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'his claims to legitimate authority'
Does it mean:
1. He claims that he has legitimate authority.
2. He presented his claims to legitimate authority.
3. any other?

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Thank you very much, engteacher.

"The chance of carrying such a scheme to a
successful issue was small."
Does it mean something like:
"The chance of getting a successful result from
such a project was small."?
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"Having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart."
(The end is a period, not a question mark.)
I wonder what it means.
"From what we have observed so far, what does 'one trusts one's
heart' mean?"???
Does 'Man's trusting his Heart' have a figurative meaning?

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Thank you very much, James.

Thank you very much, sbourque.

'our obsession with the here and now'
I wonder what it means.

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"The kitchen became a hive of industry." Again, there is no further context, so I have to imagine. 1. Is this kitechen a particular kitchen - 'that big kitchen I was working in' or something like that? 2. For some reason or another, people began to work hard in the kitechen? 3. hive of industry = a ...

"The passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humor."
I wonder what this 'humor' means here.
'a humorous meaning' or just 'a meaning' or anything else?

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"Her engergy was on the verge of giving out."
I wonder what it means.
"She was almost dead"?

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Thank you, Lorikeet.

"That chair doesn't give."
What does it mean?
That chair is so hard that it doesn't
change its shape when someone sits
on it?

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Oh, I see. Thank you very much, Lorikeet.

"This is a place that will not improve with time -- I give it three weeks."
Does it mean "This is a case in which time will solve the matter.
It will improve within three weeks or so"?

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"He started crying -- we were getting to him."
I wonder what we were acutally doing.
What does 'get to' mean in this case?

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