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Q45: About UK registered vehicles

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yamilah
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#11 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 13:42
Ranko
Maybe the books are just good adventure stories in their own right...

Maybe they are more than 'just good adventure stories'!


...without references to any sort of psychobabble.

Psychobabble??
Do you mean there is no special connection between The Black Island and Flight 714??
Levent
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#12 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 18:24
yamilah is right to say "The dictionary definition for 'vehicle' implies it can be used for other types of vehicle". But it is a civilian aircraft and has no trait any. Do you think that a speedy plane has a trait? Confused.
yamilah
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#13 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 18:37
Levent
But it is a civilian aircraft and has no trait any. Do you think that a speedy plane has a trait? Confused.

A 'trait'= a distinguishing feature or quality, such as Carreidas 160's 'swing wings'.

see http://www.english-test.net/sat/vocabulary/words/110/sat-definitions.p hp#trait
Levent
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#14 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 19:56
There are several meanings. You could use "specific one" etc.
yamilah
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#15 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 20:05
Levent
There are several meanings. You could use "specific one" etc.

Of course, of course, but a "military trait" was a better clue, imho.
Levent
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#16 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 20:15
"no military trait" was a better clue and I also had a dictionary. You could do better if you did not send that clue "has a trait".
yamilah
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#17 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 20:26
You could do better had you asked for precisions before the answer was given!
Levent
Member
#18 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 21:39
What ask? Do you think people ask you the clue "trait" !?
yamilah
Member
#19 · Posted: 4 Sep 2006 21:55
About the Carreidas' military trait,
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-wing

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