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Kouroshh Posted 10 years ago
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What does 'wad' mean in the text below
“Well, after all, this is the age of the disposable tissue. Blow your nose on a person, wad them, flush them away, reach for another, blow, wad, flush.”
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Are you sure you wrote this correctly? " (Also, I throw my tissues in the trash; I don't flush them. ) In any case, "wad" means to take something that can be easily folded or bent and squeeze it together into a lump.
- Are you sure you wrote this correctly?
- " (Also, I throw my tissues in the trash; I don't flush them.
- ) In any case, "wad" means to take something that can be easily folded or bent and squeeze it together into a lump.
- You can "wad" your t-shirts and shove them into a drawer - or you can fold them neatly and place them in a drawer.
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Are you sure you wrote this correctly?
We blow our nose into a tissue, not "on a person."
(Also, I throw my tissues in the trash; I don't flush them. What a waste of water that would be!)
In any case, "wad" means to take something that can be easily folded or bent and squeeze it together into a lump.
You can "wad" your t-shirts and shove them into a drawer - or you c
We blow our nose into a tissue, not "on a person."
(Also, I throw my tissues in the trash; I don't flush them. What a waste of water that would be!)
In any case, "wad" means to take something that can be easily folded or bent and squeeze it together into a lump.
You can "wad" your t-shirts and shove them into a drawer - or you c
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Thank you for your reply. Yes, this is a exact quote from the book: Fahrenheit 451
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It has been a very long time since I have read that book.
I seems he's making a comparison to the attitude some people have about people - you use them however you need to at the moment and then toss them away - to the attitude some people have about tissues.
Basically that some people will use other people, valuing them as people as much as they value a tissue you throw away af
I seems he's making a comparison to the attitude some people have about people - you use them however you need to at the moment and then toss them away - to the attitude some people have about tissues.
Basically that some people will use other people, valuing them as people as much as they value a tissue you throw away af
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