a dozen distances
English translation: 12 different distances (12 different lengths of distance to run)
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| 4 | 12 different distances (different lengths of distance),... |
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| 3 | une douzaine de mesures possibles...en distance, |
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6 mins confidence: 
une douzaine de mesures possibles...en distance, Explanation: il y a une douzaine de mesures possibles...en distance, temps, etc. non-standard see his website below - seems to be discussing the global scene of ultrarunning and the fact that he is not tops in the world Reference: http://www.runningtimes.com/issues/04june/mackey.htm |
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17 mins confidence:
12 different distances (different lengths of distance),... Explanation: Yes, it means there are twelve different distances, all different kinds of lengths to run. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2005-02-22 00:52:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It is more poetic in the first phrase and more sporty in the second but it means the same thing. Lots of different ways to go, distances to go, many different things to do.... |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1See comment below... Explanation: As Anna says, the second mention is clearly sports-related, since 'distance' in terms of running (etc.) means a race run over a specific distance, like 100 m, 400 m, 1500 m, 10,000 m etc. So 'distance' here has a very specific 'sports technical' meaning. The first mention does seem as Anna says more 'poetic', though I'm a tiny bit puzzled about the sentence construction; at first, I thought it was 'the mist' that was 'forming a perspective...', but on closer reading, I realized that this doesn't really follow on, especially with that semi-colon. So maybe the 'forming...' is relating to something earlier, and does indeed refer to this same sporting use of 'distance'. At the same time, you know how a slightly misty landscape can give an impression of being in 'layers' or 'planes', at different distances from the viewer --- so maybe the 'poetic' meaning was the one intended, or maybe a bit of both... |
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