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Use this tag for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.
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Can someone paraphrase this sentence?
"How much one enjoys himself travelling depends largely on who he goes with, whether his friends or relatives."
Can someone paraphrase this sentence? I am confused about "whether his friends or relat …
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Paraphrase the sentence "I didn't know how expensive the desk was!"
Please take a look at the following sentence:
I didn't know how expensive the desk was!
This sentence means that the desk is very expensive, but the speaker didn't realize it then. Am I right?
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"How sad that is!" Versus "How sad is that?"
Sentence 1: How sad that is!
Sentence 2: How sad is that?
What is the difference between the two sentences? Can I take sentence 2 as the question of sentence 1? And the emotion of senten …
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How to understand "it is" in "what it is he is trying to express"?
"His writing is so confusing that it’s difficult to make out what it is he is trying to express."
How to understand "it is" in "what it is he is trying to express"? Does "he is trying to express" a r …
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An understanding of "No one could be more generous"
No one could be more generous; he has a heart of gold.
Does the sentence mean "he is the most generous person I've ever met" or "he is very generous"?
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