Flowersa Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Dunn’s plan in the interim & others
Is Code phrase means "Name code" ? I'm not sure even how to explain what is my idea for it lol
What live means in this context? "The options” became a code phrase, a reference to three live possibilities"
I'm not sure because the way it's written- "if Dunn's plan in the interim" So can it be "interim plan" so it will have the meaning like here?
an interim solution
"Within Obama’s operation, “the options” became a code phrase, a reference to three live possibilities:
launching a presidential run, bolstering his stature in the Senate with an eye toward the VP slot in 2008, or returning to
Illinois to run for governor—with a presidential bid so far remaining at the bottom of the option pile.
Whatever the eventual outcome, Dunn’s plan in the interim would be the same."
What live means in this context? "The options” became a code phrase, a reference to three live possibilities"
I'm not sure because the way it's written- "if Dunn's plan in the interim" So can it be "interim plan" so it will have the meaning like here?
an interim solution
"Within Obama’s operation, “the options” became a code phrase, a reference to three live possibilities:
launching a presidential run, bolstering his stature in the Senate with an eye toward the VP slot in 2008, or returning to
Illinois to run for governor—with a presidential bid so far remaining at the bottom of the option pile.
Whatever the eventual outcome, Dunn’s plan in the interim would be the same."
Top answer
—“the options” became a code phrase = 'the options' secretly meant the 3 options that are listed in the sentence. —'live' = real, feasible, active — 'plan in the interim' = interim plan
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—“the options” became a code phrase = 'the options' secretly meant the 3 options that are listed in the sentence.
—'live' = real, feasible, active
— 'plan in the interim' = interim plan
—'live' = real, feasible, active
— 'plan in the interim' = interim plan
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