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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: temper |
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Her romantic personality is *tempered* by sober realities.
become stronger?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Not necessarily stronger. Just better. Possible bad qualities are reduced by tempering or mixing with something else.
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advoca
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Can I chuck this in?
To temper something means to make it less extreme.
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| Her romantic personality is *tempered* by sober realities. |
This means that she realized that her romantic ideas were often unrealistic.
Here are some more examples of the use of this meaning for temper:
For young and foolish offenders, the state will usually temper justice with mercy.
He was forced to learn to temper his impetuosity and behave with more care.
I hope this helps. |
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