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It comes from playing cards: playing the Ace or the Trump Card got him the win. I believe the first non-card playing use of the term was when in a famous trial the lawyer "played the race card", bringing race (black ~ white) into the case to get the verdict he wanted.N.B. I think the...
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I've never heard the term, but I think that within a context such as you have given, "administrative island" would be perfectly understoon. It is isolated, figuratively, from the others.
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The first sentence is fine.The second sentence is fine if the reader understands the ellipsis ("for me") before 'to understand'. Questions don't understand; they are understood.Compare:The sentence is too difficult to understand.The student is too ignorant to...
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As Avangi has indicated, sometimes not even the natives agree 100%.When I was preparing for a trip New Orleans, I practices say 'nwahl'nz'; once there, however, I found nearly as many pronunciations as I did natives. The only one I didn't hear was 'NewOrleeenz'.
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If you remove 'the' from (a) and (c), all three are correct. 'The' is not necessary because 'hobby' indicates general rather than specific.
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This may be a strictly personal interpretation, but I always think of a 'love object' as being someone involved in a short-term (overnight?) relationship. Not having any experience, however......
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1) C > You are correct. 2) D > 'Spring' is a casual term for 'pay'.3) C > 'Stimulating' fits, but the context calls for 'relevant'. 4) D > 'Poised' = situated. 'Perceived' = seen. 5) Do you remember Hamlet's soliloquy "To be...
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Within the context you have provided, they are about equal. Without the reference to "gold mining areas," I think that 'high' would be the better choice.
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shook my hand = greeting THIRD: with no context, here is an attempt. A third of the people in attendance were under the age of 50. (two-thirds were older) The third person in line was drunk, so they didn't let him into the theatre. (two people were ahead of him)
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I'm not familiar with the British expression, but a similar one in AmEng is "to have one's head up one's b...t", meaning that he can't see what's going on, is oblivious to anything important, doesn't understand, is totally ignorant.
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