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Katrinarc Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
To wax heavy
Hello, can you tell me what does this mean?
"That is because they are not real, let alone 'more real than reality.' And yes, Mickey is an inauthentic mouse. One expects Europeans to wax heavy about that. But one expects a bit more sense from American historians."
Thanks!
"That is because they are not real, let alone 'more real than reality.' And yes, Mickey is an inauthentic mouse. One expects Europeans to wax heavy about that. But one expects a bit more sense from American historians."
Thanks!
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" Here, "waxing" and "waning" are opposites, where "waxing" is increasing, and "waning" is decreasing. " (taking it very seriously - making "heavy" pronouncements about it) "To wax eloquent" is a very common phrase, which means to become increasingly more eloquent. When the moon is progressing in its phases from "new" toward "full," we say that it's waxing.
- " Here, "waxing" and "waning" are opposites, where "waxing" is increasing, and "waning" is decreasing.
- " (taking it very seriously - making "heavy" pronouncements about it) "To wax eloquent" is a very common phrase, which means to become increasingly more eloquent.
- When the moon is progressing in its phases from "new" toward "full," we say that it's waxing.
- When it's in the process of receding from full, we say it's waning.
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As far as I know, the verb "to wax" in this sense has very little, or nothing, to do with the noun "wax."
Here, "waxing" and "waning" are opposites, where "waxing" is increasing, and "waning" is decreasing.
It would be helpful to know the antecedent of your first "that."
IN this case, "to wax heavy" probably means to make a lot of noise about it - as opposed
Here, "waxing" and "waning" are opposites, where "waxing" is increasing, and "waning" is decreasing.
It would be helpful to know the antecedent of your first "that."
IN this case, "to wax heavy" probably means to make a lot of noise about it - as opposed
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Hi, I think you're right, but just in case I'm posting here a bit more of the article I'm talking about:
Look. It is one thing for snobbish European intellectuals to take American trivia seriously. Disneyana is the favorite mirror of America -- succeeding Luigi Barzini's insufficiently satiric suggestion of baseball -- for every European thinker from Umberto Eco on down. It was Eco
Look. It is one thing for snobbish European intellectuals to take American trivia seriously. Disneyana is the favorite mirror of America -- succeeding Luigi Barzini's insufficiently satiric suggestion of baseball -- for every European thinker from Umberto Eco on down. It was Eco
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LOL! The pirates don't eat the tourists because they're made of wax! 
Yes, the article talks about degrees of reality,
Yes, the article talks about degrees of reality,
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