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Meanings of convey an idea in English

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Usage of convey an idea in English
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This will convey an idea of the extent of the mining operations.
S.O.S. Stand to!
2
My blood was in a cold boil-ifthe phrase can convey an idea.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
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How vain every effort to convey an idea of the sensations it produces!
Domestic Manners of the Americans
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The annexed woodcut will convey an idea of their appearance.
Wonders of Creation: A Descriptive Account of Volcanoes and Thei...
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No description could convey an idea of the noise made by their crying and lamentation.
Dahcotah: Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
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Words cannot convey an idea of their disgusting nature.
The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
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How can I convey an idea of the scene?
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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Language fails to convey an idea of the energy, the fury, the madness of the onset.
Zenobia; or, the Fall of Palmyra
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Let me suggest a few comparisons, that some one may convey an idea of my situation.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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I cannot describe its awful grandeur; human language fails to convey an idea of its savage sublimity.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Language literally fails to convey an idea of the horror-thestupefaction-thatensued when that news was read:-
The Dock and the Scaffold / The Manchester Tragedy and the Cruis...
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But they can also convey an idea.
Altered
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Without a finite verb we cannot affirm anything or convey an idea, therefore we can have no sentence.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
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Of the women and children it is needless to speak; no description could convey an idea of their condition.
The Second Deluge
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No similar event that has since occurred can convey an idea of the fermentation which then prevailed in Paris.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 07
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The baroness shook her head in a melancholy way, to convey an idea of her maternal affection and anxiety.
Other People's Money
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