To see off piranha this fish has strong armour
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To see off piranha this fish has strong armour
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#3Reuters variant which is not behind a paywall:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-fish/amazon-fish-...
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#5As an English as a second language speaker, this is the first time in years that a sentence has stumped me. Is this a common construction?
Thanks to a dictionary I now know that "to see off" means "to fend off".
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#6As an English as a second language speaker, this is the first time in years that a sentence has stumped me. Is this a common construction? Thanks to a dictionary I now know that "to see off" means "to fend off".
I wouldn’t consider it common in the sense that it’s used often in every day conversation, but it’s definitely a construction I’ve heard enough to understand without thinking about it, if that makes sense.
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#7As an English as a second language speaker, this is the first time in years that a sentence has stumped me. Is this a common construction? Thanks to a dictionary I now know that "to see off" means "to fend off".
It's a British idiom rather than a general English construct.
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#8As an English as a second language speaker, this is the first time in years that a sentence has stumped me. Is this a common construction? Thanks to a dictionary I now know that "to see off" means "to fend off".
It's a British idiom rather than a general English construct.
It's definitely not common in America, where it's more commonly used in, e.g., a parting of ways with a close friend or relation for a journey ("see Johhny off [to the airport for college]").
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#9As an English as a second language speaker, this is the first time in years that a sentence has stumped me. Is this a common construction? Thanks to a dictionary I now know that "to see off" means "to fend off".
As a native speaker of American English, I can assure you that "to see off" does not mean "to fend off"; I had no trouble understanding what the title meant, but I assumed it was an error.
A sidethread comment suggests this is a Britishism.
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#10Resume: Arapaima scales have interesting properties combining strength, and flexibility in a lightweigth structure