Thread: Animal terms and people's actions.

Originally Posted by challenger

Originally Posted by Baylissm

Originally Posted by challenger

Originally Posted by Baylissm

It makes perfect sense to me. Even though she was timid, she wolfed down the lollipop because she was so happy to have received one.

You can't "wolf down" a lollipop deliberately.

why not?

"Wolf down" implies a certain hasty frenzy. "Deliberately" implies a certain thoughtful slowness. But "wolf down" isn't even in the sentence, so I don't know if it's worth discussing. . .

Deliberate also means to do something on purpose. Of course you can deliberately eat some something in a certain hasty frenzy. I'm going to deliberately wolf down my breakfast just because you said that.

Originally Posted by Baylissm

Originally Posted by challenger

Originally Posted by Baylissm

Originally Posted by challenger

Originally Posted by Baylissm

It makes perfect sense to me. Even though she was timid, she wolfed down the lollipop because she was so happy to have received one.

You can't "wolf down" a lollipop deliberately.

why not?

"Wolf down" implies a certain hasty frenzy. "Deliberately" implies a certain thoughtful slowness. But "wolf down" isn't even in the sentence, so I don't know if it's worth discussing. . .

Deliberate also means to do something on purpose. Of course you can deliberately eat some something in a certain hasty frenzy. I'm going to deliberately wolf down my breakfast just because you said that.

Yes, but the sense is not "on purpose" in this sentence. Of course the girl is not eating the lollipop by accident. That would be ridiculous. "Deliberate" here has to mean she's going about it methodically.

Originally Posted by Julienovich

Hello! I have a test that checks vocabulary knowlege. Here is one really hard question.


Text: Larry was dwelling on how often animal terms are given to people's actions. For example, graceful women are often referred to as having feline movements.

Question: Referring to the above scenario, which one of the following animal/human relationships does not make sense?

1. Joan Collins's ability to play the part of a vixen has won her many an accolade on the small screen.

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by Julienovich

Hello! I have a test that checks vocabulary knowlege. Here is one really hard question.


Text: Larry was dwelling on how often animal terms are given to people's actions. For example, graceful women are often referred to as having feline movements.

Question: Referring to the above scenario, which one of the following animal/human relationships does not make sense?

1. Joan Collins's ability to play the part of a vixen has won her many an accolade on the small screen.

It's acceptable to omit the extra s.

Not only is it acceptable, it is the standard rule.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Not only is it acceptable, it is the standard rule.

Are you sure?

No.

You should really stick to Norwegian

Well, I DID read somewhere that it was the preferred syntax, but I don't know if it was British English, American English or whether they had smoked a large joint before writing it.

Oh and BTW: I am a native English speaker

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

or whether they had smoked a large joint before writing it.

Hahaha They had smoked like plan?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Well, I DID read somewhere that it was the preferred syntax, but I don't know if it was British English, American English or whether they had smoked a large joint before writing it.

Oh and BTW: I am a native English speaker

I notice there is no smiley face in this post. I must have offended you. Sorry.

And to express my goodwill:

Originally Posted by Scrabus

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

or whether they had smoked a large joint before writing it.

Hahaha They had smoked like plan?

For many minutes now I have been trying to figure out what you just wrote...

Oh and challenger:

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

For many minutes now I have been trying to figure out what you just wrote...

And so...how is results?

Originally Posted by Scrabus

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

For many minutes now I have been trying to figure out what you just wrote...

And so...what is the result?

I have no clue whatsoever!