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Jul 30, 2014 · 4. You can have a look at some of these 268 written instances of "is a man apart" to get a better feel for how it's used. Briefly, it normally just means a man who's not like most others (the usage is figurative, not to do with being physically distant from others). The label is usually either admiring or pitying, not "derogatory".
May 23, 2021 · A tiger can't win a mental fight with a man, but it can rip the man apart like [a child can rip apart] a rag doll. Of course, even for a tiger, ripping apart a rag doll would be much easier than ripping apart a man. But tigers don't generally play with rag dolls; children do (or, rather, did).
Held is the past participle of "hold." "Hold" here means "to believe or have a particular opinion about something." Here, it has been used with a clause following it. "a man who can observe" is the subject of the sentence "a man who can observe is a man apart." I speculate "a man apart" is also the reduced form of "a man who is apart."
Oct 3, 2023 · 3. Yes, "came apart" means "dissipated" here. FumbleFingers correctly mentioned that it does have a bit of a different connotation, but they are synonyms when used to refer to fog (not necessarily when used elsewhere). This is poetic, but not overly so. It is good writing.
Dec 18, 2019 · The sign > means "greater than" or "more than" in mathematical notation. So the phrase refers to "seizures occurring more than 24 hours apart". The meaning of that is the straightforward one. If the second seizure occurs later than 24 hours after the first, then they are more than 24 hours apart. For all seizures to be more than 24 hours apart ...
Oct 22, 2017 · 1. I think your sentence is fine, but you might consider changing your opening clause: In times like these, we can tell a boy and a man apart by what they do. This expression is often used to refer to a current episode of trials or troubles. There is nothing wrong with “At this time” or “At this point”, but neither of those implies a ...
The meaning for "man" is somewhat ambiguous for me. According to Cambridge dictionary, "man" (verb) means: To man something such as a machine or vehicle is to be present in order to operate it. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, it means: to supply with people (as for service)
Jun 25, 2017 · Apart is a kind of condition: most literally, when two things are separated by some distance between them, they're apart. Being apart is the opposite of being together. To grow apart is to become separate. Since it takes two things to be separate, you either need a plural subject, like this: Over the years, I and my wife grew apart.
Jun 16, 2020 · "Man" is an architype - the ideal man. The typical man. It is generally more difficult to be cruel one-on-one, when one is looking his victim in the eyes. When there is a personal connection, individual humans tend to be kind. Even very cruel men, like Adolph Hitler, were reputed to be kind on an individual level.
What does "a man apart" mean? 0. What does the man mean by saying this statement? 0.
