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Term:suiting
Lesson: Aesop's Fables, THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL

Feb. 21, 2012, 8 a.m.

Meemi
Meemi SA
7 posts
would you tell me what does " suiting" mean?
the full sentence is: she is suiting the action to the word.
thank you

Feb. 21, 2012, 9:59 a.m.

evgueny40
evgueny40 RU
307 posts
'to suit' normally means: to be OK for it: That suits me fine.
But in this case we have an idiom: to suit the action to the word.
It means: not only to say, but to act in according to words, in line with words.

Feb. 21, 2012, 11 a.m.

kamelmreaux
kamelmreaux DZ
1 posts
would you tell me what does :Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again '' mean?

Feb. 23, 2012, 6:31 p.m.

Meemi
Meemi SA
7 posts
so it is an idiom ...thank you so much..now I got it :)

Feb. 23, 2012, 8:53 p.m.

kcb
kcb US
297 posts
@ kamelmreaux Imagine a big egg on a wall. The egg's name is Humpty Dumpty. He falls off and breaks. No one can put him back together.

That is the literal meaning. What it means beyond that, I have no idea.
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