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not know the meaning of the word

if you are talking about a quality or an activity and you say that someone does not know the meaning of the word, you mean they do not have that quality or they have no experience of that activity Work? He doesn't know the meaning of the word! And the irony of Phil talking about ethics. He doesn't know the meaning of the word.

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From all I had heard and read, I was satisfied my neighbor was a Yankee shirt, both from his curiosity and from his abrupt manner of asking questions; still I was at a loss to know the meaning of the word BOSS, my clairvoyance being totally at fault. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context But some one may object that he does not know the meaning of the word 'colour;' and if he is a candid friend, and not a mere disputant, Socrates is willing to furnish him with a simpler and more philosophical definition, into which no disputed word is allowed to intrude: 'Figure is the limit of form. Meno by Plato View in context The boy did not know the meaning of the word, nor was he ever in his after life to experience the sensation. The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			know better know by know by heart know by name know by sight know different know from know from Adam know from memory know if are coming or going know inside out know like the back of hand know like the palm of hand know no bounds know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets know of know one for what one is know onions know only too well know place know something know stuff know the drill know the first thing about know the half of it know the meaning of the word know the score know through and through Know thyself know way around know what are doing know what are talking about know what hit know what I 'm saying? know what's what know when one is not wanted know where all the bodies are buried know where is at know where it's at know where one is coming from know where stand know where to put know whereof one speaks know whether to laugh or cry know which is which know which side bread is buttered know which side bread is buttered on know which way to turn knowledge Knowledge is power known			know like the palm of hand know no bounds know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets know nothing know nothing know nothing Know nothing movement Know nothing party Know Nothing Party (United States) Know Nothings know of know of know one for what one is know onions know onions know onions know onions know only too well know otherwise know otherwise know otherwise know own mind know own mind know place know something know something in bones know stuff know the drill know the first thing about know the half of it know the meaning of the word Know the Naked Truth Know the Original Song know the ropes know the score know the score know the tricks of the trade know through and through Know thyself know way about know way about know way about know way around know way around know way around know way around know well know what are about know what are doing know what are talking about know what hit Know What How Learn know what I 'm saying? Know What I Mean, Vern? Know What I Mean? Know What I Mean? know what is about know what is talking about know what is talking about know what is talking about Know What Jesus Would Do Ministries, Inc.

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