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Gosolo Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
What is "girly shades"?
At 0:42 of this video "Valspar Color For The Colorblind" ( the girl talk about "girly shades." What does it mean?
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This is about colorblindness, the inability to see some or all colors. The woman who talks about "girly shades" is talking about her inability to see color combinations that the fashion industry deems feminine. "Shades" means shades of color.
- This is about colorblindness, the inability to see some or all colors.
- The woman who talks about "girly shades" is talking about her inability to see color combinations that the fashion industry deems feminine.
- "Shades" means shades of color.
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This is about colorblindness, the inability to see some or all colors. The woman who talks about "girly shades" is talking about her inability to see color combinations that the fashion industry deems feminine. "Shades" means shades of color.
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Thank you, deadrat! Could I ask one more question?
At 0:20 the man says "There are some drawings where I wish I could see how my kids put the colors together and what they were visualizing." Why does he say "where"? Does "some drawings" in this sentence refer to what his kids made or other drawings he saw in somewhere?
Many thanks.
At 0:20 the man says "There are some drawings where I wish I could see how my kids put the colors together and what they were visualizing." Why does he say "where"? Does "some drawings" in this sentence refer to what his kids made or other drawings he saw in somewhere?
Many thanks.
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Sure. There are no limits on questions.
Remember that you're listening to the spoken word, and the language is likely to be more informal than the written. "Where" is colloquial for something equivalent to "the situation we're talking about." The man is saying, "Sometimes my colorblindness prevents me from understanding how my children put color in their drawings. I can't see what the
Remember that you're listening to the spoken word, and the language is likely to be more informal than the written. "Where" is colloquial for something equivalent to "the situation we're talking about." The man is saying, "Sometimes my colorblindness prevents me from understanding how my children put color in their drawings. I can't see what the
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