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MIA6 Posted 20 years ago
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I read a book, and I have some words that I don't really understand their meanings in those specific sentences, so i hope you can help me out!
1. If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as hell and i damn near fell down. My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and 'hell' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but 'hell' is simply an evil place, how come they have connections?
2. E.g. 'They got a bang out of things, though--in a half-assed way, of course.'; 'He got a big bang out of buying it.'; 'They can get a big bang out of buying a blanket.' I don't know what 'bang out of' means in those sentences.
3. There were medicine all over the place, and everything smelled like Vicks Nose Drops. I don't know what 'vicks nose drops' means?
Hope you can help me, thanks a lot!
1. If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as hell and i damn near fell down. My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and 'hell' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but 'hell' is simply an evil place, how come they have connections?
2. E.g. 'They got a bang out of things, though--in a half-assed way, of course.'; 'He got a big bang out of buying it.'; 'They can get a big bang out of buying a blanket.' I don't know what 'bang out of' means in those sentences.
3. There were medicine all over the place, and everything smelled like Vicks Nose Drops. I don't know what 'vicks nose drops' means?
Hope you can help me, thanks a lot!
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Hi, 1. If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as **** and i **** near fell down. My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and '****' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but '****' is simply an evil place, how come they have connections?
- Hi, 1.
- If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as **** and i **** near fell down.
- My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and '****' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but '****' is simply an evil place, how come they have connections?
- The traditional view of **** is that it is full of eternal fire, and thus very, very hot instead of icy.
- 2.
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Hi,
1. If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as **** and i **** near fell down. My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and '****' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but '****' is simply an evil place, how com
1. If you know the literary device:oxymoron --two opposite words placed together, then please look at this sentence: It was icy as **** and i **** near fell down. My teacher said that this was an example of oxymoron, because 'icy' and '****' are two opposite words, but i don't understand since i think 'icy' means cold, but '****' is simply an evil place, how com
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