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☆☆☆☆☆Sarcasm, a word ultimately derived from a Greek word meaning to strip off the flesh, is a form of humour marked with mocking, often used to indicate meaning the opposite of what is said.
An example of a figurative sentence on a second grade level is "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." It contains hyperbole.
Lord Macartney compromised with the Chinese by offering the same respect as he gave his own King, George III, the Chinese accepted that offer, and historians should accept that compromise in the spirit in which it was offered and accepted. This question by its phrasing implies that Lord Macartney should have forgotten who he represented, that is, King George III, and treated Emperor Qian-long according to China's limited idea (at the time) of its position in the world. King George III had a different idea of the potential relationship between Great Britain and China from that of Emperor Qian-long.
Beast-like
Hairy
it is a metaphor for the ineffectiveness of colonialism
Dancing arm-in-arm
Public physical contact
He does not want his people to be exposed to a barbarian culture.
Due to an attack by Japan, America needed to enter World War II and fight the Axis powers.
Ever since the beginning of history, sage Emperors and wise rulers have bestowed on China a moral system and inculcated a code.
Our Celestial Empire possesses all things in prolific abundance and lacks no product within its own borders.
Moreover, our dynasty, swaying the myriad races of the globe, extends the same benevolence towards all.
Indian men had hundreds of wives
Germany
an organized structure. APEXXX
A warship fires guns at an unpopulated hillside.-APEX
"we need to teach the people in the colonies to accept Christians values."
Apex
The use of verbal irony to criticize
