Questions tagged [sentence-meaning]
Use this tag for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.
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What is the meaning of this sentence. "feared murdered'?
I saw this sentence on the internet. But past verb after past verb, (feared murdered)? I wanna know the meaning of this sentence. How can I translate this sentence?
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Set before & Examination meaning in a specific context
I'm reading a book about James Clerk Maxwell, and there is one passage that wrote
One great charm of Maxwell’s society was his readiness to converse
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what that chance is based on how much they love or hate Ohio State
Some fans will have ideas about what that chance is based on how much they love or hate Ohio State.
Is the sentence normal?
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Is the phrase "I read that in Spock" correct?
This context comes from a part of Stephen King's book "The Shining" in which Wendy, Jack's wife, speaks to him about Danny, their son. She thinks Danny isn't eating enough lately and ...
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Does the position of WHEN change anything?
Lately I’ve been talking to him when he asked me about my wife on
purpose.
I am sure the sentence is wrong, because of "asked". It should be either ASKS or HAS ASKED. What if we change WHEN?...
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Does "would" imply a vague uncertainty to the statement below?
Statement 1:
"He would be willing to sign something assessing the liquidated damages of $100,000 to misfit boxing in the event he withdraws."
Statement 2:
"He will be willing to sign ...
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What does "make it for you special" mean?
This context comes from the second episode of "Game Of Thrones"
The conversation happens between a young girl, no more than twelve, and her older friend who brought her a present, which is a ...
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the difference 'to' and 'as to'
a suggestion or proposal as to the best course of action, especially one put forward by an authoritative body.
If I change as to to to, as this:
a suggestion or proposal to the best course of action,...
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"What are the two?" VS "What are they?" VS "What are those?"
Someone is interviewing people on the streets of London. One of them is like this:
A: How many languages do you speak?
B: Two.
A: What are the two?
The question "What are the two?" sounds ...
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Can I use 'such.. that' and 'such.. where' this way?
Let's look at the sentence.
He is such a bad person whom no one wants to talk to.
Is the sentence grammatically correct? If it's correct, can I rewrite the sentence as:
He is such a bad person that ...
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X supported by not all the XYZ
Please note that fenced code blocks, backslashed line blocks, numbered lists that start with a number other than 1, tables, footnotes, and HTML comments are supported by not all the Markdown ...
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What does the following statement mean?
"There's no city on God's green earth that rocks harder than Chicago."
Is the statement pertaining to the rich rock culture in chicago, or as in the party scene?
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I've worked here for two years vs I worked here for two years
Let's look at the sentence:
I've been working here for two years.
This sentence means that I'm still working. Right?
I have worked here for two years.
I worked here for two years.
What's the meaning ...
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She had her report done. (who did the report?) [closed]
She had her report done.
She did the report or someone else did the report?
'have' is a causative verb and here took the past participle as an object complement.
I wonder who really did the report ...
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Harry made Sally. (induce to have sex=make) [closed]
Harry made Sally.
Does this sentence mean? They already slept together or Harry tried but not yet succeeded?
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Which sentence is correct? [closed]
Is it give or gives?
“Looking back at these outros give me life.”
“Looking back at these outros gives me life.”
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We’ve had the house painted. (The house is already painted?) [closed]
We’ve had the house painted.
The house is already painted? or We don't know the status of the house?
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She's hoping that she won't be away too long [closed]
She(A) is hoping that she(B) won't be away too long.
A is the same person as B or A is different from B?
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Meaning of "My friend has come to our house yesterday"
My father went to Kolkata yesterday.
What does it mean? Is he still in Kolkata or somewhere else or he returned to home?
Let's think of another situation.
My friend came to our house yesterday and he ...
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"He might have gone to school" to refer both present and past
Suppose my friend and I come to his house and I ask him "Where is your brother?" He replies,
He might have gone to school.
Let's think of another situation again.
I come to my friend's ...
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She would have been Sapna
Let's think of a situation.
I'm talking to my father. He tells me that a girl came to our house yesterday and asked him about me. Now my father asks me "Who was she?" I'm not sure who she ...
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Meaning of "which Virginia claimed to be…she must reckon it one of the infelicitous of her position that insofar at least she was taken at her word"
The fugitive-act did not affect a foreign country which Virginia claimed to be and that she must reckon it one of the infelicitous of her position that insofar at least she was taken at her word
This ...
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Are there two different meanings in the sentence?
She cut plywood with sides of ten cm.
Are there two meanings in this sentence? I mean does it mean that she cut plywood that has sides of 10cm or she wants plywood to have sides of 10cm and cut it ...
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Does " Treat the people as you want to be treated" make sense [closed]
I was listening to a speech and then I found a sentence:
Treat the people as you want to be treated.
I think the sentence doesn't make sense. The correct one would be:
Treat the people how you want ...
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Can I omit 'to be' in "I consider him to be the best"
I consider him to be the best.
My question is if we can remove 'to be' from the sentence without the meaning being changed
:I consider him the best.
If the meaning remains same then why are their ...
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Placement of adverb and change in meaning
I know, that in English, changing the place of an adverb slightly changes the meaning of the sentence. For example: only. But for these three sentences, I can't get my head around the difference in ...
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What to say when you want someone to complete whatever they are doing and become available? "Get free" or "be free"?
So, I wanted to discuss something with my friend after he finished doing the dishes, so I said,
Get free first, then we'll talk.
But now I think it is not correct and "be free first" would ...
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What does she mean by this sentence: "I wouldn't have been a person that would have been able to be awful about the partner."
This is from the ITV, Loose Women Programme see 6:20-6:30.
The ladies talking about abortions that they had in the past, and when discussing the issue, one of them says:
"Do I want to be tied to ...
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"let alone" or "leave alone" in this sentence: ".....women have little say in who they marry - leave alone whether they want to marry at all."
This is from the BBC Proudly Single
But India remains a largely patriarchal society where more than 90% of marriages are arranged by family and women have little say in who they marry - leave alone ...
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What's the meaning of 'he is the boy to do it '
He is the boy to do it.
What's the meaning of this sentence?
He is the boy who does it.
Or, He is the boy who did it.
Or, He is the boy who will do it?
One more sentence is here.
He is the boy to ...
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Ram is the man I thought to have killed/ have killed my brother
Ram is the man I thought to have killed my brother.
Ram is the man I thought to kill my brother.
Ram is the man I thought have killed my brother.
Ram is the man I thought killed my brother.
Are ...
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I'm not as you think or I'm not as think I'm [closed]
Let's look at these sentences.
I'm not as you think I am.
You're more beautiful than you think you are.
Can I rewrite these sentences as:
I'm not as you think.
You're more beautiful than you think.
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What does 'overpowered by the fumes' mean in this sentence?
In the page of 'overpower' in encyclopedia.com, there's such a sentence as follows.
They were overpowered by the fumes.
The explanation of 'overpower' in that sentence given by encyclopedia.com is
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He was still on a natural high after cheating death. (what's the meaning of the sentence?) [closed]
He was still on a natural high after cheating death.
https://en.dict.naver.com/#/entry/enko/874be27d244b4541bb6f0a26bac38c02 [adjective]
I understand the expression 'be on a natural/real/... high' ...
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Well, your mother has got three windows into my dancing room~
“Well, your mother has got three windows into my dancing room, and you have three into my garret.”
What does the above sentence mean?
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I want to know which is most suitable word
Following episode three, which saw innocent 'faithful' Imran go home after being falsely accused as a traitor,
the atmosphere grew tense as John grew frustrated with a fellow faithful, Aaron, over his ...
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What is the usage of "like" in the 2 sentences? [duplicate]
The two sentences below convey different meanings. The first one means no machine at all while the second one means there may be machines but they are another sort of model. I think the usage of like ...
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Do these have the same meaning: "I don't like it when she combs my hair!" vs "I don't like her combing my hair!"
This is from an English cartoon on youtube I Don't Want to Comb My Hair! It is about a little princess who hides combs from the nanny because she doesn't want her hair to be combed by her.
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How do I change tenses when describing my thoughts about the past within a past tense narrative?
I am probably missing something very simple, but when you have a present + past simple sentence like the following:
I think that he looked uncomfortable when he was reading my essay.
How do you put it ...
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What does "Difficulty god of gods mode" imply?
A cross-stitch pattern of the original style. Difficulty god of gods mode. Guess I should start practicing.
What does "Difficulty god of gods mode" imply?
She said, "Oh my God, pattern ...
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Positive and comparative degree of same adjective [closed]
A little less virtue and I might have lived longer.
Reference: THE ANGEL AND THE AUTHOR -AND OTHERS by Jerome K. Jerome
As less is a comparative degree of little, it's here being used right after its ...
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Which of the following is a great example of "drive a hard bargain"?
I have a following question and have just heard the answer is 1, not 4. (can't understand.) Pls explain why?
Which of the following is a great example of "drive a hard bargain"?
The price I ...
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How to understand "Changes in" in this sentence?
I saw a weird sentence in a dictionary website where I'm studying.
This is the sentence what I'm getting confused;
Changes in atmospheric pressure are producing these strange weather conditions.
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Use of 'there is' at the end of sentences
Couple of days ago I came across to this sentence:
I am the most vile man there is.
I get the overall meaning of the sentence but can't figure out why 'there is' used at the end. It has sth to do ...
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I cannot understand this sentence containing "additional to"
I just read the following sentence:
The square brackets in character class expressions are additional to
the square brackets delimiting a collection.
From the context following it, this should mean ...
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What does an atom of a person mean?
Brookfield would not have an atom of him different.
Reference: Good-Bye Mr. Chips , Chapter 15
What does actually the writer want to refer to in this sentence? Does it mean that Brookfield would never ...
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The subject of the infinitive verbs with to
I was reading a English grammar books. It says: when you use the structure: ... first (or last etc) n + to + v, there must be subject-predicate relationship between n and v.
Then it give an example:
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Which one is more idiomatic: "Count backwards from 100 in twos." or "Count backwards from 100 by twos."
Count backwards from 100 in twos.
Count backwards from 100 by twos.
I have seen both "in twos" or "by twos" are used in the same sense. I wonder which one is more idiomatic?
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What is the difference between 'deemed' & 'deemed to be'?
What is the difference between these two sentences?
He is the guy whom everyone once deemed a genius.
He is the guy whom everyone once deemed to be a genius.
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What does "Full practice day" mean?
This context comes from the movie "Five Easy Pieces"
BOBBY-What're you doing right now...
CATHERINE-Right now I'm going to run a hot tub and soak myself.
BOBBY-Then after that?
CATHERINE-...