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 Mon Sep 11, 2006 0:13 am MEMORIAL SERVICE- The meaning |
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"Memorial service": a religious ceremony in memory of a dead person or people.
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| Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:10 am Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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Thanks a lot!
So, is it that ceremony that
is celebrated one month, year...
after the funeral?
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| Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:01 am Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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That depends on the religion and custom.
It is a very broad term.
It would include the funeral service, or an anniversary, a month, a year later,
. . . or a commemoration for soldiers killed in a battle decades ago.
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| Mon Sep 11, 2006 16:33 pm Memory of the 9/11 victims |
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There a lot of memorial services being held in memory of the 9/11 victims at the moment...
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| Mon Sep 11, 2006 16:56 pm Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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Thank you very much!
Now I catch the term on! |
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| Mon Sep 11, 2006 23:30 pm Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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| Quote: | | Now I catch the term on! |
You mean "Now I understand".
To "catch on" cannot be applied to understanding a word.
It means: "understand what is going on", or "understand why things are happening in a certain way", or "how serious the situation is".
It is normally used without saying exactly what has to be understood.
One might say to someone "Catch on!" or "Catch yourself on" meaning "Realize what is happening here", or "Be responsible!"
I'm not sure if "Catch yourself on" is used outside Ireland.
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| Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:58 am Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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| Quote: | | Now I catch the term on! |
"Now I get it !"
Is that what you meant ?
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| Tue Sep 12, 2006 16:53 pm Meaning of MEMORIAL SERVICE |
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Thanks a lot, Dolier!
Yes, That?s what I meant!
Now I got it! 
But, can that phrasal verb be used with "concepts"?
Why with concepts and not with words?
I red this example this week.
"He didn?t catch on to new concepts easily"
Or is "catch on to" a phrasal verb?
I was looking it up in different dictionaries
and I didn?t find it. So I supposed the
phrasal verb was "catch on".
Thanks indeed!
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