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A man and a woman were having dinner.
Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates, and turned back around without a word.
Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that in the dining room they always had linen napkins and fancy plates?
A man and a woman were having dinner.
Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates, and turned back around without a word.
Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that in the dining room they always had linen napkins and fancy plates?
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Hi, A man and a woman were having dinner. Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates , and turned back around without a word. Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that in the dining room they always had linen napkins and fancy plates?
- Hi, A man and a woman were having dinner.
- Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates , and turned back around without a word.
- Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that in the dining room they always had linen napkins and fancy plates?
- <<< yes ( The sentence is not talking about the food that is on the plates.
- ) Clive
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Hi,
A man and a woman were having dinner.
Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates, and turned back around without a word.
Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that
in the dining room t
A man and a woman were having dinner.
Suddenly, the woman's son came in halfway through the meal, took one look at the man and his mother in the dining room with their linen napkins and fancy plates, and turned back around without a word.
Does it mean that they had fancy dishes and linen napkins in front of them, or that
in the dining room t
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Thanks Clive.
I have one more short question.
If somebody says that dinner was mostly fried and filling, it means that they had both fried dishes and dishes with filling (e.g. a pie/cake). Is that right? Or maybe it means that the fried dishes were also filled with something?
cheers
I have one more short question.
If somebody says that dinner was mostly fried and filling, it means that they had both fried dishes and dishes with filling (e.g. a pie/cake). Is that right? Or maybe it means that the fried dishes were also filled with something?
cheers
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Hi,
I have one more short question.
If somebody says that dinner was mostly fried and filling, it means that they had both fried dishes Yes
and dishes with filling (e.g. a pie/cake). No.
Is that right? Or maybe it means that the fried dishes were also filled with something?
The adjective 'filling' here is an idiomatic way of saying tha
I have one more short question.
If somebody says that dinner was mostly fried and filling, it means that they had both fried dishes Yes
and dishes with filling (e.g. a pie/cake). No.
Is that right? Or maybe it means that the fried dishes were also filled with something?
The adjective 'filling' here is an idiomatic way of saying tha
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