Crossword puzzle : Understanding implicit meaning in English

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Understanding implicit meaning in English [C1] — VocaVerb

Ready to go beyond the literal? This crossword challenges your ability to decode what’s left unsaid in English: from subtle connotations and loaded vocabulary to idiomatic undertones and implied attitudes. Working at C1 level, you’ll sharpen your sensitivity to context, tone, and subtext. Because in English, what matters most is often what isn’t explicitly stated.

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Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.

Clues

Across

  1. 2. Continuing until now
  2. 3. Reason behind a behavior or statement
  3. 7. to believe or consider something
  4. 9. overused and lacking originality
  5. 10. Used for persuasive effect in speech
  6. 11. Using figures of speech, not literal
  7. 15. Associated meaning beyond literal sense
  8. 16. Past form of can used in backshift
  9. 17. Are not in short form

Down

  1. 1. Question word for place
  2. 2. Hidden meaning beneath the surface
  3. 4. Many times frequently
  4. 5. Related to language use in context
  5. 6. Something suggested without being stated
  6. 8. Rise and fall of voice conveying meaning
  7. 12. Lasting a short time
  8. 13. For repeated past actions
  9. 14. Before all others in order

Answers

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Across

  • 2. Continuing until now → still
  • 3. Reason behind a behavior or statement → motive
  • 7. to believe or consider something → think
  • 9. overused and lacking originality → trite
  • 10. Used for persuasive effect in speech → rhetorical
  • 11. Using figures of speech, not literal → figurative
  • 15. Associated meaning beyond literal sense → connotation
  • 16. Past form of can used in backshift → could
  • 17. Are not in short form → arent

Down

  • 1. Question word for place → where
  • 2. Hidden meaning beneath the surface → subtext
  • 4. Many times frequently → often
  • 5. Related to language use in context → pragmatic
  • 6. Something suggested without being stated → implication
  • 8. Rise and fall of voice conveying meaning → intonation
  • 12. Lasting a short time → quick
  • 13. For repeated past actions → would
  • 14. Before all others in order → first

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