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a confusing sentence

English translation: (Paraphrase, eliminating technical fight terms)

07:57 Oct 27, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / literature
English term or phrase: a confusing sentence
He'd got one back in, nothing considered as a good right hook or a rondhouse kick, or any of the more refined moves he'd been taught at one time or another -instead it had been the automatic brute response of the hard man out on a drunken Saturday night and he had nutted the guy full in the face.


How can i paraphrase this sentence?
fortunetelle (X)
Local time: 02:08
Selected answer:(Paraphrase, eliminating technical fight terms)
Explanation:
Here's a paraphrase in more everyday language
He'd got one in one blow in retaliations, nothing that would be considered as a good curving hit with the right hand, or a sweeping kick, or any of the more refined moves he'd been taught at one time or another - instead it had been the automatic brute response of a tough man out on a drunken Saturday night, and he had butted the guy full in the face with his head..
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:08
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3 +4(Paraphrase, eliminating technical fight terms)
Jack Doughty


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
(Paraphrase, eliminating technical fight terms)


Explanation:
Here's a paraphrase in more everyday language
He'd got one in one blow in retaliations, nothing that would be considered as a good curving hit with the right hand, or a sweeping kick, or any of the more refined moves he'd been taught at one time or another - instead it had been the automatic brute response of a tough man out on a drunken Saturday night, and he had butted the guy full in the face with his head..

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 518
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. Does it mean during the fight it the best to use a good right hook or a roundhouse kick but except one day he hit a man full in the face? Is this a misunderstanding?

Asker: OK. Then I would also say that he was supposed to give a good hook with right and or a roundhouse kick but he didi something else which is brutal and automatic response.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X)
8 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Tony M: And yes, Asker, that would be a misunderstanding; all it means was this was the spontaneous, violent move of an angry man, not the calculating, planned action of a sportsman
11 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
28 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Marina Lara Petersen
6 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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