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O que significa a dozen Americans held prisoner. on the last part. ?
O que significa a dozen Americans held prisoner. on the last part. ?
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- Inglês (EUA)
@yukari520129: a dozen means (in this case, roughly) 12. a bakers dozen is 13 but that's for food :)
@yukari520129: a dozen means (in this case, roughly) 12. a bakers dozen is 13 but that's for food :)
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A "dozen" Americans=
"A lot" of Americans
A "dozen" donuts=
"12" donuts
Dozen can sometimes mean a group of 12 things or in your case, a lot.
When you use dozen, you usually use it on eggs, donut and other things that seems to come in 12.
Example:
I bought a dozen eggs, donuts, paint cans, nail polish and more today.
A chicken lays a dozen eggs a day.
One of his sentence only consist of a dozen words.
You can also use it on objects that comes in a big amount.
Example:
A dozen 100 dollar bill were in the wallet. I counted and there was a total of 40,000 dollars.
I bought a dozen pieces of paper today.
There were dozens of seeds in a watermelon.
"A dozen Americans were held hostage."
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Thank you ! But I wanted to know the meaning of the sentence. Especially ' hold prisoner'.
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- Inglês (EUA)
Typically to hold someone "prisoner" means that a person or multiple people are being held against their will. Essentially they are locked away somewhere for some kind of crime. This could be in a jail or prison. Or it could be holding someone against their will in some other kind of establishment. Holding someone prisoner can also be done in kidnapping for ransom money.
A hostage can be more likely considered a victim of kidnapping or someone used for money or leeway in getting out of something such as a crime.
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Hostage and prisoners are pretty much the same. Usually people use the word hostage if in that situation there's leverage.
Ex. For political or financial reasons.
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The way I am using the word leverage (to have upper hand, advantage)
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@Gin_Wingz:
Is this a correct sentence? I mean my text is wrong?
Is this a correct sentence? I mean my text is wrong?
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@DennisNovus:
Sorry..What's The way I am using the word leverage (to have upper hand, advantage) mean?
Sorry..What's The way I am using the word leverage (to have upper hand, advantage) mean?
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Leverage = power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc.; sway:
Ex. Being the only industry in town gave the company considerable leverage in its union negotiations.
Synonyms: advantage, strength, weight; clout, pull.
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