Solo / out of your league

Question

Hi,

Would you do me a favor and explain the meaning of the followings:-

- Get technical (on someone or something)
- Solo
- Out of your league
- In reading
- Tabloid (explain it in details plz)

Thanks in advance

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

- 'Get technical (on someone or something)' -- become too difficult to understand (of an explanation) or become very strict in interpreting, e.g. rules.

- 'Solo' -- alone, with no assistance.

- 'Out of your league' -- too good for you; of a higher level of skill than you are capable of.

- 'In reading' -- seems to mean just what it says: 'while reading'

- 'Tabloid (explain it in details plz)' -- a type of newspaper printed on half-sized paper, heavily illustrated, and often a source of sleazy news.

Context may reveal some variance in meanings.

Guest · Answer

I thought a tabloid was a gossip newspaper where they write about celebrities and rubbish like that...

Guest · Answer

"To get technical" means to state the exact facts, to be formal rather than practical.

"Solo" means alone, unaccompanied. However, in music it means a performance by a single singer or instrumentalist (To perform a solo).

When it's said that something or someone is "Out of your league", it means that something or someone is too good for you.

"In reading" - could you give us the context in which you came across this being used please? I agree that it means "while reading", however, if you heard it being spoken you may have misunderstood the words. Could you please provide the sentence that this expression was used in?

"Tabloid" - a gossip newspaper.

Kingfisher · Answer

I can not recall the context. Anyway, thank u very much

Solo / out of your league

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