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You slip on the tux, deliver a double-entendre or two and stand on the sidelines while the stunt crew does the action scenes.
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How do you use the expression 'double entrendre' in a sentence?
A double entendre is a word or phrase that can have two meanings, one of which is usually risque or indecent. Everyone laughed at the double entendre, but John just looked around in confusion.
What are words that end with re that come from french we use in English?
The only words I can think of at the moment are: "genre" and "entendre" (as in "double-entendre") Will add more as they come to mind.
How do you use the term Double Indemnity in a sentence?
My life insurance policy has double indemnity and will pay my heirs twice the benefit value if I am killed in an accident.
What is the difference between a pun and double-entendre?
Pun : play on words: a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning.... Pun is a fun...Double entendreThe Oxford English Dictionary defines a double entendre as especially being used to "convey an indelicate meaning." It may be used to express potentially offensive opinions without the risks of explicitly doing so.A double entendre may exploit puns to convey the second meaning. Double entendres generally rely on multiple meanings of words, or different interpretations of the same primary meaning. They often exploit ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text. Sometimes a homophone (i.e. a different spelling that yields the same pronunciation) can be used as a pun as well as a "double entendre" of the subject.
What is the use of a word so that there is a possibility of 2 meanings called?
Ambiguity or Double Entendre, the difference being whether the two meanings are meant to obfuscate the actual meaning of the sentence (ambiguity) or is an intentional way of saying two distinct things at the same time (double entendre).If the word only means two things because those two things are spelled the same way, it is a homograph.Ambiguity Example: The territories will be returned in exchange for peace. (In this sentence, it is ambiguous if the territories will be returned and then peace occurs or if peace occurs and then the territories will be returned or it they occur at the same time.)Double Entendre Example: When Hannibal Lecter, a cannibal, says: "I am having a friend for dinner. (He could either be dining with a friend or dining on a friend.)Homograph Example: Saw could mean; I saw you last night or The saw you gave me is broken.
How you use term in a sentence?
I'm not familiar with that term.
How do you use double interrogate in a sentence?
I'd prefer to have your double interrogate me further.
How would you use double standard in a sentence?
This attitude is the result of a double standard.
How can you use the word double in a sentence?
He won double the money by on the quiz show.
How do you use 'term' in a sentence?
Someone uses the word 'term' in a sentence as a synonym for word. For example, Shogun is a term for a military commander of Japan.
How do you use the term brown earth in a sentence?
Yes
How do you use the term constitutional law in a sentence?
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