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Nesa Posted 14 years ago
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Would you please paraphrase it?
Hi, I need some help here:
He was short with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing, provided they were not ends in themselves.
And could you help me with the bold words?
Regards,
Nesa
He was short with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing, provided they were not ends in themselves.
And could you help me with the bold words?
Regards,
Nesa
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Hi, I need some help here: He was short He was abrupt in dealing with them, he was impatient with them with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing, provided they were not ends in themselves . ) provided that the writers had a reason to use violence and obscenity, and were not just using them because they liked violence and obscenity Clive
- Hi, I need some help here: He was short He was abrupt in dealing with them, he was impatient with them with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing, provided they were not ends in themselves .
- ) provided that the writers had a reason to use violence and obscenity, and were not just using them because they liked violence and obscenity Clive
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Hi,
I need some help here:
He was short He was abrupt in dealing with them, he was impatient with them
with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing,
provided they were not ends in themselves. . ('They' refers to violence and obscenity.)
I need some help here:
He was short He was abrupt in dealing with them, he was impatient with them
with those who objected to violence, and even obscenity, in satirical writing,
provided they were not ends in themselves. . ('They' refers to violence and obscenity.)
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Thank you Clive.
Can you tell me what service means here?
His audience was invited to take part in a political 'struggle', a term much in vogue in those troubled years. Dario Fo was advocating Marxist revolution, and it is no service to him to dilute the beliefs he held in those years.
And don't we use dilute just for liquids? So what does it mean he
Can you tell me what service means here?
His audience was invited to take part in a political 'struggle', a term much in vogue in those troubled years. Dario Fo was advocating Marxist revolution, and it is no service to him to dilute the beliefs he held in those years.
And don't we use dilute just for liquids? So what does it mean he
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Hi,
It is no service to him - it does not help him
Dilute can be used figuratively, meaning 'weaken', for non-liquid things, particularly abstractions like beliefs.
Clive
It is no service to him - it does not help him
Dilute can be used figuratively, meaning 'weaken', for non-liquid things, particularly abstractions like beliefs.
Clive
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Hi,
Does it mean that advocating Marxist had no use for him?
No. You seem to be misunderstanding the sentence completely.
Here's the idea.
Dario Fo was advocating Marxist revolution, ie he was saying 'A Marxist revolution would
Does it mean that advocating Marxist had no use for him?
No. You seem to be misunderstanding the sentence completely.
Here's the idea.
Dario Fo was advocating Marxist revolution, ie he was saying 'A Marxist revolution would
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Hi Clive,
I didn't get the exact meaning of this part.
Even in his most earnestly political period, he found it hard to discipline his own inventiveness when he discovered that certain scenes aroused delighted laughter.
Regards,
Nesa
I didn't get the exact meaning of this part.
Even in his most earnestly political period, he found it hard to discipline his own inventiveness when he discovered that certain scenes aroused delighted laughter.
Regards,
Nesa
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Hi,
Even when he was trying to be serious, he liked to laugh and make other people laugh.
Clive
Even when he was trying to be serious, he liked to laugh and make other people laugh.
Clive
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