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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Ways
Hi teachers,The elephant seals are innocent of ways of sharks, and the sharks are wise in the ways of the seals.1. Can you please explain what "ways of sharks" mean?2. What is "are wise in the ways of the seals"?3. Is there an idiom in the sentence regarding "way"?4. Why is "way" plural in the sentence?ThanksTN
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com/browse/way See definition 14: 14. Often, ways . a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.
- com/browse/way See definition 14: 14.
- Often, ways .
- a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/way
See definition 14:
14. Often, ways. a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.
See definition 14:
14. Often, ways. a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.
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"ways of the ... " in this context means "the intentions and methods of doing things" (like the sharks' intentions of hunting seals, or the seals' methods of escaping capture).
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