convergendo
English translation: reaching/attaining
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| 17:01 Mar 28, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: James (Jim) Davis Seychelles Local time: 15:12 | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | reaching |
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| 3 +1 | attaining |
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| 4 | converging |
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| 3 | coming to meet |
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| convergendo (in context) coming to meet Explanation: I suspect this is a combination of malapropism-itis, pretension, and meaninglessness on the part of the writer. How the **** can a population "converge"? Ugly, ugly, ugly! There is probably a way of rewriting the whole sentence that eliminates this stupidity...... |
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13 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5| convergendo (in context) reaching Explanation: One way of doing it. "catching up" would render the converging, where the metaphor is that of lines on a graph, but its not clear that who would be catching up with who in the context |
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