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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
would have got the joke
1. Is "the ancient indian model" in the highlighted sentence the "ninth-century erotic sculpture from Northern India" that is talked about at the beginning of the speech?
2. What does the highlighted sentence mean (one suspects that the ancient Indian model would have got the joke)?
2. What does the highlighted sentence mean (one suspects that the ancient Indian model would have got the joke)?
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1. Not the sculpture, but the woman who posed for it. 2.
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- Not the sculpture, but the woman who posed for it.
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- "get the joke" means "understand the joke (and find it funny)".
- The "joke" is something that the author finds amusing or ironic in the artwork being described.
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1. Not the sculpture, but the woman who posed for it.
2. "get the joke" means "understand the joke (and find it funny)". The "joke" is something that the author finds amusing or ironic in the artwork being described.
2. "get the joke" means "understand the joke (and find it funny)". The "joke" is something that the author finds amusing or ironic in the artwork being described.
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