Oct 22, 2020 11:27
3 yrs ago
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English term

It looks wet - It is wet

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What does "wet" mean in these two sentences?
It looks wet - It is wet

A- rainy or B- misty or C- humid


Boy: Does it snow all the time in Canada?
Mom: It snows a lot, but not all the time, not always. Sometimes it rains. See.
Boy: Oh, that's rain. It looks wet.
Mom: It is wet. But when it isn't raining or snowing, sometimes the sun shines.



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Change log

Oct 22, 2020 12:45: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Tony M, philgoddard

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Responses

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59 mins
Selected

raining, everything covered or saturated with water

https://www.lexico.com/definition/wet

Don't see the dicfficulty. Easy to find in a dictionary

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Note added at 5 days (2020-10-27 13:41:06 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
Note from asker:
Thank you
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : I suspect the speaker is suggesting that Canada is a wet (rainy) country — I think that's what the 'it' refers to.
11 mins
except most American see it as a land of snow! It has lovely hot dry summers though!
agree philgoddard
17 mins
Thanks!
agree Arabic & More
44 mins
Thanks:-)
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Wet means wet. It refers to the streets, roofs, etc.
3 hrs
Thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you"
20 mins

humid

imho
Note from asker:
Thank you
Peer comment(s):

neutral Yvonne Gallagher : no, humid does not define "wet" here
39 mins
neutral Tony M : As Yvonne says, not here.
49 mins
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