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18:47 Mar 11, 2016 |
Serbian to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / General | |||||
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4 | to touch on the meaning of (something) |
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to touch on the meaning of (something) Explanation: touch on something Fig. to mention something; to talk about something briefly. In tomorrow's lecture I'd like to touch on the matter of taxation. The teacher only touched on the subject. There wasn't time to do more than that. See also: touch touch (up)on something Fig. to mention something; to talk about something briefly. In tomorrow's lecture I'd like to touch on the matter of taxation. The teacher only touched upon the subject. There wasn't time to do more than that. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/touch on Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-d-ellison/define-urban... https://books.google.com/books?id=ynP0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=%22to+touch+on+the+meaning%22&source=bl&ots=UXd0xMxXM4&sig=XwonJo-_wODt |
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