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Ljswave Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Would you explain about what "nap" means?

i have known that "nap" means  a short period of sleep.
then I read " kidnap" in a line. then I got curious about  what "nap" of "kid-nap" means".  so I tried to find in the dictonary like below.

nap

[PHRASE]
If someone is caught napping, something happens
when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been.

but  I can't understand the underlined. Please advise me.

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one more thing....

Would you correct my sentences for my better English composition?
  

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I already know that "nap" means a short period of sleep. Then I read " kidnap" , and I got curious about what "nap" of "kid-nap" me ans, s o I tried to find it in the dictonary like below. -- This idiom ('caught napping') is not connected with 'kidnap'.

— Mister Micawber

  • I already know that "nap" means a short period of sleep.
  • Then I read " kidnap" , and I got curious about what "nap" of "kid-nap" me ans, s o I tried to find it in the dictonary like below.
  • -- This idiom ('caught napping') is not connected with 'kidnap'.
  • "
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I already know that "nap" means a short period of sleep. Then I read " kidnap", and I got curious about what "nap" of "kid-nap" means, so I tried to find it in the dictonary like below.

If someone is caught napping, something happens when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been [prepared for it].-- This idiom ('
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