To paraphrase Mike Tyson, some people are too comfortable disrespecting real talent and hard working people, and not experiencing consequences for it.
To paraphrase hitchhikers guide, they were mostly angry because they didn't get invited to those sorts of parties
(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
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Without wanting to paraphrase Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) or Karl Pilkington but what do slugs and wasps actually do? Why are they on earth? Eat my young plants that I've paid good money for, annoy the donald duck o…
“To paraphrase Mike Tyson, some people are too comfortable disrespecting real talent and hard working people, and not experiencing consequences for it.”
“To paraphrase hitchhikers guide, they were mostly angry because they didn't get invited to those sorts of parties”
“Without wanting to paraphrase Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) or Karl Pilkington but what do slugs and wasps actually do? Why are they on earth? Eat my young plants that I've paid good money for, annoy the donald duck out of people at barbeques! Little bastards! What?”
“To paraphrase Mike Tyson, too many people are out here are disrespecting real talent and hard working people, and not experiencing consequences for it.”
“To paraphrase Mike Tyson, too many people are out here disrespecting real talent and hard working people, and not experiencing consequences for it.”
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A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
The article included a brief paraphrase of the speech.
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(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
The article included a brief paraphrase of the speech.
“And, to paraphrase Chris Rock, I have a better chance of taking the bronze in women's gymnastics than such a law being passed while the Republicans are in charge.”
“Rue another day, Dems. You wanted cameras on cops. Onlookers cheer police officer who breaks down in tears after nerve-wracking rescue of suicidal man on ledge. Paraphrase: You may be unhappy, but if you do this, many others will be unhappy. www.foxnews.com/us/onlookers...”
“Still in the Twin Cities too. To paraphrase Heinlein (yes, I’m old): A nine-day atrocity becomes a matter of course on the tenth day.”
“Here's another version of this point: environmentamerica.org/center/resou.... Increased electricity demand is postponing coal retirement, directly leading to new gas build, and slowing down substitution. My light paraphrase, but almost direct quotes.”
“It's a funny thing Austen does a lot, and I think maybe a convention at the time, of putting what is obviously a paraphrase of someone's words (in 3rd person!) into quotation marks. 🛁”
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