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What is intended by the word meant in the following sentence?

“When Helen mentioned “the fruit cake”, she meant that rock-hard object in the middle of the table.”

Do “pavement” in British English and “sidewalk” in American English have the same sense?

Which of the following is an example of neutral connotation?

Which of the following is an example of positive connotation?

When two or more linguistic expressions share the same referent, it has …

Which of the following is the example of metaphor?

“The use of exaggerated statement that is made for special effect and is not meant to be taken literally” is the definition of …

Which of the following is the example of euphemism?

Which of the following is the example of synecdoche?

Saying “pass away” instead of “die” is an example of …

The statement “Always remember that she is no fool.” is an example of …

The statement “He is a man of seventy winters.” is an example of …

The statement “the imitation of natural sounds by means of words or groups of words” refers to …

The statement “Tom eats like a horse.” is an example of …

The case in which “space” meant ''extension" and now it means "the limitless expanses, outer space, cosmos" is an example of … of semantic change

The statement “the use of deliberately gentler, milder or weaker statements to express something in a controlled way” refers to …

The statement “His words stabbed at her heart.” is an example of …

The statement “What a lovely day it was! Everything I had went wrong.” is an example of …

“Expression of one's meaning by saying the direct opposite of one’s thoughts in order to be emphatic, amusing, sarcastic, etc.” is the definition of …

“Cruel heart” is an example of …