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Seth
Help me with the words 'hurl' and' foolproof'
My friend told me that 'hurl' are discribe the way a very drunk man walk.But I look iit up at all the dictionary and cannot find this meaning.Did what my friend say is right.I read a magzine say that the word 'foolproof' mean that a man is very smart and is very hard to be fooled. But when I look it up at the dictionary,It only means very easy. was what the magzine is right
4 oct. 2010 23:50
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basic example of foolproof is this:
back to 'cassette' era... were you able to try out that the cassette lid won't close when you insert the cassette incorrectly? that's what a foolproof was like to be then. it was designed to alert someone that they are doing the procedure wrongfully.
to hurl means to vomit (used as slang) - to throw in / up.
"I think I gotta go hurl."
:)
5 octobre 2010
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Hurl = throw.
A drunk man may hurl himself in all directions.
Foolproof = can't be affected by tricks. (to fool = 骗)
(waterproof = can't be affected by water)
If a plan is foolproof, then it will be easy to execute, because no one can stop it. That is where the "easy" comes from.
4 octobre 2010
1
Hurl means to throw something violently. In slang, it means to vomit. Foolproof means something that can't go wrong or fail.
4 octobre 2010
Hurl Means
1Throw forcefully
2.Make a thrusting forward movement
3.Utter with force; utter vehemently
Foolproof
1.Not liable to failure
"a foolproof identification system"
verb
1.Proof against human misuse or error
"foolproof this appliance"
cowboy...
5 octobre 2010
hurl can also mean 'to throw up'
4 octobre 2010
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Seth
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Chinois (cantonais), Chinois (autre), Anglais, Japonais, Espagnol
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Chinois (autre), Anglais, Japonais, Espagnol
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