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The meaning of "Sheaf" in various phrases and sentences
Q:
O que significa bringing in the sheaves?
A:
Before mechanical harvesting, laborers would cut the stems of wheat and bundle them into "sheaves" (singular: sheaf) and pile them in the field. When the day's work was done, the bundles would be brought to the barn.
In the Christian Bible, Jesus often compares "the end of the age" to the harvest. So there's a religious "feeling" to the expression.
In the Christian Bible, Jesus often compares "the end of the age" to the harvest. So there's a religious "feeling" to the expression.
Q:
O que significa sheaves of correspondence?
A:
sheaves is "many pages of"
correspondence is letters ("written correspondence")
so it would be "many (pages of) letters"
correspondence is letters ("written correspondence")
so it would be "many (pages of) letters"
Other questions about "Sheaf"
Q:
A sheaf of money. soa natural?
A:
I would either say, "A stack of money," or, "A wad of money."
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