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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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What it took?
1) Does "Reagan was fond of a nap and no intellectual" mean "Reagan liked to take a nap and he was not an intellectual"?
2) Does "what it took" mean "the ability that an intellectual would possess"?
Background info:
http://www.economist.com/node/2747709
2) Does "what it took" mean "the ability that an intellectual would possess"?
Background info:
The man who beat communism
Ronald Reagan was fond of a nap and no intellectual. Oddly enough, he had what it took
Related link:http://www.economist.com/node/2747709
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1) Yes. 2) No, he had the qualities/abilities to achieve something implied by the context, in this case apparently to beat communism. "to have what it takes" is a set expression
- 1) Yes.
- 2) No, he had the qualities/abilities to achieve something implied by the context, in this case apparently to beat communism.
- "to have what it takes" is a set expression
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1) Yes.
2) No, he had the qualities/abilities to achieve something implied by the context, in this case apparently to beat communism.
"to have what it takes" is a set expression
2) No, he had the qualities/abilities to achieve something implied by the context, in this case apparently to beat communism.
"to have what it takes" is a set expression
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1 yes
2 He had whatever qualities are needed to succeed, not only intellectual ones.
2 He had whatever qualities are needed to succeed, not only intellectual ones.
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