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Senence meaning
'He looks poised to be impreached over dodgy government accounting.'
Does this sentence mean 'he is about to be accused for the accounting problem'? I'm not quite sure how the word 'poised' is used in the sentence above.
Thank you in advance!
17 de ago de 2016 00:03
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Poised means "about to"
Imagine runners in the Olympics. Before they are running they are poised to run.
17 de agosto de 2016
impeached has no "r" in it.
im·peach\im-ˈpēch\
verb
: to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office
: to cause doubts about the truthfulness of (a witness, testimony, etc.)
22 de agosto de 2016
You are right.
He is calm and he is controlling his behavior because he is convinced that is being preached over dodgy government accounting.
17 de agosto de 2016
He is about to lose his job because he was dishonest when counting and distributing money.
17 de agosto de 2016
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