JCDenton Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
two questions.
Hi Guys,
1) I have received an email from my friend, who lives in UK. He have two small kids and he wrote to me about them...:".... They are kind of gratuitous with the hands, you know...;-) ".
I checked the dictionary for the word gratuitous and it doesn't make a sense to me...:-((. Please did he mean, that his kids touches on everything ??? Like the small children usually do?
2) In one book designated for the cooking, if found this: "...it leaves ridge detail on it". Please, what does it mean if something leaves ridge detail ?? I checked the dictionary for this word and I'm a little confused, as well as in the previous case...:-((
cheers and have a nice weekend.
JCD
1) I have received an email from my friend, who lives in UK. He have two small kids and he wrote to me about them...:".... They are kind of gratuitous with the hands, you know...;-) ".
I checked the dictionary for the word gratuitous and it doesn't make a sense to me...:-((. Please did he mean, that his kids touches on everything ??? Like the small children usually do?
2) In one book designated for the cooking, if found this: "...it leaves ridge detail on it". Please, what does it mean if something leaves ridge detail ?? I checked the dictionary for this word and I'm a little confused, as well as in the previous case...:-((
cheers and have a nice weekend.
JCD
Top answer
Hello JCD, Yes, #1 seems to mean "they put their hands everywhere", "they are free with their hands". It's a slightly humorous formulation. "It leaves ridge detail" in #2 seems to mean "it creates little ridges".
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Hello JCD,
Yes, #1 seems to mean "they put their hands everywhere", "they are free with their hands". It's a slightly humorous formulation.
"It leaves ridge detail" in #2 seems to mean "it creates little ridges".
Have a good weekend!
MrP
Yes, #1 seems to mean "they put their hands everywhere", "they are free with their hands". It's a slightly humorous formulation.
"It leaves ridge detail" in #2 seems to mean "it creates little ridges".
Have a good weekend!
MrP
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