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Lana
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Sat, 23 Apr 05 06:08 PM
Is redemption the oppoosite of full moon as well? If not, what is?
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CalifJim
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Sat, 23 Apr 05 07:52 PM
![Tongue Tied [:S]](/emoticons/emotion-7.gif)
Reduce your medications at once, and try posting this again! ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
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LanguageLover
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Sat, 23 Apr 05 11:13 PM
Hi Lana,
As CJ said, redemption has nothing to do with the situation of the moon in the sky. So, did you mean "crescent"?
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Lana
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Sun, 24 Apr 05 09:52 AM
Lol, I'm not taking anything.
I saw these two words together somewhere and it looked like they were the opposite of each other. I didn't find this meaning in any dictionary so I really didn't know what to think.
Does crescent mean that you can't see the moon at all on that day?
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abbie1948
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Sun, 24 Apr 05 12:24 PM
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Hope that helps. Abbie
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khoff
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Sun, 24 Apr 05 08:20 PM
Lana - the opposite of a full moon is called a "new moon" - that is, when the moon is not visible at all. Here's a pretty good site about the phases of the moon - http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html
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LanguageLover
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Mon, 25 Apr 05 01:41 AM
Hi Lana,
I forgot to give you the definition of "redemption". Here it goes:
Redemption is the act of redeeming something or of being redeemed by something. (FORMAL)
...redemption of the loan.
...regional differences in the frequency of cash redemptions and quota payment.
And "redeem" goes as the following:
1. If you redeem yourself or your reputation, you do something that makes people have a good opinion of you again after you have behaved or performed badly.
He had realized the mistake he had made and wanted to redeem himself...
The sole redeeming feature of your behaviour is that you're not denying it.
VERB: V n, V-ing
2. When something redeems an unpleasant thing or situation, it prevents it from being completely bad.
Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility...
Does this institution have any redeeming features?
VERB: V n, V-ing
3. If you redeem a debt or money that you have promised to someone, you pay money that you owe or that you promised to pay. (FORMAL)
The amount required to redeem the mortgage was *358,587...
VERB: V n
4. If you redeem an object that belongs to you, you get it back from someone by repaying them money that you borrowed from them, after using the object as a guarantee.
Make sure you know exactly what you will be paying back when you plan to redeem the item.
VERB: V n
5. In religions such as Christianity, to redeem someone means to save them by freeing them from sin and evil.
...a new female spiritual force to redeem the world.
VERB: V n
(c) HarperCollins Publishers.
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Lana
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Mon, 25 Apr 05 01:46 PM
Thank you.
I knew most of the other meanings of redeem and redemption, so I found it even more confusing that it was used together with full moon. :s
Do you really use all these words in daily speech: crescent, quarter and gibbous?
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abbie1948
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Mon, 25 Apr 05 01:53 PM
No, Lana. I have never refrred to a "gibbous moon"! I think it's reserved for poetic expression. We talk about the "full moon", "new moon", sometimes a "crescent moon" and the "harvest moon". Mostly we would probably say "look at the moon" ![Sleep [S]](/emoticons/emotion-56.gif)
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