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[missdaredevil]

Dear teachers,
Please help me with the questions below. Thank you all so much.


1.Sensation-seeker= Thrill-seeker

Do they mean the same thing?

2.
The university is under the "patronage" of �

Does it mean "financial support" in this case?

3.
Miniskirts are the trend these days
or
Miniskirts is the trend these days

Thanks.

[CP]

1. Yes. Although actually everything you see, hear, smell, taste, etc. is a sensation, the term sensation-seeker means a person who seeks extreme sensations, thrills; and so does thrill-seeker
.

2. Yes.

3. Miniskirts are the trend these days is the way I think most people would express it.
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