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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "frantic voice" mean?

I know "frantic" can mean frustrated, nervous, fearful, wild, desperate... The context of the sentence does not help me to understand what exactly of the above is meant - it can be any of those! What is usually meant when voice is described as "frantic"? Thank you!
  

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How about giving us the context - at least the whole sentence?

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  • How about giving us the context - at least the whole sentence?
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How about giving us the context - at least the whole sentence?
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Hi

This is very English humour and concerns men who have discovered an unexploded bomb during World War II. Nevertheless, it shows what it is meant by speaking in a frantic voice. As you say, it means nervous, fearful and desperate

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Dave, thank you very much, I know exactly how to translate it now!
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