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- verb To
explain again.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb interpret from a different viewpoint
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Examples
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And I simply can't believe that convening the roundtable you describe is anywhere near enough of a top priority of what you would do as a legislator that it has come up, been mischaracterized, and you've had to attempt to re-explain it this early in the campaign.
Vying to Win Open Seat in 34th District, State House Candidates Make Their Pitch « PubliCola 2010
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I had to re-explain ranking from 1 to 5 after she had rated them all 1-2 on a scale of 5 because “all of them were pretty easy” (I thought it was funny that she, like adults at work when presented with ratings, immediately started putting 1/2s on things …).
Uber Scientific Optimal Dice Rolling Method Survey « Geek Related 2010
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D.C. residents should represent themselves and beat down the doors of city government to re-explain the concept of public service.
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As I wrote back in January, the first teaser did a remarkable job of knowing how to re-explain the concept, establish the new cast, and get out while the audience still wanted to know more.
Scott Mendelson: Modern Movie Marketing Campaigns That Didn't Know When to Stop 2010
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I think that's the one thing that over the first four or five years (in New York), I kept knocking myself over the head, and trying to re-explain myself.
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The only reason Burton and Woolverton made Alice 19 is to appeal to the teen market, and the script contortions to explain and re-explain this plot device are exhausting.
Ray Doesn’t Fall Down The Rabbit Hole For ALICE IN WONDERLAND | Obsessed With Film 2010
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But because I am a very generous person, I shall re-explain.
Yeah it is almost 2am EAGEAGEAG 2010
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These comments are not accidents -- there's just too many of them since Hillary took a dive in Iowa, and there's barely any repudiation of them by the campaign itself (although Billy did try to take a small step back on the "fairy tale" comment today, and they did to re-explain the MLK comment).
Clinton 'Advisor': Obama Is For People Who Want "Imaginary Hip Black Friend" 2009
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None of them kept notes on my account so I had to re-explain my situation each time and have them “get back to me” once they researched it.
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Only after the cover was blown did he back-pedal and offer stranger explanations which sprang from his heart that he again had to retract and re-explain.
Disney World, pool? Disney World, pool? Which would you choose? « Dating Jesus 2009
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