Words similar to verbatim
Example sentences for: verbatim
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It is not always easy to ascertain whether the underlying metaphor in such expressions is the bow and arrow or the gun and cannon (see Peter A. Douglas's “The Bows' Stratagem,” VERBATIM VI,3), but we can be fairly certain that the wad in shooting one's wad refers to the wad that held the powder and shot in position to be fired from early guns and that the pot in potshot signifies the dinner pot to be filled with an animal that was shot close up without any regard for rules.
The essays treat usage from historical and contemporary perspectives, including material on the usage of classes of words (like pronouns of reference), specialized vocabulary, comparative treatment in dictionaries and usage reference books, visual style, and other topics that are likely to interest readers of VERBATIM.
She was to ask any questions she wanted to, and when she understood the passage, she was to render it freely into Vietnamese, without attempting to make a verbatim translation.
Well, who rules VERBATIM?
[A VERBATIM Book Club Selection.