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[kerstin]

1.
My stomach is tumbling.
What kind of pain can that be?

2.
How is *hear hear* commonly used?

3.
What is *social cohesion*?
Is that a technical term?

4.
*mistreat* to treat somebody or something badly or roughly;
It was clear that some prisoners had been mistreated.
Children should be taught that mistreating animals is not okay.


*ill-treat* to behave cruelly or unkindly toward a person or animal;
She felt let down by the broken promises, believing that she had been ill-treated by her employers.
There was evidence that the dogs were being ill-treated.

What is the difference btw the two?

5.
Is it called a *nudity exhibition show* or just *naked show*?



Thanks

[CP]

1. You may mean, "My stomach is rumbling," which means that it is making noise because it is empty.

2. When someone is making a speech and people in the audience agree with something said, they may call out, "Hear, hear!" It means, "Listen to that! I agree." Probably more heard in British English than American English.

3. One meaning of "social cohesion" or "group cohesion" is the perception of the group members that they belong to the group and want to stay in the group and work for the group. People (psychologists, sociologists) study what creates it, what promotes it, what destroys it, etc.

4. To me, "mistreat" implies harsher, more deliberate action than does "ill-treat." Maybe other people have better answers than that.

5. I haven't heard of either kind of show. Are you thinking of putting on a show without costumes?
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[kerstin]

(To the last question) No, it's not me performing naked. It's one of the experimental exhibition touring my city.
I am not sure of the translation for the performance.
Which one of the two sounds better?
Thanks

[CP]

How about:

Performance in the nude.

All-nude performance.

We strut our stuff in the buff.

Starkers! The Musical.

Crazy naked actors without clothes shed it all for the sheer nude bare-nakedness of it all.

Clothing optional. No, make that, Clothing banned.
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[Bob S.]