Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sophomore Senta Burton and junior Kate Moynihan heard that shocking three-word phrase with three laps to go in the 3,000-meter race. They were leading the pack when their coach told them to save something for the four-by-800 relay...
...over whether he was ever alone with Lewinsky. Clinton sat stony-faced through another piece of tape when his lawyer, Bob Bennett, insisted to the judge that Lewinsky had signed an affidavit stating that she and the President had never had sex. And Schippers referred to the famous Clintonian phrase "it depends on what the meaning of is is" from the August session with the grand jury. "That single declaration," Schippers said, "reveals more about the character of the President than perhaps anything else in the record... Can you imagine dealing with such a person on any important matter...
...fact a complex dance of syntax and connotation. For example, a simple expression like "I see what you mean," when uttered by a local or tribal chieftain, may have a radically different meaning than when spoken by a person from a more developed area. In our native country, this phrase would ordinarily mean "I understand your ideas". If a local chief uses this phrase, however, it is more likely to translate as "Your ideas do not interest me. Go get me a Coke...
GOING THROUGH A PHRASE...
...effect, the ART's production of Phaedra is transformed into a timeless cross-cultural masterpiece with its successful adaptation of script and plot. While one doesn't hear the phrase "I have Venus in my veins like a virus" commonly in everyday vernacular, its implications are understood. This production, like the new translation, voices the ethos of Racine's original but also escapes the stodginess of many contemporary takes on pre-modern plays...