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Tinanam0102 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Water cleared after
Hi teacher,
1. Water cleared after the mud had settled.
What does it mean?
2. Can you say when referring to the weather, 'it's starting to clear up?'
3. Does 'clear your plate have the same meaning clean your plate', which means eat everything on your plate?
4. After dinner, does 'clear the table' have the same meaning as below:
Clean up the table
Clear off the table
Thanks
TN
1. Water cleared after the mud had settled.
What does it mean?
2. Can you say when referring to the weather, 'it's starting to clear up?'
3. Does 'clear your plate have the same meaning clean your plate', which means eat everything on your plate?
4. After dinner, does 'clear the table' have the same meaning as below:
Clean up the table
Clear off the table
Thanks
TN
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1. Usually one would say " The water cleared after the mud had settled". For me, this seems ambiguous.
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- Usually one would say " The water cleared after the mud had settled".
- For me, this seems ambiguous.
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- pure and transparent, not muddy), or perhaps it means that the water flowed away.
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1. Usually one would say "The water cleared after the mud had settled". For me, this seems ambiguous. Perhaps it means that the water became clear (i.e. pure and transparent, not muddy), or perhaps it means that the water flowed away.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, they can both mean that (both phrases could also be interpreted in other ways).
4. "clear the table" means remove a
2. Yes.
3. Yes, they can both mean that (both phrases could also be interpreted in other ways).
4. "clear the table" means remove a
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Hi GPY,
Thanks for your help.
When you say clear and clean your plate could also be interpreted in other ways, can you show me the examples?
Thanks
TN
Thanks for your help.
When you say clear and clean your plate could also be interpreted in other ways, can you show me the examples?
Thanks
TN
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This is very ambiguous. The water cleared means it became less murky, particles have settled down and seperated. After the water cleared is also a euphemism (an expression that means once things have settled, we can see it more clearly, the aftermath - a similar idiom is "once the air has settled).
Additionally it can mean after the water has gone away. "We had a flood, but the wate
Additionally it can mean after the water has gone away. "We had a flood, but the wate
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"clear your plate" could mean "clear your plate away", i.e. remove it from the table or other place.
"clean your plate" could mean "wash your plate".
"clean your plate" could mean "wash your plate".
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