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English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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3 +3 | Moving waves that a boat leaves behind it |
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3 +3 | we are witnessing our own demise |
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4 | FYI a "wake" is usually a watch or vigil after someone dies |
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4 | looking backwards |
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wake Moving waves that a boat leaves behind it Explanation: WAKE - Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters. if this fits your context - we are looking to the past instead of to the future -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2004-12-09 05:32:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/gloss.htm#W |
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