mira  +  99267 Sat, 14 May 05 03:14 PM Hallo! I'm from Belgium and I study German Languages (German & English). And soon...the exams. For English, we had to prepare a "file" with 15 pages of press articles. I've choosen, among others, one about Stanley Kubrick and there're some idioms/words and phrases that I don't understand... Could you help? Here they are: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7506399/site/newsweek/ (the article) * What I don't understand: In the second paragraph: "this latest literary WET-KISS to Kubrick is a very heavy book" => Wet-kiss? * In the 4th. paragraph, "You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine" => why "if" here? How do you explain? Is it the same here as "although?" * In the 7th paragraph: "Later Kubrick MOVIES-FROM "2001" ON-MOVIE in GREAT BIG CHUNKS", I don't understand the sense of this phrase. I hope you can help! 'mira! mira Joined on Sat, May 14 2005 Belgium New Member 32 no dream is ever just a dream Idioms, Articles, Paragraphs

	abbie1948  +  99282 Sat, 14 May 05 03:48 PM Welcome mira, this latest literary WET-KISS to Kubrick is a very heavy book I think this means that the book is sycophantic, i.e. fawning or obsequious. You could use it for a bookmark IF the book didn't already have one of those cloth bookmarks sewn into its spine "If" is used here together with the conditional "could" because the author is speaking of an imaginary situation. "If it didn't have a bookmark, then you would be able to use the CD as a bookmark" "Later Kubrick MOVIES-FROM "2001" ON-MOVIE in GREAT BIG CHUNKS The first problem with this sentence is that there should be a space before and after the hyphen "Later Kubrick movies - from "2001" on - move in great big chunks" I think the author is saying that the films are comprised not so much of a smooth narrative, as of big sections of specific action, which are then rapidly followed by another big section of action. His allegory of the box cars trudling up one after the other is very picturesque. abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie Hyphens, Before and After, Conditionals

	mira  +  99287 Sat, 14 May 05 03:57 PM Thank you very much!! I will need further help later, I continue to work on my articles and I'll ask... see you Very soon mira Articles

	mira  +  99805 Sun, 15 May 05 11:03 PM Me again... Well... Still Kubrick : - 8th Paragraph: "there is the SCENERY-CHEWING of a Jack Nicholson"... what's a scenery-chewing? - 8th Paragraph (end) :" We are always observing these people, never identifying with any of them, yet when the one-legged Barry, as battered by life as a man can be, emerges from that coach at the end of the movie, it is all but impossible not to sigh and say, “There but for the grace of God go all of us.” " What does "There but for the grace of God go all of us.” mean in this context? That's all for the moment! Thanks mira Paragraphs

	Clive  +  99809 Sun, 15 May 05 11:09 PM Hi, Someone who 'chews the scenery' is over-acting, acting in a very exaggerated way. 'There but for the grace of God go all of us'. We can say this when someone has a problem. It means: This is a problem that any of us might have, except that God, by Her grace and mercy, has not given it to us. We are lucky. If someone does something stupid and falls out of a window, we wouldn't say this. If someone develops a terrible disease, we might easily say this. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,657 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	mira  +  100243 Mon, 16 May 05 10:52 PM http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17329-1288087,00.html And...Me again.. In the paragraph " Exams are goalposts, not the game" : "A DEGREE OF ASSESSMENT NERVES are natural and useful in keeping you alert"... What does the begininng of the phrase mean? Thanks :D mira Articles, Paragraphs

	Clive  +  100328 Tue, 17 May 05 04:42 AM Hi, "A DEGREE OF ASSESSMENT NERVES are natural and useful in keeping you alert" 'Some level or amount of nervousness about being assessed is natural and useful in keeping you alert' Best wishes, Clive Clive