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Mar 20, 2020 · Cryptic implies intentionally confusing, difficult to solve – as in a cryptic crossword puzzle. Enigmatic has a similar nuance, and is frequently related to human behaviour, as kentix observes. Mysterious is much more general and can be applied more widely. This has all been explained already.
Oct 24, 2010 · Spanish. Oct 24, 2010. #1. The ‘chairman’ (scribe) controls all dialogue. One person speaks and one conversation at a time. Rotate the chair. everyone should be encouraged to do it, whoever picks up the pen first. I don't get the meaning of the phrase "pick up the pen" here?
Dec 21, 2021 · At present, the 'discourse' of the American political conspiracy theory involves making cryptic, pseudonymous statements that lack clear meaning. Followers of the conspiracy then 'uncover' some hidden meaning in these statements by discussing various possibilities among themselves. But the connection to the author's meaning is dubious.
Mar 15, 2021 · In retrospect/hindsight, I realise this was not the case. In retrospect/hindsight, it occurs to me that…. But you’re trying to apply the expression to “many” (in the third person). Therefore both examples sound a bit unnatural with that phrase at the beginning of the sentence, implying that the speaker’s viewpoint is meant, as is usual.
Aug 24, 2008 · English - Australia. Aug 23, 2008. #2. "On the beach" means on the sand; on the shore. This makes me think that he sat in a bathtub which was on the sand by the sea. Do you mean that he washed himself all over while in the water at the beach? I ask because "bathing" at the beach or in the sea often simply means swimming in the sea.
Feb 19, 2013 · Feb 19, 2013. #6. The football field is even =. 'even' = without raised or depressed areas; it may be at any angle to the vertical; it is commonly used, in context, to imply horizontal. The football field is level = A football field/pitch is even and horizontal, as opposed to undulating, and/or sloping.
Apr 27, 2022 · Buenos Aires. Spanish, Argentina. Apr 27, 2022. #1. Queridos foreros: Quería pedirles su opinión sobre la traducción de esta frase (dentro de un folleto sobre cobertura de seguro): Uni-Smoker Monthly Attained Age Total Deduction*. Deducción total mensual por edad obtenida independientemente de la condición de fumador/no fumador*.
Jul 30, 2022 · Jul 30, 2022. #6. Myridon said: The other difference is that you're less likely to be understood if you use "laconic". It's not as common. For some reason, when I first see it I think it means "slow" and have to remind myself of the actual meaning. Yes, indeed. If I had to guess, I'd say that I heard, read, used "succinct" about 10 times more ...
Jul 1, 2016 · Hello everyone, I'm watching a series, 11.22.63 (it its great, you should watch it) and there is a sentence I do not understand. A lady is talking about her first wedding night, her husband asks her to close her eyes, then takes her hand and puts it on him. She screams because " He had a clothespin on him ". Then she laughs and he beats her down.
Sep 25, 2019 · The beginning goes: "My bathroom scale didn’t recognize me. I weigh in and weigh out every day when it’s possible—I have data going back about twenty years at this point—so when it registered me as “Guest” I snarled and snapped a pic with my phone so I would remember the number to log it manually". My doubt concerns the expression ...
