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    Which in a non-defining relative clause refers to just about everything before it, so in this case it's referring to 'the idea of subliminal persuasion being deeply rooted in post-Freudian psychology', which led to the developments mentioned, not just post-Freudian psychology itself. Hope this makes sense and helps.
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    February 2, 2019
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    Hi Florian, in this case, it's about clarity. 'Crisp sound' is very clear and easy to make out, so if his voice has 'crispness', he just speaks very clearly. Hope this helps.
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    February 2, 2019
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    Hi Ali, I just googled the song and the lyrics are apparently: 'Sometimes the only pay off for having any faith, Is when it's tested again and again everyday,' A 'pay off' is the what you get from something, so this is saying that the only positive result from having faith is that it is tested every day. With 'blackout curtains' - these were very thick curtains used in World War 2 to block out the lights from inside houses, so that they wouldn't be seen by enemy bombers at night and targeted. I guess in the song this could be used figuratively, so the person is putting up emotional walls or not showing their true selves, or something like that. Hope this helps.
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    February 2, 2019
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    Hi Ali, a construct is something that has been created by people, either physically or in an abstract way. 'A social construct' is basically an idea created by society that exists because people have accepted and agreed with it. Marriage, for example is a social construct. A work construct could be many things but mostly it would be about company rules or the way things are done; the dress code, for example.
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    February 2, 2019
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    Hi Cinzia, it's not a case of British versus American English, both words exist but have different meanings. 'Loose' is an adjective and means the opposite of tight. 'Lose' is a verb, meaning the opposite of win (among other definitions). Hope this helps!
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    February 2, 2019
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    Hi Helen, it's not wrong grammatically but in terms of context, 'pleasant paradise' doesn't quite work. The idea of paradise is in itself stronger/better than just 'pleasant', so really it's just not the right word to use. If I were you, I'd just remove the adjective.
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    June 5, 2017
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    The loose meaning of this is 'make', yes. Synonyms could be 'shape' or 'create' but in any of these cases, you've got some clay and you need to make something that looks like a bird :)
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    April 7, 2017
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    In this sentence, it means that he's seriously injured.
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    March 28, 2017
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    Hi Jacob, it looks like a poorly written sentence because using the word 'once' here doesn't really work. I think the writer meant to use 'since' instead. To simplify it but make the meaning clearer, the word because could also work.
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    March 28, 2017
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    It's all about context here. We use 'the' when we're talking about a specific winter, for example 'I saw him in the winter', would mean that we saw him 'last' winter. Or if it's with a year - 'the winter of 2015'. If we don't have a definite article, then we're talking about winter in general. 'Christmas is in winter', 'I like to go skiing in winter' - here's it's not talking about a specific winter. With future - if we're using it as a noun phrase, it's always 'the future'. 'I want to go to Barbados in the future'. If it's an adjective, then it depends on the noun and the usual rules for articles will apply. 'Future generations' (general plural countable noun) but 'the future Government' (specific noun). Hope this makes sense!
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    March 28, 2017
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