User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Bang in the middle, longest for all, round the clock
his year the giant poster towering atop the Festival’s two main theatres is an imposing listing of the names of all the directors competing in Cannes. Bang in the middle and just about the longest for all to see round the clock is that of Vikramaditya Motwane.
ndia is gung-ho this year, taking off from Motwane’s Udaan competing for the festival’s Un Certain Regard award, which screens late second week and so its makers have yet to arrive to get their heroes welcome. Also awaited in a few days is Reliance Big Pictures grand teaser look at two of the country’s eagerly awaited releases, Anurag Basu’s Kites and Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and their shimmering, all star attendance. Meanwhile ...
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "round the clock" means "something which is happening all day and night i.e. 24 hours".
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Cannes-2010-Beacon-call-to-India/articleshow/5933878.cms
ndia is gung-ho this year, taking off from Motwane’s Udaan competing for the festival’s Un Certain Regard award, which screens late second week and so its makers have yet to arrive to get their heroes welcome. Also awaited in a few days is Reliance Big Pictures grand teaser look at two of the country’s eagerly awaited releases, Anurag Basu’s Kites and Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and their shimmering, all star attendance. Meanwhile ...
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I know "round the clock" means "something which is happening all day and night i.e. 24 hours".
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Cannes-2010-Beacon-call-to-India/articleshow/5933878.cms
Top answer
Hi, This year the giant poster towering atop the Festival’s two main theatres is an imposing listing of the names of all the directors competing in Cannes. Bang in the middle exactly in the middle (of the imposing listing) and just about the longest the longest name ( for all to see ) for everyone to see round the clock yes, 24 hours a day is that of Vikramaditya Motwane. Clive
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Hi,
This year the giant poster towering atop the Festival’s two main theatres is an imposing listing of the names of all the directors competing in Cannes. Bang in the middle exactly in the middle (of the imposing listing)
and just about the longest the longest name
( for all to see ) for everyone to see
round the clock
This year the giant poster towering atop the Festival’s two main theatres is an imposing listing of the names of all the directors competing in Cannes. Bang in the middle exactly in the middle (of the imposing listing)
and just about the longest the longest name
( for all to see ) for everyone to see
round the clock
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Thanks a lot Clive. I almost got it.
But in case of "just about the longest", now I begin to wonder what it means by "just about" when "longest" means "the longest name".
But in case of "just about the longest", now I begin to wonder what it means by "just about" when "longest" means "the longest name".
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