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 #2 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 13:30 pm Expression: "Condensation of one's exploits..." |
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Hi Tom
When you condense something (a book, for example), you make it smaller or shorter. In other words, a lot is removed.
Condensation can also mean "to remove the water from something".
Something that is watered-down has lost its force or effect because water has been added. (Just imagine adding a liter of water to a liter of gasoline/petrol. Your car won't run very well on watered-down gasoline/petrol. :lol:) "Watered-down" is also used figuratively.
The writer of your sentence was playing with both the idea of adding as well as removing water (figuratively).
So, if you condense something too much, the risk is that it will also lose its punch or effect
Does that clear things up?
Amy
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 14:14 pm Expression: "Condensation of one's exploits..." |
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Hi Tom
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| So the writer is trying to say that one should not summarise(condense) one's exploits(brave actions)?One should always talk about one's actions in detail? |
No, think the writer wants to say that you have to be very careful not to remove too much if you condense something.
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"Ticklish" means "tricky" or "difficult to do just right" in the context.
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PS: By the way there is something wrong with the site today. I was not once notified of the replies I received today, although there were 5 of them altogether-from Alan and You.
Every time I checked my inbox, to my great disappointment, there was no new email, but when I opened the threads almost all of them had been answered. :shock: :( |
Have you already tried closing the window for the website? Or pressing the "refresh" button? Maybe removing the "cookies" and emptying the cache might help?
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 16:34 pm Expression: "Condensation of one's exploits..." |
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Hi Tom
Sorry, I must have clicked the "edit" button instead of the "quote" button when I answered your last post. Fortunately most of it's quoted, so I'm hoping that not much of your post got lost. But, the end result is that my answers are now directly in your post. :shock:
On the other hand, maybe the forum software was having a momentary glitch at the time....
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 21, 2006 23:26 pm Expression: "Condensation of one's exploits..." |
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| But, the end result is that my answers are now directly in your post. |
Dear Amy
Now I am changing gears in mid- conversation. :D
One of the books I have, Common Redundancies, says that end result is a redundancy, since result is always in the end. Could you please shed some light on it? Is it only bookish and not human?
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jul 22, 2006 0:11 am Expression: "Condensation of one's exploits..." |
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Hi Tom
You're right, it is redundant ... unless, of course, you have intermediate results before you get to the end one. Many companies nowadays might tell you that that most results are not final until they've be revised a number of times. :lol:
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