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May 31, 2021 · I should perhaps have been more transparent. I never meant to hurt anyone.'. This is a thriller novel published in 2020 in the United Kingdom. One hundred and fifty guests gathered at some remote and deserted fictional islet called Inis an Amplóra off the coast of the island of Ireland to celebrate the wedding between Jules (a self-made woman ...
Sep 28, 2012 · Hello everyone MOTS TRANSPARENTS are words which have the same meaning in French and English. Can this be translatd by "TRANSPARENT WORDS" ? Thanks in advance !
Dec 23, 2021 · Hello. Are these gloves see-through, transparent or sheer? If all of them, are there contexts in which you would use only one of them or are they simply interchangeable? Thank you.
Nov 9, 2014 · This quote is from "Treasure Island". Calumny means malicious statement to injure someone's reputition and transparent means obvious, easy to understand. In that quote I couldnot understand the phrase "the most transparent calumnies" refers to what? The em dash confuses me. There is a...
Sep 24, 2009 · Translucent means letting light through, as glass that will allow the transmission of light or shadow (which is simply less light). This contrasts with glass that is semi-transparent, allowing limited ability to see actual form and image, and with transparent, good or perfect ability to see form and image.
Dec 28, 2013 · Hi, I've checked the meanings of bright. But considering the structure of the glass we have 3 kind. Transparent, semitransparent and blur. But I'm not sure if we use these adjectives for glass. Saying a glass is bright do we mean necessarily it is transparent too? Or with blur glass we mean it's...
Mar 9, 2009 · UK. British English. Mar 9, 2009. #2. As far as I understand, waterproof and watertight are the same. If there is a difference, it's probably not really an important one. As an observation though, clothes and shoes tend to say 'waterproof' on them. I've heard 'watertight' used more in the sense of to make something watertight.
Among the dictionaries, Oxford, Collins and Macmillan say the word see-through is used to describe transparent or translucent cloth or plastic. But The Cambridge English Dictionary seems to say it is fine to use see-through to describe other things such as partitions. Context: There are several...
Feb 7, 2017 · Hey there! ユーコネクトのアーサーです。 「透明」の正式な言い方は「transparent」ですが、少しフォーマルです。 若い人やカジュアルな場面ではよく「see-through（見通せる）」と言います。 This plastic wrap is transparent, so we can see the food inside.（このラップは透明なので、中の食べ物が見えます。） Her elegant dress is see-through.（彼女のエレガントなドレスは透けて見えます ...
Jul 20, 2012 · The actual definitions of the words are not contradictory. "Sheer" with regard to fabric actually means that the fabric is very thin which usually results in the fabric also being at least translucent, if not transparent. I suppose it is possible to create a fabric that is both sheer and opaque, e.g. a "sheer" canvas (sheer compared to the usual thickness of canvas) might still be thick enough to be opaque, however stockings start out thin so sheer stockings must be very thin.
