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19:57 May 4, 2020 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Lydia De Jorge United States Local time: 07:32 | ||||||
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4 +1 | women who support themselves and women supported by someone else |
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3 | staff and guests |
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staff and guests Explanation: On a very simple level, the staff are "keepers" because they keep the guests supplied with food, drink etc., they look after them. And the guests are "kept" because they are kept happy by the staff. That is how I understand it, but there may be more to it! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2020-05-04 20:30:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OK, well the same sense of "keepers" and "kept" still applies. Public servants provide services to the rest of the population. But this explains why it says "SOME OF the keepers from the kept": without the uniforms, it would have been difficult to identify the public servants in some cases. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 34 mins (2020-05-04 20:32:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Of course, depending on the nature of the regime, these public servants may have more power than the people they "serve". |
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women who support themselves and women supported by someone else Explanation: You are correct in assuming it has to do with 'kept women'. Those who support themselves (independent ones) can probably afford fewer luxuries than those that have someone to support (keep) them. Thus their attire would distinguish one from the other. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days 20 hrs (2020-05-08 16:25:24 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Glad I could help. I'm a keeper... ;) |
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