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meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind



 
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meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:54 am   meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind
 

His longest fight lasted from dusk until almost pitch-dark, one Sunday. It was fought in East Main Street in Columbus with a large, snarly nondescript. When Rex finally got his ear grip, the brief whirl-wind snarling turned to screeching. It was frightening to listen to and to watch.

Please explain the bold words.
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meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:25 am   meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind
 

learning_english wrote:
His longest fight lasted from dusk until almost pitch-dark, one Sunday. It was fought in East Main Street in Columbus with a large, snarly nondescript. When Rex finally got his ear grip, the brief whirl-wind snarling turned to screeching. It was frightening to listen to and to watch.

Please explain the bold words.

In your past two posts, you have asked about many words that you can find yourself very easily in a dictionary. I recommend these two:

http://www.ldoceonline.com/

http://m-w.com/
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meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:11 am   meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind
 

Thank you
Now, I understood everything except `brief whirl-wind'

could you explain it?
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meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:21 pm   meaning of pitch-dark, brief whirl-wind
 

learning_english wrote:
Thank you
Now, I understood everything except `brief whirl-wind'

could you explain it?

Brief means short. Whirlwind means tornado.
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