"to firebomb", "Could skew differently."
Hi!
Could you help me please?.
There is an expression from "Lie to Me".
Dr. Lightman (Tim Roth) says to cops:
"We haven't studied people who are planning to firebomb a black church.
Could skew differently."
a) to firebomb or "to fire bomb"?
Is there the verb "to firebomb" in English?
My subtitles might be damaged, so I'm not sure.
b) the meaning "Could skew differently".
Do the speaker think that he might be wrong or the asked by him man can lie with different ways?
And why "could" instead "can"?
Thank you in advance.
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Answers · 8
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A). Yes, but "firebomb" is pretty generic. They would just be referring to any incendiary device (Molotov, etc).
B). Since they are not taking into account the data of people who "firebomb black churches", the results may be different from reality.
The words "can" and "could" are pretty interchangeable in that sentence. "Could" just seems to sound nicer to the ears.
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Look up "firebomb" in an online dictionary.
If you find it, it's a word. => http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firebomb
If you can't find it, then it's NOT a word.
It's that simple.
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I need more context to answer the second question, but "skew" is talking about graph averages.
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