The English Language
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Means the attack wasted itself?
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No, 'wasted' has a quite different meaning. 'Spent out' simply means exhausted or come to an end.
Reference to a good English Language dictionary should be sufficient to answer this and similar questions since Chess Literature contains a very limit number of chess specific words.
Out of interest, which English Language dictionary do you refer to most frequently?
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collinsdictionary.com, thefreedidctionary.com, m-w.com, learnersdictionary.com, whatever I find on the internet. There is also Hezaare English-Persian dictionary in print and also some English-Persian dictionary websites.
I was discontent with the definition.
I was discontent with the definition.
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The free online dictionaries do mostly provide simple reliable definitions sufficient to answer everyday queries, but as you have found they aren't really sufficient for a professional writer or translator.
Well established dictionaries, such as the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), do offer a subscription service to their full dictionaries. Access might be available through a local public or university library.
The two volume Oxford Shorter English Dictionary is downloadable as an App (trial version gives 30 day free access).
What specifically did you find lacking in the online dictionary definition of 'spent' ?
Well established dictionaries, such as the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), do offer a subscription service to their full dictionaries. Access might be available through a local public or university library.
The two volume Oxford Shorter English Dictionary is downloadable as an App (trial version gives 30 day free access).
What specifically did you find lacking in the online dictionary definition of 'spent' ?
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Why did Seirawan say:
Be patient and get you stuff out?
He is obviously referring to development, but why did he not simply say develop your pieces?
Be patient and get you stuff out?
He is obviously referring to development, but why did he not simply say develop your pieces?
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Your not you I presume.
He’s emphasising the need to restrain yourself from other, tempting, actions before completing development.
He’s emphasising the need to restrain yourself from other, tempting, actions before completing development.
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Stuff means things?
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Why does he say
[White's] King is clearly safer than the Black monarch?
[White's] King is clearly safer than the Black monarch?
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In English and some European languages, the word King not only refers to the chess piece, but is also used as a title of a male hereditary ruler. The word monarch means hereditary ruler, so the author is just referring to the Black King in a different way.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2017 4:23 am[White's] King is clearly safer than the Black monarch?
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What's the difference between
White turns his attention targetting the h7-pawn.
and
White turns his attention to the h7-pawn.?
White turns his attention targetting the h7-pawn.
and
White turns his attention to the h7-pawn.?
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The former sentence (which should also have a "to" after "attention") carries an implication of attempting to attack and win the h7 pawn, whereas the latter sentence carries no such implication (it could, for example, refer to sticking a piece on the h-file so as to prevent the h7 pawn from just running down to h1 to queen).
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What does "Here we go again." mean?
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It means something is going to happen again.
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Normally used in a somewhat resigned "seen this all before" fashion.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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I've certainly seen plenty of questions being asked on this thread. Are donations being given to this site for all the help someone is getting and all the money they have saved from hiring a tutor themselves I wonder?
There's a lot more to enjoy about the English Language than this, that's for sure. Shall we talk about where English comes from? There are many misconceptions regarding that one, courtesy of a a certain Friedrich Max Müller, amongst many others.
There's a lot more to enjoy about the English Language than this, that's for sure. Shall we talk about where English comes from? There are many misconceptions regarding that one, courtesy of a a certain Friedrich Max Müller, amongst many others.