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1. He had a voice that fitted his appearance - rather elegant and 'posh'.
2. Not sure about this one without the full context. Patter can sometimes mean a sort of informal rote speech - we talk of sales patter for example. Perhaps the parents were being given a talk about security at a school and were annoyed that it went off topic into general discipline? Hard to say exactly.
2. Not sure about this one without the full context. Patter can sometimes mean a sort of informal rote speech - we talk of sales patter for example. Perhaps the parents were being given a talk about security at a school and were annoyed that it went off topic into general discipline? Hard to say exactly.
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