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Fandorin Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

What does it mean?

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument

What does mean "was meant"? My suggestion that author want to emphasise final act was created by someone, does it?

Thanks a lot))
  

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Fandorin Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime's argument What does mean "was meant"? My suggestion that author want to emphasise final act was created by someone, does it? Thanks a lot)) Yes.

— Philip

  • Fandorin Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime's argument What does mean "was meant"?
  • My suggestion that author want to emphasise final act was created by someone, does it?
  • Thanks a lot)) Yes.
  • Somebody intended it to settle the argument.
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FandorinPerhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument

What does mean "was meant"? My suggestion that author want to emphasise final act was created by someone, does it?

Thanks a lot))
Yes. Somebody intended it to settle the argument.
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It's from the song "Fragile" be Sting. The song was written for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Linder, an civil engineer who was killed by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras in 1987 while wor
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Hi,

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument

What does mean "was meant"? was intended ( by the person who performed the act) .
ie Perhaps the person intended / meant this final act to clinch a lifetime's argument
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Actually, it's just the past tense of to mean.

He's saying... perhaps this final thing was intended to end the argument.

Meant and intended are synonyms.
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