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A 2012-10-04 13:03:52 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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"commandeering"! Nonsense. |
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-<gloss>commanding</gloss>
-<gloss>in an authoritative tone</gloss>
+<gloss>commanding attitude</gloss>
+<gloss>authoritative tone</gloss> |
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A* 2012-10-04 07:25:32 Marcus
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eプログレッシブ英和中辞典: "commandeering
2 〈態度・声などが〉命令調の；堂々たる，威厳のある."
eij example sentence |
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-<pos>&exp;</pos>
-<gloss>authoritative expression (ie, in the mode (the tone) of a command)</gloss>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>commanding</gloss>
+<gloss>in an authoritative tone</gloss> |
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A* 2012-09-20 12:10:00 Francis
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This was in the text which I was reading. It does not pick up a big number of Google hits (50k), but it seems to be a useful expression related to someone who speaks with authority, who does not really have it [if I have got that right]. |