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Oct 14, 2014 · Banned. English USA. Oct 14, 2014. #6. There words have distinct meanings but can overlap in some uses. 'Clue' often refers to traces, physical evidence of something larger. A 'hint' is often a conceptual link which may or may not be a 'part' strictly speaking, but may suggest something. 'Hint' is often given by a person, though metaphorically ...
Mar 18, 2008 · No clue he needed improvement, or that others behaved with more sophistication. 'Dull' can mean boring, or mentally inadept--unable to learn. No clue can also mean mentally inadept (broadly), or simply uninformed (narrowly, as in "I have no clue how nuclear fusion works"). L.
Oct 14, 2018 · English - USA (Midwest/Appalachia) Oct 14, 2018. #5. Lydia Qiu said: Hi all! Which one is correct? a) I hadn't a clue what to do about it. b) I didn't have a clue what to do about it. Americans usually use b but either version is understood.
Jan 24, 2008 · A 'clue' can also be something physical, and is typically associated with actual things (finding a piece of evidence in a murder investigation would be 'finding a clue'), or a solid piece of information that leads to knowledge or a discovery, whereas a 'hint' is not. You couldn't "find a hint" unless you'd found "a hint of dust" or "a hint of blood", meaning "a very small amount."
Dec 13, 2008 · London. English English. Dec 13, 2008. #3. I'm sure JeSuisSnob has the right idea. In fact, it is a rather strange expression. We often use it in the negative, 'He hasn't got a clue,' meaning he has no idea about something, but 'Get a clue' is a rather strange backward-formation from this.
Mar 11, 2015 · Hi Gandalf, You seem to have it right to me. A clue is something that a detective observes, whether it's a footprint of a particular kind of shoe, or the nervous behaviour of the neighbour who denies having seen anything unusual. A lead is a verbal piece of information provided to the detective by someone else.
Feb 22, 2008 · Clue es una pista no física, o sea información que puede ser evidencia de algo. Si a saludarte alguien sonrie pero tiene los ojos fríos it gives you a clue que la persona no está feliz. Track y trail son más bien senderos o trochas.
Feb 27, 2010 · All of these mean the same thing to me in my mind: I don't know / I do not know. I'm not sure / I am not sure. I've no idea / I have no idea. I've no clue / I have no clue. No idea (while you are shrugging your shoulders). No clue (while you are shrugging your shoulders). Reserve the last two as the most informal since they are sentence fragments.
Apr 10, 2013 · I've looked online a bit and I see that English language Clue is imported to France under the same name, but I'm wondering if a French version exists and I just don't know what to look for. I wanted the game to actually be IN French, so it would be like "le Colonel Moutard dans la salle à manger avec le fusil", for example. Thanks!
Jun 11, 2019 · clue（クルー）は「手がかり」「ヒント」といった意味で何かを理解したり見つけたりするための情報を指して使われる名詞です。 よく否定の言葉であるNOやNOTをともった「No clue（手がかりがない、まったくわからない）」といった形でも見かけます。 言葉としては関係ありませんが乗組員などを表すのは「crew」であり字が違います。あわせて取り上げています。意味 ...
