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Difference between sealed and shut



 
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Difference between sealed and shut #1 (permalink) Fri Apr 07, 2006 14:49 pm   Difference between sealed and shut
 

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #42 "Keeping it Quiet", question 4

If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are ..........

(a) stuck
(b) closed
(c) shut
(d) sealed

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #42 "Keeping it Quiet", answer 4

If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are sealed.

Correct answer: (d) sealed

Your answer was: incorrect
If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are stuck.
_________________________

Would you please explain the difference between "sealed" and "shut"

Thanks a lot in advance

Stone
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Difference between sealed and shut #2 (permalink) Fri Apr 07, 2006 18:36 pm   Difference between sealed and shut
 

Stone wrote:
Would you please explain the difference between "sealed" and "shut"

Thanks a lot in advance

Stone


shut means closed or locked up:
Shut your eyes; can you shut the window?
You must keep your mouth shut
(not tell secrets)

sealed means tightly closed:
Have you sealed the envelope? (licked it and stuck down the flap)
The jar has sealed (the lid has been attached tightly)

'My lips are sealed' is a common expression.
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