vil
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- Sep 13, 2007
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- Bulgarian
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- Bulgaria
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- Bulgaria
Dear teachers,
Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
[FONT="]Dick’s soul was troubled to the core. (R. Kipling, “The Light That Failed”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]If I but chose I could tell you something that would startle you to the very core. (A. J. Cronin, “Hatter’s Castle”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]He was a tough old Tory politician, patriotic to the core-and also, the nearer one got to the core, snobbish and callous. (C. P. Show, “Corridors of Power”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]to the core = completely, entirely, from beginning to end[/FONT]
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[FONT="]get to the core = gain an intimate knowledge of[/FONT]
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Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V
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Would you tell me whether I am right about my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
[FONT="]Dick’s soul was troubled to the core. (R. Kipling, “The Light That Failed”)[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]If I but chose I could tell you something that would startle you to the very core. (A. J. Cronin, “Hatter’s Castle”)[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]He was a tough old Tory politician, patriotic to the core-and also, the nearer one got to the core, snobbish and callous. (C. P. Show, “Corridors of Power”)[/FONT]
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[FONT="]to the core = completely, entirely, from beginning to end[/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]get to the core = gain an intimate knowledge of[/FONT]
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Thanks for your efforts.
Regards,
V
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