What's the meaning of these phrases
Hello everybody!
Can you explay the meaning of these phases,please?
In one text about the English literature I saw 2 phrases ,that was a little bit difficult to get and translate into Russian.
The first one was: " The Scots have an indubitable capity city". Does it mean " stunning city" or "own capital city"?
And the second one was "the Scots have a complex culture". It means "multicultural" one,doesn't it?
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Answers · 7
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I have to assume that it should be
"The Scots have an indubitable capacity".
indubitable
/ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəb(ə)l/
adjective
impossible to doubt; unquestionable.
==> The Scots can do it.
"a complex culture". It means "multicultural" one?
Without context, we can only guess. Complex is often used for complicated. The culture could be complicated without being multi-cultural. It may simple have many aspects to it, or be complicated in details or rituals.
Perhaps a rich culture might imply complex.
As in "richly varied".
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Hello!
I am curious if "capital city" is supposed to say "capacity." If not, however, "indubitable" means "unmistakable, without doubt, obvious." So I would interpret this as: the capital city of Scotland stands out so much that it seems obvious and fitting for it to be the capital city.
Regarding the second sentence, "complex" would mean that their culture contains many aspects and is rather complicated with a rich cultural history instead of simple.
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Is it possible the Scots one is “capacity”?
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